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Friday, June 8, 2018

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Have a confidential news tip for Ars Technica?

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arstechnica.com - Ars is always looking for sensitive story tips, useful data, and confidential sources—or ideas on where to find them. While our preference is always to have sources go on the record, we are willing t…

Stable Cryptocurrency, Fast Blockchain, Low Cost, Secure, Discreet, Feel-good for… Evermore

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medium.com - The ultimate private messaging app, Ravn, and its proprietary cryptocurrency Korrax (KRX) have been wise in their choice to be powered by the blockchain network, Stellar. This combination makes for t…

Galaxy Note 9 renders show the Galaxy Note 8

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androidcommunity.com - Samsung is working on the Galaxy Note 9. It’s definitely coming soon right on schedule. There may be z delay but only about a couple of weeks. We’re looking forward to that under-display sensor, the …

Google Cloud announces the Beta of single tenant instances

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techcrunch.com - One of the characteristics of cloud computing is that when you launch a virtual machine, it gets distributed wherever it makes the most sense for the cloud provider. That usually means sharing server…

GM rolling out its amazing Super Cruise tech to more cars and brands

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arstechnica.com - Super Cruise is an evolution of the adaptive cruise control and lane keeping you may have in your own car, but it adds a couple of important new features that even Tesla's very capable Autopilot lack…

Essential is releasing a wired headphone jack accessory

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techcrunch.com - Essential has been nearly radio silent since reports surfaced late last month that Andy Rubin was looking for a buyer for his hardware startup. The company didn’t really confirm or deny the rumors — …

Instagram plans to launch Snapchat Discover-style video hub

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techcrunch.com - Instagram is preparing to unveil a home for longer-form video — a YouTube competitor and its take on Snapchat Discover. According to multiple sources, Instagram will offer a dedicated space featuring…

Google says over 8 million people use its free WiFi service at railway stations in India

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techcrunch.com - Back in 2015, Google launched an initiative to bring free WiFi to India’s railway stations and today the U.S. tech giant announced that the program has passed its target of reaching 400 stations, att…

Deliveroo opens up POS integration for restaurant partners via an API

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techcrunch.com - Restaurant food delivery startup Deliveroo is opening up Point of Sale (POS) integrations to restaurant partners, via an API and developer portal, after trialling the approach this spring and finding…

At Apple’s WWDC 2018, accessibility pervades all

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techcrunch.com - Steven Aquino is a freelance tech writer and iOS accessibility expert. Accessibility has long played an integral role at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, and it certainly had its presence fel…

Facebook cuts downs annoying “now connected on Messenger” alerts

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techcrunch.com - “‘You Are Now Connected On Messenger’ Is The Worst Thing On Facebook’ Buzzfeed’s Katie Notopoulos correctly pointed out in a story yesterday. When you friend someone on Facebook or Messenger, or an o…

What to expect from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony at E3 2018

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techcrunch.com - It’s June, so that means it’s time to spend some quality time in downtown Los Angeles. E3 doesn’t actually begin in earnest until next Tuesday, but much of the big news will actually drop over the we…

LinkedIn debuts Your Commute, navigation and maps to size up jobs based on how far they are

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techcrunch.com - LinkedIn, the social media site for people looking to network or otherwise change up their career prospects, is taking a plunge into location-based services. From today, the company is turning on a n…

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee Is coming to Disrupt SF to talk about how AI will eat everything, especially jobs

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techcrunch.com - At our upcoming TechCrunch Disrupt SF (Sept. 5-7), TechCrunch committed to go deep on Artificial Intelligence, and we’re pleased to announce a speaker who has few peers in that realm as a technologis…

Self-driving robot delivery startup Starship Technologies raises $25 million

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techcrunch.com - The robots are here and one company, Starship Technologies, has raised $25 million to bring even more to the mainstream. This latest round of funding includes a follow-on investment from Matrix Partn…

These are the competitive pressures driving automakers to accelerate new tech adoption

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techcrunch.com - The transformations that companies like Tesla, Uber and Lyft bring to the auto industry are changing more than just the ways car companies think about drivetrains and ownership, and its opening doors…

Facebook launches Fb.gg gaming video hub to compete with Twitch

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techcrunch.com - Facebook wants a cut of the 3+ hours per week that young adult video gamers spend watching other people play. So today it’s launch Fb.gg – as in the post-competition courtesy of saying “good game” — …

Bloomberg Media Group’s chief product officer sees big opportunities in audio

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techcrunch.com - Julia Beizer joined Bloomberg Media Group as its first chief product officer in January — and since then, she said, “Audio has been a big part of my world.” Specifically, Beizer’s team has been relea…

Apple introduces the A.I. phone

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techcrunch.com - At Apple’s WWDC 2018 – an event some said would be boring this year with its software-only focus and lack of new MacBooks and iPads – the company announced what may be its most important operating sy…

Target expands its Shipt and Drive Up services across the Midwest and Southeast

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techcrunch.com - Target this morning announced it’s expanding its same-day shipping and pickup services, Drive Up and Shipt, across the Midwestern U.S. and the Southeast. The expansion will bring Shipt, its Instacart…

Latest Windows preview suggests you’ll be able to turn S Mode on and off

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arstechnica.com - Windows 10's S Mode, the locked-down mode that permits only applications from the Microsoft Store, started out as a separate edition of Windows 10 that was locked down as soon as it was installed and…

Stymied by browsers, attackers embed Flash 0-day inside MS Office document

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arstechnica.com - As browser makers make it increasingly hard to exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash and other plugins, hackers targeting diplomats in the Middle East tried a new approach this month: using Microsof…

The Moto Z3 Play is official with rare, side-mounted fingerprint reader

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arstechnica.com - Thanks to the side fingerprint reader, you get slimmer bezels on the front. MotoMod compatibility means a big, golden MotoMod connector. Wow, that is a big camera bump. Also here you can see the powe…

Microsoft’s plan for GitHub: “Make GitHub better at being GitHub”

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arstechnica.com - As part of Microsoft's $7.5 billion purchase of cloud source code repository GitHub, the company is installing a new CEO. Once the deal closes (which is expected to happen later this year), out will …

Dealmaster: Get a pair of Anker wireless exercise headphones for $30

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arstechnica.com - Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our friends at TechBargains, we have another round of deals to share. Today's list is led by a deal on a pair of affordable wireless exercise headphones from Anker, th…

Join us at 8:30 pm ET today for live-streamed games ahead of E3 madness

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arstechnica.com - Ars Technica's experimental foray into Twitch live-streaming continues today with our second episode of Ars Frontlog. The short version: tune into our official Twitch channel today (Thursday, June 7)…

The Tetris Effect is the trippy block-stacking game we didn’t know we needed

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arstechnica.com - All these effects in this shot look like they'd get in the way of effectively managing the gameplay, but things probably feel different in motion. Thus we direct your attention to The Tetris Effect, …

Ubisoft CEO: Cloud gaming will replace consoles after the next generation

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arstechnica.com - Better start saving up for that PlayStation 5, Xbox Two, or Nintendo Swatch (that last follow-up name idea is a freebie, by the way). That generation of consoles might be the last one ever, according…

The end of OpenGL support, plus other updates Apple didn’t share at the keynote

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arstechnica.com - SAN JOSE—Monday, thousands of people watched Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote, in which the company described its plans for the next versions of its key operating systems—iOS 12…

Foto: Puede volver a ver a su abuelo muerto gracias a Google Maps

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laopinion.com - En Twitter, un joven originario de Talca, Chile, que se identifica como Iván, ha compartido con el resto de los usuarios y sus seguidores un hecho que ha conmovido el corazón de muchos y cuya histori…

3 SEO "Hacks" to Boost Your Website Ranking | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - While nothing can help you reach an audience better than great content, there are simple habits that can help you boost search ranking and provide valuable information for users. And it doesn’t requi…

How to Add Courses to WordPress with LearnPress

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www.wpkube.com - Courses provide a wonderful way for you to grow your business’ revenue as well as your email list by providing value to your audience in a way that’s instructive and easy to follow. You can do this b…

6 Joomla Extensions We Couldn't Live Without | Webdesigner Depot

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www.webdesignerdepot.com - We’ve been developing websites using the Joomla CMS (Content Management System) since its inception way back in September of 2005. During this time we have planned, designed, developed and supported …

Cryptocurrency theft malware is now an economy worth millions | ZDNet

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www.zdnet.com - The Dark web is associated with the illegal trade in malware and malicious hacking tools, a market which has now turned towards lucrative cryptocurrency theft. Cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin (BTC)…

We Need to Talk About Robots Trying to Pass as Humans

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www.wired.com - Westworld is a hell of a show, but the sense of dread it elicits is nothing new. Pygmalion sculpted a woman who came to life. Same goes with the Golem, only with mud. The amalgamated Frankenstein jol…

The Exact Script This 20-Something Founder Used to Successfully Cold Email the Biggest Names in Business

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www.inc.com - Liz Wessel, the 28-year-old CEO of Millennial job-hunting startup WayUp, clearly knows a few shortcuts to success. Before she's even passed her 30th birthday, Wessel started a successful college busi…

Vivo NEX launch details: get them here

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androidcommunity.com - Vivo is believed to be working on a futuristic bezel-less smartphone and it is set to launch this June. We believe it’s only a matter of time before the Chinese OEM makes an official announcement. No…

Atom is the smallest (and most rugged) 4G smartphone for your outdoor needs

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androidcommunity.com - Before the advent of smartphones, mobile devices were getting smaller. When we started discovering we can do a lot on our phones especially when connected to the Internet, screens started getting big…

Huawei Honor Play jumps onto the gaming phone bandwagon

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androidcommunity.com - Huawei isn’t trying to be everything but it certainly wants to join the gaming industry. Ever since some OEMs started to come up with their own gaming-centric smartphones, Huawei also planned on rele…

OnePlus 6 Silk White: here’s when you can buy one again

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androidcommunity.com - If you were super excited to get your hands on the recently announced Silk White version of the OnePlus 6, you might just be disappointed. In less than 24 hours since they released it, they have now …

PagerDuty Helps Businesses Save Face with Customers

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www.loyalty360.org - This week, PagerDuty, a global leader in digital operations management, announced integration of its real-time operations management platform with Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio Team Services, Azu…

Dixie Cups Uses AR to Clean Up Children’s Teeth

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www.loyalty360.org - This week, Dixie, a Georgia-Pacific brand, unveiled a new line of cup designs with interactive games that incorporate mobile technology to make brushing fun and exciting for children. Children typi…

Apple Moves to Block Trackers in Safari as It Reportedly Mulls an Advertising Network

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www.adweek.com - Apple wasn’t shy about bashing Facebook on Monday as the Cupertino giant announced more restrictions on ad tracking tools in its latest version of Safari. But less commented upon at the company’s Wor…

Advertisers Are More Concerned Than Ever About Brand Safety, According to New Study

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www.adweek.com - Some advertisers are unsatisfied with the way social media platforms have addressed brand safety concerns, and they are more concerned than ever about their advertisements appearing in brand-safe env…

Survey: Consumer trust may be Amazon's true competitive advantage - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - According to a newly released NPR/Marist poll, 92 percent of US online shoppers have used Amazon to buy something. And nearly 70 percent of Prime subscribers shop Amazon at least monthly. But more si…

Google axes political ads in Washington state, LinkedIn does it globally - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Google will pause state and local political ads in the state of Washington, according to an article appearing in GeekWire. That’s in response to a new campaign finance law that requires near “real-ti…

Closing the knowledge gap: how do you ensure paid search transparency?

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searchenginewatch.com - As the debate around programmatic transparency rages on and the traditional agency model of media markups and kickbacks crumbles, very little is said about transparency across other marketing channel…

Priorities for diagnosing JavaScript-powered websites - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - In the last 20 years, Google’s search engine has changed a lot. If we take a look at technology and web development as a whole, we can see the pace of change is pretty spectacular. This website from …

US Probes T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Effect on Small Wireless Rivals

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www.newsmax.com - The U.S. Department of Justice is examining how the proposed merger between T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. could affect prices for smaller wireless operators, according to two people familiar with…

Fake News: Washington Post, Media Matters Post Deceptive Edit of 'Hannity' Quote

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www.breitbart.com - Andrew Lawrence, a senior researcher at left-wing media “watchdog” Media Matters, tweeted selectively edited video of Hannity’s segment in which the Fox News host joked about the double standards exh…

Sean Hannity to Trump Associates: You’re Not Obstructing Justice Hard Enough

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www.vanityfair.com - On Wednesday night, in his first interview since leaving the network, former Fox News talking head Ralph Peters climbed into bed with the enemy to excoriate his former employer. “For years, I was gla…

Augmented reality app to allow the world to step into Scotland

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home.bt.com - A “ground-breaking” app that invites the world to step into Scotland has been created as part of a global marketing campaign. The augmented reality (AR) app gives users across the globe the chance to…

Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'

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www.theguardian.com - Almost every day, Kenneth Scalir takes a trip to the library or a cyber cafe near his home in Sherman Oaks, California, to spend about an hour on his favourite site: Myspace. Scalir, 48, is one of a …

Search Below For The Best Tips About Photography

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slr-digitalcamera.com - There is a lot of things to learn and you may be unsure where to begin. The next few paragraphs detail some simple tips that will get you started in the exciting world of photography. When taking a p…

Digital Disruption Common Sense

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cxo-transform.com - Facebook took 3.5 years to acquire 50 million customers, Whatsapp took 15 months, Angry Birds took 15 days. Since 1995 when Clay Christensen and Joe Bower published the HBR article Disruptive Technol…

MUSO, Of All Groups, Tells Copyright Holders To Get Their Shit Together And Treat Pirates Like The Customers They Are

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www.techdirt.com - While the copyright industries love to frame so-called "pirates" as nefarious freeloaders who simply want to consume content for free, it's been an open secret for some time now that these freeloader…

Lessons Learned from the Facebook Data Scandal

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www.econtentmag.com - The Facebook scandal involving private data on up to 87 million Facebook users that was inappropriately acquired by Cambridge Analytica—the political data consultants recruited by President Trump’s 2…

Newark element14's Range of Educational Development Kits Get Young People Coding

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www.embedded-computing.com - Newark element14 offers wide range of products and support for educators and students Chicago, June 7, 2018 – Newark element14, the Development Distributor, is helping to create the next generation o…

How to Guide to Advanced Data Backup Solutions

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www.backblaze.com - Simple and easy backup is great for most people. For those who find configuring and managing backup challenging, it can mean the difference between having a computer regularly backed up and doing not…

Selling skillets: Tastemade is testing commerce and TV - Digiday

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digiday.com - Food video publisher Tastemade is seeking growth in e-commerce and TV. Like other digital-first publishers looking to diversify revenues, Tastemade is focused on growing its direct to consumer connec…

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