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Forget about cars: Honda wants flying vehicles, avatar robots, and rockets Automakers are expanding into new technology fields Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainabili(show all)Ioanna is a writer at TNW. She covers the full spectrum of the European tech ecosystem, with a particular interest in startups, sustainability, green tech, AI, and EU policy....

Forget AI and 5G, it’s low-tech solutions that will help our planet Low-tech could reduce overconsumption and rising emissions Origins of low-tech Critics have proclaimed thedownsidesof excessive technology for centuries, from 19th centuryLudditesto 20th-centurywriterslike Jacques Ellul and Lewis Mumford. But it was the westernenergy crisisin the 1970s that really popularised these ideas. British economist E.F. Schumacher’s 1973 bookSmall is Beautifulpresented a powerful critique of modern technology and its depletion of resources likefossil fuels....

Forget expensive tickets, make conferences accessible for talented youngsters 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....

Forget expensive tickets, make conferences accessible for talented youngsters 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....

Forget Google & Microsoft! Aim for Apple! Story byBoris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Boris is a serial entrepreneur who founded not only TNW, but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), and(show all)Boris is a serial entrepreneur who founded not onlyTNW, but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), andpr.co. Boris is very active on Twitter as@Borisand Instagram:@Boris. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....