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A Google employee just shattered the record for Pi calculations. Her name is Emma Haruka Iwao
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www.washingtonpost.com - (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News) By Hamza Shaban Hamza Shaban Technology reporter Email Bio Follow March 14 at 10:34 AM It begins with 3.14 and goes on forever. But the value of Pi, the ratio of a ci…
NO AGENDA EPISODE 1120 - "SURE."
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tpsconsulting.blogspot.com - NO AGENDA EPISODE 1120 - "SURE." Sure. Direct [link] to the mp3 file "Sure." Where The C Stands For Executive Producers: Sir Onymous of Dogpatch and Lower Slobovia Sir HeyIdiot Sir Dreb Scott of the …
A JavaScript-Free Frontend
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dev.to - I built the first version of Slimvoice on Angular 1 with a Node.js backend and MongoDB in 2014 (those were all the rage back then). In 2015 I decided to completely revamp the UI and redesigned and re…
Adventurous taps live actors and AR to take families on high-tech scavenger hunts
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techcrunch.com - Augmented reality looked like it was supposed to a ubiquitous success, Apple and Google and Facebook seemed to say so, but things are taking a bit of time to get kicked off so the startups in the spa…
Apple ad focuses on iPhone’s most marketable feature — privacy
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techcrunch.com - Apple is airing a new ad spot focused on privacy today in primetime. The spot is visually cued, with no dialog and a simple tagline: Privacy. That’s iPhone. In a series of humorous vignettes, the mes…
In a challenge to Twitch and YouTube, Facebook adds ‘Gaming’ to its main navigation
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techcrunch.com - Facebook’s gaming efforts and challenge to Twitch are taking another big leap today, as the social network begins the initial rollout of a dedicated Facebook Gaming tab in the main navigation of Face…
Firework officially launches a short-form video storytelling app, backed by Lightspeed
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techcrunch.com - Facebook usage declined for the first time in a decade, while video-centric apps like TikTok are being touted as the future of social media. Entering this redefined playing field comes Firework, a fa…
Telegram gets 3M new signups during Facebook apps’ outage
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techcrunch.com - Messaging platform Telegram claims to have had a surge in signups during a period of downtime for Facebook’s rival messaging services. In a message sent to his Telegram channel, founder Pavel Durov’s…
Google is reportedly shutting down its in-house VR film studio
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techcrunch.com - Google is shutting down its Emmy Award-winning VR film division, Spotlight Stories, after six years of building out content, Variety reports. We’ve reached out to Google for confirmation. “Google Spo…
Only 1 more day to save on tickets to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2019
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techcrunch.com - The shot clock’s running out on serious savings to TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics + AI. You have just one more day to score an early-bird ticket and save yourself $100. Improve your ROI the easy way a…
Facebook loses CPO Chris Cox and WhatsApp VP Chris Daniels
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techcrunch.com - 13-year Facebook veteran, Chief Product Officer, and the spirit animal of the social network Chris Cox is departing the company after two years of seeking to do something new. Cox’s exit is part of a…
Daily Crunch: Telegram soars after Facebook outage
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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. Teleg…
‘Ape Out’ and ‘Baba Is You’ demonstrate the depth of simplicity
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techcrunch.com - The games we see advertised the most aren’t necessarily the best representatives for what has become an incredibly diverse medium. Yearly AAA installments and massive open worlds are all well and goo…
Microsoft launches Game Stack, brings Xbox Live to Android and iOS
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techcrunch.com - Microsoft today announced a new initiative that combines all of the company’s gaming-related products for developers like Xbox Live, Azure PlayFab, Direct X, Mixer, Virtual Studio, Simplygon and Azur…
Facebook won’t store data in countries with human rights violations — except Singapore
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techcrunch.com - As soon as Mark Zuckerberg said in a lengthy 3,225-word blog post to not build data centers in countries with poor human rights, he had already broken his promise. He chose to ignore Singapore, which…
Inside Tufts University’s grade-hacking case
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techcrunch.com - Each week, Extra Crunch members have access to conference calls moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, security reporter Zack Whittaker discussed his exclusive report abou…
Bipartisan bill proposes oversight for commercial facial recognition
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techcrunch.com - On Thursday, Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz and Missouri Senator Roy Blunt introduced a bill designed to offer legislative oversight for commercial applications of facial recognition technology. Known a…
Rakuten TV expands to 42 European countries, gets direct button on Samsung, LG, Philips and Hisense remotes
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techcrunch.com - Rakuten TV, the Japanese e-commerce giant’s effort to take on Netflix and Amazon in the world of video streaming, has been something of a minor player when it comes to market share for online enterta…
How to watch Elon Musk unveil the Tesla Model Y
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techcrunch.com - Tesla is scheduled to reveal the Model Y — the next electric vehicle in electric automaker’s lineup — tonight at an event in Los Angeles after, not months, but years of teasers and hints from CEO Elo…
AI photo startup Polarr raises an $11.5 million Series A
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techcrunch.com - Bay Area photography startup Polarr announced this morning that it has raised an $11.5 million Series A. The new round of funding, led by Threshold Ventures with participation from Pear Ventures and …
Valve lets you stream Steam games from anywhere
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techcrunch.com - Valve doesn’t want to miss the cloud gaming bandwagon. As PC Gamer spotted, The company quietly released a beta version of Steam Link Anywhere. As the name suggests, it lets you turn your gaming PC i…
Looking for a $2,500 smartwatch? Garmin’s got ‘em
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techcrunch.com - Somewhere out there, there’s a person willing to pay $2,500 for a smartwatch. Surprisingly, that individual has several high end options to choose from. And while the Garmin name doesn’t exactly scre…
Gearbest security lapse exposed millions of shopping orders
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techcrunch.com - Gearbest, a Chinese online shopping giant, has exposed millions of user profiles and shopping orders, security researchers have found. Security researcher Noam Rotem found an Elasticsearch server lea…
Evangelism - The Purest Form of Sales - FlipMyFunnel
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flipmyfunnel.com - This post is based on a podcast with Guy Kawasaki. If you’d like to listen to more #FlipMyFunnel Podcast episodes, you can check them out here and listen to this episode below! The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs
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www.theatlantic.com - When the kids in Skyler’s school want to tell a friend something in class, they don’t scrawl a note down on a tiny piece of paper and toss it across the room. They use Google Docs. “We don’t really p…
Nintendo confirms Mario Kart Tour for smartphones, Switch Online launch window
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arstechnica.com - Following a release of Switch sales information earlier on Wednesday, Nintendo closed the day by confirming two major releases coming by the end of the company's current fiscal year: the paid Nintend…
Encyclopædia Britannica's 2010 edition to be its last
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arstechnica.com - The 244-year-old Encyclopedia Britannica will be going out of print this year, abdicating to the likes of Google and Wikipedia. Most adults will remember looking up information in the IRL knowledge-b…
Nasty WinRAR bug is being actively exploited to install hard-to-detect malware
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arstechnica.com - Malicious hackers wasted no time exploiting a nasty code-execution vulnerability recently disclosed in WinRAR, a Windows file-compression program with 500 million users worldwide. The in-the-wild att…
Left 4 Dead’s developers are Back 4 Blood with new spiritual successor
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arstechnica.com - Fast-forward to today, when Warner Bros. Interactive announced it has recruited Turtle Rock to bring the Left 4 Dead flavor back with the not-at-all-coincidentally titled Back 4 Blood. While an accom…
A new rash of highly covert card-skimming malware infects ecommerce sites
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arstechnica.com - The rash of e-commerce sites infected with card-skimming malware is showing no signs of abating. Researchers on Thursday revealed that seven sites—each with more than 50,000 collective visitors per m…
802.eleventy what? A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks
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arstechnica.com - When wireless networking based around the 802.11b standard first hit consumer markets in the late nineties, it looked pretty good on paper. Promising "11 Mbps" compared to original wired Ethernet's 1…
Ajit Pai’s plan for phone location data never mentions the word “privacy”
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arstechnica.com - Smartphone 911 location data is getting more precise, but the Federal Communications Commission isn't updating its privacy rules despite carriers' history of selling their customers' location data. A…
On the edge of something really good: Ford Edge review
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arstechnica.com - As is the case with most compact crossovers, Ford has equipped the Edge with a 2.0L, 16-valve turbocharged engine capable of 250hp (184kW) at 5,500rpm and 275lb-ft (373Nm) of torque at 3,000rpm, whic…
The Ars Technica System Guide, Winter 2019: The one about the servers
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arstechnica.com - In the last Ars System Guide roughly one year ago, we took a slight detour from our long-running series. Rather than recommending the latest components focused on a particular niche like gaming or ho…
Spotify’s EU antitrust complaint could be a serious threat to Apple
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arstechnica.com - Apple is abusing its control over the iOS App Store to give its own music streaming service an unfair advantage over competitors, Spotify argued in a Wednesday filing with the European Commission. "A…
What to Do if You’ve Been Scammed by Someone Who Looks Like Me - Joel Comm
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joelcomm.com - For the last few years, scammers have been using my photos to defraud people on the Internet. They’ve taken those pictures from my social media pages and my website, and they’ve placed them on Facebo…
An app that reminds you to stay healthy — a UX case study
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uxdesign.cc - Project was Small, Learning was big. While learning design concepts and different design processes for the past 6 months, I tried to create a complete functional app design. And the only aim to creat…
Here’s why Elizabeth Warren is wrong (mostly) about breaking up Apple
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www.fastcompany.com - Senator Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to break up Facebook, Google, and Amazon on antitrust grounds has its merits. And over the weekend we learned that she thinks Apple should be split up too–that it …
Firefox Send Is an Easy Way to Share Large Files Securely
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www.wired.com - You’ve got no shortage of ways to send encrypted messages, and at least as many cloud services for sending large files. But the Venn diagram for the two remains surprisingly, inconveniently small. Th…
When Google Fiber Abandons Your City as a Failed Experiment
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gizmodo.com - There’s a glob of stringy, black rubber spilling out of the street at the corner of Speed and Fernwood in Louisville’s Highlands neighborhood. A block away on Rosedale, the same spongy substance that…
Six Ways To Write A Winning LinkedIn Summary
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www.forbes.com - It's hard writing about yourself on LinkedIn. photocredit:deanna murphy deanna murphy This post is the fifth in a series called “The Baby Boomers’ Guide To LinkedIn.” For part one, click here; part t…
You can now look for Carmen Sandiego on Google Earth
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androidcommunity.com - Those who grew up in the 80s and 90s have at one time or another played Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego and joined in the search for the “villainess” through PC games, books, and even a TV seri…
SimBad adware campaign discovered on the Play Store, then deleted
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androidcommunity.com - Virus and malware are almost synonymous but there is another type we don’t always feature. We sure have mentioned similar circumstances but most of them are for malware. Adware is present everywhere …
YouTube Music launches in India, South Africa, 12 Latin American countries
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androidcommunity.com - The competition among music streaming services continues to heat up as the top players continue to expand to markets beyond North America, Europe, and Asia. YouTube Music is not as widely available a…
Dropbox Basic can now only link up to three devices
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androidcommunity.com - If you use the Dropbox Basic free account, your days of having unlimited devices linked will soon be over. Well, you still get three devices max, but if you’re used to using it on several, multiple d…
Google Disability Support now available with phone support
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androidcommunity.com - With over a billion people in the planet having some form of disability, brands like Google are developing products that would help around 15% of the world’s population. They have come up with produc…
CrowdTwist Talks Loyalty Trends
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loyalty360.org - CrowdTwist is no stranger to customer data management, nor to customer centricity efforts. With an impressive and ever-growing list of enterprise clients, it spends a substantial amount of time on da…
Why Doritos’ Marketing Strategy Made Super Bowl History
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loyalty360.org - Because we marketers all know that the real competition happens after game day. And when it comes to impeccable Super Bowl campaigns, Doritos marketing strategy has paved the way for companies to emu…
Facebook’s Head of Product Leaves After Privacy Pivot
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www.wired.com - Just last spring, Chris Cox, the chief product officer of Facebook, was promoted to also oversee WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. It seemed at the time almost like succession planning. If Mark Zuc…
Twitter Launches New Camera Influenced by Instagram - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Twitter is launching a new camera on its mobile app this week. The company is revamping how users share photos and videos on its network by making it much easier to access: a simple swipe. Like Insta…
Facebook's Chief Product Officer and Head of WhatsApp Just Left the Company - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Last week, Facebook announced some major changes for its platform. The company announced it’s planning to shift its focus towards privacy and protecting users’ information, something it has failed to…
Huawei Has Made Its Own Smartphone and PC OSes … Just in Case - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - Huawei admitted this week that it has developed its own smartphone and PC operating systems as an emergency measure. The telecommunications giant is worried that relations with the U.S. will degrade …
How Does A Tesla Model 3 Impact Your Electric Bill? It's Cheap! Video
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insideevs.com - Who better than Engineering Explained to break down electricity costs for owning and EV like the Tesla Model 3? We’ve learned that one of the most common questions from potential EVs owners is: How m…
Faceted navigation in ecommerce: How it helps customers and SEO
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searchenginewatch.com - The ecommerce market is highly competitive, with thousands of small players striving to keep up with the giants like Amazon and eBay. Still, for both leaders and followers, the web store UX stays the…
Facebook and Instagram back up after massive global outage
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news.sky.com - Facebook services have completely returned after a massive global outage left certain users unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for almost 24 hours. Users across the world including the…
Fitbit's affordable new smartwatch nails the basics, and that's more than enough — for now
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www.businessinsider.com - If you're anything like me, the first thing you reach for when you wake up in the morning is your phone. I've grown so accustomed to checking my email, my work chat, the news, and social media as soo…
Facebook loses two important executives amid new privacy push
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mashable.com - Two of Facebook's most important executives are leaving the company amid its decision to refocus its platform around encryption and privacy. Chris Cox, Facebook's Chief Product Officer, and Chris Dan…
5 Important Artificial Intelligence Predictions (For 2019) Everyone Should Read
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www.forbes.com - Artificial Intelligence – specifically machine learning and deep learning – was everywhere in 2018 and don’t expect the hype to die down over the next 12 months. The hype will die eventually of cours…
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