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Boing Boing |
Get over 60 hours of elite coding instruction for just $40
With everybody working from home now, it’s natural to start thinking about careers where not going into the office is more the norm than the exception. Better yet, many are looking to start careers as freelancers, professionals who build their livelihoods around the scope of their talent and not the fortunes of one all-encompassing employer.
Web developers can cultivate that gun for hire mentality, roaming freely from shop to shop as they ply their trade on projects that best fit their skill s...
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TechPowerUp |
DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods, Part One Teased
Bethesda over the weekend posted a teaser to the very first expansion of DOOM Eternal, one of 2020's brighter spots. Titled "The Ancient Gods, Part One," (which indicates more parts); the DLC is an expansion of the original's campaign, and appears to pick off from it. Urdak (a dimension that's compared to Heaven) is in tatters and swarming with demons following the events of "Eternal," and Doomguy is resurrected by Father (creator of the universe) to clean it up. The teaser f...
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TechCrunch |
Abandoned mall department stores may become Amazon’s next fulfillment centers
One of the largest owners of shopping mall real estate in the United Stages, Simon Property Group, has been talking to Amazon about transforming its anchor department stores into Amazon distribution hubs, according to the Wall Street Journal. In the case of Simon Property, the anchor tenants like J.C. Penney and Sears that used to […]
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CIO |
BrandPost: 3 machine learning myths and how to overcome them
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have established themselves among early adopters with clear benefits that range from improved operational efficiencies to better customer experiences. But misconceptions remain about these emerging technologies, which can prevent other organizations from exploring the advantages that AI and ML offer across different businesses and industries.Here are three of the more persistent myths around machine learning, and how senior business leaders ...
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TechCrunch |
Gillmor Gang: Tic Talks
The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Michael Markman, Keith Teare, Denis Pombriant, Brent Leary, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Sunday, August 2, 2020. For more, subscribe to the Gillmor Gang Newsletter and join the notification feed here on Telegram. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @fradice, @mickeleh, @denispombriant, @kteare, @brentleary, @stevegillmor, @gillmorgang […]
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Neowin |
Leaked controller packaging confirms Xbox Series S exists
Pictures of the next-generation Xbox Wireless Controller's retail package have revealed that Microsoft is using the name Xbox Series S, though the purported console has yet to be announced.
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Slashdot |
New Free Software Foundation Video Mocks Proprietary Remote-Learning Software
"Computer user freedom is a matter of justice," argues a new video released Friday by the Free Software Foundation:
The University of Costumed Heroes is an animated video telling the story of a group of heroes falling prey to the powers of proprietary software in education. The university board acquires cutting-edge remote learning software that enables them to continue their operations online, but -- [SPOILER ALERT] -- it may sow the seeds of their downfall.
This video is the second in a ser...
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Gizmodo |
Klout Founder Tells the Slightly Dirty Secret of His Success
Klout, a website that defined the unctuous early days of social media, used to rate you based on your online presence. In its heyday, a high Klout score could get you special privileges - maybe a free soda - and bragging rights at the Rosewood hotel, the literal Hotel California where VCs checked you into their funds…Read more...
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Hacker News |
Revolution in Belarus People are demanding Lukashenko to go home
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
U.S. Agency Sidelines Planned $765 Million Loan to Kodak Amid Probes
A federal agency has put a planned $765 million loan to Eastman Kodak on hold after the deal came under congressional and regulatory scrutiny.
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Digital Trends |
Kate Bishop, She-Hulk, War Machine spotted in Marvel’s Avengers beta files
The three characters may be playable heroes or skins
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Gizmodo |
Haunted by Regret Over Killing Vine, Twitter Purportedly Eyes Acquiring TikTok
While we’re all waiting to see if Microsoft succeeds in striking a deal to buy TikTok, bam! Surprise! Another big tech company, although not nearly as big as Microsoft, has apparently entered the fray, saying that it too is interested in arguably one of the hottest apps currently on the market. That company is…Read more...
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Digital Trends |
The worst Apple Watch problems, and how to fix them
We offer workarounds, solutions, and troubleshooting for the glitches, issues, and problems customers face.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
‘The Lord’ Created Executive Orders, White House Trade Adviser Proclaims
The creator stepped in "because of partisan bickering and divided government," Peter Navarro said on "Meet the Press."
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Engadget |
Code compiler pioneer Frances Allen dies at 88
It’s a sad week for the computing industry. IBM reports (via the New York Times) that computing pioneer and company fellow Frances Allen died of Alzheimer’s on her birthday, August 4th, at the age of 88. She’s best known for making vital contribution...
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BBC News | Technology ... |
Trump's WeChat ban shocks Chinese abroad
For China's global community, the app provides a vital means of staying in touch with home.
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Ars Technica |
Hyundai will launch three new electric cars, starting in 2021
There’s a new platform, and the first new car is next year’s Ioniq 5 crossover.
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Digital Trends |
Hyundai launching all-electric brand, with three models on the way
Two of the three Ioniq models will be based on previous concept cars
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Thurrott.com |
Leaked Controller Reveals Lockhart will be Called Xbox Series S
A white next-gen Xbox controller has revealed that Microsoft will call Lockhart Xbox series S.
The post Leaked Controller Reveals Lockhart will be Called Xbox Series S appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
Big Landlord in Talks to Put Amazon Warehouses in Malls
Simon Property Group has been in talks with Amazon to convert some Sears and J.C. Penney stores into Amazon fulfillment centers.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Microsoft’s new Xbox Series S console confirmed in leaked controller packaging
Microsoft is rumored to be unveiling its second, cheaper next-gen Xbox console this month, and it looks like it will definitely be called Xbox Series S. The Verge has obtained photos of Microsoft’s new next-gen Xbox controller in white, complete with packaging that mentions the Xbox Series S. Twitter user Zak S was able to purchase the controller today, and we’ve confirmed it’s genuine.
The new controller was sold on a resale site today, and the side of the packaging notes that the control...
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Hacker News |
Fed announces details of new interbank service to support instant payments
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
Tech, Financial Firms Look for Ways to Save TikTok's U.S. Operations From Ban
Several investment and technology firms are exploring a potential deal for the U.S. operations of TikTok, which is facing a Trump administration ban, but each would have to surmount hurdles at least as high as the Chinese platform’s main suitor, Microsoft.
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Hacker News |
The Most Counterintuitive Recession Ever
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BBC News | Technology ... |
Social media trolling affects almost a third of elite British sportswomen, BBC Sport survey finds
Elite British sportswomen speak out about "horrific abuse" on social media, telling a BBC Sport survey about constant comments they receive.
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Slashdot |
Some Cities are Combining Basic Incomes with Local Currenices
Bloomberg looks at some interesting local currency programs that have been implemented around the world. And in at least one case money "is literally being made from trees" — the wooden dollars being printed in a small city in the northwest U.S. and distributed to the needy in monthly stipends.
"We preach localism and investing in our local community," says mayor Wayne Fournier, "and the idea with this scheme is that we'll stand together as a community and provide relief to individuals t...
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Business Insider |
WarnerMedia shakes up leadership amid rollout of HBO Max
Hi! Welcome to the Insider Advertising daily for August 10. I'm Lauren Johnson, a senior advertising reporter at Business Insider. Subscribe here to get this newsletter in your inbox every weekday. Send me feedback or tips at ljohnson@businessinsider.com
A quick reminder that nominations for our upcoming list of marketing-tech executives are due by Friday.
Today's news: WarnerMedia's shakeup, how TikTok influencers make money, AT&T's marketing cuts, and Amazon slashes marketing spend.
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TweakTown News |
Rumor: Resident Evil VIIIage struggled at 1080p 60FPS on PlayStation 5
Rumor has it the Resident Evil VIIIage demo was struggling to hit 1080p 60FPS on PS5, but runs perfectly on Xbox Series X and PC. Continue reading at TweakTown >
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TechCrunch |
Apple goes to war with the gaming industry
Most gamers may not view Apple as a games company to the same degree that they see Sony with PlayStation or Microsoft with Xbox, but the iPhone-maker continues to uniformly drive the industry with decisions made in the Apple App Store. The company made the news a couple times late this week for App Store […]
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Reddit |
ASUS's new NUC based off of AMD's Ryzen APU lineup.
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Hacker News |
More than 100 coal-fired plants have been converted to natural gas since 2011
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
SpaceX Advances Long-Term Military Launch Provider Goal
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has vaulted into an elite tier of military suppliers, winning a multibillion-dollar contract that makes it one of the Pentagon’s two primary satellite-launch providers through most of the decade.
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Engadget |
Twitter test directly shows your tweet quote counts
Twitter is going one step further in its efforts to help you track quoted retweets. The social media site has confirmed to The Verge that it’s testing an approach placing these counts directly on tweets, and has renamed them from Retweets with Commen...
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TweakTown News |
Yoshinori Ono leaves Capcom after 22 years of Street Fighter
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono has left the company after decades of defining Capcom's biggest fighting franchise. Continue reading at TweakTown >
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Boing Boing |
Here are 40 of the best charging cables, wireless docks, power banks, and more on sale this weekend
“The way to have power is to take it.” -- Boss Tweed.
We think an 18th-century political power broker probably had a different definition of power in mind when he made that statement, yet the sentiment still applies.
We’ve all got devices all but falling out of our pockets and the need for power to keep them all happy is almost insatiable. But with the following list of 40 of the absolute best power banks, changers, and other charging accessories to be found, you can stock up and make sure...
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Gizmodo |
Robert Pattinson Tried to Lie His Way Off the Tenet Set for His The Batman Screen Test
Ah, but Christopher Nolan, he is a man wise to deception. Fooling the creator of Memento? Not so easy.Read more...
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Hacker News |
Linux 5.8-rc1
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Hacker News |
GraalVM
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Belarus Protesters Clash With Riot Police After Fraught Presidential Election
The city of Minsk erupted in protests as critics question exit polls showing a strong victory for Aleksander Lukashenko.
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Slashdot |
WSJ: Qualcomm Asks US Government to Let it Sell Chips to Huawei
"The Wall Street Journal said it had obtained a Qualcomm presentation lobbying the U.S. government to remove restrictions and let it sell Snapdragon processors to Huawei," reports Engadget:
The ban won't prevent Huawei from obtaining necessary parts and could just drive "billions of dollars" of U.S. sales to foreign chip makers like MediaTek and Samsung, Qualcomm reportedly said — lifting the chip ban would theoretically help American companies stay competitive.
There could be a "rapid ...
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The Verge - All Posts |
Toshiba is officially out of the laptop business
Toshiba quietly exited the laptop business once and for all last week, ending a 35-year run by transferring its remaining minority stake in its PC business to Sharp. Two years ago, Toshiba sold an 80.1 percent stake of its PC business to Sharp for $36 million, and Sharp renamed the division Dynabook. Sharp exercised its right to buy the remaining 19.1 percent of shares back in June, and Toshiba released a statement August 4th that the deal was completed
“As a result of this transfer, Dynabook...
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Reddit |
Amazon reportedly wants to take over JCPenney and Sears stores to turn malls into giant fulfillment centers
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VentureBeat |
Stop gentrifying tech: Why ‘premium’ products make us all less efficient
Just like gentrification in the physical world, digital gentrification will result in gaps in technical capability, education, and access to resources.
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Puerto Rico Halts Primary Voting For Centers That Never Received Ballots
Hundreds of frustrated voters were turned away from centers across Puerto Rico that never received ballots.
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9to5Mac |
How to upgrade iMac (2020) RAM and save up to $2000 in the process
This past week Apple released what could be the swan song for the current design of the 27-inch iMac. With Apple Silicon-based Macs on the horizon, it’s possible that we’ve seen the last of the current iMac’s design, and with it the end of user-accessible memory that makes it easy to upgrade iMac (2020) RAM.
The current 5K iMac design is unique, because it’s the only Mac machine that Apple sells outside of the $6000 Mac Pro that features user-upgradable memory. Thanks to ...
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Hacker News |
Why is my Nest Thermostat talking to Facebook?
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Digital Trends |
Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono to leave Capcom after almost 30 years
He believes in the new generation of Capcom staff
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The Verge - All Posts |
Amazon might convert old Sears and JC Penny stores into fulfillment centers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Amazon has had talks with Simon Property Group about converting some of its mall spaces into fulfillment centers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The conversations started before the coronavirus pandemic, and before the latest wave of bankruptcy filings by mall stalwarts like Lord & Taylor, JCPenney, and Nieman Marcus. It’s a bit of an on-the-nose example of how e-commerce is overtaking the traditional brick-and-mortar retail establishments that...
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Slashdot |
Linus Torvalds: Linux 5.8 "One of our Biggest Releases of All Time"
This week saw the release Linux 5.8, which Linus Torvalds called "one of our biggest releases of all time," reports TechRepublic:
The new version of the Linux kernel brings a number of updates to Linux 5.7 spanning security, core components, drivers, memory management, networking and improvements to the kernel's design, amongst others. This includes updates for Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization platform, Intel Tiger Lake Thunderbolt support, improvements to Microsoft's exFAT file system, and su...
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Reddit |
Scientists find efficient way to extract REE from acid mine drainage
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Engadget |
Amazon may turn dying JC Penney and Sears stores into warehouses
The department stores that anchor shopping malls have struggled to survive in the face of online shopping, but those spaces might find a new lease on life through their greatest foe. Wall Street Journal sources claim Amazon is in talks with mall owne...
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Hacker News |
How SHRDLU got its name (2003)
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Digital Trends |
Apple launches legal action against meal plan app over pear logo
Super Healthy Kids launched an online petition to protect its Prepear logo
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BetaNews |
President Trump thinks he can shut down WeChat: It won’t work
Forty-five days from now, we’re told, President Trump will shut down TikTok and WeChat. TikTok, maybe, but WeChat? Impossible. Everything Donald Trump understands about the Internet could fit in a thimble. He’s a reckless leader who isn’t bothered by things like, well, facts, so it shouldn’t be surprising that he expects to command WeChat into oblivion. But what will happen to his already limited Internet authority when that doesn’t work? What Internet authority? Trump has a chance of ...
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9to5Mac |
Load up on Mac apps with the latest BundleHunt sale, deals from $1
BundleHunt has now launched its biggest app sale ever with deals from $1. You’ll simply need to pay the single dollar unlock fee and from there add your choice of apps from a selection of 54 different titles. This is a great way to save on a substantial number of apps, all of which have been discounted from the regular going rate. So if you’re headed back to school, load up now and enjoy notable price reductions to maximize your productivity. You can browse through the entire sale h...
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TechCrunch |
VenoStent has a new technology to improve outcomes for dialysis patients
Timothy Bouré and his co-founder Geoffrey Lucks were both near broke when they moved to Dallas to join the first accelerator they entered after forming VenoStent, a company that aims to improve outcomes for dialysis patients. Failed dialysis surgeries occur in roughly 55% to 65% of patients with end-stage renal disease, according to the company. […]
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Ars Technica |
HS that suspended teen who tweeted photo of hallway has 9 COVID-19 cases
Update: School cancels in-person classes Monday and Tuesday as COVID-19 spreads.
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Business Insider |
5G Snapshot: China
With speeds up to 100 times faster than 4G, and latency up to 120 times lower, 5G is poised to revolutionize the tech industry.
Telecoms in 18 countries will roll out 5G networks by the end of 2019, which means the race to secure global 5G leadership is officially underway. Winning would allow the opportunity to shape the future of the telecommunications industry, and could come with more than a decade of competitive advantages.
As the biggest mobile market in the world, China is at the front of...
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Gizmodo |
Huawei Has About a Month Before It Runs Out of Smartphone Chips
The Trump administration’s sanctions are hitting Huawei hard, and the Chinese tech giant now says it will run out of processors chips for its smartphones by September without access to U.S. venders, according to a weekend Associated Press report.Read more...
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Mashable! |
Amazon looks to turn malls into fulfillment centers, report says
Amazon might have a use for your crumbling neighborhood mall, even if you don't.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce giant is currently in talks to turn scores of rapidly emptying JCPenney and Sears mall locations into scaled-down fulfillment centersSimon Property Group, which owns malls across the county, even pre-pandemic allegedly sought to bring Amazon into at least some of its many locations across the country.
Such a deal would provide Amazon with ...
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Digital Trends |
Horizon Zero Dawn on PC suffering from crashes, technical issues
The port reportedly features poor coding
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The Verge - All Posts |
US passes 5 million coronavirus cases
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
As school districts across the country struggle to figure out how — or if— to safely reopen schools to teachers and students, the number of coronavirus cases in the US passed 5 million on Sunday, according to the Coronavirus Research Center at Johns Hopkins University. And according to a Washington Post analysis, the US hit the 5 million mark just 17 days after passing 4 million cases.
The US leads the world in the number of coronavirus cases, acco...
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Slashdot |
Researcher Breakthrough Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol
Slashdot reader Third Position quotes CleanTechnica:
According to a press release from Argonne National Laboratory, researchers at the lab, working with partners at Northern Illinois University, have discovered a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide and water into ethanol with very high energy efficiency, high selectivity for the desired final product, and low cost. Ethanol is a particularly desirable commodity because it is an ingredient in nearly all U.S. gasoline and is widely use...
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TorrentFreak |
Anime Publisher Asks Google to Wipe Dictionary Page
Japanese manga publisher Shogakukan has asked Google to remove a Dictionary.com page for the word 'magi' from its search engine. While Magi is the name of a popular manga comic, it also refers to the Bible's three wise men. Something Shogakukan should know, as the company also publishes dictionaries.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
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Gizmodo |
Jason Bateman Will Adapt Superworld, a Story Where Everyone Has Superpowers Except One Guy
That dude seems very
unlucky, honestly. Read more...
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Georgia School Reports 9 Coronavirus Cases After Photos of Packed Hallways Go Viral
Those who tested positive for COVID-19 included students and staff members, the principal said in a letter.
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Engadget |
Toshiba officially quits the laptop business
Toshiba is joining the ranks of Japanese tech giants that have bowed out of the PC industry. Gizmodo reports that Toshiba has quietly sold its remaining 19.9 percent stake in its Dynabook laptop brand to Sharp, officially exiting the laptop business,...
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9to5Mac |
Logic Pro X 10.5: Drag and Drop export — one-click audio/MIDI region sharing
Today we are taking a closer look at the new Logic Pro X drag and drop export functionality. A trend you may have noticed through our recent exploration of LPX’s blockbuster new features — Sampler, Step Sequencer, Live Loops, more — is Apple’s focus on simple drag and drop control over our audio/MIDI. This has also notably extended to the way we can export tracks and regions from our Logic Pro X projects directly into the Finder, emails, and just about anywhere that will accept them. Hit...
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VentureBeat |
Black entrepreneurs can tap new markets — but only with VC backing
Investing in this untapped pipeline will pay dividends — and create more seasoned Black talent and larger-scale Black-owned companies.
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Mashable! |
Twitter is testing a new 'Quotes' counter
Twitter might make it easier for users to view quote retweets.
The social network confirmed to The Verge over the weekend that it's testing a new feature. For some people, quote retweets now appear as "Quotes" under tweets, with their own counter, similar to how the number of retweets and likes are displayed.
Twitter updated the iOS app in May to allow users to delineate between quote retweets and regular retweets if they tap the "Retweets" counter. With the new feature, you wouldn't...
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Slashdot |
Could Twitter Outbid Microsoft for TikTok?
An anonymous reader quotes Reuters:
Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter's ability to put together financing for a potential deal.
It is far from certain that Twitter would be able to outbid Microsoft and complete such a transformative deal in the 45 days that U.S. President Donald Trump has given ByteDance to ...
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Hacker News |
i8080 precise replica in Verilog, based on reverse engineering of real die
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Business Insider |
Amazon reportedly wants to take over JCPenney and Sears stores to turn malls into giant fulfillment centers
Amazon is in talks with the biggest mall owner in the US to take over retail space and turn them into giant Amazon fulfillment centers, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
The deal could involve Amazon taking over spaces formerly occupied by Sears and JCPenney, both of which have filed for bankruptcy and closed dozens of stores.
Amazon would benefit by gaining well-located warehouse space in cities and could decrease delivery time on orders, but fulfillment centers wouldn't attract much cli...
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Techdirt |
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side Stephen T. Stone breaking down Trump's astonishing demand that his government should take a cut of a TikTok sale:He asked for a bribe. He literally asked for whatever company buys TikTok (if that happens) to pay hi—I mean, the Treasury a substantial amount of money from the sale in exchange for the right to buy TikTok in the first place. All the other shit is important, yes, but let’s not ignore the sitting president of the United ...
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WSJ.com: WSJD |
That Shooting Star You See in the Sky May Well Be a Satellite
As meteor showers animate the skies this month, a growing number of satellites obscure views of the heavens--SpaceX alone has sought permission to orbit 30,000 more communications devices.
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Boy Genius Report |
Fauci says we need to do one thing to avoid a coronavirus catastrophe this winter
Coronavirus transmission can be stopped and the curve can be flattened, Dr. Anthony Fauci insisted in a wide-ranging interview that Brown University hosted on YouTube.
Wearing face masks, social distancing, and hand hygiene are among the few key steps needed to reduce the infection rate.
But Dr. Fauci also identified the key problem that needs to be fixed so that the country doesn't head into a catastrophe in the fall or winter.
America accounts for more than 25% of worldwide coronavirus...
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Hacker News |
Glasgow: Scots Army Knife for Electronics
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HuffPost - Breaking Ne... |
Mauritius Races To Contain Oil Spill, Protect Coastline
An estimated 1 ton of oil has already escaped into the Indian Ocean after a Japanese ship ran aground.
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Hacker News |
How malicious Tor relays are exploiting users in 2020
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Tom's Hardware |
Raspberry Pi Zero Project Opens Garage Door for Model Y Tesla
This Raspberry Pi project will automatically operate your garage door for the Model Y Tesla.
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Hacker News |
Dorking: the use of search engines to find very specific data
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Boing Boing |
How does tear gas actually work?
My friend and former colleague James Gaines, who previously explained how capsaicin works while eating a handful of chili peppers, worked on this SciShow video about tear gas. James is a great science writer who knows how to break down complicated science into bite-sized tidbits, and that skill is on display here — even if the subject matter is pretty harrowing. Read the rest
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Slashdot |
Cringely Predicts the U.S. Can't Stop WeChat
An anonymous reader quotes long-time technology pundit Robert Cringely:
Forty-five days from now, we're told, President Trump will shut down TikTok and WeChat. TikTok, maybe, but WeChat? Impossible...
Trump has a chance of taking down TikTok, the short form video sharing site, because that service is dependent on advertising. He can force the app out of U.S. app stores (though not out of foreign ones) and he can cut off the flow of ad dollars... at least those dollars that flow through America...
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Digital Trends |
Russia wants to build its own reusable rocket, Roscosmos chief says
The agency also wants to go back to Venus
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Hacker News |
Hiroshima (1946)
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Neowin |
Sony has reportedly approached all major third-party developers with exclusivity deals
A new report claims that Sony has approached all major third-party companies for PlayStation 5 exclusivity deals of sorts, and offered considerably more than Microsoft in terms of monetary value.
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The Verge - All Posts |
Computer scientist Frances Allen, known for her work on compiling, dies at 88
IBM
Frances Allen, whose work on computer compiling helped establish a foundation for much of modern computer programming, died on August 4th, her 88th birthday. She was the first woman to win the Turing Award, and the first female IBM fellow. Allen was determined to make the tedious compiling process — converting software programs into ones and zeroes— more efficient. The work became a hallmark of her career.
After receiving a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Mich...
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Digital Trends |
Android 10’s Live Caption is coming to phone calls. Here’s how to use it
Android 10 allows you to caption videos and audio on certain Pixel phones. Here's how to use Live Caption.
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Gizmodo |
Reddit Gets Trumped: Hackers Vandalize Communities With MAGA Messages
Reddit got Trumped. On Friday, many users visited their favorite subreddits and found something unexpected: pro-Donald Trump Make America Great Again campaign banners and messages supporting the president. It was not a coincidence. Read more...
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TweakTown News |
Sony: PlayStation 5 to significantly raise earnings to $23 billion
Sony expects PS5 sales to massively contribute to overall yearly net sales and help boost games earnings to $23 billion. Continue reading at TweakTown >
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Hacker News |
ZipPy: fast and lightweight Python 3 implementation using the Truffle framework
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Reddit |
Anomaly Six Accused Of Feeding U.S. Gov User Location Data From Hundreds Of Apps
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Thurrott.com |
Moving to YouTube Music: A Mini-Review
Some transitions are seamless while others are disruptive. Moving from Google Play Music to YouTube was somewhere in-between those extremes.
The post Moving to YouTube Music: A Mini-Review appeared first on Thurrott.com.
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Engadget |
Grab a free Amazon Echo Show 5 when you buy an Echo Studio at Best Buy
Best Buy might be your ticket if you’re looking to get started on a smart home and want better sound than you usually get from smart speakers. The retailer is running a promo that gives Echo Studio buyers a free Echo Show 5 for the same $200 it norma...
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BleepingComputer.com |
ProctorU confirms data breach after database leaked online
Online exam proctoring solution ProctorU has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor released a stolen database of user records on a hacker forum. [...]
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Mashable! |
All the best places to click on when you want to get off
August 8 is International Female Orgasm Day, and we're celebrating with an entire week dedicated to exploring the business and pleasure of porn.
Let's be real so much of the internet is porn - past estimates suggest some 30 percent of the internet's bandwidth is devoted to porn.
Shocker, I know, people love porn. But with so much to chose from, where do you go for the very best porn? We have gathered a mix of different places that offer many different kinds of porn because variety is the spice ...
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Hacker News |
Lawn chairs and kitchen tables: Ergonomics in the involuntary work-from-home era
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Hacker News |
Obesity of politicians and corruption in post‐Soviet countries
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Reddit |
“It's time to stop using SMS for two-factor authentication” - How valid are 2FA SMS concerns?
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Boy Genius Report |
Scientists are about to explore a mysterious ‘blue hole’ in the ocean
Researchers are setting out to explore one of the ocean's greatest mysteries: A type of sinkhole in the ocean floor known as a "blue hole."
Blue holes are huge caverns beneath the seafloor that are carved out by some unknown force, though scientists believe there may be freshwater springs within them.
The expedition is being funded by NOAA.
It's been said that we know more about space than we do about what lurks in the deepest reaches of Earth's oceans. The appearance of mysterious "bl...
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