Our Transportation newsletter is shifting gears; welcome to Fast Forward

Dispatches from the future: artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, and all the ways we live, work, and move. View this email in your browser  07.14.20 Our Transportation newsletter is shifting gears: Welcome to the Fast Forward newsletter. Don't worry, we'll still have all the cars, jets, and trains of the future right here, mixed in with all the other ideas that will soon color the world around us. Stick with us as we go there together. We're happy to have you aboard! In this week's edition, we're exploring the promise (and distrust) surrounding 5G, addressing racist terminology at the heart of many programming languages, and the (perhaps inevitable) cooperative future of self-driving cars. Read on for our latest dispatches from the future. 5G Was Going to Unite the World—Instead It's Tearing Us Apart Divisions over technical standards and the role of China's Huawei are jeopardizing the rollout of superfast connections. Seattle's Uber and Lyft Drivers Make $23.25 an Hour—or $9.73 Two studies reach very different conclusions about ride-hail earnings, as city officials consider setting a minimum wage. These Black Founders Succeeded In Spite of Silicon Valley Spurned by traditional venture capital firms, three businesspeople turned to other funders, government contracts, and their own savings to launch companies. Global Warming. Covid-19. And Al Gore Is ... Optimistic? As vice president, he looked for big policy answers to hard global problems. Now, he says all our crises are speeding us toward real solutions. Tech Confronts Its Use of the Labels 'Master' and 'Slave' Companies and programmers are reexamining how technical terms are used amid Black Lives Matter protests. But some worry the changes are empty symbolism. An Infrastructure Arms Race Is Fueling the Future of Gaming As videogame companies increasingly shift to the cloud, data centers have taken on outsized importance. Self-Driving Tech Is Becoming a Game of Partnerships Making an autonomous vehicle is proving harder and costlier than many startups predicted. So they're teaming up with giants like Hyundai, Jaguar, and Ford. How TikTok's 'For You' Algorithm Actually Works As countries and companies ban the use of the app, dig into the detail surrounding TikTok's most mysterious feature.             This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions