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ACLU sues Homeland Security over ‘stingray’ cell phone surveillance – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - One of the largest civil liberties groups in the U.S. is suing two Homeland Security agencies for failing to turn over documents it requested as part of a public records request about a controversial…
What's hot in mobility tech right now
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greenbiz.com - Algorithms and chips that proactively can train self-driving cars. Automotive touch screens that use vibrations to help you "feel objects." Powerful next-generation batteries that are enabling electr…
In Digital Transformation, Strategy is King | Rob Llewellyn
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robllewellyn.com - I would like to invite you to walk across the “Valley of Tech Death” – a technology wasteland where many businesses have poured millions of dollars, culled irreplaceable human energy and capital and …
Lg Oled B6 Hdr Calibration Settings
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bdpy.juvelivetv.it - How to enable HDR for Xbox One X on popular 4K TVs UJ and UH series displays, as well as OLED options such as the LG C7, LG B7 and more. An OLED TV has won the Shootout three years running—here's why…
A Familiar Foe — Preventing Ransomware’s Resurgence
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infosecurity-magazine.com - If data security were a superhero, ransomware could be its arch nemesis – a persistent foe that won’t ever be completely vanquished. Just when we thought ransomware was on the wane, it came back with…
TPS Consulting Daily
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - TECHNOLOGY AND MORE! How Backblaze Buys Hard Drives Shared by Backblaze backblaze.com - Backblaze’s data centers may not be the biggest in the world of data storage, but thanks to some chutzpah, tran…
Clideo promises an easy way to make shoppable videos – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Clideo says it can help marketers reach consumers in a smarter way, by making videos shoppable via an “interactive overlay.” CEO Michele Mazzaro (who previously worked as an executive at Ki Group and…
Spotify’s founding story is going to be a Netflix series – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Facebook’s founding got the movie treatment with Aaron Sorkin’s “The Social Network.” The story of how Snapchat came to be will be a flagship series on the upcoming streaming service, Quibi. Today, S…
Teeoh’s avatar social platform aims to beat the odds – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The success stories of failed gaming startups that went onto strip elements of their infrastructure and pivot into wider markets like Slack has led plenty of game developers to “platformize” their te…
Daily Crunch: Apple adds new iPhone parental controls – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. The i…
BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation of African programmers – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Nathan Damtew, the founder of new Ethiopian education technology and gaming company BeBlocky, has always been interested in games. An avid Call of Duty player, the young entrepreneur, who founded BeB…
The vast majority of US consumers aren’t spending $1,000+ on phones – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Pricing in the smartphone wars has taken a sharp turn in recent years on the premium end of the spectrum. Ever since the arrival of the iPhone X, flagship devices have often arrived in excess of $1,0…
Audi experiments with a rideshare service in Southern Germany using an EV and gasoline fleet – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Audi Business Innovation is testing out a ridesharing service in Southern Germany called BITS that uses both gasoline and electric vehicles in its fleet. To manage the service, Audi has turned to Fle…
Apple: Use only our special cloth to clean the $1,000 coating on our $5,000 Pro Display – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you thought the saga of the $7,000 Apple Pro Display XDR couldn’t get any more ridiculous, prepare yourself for the proverbial cherry on top: The company insists that you only use the single speci…
The electric Porsche Taycan Turbo has an EPA range of 201 miles – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The Porsche Taycan Turbo, one of several variants of the German automaker’s first all-electric vehicles, has an EPA estimated range of 201 miles, according to government ratings posted Wednesday. Thi…
Wotch is building a creator-friendly video platform – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - The team at Wotch has created a new social video platform — but wait, don’t roll your eyes quite yet. “Obviously, we’re very used to someone creating a new internet video-sharing platform,” said co-C…
PayPal’s exiting COO Bill Ready to join Google as its new President of Commerce – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - In June, PayPal announced its Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready would be departing the company at the end of this year. Now we know where he’s ending up: Google. Ready will join Google in January as…
Google Cloud gets a new family of cheaper general-purpose compute instances – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Google Cloud today announced the launch of its new E2 family of compute instances. These new instances, which are meant for general purpose workloads, offer a significant cost benefit, with saving of…
BMW says ‘ja’ to Android Auto – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - BMW today announced that it is finally bringing Android Auto to its vehicles, starting in July 2020. With that, it will join Apple’s CarPlay in the company’s vehicles. The first live demo of Android …
Hyperproof wants to make it easier to comply with GDPR and other regulations – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - As companies try to figure out how to comply with regulations like GDPR, ISO or Sarbanes Oxley, they face a huge challenge just getting started. Hyperproof, a Bellevue, Wash. startup, is launching a …
Join TechCrunch for our 3rd Annual Winter Party – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - After last year’s stellar turn out of almost 1,000 Silicon Valley shakers and movers at our inaugural Winter Party, TechCrunch is returning with the 3rd Annual Winter Party in San Francisco on Februa…
Accel and Index back Tines, as the cybersecurity startup adds another $11M to its Series A – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - It was just a couple of months ago that Tines, the cybersecurity automation startup, raised $4.1 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital. The Dublin-based company is now disclosing an $11 …
Nyxo is building an app-based, sleep-coaching program – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Few areas of health tech appear as untapped as the technology around how we sleep. Far too many people spend much of their waking hours obsessed with how to maximize their hours in bed. Nyxo is build…
Nodle crowdsources IoT connectivity – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Nodle, which is competing in the TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin Startup Battlefield this week, is based on a simple premise: What if you could crowdsource the connectivity of smart sensors by offloading i…
15 answers to common social media questions
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sproutsocial.com - Whether you’re just getting started with social media marketing, or you’re an experienced marketer, there’s always something new to learn. You might think some of your questions about social media ar…
Phone Cameras FTW
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om.co - The iPhone 11 Pro is just another step in the seemingly unending march of the camera phones. The falling sales of cameras across the price and performance spectrum is a testimonial to how everyday pe…
The Snapdragon 865 will make phones worse in 2020, thanks to mandatory 5G
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arstechnica.com - Qualcomm recently took the wraps off its flagship SoC for 2020, the Snapdragon 865. As usual, we can expect this chip in all the high-end Android smartphones in 2020, and it's 25 percent faster than …
Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.2, iOS, and iPadOS 13.3
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arstechnica.com - As has become a custom, Apple has simultaneously released software updates for nearly its entire suite of consumer products today—including iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3, macOS Catalina 10.15.2, watchOS 6.1.…
Mourning the end of the video game rental era
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arstechnica.com - On Monday, Redbox confirmed to The Verge that it was "permanently transitioning out of the games business." That means Redbox would remove the option to rent physical game discs from its thousands of…
Guidemaster: 10 tech gifts to improve the home office
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arstechnica.com - So far, our 2019 holiday gift guide series has covered gifts for those on a budget, gifts for frequent travelers, and gifts for the home. Today, we're turning our attention to the office and general …
Fewer than 10% of Americans are buying $1,000 smartphones, report says
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arstechnica.com - We've already seen indications that American consumers are holding on to their smartphones longer than before, posing challenges for companies like Apple and Samsung for whom mobile phone sales are i…
12 years later, players somehow keep Team Fortress 2 alive on the PS3
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arstechnica.com - Team Fortress 2 was Lars Nilsen's favorite game. He's spent hundreds of hours running between rooftops as the scout in 2Fort and dominating points on Dustbowl as a demoman since he picked up the quir…
Senate Judiciary committee interrogates Apple, Facebook about crypto
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arstechnica.com - In a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday, while their counterparts in the House were busy with articles of impeachment, senators questioned New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Uni…
Verizon lays off more Yahoo/AOL employees after another drop in revenue
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arstechnica.com - Verizon this week is laying off another 150 staffers from the Verizon Media division that includes the Yahoo and AOL subsidiaries, according to a CNN report. "Verizon Media employs around 10,500 peop…
E3 without the lines: System Shock, other games to get 48-hour Steam demos
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arstechnica.com - In an era when traditional game-preview expos like E3 are languishing, a new contender has emerged with an idea we've been privately requesting from game publishers for years: a game expo that any fa…
Subscribe to Ars and get a YubiKey 5
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arstechnica.com - If you're in the United States, chances are that you're looking forward to a long weekend with family, friends, food, and football in some order. As we pause for Thanksgiving, we at Ars are thankful …
Looking back at the best games of the 2010s (so far)
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arstechnica.com - It may be hard to believe, but on January 1, 2015, we will be halfway through the decade known as the 2010s (the '10s? The teens? The twenty-teens? None of these sound right...). The passage of time …
Introducing Ars Pro, the new Ars Technica subscription program
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arstechnica.com - Later this year, Ars Technica will turn 20 years old. Our success has always been inextricably linked to the dedication of our readers, with 15 million of you arriving each month from around the worl…
Can 5G replace everybody’s home broadband?
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arstechnica.com - When it comes to the possibility of home broadband competition, we want to believe. And in the case of 5G mobile broadband, wireless carriers want us to believe, too. But whether or not technological…
Maze ransomware was behind Pensacola “cyber event,” Florida officials say
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arstechnica.com - An email sent by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to all Florida county commissioners indicated that the ransomware that struck the city of Pensacola on December 7 was the same malware used …
How to Build A Social Media Content Calendar (with Scheduling Tools!)
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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - Most small business owners have a lot of responsibilities, so making time for social media marketing can be a challenge. One of the best ways for a small business to stay on top of their social media…
Making a Better Custom Select Element
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24ways.org - In my work as an accessibility consultant, there are some frequent problems I find on people’s websites. One that’s come up a lot recently is that people are making custom select inputs for their for…
Quoting in HTML: Quotations, Citations, and Blockquotes | CSS-Tricks
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css-tricks.com - It’s all too common to see the incorrect HTML used for quotes in markup. In this article, let’s dig into all this, looking at different situations and different HTML tags to handle those situations. …
Google XML Sitemaps vs WordPress SEO by Yoast - Compared (2019)
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winningwp.com - Sitemaps help search engines crawl your websites efficiently by showing them a list of your website URLs. Online tools such as XML-Sitemaps.com can be used to create a sitemap for your website, howev…
Too many Google Chrome tabs open? Here are tips on how to take back control! | ZDNet
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zdnet.com - Take a look at your Google Chrome. Go on, I'll wait for you. So, how many tabs do you have open? If you're like me, I'll bet it's a lot, but fear not! Help is at hand. Here's how you can take back co…
The FCC's Push to Purge Huawei From US Networks
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wired.com - The trade war between China and the US has centered largely on escalating tariffs. But in many rural communities, the focus has shifted to the security of networks for which Chinese giants Huawei and…
Chrome now offering better password protection with improved features
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androidcommunity.com - If Chrome is your browser of your choice, you entrust a lot of your browsing information here. That’s why it’s important that they give you a lot of features to safeguard your privacy and security wh…
Your Phone app gets pen input support for Windows Insiders users
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androidcommunity.com - The Your Phone app from Microsoft has been around for over a year now. It was introduced to let your smartphone sync with Windows 10. Those Microsoft Windows 10 integrations were more than helpful. W…
Android 10 on Android TV is almost ready, ADT-3 introduced
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androidcommunity.com - In the past few months, we’ve been hearing OEMs venturing into the smart TV business as well. There’s OnePlus with the OnePlus TV Q and Q1 Pro that launched in India back in September. The OnePlus TV…
Huawei P40 specs and image leaked with a penta-camera system
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androidcommunity.com - Aside from the Samsung Galaxy S11 and the seemingly powerful Galaxy A mid-range phones arriving next year, there is also the Huawei P40 series. Now this one is more controversial since the US trade b…
Waze now reports unplowed roads during winter season
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androidcommunity.com - For those that are traveling for the holidays, winter is not a good traveling companion. You can sometimes get stuck in places that have not been properly plowed especially during heavy snowfall. Waz…
Motorola Razr 2019 may have solved foldable screen crease problem
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androidcommunity.com - Motorola may be seen as a little late to the foldable phone party but it may be bringing more than just a new way to fold a phone. While some will debate whether the clamshell-style of the upcoming n…
Focals 2.0 smart glasses will arrive by 2020
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androidcommunity.com - Would you pay $1,000 to be able to wear glasses that will make you, well, smarter? Apparently there were enough people who did for North’s Focals minimalist smart glasses. Now they have made the anno…
Edison Mail now has new Assistant to help with email clutter
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androidcommunity.com - While Gmail is still the most popular email service out there, when it comes to email apps, there are a lot of other options out there. They’re bringing some features that may tempt you to switch. Ed…
Galaxy S11 will boast super advanced cameras, larger batteries
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androidcommunity.com - More information about the Samsung Galaxy S11 is being shared online. The series will be launched sometime in February maybe before the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2020). Every day, we learn new detai…
Google Assistant now with custom features for the alarm clock
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androidcommunity.com - The Google Assistant, Google’s very own smart assistant, has since developed into a capable and reliable artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant. It was created to rival Siri and definitely…
OPPO Reno 3 Pro 5G will launch the day after Christmas
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androidcommunity.com - With Qualcomm opening the 5G floodgates with its new Snapdragon chipsets, it isn’t surprising that phone makers are rushing to be declared the first or one of the first to bear the new processors. It…
Domino’s Expanding GPS Delivery Tracking into Stores Across U.S.
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loyalty360.org - After testing its new GPS delivery tracking technology for most of the year, Domino’s Pizza, the world’s largest pizza company based on retail sales, is ready to start adding it to their stores acros…
Has the Starbucks Rewards Revamp Been a Pick Me Up?
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loyalty360.org - When Starbucks relaunched its loyalty program in April, it was met with some initial criticism. We had a different view on the Starbucks Rewards revamp back in March which you can read about here. So…
You'll Need to Be Extra Careful When Cleaning Apple's Expensive New Display - Thurrott.com
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thurrott.com - Apple’s expensive new display, the Pro Display XDR, went on sale today along with the new Mac Pro. The new monitor is not cheap by any means — starting at $4,999, the monitor is easily one of the mos…
Google Announces Flutter 1.12, Adobe XD Support, Big Plans - Thurrott.com
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thurrott.com - Today at Flutter Interact, Google announced Flutter 1.12, the latest version of its cross-platform developer framework. But the firm also revealed new partners, including Adobe, and its big plans for…
Apple's New Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR Go on Sale - Thurrott.com
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thurrott.com - It’s been a long time coming, but Apple’s latest and greatest Mac Pro is finally available for purchase. First announced at WWDC this year, the company’s new Mac Pro can now be purchased for a whoppi…
Kids Smartwatches Sold on Amazon Have Security Flaw
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newsmax.com - Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in cheap smartwatches for children that make it possible for strangers to override parental controls and track kids. Rapid7 Inc., a cybersecurity firm …
At a $1.9 trillion valuation Saudi Aramco is the ‘largest IPO in the history of humankind’
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fastcompany.com - Apple was the first public company to surpass the psychologically important $1 trillion valuation mark back in 2018, and since then the company has floated around that range. But if Saudi Aramco’s IP…
What Are the Risks of the IoT in Financial Services?
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securityintelligence.com - Increased reliance on the internet of things (IoT) is one of the biggest trends in enterprise technology, and the financial services industry is a big part of that trend. And due to the nature of fin…
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Meet the AI Choreographer: This New Model Can Help You With Your Next Dance Video – NVIDIA Developer News Center
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news.developer.nvidia.com - To help automatically create a dance video, NVIDIA researchers in collaboration with University of California, Merced developed a deep learning-based model that can automatically compose new dance mo…
Twitter will now preserve JPEG quality for photo uploads on web – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Twitter is changing the way it processes uploaded images, and the new way of doing things will be much-appreciated by any photographers sharing their work on the platform. Twitter engineer Nolan O’Br…
Oled Vs Led
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razq.gruppodiballogcc.it - QLED for gaming? Worried about burn-in, any anecdotal evidence one way or the other, or advice would be great! I'm considering upgrading my TV over the 4th of July sales — according to Rtings. First …
Is the F-pattern Still Relevant? | Webdesigner Depot
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webdesignerdepot.com - It’s always good to have a set of guidelines to follow when designing a website — especially if you have little to no user data to go on. Over the years, we’ve been introduced to tons of these guidel…
Scaled Robotics keeps an autonomous eye on busy construction sites – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Buildings under construction are a maze of half-completed structures, gantries, stacked materials, and busy workers — tracking what’s going on can be a nightmare. Scaled Robotics has designed a robot…
MindAffect wants to let us control devices with our minds – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - MindAffect, a team which presented in today’s TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, wants to explore whats possible when we can control the devices around us with our minds — and to let others expl…
Intel’s latest RealSense LiDAR camera is designed for inventory logistics – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Intel today introduced the latest addition to its RealSense line. The L515 is roughly the size of a softball, targeted specifically for warehouse logistics — a hugely important and increasingly autom…
Arthur announces $3.3M seed to monitor machine learning model performance – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Machine learning is a complex process. You build a model, test it in laboratory conditions, then put it out in the world. After that, how do you monitor how well it’s tracking what you designed it do…
China shows off its newest satellite’s high-resolution 3D imagery – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - China launched the Gaofen-7 imaging satellite in November, and the country has just shared the first of its high-resolution, 3D shots. The satellite is sensitive enough to height that it should be ab…
Greenland’s ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario, scientists say
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washingtonpost.com - For several summers, this deeply incised melt channel transported overflow from a large Greenland melt lake to a moulin, a conduit that drains the water through many hundreds of feet to the ice sheet…
During which month is it riskiest to drive?
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greencarcongress.com - Ten years ago, I published an analysis showing that the risk of driving in the United States was lowest during late winter and early spring and highest during fall. That analysis covered years 1994 t…
Intel’s SGX coughs up crypto keys when scientists tweak CPU voltage
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arstechnica.com - To counter the growing sophistication of computer attacks, Intel and other chipmakers have built digital vaults into CPUs to segregate sensitive computations and secrets from the main engine computer…
Data from the International Space Station confirms: Lightning is insane
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arstechnica.com - Lightning is such a common phenomenon that people often overlook just how powerful it is (provided it doesn't hit you, obviously). But over the past decade, research has gradually revealed just how e…
Heatwaves on multiple continents linked by jet stream tendency
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arstechnica.com - Summer 2018 saw some notably extreme weather in multiple locations around the Northern Hemisphere. There were heatwaves in the western United States, Western Europe, the Caspian region through Siberi…
Bees Like Big Hemp And They Cannot Lie, Study Shows
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marijuanamoment.net - The scientific community is still unclear on whether or not marijuana can actually help treat sleep disturbances such as insomnia. A new study, however, found that fewer people purchase over-the-coun…
What is Color Theory? — A Comprehensive Guide For Designers - Onextrapixel
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onextrapixel.com - Some consider the color theory to be a science in itself while others consider it to be also a standard in all forms of design. Either way, we can all agree that the color theory is something every d…
Why systems give you more creativity
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uxdesign.cc - To start off, let’s grab a working definition of systems in the content strategy field. Within Brain Traffic’s content strategy quad, structure and process are the two parts of systems design. System…
A Guide to Dependency Management in Front-End Development
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webdesign.tutsplus.com - Package managers, task runners, and module bundlers are build tools that you can use for dependency management. In this article, we’ll look into how they are different from each other and what you ca…
Building a Physics-based 3D Menu with Cannon.js and Three.js | Codrops
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tympanus.net - From our sponsor: Design every part of your website with the Divi Theme Builder. Yeah, shaders are good but have you ever heard of physics? Nowadays, modern browsers are able to run an entire game in…
"Squeezing Spacetime" --LIGO Researchers End-Run Nature to Detect Gravitational Waves | The Daily Galaxy
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dailygalaxy.com - Intrepid researchers at MIT and Caltech have done what was thought impossible: an end run around nature. They have finessed spooky quantum vacuum –the ground state of energy for the Universe and the …
Nine Ancient Human Figurines Discovered On Orkney? Or Not?
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ancient-origins.net - Archaeologists excavating a proposed electricity sub-station in Orkney have uncovered what they believe are unusual ancient stone carvings . It was a team of excavators working in Orkney, the island …
Another Bigfoot Quest, Another Shaky Video
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ancient-origins.net - A new documentary series on the Travel Channel sets out to find Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest. North America's fabled apelike creature has been a life-long obsession of author and explorer Russell…
Data science dominates LinkedIn's emerging jobs ranking | ZDNet
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zdnet.com - Data science and related skills are driving emerging jobs growth, according to a report by LinkedIn. Data know-how is in demand and engineers of all stripes are following suit. LinkedIn's emerging jo…
How to Save a Dying Language
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theatlantic.com - This approach, Kelling told me, has all kinds of benefits. For one, it reclaims customs that Western assimilation sought to phase out. Mo‘olelo, traditionally, were told aloud; repeating this process…
New AI can create a 3D model of an object from a single 2D image
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futurism.com - NVIDIA has built an artificial intelligence that can create a detailed 3D model of an object — all from just a single image of it. The system, dubbed the “differentiable interpolation-based renderer”…
Lucy and the Monstrous Birds, Fanged Beasts and Ferocious Fish of the Pliocene Epoch
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ancient-origins.net - In the geologic timescale that extends from 5.33 million to 2.58 million years ago, by universal standards, the Pliocene epoch was relatively recent, and it was at this time, when prehistoric life on…
Elon Musk revives his plan to power the United States entirely on solar
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inverse.com - Could you meet the United States entirely from solar energy? Sure, claims tech entrepreneur Elon Musk. The Tesla CEO, whose company provides solar panel solutions like the Solar Roof, shared a video …
A new VR synthetic skin brings feelings to gaming and prosthetics – Fanatical Futurist by International Keynote Speaker Matthew Griffin
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fanaticalfuturist.com - WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As the digital and physical worlds collide and merge companies are trying to find new ways to extend the physical experience. Interested in the Exponential Future? Connect, …
Decentralized Twitter: Jack Dorsey Introduces 'Bluesky'
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u.today - Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wants to create "an open and decentralized standard" for social media that his very own platform will follow. To this end, he decided to gather a team of programmers, engineer…
‘Blue’ Space: Access to Water Features Can Boost City Dwellers’ Mental Healtha
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theconversation.com - Officials are increasingly recognizing that integrating nature into cities is an effective public health strategy to improve mental health. Doctors around the world now administer “green prescription…
Food labels should say how much exercise is needed to burn off the calories, new study
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news.sky.com - Food labels telling people how much exercise is needed to burn off what they eat could be more effective at helping weight loss than just listing the amount of calories., a new study has claimed. The…
Calif. Considers THC Warning for Pregnant Women
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newsmax.com - More than three years after California voters broadly legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if its potent, high-inducing chemical — THC — should be declared a risk to pregnant women and r…
Free Pass to Class
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predictable-system.com - I confirm that I am at least 16 years of age or older I have read and accept any EULA, Terms and Conditions, Acceptable Use Policy, and/or Data Processing Addendum which has been provided to me in co…
Have your health and eat meat too: Making a Mediterranean diet work Down Under
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sciencedaily.com - But with statistics showing that most Australians suffer from a poor diet, and red meat production adding to greenhouse-gas emissions, finding a balance between taste preferences, environmental prote…
Does general anesthesia affect neurodevelopment in infants and children? - PubMed - NCBI
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ncbi.nlm.nih.gov - General anesthesia has been unequivocally linked to abnormal development of the central nervous system, leading to neurocognitive impairments in laboratory models. In vitro and in vivo studies have c…
Moravec's paradox - Wikipedia
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en.wikipedia.org - Moravec's paradox is the observation by artificial intelligence and robotics researchers that, contrary to traditional assumptions, high-level reasoning requires very little computation, but low-leve…
How to Clear Facebook Cache, Twitter Cache, and LinkedIn Cache so Your Content Looks Right
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socialmediaexaminer.com - Have you ever updated content but the old images or descriptions are still there when you share that content on social platforms? Wondering how to force Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to clear their…
Lymphatic health is the next frontier in wellness
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wellandgood.com - Hate to break it to you, but your body leaks. Fluid seeps out of your cells and tissues into the spaces between, where it can build up and cause swelling. It’s the job of your lymphatic system to col…
Skin Care Is No Longer Just Topicals — The Future Of Beauty Is Cellular
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Looking To "Quiet" Your Brain? Consider Sports, Says New Study
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mindbodygreen.com - We live in a busy world. Whether it's music blaring on the street or cellphones buzzing nonstop, sometimes it can be nice to get a break and have some peace and quiet. But have you ever thought about…
Letter of Recommendation: 3D Without Glasses
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nytimes.com - With some effort, I learned the technique myself. I have some of my dad’s images hanging in my own home now, and when people visit, I also invite them to take a second look. Cross your eyes, I say, s…
New Law Requires All New York Hospitals To Offer Plant-Based Meal Options
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You Need A Balanced Social Biome To Be Happy, Research Says
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mindbodygreen.com - As with an exercise regimen and a daily diet, maintaining a healthy social calendar is all about balance. Despite the need for meaningful social relationships, greater well-being also requires people…
We’ll all breathe easier with air purifying devices in our homes
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wellandgood.com - Atmospheric pollution is a hot topic right now, but did you know that indoor air quality is often two to five times worse than what’s outside? If not, you’ll be hearing (and thinking) a lot more abou…
New EASYTEC Flanged Enclosures For Sensor Electronics
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embedded-computing.com - OKW has launched EASYTEC, a new range of flanged plastic enclosures for modern sensor electronics. It can be mounted quickly and easily on poles, tubes or flat surfaces. Robust and IP-rated EASYTEC i…
No Nonsense Tips To Build Muscle Fast
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Store Your Boot Code in Secure NOR Flash
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Agnisys to Demonstrate Solutions For RISC-V System Development at RISC-V Summit 2019
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France Raises Pension Age to 64 in Defiance of Protests
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bloomberg.com - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveils the details of the pension reform plan, in Paris, on Dec. 11. Explore what’s moving the global economy in the new season of the Stephanomics podcast. Su…
Bakkt Launches Bitcoin Options in US, Futures in Asia - Bitcoin News
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Wefox, the Berlin-based insurtech, raises $110M Series B extension at a $1.65B pre-money valuation – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Wefox Group, the Berlin-based insurtech startup behind the consumer-facing insurance app and carrier One and the insurance platform Wefox, is disclosing $110 million in a second tranche of Series B f…
Wayv launches Payments, the first all-digital payment solution for the cannabis market – TechCrunch
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Refocusing on relocation, Jobbatical launches new offices in Spain and Germany – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - I’ve been following Estonia-headquartered Jobbatical and its founder, Karoli Hindriks, for years. Part of the vanguard of startups working on infrastructure for digital nomads, the startup has been b…
Gtmhub raises $9M from CRV after posting 400% ARR growth in the last year – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - This week Gtmhub announced a $9 million Series A led by CRV. The investment was not a large round, even for an A. But the capital found its way into one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies that we’…
Ada Ventures launches with a $34M fund aimed at super-charging diverse global founders – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - According to Atomico’s recent “State of European Tech, 2019” — widely considered by the European tech industry to be a reliable annual study — at present, 92 in every 100 dollars invested in Europe g…
Childcare benefits startup Kinside launches with $4 million from investors including Initialized Capital – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Childcare is one of the biggest expenses for American parents and it’s not just families who are taking a hit. Childcare issues cost the United States’ economy an estimated $4.4 billion in lost produ…
Atomico VCs say that “everybody cares” in Europe about where the startup dollars are coming from – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Today, on stage at TechCrunch Berlin, four of Atomico’s most senior partners took the stage together for the first time, flying into the city from London, Stockholm, and Geneva to talk about a wide r…
Inovat modernizes tax reimbursement for streamlined international shopping – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - If you’ve ever traveled to Europe and purchased something, you’re either likely aware that you can get the Value-Added Tax (VAT) reimbursed once you depart since it’s actually only intended for taxpa…
Albo raises $19M Series A to scale Mexico’s largest neobank – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Another startup hoping to capitalize on the fintech opportunity in Mexico has closed on a new sum of funding. Mexican challenger bank Albo has secured a $19 million extension to its Series A financin…
Slack’s share price and the future of direct listings – TechCrunch
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Price insurance platform Stable protects farmers from price volatility – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - From a Southwest England farmer’s son comes a risk-management platform, Stable, a solution as simple as car insurance designed to protect farmers around the world from pricing volatility. Using Stabl…
What the Republican tax bill did — and didn’t — do, one year later
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vox.com - In October 2017, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin forecast that “the stock market will go up higher” if Republicans passed a tax cut bill. Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are now d…
How to Master Your Management Skills and Build a Strong Team
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lifehack.org - Whether you work as a manager or not, you need strong management skills. Editors work with writers every day. Developers and designers have interns to lead. Even stay-at-home parents have children to…
Lawsuit forces CenturyLink to stop charging “Internet Cost Recovery Fee”
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arstechnica.com - CenturyLink has agreed to pay a $6.1 million penalty after Washington state regulators found that the company failed to disclose fees that raised actual prices well above the advertised rates. Centur…
8 Businesses That Thrive During a Recession
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smallbusinessonlinecommunity.bankofamerica.com - A recession within the coming year seems more than likely. While the economy is great today, more than a few economists believe a 2020 recession is quite possible. And that begs these questions: 1. W…
JPMorgan’s Blockchain Network to Launch in Japan in Early 2020: Report
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cointelegraph.com - JPMorgan’s blockchain-based payment network will launch in Japan in early 2020, Cointelegraph Japan reports on Dec. 10. Based on JPMorgan’s in-house blockchain platform Quorum, the Interbank Informat…
Ledger Live Adds Support for Tezos and Staking, Adds Features to Hardware Wallets
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cointelegraph.com - Hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has announced the latest version of its Ledger Live application, adding support for Tezos (XTZ) and Tezos staking. Unveiled last year, Ledger Live is a software so…
Binance Defends Matic After Altcoin Dives 60% Due to ‘Panic’ by Whales
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cointelegraph.com - Ethereum (ETH) based cryptocurrency payment network Matic has described as “baseless” claims it manipulated the price of its token after it crashed 60% in minutes. In a blog post on Dec. 10, executiv…
Payday lenders have embraced installment loans to evade regulations – but they may be even worse
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theconversation.com - Installment loans seem like a kinder, gentler version of their “predatory” cousin, the payday loan. But for consumers, they may be even more harmful. Use of the installment loan, in which a consumer …
Loyalty360 Reads: December 11, 2019
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loyalty360.org - Loyalty/Rewards Programs Brazil airline Gol’s new offer for loyalty plan boosts shares Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA recently made a bid to take over its lucrative loyalty progr…
Cybercrime SOS: Building Consumer Trust in The Face of Online Threats
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loyalty360.org - The connected world presents individuals and businesses alike with great opportunities and challenges – many of which are yet to be fully realised or understood. As our reliance on connected devices,…
Federal Aviation Administration Will Reconsider Agency’s Oversight of Boeing
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govexec.com - As part of the Federal Aviation Administration's ongoing investigations into two deadly Boeing 737 plane crashes five months apart, the agency’s top official told lawmakers on Wednesday he will weigh…
The 10 up-and-coming markets expected to boom by 2025
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inman.com - As median home prices reach untenable levels on the coasts, homebuyers are setting their sights on secondary markets with affordable housing, healthy job growth and solid home price appreciation that…
These Secretive Oil Companies Control $3 Trillion In Wealth
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zerohedge.com - They control the vast majority of the world’s oil and gas assets, yet the average person has never even heard of them, outside of those that are famous for things like getting attacked by missiles or…
Women In Music Unveil 2020 Global Event Series, Announce Diversity & Inclusion Council
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billboard.com - Women In Music is expanding in 2020 with a global event series across eight countries and 10 cities within the U.S. The non-profit organization, which aims to help educate women in the music industry…
Wage Gains: Blue-Collars Beat White-Collars in Donald Trump's Economy
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breitbart.com - Wages for blue-collar Americans are rising by 4.3 percent in 2019 — or 2.7 percent after inflation — in President Donald Trump’s tightening labor market, according to Goldman Sachs. In contrast, whit…
U.N. Warns U.S. Cannot Escape Paying Climate 'Reparations'
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Trump’s children must undergo mandatory training to learn how to avoid defrauding charities
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rawstory.com - President Donald Trump’s three eldest children have agreed to undergo a mandatory training seminar to ensure they don’t fraudulently misuse charity funds in the future. The New York Times reports tha…
US consumer prices increase more than expected in November
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cnbc.com - Fed officials were due to conclude a two-day policy meeting later on Wednesday. The U.S. central bank is expected to keep rates on hold after reducing borrowing costs in October for the third time th…
Merkel urges EU to seize control of data from US tech titans
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afr.com - Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s powerful competition chief who is now also to oversee EU digital policy, last month told the Financial Times that she was examining whether large internet companies could…
Marketing chiefs face a 'final desperate fight for survival' in 2020, says report
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cnbc.com - For example, KFC's CMO Andrea Zahumensky is in charge of innovation, marketing, operations, media and sales at the company, and has moved the innovation and marketing teams closer together to speed u…
Chickpeas Are Getting the Cauliflower Treatment (AKA They’re Everywhere)
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wellandgood.com - Hummus has long been a wellness staple—a tub of it would be right at home beside a bag of home-cooked granola and a stick of Palo Santo in your wellness starter kit. But this is a new decade, and chi…
The blooming fertility industry is delivering more options for parents-to-be
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wellandgood.com - It’s been 40 years since the first baby was born through in vitro fertilization (IVF), yet today, infertility treatments, including egg freezing, intrauterine insemination (IUI) and IVF, have stayed …
5-Hour Workshop with eBay on eCommerce Gamification (Slides)
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yukaichou.com - When people ask me, “What’s a good eCommerce Gamification example?” They often get surprised when I tell them “eBay.” (Woot.com is another great example with a very high value for 2 of the 8 Core Dri…
What You Need To Know Before Buying A Car
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O’Briens Fine Wine Sale 2019
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frankstero.com - The Irish off-licence chain O’Briens has various promotions on throughout the year, but probably the most eagerly awaited is the annual Fine Wine Sale. This year it runs from Monday 9th to Sunday 15t…
The World’s Finest Wine Producers Keep Values Alive For Next Generation
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forbes.com - Chef Eric Ripert at Le Bernardin with PFV Family Members Geert Teuwen Photography Back in October, some of the top wine producers in Europe came to New York City to speak about the importance of the …
Uber guarantees space for skis and snowboards with Uber Ski feature – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Uber is launching a new feature aimed at skiers and snowboarders. The ride-hailing company said Wednesday that beginning December 17 an Uber Ski icon will pop up on the app that will let customers or…
4 Types of Negative Self-Talk to Stop Right Now
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lifehack.org - “You are such an idiot,” used to be my go-to internal reprimand. It’s harsh, I know but I used to be the Queen of negative self-talk. No matter the circumstance, I could find a way to blame myself fo…
Aim Higher: Servant Leaders Think Long Term
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skipprichard.com - “The concept of delayed gratification is applicable to leadership. Great leaders think about tomorrow, not only today.” -Skip Prichard Tweet This Share on Facebook “The concept of delayed gratificati…
Mr. Rogers Wasn't a Saint, He Was One of Us
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raptitude.com - Last week, a friend and I went to see Last Christmas. It was sold out, which turned out to be a stroke of holiday good luck. We saw the Mister Rogers biopic instead, and I think it made us kinder. Th…
Photograph of the week: Thác Dray Nur Waterfall, Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam - A Luxury Travel Blog
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aluxurytravelblog.com - Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful E De girl and her boyfriend who loved to wile away their hours, staring into one another’s eyes as they gazed upon a waterfall near their village. One day, a…
Loy Krathong Lantern Festival In Sukhothai Thailand – The Travel Bite
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thetravelbite.com - Autumn is a great time of year to visit Thailand as the tropical weather is a bit more mild and there’s a sense of magic in the air with two local festivals: Loy Krathong and Yi Peng. Loy Krathong (a…
Welsh Gingerbread Recipe – The Travel Bite
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thetravelbite.com - This recipe for Welsh Gingerbread is an old one. I picked it up during my culinary tour of Wales, and as you can see from the picture, it comes from an old book. You know, the kind your grandmother h…
McDonald's could sell over 250 million Beyond Meat burgers in U.S. annually: UBS - Reuters
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reuters.com - (Reuters) - McDonald’s Corp is selling only 20-30 plant-based Beyond Meat burgers per day in Canadian restaurant testing, although sales are reaching 100 burgers a day in more densely populated areas…
2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck filled with well-preserved jugs is discovered
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heraldpublicist.com - A newly found Roman shipwreck that dates from the time of Jesus Christ reveals new details about the Roman delivery routes and cargo. The Fiscardo shipwreck, found off the coast of a Greek island, co…
Hilarious: Leftists Triggered By Trump Candy Bars
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infowars.com - Candy bars made and sold by a small family-run business have triggered leftists into a frothing frenzy because they are adorned with President Trump’s smiling face. Making confectionery great again, …
Simple sells. - Natural Born Coaches
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naturalborncoaches.com - I was once out of town with friends at a popular sports bar that’s known for having great wings. When we got our menus, there must have been hundreds of choices for wing sauce. The menu was thicker t…
Terribly-Wrapped Presents Make People Happier, Says Study
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scarymommy.com - Step away from the tape. If you’re one of those types of people whose best attempt at gift wrapping is a mess of crumpled paper and lop-sided bows, you may actually be better at Christmas than those …
Why the skin care trends aren't slowing down anytime soon | Well+Good
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wellandgood.com - If you’re a human who has gone to the drugstore, logged onto YouTube/Instagram, or gotten caught in a wild conversation about the multiple-weight hyaluronic acid serum your friend Suzy uses, allow us…
You're about to hear a lot more about Blue Zones fitness | Well+Good
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wellandgood.com - This one goes out to anyone who’s ever been told to schedule their workout like an “important business meeting,” only to fold under the pressure of a last-minute deadline or the prospect of 15 extra …
Megaformer workouts will become mega-popular
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wellandgood.com - The past decade of fitness has been set to the tune of “harder, better, faster, stronger,” but the only thing fast about next year’s “it workout” is how quickly you’ll see it pop up in a city near yo…
The Curious Case of the U.S. Government’s Influence on 20th-Century Design
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nytimes.com - But while the O.S.S. is known for its intelligence-gathering operations and its dissemination of propaganda in enemy territory, its perhaps least heralded legacy is in the field of design. Crucially,…
The $3 drugstore must-have if you're getting a gel manicure
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wellandgood.com - Rocking a fresh manicure can make you feel like you have your life together in more ways than one. However, if your go-to hue of polish is disguising dry fingernails, dermatologists recommend rubbing…
Hotel Hints And Advice For The Best Stay
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bedandbreakfastreport.com - Booking a hotel room can overwhelm you; there are doing. Figure out your budget and decide which features you can’t live without. Remember this advice as you conduct your search. Check online hotel r…
The Best Information About Shoes You'll Find Online
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Barack Obama receives Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award at NYC gala
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pbs.org - NEW YORK — Former President Barack Obama was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award at a gala in midtown Manhattan Wednesday evening. “I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but …
Opinion | Jared Kushner: President Trump Is Defending Jewish Students
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nytimes.com - When news of the impending executive order leaked, many rushed to criticize it without understanding its purpose. The executive order does not define Jews as a nationality. It merely says that to the…
Arcona uses machine learning to compose adaptive soundtracks in real time – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Arcona Music took to the stage at Disrupt Berlin today to showcase its adaptive music service. The local startup utilizes machine learning to create musical beds capable of adapting to different cont…
‘Disney Plus’ was the #1 U.S. Google search term in 2019 – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - Google today released its annual “Year in Search” data that takes a look back at some of the biggest searches of 2019. Specifically, Google looked at the biggest trends — meaning, search terms that s…
YouTube’s tougher harassment policy aims to address hate speech, veiled threats and repeat offenders – TechCrunch
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techcrunch.com - In YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki’s quarterly letter last month, the exec said the company was working to develop a new harassment policy. Today, YouTube is sharing the results of those efforts with the …
New YouTube policy tries to ban “implied” threats, “malicious” insults
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arstechnica.com - YouTube has for a long time been used as a platform for bad actors to launch massive campaigns of targeted harassment against individuals. After years of professing inability to act and reduce such b…
Fieles realizan juramentos escritos a la Virgen de Guadalupe
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telemundo.com - Adictos acuden a una capilla para jurar promesas escritas sobre sus adicciones a la Virgen de Guadalupe. Arrestan a exsecretario de seguridad mexicano por vÃnculos con El Chapo Tiburón blanco muere d…
4 Crucial Crafts of Design Operations
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medium.com - The first design-centric masterclass that I attended was at DesignUp 2019, last month. Dave Malouf, a pioneer design leader in formulating and practicing DesignOps, conducted the masterclass. He is a…
How Martin Scorsese Directs a Movie: The Techniques Behind Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and More
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openculture.com - How does Martin Scorsese direct a movie? Younger filmmakers have been studying at his feet trying to figure that out for more than four decades. Now in his late 70s and boasting a name that has long …
Perspective | At N Street’s Dog Time, the women are homeless. The dogs don’t know that.
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washingtonpost.com - Clients of N Street Village, a nonprofit that helps women experiencing homelessness, pose with Tank and Cornelia, Bernese mountain dogs, and mini goldendoodles Teddy and Bella. Every Tuesday it's Dog…
Greta Thunberg Accuses Politicians of Vanity, 'Creative PR' in Climate Debate
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breitbart.com - Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on Wednesday accused political and business leaders of vainly seeking to burnish their own personal image with meaningless stunts rather than taking serious action a…
Americans Are Lonely, Miserable And Depressed – The Legacy Of A Society That Has Rejected Family, Faith And Patriotism
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infowars.com - Once upon a time, America was made up of tightly-knit communities that were united by family, faith and patriotism, but now we are more isolated than ever before. Of course one of the biggest reasons…
Best Music Of 2019: Editor's Note
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npr.org - What's a list of the best music of the year worth in the era of the perpetual playlist? When even the songs we listened to most alienate us? Earlier this month, when one of the major streaming servic…
BRIT Awards 2017: Nicole Scherzinger wears blazer dress
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insiderfinancial.net - Can‘t crimp her style! Busty Nicole Scherzinger turns heads with her dramatic bouffant and plunging scarlet blazer dress at the BRITs She always catches the eye with her stunning ensembles. But opted…
Trump Treasury staffer resigns after his mom pleads guilty to getting him through college with fraud
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rawstory.com - An advance staffer who worked for Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has resigned after his mother pleaded guilty earlier this week with committing wire fraud to help him get through college. Politico…
Billie Eilish And Alicia Keys Perform Ocean Eyes On Late Late Show
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udiscovermusic.com - Last night Alicia Keys took over as the guest host of The Late Late Show With James Corden and invited breakout pop star Billie Eilish for a duet performance of Eilish’s viral hit ‘Ocean Eyes’. After…
TV and Film Composers Say Netflix, Other Streaming Services Insist on Buying Out Their Music Rights
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billboard.com - At the end of October, close to 90 composers and songwriters from around the world traveled to Budapest to discuss a contentious issue: streaming services’ efforts to upend how composers are compensa…
What a day in the (workout) life of Mary Cain looks like now
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wellandgood.com - Mary Cain’s Spotify Wrapped for 2019 includes song after song by Dermot Kennedy. “He’s the only person I listen to when I run. There’s something about his very soulful singing that can really pump me…
7 Ways To Handle Emotional Triggers, Explained By A Psychotherapist
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mindbodygreen.com - Triggers evoke exaggerated or inappropriate emotional reactions. Our emotions are like muscles. They develop in healthy ways by being used appropriately. When we have hidden our anger most of our liv…
Want A Comprehensive Article On Learning Guitar? This Is It
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onlineguitarlesson.biz - The guitar’s a great for people who are just getting into music. You can either teach yourself or take lessons from a good teacher. Use the tips in this article to help you get things going properly.…
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Skin Care Is No Longer Just Topicals — The Future Of Beauty Is Cellular
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mindbodygreen.com - Take mindbodygreen's new supplement nr+, released as a limited-edition run last month, to be launched in broader distribution in January 2020. It promotes cellular energy production, glowing skin, an…
There’s A New Holistic Way Women Are Achieving Better Orgasms
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mindbodygreen.com - This natural arousal-enhancing massage oil with broad-spectrum CBD and nine other organic, plant-based aphrodisiacs is a best-seller for Foria, a leader in the sexual wellness space. And there's no s…
7 Ways To Handle Emotional Triggers, Explained By A Psychotherapist
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mindbodygreen.com - Triggers evoke exaggerated or inappropriate emotional reactions. Our emotions are like muscles. They develop in healthy ways by being used appropriately. When we have hidden our anger most of our liv…
Looking To "Quiet" Your Brain? Consider Sports, Says New Study
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mindbodygreen.com - We live in a busy world. Whether it's music blaring on the street or cellphones buzzing nonstop, sometimes it can be nice to get a break and have some peace and quiet. But have you ever thought about…
New Law Requires All New York Hospitals To Offer Plant-Based Meal Options
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mindbodygreen.com - Just in the past week, we've seen big companies like Dollar General and Nestlé announce initiatives to switch elements of their businesses to healthier, plant-based approaches. The newest group getti…
You Need A Balanced Social Biome To Be Happy, Research Says
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Meet the AI Choreographer: This New Model Can Help You With Your Next Dance Video – NVIDIA Developer News Center
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news.developer.nvidia.com - To help automatically create a dance video, NVIDIA researchers in collaboration with University of California, Merced developed a deep learning-based model that can automatically compose new dance mo…
New AI can create a 3D model of an object from a single 2D image
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futurism.com - NVIDIA has built an artificial intelligence that can create a detailed 3D model of an object — all from just a single image of it. The system, dubbed the “differentiable interpolation-based renderer”…
Moravec's paradox - Wikipedia
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