Andreas Rekdal

Dec 21, 2023 | builtinchicago.org | Andreas Rekdal

Anyone who’s spent time in an arcade is guaranteed to have played a game that can be traced back to Chicago, whether it’s Mortal Kombat, Rampage, Spy Hunter or NBA Jam. Midway Games, which was behind these classics and countless others, went out of business in 2009, but not before leaving a robust Chicagoland gaming scene in its wake.

Jun 27, 2023 | builtin.com | Andreas Rekdal

Image: Shutterstock / Built In A censorship narrative has been brewing around the concept of shadowbans, the term for when a user is blocked on a social platform without their knowing. In the past few years, the word shadowban has taken on a life of its own, evolving from a signifier of a specific moderation technique to shorthand for anything from actual downranking to unfounded conspiracy theories about Silicon Valley types trying to suppress user voices.

Jun 15, 2023 | builtin.com | Andreas Rekdal

Jun 5, 2023 | builtinaustin.com | Andreas Rekdal

Feb 7, 2023 | builtin.com | Jacob Biba |Andreas Rekdal

Electric aerial ridesharing? Flying taxis? The sky could one day have a new aircraft cutting through it — one that’s much quieter, with fewer emissions, and that’s potentially safer than helicopters and even planes. These aircraft are called eVTOLs.What Are EVTOLs? Like helicopters and drones, eVTOLs are aircrafts that hover, fly, and take off and land vertically. Electric powered, they are sometimes called air taxis or flying taxis. What Are eVTOL Aircrafts?