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Things you need to know if you’re coming to the Next Web Conference Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....

Things you need to know if you’re coming to the Next Web Conference Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....

Think China will dominate the EV market? You’re probably wrong There’s a whole list of reasons why The future of EVs This problem matters even more for EVs than for cars, because of the profound difference between the two. The car is a comparatively simple machine. It’s basically an engine on wheels, with various additions to make it more enticing – and comfortable – for its driver and passengers. The EV, by comparison, is a totally new technology that’s part of a much larger, unpredictabletransitioninurban mobility....

Think China will dominate the EV market? You’re probably wrong There’s a whole list of reasons why The future of EVs This problem matters even more for EVs than for cars, because of the profound difference between the two. The car is a comparatively simple machine. It’s basically an engine on wheels, with various additions to make it more enticing – and comfortable – for its driver and passengers. The EV, by comparison, is a totally new technology that’s part of a much larger, unpredictabletransitioninurban mobility....

Think deepfakes don’t fool you? Sorry, you’re wrong Deepfakes are basically undetectable to human eyes Causing chaos Deepfakes are based on a technology known asgenerative adversarial networksin which two algorithms train each other to produce images. While the technology behind deep fakes may sound complicated, it is a simple matter to produce one. There are numerous online applications such asFaceswapandZAO Deepswapthat can produce deepfakes within minutes. Google Colaboratory — an online repository for code in several programming languages — includes examples of code thatcan be used to generate fake images and videos....