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• Dyson’s V11 vacuum automatically changes its suction power to last longer

  22-03-2019 23:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Last year, Dyson promised it would no longer develop corded vacuums, because, well, cords are annoying. But battery life is limited. When I reviewed the V10 last year, I had to constantly think about which power setting to use – do I want more suction or longer runtime? Dyson’s new V11 Torque Drive makes that a concern of the past. Dyson’s stuck a 20 percent more powerful motor and bigger battery in the vacuum, but the biggest change is the V11’s Dynamic Load Sensor. The
  
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• How to control your mobile privacy with the BlackBerry DTEK app!

  22-03-2019 22:14 via feeds.crackberry.com
  Preloaded onto every BlackBerry Android smartphone, DTEK provides constant security monitoring and protection of your entire operating system - here's how to use it.Make more informed decisions when it comes to keeping yourself safe.Let's face it - as a general rule, smartphones aren't great for user privacy. There are tons of unruly apps out there that track everything from location data to personal conversations to financial details. One estimate places the volume of smartphone apps that repor
  
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• Galaxy S10, S10e, S10 Plus or S10 5G: Which should you buy?

  22-03-2019 18:42 via youtube.com
  
  
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• You can now play scratchcards with Bitcoin, thanks to the Lightning Network

  22-03-2019 17:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Lightning Network is where all the weird and wonderful use cases of Bitcoin micro-payments come to life. You can order a Coke, feed chickens, dispense candy, and even play roulette or Pokémon, all courtesy of the Bitcoin sidechain. But thanks to one enterprising dev, the Lightning Network now has scratchcards. This one has 1,000,000 Satoshis (0.01 BTC) hidden in it. That’s about $40 at the time of writing, not too bad for a scratchcard that might only cost you a few cents worth
  
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• Two months on, the Honor View 20 is still one of the best mid-range phones you can buy

  22-03-2019 17:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Late last year, I flew to Hong Kong to see the the launch of the Honor View 20 first hand. This phone was notable for three reasons. Firstly, it was the second commercially available phone to ship with a 48MP rear camera. Secondly, it was the first phone to come with a punch-hole camera, beating the Samsung Galaxy 10 to the punch. Finally, it is among the first Honor phones to come with Magic UI, rather than EMUI. When you’ve got a phone that’s so groundbreaking, you’ve got to
  
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• PSA: MetaMask reveals your Ethereum address to sites you visit, here’s how to hide it

  22-03-2019 17:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  There’s a setting that popular Ethereum service MetaMask doesn’t enable by default, and its putting users‘ privacy at risk. MetaMask works as a gateway to decentralized apps (dapps) running on Ethereum’s blockchain. It’s a browser extension that seeks to simplify the use of cryptocurrency, which tends to intimidate unfamiliar users. It’s one of the most popular apps of its kind, boasting over a million installs on Chrome. The company built a ne
  
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• TNW2019 Daily: Don’t be a stranger

  22-03-2019 16:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  TNW Conference is only 48 days away, and that means we’re about to launch some really cool things. In the countdown to TNW2019, we’ll announce the full schedule, the festival terrain map, and an amazing giveaway – just to name a few. You obviously read my TNW2019 Daily religiously, but it’s not the only way to stay up to date on everything that’s happening. That’s why today’s TNW Conference highlight is about how to get the latest news. Please @ me I kn
  
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• GitLab now automatically warns against merging API keys into your codebase

  22-03-2019 16:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  GitLab, the hugely popular devops platform, today announced the introduction of secrets detection with version 11.9 of the service. This means that should someone inadvertently include an API key or secret in a commit to a shared repository, the service will warn the user. From a security perspective, this is a huge advantage. API secrets are supposed to be that – secret. If they fall into the wrong hands, an attacker could use them to gain third party services at the developer’s ex
  
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• A quick guide to understanding blockchain smart contracts

  22-03-2019 15:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. ‘Smart contracts’ is a term that gets thrown about quite often in the blockchain world, but there seems to be some confusion about what they are – and how they work. Some context The term was first coined by Nick Szabo, a prominent computer scientist, and cryptographer, who first proposed the idea in the 1990s. Szabo realized that dec
  
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• Find the perfect gift for your mum with TNW’s Mother’s Day guide

  22-03-2019 14:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  Consider yourself warned, dear reader. There’s just nine days left until UK Mother’s Day. Nine. Days. And you thought the countdown to Brexit was scary. If this news has caused your blood pressure to plummet and beads of sweat to accumulate on your forehead, don’t worry. I’ve got you covered. TNW’s compiled a list of gifts, experiences, and tech gadgets to make your mum beam with joy. Buy her something from this list, and I’ll guarantee that you’ll
  
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• To stay relevant in the 5G era, telcos will need to step up their IoT game

  22-03-2019 14:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  We are now in the early stages of another pivotal moment in technological evolution and paradigm shift. With artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT), and augmented reality transitioning from buzz words to the backbone of developed economies, wireless connectivity enabled by 5G , a new standard for wireless telecommunications, will be the catalyst for unlocking the new technologies’ full potential and is expected to have a major impact on every industry, from media and e
  
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• Kickstart a career running Oracle & Microsoft databases with this $39 training

  22-03-2019 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  You can set yourself up for a lucrative tech career with the training found in The Complete SQL Certification Bundle, a massive collection of database-centric instruction that’s available now for only $39 from TNW Deals. That’s less than $4 per course.
  
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• CHEAP: At $185, this Samsung Chromebook 3 is more than half off

  22-03-2019 13:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s always nice when something a bit overpriced becomes… well… cheap. Take the Samsung Chromebook 3, for example. Would I pay $399 for this? Absolutely not. But drop that price down to $185, and I’ll start throwing wads of cash in your face so fast, you’ll think you’ve got a new job as an exotic dancer. Chromebooks are great laptops for the most basic computing tasks, from casually scrolling through your Facebook News Feed, to buying stuff online. They&rsq
  
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• PUBG Mobile is testing a 6-hour per day limit in India

  22-03-2019 13:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  Tencent’s popular battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) is under fire in India after reportedly causing deaths in multiple instances. Some Indian cities have banned the game for a certain period, and several people are asking the government to outlaw it. In a corrective step, the makers seem to be testing a 6-hour per day restriction on mobile. As spotted by SportsKeeda, the app is sending a health reminder to players after 6-hours, on the mobile version.
  
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• Phishers Bait Hooks for Netflix, Amex Users

  22-03-2019 13:00 via technewsworld.com
  Cybersecurity experts at Microsoft's Windows Defender Security Intelligence Team this week reported their discovery of two new email-based phishing campaigns. One targets American Express users while the other targets Netflix customers. Both campaigns reportedly are very well-crafted, featuring legitimate logos and even fill-in forms that closely mimic those on the respective company's own websites. It isn't clear if these campaigns are being orchestrated by the same group, but each was launched
  
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• WeChat Pay to reportedly take on Google Pay and Paytm in India later this year

  22-03-2019 12:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  Chinese tech giant Tencent is looking to enter India‘s payment market with a UPI-based (Unified Payments Interface) WeChat Pay app, according to Entrackr. The report notes Tencent execs met with the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) three weeks ago to discuss obtaining a license, with plans to launch the service in May or June. In the already saturated UPI payments market in India, WeChat Pay will compete against BHIM, PhonePe, Paytm, and Google Pay. Accordi
  
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• 4,000 art auction houses are putting their sales records on the blockchain

  22-03-2019 12:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  A recent merger between a blockchain-based art registry and an international auction house sales database will see sales records from over 4,000 auction houses put on the blockchain. The art registry, Artory, has purchased Auction Club, a currently privatized database that contains information from over 4,000 international auction house sales, the Art Newspaper reports. The acquisition will merge the two companies immediately and will make Auction Club’s sales records from over 250 busine
  
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• Alleged Russian boss of Bitcoin ‘money-laundering scheme’ wants to go home

  22-03-2019 12:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Alexander Vinnik, the alleged operator of troubled cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e (who is wanted in several countries for his potential involvement in a Bitcoin fraud case) has lodged an appeal for extradition to his native Russia. Vinnik, who has reportedly been on hunger strike for three months, was arrested in July 2017 at the behest of the US Justice Department, accused of laundering billions of dollars with Bitcoin. He was on a family holiday in Greece at the time. The extradition request h
  
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• CHEAP: You can now get Anker’s Soundcore Liberty Neo wireless buds for just $50

  22-03-2019 11:16 via thenextweb.com
  
  We’ve been fans of Anker’s Soundcore wireless buds, ever since they were called “Zolo.” Remember that? As we’ve seen over the years with the Liberty and Liberty Lite buds, they offer a beautifully bassy experience, paired with great build quality and amazing battery life. And now you can get a pair of the Liberty Neo buds for just $50. That’s a 15-percent discount on the usual price of $64.99. Not much of a discount, admittedly, but it’s still respectab
  
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• Netflix’ $4 mobile-only subscriptions could bolster its growth in India

  22-03-2019 10:24 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a bid to grow its audience in India, Netflix is trialing cheaper subscriptions that allow access to its streaming video service only on mobile devices, reports The Economic Times. The plan, which costs Rs. 250 ($3.65) a month, comes in at half the price of Netflix‘ cheapest standard plan for users in the country. That could make a lot of sense for the streaming giant, which brought its service to India in 2016, and was soon followed by Amazon’s Prime Video. It’s keen to gro
  
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• 13 ways entrepreneurs can help their company guard against hacking

  22-03-2019 10:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  As technology evolves, so do hackers’ techniques, something which puts tremendous pressure on organizations to constantly update their security measures in order to keep their data secure. Hackers can expose not only important company information, but sensitive customer data as well, leading to potentially devastating effects. To find out how to better protect your organization’s information, we asked a panel of entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: What is one practical th
  
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• How to watch the Indian Premier League 2019 cricket tournament online

  22-03-2019 09:54 via thenextweb.com
  
  The 12th edition of arguably one of the biggest cricket tournaments of the world – the Indian Premier League (IPL) – is kicking off tomorrow. Last year, more than 200 million people streamed the tournament online through Hotstar, an India-based streaming service owned by Star TV Network. As the Chennai Superkings are set to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore tomorrow, we thought you might find our guide on how to stream the IPL online handy. If you live in India, you can tune into
  
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• Dodocool True Wireless Earbuds - AirPods On The Cheap?

  22-03-2019 09:33
  Damien McFerran22/03/2019 - 8:33amWireless sound for a fraction of the price £35.00 Apple's AirPods certainly made quite an impact when they launched a few years back, and like every new technological craze, they inspired a host of copycat clones, mostly coming from the Far East. While this slavish imitation must be slightly annoying to companies like Apple, ultimately, it's good for the consumer – because alternative options become available which offer the same functionality for a
  
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• Facebook’s reportedly been storing millions of user passwords in plain text since 2012

  22-03-2019 07:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  Last night, Facebook revealed that it found a flaw in January in its systems that stored user passwords in plain text, which meant that anyone who had access to them could read those passwords without having to decrypt them. The vulnerability impacts “hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users, tens of millions of other Facebook users, and tens of thousands of Instagram users.” What’s more shocking is that, according to cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs, in some instances,
  
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• Galaxy S10 5G Launch Date, AirPods 2 update & more - Pocketnow Daily

  22-03-2019 04:45
  
  
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• YouTube’s ‘child safe’ app is crawling with videos advocating suicide, murder, and sexual exploitation

  22-03-2019 00:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  For nearly five minutes, the cartoon is predictable. Colorful characters with child-like voices act out the types of scenarios capable of reversing even the wildest tantrums, turning screaming toddlers into tiny, submissive humans. It’s the optimal time for a man to enter the frame, telling your small child the proper way to slit their wrists. YouTube Kids is supposed to be the kid-friendly choice for discerning parents. It’s devoid of the conspiracy theories and misinformation that
  
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