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Do you like shiny new startups with planet-saving ideas? Join the Green Challenge online Don’t miss out on this exciting virtual event This year’s final of the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge will be held on Thursday, 14 October from 11-12 CEST. This entirely online event will give each of the five finalists a chance to pitch the plans for their green business — and the entire world is invited to watch....

Do you need to be alone to be creative? Here’s what the experts say All by mysssseellllffff People who prefer time alone are often more creative Although famous writers and artists from Thoreau to Walden created some of their most famous works while in solitude, there’s still a lot of stigma facing people who prefer to spend time alone, especially in the workplace. But, according tothis University of Buffalo study, social withdrawal is positively correlated with creativity — as long as the reason for withdrawal isn’t linked to fear (shyness or avoidance)....

Do you really need Google Drive’s new desktop app? Google is migrating all Drive apps Story byIvan Mehta Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.” Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

Do you really need Google Drive’s new desktop app? Google is migrating all Drive apps Story byIvan Mehta Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.” Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

Does a chair exist if nobody sits on it? Relational quantum mechanics says ‘NO!’ What if things only exist in their interactions with one another? What does it mean to be relational? During the scientific revolution, the English physics pioneer Isaac Newton and his German counterpart Gottfried Leibniz disagreed on the nature of space and time. Newton claimed space and time acted like a “container” for the contents of the universe....