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Know the difference between story and argument to boost your presentations
Few words have more power – and baggage – than “story. ” It describes everything from novels, movies, and TV shows to news reports, histories, and podcasts. In business, we love to borrow the power of “story,” even when it’s probably the wrong word choice. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 14:00
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Facebook scores big, gets rights to air highlights from major cricket tournaments
The International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body for the sport, announced today it’s partnering with Facebook to show exclusive digital content for ICC tournaments hosted in the Indian sub-continent until 2023. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 13:34
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Justin Sun seeks Andrew Yang’s attention with another cryptocurrency UBI pitch
Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain platform TRON, and current CEO of BitTorrent, is appearing a little desperate for the attention of US Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Sun reinforced his desire to work with Yang to make Universal Basic Income (UBI) a reality during a livestream on Tuesday, just after promising to reschedule his $4. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 13:12
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Here’s how to fight back against Bitcoin-ransoming malware
Losing your data sucks. It sucks even more when someone uses ransomware to maliciously encrypt your files and demands Bitcoin to ensure its safe return. But don’t worry, because there are things you can do to get one over on the cyberbaddies. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 13:08
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Study: Weaponized misinformation from political parties is now a global problem
Social media, a tool created to guard freedom of speech and democracy, has increasingly been used in more sinister ways. From its role in amplifying political disinformation in elections, to inciting online violence, and lowering the levels of trust in media — Facebook isn’t just a space to share “what’s on your mind,” and you’d be naive to believe so. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 12:45
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Google brags its Android alternative for low-end phones is now even faster
Google is making its Android Go — a lightweight alternative of its mobile platform design to run smoothly on low-end phones — even faster. In a new blog post, the company says apps on Android 10 Go will now launch about 10 percent faster than they did on the older version. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 12:03
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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin hits lowest price in 103 days’
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 11:31
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Bitcoin scammers are already impersonating Bakkt just days after its launch
Cryptocurrency giveaway scams are nothing new. Fraudsters have been known in the past to impersonate the likes of Elon Musk or Vitalik Buterin to con unwitting victims. And now, just days after its launch, we are seeing crypto con artists impersonate Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 10:43
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Android users suckered for $100s by basic calculator and QR scanning apps
If all the different types of malware that find a way to sneak into the Google Play Store wasn’t enough, here’s another nasty surprise. A new category of apps called “Fleeceware” has been unearthed on the app distribution platform; these apps were found to abuse the Play Store policies and grossly charge users hundreds of dollars for mundane services like calculators and QR code scanners. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 09:30
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Amazon forays into wearables with Alexa powered-glasses and smart ring
Ever fantasize about becoming a spy, wearing miniature and carefully disguised gadgets, and talking to an invisible computer assistant through them? Well, Amazon is going to make that dream come true – to some extent. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 08:20
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Ready Player What? Facebook announces a new VR social network
Facebook revealed at today’s Oculus Connect event that it’s launching its own social VR platform, a very MMO-like virtual world called Horizon. Horizon is an “interconnected world” where VR avatars can meet, hang out, play games, and build their own environments. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 01:25
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Reddit and Gab’s most toxic communities inadvertently train AI to combat hate speech
A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara and Intel took thousands of conversations from the scummiest communities on Reddit and Gab and used them to develop and train AI to combat hate speech. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 23:38
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Amazon’s new Echo Studio promises high-end, 3D sound with Dolby Atmos
Amazon revealed an onslaught of new devices today, and among them was its first ‘high-end’ speaker: the Echo Studio. Amazon is claiming serious audio quality here, as the speaker was designed to go along with the company’s new Amazon Music HD service, which is able to deliver lossless audio. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 22:16
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Ubisoft’s new college course is a game about making games
Ubisoft recently announced it’d be collaborating on a game design course with Concordia University — and now we know the course apparently involves making a For Honor spin-off game that’ll reflect the student’s progress. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 21:20
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The 2020 iPhone might look a lot more like the iPhone 4
If you’ve been keeping up with iPhone launches from the Android side of the world, you might find Apple’s design language has gotten a bit… stale. Shortly after the iPhone X was announced in 2017, other manufacturers had copied the notch, reduced it, or removed it altogether. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 21:09
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Vodafone litters London with blockchain tokens in new augmented reality game
Vodafone is running an augmented reality (AR) game across London as part of a promotional Apple giveaway, and it’s powered by blockchain technology. The game, called Find Unlimited, requires players find and interact with “Vatoms,” unique, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) generated by and stored in a blockchain operated by startup BLOCKv. äàëüøå »
2019-9-26 20:24
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Dollar-pegged stablecoin Tether is now the world’s 4th biggest cryptocurrency
Controversial USD-backed stablecoin Tether is now the world’s fourth biggest cryptocurrency, only surpassed by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple. Tether, which is actually only 74-percent backed by cash and other assets, garnered a higher share of the market after a major sell-off. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 18:29
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Google’s unsurprising refusal to pay for news snippets undermines new EU copyright law
Google has announced it will not pay European news publishers for the right to show their content on Google News, which will be mandatory under the EU’s new copyright directive that will come into effect next month, The Financial Times reports. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 17:48
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Untitled Goose Game is the perfect way to unleash your inner asshole
For better or worse, being an asshole is fun. Unfortunately, in the real world this has knock-on effects, like, you know, everyone thinking you’re an asshole. That’s why it’s refreshing to act like a dickhead virtually and actually get rewarded for it. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 17:27
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China has no idea know when it will launch its digital currency
Despite reports last month that China was readying itself to deploy its own government digital currency, it now seems the country is not so surefooted regarding the asset’s roll out. In a press conference in Beijing yesterday, The People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) governor Yi Gang said that there is “no timetable” for the launch of its new digital currency, South China Morning Post reports. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 16:30
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The magna
The Nokia 3310when he grabbed his iPhone to film the flood, the phone got swept away by a gust of wind. Falling 60 meters (200 feet) down on rocky terrain — where a massive river was overflowing and rupturing roads — the time came for Haukur to say goodbye to… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: iPhone,iPhone 6S äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 16:08
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KPMG survey reveals blockchain tokens might only be good for
‘Big Four’ accounting firm KPMG has revealed that 83 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 it surveyed were interested in the future of blockchain tokens — despite sickeningly poor market performance over the past two years. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 15:59
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91% of Russians would rather pirate than pay for content, survey shows
Russians have no qualms with pirated games, software, movies, TV shows, and music, a new survey reveals. Only 9 percent of Russian netizens prefer sticking to exclusively legal content, according to data from security firm ESET reviewed by TorrentFreak. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 15:58
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CHEAP: Hallelujah! Get the good ol’ MacBook Air for just $876
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Apple released the new crop of MacBook Air last year after a long wait. But let’s face it, the new models are still a bit pricy and a lot of them have the dreaded keyboard issue. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 14:50
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I tried getting chill and swole (chwole?) with CBD-infused protein bars
CBD is a weird one. On one hand, it has acolytes everywhere claiming it to be a miraculous wonder-drug. But on the other? There’s little proper medical science backing up these declarations. So, we knew what we had to do: test out CBD-infused protein bars to see if we could both experience the impact of the chemical and, simultaneously, get swole as a motherfucker. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 14:35
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This site turns Wikipedia pages into ‘legit’ academic papers
In the words of a famous philosopher whose name I can’t recall, “Wikipedia is the best thing ever — anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject… so you know you’re getting the best possible information. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 13:47
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Court rules Bitfinex’ info on $850M Tether black hole unnecessary – for now
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex can now stop sharing documents about its use of Tether with the New York Attorney General (NYSAG) after winning a motion in the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court over an alleged $850 million cover-up. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 12:57
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Xiaomi’s $91 phone has 5,000 mAh battery and 18W USB-C fast charging
Xiaomi built its reputation and business in India by selling budget phones with great specs at competitive prices. Its latest affordable offering, the Mi 8A, has a huge 5,000mAh battery and support for 18W fast charging via USB-C. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 11:51
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Mobile malware campaign targeting Uyghur Muslims impacted Tibetans too
The mobile malware campaign targeting the Uyghur Muslim minority in China was also directed at senior members of Tibetan groups, according to new research. The details — disclosed by University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and TechCrunch — reveal that the targets were sent specifically tailored malicious web links over WhatsApp, which, when opened, exploited browser vulnerabilities on iOS and Android devices to install spyware, and surreptitiously stole private and sensitive information. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 11:36
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Google releases trove of deepfake videos to help researchers devise detection methods
We’ve seen multiple instances of deepfake technology being used to harm someone mentally or financially. To fight this, researchers need to develop detection algorithms to weed out such videos. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 10:38
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iOS 13 bug lets third-party keyboards enable ‘full access’ without your permission — here’s a fix
Just as Apple made available iOS 13. 1 and iPadOS after a rather messy rollout, the iPhone maker is warning users of a security issue impacting third-party keyboard apps. The bug — unresolved in its latest updates released yesterday — could potentially allow keyboard makers to gather keystroke data without your knowledge and relay it back to their servers. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 09:48
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Instagram is reportedly testing dark mode, here’s what it looks like
We’re officially in the dark mode era. iOS 13 and Android 10, which rolled out recently, both have that option. Sadly, not all appsautomatically respond to the dark theme on your phone and turn the lights down. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 08:15
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The SeatyGo bike saddle thwarts thieves by being super easy to take with you
Bike thieves are a brazen bunch. In NYC, cyclists who have to lock up outside have two primary approaches: get a cheap bike that you won’t cry about when it’s stolen, or lock up like a pro. But thieves are also incredibly opportunistic. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 04:02
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Apple drops iOS 13.1 to squash a handful of serious bugs
Apple today released iOS 13. 1, hot on the heels of last week’s iOS 13. While it does have a few actual features, and welcome ones at that, the main purpose of downloading this update will be to fix the numerous bugs that came with iOS 13. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 01:47
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The Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab just bought a 5,000-qubit quantum computer
D-Wave today announced its next generation “Advantage” quantum computer system. It’ll pack a whopping 5,000 qubits and myriad improvements to processing speed and power. And the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico will be among the first to have access. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 01:14
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The Juiced Scorpion is a moped-like e-bike with buttery-smooth suspension
E-bikes can be roughly placed along two sides of a spectrum. On one end, you have models that are basically normal bicycles with motors, encouraging you to pedal while providing you with a boost when you need it. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 22:32
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Boston Dynamics makes 4-legged robot ‘Spot’ available for lease to developers
Boston Dynamics today launched its first commercial robot. Well, sort of. A select list of developers will be given the opportunity to lease one or more of the company’s ‘Spot’ units as part of an ongoing development plan. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 21:59
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Microsoft pledges to fight climate change with carbon neutral Xbox
Microsoft is joining Sony on the efforts to combat climate change by switching things up on the console front. In the former’s case, it’s starting a pilot project to make 825,000 Xboxes carbon neutral. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 21:07
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Introducing Pardon the Intrusion, our new cybersecurity newsletter
The theory that underpins computer viruses was first made public in 1949, when computer pioneer John von Neumann presented a paper titled “Theory and Organization of Complicated Automata. ” In the paper, von Neumann speculated that computer programs could reproduce themselves — effectively describing the most basic form of a malevolent virus you often hear about now. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 17:13
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Adult content marketplace Fantasy Market charged with running fraudulent ICO
The founder of now defunct Fantasy Market, a purported online adult entertainment marketplace, has been charged with running a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) after raising $63,000 in cryptocurrency from over 100 investors. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 16:05
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This map connects Russia’s deadly malware to the espionage groups behind them
Notorious threat actors like Potao Express, BlackEnergy and Turla account for as many as 79 unique malware families that have been used to infiltrate European government and military computers and target “high-value” entities across Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, and Belarus for information harvesting. äàëüøå »
2019-9-25 16:02
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CHEAP: Ditch the amateur photography league with $1,610 off the Nikon D7500 megakit
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! If you’ve been itching to leave the amateur league and ditch your entry-level DSLR, now might be a good time — and we’ve got the perfect deal to make the move. äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 15:04
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Why is the EU adding a painful extra step to your online shopping?
Europe is famous for many things, and a variety of regulations that directly or indirectly affect online businesses is one of them. There are strict cookie policies, the infamous GDPR, laws that regulate returns and refunds of online purchases, and whatnot. äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 15:01
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This $29 bundle cracks the code behind closing more sales
Did you know you could break down the sales process into seven distinct stages, then optimize your approach to each stage to land and keep more clients? That’s just one of the techniques you’ll discover with training found in The Complete Sales Hacker Bundle. äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 15:00
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Japan doesn’t want to fight Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra on its own
Facebook‘s controversial ‘cryptocurrency‘ Libra is facing yet more scrutiny after the governor of Japan’s central bank called for international cooperation to regulate it. According to Reuters, Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan‘s governor, told business leaders in Osaka that a joint, international effort was crucial. äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 14:27
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At least 45 Google employees faced retaliation for reporting abuse, leaked documents reveal
This coming November marks a year since thousands of Google employees and contractors from around the world — most of whom were mainly women — protested against the tech giant in a “Walkout” amid claims of its handling of sexual harassment allegations, gender-based discrimination, racism, and other issues in the workplace. äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 14:09
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Kim Dotcom pushes token sale to build a blockchain content network… but why?
Controversial internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is back, and he’s selling tokens to build a blockchain-powered content network. Dotcom’s proposed platform, K. IM, is pitched “secure and dynamic ecosystem” where consumers and publishers of digital content can easily transact (without the middleman). äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 14:02
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This AI reads privacy policies so you don’t have to — and it’s actually pretty good
Don’t you absolutely hate how dense and confusing privacy policies are? Considering they’re full of gotchas and intentionally obscure legalese, it’s no surprise that hardly anyone bothers to even read them — we’ve simply accepted we’re giving up our data, and with it, our sense of privacy. äàëüøå »
2019-9-24 13:51
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