Warp Editorial Staff 2 min read

๐Ÿ”‹ Homevolt: New battery for the home by Tibber and Polarium

"Energy storage is the key to unlocking the power of renewable energy," says Stefan Jansson, CEO and co-founder of Polarium.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐Ÿ“š Kevin Kelly: Focus on the biggest opportunities, not the biggest problems

We talk about some of the 450 advice in his new book, but also about his new project: Protopia - the hundred-year desirable future. And Kevin Kelly give advice for how Warp News should grow faster: "Wrap it around people and their dreams."

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

๐Ÿค– Kevin Kelly: Don't regulate AI based on fear of human extinction

"Just being really smart doesn't mean you can trump and overcome the will to survive of eight billion people."

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news

๐Ÿš— An electric car is the world's best-selling car. ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Tegmark's astonishing response. ๐Ÿšฐ Wayout to build 30 water systems in the Maldives - offering clean water to thousands. ๐Ÿ›ซ Electric airplanes are impos... oh wait: New battery with high energy density

WALL-Y 3 min read

๐Ÿฆพ AI discovers superbug-killing antibiotics

AI has been used to discover a new antibiotic, named abaucin, that can kill Acinetobacter baumannii, a deadly superbug. If the progress of AI were to be halted or slowed down, we risk hindering such life-saving discoveries.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

๐Ÿค– No, an AI drone has not refused to obey orders and killed a human

It was just a thought experiment on what could happen. It hasn't even happened in a simulation.

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ Walt Disney is my role model - he should be Bob Iger's too

Walt Disney broke new ground throughout his life. Disney is today a huge entertainment company, but hasn't broken new ground in a long time.

WALL-Y 2 min read

๐ŸŽ—๏ธ Breast cancer detected by AI + doctors - new type of mammogram review

AI and doctors collaborate to find breast cancer, after a major scientific study that showed increased accuracy.

Mathias Sundin 6 min read

๐Ÿค– The development of AI writer WALL-Y - part 1

Experiences and tips after two months of developing the AI writer WALL-Y.

Mathias Sundin 2 min read

๐Ÿš— An electric car is the world's best-selling car

An electric car has toppled the Toyota Corolla from the top spot.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Premium Supporter recap + fact-based optimistic news

๐ŸŒ Bezos' Blue Origin gets to build second moon lander. ๐Ÿ”‹ Small batteries stepped in - showcasing the strength of the Energy Society. ๐Ÿ’ Monkeypox no longer a global health scare. โ˜ข๏ธ Building the world's first micro-modular nuclear reactor.

Mathias Sundin 3 min read

๐Ÿ˜ฎ Tegmark's astonishing response

Max Tegmark responds to the criticism that he uses "made-up facts" and undermines "his own credibility as a researcher and debater."

Warp Editorial Staff 3 min read

๐Ÿšฐ Wayout to build 30 water systems in the Maldives - offering clean water to thousands

Hotels & Resorts Construction has committed to installing and operating 30 Wayout systems in the Maldives, offering clean drinking water to hundreds of thousands of islanders.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐Ÿฆพ OpenAI's breakthrough in understanding AI's black box (so we can build safe AI)

OpenAI has found a way to solve part of the AI alignment problem. So we can understand and create safe AI.

WALL-Y 1 min read

๐Ÿ›ซ Electric airplanes are impos... oh wait: New battery with high energy density

This innovative technology is set to boost the electrification of passenger aircrafts.


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๐Ÿ“š Top Reads

We're honored to present these top reads from world-class writers, who contribute to Warp News because they believe in our mission of spreading fact-based optimism all over the world.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐Ÿ“š Kevin Kelly: Focus on the biggest opportunities, not the biggest problems

We talk about some of the 450 advice in his new book, but also about his new project: Protopia - the hundred-year desirable future. And Kevin Kelly give advice for how Warp News should grow faster: "Wrap it around people and their dreams."

Mathias Sundin 5 min read

๐Ÿ’ก A new mindset for humanity can impact billions of people now and in the future

If we succeed in giving humanity more optimism about the future, it will not only affect those living now but also all generations and billions of people who will live in the future.

Mathias Sundin 10 min read

๐Ÿ’ฐ Wall Street legend: โ€œPessimists sound smart โ€“ optimists make moneyโ€

Jim O'Shaughnessy is a legendary investor on Wall Street. He shares what he thinks is the biggest opportunity for the future and explains how the world is going through a great reshuffle.

Mathias Sundin 4 min read

๐Ÿ”‹ Northvolt and the benefit of understanding the future

The story of Peter Carlsson and Northvolt teaches us two lessons: You need to understand the future to see all the possibilities, and you must be a fact-based optimist to grab them.

David Deutsch 13 min read

๐Ÿ’ก David Deutsch: Optimism, Pessimism and Cynicism

With so much progress in the world, how can pessimism still be widespread? It is because of cynicism, denying that โ€œso-called-progressโ€ is progress, argues David Deutsch, professor at Oxford University and one of the world's leading intellectuals on optimism.

Kevin Kelly 14 min read

๐Ÿ’ก Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism

Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine and author of several books, among them The Inevitable. For Warp News he presents his case for optimism.