Str8 Up South OC Cars and Coffee
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The Future Behind Us. Episode 2, Nora Al-Badri – We Make Money Not Art
Nora Al-Badri is the guest of the second episode of the podcast series I did with artists who 1. are among my absolute cultural heroes and 2. have exhibited at Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art in Ljubljana. Nora Al-Badri is…
Heart Aerospace unveils 30-seater electric aircraft prototype
Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale demonstrator hybrid-electric aircraft as it targets commercial flight by the end of 2029, a year later than previously planned. Heart revealed the prototype, dubbed HX-1, at its hangar in Gothenburg yesterday,…
Food Truck Name Ideas
If you buy something through our links, we may earn money from our affiliate partners. Learn more. The right name can attract customers to your food truck and make the experience memorable. Many factors go into determining the perfect food…
AI Snake Oil. What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t and How to Tell the Difference – We Make Money Not Art
AI Snake Oil. What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference, by Arvind Narayanan, a professor of computer science at Princeton and the director of the Center for Information Technology Policy, and Sayash Kapoor,…
This Swedish startup wants to pay the flight tracking community using blockchain
One of the most popular pastimes you may or may not have heard about is flight tracking. For instance, in September 2022, the Royal Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Edinburgh to an RAF…
The UK could be home to ‘quantum Nvidia’, says algorithm startup
The governmental deep tech funding landscape in the UK has been in a bit of a turmoil over the past few months. Funds have been promised by one government and then whisked away by another in the space of less…
Pininfarina B95 Gotham at South OC Cars and Coffee
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The Future Behind Us. Episode 1, Trevor Paglen – We Make Money Not Art
I’ve done countless interviews with artists where we talk about their latest and upcoming projects. And I’ve had countless informal conversations with artists where they told me all sorts of amusing, terrible or astonishing anecdotes about their past works: how…
Vega launches Sentinel-2C in ‘fitting’ swan song for European rocket
Europe’s first-generation Vega rocket has blasted a payload into space for the last time. Vega lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana in the early hours of this morning. It was carrying Sentinel-2C, an Earth observation platform that…
The Biennale de l’Image Possible. Portrays of a world entering unruly territories – We Make Money Not Art
The Biennale de l’Image Possible/BIP, an artistic cultural biennial based in Liège, questions the nature of today’s images and our relationship with them. The theme of the last edition was transformations. Its subtitle was MUTANTX and its scope was fiercely…
Swedish startup bets big on zinc-ion batteries with world’s first megaplant
Swedish startup Enerpoly has opened the world’s first zinc-ion battery megafactory. Its vision is to scale a better alternative to lithium-ion for storing renewable energy over longer periods of time. The Enerpoly Production Innovation Center (EPIC) facility is located north…
Spain is luring digital nomads into the countryside with €15,000 grants
In Barcelona, digital nomads risk being attacked by angry water pistol-wielding locals. But other parts of sun-soaked Spain are welcoming remote workers with open arms — and wads of cash. This week, the local government of Extremadura announced it is…
New Study Reveals That Small Business Can Benefit Greatly From GenAI – If They Can Get Employees to Use It
Small businesses no longer have a binary choice in front of them on whether to use generative AI. The technology can now be found within software packages, handling small tasks in the background or being directly enlisted by employees to…
Porsche 911 Hybrid at South OC Cars and Coffee (Not What You Think)
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The Art-Science Symbiosis – We Make Money Not Art
The Art-Science Symbiosis, by biologist and Director of the Fundación Arte + Ciencia Chile Marcelo Velasco and Ignacio Nieto from University Santiago, Chile. Published by Springer-Verlag. Just like scientific practices can pull art out of its prissy self-referentiality, art can…
Europe’s unicorns have risen to €447.4B in total value, report finds
The cumulative value of Europe’s active unicorns now sits at €447.4bn — 3% higher than in 2023, according to a new report from Pitchbook. The report also found that unicorn deal value continued to show signs of recovery during the second…
The Untold Story of The Bitcoin Sign Guy
Exactly 7 years ago today, a guy held up a “Buy Bitcoin” sign at a live congressional hearing. If you would have taken his advise back then, you would have bought bitcoin at $2,337.79 per coin. Today, BTC worth $57,755…
Alana Hunt. “Everyone talks about stolen cars, and not about stolen Country” – We Make Money Not Art
Last year, Australia voted in a referendum proposing to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the country’s constitution. The vote would have given Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a chance to directly advise all levels of government on matters that…
This autonomous yacht is a mobile green hydrogen factory
In recent years, there have been several attempts at building a hydrogen boat. But UK startup Drift is navigating new territory with a vessel that isn’t hydrogen-powered, but hydrogen-producing. Drift is developing an autonomous yacht capable of making green hydrogen…
South OC Cars and Coffee Monterey Car Week Edition
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My Last Will. “Besides, it’s always the others who die” – We Make Money Not Art
What remains after you’re gone? For most of us, the answer to the question translates into money and material goods that might be passed on to friends and family. Ask that same question to an artist and their reaction might…
AI startup offers to enhance your tennis swing — and your racket
SportAI has grand plans for tennis analytics. The startup wants to not only enhance a player’s technique, but also the racket they swing. The Norway-based business analyses sports footage in real-time. It then delivers instant, personalised feedback. For tennis players,…
Modding Supercars at South OC Cars and Coffee
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