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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

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New App Locates Restaurants That Are MAGA Hat and Firearm Friendly

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hillreporter.com - A Harris poll from last week revealed that many White Republicans feel that they are discriminated against. A particularly sensitive subject is their ability to wear pro-Trump, MAGA gear in public. M…

2019 Prediction: Personal Data Security and Protection Will Become Priority #1 for Organizations Around the World

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martechseries.com - Micro-Perimeters to Deliver Where Complex, Dangerously Vulnerable and Slow VPNs Have Failed The security and protection of personal data has moved to priority number one for organizations around the …

A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from “oh my, that’s bad” to WPA3

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arstechnica.com - Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what's on t…

Microsoft Announces 13 New ID@Xbox Titles Ahead of GDC 2019 - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - Microsoft today announced the arrival of 13 new game titles made by independent developers in the [email protected] program. “It’s that time of year again where talented game developers from around t…

From SimCity to, well, SimCity: The history of city-building games

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arstechnica.com - Cities are everywhere. Billions of us live in them, and many of us think we could do a better job than the planners. But for the past 26 years dating back to the original SimCity, we've mostly been p…

PrizeLogic Vice President Discusses the Changing Customer Loyalty Space

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loyalty360.org - As most brand representatives know, the customer loyalty space is changing. While transaction-based loyalty programs are still going strong, brands are beginning to develop programs designed to build…

USB 3.2 is going to make the current USB branding even worse

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arstechnica.com - USB 3.2, which doubles the maximum speed of a USB connection to 20Gb/s, is likely to materialize in systems later this year. In preparation for this, the USB-IF—the industry group that together devel…

Elon Musk’s late-night announcement to raise prices and reopen some stores

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arstechnica.com - Musk referred to some of the closed stores as being "in such difficult or obscure locations, only Sherlock Holmes could find them." Such a criticism could not be leveled at Tesla's now-closed store i…

How Notion pulled itself back from the brink of failure

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www.figma.com - In 2015, productivity tool Notion nearly died. Its founders, Ivan Zhao and Simon Last, had built their app on a suboptimal tech stack, and it crashed constantly. Their angel investment money dwindlin…

This is how you keep your most ambitious employees from leaving

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www.fastcompany.com - Retaining talent is a top concern for most leaders, but retaining top talent should be in the forefront. A study by Gartner found that high potential employees (HIPOs) are at greater risk of leaving.…

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followme4.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY OnePlus 7 leaks: Motorized selfie camera? Bad idea Shared by Android Community www.slashgear.com - One Plus phones aren’t flashy. They don’t turn heads or second glances. Instead, it’s a s…

Google testing out a new Chrome bottom toolbar

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androidcommunity.com - With the advent of smartphones with taller screens and more specifically the 18:9 display, it’s not really a surprise that various apps will be bringing more controls and access buttons to the bottom…

Google Assistant continued conversations now on Smart Displays

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androidcommunity.com - While digital assistants have made our lives more convenient, it hasn’t reached yet the level of real-life conversations like what we see in sci-fi movies with artificial intelligence. But companies …

China’s authorities propose to keep minors out of live streaming

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techcrunch.com - China is getting serious about the way live streaming videos affect tens of millions of youngsters, so much so a top authority has proposed to tighten restrictions on underage use. According to a rep…

Don’t break up big tech — regulate data access, says EU antitrust chief

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techcrunch.com - Breaking up tech giants should be a measure of last resort, the European Union’s competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has suggested. “To break up a company, to break up private property woul…

Google India launches Bolo reading-tutor app for kids

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androidcommunity.com - In the age of information, having the ability to read is not just a must but a need. A recent report from India says that in the rural parts of the country, half of the students enrolled in Grade 5 c…

Amazon expands program that pays developers for top voice apps to France, Italy & Spain

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techcrunch.com - Amazon is expanding its program that directly pays Alexa developers in cash for building valuable, quality voice apps to new markets in Europe: France, Italy, and Spain. Originally launched in the U.…

Registration now open for Disrupt San Francisco 2019

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techcrunch.com - It’s time to saddle up and ride, startup fans. Registration for Disrupt San Francisco 2019 is officially up, running and open for business. TechCrunch’s flagship event — focused on early-stage tech s…

GM Cruise snags Dropbox HR head to hire 1,000 engineers

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techcrunch.com - GM Cruise plans to hire 1,000 more engineers over the next nine months, TechCrunch has learned. It’s an aggressive move by the autonomous vehicle technology company to double its size as it pushes to…

Russia blocks encrypted email provider ProtonMail

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techcrunch.com - Russia has told internet providers to enforce a block against encrypted email provider ProtonMail, the company’s chief has confirmed. The block was ordered by the state Federal Security Service, form…

AT&T to revamp DirecTV Now with new plans bundling in HBO, price hikes

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techcrunch.com - AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said in December the company would soon adjust the content mix on its DirecTV Now streaming service and raise the monthly subscription to around the “$50 to $60” point – m…

Unmind scores £3M investment for its workplace mental health platform

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techcrunch.com - Unmind, a U.K.-based startup that offers a mental health platform for the workplace, has raised £3 million in new funding. The round is led by London-based venture capital firm Felix Capital, with co…

NBC’s free news streaming service, NBC News Now, will launch in May

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techcrunch.com - NBC will launch a free, streaming news service called NBC News Now in early May, which will include eight hours of daily programming and live hourly updated. The service, which was announced by NBC N…

Google paid $105 million to two executives accused of sexual harassment

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techcrunch.com - Google paid a total of $105 million to Andy Rubin and Amit Singhal after they were accused of sexual harassment at the company, the Wall Street Journal first reported. This confirms the New York Time…

Twitter’s new prototype app ‘twttr’ launches today

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techcrunch.com - Twitter’s new prototype application is rolling out to the first group of testers starting today, the company announced this afternoon by way of a tweet. The app, which Twitter is calling “twttr” as a…

“It’s show time:” Apple confirms March 25 event at the Steve Jobs Theater

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arstechnica.com - Apple has sent invites out to members of the press and other guests for a March 25 "special event." The tagline and animation on the invitation strongly suggest that the company's long-rumored stream…

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…

3 men plead guilty to vishing and smishing scheme estimated to cost $21 million

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arstechnica.com - Three Romainian citizens have pleaded guilty to carrying out a scheme that used recorded messages and cellphone texts to trick thousands of people into revealing their social security numbers and ban…

The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings

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arstechnica.com - Here's another friendly reminder that, if your Android phone doesn't have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn't very secure. The latest phone to implement face unl…

John Oliver fights robocalls... by robocalling Ajit Pai and the FCC

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arstechnica.com - Comedian John Oliver is taking aim at the Federal Communications Commission again, this time demanding action on robocalls while unleashing his own wave of robocalls against FCC commissioners. In a 1…

Ajit Pai’s rosy broadband deployment claim may be based on gigantic error

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arstechnica.com - Ajit Pai's latest claim that his deregulatory policies have increased broadband deployment may be based in part on a gigantic error. Pai's claim was questionable from the beginning, as we detailed la…

Sprint warns customers: Don’t be fooled by AT&T’s “fake 5G”

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arstechnica.com - Sprint is warning customers not to be fooled by AT&T's "fake 5G" claims. One month after suing AT&T, Sprint took out a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times to spread the word that AT&T's "5G E" …

Microsoft’s new Skype for Web client: An early taste of the browser monoculture

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arstechnica.com - One of the greatest fears when Microsoft announced that it was ditching its EdgeHTML rendering engine and switching to Chromium—the open source engine that powers Google's Chrome, along with a range …

10 essential TED talks for UX designers

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www.creativebloq.com - Leading web design conference Generate New York is taking place 24-25 April 2019. Speakers include Kasey Bonifacio, Ben Callahan, Josh Clark, Sophia Prater and more. Get your ticket now. Design is an…

Flickr Will Save All Creative Commons Photos, Deceased Members' Accounts

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petapixel.com - Flickr will begin deleting photos of accounts over the 1,000 file limit starting on March 12th, but the photo-sharing service has just announced two changes to its policy: spared from deletion will b…

The worst part about Google's Inbox assassination

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www.computerworld.com - You've probably heard the news by now: Google is killing off Inbox, its experimental email app that's lived alongside Gmail for the past four years. The service is set to shut down for good this comi…

How An Acquisition Made By Amazon In 2016 Became Company's Secret Sauce

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www.forbes.com - When Avigdor Willenz invested $20 million in a startup founded by two of his ex-colleagues - Bilik (Billy) Hrvoye and Nafea Bshara – little did he know that it would get sold for a whopping $350 mill…

YouTube to give users fact-check info for sensitive topics searched

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androidcommunity.com - Probably by now, we’re all aware that there are a lot of fake videos and information being peddled out there on social media land for various nefarious reasons. Some of these platforms, most notably …

ZTE foldable phone image renders go online

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androidcommunity.com - Aside from Royole, the company that rolled out the first commercially available foldable phone called the Flexpai, other OEMs have started with their foldable phones. Samsung already launched the Gal…

How to Create Loyalty Moments Through Customer Experience

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loyalty360.org - Loyalty moments occur when we have interactions with a brand that create a lasting impact and shape our future interactions. Companies that focus on creating more loyalty moments with their customers…

The Potential of a Fresh Start - Productivityist

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productivityist.com - There’s something about starting something with a clean slate. The ability to have a fresh start shows up more often than we realize each day. When we wake up in the morning, that’s a fresh start. Wh…

6 Advantages Of Filming Video Using A Log Profile And External Recorder

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www.lightstalking.com - Chances are that at some time you have shot video on your stills camera. The chances are also pretty high that you were surprised at the great quality of that video. What you might not know though is…

How to Set Up GTM Cookie Tracking (and Better Understand Content Engagement)

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moz.com - The more you understand the behaviour of your users, the better you can market your product or service — which is why Google Tag Manager (GTM) is a marketer's best friend. With built-in tag templates…

Google explains how dates within search results snippets work - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Google has published an article this morning lifting the veil on when and how it shows dates in search results snippets, and offered a few best practices for helping Google find the right date for th…

Google Manager Said Company Must Stop 'Fake News' Because 'That's How Trump Won' | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - Mike Wacker, a software engineer at Google, published on social media a redacted email he claims he received from a fellow employee in 2017, which alleged political bias at the company. According to …

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