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Microsoft’s new Surface Studio 2 brings faster performance and a brighter display
Following the announcement of the new Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop, Microsoft also unveiled the Surface Studio 2. As expected, it’s the most powerful device in the Surface family yet. The company was a little vague about specifications during its announcement but claims the new Surface Studio is overall 35 percent faster than its predecessor. дальше »
2018-10-3 00:29 | |
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Medium published its first full-length novel, and it’s a Silicon Valley satire
Medium, the blogging platform developed by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, today published its first full-length novel, which you can read now for free. The book in question is The Big Disruption by Jessica Powell, Google’s former head of PR. дальше »
2018-10-3 22:37 | |
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, valuing the company at around $1 billion USD. According to Reuters, Jumia, which already claims to be Africa’s first “unicorn” based on how much investment it has received, is considering a possible New York listing early next year. дальше »
2018-10-2 15:55 | |
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Appel natives get free Galaxy S9s courtesy of Samsung
In its latest dig at Apple, Samsung went to a Dutch town named Appel to give out free Galaxy S9 units – presumably so it could win over Appel (geddit)? The company gave away phones to 50 out of Appel’s 312 residents, including its biggest Apple enthusiast Gerben van Walt Meijer, Marketing Manager Mobile of Samsung Netherlands, said: With our innovative products and services, we have been off the beaten track for years to make everyday life more fun and easy, With this marketing campaign, we do exactly the same. дальше »
2018-10-2 15:40 | |
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Here’s why your iPhone XS selfies look a bit too smooth
Since people have been getting their hands on the latest iPhones over the past couple of weeks, many people and media outlets have been up in arms over the new devices’ front-facing cameras alleged use of a ‘beautification’ filter that smoothened skin on facial features in selfies. дальше »
2018-10-2 15:15 | |
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EU might fine Facebook $1.63B for latest data breach
Facebook’s data breach from last week – which impacted more than 50 million users – might cost the company a pretty penny. If the European Union’s (EU) watchdog finds that the company violated privacy laws, it could face a massive fine of $1. дальше »
2018-10-2 13:00 | |
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Netflix will let Black Mirror fans choose their own ending next season
British TV series Black Mirror is known for the mindbending twists and turns that feature in every episode. It’s about to get a lot more interesting: Netflix is reportedly planning to add a choose-your-own-adventure feature to the show, which will let you pick the ending for upcoming episodes. дальше »
2018-10-2 09:59 | |
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Google’s Project Stream will let you play Assassin’s Creed in Chrome
When I think about gaming in a web browser, it’s usually something along the lines of cheesy flash titles like Neopets. But what if you could play the latest AAA titles – say, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – right within Chrome? Google is looking to make that a reality. дальше »
2018-10-2 04:14 | |
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Opera Touch for iOS is great for people with small hands and big phones
Opera today announced the general availability of its newest mobile browser, Opera Touch for iOS. Its killer feature is the ability to surf the Internet on Apple’s latest big-screen phones, especially the truly gargantuan iPhone XS Max. дальше »
2018-10-2 19:00 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: What We Know About Grin and Beam’s Mimblewimble
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger of transactions. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-10-2 17:27 | |
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Visa CEO: Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Not “Much Use” to Company
The CEO of Visa Inc. has stated that he does not think that blockchain technology or cryptocurrency is useful to the international credit card company. In an address at Boston College yesterday, Alfred F. дальше »
2018-9-28 22:00 | |
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Facebook reveals data breach affecting 50 million users
Facebook today announced a data breach occurred on September 25 affecting at least 50 million Facebook accounts. The social network disclosed the breach Friday morning, issuing a statement that said an “attack” on its system led to “the exposure of information” affecting the 50 million users, according to the New York Times. дальше »
2018-9-28 20:09 | |
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Burger King trolls artificial intelligence with new ads
Burger King’s newest ad campaign mocks machine learning with a series of commercials that take a lighthearted jab at AI-generated media. Each video begins “This ad was created by artificial intelligence,” before devolving into delicious imagery and hilarious gibberish. дальше »
2018-9-28 18:56 | |
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Pornhub: Less than 1% of users buy subscriptions with cryptocurrency
Back in April, adult entertainment giant Pornhub broke the internet when it announced users can now buy a premium subscription with cryptocurrency. But despite all the buzz the announcement generated, it seems pornography viewers hardly share this enthusiasm for blockchain-powered payments. дальше »
2018-9-28 17:18 | |
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Xiaomi’s Redmi 6 Pro offers two-day battery life on the cheap
Chinese phone manufacturer Xiaomi earned the crown of the top smartphone company in India, largely due to its wide range of budget phones costing between $80 and $200. The new Redmi 6 Pro is the company’s first attempt to bring a dual-camera setup to that segment, while sticking with the Redmi series’ core strengths of sturdy build quality and great battery life. дальше »
2018-9-28 15:14 | |
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Bitmain IPO Prospectus Reveals Offering May Be a Gamble for Investors
Bitmain, the biggest company in bitcoin mining, has filed for its IPO in Hong Kong. As part of the approval process, the company submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong stock exchange at the end of August 2018. дальше »
2018-9-28 23:08 | |
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WhatsApp co-founder: Facebook already had plans to serve ads on the app before acquisition
Brian Acton – one of the co-founders of the popular messaging app WhatsApp – resigned from Facebook in 2017. And with that, he left $850 million on the table in the form of non-vested stock options. дальше »
2018-9-27 16:24 | |
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LG couldn’t wait to show off its five-camera V40 ThinQ phone
Ahead of the launch of LG’s V40 ThinQ phone – which boasts five cameras on board – the company’s already begun showing it off in South Korea. As you’ve surmised by now, there are three cameras on the rear and two in the front. дальше »
2018-9-27 07:24 | |
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Florida is testing driverless school shuttles – what could go wrong?
A company called Transdev debuted its autonomous shuttles in a Florida town earlier this month. Rather than test their vehicles with tourists or through a ride-sharing style service, the company is using them to take children to school. дальше »
2018-9-26 23:22 | |
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PlayStation 4 finally allows Switch and Xbox cross-play with new Fortnite beta
After months of continuous pressure and needling and guilting from the rest of the gaming industry — fans, developers, and even Microsoft and Nintendo themselves — Sony is finally allowing cross-platform play between the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One and Switch. дальше »
2018-9-26 19:28 | |
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Google Maps just made it easy to poll friends on dinner options
Back in May, Google announced a ton of features for Maps that have slowly been rolling out ever since. Today, the company released the one I was personally most anticipating: The ability to plan outings with friends. дальше »
2018-9-26 18:48 | |
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Panasonic, Leica, and Sigma will share lenses for future cameras
It’s been a wild few weeks in the photography world. Fresh after Nikon and Canon announced their first serious mirrorless camera systems, now Panasonic, Leica, and Sigma, are teaming up on a mirrorless lens system of their own. дальше »
2018-9-26 22:55 | |
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Gaming Twitter showed its strength and rage after Telltale’s catastrophic closure
Telltale Games announced on Twitter last week, with little warning, that it’d be shuttering its doors. The news drew a not-unexpected amount of backlash and scrutiny based on first-hand accounts from the people involved. дальше »
2018-9-25 21:28 | |
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Meet the folks making Bitcoin the butt of their jokes
Bitcoin has been brilliant material for comedians all over the world. Since its explosion into the mainstream media we have seen some exceptional social commentary, satirical sketches, and rap videos simultaneously explaining and mocking the rise of Bitcoin. дальше »
2018-9-25 15:15 | |
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Google releases Android Studio 3.2 with app bundle support
Google released Android Studio 3. 2 today with a bunch of useful new features for developers on, including a new app publishing format, an energy profiler, and an improved emulator. As is the case almost every year, the company had announced the update at its IO developer conference in May. дальше »
2018-9-25 15:14 | |
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Canadian city will kill power to $100M Bitcoin farm to keep citizens cool
Canada’s largest cryptocurrency mining operator has been threatened with having its power cut off. Due to growing environmental concerns, Hut 8’s Bitcoin operation in Medicine Hat is to be one of the first to go in case of intense heat waves, CBC reports. дальше »
2018-9-24 14:02 | |
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Opera rolls out its Ethereum-based desktop browser (but only to testers)
Following up on its promise from August, Opera is finally rolling out a desktop version of its specialized browser with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet – but only to a select group of beta testers. дальше »
2018-9-24 12:47 | |
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How a coding error made 293 Subaru SUVs unusable
A software error has caused Subaru to completely dispose of 293 of its Ascent 2019 SUVs. According to a safety recall report filed with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), robots at missed critical welds, thanks to improper coding. дальше »
2018-9-24 09:22 | |
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Uber is reportedly looking to buy Deliveroo to dominate the delivery biz in Europe
Uber is said to be in preliminary talks to acquire London-headquartered food delivery company Deliveroo, reports Bloomberg. The firm is presently valued at over $2 billion, and Uber will likely have to cough up a fair bit more than that to snap it up. дальше »
2018-9-21 11:37 | |
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Here’s all the new Amazon Echo gear you can pre-order now
At an event on Thursday, Amazon unveiled 11 new and updated Alexa-powered gadgets for your home and your car, as well as a bunch of new features for the AI voice assistant. In case you missed the show, here’s a quick rundown of all the new products the company has in store. дальше »
2018-9-21 10:54 | |
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Twitch confirms it’s been blocked in China
Gaming-focused live streaming platform Twitch has been blocked in China, the company confirmed. A report by Abacus suggests that Twitch’s iOS app has vanished from the App Store and its website is inaccessible across the country. дальше »
2018-9-21 09:18 | |
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Fitbit-based life insurance is a potential privacy and security nightmare
John Hancock is one of the oldest and most established insurance companies in the United States. According to Reuters, it’s also the first US insurance company to ditch traditional life insurance policies entirely in favor of “interactive life insurance. дальше »
2018-9-21 21:15 | |
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Xiaomi admits to showing ‘unobtrusive’ ads on its Android phones
Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi has admitted that it shows ‘unobtrusive‘ ads in its MIUI skin for Android, which is present on almost all its phones. It said in a statement to The Verge: Advertising has been and will continue to be an integral part of Xiaomi’s Internet services, a key component of the company’s business model. дальше »
2018-9-20 08:09 | |
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PlayStation One Classic won’t fix the biggest problem with retro consoles
Sony today announced it was releasing the PlayStation One Classic later this year — the sixty millionth retro console so far (I’m guesstimating). You’d think, now that we’re so deep into this trend, we’d see a little innovation, or at least something other than a tiny hunk of plastic with a couple of emulated games on it. дальше »
2018-9-20 00:57 | |
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YouTube merges Gaming with main site after standalone app fails to impress
Google today announced it’s shuttering YouTube Gaming, replacing it with a page on the main site. The company is hoping that the Gaming page, while not very dissimilar to the Gaming site, will help bring more viewers and content creators together now that they aren’t being forced to shuffle between two sites. дальше »
2018-9-19 00:59 | |
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Withing’s new Steel HR Sport is a hybrid fitness watch with GPS
Health gadget company Withings is back from the dead after being acquired by Nokia in 2016 and subsequently buying itself back late last year. To celebrate, the company has announced the Steel HR Sport, an update to one of my all-time favorite fitness trackers. дальше »
2018-9-18 20:30 | |
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Crypto Startup Reels in Twitch Executive to Spearhead Adoption Strategies
Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018. дальше »
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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Here’s why Fortnite is the exception to the Nintendo Switch’s rules
Nintendo confirmed over the weekend that Fortnite, the planet’s collective mania of the moment, would not require a Nintendo Switch Online subscription in order for players to indulge in their battle royale antics. дальше »
2018-9-17 21:01 | |
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Surprise: OnePlus plans to build its first smart TV next year
Everyone might be waiting for the OnePlus 6T, but the company has more than smartphones up its sleeve. OnePlus today announced it’s entering the smart TV game. The company doesn’t provide much in the way of hard details, but CEO Pete Lau penned a blog post explaining the new project: We want to bring the home environment to the next level of intelligent connectivity. дальше »
2018-9-17 06:13 | |
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Facebook is building an AI tool to help devs fix buggy code
Facebook has built an artificial intelligence tool to help programmers patch buggy code. It’s called SapFix, and it’s currently being used internally to automatically detect anomalies in code and suggest relevant fixes to coders. дальше »
2018-9-14 09:33 | |
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Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Will Track Diamonds Using Blockchain with EverLedger and IBM
Tracking Diamonds with Blockchain, the Story of a Hong Kong Jeweler Chow Tai Fook a successful jewelry investment group in Hong Kong has made a move to blockchain technology. They are the first of their kind, a company who uses the advanced technology to track diamonds in Southern China. The move happened when they placed […] дальше »
2018-9-14 07:47 | |
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This is what a technology skillset looks like
Such a large proportion of any company’s value nowadays resides in intellectual property, that it is safe to say that keeping your workforce’s skills up to date has to be the cornerstone of any successful business strategy – especially for technology companies. дальше »
2018-9-14 06:01 | |
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LG will announce its 5-camera V40 on October 3
LG sent out invites to its next launch event on October 3, and it makes no secret of what’s to come: The V40 ThinQ is on the way. There’s little in the way of details, but the invite cryptically says ‘Take 5,” which suggests that the V40 will indeed come with five cameras as previously rumored. дальше »
2018-9-14 00:53 | |
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Google Cloud’s new AI head comes with his own ties to the Pentagon’s Project Maven
Google Cloud’s soon-to-be head of AI will have his work cut out for him if he wants to convince disgruntled employees he won’t follow in his predecessors footsteps and develop AI for the military. дальше »
2018-9-14 00:27 | |
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Mark Zuckerberg admits Facebook needs help protecting the elections
We’re now less than two months out from the US midterm elections, and the pre-emptive assurances about security from social media sites, particularly Facebook, are now colored by a sense of urgency. дальше »
2018-9-14 21:20 | |
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OnePlus has officially given up on the headphone jack
Team Android just lost one of the few remaining defenders of the headphone jack. Today, OnePlus founder Carl Pei went on the record to say the company’s next device – presumably the 6T – will not have a headphone jack. дальше »
2018-9-14 21:03 | |
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BitGo стал квалифицированным кастодианом криптовалют в США
Представители калифорнийского криптовалютного стартапа BitGo объявили о получении разрешения на работу в США в качестве ориентированного на институциональных клиентов кастодиана цифровых активов. Qualified custodian BitGo Trust Company launches today. дальше »
2018-9-13 17:59 | |
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Kano’s latest DIY kit lets your kids build a touchscreen computer
London-based startup Kano has made a name for itself with its DIY computer kits, which aim to make it easier and more enjoyable for younger users to learn to code. Today, the company launched its newest offering, the Computer Kit Touch. дальше »
2018-9-13 12:00 | |
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