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July in Africa: Free Google Wi-Fi and agriculture drones
Internet usage in Africa is growing, but not quickly enough for Google, which wants to give it a nudge to boost its user base on the continent. Things came to a head in July in this respect, with the company announcing it was partnering with Kenya’s third largest telecoms firm — Telkom — to launch commercial operations of its internet-beaming balloon project Loon in the East African country. дальше »
2018-8-2 14:50 | |
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Musical.ly is merging with Tik Tok’s short video platform
Musical. ly, the popular lip-sync video app, is being folded into a similar platform called Tik Tok. The merger will see Musical. ly’s brand and app disappear, and its community is being automatically migrated to Tik Tok with an app update. дальше »
2018-8-2 13:04 | |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s electronic voting machines worry security experts
The technology company, Miru Systems Co. , have growing concerns about the South Korean manufactured electronic voting machines in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s upcoming 2018 general elections. дальше »
2018-8-2 10:44 | |
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WhatsApp is finally ready to start making money
Before it was acquired by Facebook, WhatsApp used to display a banner in its app asking users to pay a nominal fee to use its messaging service after the first year. I’ve never paid that fee, and I don’t know anyone who has. дальше »
2018-8-2 09:31 | |
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Google allegedly working on censored search engine for Chinese market
Recently Leaked documents reveal Google might be ready to make a government-friendly, censored version of its search engine in order to gain access to the Chinese people. This would mark the company’s return to both the country and the government’s stringent censorship. дальше »
2018-8-1 19:23 | |
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Ripple booked Bill Clinton for a speech and Twitter won’t shut up about it
It seems Ripple is really into celebs. Earlier today, the company announced former US President, Bill Clinton, will be speaking at its annual Swell conference – but it appears the cryptocurrency community on Twitter is not all that impressed. дальше »
2018-8-1 17:46 | |
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The ZX Spectrum Vega+ is the ultimate crowdfunding cautionary tale
In 2016, an obscure UK company called Retro Computers Ltd (RCL) asked the internet a question: itous crowdfunding site IndieGogo. In return, RCL promised that later down the line, they’d get their hands on the handheld, called the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega+. дальше »
2018-8-1 16:47 | |
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Those ridiculous Bird scooters are now in Europe
Bird, the electric scooter rental company that’s worth $2 billion for some reason, is coming to Europe. The first city to be “graced” with Bird’s Scooters is Paris. Here, the company has cautiously launched with a pilot program of between 50 and 100 two-wheelers, all of which will probably be stolen by the end of next week. дальше »
2018-8-1 13:33 | |
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Strava modularizes its old subscription model for more versatility
Strava – the world’s most popular running and cycling tracking app – has announced the release of a new subscription model: Strava Summit. The free version of the app lets users track, analyze, and share their physical activity. дальше »
2018-8-1 13:00 | |
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Turing probably can’t build its crazy new smartphone, but I’d love to see it try
Remember Turing Robotic Industries, the company that promised to build a smartphone with end-to-end encryption and a durable ‘Liquidmorphium’ body? That plan didn’t quite pan out, but the company is back with a new name – and a new device in the works. дальше »
2018-8-1 09:47 | |
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Apple eyeballs that $1 trillion mark
Apple today posted its third quarter results, and the company’s massive growth continues unabated. Assuming this continues, it could become the first American company to be worth $1 trillion. Based on the company’s report, the iPhone and Apple services represented the largest growth in revenue for the company. дальше »
2018-8-1 02:12 | |
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Behlendorf: Google Can Benefit From “High-Velocity Development on Fabric”
Google is the latest tech giant to offer blockchain technology to its customers. The company announced that it would be introducing open-source integrations for applications built with both Ethereum and Hyperledger later this year through its Google Cloud Product marketplace. дальше »
2018-7-31 21:18 | |
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Coinbase puts former banking exec in charge of global compliance
Perhaps feeling pressure from worldwide regulators, international cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has finally resorted to arming itself with a chief compliance officer, Reuters reports. They’ve put Jeff Horowitz in charge of keeping Coinbase in line as it continues its global expansion. дальше »
2018-7-31 18:15 | |
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“He told me that my ‘project’ is cute and let’s discuss it in bed.”
“He told me that my ‘project’ is cute and let’s discuss it in bed. ” “He suggested I should start sleeping with him in order to learn more about the ecosystem and succeed. ” “I was at a work event at a hotel talking to a VC about my company. дальше »
2018-7-31 11:32 | |
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Uber is killing off its self-driving truck division
Reuters reports that Uber is shuttering its autonomous freight truck division after some two years in the space. The company got started with self-driving trucks back in 2016, when it acquired Otto – a startup focused on developing aftermarket kits to allow trucks to cover long distances on freeways autonomously – for $680 million. дальше »
2018-7-31 07:17 | |
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Logitech acquires Blue Microphones to boost its audio hardware business
Logitech is growing its list of hardware brands with the acquisition of California-based Blue Microphones for $117 million in an all-cash deal. That’s huge for Blue, which was founded in 1995 and has become a household name in audio equipment, thanks to its popular Yeti and Snowball microphones for studio recording, podcasting, and streaming. дальше »
2018-7-31 06:38 | |
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Twitter’s newly commissioned health studies may be shots in the dark
Twitter today announced it had selected two finalists in its months-long search for a “health metric” — essentially a giant, figurative dipstick by which it can tell how well everyone’s getting along on the site. дальше »
2018-7-31 21:17 | |
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Purported Google Pixel 3 XL leak shows a white body and single rear camera
Over the weekend, XDA Developers Forum user dr. guru claimed to have gotten their hands on a Google Pixel 3 XL, the larger of the two flagship handsets from the company that are slated to arrive later this year. дальше »
2018-7-30 10:12 | |
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Smart contract hacks cost millions — this company wants to fix it
Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. The culprit was a bug in the wallet’s software, which the user in question accidentally triggered. дальше »
2018-7-30 08:30 | |
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Tradecore Brokerage Software Company Integrates Dash Cryptocurrency
Tradecore, a brokerage software company, has partnered with Dash into its platform, enabling financial service providers and capital market businesses to send, receive, and hold Dash. The partnership was made possible via Dash’s partnership with BlockCypher, which offers, “web services [that] are blockchain agnostic and greatly reduce the complexity of building applications that run on […] дальше »
2018-7-28 19:38 | |
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MoviePass never had a chance
Subscription movie service MoviePass offered anyone willing to shell out $10 a month — less than the price of a single movie ticket in some parts of the country — the chance to see (almost) unlimited movies at any participating theater. дальше »
2018-7-28 01:46 | |
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Nintendo – we have to talk about your new Labo vehicle kit video
Recently, Nintendo and I have been… going through some stuff. I could go into far more depth, but we’ll save that for a different time. Why? Because today we’re here to talk about the announcement of Nintendo‘s new Labo add-on, the vehicle kit and, specifically, its promo video. дальше »
2018-7-27 16:18 | |
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Lenovo’s Google Assistant-powered Smart Display is now available from $199
Back in January, Google announced that it was working with third-party hardware makers on touchscreen-equipped smart speakers with the company’s Assistant on board. The first of those products is now available from Lenovo. дальше »
2018-7-27 10:00 | |
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Amazon Partners with Manifold to Develop Serverless Blockchain Resources
According to a press release on July 24, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it was partnering with Manifold Technology to offer serverless blockchain-based services. AWS and Manifold Technology Combine Forces Born in 2014, Manifold Technology is a company that focuses on developing next-generation blockchain solutions that can overcome existing challenges with implementation of new blockchain projects. дальше »
2018-7-27 03:00 | |
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Atlassian invests in Slack, kills HipChat and Stride
Atlassian has announced a new strategic partnership with Slack, the workplace chat behemoth. As part of the deal, Atlassian makes a significant equity investment in Slack, although it’s keeping mum on how much money is on the table. дальше »
2018-7-27 23:43 | |
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Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms
“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized. дальше »
2018-7-26 18:55 | |
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Windows 10 will soon prevent updates from unexpectedly rebooting your PC
Since the launch of Windows 10 some three years ago, Microsoft has been catching flak for the OS’ updates hijacking users’ workflows and rebooting their PCs – causing people to lose their unsaved work. дальше »
2018-7-26 10:50 | |
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Google wants you to use its new physical keys to secure your account
You should already be using two-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access to your online accounts. While your phone is up to the task of helping you with that, Google believes it’s time for to take the next step: using a physical security key. дальше »
2018-7-26 09:17 | |
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YouTube offers an imperfect solution to Facebook’s Alex Jones problem
Beleaguered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg caused quite a stir last week in an interview with Recode’s Kara Swisher. In their 90 minute talk, Zuckerberg and Swisher discussed Facebook‘s wild ride the past two years, including his thoughts on fake news and what the company was doing to prevent its spread. дальше »
2018-7-26 03:02 | |
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Metmask browser extension is pulled from the google chrim store for unknown cause
MetaMask, a browser extension for interacting with the Ethereum network, was pulled from the Google Chrome Web Store, it announced in a tweet Wednesday, July 25. The app has since been listed again, the company confirmed in a post five hours later. дальше »
2018-7-26 01:36 | |
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GitHub’s Learning Lab launches free courses on open source collaboration and HTML
Earlier this year, GitHub announced Learning Lab — a portion of the site where users can learn the fundamentals of GitHub, and get advice on how to migrate to the service from other platforms. This was a smart move from GitHub. дальше »
2018-7-25 14:36 | |
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Google Docs gets an AI-powered grammar correction tool
Suck at grammar? You’ll be happy to know that Google’s introducing a grammar checker into its Docs app; it’ll use the power of machine learning to spot your mistakes as you type. The company says that its AI can identify a wide range of errors and suggest fixes for them, “from simple grammatical rules like how to use articles in a sentence (like “a” versus “an”), to more complicated grammatical concepts such as how to use subordinate clauses correctly. дальше »
2018-7-25 08:12 | |
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Microsoft debuts free quantum computer programming katas
Microsoft yesterday announced the release of Quantum Katas, a self-paced programming project that teaches developers how to write code for quantum computers. Quantum Katas, as the name implies, are coding katas from Microsoft that teach beginning developers the fundamentals of the company’s quantum computer programming language called Q#. дальше »
2018-7-24 19:57 | |
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Journalists attending the Trump-Putin summit had terrible digital OPSEC
The Helsinki summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin this month was a global event attended by hundreds of members of the press, all eager to tell the world about the surreal events taking place in front of them. дальше »
2018-7-24 18:16 | |
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This odd gadget wants to help you lose weight using your… breath?
People are always on the look out for the next big thing in fitness tech. And, you know what, companies are keen to queuing up to give it to them. So, please welcome Lumen to the table! Or the weight rack, I guess. дальше »
2018-7-24 15:20 | |
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Samsung outs its upcoming Galaxy Watch by accident
Samsung may have just spilled (some of) the beans on its next wearable: CNET reported that it spotted a listing for the Galaxy Watch on the company’s site for a brief while. Sadly, there’s not much else to dig into, especially now that the page has been taken down. дальше »
2018-7-24 10:03 | |
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Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox range reportedly includes a powerful console and a game streaming device
We’ve been hearing about Microsoft’s ambitions for the future of its Xbox gaming business since E3, where the company revealed it was working on a cloud-based game streaming service. In a new report, Thurrott. дальше »
2018-7-24 08:45 | |
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You can’t achieve long term profits without knowing how your employees feel
Does your company get a good return on all the time and money it invests in leadership development? Despite the millions spent on developing leaders, many employees — perhaps even most — are disengaged from their work and not giving it their best shot. дальше »
2018-7-22 11:30 | |
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Parrot Jutta Steiner: Web 3.0 Improves Internet Interaction and Usability Improve
Jutta Steiner: My name is Jutta Steiner, I’m the CEO of Parity. I started this company three years ago together with Gavin Wood, who was one of the original co-founders of Ethereum. I myself used to work for the Ethereum Foundation, looking after security before the launch of the Ethereum platform. JS: I mean, yeah, дальше »
2018-7-20 20:38 | |
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Free-to-play games are a breeding ground for money laundering
New reports have surfaced that credit card thieves are laundering their ill-gotten gains in one of the most heretofore-innocuous markets out there: Free-to-play mobile games, such as Clash of Clans, or Marvel Contest of Champions. дальше »
2018-7-20 20:19 | |
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Google is reportedly building Fuchsia OS to replace Android on all its devices (Update: not anytime soon)
Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen and Mark Gurman have a juicy scoop on Google’s secretive Fuchsia OS project, which we’ve been hearing about for the past couple of years. The company is reportedly working to flesh out the platform to eventually run on a wide range of devices, and perhaps even replace Android on Google-branded hardware someday. дальше »
2018-7-20 11:21 | |
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Google is reportedly building Fuchsia OS to replace Android on all its devices
Bloomberg’s Mark Bergen and Mark Gurman have a juicy scoop on Google’s secretive Fuchsia OS project, which we’ve been hearing about for the past couple of years. The company is reportedly working to flesh out the platform to eventually run on a wide range of devices, and perhaps even replace Android on Google-branded hardware someday. дальше »
2018-7-20 11:21 | |
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WhatsApp limits message forwarding to fight the spread of fake news
WhatsApp is making yet another change to its service to prevent the spread of misinformation by neutering its message forwarding function. Users will now only be able to forward messages to 20 contacts at a time; people in India will be limited to forwarding messages to only five people at a time. дальше »
2018-7-20 09:10 | |
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Instagram’s new status dots tell you if your contacts are online – but you can turn them off
Back in January, Instagram began revealing when your contacts were last active on the platform. It’s now building on that functionality to enhance its messaging tool with status indicators that tell you if your friends are online. дальше »
2018-7-20 08:02 | |
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Reddit rolls subreddit chatrooms – what could possibly go wrong?
Ahh, I remember the halcyon days of the late-90s internet, where strangers from all over the globe would meet in AOL chat rooms and type “A / S / L” at each other over and over again. Well, Reddit is looking to bring this era back with Reddit Chat, a feature that’s being rolled out across subreddits. дальше »
2018-7-19 12:25 | |
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Reddit rolls out subreddit chatrooms – what could possibly go wrong?
Ahh, I remember the halcyon days of the late-90s internet, where strangers from all over the globe would meet in AOL chat rooms and type “A / S / L” at each other over and over again. Well, Reddit is looking to bring this era back with Reddit Chat, a feature that’s being rolled out across subreddits. дальше »
2018-7-19 12:25 | |
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