Apple autonomous car

 https://bgr.com/tech/bloomberg-apple-plans-to-launch-fully-autonomous-car-as-soon-as-2025/

Popular Chinese dissent viral video

 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211115-rapper-defends-china-satire-fragile-as-views-hit-30m

Video

https://youtu.be/-Rp7UPbhErE

Explanation

https://youtu.be/6zW61QTPEX4

Chinese marijuana investors in Oklahoma

 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/11/12/oklahoma-marijuana-laws-520311

MS Mesh for mixed reality

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mesh

Demo

https://youtu.be/Xa0H-oO1uCc

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/mesh

Figma competitor, Penpot

 

https://penpot.app/why-beta.html

"It's Open Source. It's free," says a web page at Penpot.app.

Slashdot reader kxra writes:Penpot is a free-software, web-based vector design platform using .svg as a first-class filetype used as the underlying storage for all designs.

As more design teams around the world move to the convenience of multi-device synchronized and collaborative web apps, this is a welcome respite from proprietary vendor lock-in by the likes of Figma and Canva. Penpot has finally launched as Beta, with competitive features such as a template library that all creators can pull from.

It's created by Kaleidos Open Source, the same team behind the project management tool Taiga for Agile teams which is taking on the likes of JIRA and Confluence with FLOSS.
"Not having a free & open source UX/UI tool that would make devs participate in the design process and bridge the gap between UX/UI and code was a terrible itch for us..." explains the FAQ at Penpot.app. But it also answers the question: why Open Source?Software Technology has the unique advantage, compared to other industries and intellectual property, of having almost zero cost to replicate itself, thus providing a wonderful chance to massively distribute the tools for a more digitally sovereign society. Besides the pure license aspect of it and its legal framework, Open Source fosters more engaging communities where the lines between user and contributor are often blurred...

Penpot requires a browser, that's it. If you want to host your own Penpot instance, that's fine too. We plan to release a native app bundle later this year.

There is a theme here. Universal access. That's why we love to call our product Penpot, there's nothing more personal and yet more universal than a pot full of pens. It's all about choice.

Repair severe spinal cord injuries

 https://scitechdaily.com/regenerative-medicine-breakthrough-dancing-molecules-successfully-repair-severe-spinal-cord-injuries/

DIRECTV + WHALAR

DIRECTV's LinkedIn posting this morning announces a creative partnership for creating original content.

Here's an excerpt:

The abc30.com article link below mentions, "It was made possible through a collaboration between DIRECTV and global creator and influencer company, Whalar, whose mission is to foster opportunities for social media's most talented, diverse creators."

Here's Whalar's page:

https://www.whalar.com/

Here's the DIRECTV post:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/directv/posts/?feedView=all

"We are on a mission to foster opportunities and build a platform for talented creators – bringing together the very best in entertainment.

The Latinx community makes up nearly 20% of the country’s population and a significant part of American culture, yet is still largely underrepresented in mainstream media. We’re working to change this and bolster support for diverse creators in front of and behind the camera.

Familia Fuego 🔥 is a creative hub for Alexia del Valle, Jesus Zapien, Isabella Ferregur, Leo González and Monica Villa to continue producing content their audiences already love while reaching new audiences through the platform our creative partnership provides."

https://abc30.com/leo-gonzalez-tiktok-tiktoks/11170565/

Head to https://direc.tv/fuego for more.

(Links to the following posting):

We're very excited to officially announce that DIRECTV is serving as the Creative Brand Partner for Familia Fuego🔥, a first-of-its kind Latinx TikTok house based in Los Angeles and featuring five superstar influencers from all over the country! Earlier this week, we welcomed Jesus, Isabella, Monica, Alexia, and Leo who gave us an exclusive behind the scenes look into their new home. 
 
Launching off the massive success of our partnership with The Crib Around the Corner earlier this year, we’ll work with Familia Fuego🔥 over the next six months to create exclusive branded content for their house channel, DIRECTV social posts, digital advertising, host influencer + fan viewing parties, and so much more. We are thrilled and honored to continue our mission of ensuring equitable payment to and increasing representation for minority creators in all areas of entertainment. Stay tuned for more updates from our newest content house!