Uber’s Flying Taxis Will First Take To The Skies In Dallas-Fort Worth And Dubai

April 26, 2017 Good morning! When Google removed guerrilla ad-blocking app AdNauseam from the Chrome store, their explanation was that it couldn't both click on all ads and block malware. But even after AdNauseam complied, Google's ban remains in place, leading the app's founders to conclude that Google doesn't like criticism of what they call its surveillance-based business model. The move was only the latest salvo in an ongoing war over online advertising. Even the ad industry knows that ads are a nuisance, and it's now taking pre-emptive measures to make them more palatable—or, [in Google's case, to block the unpalatable ones](. But Google's positions also point to a crucial disagreement at the heart of the ad war: What makes ads such a nuisance to begin with? —[DJ Pangburn]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Will The Third Industrial Revolution Create An Economic Boom That Saves The Planet?]( Jeremy Rifkin’s thinking about how to build a clean-energy powered, automation-filled future is inspiring major infrastructure plans in Europe and China. Can his new Vice documentary convince American business leaders to buy in? --------------------------------------------------------------- [These Environmental Heroes Stood Up To Corporate Interests—And Won]( The 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize awardees demonstrate the power of individuals to protect their communities and their resources against the harmful operations of powerful industries. --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Google Blocked A Guerrilla Fighter In The Ad War]( The ad giant’s eyebrow-raising decision to ban a Chrome app has been called the latest salvo in an unending, many-sided war over ads and privacy online. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Uber’s Flying Taxis Will First Take To The Skies In Dallas-Fort Worth And Dubai]( The ride-hailing giant exclusively shared details of its ambitious program to start testing sky cabs by 2020 and putting them into service as soon as 2023. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Imagine A World With Empty Roads But With Skies Jammed With These Flying Vehicles]( The Kittyhawk Flyer says its flying vehicles–which you can fly with a joystick and without a pilot’s license–are the solution to congestion woes. --------------------------------------------------------------- [You May Soon Be Able To Take A Drug To Prevent Depression]( At TED, neuroscientist Rebecca Brachman talked about pharmaceutical methods of preventing stress as a way to stop depression before it starts. --------------------------------------------------------------- [This Is Why Your Startup Will Fail]( Stop focusing on gaps in the market—they don’t matter. Look instead at your own strengths. --------------------------------------------------------------- [This Email App Uses AI To Keep Your Inbox Under Control]( Astro is available for Mac and iOS, and today Android devices. --------------------------------------------------------------- [What Shea Moisture Learned (So Far!) From Its Social Media Disaster]( Sundial Brands co-founder and CEO Richelieu Dennis talks about the controversial ad, the social fall-out, lessons the brand has learned so far from the experience, and more. --------------------------------------------------------------- [How Do We Solve The Water Crisis In The Developing World?]( Water.org cofounders Matt Damon and Gary White are looking beyond charity to solve the problem in our lifetimes. Share this newsletter [Share]( http%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Ffastcompany%2Fthe-robots-are-coming-for-your-wardrobe-1005537 [Tweet]( http%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2Ffastcompany%2Fthe-robots-are-coming-for-your-wardrobe-1005537) [Forward]( Did someone forward you this email? [Subscribe here!]( Too many emails? [Change your subscription preferences here.]( You're receiving this email because you opted in on our website. [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all Fast Company emails]( Mansueto Ventures, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007-2195