An EV-plosion awaits in 2023, and it’ll be packed with tech

December 27, 2022

2022 was the year that electric vehicles entered the mainstream. Not everyone has one, but buying an EV no longer makes you an outlier. Driven by policy initiatives from governments and billions of dollars in investment from automakers, we can safely say the EV industry has begun to take shape. Over the next year, that […]

An EV-plosion awaits in 2023, and it’ll be packed with tech by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Uber and Amazon blasted for poor working conditions for gig workers in India

December 27, 2022

Research firm Fairwork blasted Ola, Uber, Dunzo, PharmEasy and Amazon Flex in a report Tuesday, saying the firms scored zero in its assessment of whether they created fair conditions for their gig workers. The research project, which collaborated with partners at the University of Oxford, said the aforementioned firms did not provide fair pay, contracts, […]

Uber and Amazon blasted for poor working conditions for gig workers in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Our best illustrations of 2022

December 27, 2022
From the MIT Technology Review art team, here are some of our very favorite illustrations of the year:

Balance is a Mac timekeeper app that requires you to manually clock in your hours

December 27, 2022

There are plenty of time-tracking apps for Mac that automatically log the hours you’ve spent signed-in. Some even offer granular data, telling you how much time you spent on a particular app. A new app called Balance is taking a slightly different approach to timekeeping, allowing users to manually punch in and punch out the time […]

Balance is a Mac timekeeper app that requires you to manually clock in your hours by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Baidu starts offering nighttime driverless taxis in China

December 27, 2022

Baidu, the Chinese internet giant that became known for its search engines, is making some big strides in autonomous driving. Starting this week, the public can ride its robotaxis in Wuhan between 7 am and 11 pm without safety drivers behind the wheel. Previously, its unmanned vehicles could only operate from 9 am to 5 […]

Baidu starts offering nighttime driverless taxis in China by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch