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• Massive Intel Chip Security Flaw Threatens Computers

  03-01-2018 23:45
  A design flaw in all Intel chips produced in the last decade is responsible for a vulnerability that puts Linux, Windows and macOS-powered computers at risk, according to multiple press reports. The flaw reportedly is in the kernel that controls the chip performance, allowing commonly used programs to access the contents and layout of a computer's protected kernel memory areas. The Linux kernel community, Microsoft and Apple have been working on patches to their operating systems to prevent the
  
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• New Lens Tech Can Shrink Cameras, VR and AR Gear

  03-01-2018 22:55
  Harvard scientists on Monday unveiled a metalens that has the potential to shrink the size of any device that uses a camera while at the same time improving performance. While traditional lenses are made from glass, metalenses use a flat surface peppered with nanostructures to focus light. One problem with metalenses has been their inability to focus the full spectrum of light. That's not the case any more, however, as the Harvard team developed a metalens that can focus the entire visible spect
  
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• Amazon and Google lost money on smart speakers while Apple just plain lost

  03-01-2018 22:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  There are few greater sights for consumers with weary wallets than seeing tech giants duke it out for our affection. When companies compete consumers win. And last year, shoppers got a lot of love when both Google and Amazon slashed prices in an effort which served to undercut Apple. Over the holiday season, Amazon’s best selling item was the heavily-discounted Echo Dot. The savings were so good, in fact, that experts think the company sold the product for less than it costs to make
  
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• Erato Verse Review: Like AirPods that actually sound great

  03-01-2018 22:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  Truly wireless earbuds have exploded in popularity since Apple’s AirPods came to market. While none quite matches Cupertino on simplicity and accessibility, some competitors have taken to pummeling Apple in the sound quality department. The Erato Verse are one such contender. I’ve been using the Verse for several weeks, and they’re currently my favorite option in the ever-growing category – in fact, some of the best in-ear monitors I’ve used recently at their $150
  
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• AI and machine learning necessitate a smarter app development and marketing playbook

  03-01-2018 20:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  Build it and they will come. Those were the good ole days. It used to be good enough to design a great app. Add to that an engaging user experience (UX), positive feedback, a high ranking and word of mouth, and your app was ensured continued success. Nowadays however, mobile consumers are simply overwhelmed by choice. Did you know that if you add up all the apps in the Google Play and Apple App Store, there are 5.5 million apps competing for your user’s time and attention? And yet there&r
  
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• Awesome BlackBerry patent hardwood print giveaway — enter now for a chance to win at CrackBerry!

  03-01-2018 20:14 via feeds.crackberry.com
  Looking for something new to decorate your home or office walls? We've got just the thing for die hard BlackBerry fans everywhere! Keep reading to see how you can win a BlackBerry patent hardwood print!
  Looking for something new to decorate your home or office walls? We've got just the thing for die hard BlackBerry fans everywhere! Keep reading to see how you can win a BlackBerry patent hardwood print by Retro Patents!This patent titled 'Hand Held Electronic Device with Auxiliary Input Device' w
  
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• Opera 50 now comes with built-in protection against cryptojacking

  03-01-2018 18:44 via thenextweb.com
  
  More and more websites are monetizing their users via in-browser cryptocurrency mining. Instead of showing intrusive adverts, the site instead takes advantage of the user’s CPU power to solve mathematical problems, which are then used to create valuable digital coins. This is called “cryptojacking,” and it isn’t particularly great for users, who find their machines become inexplicably sluggish. Mercifully, the latest version of the Opera browser comes with built-in prote
  
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• This livestream of AI learning to play Super Mario Bros is awesome

  03-01-2018 18:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  Einfach nerdig, a Youtuber with currently only one video up, started a livestream of an AI learning to play “Super Mario Bros.” 4 days ago. It’s still running, and watching it is amazing. The AI, MarI/O, comes courtesy of creator SethBling, who despite his own huge following, isn’t the one streaming the training session. The account streaming the video has disabled embedding, but you can watch it learn to play the game here on YouTube. SethBling, a world-record
  
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• Report: Spotify secretly files for IPO this year

  03-01-2018 18:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  Spotify allegedly filed for its IPO in December, and will go directly to the New York Stock Exchange while bypassing many of the IPO conventions. According to a report by Axios, the music streaming service filed confidentially at the end of December. CNBC reports it will skip the share sale and be listed directly on the NYSE at the end of Q1 2018. This will mean the shares have no predetermined price. Rumors about the filing have been cropping up intermittently for quite some time. We repo
  
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• AI weapons will transform war – and they can’t be stopped

  03-01-2018 17:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  The most terrifying film of the year didn’t come from Hollywood. It came from a think tank looking to save us all from killer machines. In the movie’s near future dystopia, palm-sized drones loaded up with explosives use facial recognition to hunt down and slaughter people with pinpoint precision. A series of devastating attacks sweep the countryside. Swarms of the micro murderers tear through Congress, massacring Senators based on ideology. Terrorists unlea
  
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• Canada’s top exchange Coinsquare could beat Coinbase to adding Ripple

  03-01-2018 16:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amidst speculation that popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is quietly working on adding Ripple (XRP) to its platform, Canada’s leading exchange desk, Coinsquare, has announced plans to integrate Ripple to its website in the near future. In a televised interview on the local Business News Network (BNN), Coinsquare CEO Cole Diamond revealed that the company is eyeing to extend its line of cryptocurrencies with new additions – and Ripple is among the first ones on the agenda. The
  
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• See it, learn it, build it: A practical way to learn to code websites for under $15

  03-01-2018 16:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you want to learn how to build websites and apps, what better training ground could there be than actually building websites and apps? The Complete Web Developer Course agrees. And right now, you can pick up this hands-on instruction package for an especially low price after an extra price drop — just $14.99 from TNW Deals.
  
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• BlackBerry and Baidu team up to accelerate deployment of connected and autonomous vehicle tech

  03-01-2018 16:00 via feeds.crackberry.com
  After several weeks of rumors, BlackBerry and Baidu have finally announced the two companies will be partnering up to accelerate the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicle technology for automotive OEMs and suppliers worldwide.
  After several weeks of rumors, BlackBerry and Baidu have finally announced the two companies will be partnering up to accelerate the deployment of connected and autonomous vehicle technology for automotive OEMs and suppliers worldwide.Read More »
  
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• 34 tools that let you make the most of your MacOS

  03-01-2018 15:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  A few months ago, Ask Product Hunt  launched, a community-powered product search engine. The idea was simple: Ask your product discovery questions on Product Hunt, and the community chimes in with their recommendations. To date, more than 2,300 questions have been submitted, with one of the most popular ones being: What is your favorite MacOS menu bar app? Community members recommended over 100 different products, and here are some of their favorites on this list. If you want to
  
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• Google Pixel 2 XL vs OnePlus 5T

  03-01-2018 15:00 via youtube.com
  
  
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• 4 ways the everyday internet user can earn from the blockchain

  03-01-2018 14:43 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’ve been watching the news lately, you’d probably be curious about the rise of cryptocurrencies, and how it is minting millionaires and even billionaires just because of its phenomenal rise in value. Recently, the Winklevoss twins, Tyler and Cameron have become the first Bitcoin billionaires (save perhaps for Bitcoin’s creators). You may remember them as the Harvard alumni who staked a claim against Facebook saying they were early investors but the idea was stolen from t
  
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• Bitcoin’s first block was mined 9 years ago today, the reward was 50BTC

  03-01-2018 13:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  It has been a wild run, but today marks precisely nine years since the cryptocurrency train took off: January 3, 2009 was the day when the Bitcoin blockchain network had its very first block mined – the primordial block #0. The first-ever transaction was timestamped at 6:15PM (server time) and yielded a mining reward of 50BTC, which is worth approximately $739,312 at the time of writing. It took another six days until the second block (#1) was mined on January 9, 2009. Since then, the Bit
  
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• Captain Morgan Snapchat lens smacked down by UK’s advertising regulators

  03-01-2018 12:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a Snapchat lens from global drinks maker Diaego, which allowed users to make their face look like Captain Morgan, over fears it may appeal to children. The lens also included two glasses of a drink clinking, followed by text that said “Live like the Captain,” a voice-over that said “Captain,” and some cheering. The ASA’s concern was this advert may be seen by those under the legal d
  
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• Samsung’s “Rollable OLED” Tablet LEAKS In Patent Filings

  03-01-2018 12:01
  Richard Goodwin03/01/2018 - 11:01amSamsung is working on truly flexible designs for its next-generation tabletsThe tablet space is more or less dominated by Apple. Most other players have thrown in the towel, admitting defeat, but ALL this could change in 2018 with the rise of completely new form factors. And Samsung could well be leading the charge with its truly flexible tablet designs.
  We’ve known about Samsung’s plans for folding devices for years. The Galaxy X has been rumoured
  
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• Apple's 2018 Product Roadmap: What To Expect

  03-01-2018 11:49
  Michael Grothaus03/01/2018 - 11:03amWhat will the new year bring for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and more?2017 was a pretty good year for Apple. The introduced new iPads, the beautiful new iPhone X, the cellular-capable Apple Watch 3, and the all-new iMac Pro. But in the world of tech it’s never “what did you do?” is “what are you going to do?” Luckily for Apple and its fans, 2018 looks to be an even better year for Apple hardware. There are a ton of potential new product
  
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• [Video] Fix common Android Apps issues/problems on Nokia & other smartphones - Nokiapoweruser

  03-01-2018 11:32
  [Video] Fix common Android Apps issues/problems on Nokia & other smartphones  Nokiapoweruser
  
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• Tech5, the yearly hunt for Europe’s fastest growing start-ups, starts today

  03-01-2018 11:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  This is a call for the founders of the best and most innovative startups in Europe. Are you experiencing extreme growth? We dare you to prove it. For the fifth consecutive year, we are setting out Tech5, our mission to find Europe’s fastest growing tech companies and honor them at TNW Conference 2018, a premium stage for business ventures. The storyIn 2014, TNW and Dutch unicorn Adyen teamed-up to create something new: Tech5. Modeled after the Eurovision song contest and the Champions Lea
  
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• Google's Mysterious Fuchsia OS Up N' Running on PixelBook

  03-01-2018 11:00
  Richard Goodwin04/01/2018 - 9:37amWhat is Google’s Fuchsia OS? Is it a replacement for Chrome OS? A combination of Android and Chrome OS? Or NONE of the above?Google is now in the process of testing out its mysterious new operating system that is currently going by the name of Fuchsia OS. The Big G is now actively testing Fuchsia on the PixelBook.
  But what is it? And what does it mean for Google’s wider ecosystem? Plenty. According to Google itself, Fuchsia is designed for modern sma
  
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• Google NOW Testing Mysterious Fuchsia OS on PixelBook

  03-01-2018 11:00
  Richard Goodwin03/01/2018 - 10:00amWhat is Google’s Fuchsia OS? Is it a replacement for Chrome OS? A combination of Android and Chrome OS? Or NONE of the above?Google is now in the process of testing out its mysterious new operating system that is currently going by the name of Fuchsia OS. The Big G is now actively testing Fuchsia on the PixelBook.
  But what is it? And what does it mean for Google’s wider ecosystem? Plenty. According to Google itself, Fuchsia is designed for modern sm
  
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• iPhone battery issue plan, Pixel and Nexus Portrait Mode & more - Pocketnow Daily

  03-01-2018 03:14 via youtube.com
  
  
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• World Health Organization says gaming addiction is a disease

  03-01-2018 01:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released the latest draft of its International Compendium of Diseases. Two of the most eye-catching additions to this update, the first in several years, are “hazardous gaming,” and “gaming disorder.” This would effectively put a gaming addiction on the same level as that of a substance addiction. The entry for “hazardous gaming” reads as follows: Hazardous gaming refers to a pattern of gaming, either online or off
  
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• Scientists teach AI to determine our political affiliation based on the cars we drive

  03-01-2018 00:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  A group of scientists recently developed an AI model which uses Google Street View photographs to determine startlingly accurate social insights about a geographic area. By looking at the cars we drive, the researchers’ deep learning network can determine a community’s racial, political, and economic makeup. The research was conducted by scientists and based at Stanford university, using an AI training method called a convolutional neural network (CNN). This method involves creating
  
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