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• No more group video chats on Hangouts; instead, Android users should use this app instead

  25-11-2020 23:33 via phonearena.com
  
  Hangouts is Google's cross-platform instant messaging app that allows you to start one-on-one or group conversations, share pictures and videos, and make voice calls. But if you'been paying attention recently, you know thathas been trying to push users to employ its Meet service for video chats. That is why . And if you open up the Hangouts app following the update to version 36.0.340725045, the first thing you'll see is a banner that states, "Video calls in Hangouts now use Google Meet. That gi
  
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• No more group video chats on Hangouts; Android users should use this app instead

  25-11-2020 23:33 via phonearena.com
  
  Hangouts is Google's cross-platform instant messaging app that allows you to start one-on-one or group conversations, share pictures and videos, and make voice calls. But if you'been paying attention recently, you know thathas been trying to push users to employ its Meet service for video chats. That is why . And if you open up the Hangouts app following the update to version 36.0.340725045, the first thing you'll see is a banner that states, "Video calls in Hangouts now use Google Meet. That gi
  
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• Apple iPhone 12 Mini Review

  25-11-2020 23:17 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Researchers taught AI how to judge a video game by its cover

  25-11-2020 21:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Have you ever seen the promo art or box cover for a video game and thought “what the hell is this even about?” Well, wonder no more. A pair of researchers have combined cutting-edge image recognition and natural language processing to create an AI system for video game genre classification. Yuhang Jiang and Lukun Zheng, in their recently published pre-print research paper “Deep learning for video game genre classification,” describe the creation of a large training datab
  
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• YouTube is testing AI-generated video chapters

  25-11-2020 18:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  YouTube‘s video chapters could soon get a time-saving AI upgrade. The streaming giant recently started testing using machine learning to automatically add chapters to videos. The company announced the trial on the YouTube test features and experiments page of the Google Support website: We want to make it easier for people to navigate videos with video chapters, so we are experimenting with automatically adding video chapters (so creators don’t have to manually a
  
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• The COVID-19 vaccine was developed in less than a year — and that’s totally fine

  25-11-2020 17:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  I’m a clinical trials geek. I keep hearing people talk about the seven to ten years it takes to make a vaccine and how dangerous speeding this up might be. The word that keeps popping up is “rushed,” and it is making the average person nervous about vaccine safety. So, as a clinical trials doctor, I am going to tell you what I do for most of those ten years – and it is not very much. I’m not lazy. I submit grants, have them rejected, resubmit them, wait for a 
  
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• Siri vs Google Assistant (2020)

  25-11-2020 16:47
  
  
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• Google Assistant vs Apple Siri: Smart Assistant Battle 2020 Edition!

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• How do you design an underwater scooter? Easy, start with a drone

  25-11-2020 15:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the best parts about the modern world is how once-futuristic technology is now available to pretty much anyone. Take for example, an underwater scooter. This is the sort of thing you wouldn’t see outside of a spy movie, but now you have equipment like the Geneinno S2 that you can, well, just go out and buy. So, let’s talk about the Geneinno S2. It’s an underwater scooter that’s small enough to fit inside a backpack, has a battery small enough to be trans
  
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• Tesla recalls 9,500 cars for steering issues and detaching roof trim

  25-11-2020 15:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  EV maker Tesla has just issued two recalls that cover around 9,500 vehicles, Reuters reports. According to the report and the US’ National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, the first recall relates to the roof trim in 9,136 Model X vehicles from 2016. The recall states the trim may separate from the vehicle due to bolts that may not have been tightened sufficiently and an incorrect use of adhesive. The NHTSA says the front and spine cosmetic roof trim may have been improperly att
  
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• With more than 150 hours of training, this web developer bootcamp package could mean a new career

  25-11-2020 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: The Complete Web Developer Coding Bundle includes 14 courses and more than 150 hours of instruction that can help turn you into a full-stock web coding professional. The effects of COVID-19 and the world’s economic downturn have forced many to adapt to the new normal. Now, freelancers make up almost 40 percent of the U.S. workforce, nearly 59 million workers. And most aren’t working menial labor jobs either. In fact, many professionals now working for themselves are making $80
  
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• A Mars megaflood may be evidence of ancient waterways — and maybe life

  25-11-2020 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Long ago, when our solar system was young, Mars was a world teeming with water. Researchers at Cornell University have now found evidence of an ancient massive megaflood on the Red Planet. Gale Crater, explored by the Curiosity rover, provided data showing distinct signs of a titanic flood, roughly four billion years in the past. This finding could provide further evidence that Mars once had a climate suitable for the development of primitive life. “We identified megafloods for
  
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• Subsidies for plug-in hybrids should be cut, say climate campaigners

  25-11-2020 14:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  Government subsidies to encourage people to switch to greener forms of transport are nothing new. They’ve proven to be popular and effective, but climate campaigners are now calling for some of them to be removed. Campaign group Transport and Environment (T&E) is calling on the UK government to put an end to subsidies and tax breaks for plug-in hybrid models, Reuters reports. The demands come in response to recent emissions studies that plug-in hybrid produces far more emissions than
  
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• 7 digital health trends that will dominate the globe in 2021

  25-11-2020 13:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  Digital health has the potential to vastly improve healthcare services, but up until recently, it hasn’t been much of a priority for investors. If anything positive has risen from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s that it’s opened up a new opportunity to revisit how we think of healthcare, from telemedicine to research and data to collaboration. As former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Here are some of the top eHe
  
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• Spotify resets 350,000 passwords after a data leak

  25-11-2020 13:42 via phonearena.com
  
  Security researchers have found an unencrypted 72GB database online, containing more than 380 million passwords online, . Noam Rotem and Ran Locar stumbled upon the database during a web mapping project. After investigating the situation the duo found out that the breach contains "login credentials and other user data being validated against the Spotify service."The origins of the password records are unknown but Rotem and Locar think that the database was compiled from different sources, includ
  
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• Musk boasts his Semi will have a 621 mile range and a 40 ton payload capacity

  25-11-2020 12:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  In typical fashion, Tesla figurehead Elon Musk has boasted about the range of the EV company’s planned semi-articulated electric truck. According to a report by Electrek, Musk said that the goal is to eventually equip the truck with enough power to travel 621 miles (1,000 km) on a charge. The range will reportedly be achieved thanks to new in-house battery cells and pack technology. [Read: Why this security engineer loves working in infosec] When announced back in 2017, Tesla said that it
  
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• Twitter vows to battle the “silent pandemic” with custom emojis

  25-11-2020 12:00 via phonearena.com
  
  The COVID-19 pandemic occupies headlines once again but there’s one grim consequence that the virus has brought upon mankind. According to the United Nations Population Fund, for every three months the COVID-19 lockdown continues, an additional 15 million women are expected to be directly affected by violence. This is the so-called “shadow pandemic” in action and now Twitter has vowed to help bring it to light.The social network announced on itsthat it will launch a set of cust
  
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• How mimicking asteroid collisions can make diamonds in minutes

  25-11-2020 12:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  In nature, diamonds form deep in the Earth over billions of years. This process requires environments with exceptionally high pressure and temperatures exceeding 1,000℃. Our international team has created two different types of diamond at room temperature — and in a matter of minutes. It’s the first time diamonds have successfully been produced in a lab without added heat. Our findings are published in the journal Small. There’s more than one form of diamond Carbon atoms
  
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• Why use a VPN?

  25-11-2020 11:19 via phonearena.com
  
  Advertorial by Surfshark: the opinions expressed in this story may not reflect the positions of PhoneArena!    As the Internet is becoming increasingly… segregated, services like VPNs are constantly gaining popularity. A VP-what? A VPN — a Virtual Private Network — is a service that can provide you with access to things that are blocked for your location or to add extra security to your online activities.
  But why do you need a VPN?
  Quite simply, a VPN allows you
  
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• How COVID and an unexpected 17-hour time difference forced us to master asynchronous work

  25-11-2020 10:54 via thenextweb.com
  
  As my co-founder and I roll into the eighth month of our “one-week visit” to Australia, it amuses me how a company so focused on meeting efficiency ended up being one of the strongest examples of effective asynchronous communication.  Like many, we were surprised by the sudden grounding of our entire team. In particular, we were two co-founders of a San-Francisco based company stranded down under, putting a 17-hour time difference between ourselves and our headquarters. Fortuna
  
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• Android might separate emoji from OS updates so you can get new ones faster

  25-11-2020 07:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  Emoji are important. Heck, they were the biggest reason I wanted to write about the recent iOS 14.2 update. More emoji = better expression. Whenever Unicode consortium, a non-profit organization that handles dissemination and approval of emoji, releases a new set, there’s palpable excitement to start using them in our favorite apps and devices as soon as possible. However, we often need to wait it out till Apple, Google, or your phone maker releases an OS update w
  
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• This Microsoft Azure training bundle helps you master cloud computing for $30

  25-11-2020 03:00 via feeds.crackberry.com
  
  With so many businesses setting up online, cloud computing skills have never been so in demand. The Complete Microsoft Azure eBook & Video Course Bundle helps you master one of the most popular platforms, and you can get it today for only $29.99.
  Whether you're an aspiring engineer or a tech-savvy business owner, learning about cloud computing is a smart move. But which platform should you study?
  With 48% growth in the past quarter, Microsoft Azure is definitely on the up. Wi
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S21 Certified & Crazy Black Friday Deals!

  25-11-2020 02:21 via youtube.com
  
  
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• Snapchat is ripping off TikTok — the cycle is now complete

  25-11-2020 02:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  As surely as the student succeeds the master, the cannibalized social media service shall, in turn, cannibalize another. It’s the axiom of social survival in the ongoing battle for the attention of the Youth. What did the Youth love before? Snapchat. What do they love now? TikTok. So now Snapchat’s ripping off TikTok. Introducing Spotlight 🔦 The best of Snapchat. Sit back and take it all in, or submit your video Snaps and you could earn a share of more than $1,000,000 a
  
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• DoNotPay, the AI lawyer for your inbox, now lets you report businesses for tax fraud

  25-11-2020 00:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  Here’s a cool one: DoNotPay, the legalese-trained email crawler that scours your inbox for ways to save you money (or earn you payouts from class action lawsuits), now helps you collect government tax fraud bounties. Natural language processing just keeps getting better. The software’s pretty simple to use. You open the DoNotPay client, input the details of the fraudulent business including any evidence you can provide, and hit send. The IRS (for US users) or HMRC (for UK users) wil
  
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• How Google is forcing you to install the new Google Pay app

  25-11-2020 00:18 via phonearena.com
  
  Last week, Google Pay announced some changes to the Google Pay app such as a new interface and automatic receipt scanning. And starting next year, users will be unable to send or receive cash unless the new app is employed. A message to that effect can be found at the Google Pay support page at pay.google.com. Asnotes: "Starting in January 2021, you can’t: Send, receive, claim, request money, withdraw, or find past transactions where you sent or received money with the old Google Pay app.S
  
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