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Genetically engineered trees, the gig economy, digital ownership, emotional debt, a criminal ChatGPT, cities of the future, technology trends, engineering blood vessels, bat drones and mobile AI.
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Genetically engineered trees stoke climate hope — and environmental fears
U.S. climate technology startup Living Carbon is developing genetically engineered seedlings of a hybrid poplar that it says can accumulate up to 53% more biomass than control plants and thereby absorb 27% more carbon.
What is the gig economy?
https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-explainers/what-is-the-gig-economy?
36 percent of employed respondents—roughly 58 million Americans—identify as independent workers.
It’s Time to Rethink Digital Ownership
https://www.wired.com/story/have-a-nice-future-podcast-16/?
Digital marxixm?
How to Pay Off Your Emotional Debt
https://every.to/p/how-to-pay-off-your-emotional-debt
The social and work-related costs of emotional debt
Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones
https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-scams-fraudgpt-wormgpt-crime/?
Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam.
Cities of the Future: A glimpse into tomorrow’s urban landscapes
Tomorrow’s metropolises are green, circular, and resourceful
Tech Trends that Will Reshape the Future of IT and Business
https://www.passionateinmarketing.com/tech-trends-that-will-reshape-the-future-of-it-and-business/
Ubiquitous computing, codeless, augmented analytics, machine learning, perpetual motion, virtual reality, 3D printing and nanotech
We’re closer to ‘engineering’ blood vessels
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/we-re-closer-to-engineering-blood-vessels?
Researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive and scalable method for engineering blood vessels from natural tissue
Combatting greenhouse pests with drones
https://www.springwise.com/innovation/agriculture-energy/combatting-greenhouse-pests-with-drones/?
A bat-like drone system with camera vision recognition system that identifies both pests and beneficial insects
Apple Looks to Strengthen AI for Mobile Devices
Mobile AI is the beginning of your personal AI/avatar. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/shared-experiences-are-the-new-search/
