In this issue

Although our smartphones were already transforming the way we shopped and consumed, the COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly served as rocket fuel for the delivery industry. Whether you want dinner or a brand new car delivered to your home address, there’s an app for that.

CONGRESS MANDATES NEW CAR TECHNOLOGY TO STOP DRUNKEN DRIVING

Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep drunken people from driving cars.

4 mins

PLENTY OF PITFALLS AWAIT ZUCKERBERG'S ‘METAVERSE' PLAN

When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine.”

5 mins

FACEBOOK WHISTLEBLOWER FEARS THE METAVERSE

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned that the “metaverse,” the all-encompassing virtual reality world at the heart of the social media giant’s growth strategy, will be addictive and rob people of yet more personal information while giving the embattled company another monopoly online.

4 mins

Express

How delivery tech transformed the way we spend & live

6 mins

EV EXPERTS COMPARES THE TESLA MODEL 3 AND VOLKSWAGEN ID.4

Introduced for 2021, the Volkswagen ID.4 is the German automaker’s first all-electric SUV and part of a new wave of electric vehicles for American consumers. It boasts a spacious interior and styling that’s futuristic but not too futuristic.

3 mins

Air-Scrubbing Machines Gain Momentum, But Long Way to Go

On a field ringed by rolling green hills in Iceland, fans attached to metal structures that look like an industrial-sized Lego project are spinning. Their mission is to scrub the atmosphere by sucking carbon dioxide from the air and storing it safely underground.

5 mins

FROM CRYPTOCURRENCY TO CASH: WAYS TO BANK YOUR DIGITAL COIN

Cryptocurrency, the blockchain-based digital currency that has captured the interest of investors and financial service firms alike, has a challenging problem. It can be hard to actually spend this currency like you would regular money. But there are new services on the horizon that could help people use bitcoin and other digital coins in more mainstream ways for their day-to-day finances.

3 mins

TIKTOK MADE YOU BUY IT: A SELECTION OF VIRAL, GIFTY FINDS

Look no further than TikTok and its pandemic-expanded ranks for unique holiday gifts, from the hot Halara athleisure dress to a miracle cleaning paste called The Pink Stuff, worthy of any neat freak’s Christmas stocking.

4 mins

TOM HANKS, A ROBOT AND A DOG IN ‘FINCH'

Tom Hanks doesn’t need a human or even a sentient acting partner to make a film or a scene sing. Think Wilson the volleyball, Hooch and even that laptop from “You’ve Got Mail.” So it’s not at all surprising if he’s the first guy on the list for your post-apocalyptic film about a man, a robot and a dog.

3 mins

ROADS, TRANSIT, INTERNET: WHAT'S IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL

The $1 trillion infrastructure plan that now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more.

3 mins

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