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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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I can’t stop taking cat photos with the Nokia 9 PureView

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www.slashgear.com - If you’re looking for a large number of cat photos, in excruciating detail down to individual whiskers, all taken with the Nokia 9 PureView, then you’ve come to the right place. HMD’s reboot of the “…

«Wir müssen den Angstknopf herunterdrehen» | Swisscom Magazin

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magazin.swisscom.ch - Die Zukunft wird besser, als wir denken, behauptet Futurologe Gerd Leonhard. Den digitalen Wandel zu steuern, hat Mensch letztlich in den eigenen Händen – allerdings sollte er sich klar darüber werde…

Facebook’s new move isn't about privacy. It’s about domination | Siva Vaidhyanathan

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www.theguardian.com - If you have visited China in recent years you might have discovered how difficult it is to make your way through without WeChat, an all-purpose mobile phone application. People in China use WeChat fo…

43 Of The Best Damn Photos On The Internet This Afternoon

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brobible.com - It’s my job to bring you the best funny memes of 2019 and I do this every single day here at BroBible. I put out the ‘Best Damn Photos’ pic dump in the morning and afternoon, twice daily, Monday thro…

How the tragic death of Do Not Track ruined the web for everyone

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www.fastcompany.com - A decade ago–long before the current controversies over what big companies are doing with our data–a lot of people were already irate about ad networks that followed their activity across sites in or…

Nvidia AI turns sketches into photorealistic landscapes in seconds

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techcrunch.com - Today at Nvidia GTC 2019, the company unveiled a stunning image creator. Using generative adversarial networks, users of the software are with just a few clicks able to sketch images that are nearly …

All Spotify Premium Users Now Get Free Hulu

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www.rollingstone.com - Amid the myriad of discounts that music-streaming services offer to entice new users (one month free! six months free!), Spotify’s decision in 2017 to team up with video-streaming service Hulu to del…

‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ coming soon, now up for pre-registration

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androidcommunity.com - Call of Duty maybe an old, familiar game but we believe it’s here to stay. Geeks who grew up playing the game and are now parents themselves are having fun introducing it to their kids. While it’s no…

Hidden treasure: League of Legends

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arstechnica.com - Stepping into my hands-on with Riot Games' League of Legends, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I hadn't really heard much about it other than that it was an RTS/RPG game that started out as the…

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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY Facebook Hit By 'Explosive' New Allegations As Criminal Prosecutions Loom Shared by Susan Cooper www.forbes.com - The worst week in Facebook's history showed no signs of letting up this we…

Facebook says the original New Zealand shooter video was viewed about 4,000 times before removal

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techcrunch.com - Facebook released new figures about its attempts to stop the spread of videos after a shooter livestreamed his attacks on two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques last Friday, killing 50 people. In a bl…

Twitter cracks down on API abuse, will charge B2B devs

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techcrunch.com - To prevent its own Cambridge Analytica and make sure it’s getting paid for its data, Twitter will audit developers using its APIs. Starting June 19th, Twitter will require any app that calls a recent…

Firefox now automatically blocks autoplaying audio and video

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techcrunch.com - Mozilla today released version 66 of its Firefox browser. It features all of the usual tech updates and bug fixes, but there’s also a clear theme here: reducing online annoyances. With this update, F…

Yandex inks deal with Hyundai to build self-driving car tech for its Mobis OEM division

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techcrunch.com - On the heels of becoming the latest investor in Ola, today Hyundai announced another key deal to further its ambitions in next-generation automotive services. Yandex, the Russian search giant that ha…

Google scores a custom AMD GPU to power its Stadia cloud gaming hardware

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techcrunch.com - Google’s new Stadia game streaming service may be great for people who don’t own a powerful PC or console, but those games have to run somewhere — specifically, in a Google datacenter. And the hardwa…

Patreon ups its revenue cut, but grandfathers in old creators

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techcrunch.com - Patreon couldn’t survive charging all creators just a 5 percent rake on the monthly subscriptions they earn from fans while building commerce tools like CRMs and merchandise to stay ahead of Twitch, …

AI has become table stakes in sales, customer service and marketing software

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techcrunch.com - Artificial intelligence and machine learning has become essential if you are selling sales, customer service and marketing software, especially in large enterprises. The biggest vendors from Adobe to…

Salesforce update brings AI and Quip to customer service chat experience

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techcrunch.com - When Salesforce introduced Einstein, its artificial intelligence platform in 2016, it was laying the ground work for artificial intelligence underpinnings across the platform. Since then the company …

Waymo is gearing up to put a lot more self-driving cars on the road

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techcrunch.com - Waymo is opening another technical service center in the Phoenix area, an expansion that will allow the autonomous vehicle technology startup to double its capacity in the area as it prepares to grow…

HP built a better version of the Oculus Rift

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techcrunch.com - HP isn’t generally a brand most associate with being at the cutting edge of new technologies, but the company’s new HP Reverb is probably the best PC-powered consumer VR headset out there, when balan…

Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen steps down

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techcrunch.com - Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen issued an open letter on the site’s blog today, noting that he will be stepping down from his role. The executive served as one of three cofounders for the service, launchi…

Camera maker Insta360 raises $30M as it eyes 2020 IPO

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techcrunch.com - Insta360, one of the pioneers in making 360-degree cameras, just raised $30 million in a Series C+ funding round from Chinese investors including Everest Venture Capital, MG Holdings and Huajin Capit…

TikTok parent Bytedance is getting serious about games

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techcrunch.com - A turbulent 2018 for China’s gaming market hasn’t held back newcomers. Bytedance, the world’s most valuable startup behind a collection of rising new media apps including TikTok and Jinri Toutiao, is…

MoviePass brings back its unlimited movie plan, with a limited time price of $9.95

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techcrunch.com - MoviePass is bringing back a version of the plan that made it so popular in the first place — a subscription where you pay a monthly fee and get an unlimited number of 2D movie tickets. MoviePass Unc…

Donated devices are doxing your data, says new research

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techcrunch.com - In the space of six months, one security researcher found thousands of files from dozens of computers, phones and flash drives — most of which contained personal information. All the researcher did w…

Why a top antitrust lawmaker thinks it’s time to break up Facebook

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techcrunch.com - When the newly-minted chair of a congressional antitrust committee calls you out, it’s probably time to start worrying. In an op-ed for the New York Times, Rhode Island Representative David N. Cicill…

Reed Hastings says Netflix won’t be part of Apple’s upcoming video streaming service

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techcrunch.com - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said during a Los Angeles press event tonight that it will not be part of the streaming video service Apple is expected to unveil next week at its Cupertino headquarters. Wh…

Google is creating its own first-party game studio

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techcrunch.com - Google just unveiled Stadia at a conference in San Francisco, its cloud gaming platform. While most of the conference showcased well-known games you can play on your PC, Xbox One or Playstation 4, th…

Angry Birds AR is coming to iPhone this spring

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techcrunch.com - Angry Birds: Isle of Pigs took the scenic route to the iPhone. Rovio began flirting with augmented reality on the Magic Leap of all places, releasing First Person Slingshot for the headset last year.…

Pandora switches up its classic listening experience with Modes

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techcrunch.com - If you’ve ever tried Pandora, you know the basic deal. The service offers a more passive form of music discovery than other streaming services, encouraging users to let algorithms do most of the heav…

Oracle adds more AI features to its suite of sales tools

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techcrunch.com - As the biggest sales and marketing technology firms mature, they are all turning to AI and machine learning to advance the field. This morning it was Oracle’s turn, announcing several AI-fueled featu…

Salesforce finally embedding Quip into platform, starting with Sales and Service Cloud

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techcrunch.com - When Salesforce bought Quip in 2016 for $750 million, it was fair to wonder what it planned to do with it. While company founder Bret Taylor has moved up the ladder to Chief Product Officer, Quip rem…

Discount student tickets still available for TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2019

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techcrunch.com - Here’s a shout-out to students fascinated by the world of robots and artificial intelligence. There’s a limited supply of discounted tickets left for TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics + AI, a one-day con…

Apple upgrades the iMac line with boosted processors and graphics

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techcrunch.com - For a company hosting a big event next week, Apple’s sure got a lot of news bubbling up these days. It kicked off the week by unveiling upgrades to the iPad line, and now just revealed a handful of u…

Facebook settles ACLU job advertisement discrimination suit

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techcrunch.com - Facebook and the ACLU issued a joint statement this morning, noting that they have settled a class action job discrimination suit. The ACLU filed the suit in September, along with Outten & Golden LLC…

Instagram launches shopping checkout, charging sellers a fee

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techcrunch.com - Instagram is opening a whole new revenue stream. Now the 130 million people who tap Instagram’s product tags on shopping posts will be able to buy those items without leaving the app, thanks to store…

Xiaom Q4 sees strong growth in overseas shipment and internet services

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techcrunch.com - Xiaomi, the Chinese company known for its cheap handsets and a vision to drive revenues by selling internet services, has come in ahead of analysts’ estimates in its fourth-quarter profit although re…

Xiaomi outs Redmi Go, a $65 entry-level smartphone for India

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techcrunch.com - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced a new entry level smartphone at an event in Delhi. The entry-level smartphone is targeted at the Indian market and looks intended to woo feature phone ow…

Trello aims for the enterprise

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techcrunch.com - Trello, Atlassian’s project management tool, is doubling down on its efforts to become a better service for managing projects at work. To do so, the team is launching thirteen new features in Trello …

D3D raytracing no longer exclusive to 2080, as Nvidia brings it to GeForce 10, 16

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arstechnica.com - Microsoft announced DirectX raytracing a year ago, promising to bring hardware-accelerated raytraced graphics to PC gaming. In August, Nvidia announced its RTX 2080 and 2080Ti, a pair of new video ca…

Hands on with Google Stadia: It works, but is that enough?

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arstechnica.com - SAN FRANCISCO—Shortly after Google announced its upcoming Stadia streaming platform this morning at the Game Developers Conference, the company opened up a few kiosks showing off the technology in a …

Google to simplify messaging strategy, will support only five messaging apps

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arstechnica.com - In a post on its official blog, Google laid out a simplified messaging strategy for the future. In order to offer customers "a simpler and more unified communications experience," Google promised to …

The poshest SUV of them all: Rolls-Royce Cullinan first drive

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arstechnica.com - Although we make every effort to cover our own travel costs, in this case BMW flew me to Palm Springs, California, and provided two nights in a hotel in Indian Wells. Now that SUVs have overtaken sed…

Fortnite teams with Weezer in attempt to become the next Second Life

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arstechnica.com - When you boot the game's creative hub, Epic Games starts players off with a few featured spots they can go, full of pre-made content. More on what you can expect to find on Weezer Island. Ride hoverb…

Niño de 11 años de Miami muere tras hacer reto viral “Momo Challenge”

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laopinion.com - Una pareja originaria de Perú pero que radica en Miami vivió una terrible tragedia el pasado martes 12 de marzo, cuando descubrieron que su hijo de tan solo 11 años se había suicidado al interior de …

Blockchain ID Startup Metadium Reveals Partnership With Game Engine Giant Unity

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cointelegraph.com - Metadium, a South Korean blockchain identity startup, is releasing its Software Development Kit (SDK) on leading game engine Unity’s Asset Store, according to a press release published today, March 1…

Give Your Business a Voice to Make it Stand Out

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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - You’re not unique. Whatever you do, someone else is doing the same thing—or something very similar. That’s how it should be. If your business really were the only one in its field, there would be a r…

Report: Over 40 Bugs in Blockchain and Crypto Platforms Detected Over Past 30 Days

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cointelegraph.com - White hat hackers have detected over 40 bugs in blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms over the past 30 days, tech news outlet The Next Web (TNW) reported on March 14. According to an investigation …

15 Facts About WordPress and Web Design You Need to Know for 2019 - Design Bombs

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www.designbombs.com - It’s 2019, and boy is the web is changing. Web design, and WordPress, in particular, have undergone huge changes over the past 12 months. The most significant change being the Gutenberg block editor,…

Facebook Hit By 'Explosive' New Allegations As Criminal Prosecutions Loom

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www.forbes.com - The worst week in Facebook's history showed no signs of letting up this weekend, with fresh accusations in the Observer of an executive-level cover-up of Cambridge Analytica's data harvesting. The cr…

Get Ahead of Twitter Harassment by Checking Your Lists

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lifehacker.com - Being harassed on Twitter is never fun. And it can happen to you whether you’re already a decently well-known figure with that blue check mark of authenticity, an up-and-comer in the world of online …

Google Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL image renders show dual rear and dual selfie cams

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androidcommunity.com - The next Pixel flagship smartphones will still be released. We can’t say if we have to wait for October for the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL to be unveiled but we’ve been hearing some rumors and speculatio…

Google Tasks now lets you set date, time, import reminders

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androidcommunity.com - Google Tasks may not be the most feature-filled and useful app right now but it is still being positioned by Google as the “one destination to track what you need to do in G Suite”. And while it’s st…

This comprehensive AWS development bundle is now at its lowest [DEALS]

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androidcommunity.com - If you’re an IT professional looking to further your career and become a pro in Amazon Web Services, the AWS Certified Architect Developer Bundle 2019 is now just $25 off for a limited time only. The…

Internet Archive starts archiving Google+ public posts

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androidcommunity.com - When they say that the Internet never forgets, sometimes it’s because of sites like the Internet Archive, which serves as a museum and a library as well for the whole online history of the world. Whe…

Oracle Talks the Future of Loyalty

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loyalty360.org - Loyalty360 has seen that many brands are substantially restructuring their loyalty programs or launching new ones altogether. These trends suggest that something serious has changed. To get a grasp o…

A No-Nonsense Book on Excellence

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loyalty360.org - One bit of jargon floating around the industry these days is “high-functioning organization.” The term is often used vaguely, but it has something to do with adaptability and engagement, something to…

No, Netflix is Not Joining New Apple Video Service - Thurrott.com

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www.thurrott.com - No surprise here, but Netflix confirmed last night that it will not participate in Apple’s coming video service. “We want to have people watch our content on our service,” Netflix CEO Reed said at a …

10 Unstoppable Entrepreneurs Share Their Advice For Success

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www.dumblittleman.com - Being an entrepreneur is never about the end result but the journey you embark yourself on. If you really want to succeed, you must look past your failures and pursue your goals with persistence. Unf…

Yelps says Google trying to bring back 'discredited' rival links EU antitrust remedy - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Google is reportedly seeking to avoid further European antitrust penalties in shopping search by testing out a new link placement to drive traffic to competitors’ sites. Yelp has strongly criticized …

Forget Inbox Zero: Here's how to optimize your email time every day

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blog.rescuetime.com - How much time do you spend a day on email? 30 minutes? An hour? Two? Take a second and write down a number that feels right to you. Ready? Ok. Here’s the bad news. If you wrote less than 2 hours, you…

How To Create A Unique Image For Your Product

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www.bitrebels.com - A recent study found that 92% of consumers say that visual aesthetics are the leading factor that influences their buying decisions. This makes sense because most buyers will judge products not only …

7 Things To Know Before Starting A CBD Business

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www.bitrebels.com - Last year blockchain was the major business trend, but in 2019 it seems that CBD and legal marijuana is all people can talk about. Before rushing into a new business, make sure you think through all …

6 Ways To Add Additional Security To Your Dedicated Server

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www.bitrebels.com - A dedicated server provides an exceptional amount of freedom. Of course, with freedom also comes risk. With a shared hosting service, most of your security is handled for you, but with a dedicated se…

5 Google Business Profile Tweaks To Improve Foot Traffic

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moz.com - Your agency recommends all kinds of useful tactics to help improve the local SEO for your local business clients, but how many of those techniques are leveraging Google Business Profile (GBP) to attr…

Bing Ads Editor releases updates to make Google Ads imports faster, easier - Search Engine Land

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searchengineland.com - Bing Ads has made a few updates to the way Google Ads imports work in Bing Ads Editor. Parity with web imports. The import and scheduling options in Bing Ads Editor (BAE) are now in parity with the G…

What is Monitor Resolution? Resolutions and Aspect Ratios Explained

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www.viewsonic.com - Monitor resolution? Aspect ratio? What does it all mean!? If you’ve ever been shopping for a computer screen or TV you’ve undoubtedly come across one or both of these terms. Today we’ll be diving rig…

Where are you headed?

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seths.blog - Traffic at work isn’t just a metaphor. It’s real. We get stuck. Surrounded by people who are just as stuck. It can seem like progress is at a crawl. And then, we see a different way. Someone finds a …

It looks like Waymo is about to expand its self-driving taxi service

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mashable.com - Waymo One — the self-driving taxi service from Google's autonomous car company — officially launched in December, but it hasn't been available to many people. That could change. In a blog post Tuesda…

Jeff Landry: All Options Are on the Table to Break Big Tech Monopolies | Breitbart

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www.breitbart.com - Landry offered his remarks in a Tuesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow. “We have seen a tremendous amount of consolidation in regard to social platforms and the te…

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