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We were told there’d be fully-autonomous vehicles dominating roadways across the globe by 2018. When that didn’t happen, we were told they’d be here by the end of 2020. And when that didn’t happen, we were told they werejust around the corner. It seems like now the experts are taking a more pragmatic approach. According to a recentreport from the Wall Street Journal, many computer science experts believe we could be at least a decade away from fully-driverless cars, and some believe they may never arrive....

Why the fight for the Moon will take place here on Earth Ways forward Our best initial response may be modest, taking its cue from overlooked sites on Earth. Small terrestrial resource pools, such as lakes bordered by several villages, or fish stocks are often managed through approachesdeveloped locallyby the key players involved. These suggest that a first step toward lunar-resource governance will be creating agreement among users. This should focus on the nature of the resources at stake, how their benefits should be distributed, and, crucially, the worst-case scenarios they seek to avoid....

Is this what you look like right now? You’re not alone. But it doesn’t have to be like that. On Friday at the annualPSFK conference in New York City, Founding Partner and CEO ofUndercurrent, a digital strategy firm and author of Game Frame Aaron Dignan took the stage to discuss why the future of work is play. For years, society has polarized “play” and “work,” associating the former with laziness and the latter with grave importance....

For better or worse, I’m a Google Docs boy. While Microsoft’s Office or Apple’s iWork software suites are more powerful, nothing beats how easy Google’s Drive suite is to use across multiple devices and by different people. Yet, there has been one issue haunting me for some time, something I need to get off my heaving chest:why the hell can’t you copy folders in Google Drive? You may read that and be like, “Callum, what on Earth are you talking about?...

Welcome toSHIFT Basics, a collection of tips, explainers, guides, and advice to keep you up to speed with mobility tech. Whenever a new model hits the road for testing, car nerds are always keen to get a first look. But as much as you might want to, automakers sure don’t want you to see everything. It’s common practice for car companies to use a type of “camouflage” when they’re testing pre-production vehicles....