The regulations will require riders to park their e-bikes in designated areas only, aiming to create a more organized and safer environment for both cyclists and pedestrians. Authorities hope that these changes will improve the overall flow of traffic and enhance the city’s streetscape London is putting the brakes on the mess of electric bikes that litter the streets of the city. Today, the local transportation authority, Transport for London (TfL), announced a new enforcement policy that will restrict parking for the tens of thousands of e-bikes rented on demand from companies like Lime, Human Forest, and Dott. The news…
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Cardless is poised to revolutionize the credit card industry. With this significant funding, the company aims to enhance customer experiences by offering unique rewards and benefits tailored to individual preferences and lifestyles. More than a quarter of all U.S. residents use co-branded credit cards to get discounts and other extras from brands they use regularly. But not all is rosy in the world of loyalty commerce. Major brands like Uber, Starbucks, and Walmart have all pulled back from such projects over the years after failing to see the returns they were expecting. Now, tapping into the innovations of embedded finance,…
There is immense power in being in control of your own data. As ownership and governance of apps and online services consolidate, it’s understandable if you want to consider your options when it comes to where you store your private data and records of your everyday activities. Fortunately, not every service out there is trying to monetize your personal data, and many offerings are just as good (if not often better) as their commercial or ad-supported rivals. Take a minute to think about what you’d want to leave behind. Big Tech giants that hoard your data? Subscription services? Invasive ad…
It’s not exactly a secret that Apple has explored the possibility of building a television. Before his death in 2011, co-founder Steve Jobs famously told biographer Walter Isaacson that he’d “finally cracked it,” but no full-fledged Apple TV (as opposed to the Apple TV set-top box) has emerged in the years since. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple went as far as building full-scale prototypes with a large display that could also serve as a touchscreen Mac or iPad. But Apple eventually halted the project after examining the TV market and deciding not to compete in a low-margin business where…
“This would be a huge step forward in easing U.S. rules for self-driving cars and be a significant tailwind for Tesla’s autonomous and AI vision heading into 2025,” says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives. New federal rules under discussion would not only ease regulations around self-driving vehicles but also raise the cap on the number of autonomous vehicles allowed on public roads, according to the report. Under current rules, each manufacturer is allowed to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles per year in the U.S. Previous efforts to allow up to 100,000 vehicles have so far failed. Regulators, such as the…
Well, the days of being able to count on a $7,500 rebate on EV purchases may be coming to a close. The federal EV tax credit has long been a way for many customers to justify the purchase of an electric vehicle over a traditional gas-powered one, especially considering the fact that EVs are typically more expensive upfront (though they cost less to maintain and power over time). Many of the most popular EV models have qualified for the credit over the years, including the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, Kia EV6, Hyundai Ioniq 5, and so on. With…
Honda just unveiled the production line for these next-gen batteries, which are being made in Sakura City, Japan. From there, the automaker plans to establish a mass production process in early 2025. It will then start applying its all-solid-state batteries to new EVs due out in the second half of the 2020s. “The all-solid-state battery is an innovative technology that will be a game changer in this EV era,” said Keiji Otsu, president of Honda R&D, in a statement. Solid-state battery cells are much more energy-dense than the cells with liquid electrolytes currently used in most EVs. That means the…
It may be hard to remember, but George Clooney and Brad Pitt co-starred in a movie, “Wolves,” that Apple released just two months ago. On Friday, the film’s writer and director, Jon Watts, said Friday that a sequel is no longer happening; in a follow-up interview with Deadline, he explained that he “no longer trusted [Apple] as a creative partner.” The company is reportedly scaling back its movie strategy. “Wolfs,” for example, was supposed to get a big theatrical release, but instead, it played in a limited number of theaters for just one week before launching on Apple TV+. Watts,…
The European Union looks to have clinched political agreement on the team of 26 commissioners who will be implementing President Ursula von der Leyen’s policy plan for the next five years. A final vote is still pending next week, but on Thursday, Politico’s Brussels Playbook newsletter reported a deal in the European Parliament on the appointments, suggesting it’s “now all but guaranteed” that the next European Commission will kick off on December 1. We’ve picked out three commissioner-designates to watch for tech policy moves as the next Commission takes up its five-year mandate, which runs into 2029, with responsibilities across…
You know you live in the space age when solar storms knock out farmers’ GPS-reliant tractors and a camera in Earth’s lofty orbit films a rocket launching through the atmosphere. This camera attached to the International Space Station — the SpaceTV-1 instrument operated by the Earth-monitoring company Sen — captured the launch of SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket on Nov. 19, the nearly 400-foot-tall vehicle’s sixth test flight. Such footage, showing the rocket’s plume from 250 miles up, is rare, if not unprecedented. “This is believed to be the first time ever a rocket launch has been filmed in real time…
