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A year of escooters fighting fuckwit riders and government crackdowns Micromobility providers and private companies are struggling with accidents and regulations Cities forced to respond to escooter accidents and casualties In November, Paris introducednew rulesfor hire escooters to be limited to speeds of 10 kmph throughout the capital, with only a few areas remaining limited to 20 kmph. It followed an accident where a pedestrian washit and killedby an e-scooter....

Absolut Machines: Creating Creative Intelligence 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....

Absolut Machines: Creating Creative Intelligence 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....

Academics slam Facebook for shutting out research into political ads The company banned the researcher’s accounts Why Facebook disabled the accounts Facebook said the bans were due to concerns about a browser extension used by the researchers. The group had collected data through a plugin calledAd Observer, which volunteers could download to generate copiesof Facebook ads they saw. This information was used to build a public database that researchers can use to investigate who ads are targeting and how they’re funded....

Academics slam Facebook for shutting out research into political ads The company banned the researcher’s accounts Why Facebook disabled the accounts Facebook said the bans were due to concerns about a browser extension used by the researchers. The group had collected data through a plugin calledAd Observer, which volunteers could download to generate copiesof Facebook ads they saw. This information was used to build a public database that researchers can use to investigate who ads are targeting and how they’re funded....