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• Donald Trump is threatening to punish Twitter. Here’s why everyone should take this seriously

  28-05-2020 23:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday afternoon declaring social media companies to be broadcasters (as opposed to carriers). While the exact language of the EO has yet to be revealed, an alleged draft has circulated on social media throughout the day. If what we’re seeing is close to the final order, it’s safe to say there will be huge ramifications for the tech community and the billions of us who use social media regularly. For your rea
  
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• YouTube finally adds built-in timestamps with ‘Chapters’

  28-05-2020 23:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the most annoying things about YouTube is trying to find the right time for the specific content you’re looking for, especially in long videos. It’s become something of a tradition for a good samaritan to comment with the requisite timestamps, but YouTube is now making such crude methods a thing of the past. Starting today, YouTube is officially rolling out a ‘Chapters‘ feature that lets creators embed timestamps right into the video progress bar. 0:00 We heard yo
  
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• Hulu is testing an official Watch Party feature (for some viewers)

  28-05-2020 22:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  In this era of social distancing, online watch parties — watching online content in sync with friends — have become commonplace, but doing so usually requires specialized third party services. It seems that might start to change; Hulu is now testing an official Watch Party feature of its own. Unfortunately, it’s currently only available on the desktop. No mobile apps, no TV apps. Worse, it’s only available to users who are signed up for Hulu‘s ‘No ads’
  
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• This best-selling business and management bundle is on sale for $30

  28-05-2020 21:44 via feeds.crackberry.com
  
  It's no secret that the economic landscape is shifting at a dramatic pace. As the world continues to wrestle with the fallout and effects of the coronavirus pandemic, businesses of all sizes and in every industry are scrambling to adapt to a new normal in which work is done remotely and teams are managed from afar.
  This means that if you're either currently running a business or interested in launching a startup, you need to take a deep dive into the business strategies and methodolog
  
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• Practically Anyone Can Host Their Own Webinar with Vidthere

  28-05-2020 21:44 via feeds.crackberry.com
  
  When it comes to learning, live events have always been popular. But with so many people confined to their homes, webinars and virtual discussions are more popular than ever. If you would like to jump on this trend, Vidthere provides an all-in-one solution for hosting such events. You can currently pick up a lifetime subscription for just $49.99, which is over 90% off the full price.
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  Live-streaming, in general, has seen a huge surge in pop
  
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• Don't be just a bedroom DJ—be an actual DJ with the help of this music production bundle

  28-05-2020 21:44 via feeds.crackberry.com
  
  You know how every viral tweet these days is riddled with links to SoundCloud profiles under them? Yeah, that's because everyone seems to fool themselves into thinking that they're a musician. And while there's nothing inherently wrong with being a bedroom DJ, many of these self-professed artists aren't exactly churning out quality work, and it's likely because they haven't had proper training.
  If part of your dreams is breaking into the music business, you need to master how to produce music f
  
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• TNW Pride 2020: Why queer representation is so important for STEM

  28-05-2020 21:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s (almost) time! Welcome to 🏳️‍🌈TNW Pride 2020🏳️‍🌈. We’ll be covering tech-related Pride stories and putting a much needed spotlight on the LGBTQPIA+ STEM community and its history all throughout the month of June. If you’d like to contribute, find details below.  I’m a 42-year-old queer technology journalist and the editor of Neural. This is my first job working in the tech industry. Just a few years back I w
  
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• Instagram finally offers creators a chance to get paid

  28-05-2020 20:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  Instagram today revealed that, at long last, it’s rolling out a few ways for its creators to earn money directly from their posts. The platform is currently testing both ads for IGTV and a subscription service for those who use Instagram Live. It’s a start, at least. Ads on IGTV have been in the works for a few months now — we first heard of them back in February. The ads will be about 15 seconds long, and will appear after you click the “Watch IGTV Video” button f
  
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• Executive Order draft reveals Trump's plan for revenge against Twitter and other platforms

  28-05-2020 20:11 via phonearena.com
  
  After being offended by Twitter's fact-checking of a tweet he disseminated about mail-in ballots, President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to regulate social media by issuing an executive order. This morning,about what the president is going to demand. The news service says that Trump is going to order the review of a law called Section 230 that protects firms operating on the internet from liability based on comments posted by the platform's users.
  Trump's executive order will also call f
  
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• Red Magic 5G Review: Perfect For Gamers, Problematic For Everyone Else

  28-05-2020 19:25 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Google Maps makes it easier to share your location with Plus Codes — no address required

  28-05-2020 19:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  When you need to give someone your location, you usually point them to an address. Here in NYC, you often point them to an intersection instead. But sometimes an address is just difficult to find — or you don’t have one at all. For those purposes, Google introduced Plus codes five years ago, allowing you to share your location in a short alphanumerical format, whether you simply can’t find an address or are in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem they we
  
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• Bitcoin vs. NASDAQ 100: Watch them thrive during the pandemic

  28-05-2020 18:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s now clear that the coronavirus pandemic made the world’s most powerful tech companies even stronger, but what if Bitcoin was a tech stock? Apple and Microsoft retained their trillion-dollar market caps through the ups and downs of the greater stock market, and worldwide lockdowns even helped both Alphabet and Amazon secure access to the exclusive cuatro comma club for the very time time. In fact, the NASDAQ 100 index — a popular benchmark that tracks the market
  
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• US joins G7 AI alliance to counter China’s influence

  28-05-2020 18:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  The US is joining the rest of the G7 in the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, in an effort to contain China‘s influence on AI. The initiative was launched in 2019 to build a consensus on AI ethics, but has made little impact since — partly because the US initially refused to join. White House officials feared the group would damage US tech firms, even though its recommendations aren’t legally binding and it can’t regulate private com
  
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• Devious Call of Duty pranksters are building shitty guns to fool players in Warzone

  28-05-2020 16:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare‘s battle royale format, Warzone, is all the rage these days. Casual gamers love it, hardcores love it, I love it, everybody loves it. But a new in-game prank is about to catch a few poor saps completely off-guard — and it’s already claimed victims. Any Warzone enthusiast knows having the right loadout — a custom-made set of guns and perks (or special skills) — can tremendously increase your chances of winning. That’s why
  
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• Working from home is great — until your co-workers show up

  28-05-2020 16:45 via thenextweb.com
  
  Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! Many people are now struggling with adjusting to working from home, but I’ve always been a big fan of WFH. Way back in the day, I even started my second company in my spare bedroom — with employees and everything! The company was a wir
  
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• How tech is defying death and turning our loved ones into Alexa-powered chatbots

  28-05-2020 16:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  TNW Answers is a live Q&A platform where we invite interesting people in tech who are much smarter than us to answer questions from TNW readers and editors for an hour.  What if death wasn’t so final? What if the life of a family member could live on with the help of artificial intelligence? No, I’m not talking about that episode of Black Mirror, I’m talking about HereAfter, a conversational AI platform that creates interactive, life-story sharing chatbots, accessible
  
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• Why Gary Vaynerchuk’s 12 hour TikTok telethon revealed a gentler side

  28-05-2020 16:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  In 2019, I was fortunate to interview Gary Vaynerchuk in Las Vegas and Armenia after he performed keynotes at a smorgasbord of tech conferences. I nodded in all the right places as he talked about a future dominated by tech that would pave the way for virtual conferences, concerts, and remote working. On the subject of podcasts, Vaynerchuk told me, “Joe Rogan is going to eventually sign a $100 million-plus deal to go exclusive on a platform because of the level of
  
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• How Baidu’s AI produces news videos using just a URL

  28-05-2020 14:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  AI for news production is one of the areas that has drawn contrasting opinions. On one hand, it might help media houses produce more news in a better format with minimal effort, on the other hand, it might take away the human element of journalism or take people out of jobs. In 2018, an AI anchor developed by China’s Xinhua news agency made its debut.  Earlier this month, the agency released an improved version that mimics human voices and gestures. There’s been advancemen
  
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• How the Dutch government uses data to predict the weather and prepare for natural disasters

  28-05-2020 14:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  Have you ever wondered what’s behind the weather forecast TV reports? Or who is managing government satellites? Perhaps you’ve wandered across a sensor — where does that data go? In the Netherlands, that data is collected and managed by the KNMI, or the Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut — a.k.a., the government’s meteorological branch. The KNMI forecasts weather, researches climate change, and monitors seismic activity. Their reach goes far beyond
  
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• Freelancing could be the way forward for thousands of Americans. Here are some points to consider

  28-05-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: Want to work doing what you love as a freelance professional? The Kickstart Your Freelance Career Course Bundle has some ideas for making that happen. If your time at home the past 10 weeks or so has made you appreciate the idea of never fighting traffic or trudging into the office every again…you aren’t alone. This WFH era has started the wheels spinning for thousands of Americans about the type of day-to-day work life we’d each enjoy. Of course, most freelancers have
  
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• This tool helps you send emails directly to the recipient’s spam box

  28-05-2020 13:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  A fundamental part of living life as a good human being™ is learning how to be amicably passive-aggressive — or put in other words, unnoticeably mean and cruel when necessary. A good example is party invitations. Every once in a while you’ll meet a person you feel the need to invite, but genuinely don’t want to be around. Should you go through the risk of being confronted about a skipped invitation or should you just send the invite, and hope they don’t show up? So
  
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• Spotify to rival YouTube Music with 'Offline user mix' feature

  28-05-2020 13:41 via phonearena.com
  
  It looks like Spotify is on the move. The streaming platformin libraries earlier this month, and now it's aiming to rival YouTube Music with a new feature. Our favorite reverse software engineerdug up an interesting image, showing hints that Spotify is working on something called Offline user mix.Spotify is working on “Offline User Mix”,described as “This is your offline mix tailored for you” — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) Judging by the image and comments un
  
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• 3 possible scenarios for restoring public transport after COVID-19

  28-05-2020 13:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Dutch bike-transit system should be our guide to not only encourage public transport use, but to also make it more efficient and attractive by offering higher frequency service with even better coverage. How is that possible? As we seem to be reaching the light at the end of the COVID-19 quarantine tunnel, many of us question what this might mean for mobility, and particularly, for public transport. The lockdown has generally had the same impact all around the world: car journeys fell
  
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• Google sued by Arizona over allegations of unlawful tracking of Android users’ locations

  28-05-2020 13:05 via phonearena.com
  
  Google, as well as other tech giants, have been under increasing scrutiny in regards to the privacy of their users. Now,that Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is suing Google over allegations of unlawfully using location data from Android users.
  Allegedly, Google has kept location data services running in the background even after the user disabled app-specific location tracking. The complaint states that in order to completely turn off location services, the user has to search deep into th
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin is a bad investment according to Goldman Sachs’

  28-05-2020 12:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Baudriallard used to say: Let’s get this bread! Bitcoin price We closed the day, May 27 2020, at a price of $9,181. That’s a respectable 3.88 percent increase in 24 hours, or $343. It was the highest closing price in three days. We’re still 54 percent below
  
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• AI algorithms are puzzled by our online behavior during the coronavirus pandemic

  28-05-2020 12:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  At some point, every one of us has had the feeling that online applications like YouTube, Amazon, and Spotify seem to know us better than ourselves, recommending content that we like even before we say it. At the heart of these platforms’ success are artificial intelligence algorithms—or more precisely, machine learning models—that can find intricate patterns in huge sets of data. Corporations in different sectors leverage the power of machine learning along with the
  
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• Google's already affordable Nest Mini smart speaker can be yours for free... if you're lucky

  28-05-2020 12:00 via phonearena.com
  
  Have you ever felt like Google's diminutive smart speakers are so cheap that the search giant may as well give them away for free? Believe it or not, , and . 
  Of course, you can't just visit the official US Google Store and order the 2019-releasedor 2017's originalat $0. The two devices, which are normally available at $49 and $39 respectively, will still set you back $39 and $29 respectively if you do that... without using a special promotional code.
  Said code can be procured by , but alas
  
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• How to supercharge your team’s brainstorming sessions with sci-fi narratives

  28-05-2020 11:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  Attempting to predict and prepare for the future can be an arduous and alarming task for any entrepreneur or business. It may seem as though the risks are more prevalent than the opportunities, and it’s easy to get hung up on what could go wrong. It’s also difficult to break out of existing paradigms and imagine how things could be different. One antidote to this self-defeating thinking style is to engage the power of science fiction. Sci-fi is an incredible way to free up the imagi
  
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• Shifting to electric transport is still a game changer — even if it’s not charged by renewable energy

  28-05-2020 10:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  New Zealand is indeed well supplied with renewable electricity. In recent years, New Zealand has averaged 83% from renewable sources (including 60% hydropower, 17% geothermal, and 5% wind) and 17% from fossil fuels (4% coal and 13% gas). In addition to being cheap and renewable, hydropower has another great advantage. Its production can ramp up and down very quickly (by turning the turbines on and off) during the day to match demand. Looking at a typical winter’s day (I’ve taken Jul
  
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• HBO Max is now available for free with AT&T's best wireless plan

  28-05-2020 10:49 via phonearena.com
  
  HBO Max is  to give streaming veterans , , and , as well as fellow industry rookiesand , a run for their money. 
  Not to be confused withor , which are still a thing for some reason, the hot new SVOD (subscription video on demand) service has launched at a seemingly excessive price of $14.99 a month, undoubtedly facing quite a bit of an uphill struggle to rack up the early adopter numbers it needs to avoid instantly plunging into the abyss of irrelevance of something like , for instance
  
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• 9 tips to help you negotiate the salary you want

  28-05-2020 10:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’re starting a new job or looking to grow in your current role, negotiating a salary rise can be extremely awkward and daunting — but it doesn’t have to be. Even if you were once happy with your current salary, the time will come again when the value of the work you do isn’t reflected in the compensation you receive. When this time comes, it’s important to be prepared and strategize your next move. You need to build an objective, evidence-based case that supp
  
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• Zoom wants you to update to its newer version, it's a matter of security

  28-05-2020 09:51 via phonearena.com
  
  In a recent blogby Zoom, the company urges users to update to Zoom 5.0 or greater by May 30, as that version introduces enhanced security features and improvements. Anyone still using an older version of the Zoom app or desktop client after that date will be cut off, until they update. On its website, Zoom has a help page onthe Zoom mobile app or desktop client.As we've seen over the last few months, the skyrocketing success of the video conferencing service Zoom brought on challenges the team b
  
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• Uber scraps thousands of Jump ebikes, because recycling them is ‘too complicated’

  28-05-2020 09:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a twist of un-environmentally friendly irony, Uber has decided to send thousands of Jump hire bikes straight to the dump because it says it’s too complicated to give them away. Yes, you should be angered by this. According to The Verge, Uber confirmed in a statement that it would be recycling many of Jump’s older ebike and scooter models after transferring many of the newer models to Jump’s new owners, Lime. Instead, that doesn’t exactly seem to be what’s happen
  
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• You're not going crazy, it's simply a Google Maps Timeline bug

  28-05-2020 08:37 via phonearena.com
  
  The Google Maps Timeline allows you to see the places you visited and the routes you took to get there. It is private and only you can see it. However, there is a problem with the Timeline according to(via ) from users. For some unknown reason, some of the location data isn't showing up on the Timeline leaving gaps on the graph. Some report that all data on the timeline dating back before early May 2020 has disappeared while some are seeing months to years of data go missing.
  Actually, the data
  
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• iPhone 12 Date: Better Late than NEVER?

  28-05-2020 07:44 via youtube.com
  
  
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• SpaceX and NASA’s crewed mission postponed until the weekend due to bad weather

  28-05-2020 07:08 via thenextweb.com
  
  Last night, SpaceX aimed to ink its name in history books as it was preparing to launch NASA Astronauts in space. However, both agencies decided to postpone the launch to Saturday, May 30  due to bad weather. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley were scheduled to fly into space at 4.33 PM ET yesterday. However, 17 minutes before liftoff, officials informed them that the launch had to be called off. "We are not going to launch today." Due to the weather conditions, the laun
  
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• Since Huawei can't use the top video sharing service, it has hooked up with number two

  28-05-2020 06:13 via phonearena.com
  
  A bit over a year ago, the U.S. Commerce Department placed Huawei on its Entity List preventing the company from accessing its U.S. supply chain. This prevents the manufacturer from licensing Google Mobile Services and installing core Google apps on its phones. The company also cannot install apps like the Play Store, Gmail, Search, Maps, and Drive. This doesn't matter inside China where most of Google's apps are banned anyway, but it could affect demand for the global versions of the company's
  
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• Hidden code suggests a change in how Netflix will handle downloaded content on Android

  28-05-2020 01:46 via phonearena.com
  
  Are you old enough to remember when Netflix's business model revolved around subscribers receiving CDs by mail? The company's hook was that it didn't charge a late fee. And once smartphones started to rule the world, the Netflix app allowed mobile users to view movies and shows on the go. We can fondly remember .
  By December 2016, Netflix started to allow both iOS and Android userson their mobile devices so that they could be viewed later when the user is offline. This will also allow a Netflix
  
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• HBO Max has launched — here’s what you need to get started

  28-05-2020 01:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. The time has come: HBO Max, the latest competitor in the streaming wars, has launched. You can sign up for the 7-day free trial now and get started watching some classic films or some excellent TV shows. Here’s how you can get started on the new platform. The wait is finally over. #HBOMax is officially here. If you need me, I'll be streaming. https
  
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• Huawei P40 Pro Plus First Look: This is REAL 10X optical zoom! [P40 Pro+]

  28-05-2020 00:25 via youtube.com
  
  
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