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• Leak: The OnePlus 8 Pro could pack dual selfie cameras

  20-11-2019 23:27
  
  A leak is making the rounds today claiming to include internal product diagrams for the OnePlus 8 Pro. The most interesting tidbit is on the front: if the leak is to be believed OnePlus is abandoning the pop-up camera in favor of a whole-punch camera as seen on the Galaxy S10 and Note 10. The leak, published by True-Tech, was supposedly provided by a OnePlus employee. It corroborates an October leak that showed a similar rear camera setup and hole-punch camera, but only showed on
  
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• Google opens Earth, offering tools for anyone to create tours

  20-11-2019 23:00
  
  Google’s adding some new features to Earth, allowing users to create their own comprehensive stories and presentations using Google’s model of the globe. When Google updated Earth in 2017, it added a section to the site called “Voyager,” which offered guided tours of parts of the globe. The Voyager tours were hosted by the likes of BBC Earth and Sesame Street. It was part of a general overhaul to make Earth more useful to students and explorers than it was before. Now Go
  
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• US Senator: ‘Amazon Ring’s policies are an open door for privacy and civil liberty violations’

  20-11-2019 20:57
  
  US Senator Edward Markey yesterday revealed the results of a months-long investigation into Amazon‘s Ring camera-doorbells and the company’s relationship with law enforcement. The Senator’s press team dubbed the findings “alarming” and called the company’s policies “an open door for privacy and civil liberty violations.” The press release, which you can read in full here, describes several key findings indicating that Amazon executives took little
  
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• Expressive E’s Osmose keyboard feels like the synth of the future

  20-11-2019 20:13
  
  A talented keyboard player can push their instruments to the limit, but there are fundamental setbacks to the format. You can’t typically do vibrato or crescendos on a piano, for instance. A synth keyboard often gives you more flexibility with a wheel, joystick, or other doodad to articulate your playing, but musicians are always looking for new ways to create music. Enter the Expressive E Osmose, one of the most exciting takes on a modern keyboard I’ve seen to date. The Osmose
  
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• Apple’s hiring a music-loving Windows coder — hopefully to replace iTunes

  20-11-2019 19:52
  
  A newly posted job listing suggests Apple might be working on something for Windows users, perhaps a replacement for the iTunes software it’s otherwise left behind. At the very least, it’s definitely working on new apps for Windows 10. The job listing, posted earlier this month, is for a Senior Software Engineer who will “build the next generation of media apps for Windows.” The desirable experience includes “Experience with UWP (Universal&
  
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• Analysis of $400M in illicit XRP activity shows it’s mostly theft and Ponzi schemes

  20-11-2019 17:29
  
  Cryptocurrency analysts have identified $400 million worth of illicit Ripple (XRP) transactions — mainly Ponzi schemes and exchange thefts. The illicit XRP activity detected by London-based firm Elliptic amount to less than 0.2 percent of all XRP payments processed to date, which is less than other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In press materials shared with Hard Fork, Elliptic chief scientist Tom Robinson attributed this to two main factors: XRP is simply not as liquid as Bitcoin o
  
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• Mozilla’s report shows just how awful Ring’s privacy practices are

  20-11-2019 16:57
  
  When the first internet-connected devices hit the market, they were rare enough that you could seriously consider whether you wanted that item in your house. But now? It’s a bit tougher, because every-fucking-thing seems to be connected. How many gadgets or products do you connect to your router without really thinking about it? Well — if you’re anything like me — it’s a lot. So, god bless Mozilla for having our lazy backs. The company compiles a yearly report call
  
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• This fish-farming Mitsubishi subsidiary just put salmon on the blockchain

  20-11-2019 15:14
  
  Norwegian Mitsubishi subsidiary Cermaq is putting salmon on the blockchain and feeding it to the French. Cermaq’s ‘blockchainified’ salmon will be sold by French food company Labeyrie. A press release notes consumers will be able to scan special QR codes on Labeyrie labels to receive comprehensive details about the salmon‘s journey “from egg to store.” Marketing materials refer to these tidbits as a “CV,” which will feature the salmon’s orig
  
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• Hackers inject ‘coin-stealing’ malware into official Monero cryptocurrency wallet

  20-11-2019 14:39
  
  Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero has warned users that hackers compromised its official website after a coin stealer “CLI binaries available on http://getmonero.org  may have been compromised at some point during the last 24h. Investigations ongoing,” a Monero core developer said on Twitter. Although the investigation is ongoing, core developers for the project have issued an update confirming that the binaries of the CLI [ Command Line I
  
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• DJI’s pint-sized Mavic Mini gives full-sized drones a run for their money

  20-11-2019 14:00
  
  Over that time, DJI is the company that’s become synonymous with consumer drones. Led by their flagship Mavic and Phantom drone lines, the company now accounts for over 3 of every 4 crafts sold. Now, they’re unleashing the next wave of their drone innovation with the DJI Mavic Mini, available for just $399 from TNW Deals.
  
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• CHEAP: Become a streamlord with $20 off this Fire Stick and Echo Dot combo

  20-11-2019 13:25
  
  Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! High-quality offline content is great if you have a home server and almost every movie, show, and song in the world. But you’re not gonna sit and download everything that is out there. During those times, it’s easier to have streaming devices to watch a new show or crank up a fresh tune. And what’s better than a combo of Amazon Fire Stick and Echo Dot selling for just $70, instead of $90. T
  
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• Radar tech reveals unseen footprints of mammoths from the Ice Age

  20-11-2019 13:17
  
  The mammoth lumbers through our imaginations when we think about the world during the most recent Ice Age. They’re just one of many giant creatures that our ancestors lived alongside and which became extinct when the climate changed. The giant ground sloth – a large herbivore that was endemic to the Americas – is another. We can study these extinct animals from their bones – but also from the preserved footprints they left in the mud. But these footprints are often hard
  
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• Google Assistant will now give you a personalized feed of the daily news

  20-11-2019 12:42
  
  Finding all the news you want to read in one place isn’t easy. You’ll probably find yourself hopping from one site to another and listening to various podcasts, but Google’s Assistant has launched a feature to make this easier for you.  Starting from today, if you say “Ok Google, play me the news,” your device will reply with a personalized playlist of the day’s stories and breaking news headlines. “By analyzing what’s being said within a giv
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin nearing $8,000 as downtrend continues’

  20-11-2019 12:38
  
  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 Foucault used to say: Live, laugh, love! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, November 19 2019, at a price of $8,206. That’s a minor 1.19 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$98.97. It was the lowest closing price in twenty-five days. We’re still 59 percent below Bitcoin
  
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• Stablecoin businesses ARE money transmitters, says FinCEN chief

  20-11-2019 12:29
  
  Stablecoins fall under the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) remit to safeguard money transmission services, which means issuers must register as such and comply with anti-money laundering rules. That’s according to director Kenneth Blanco, who made the comments while speaking at a conference in New York last week. “Because we are technology-neutral, we can say with complete clarity that for AML/CFT purposes, it should be understood that transactions in s
  
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• How humans survived the plague for millenia

  20-11-2019 11:14
  
  One of civilization’s most prolific killers shadowed humans for thousands of years without their knowledge. The bacteria Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague, is thought to be responsible for up to 200 million deaths across human history — more than twice the casualties of World War II. The Y. pestis death toll comes from three widespread disease outbreaks, known as epidemics: the sixth century Justinianic Plague that ravaged the Eastern Roman Empire; the 14th century Black Deat
  
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• This ‘elitist’ dating app matches you up for 2-minute livestream dates

  20-11-2019 10:34
  
  The League dating app — you know, the elitist one that pairs users with other singles in their ‘league’ and requires LinkedIn verification — is launching a speed-dating tool that matches people up for a live two-minute video call dates.  Starting from December 1, the League Live feature will automatically pair singles up, based on their mutual preferences and location. Once paired, users get three dates in six minutes, and to get the (awkward) conversation started,
  
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• Antivirus giants form new coalition to put an end to stalkerware

  20-11-2019 10:17
  
  A bunch of antivirus software vendors and non-profits including Avira, Kaspersky, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have banded together to take on secretly-installed snooping apps plaguing your devices. Dubbed the Coalition Against Stalkerware (CAS), the collaborative effort aims to fight domestic violence, stalking, and harassment by addressing the use of stalkerware and raising public awareness about the issue. To that effect, the CAS intends to define best practices and improve t
  
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• Bug in Google Camera put Android users at risk of being secretly recorded

  20-11-2019 07:49
  
  Not one to let Facebook get ahead, Google has disclosed a vulnerability in Android which made it possible for hackers to hijack your camera, and secretly capture photos and record footage — even when the phone is locked or the screen is off. The bug, discovered by researchers from Checkmarx, stemmed from permission bypass issues in the Google Camera app. The issue (filed under CVE-2019-2234) affected Pixel phones, but further spilled over to devices from Samsung and other manufa
  
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• Microsoft wants Xbox Scarlett to support cross-gen Play Anywhere

  20-11-2019 02:08
  
  Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed at last week’s X019 fan event that Microsoft intends for the Scarlett to support the Xbox Play Anywhere, offering an easy way into the new console generation. Specifically, he told Stevivor,” Our goal for our first-party games is that your entitlements will be cross-generation and your Achievements will move effectively with your save game because that’s where they stand.” The idea behind Play Anywhere is that when you buy a game you&rsquo
  
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• Kickstarter’s new budget tool helps keep projects accountable for your money

  20-11-2019 01:27
  
  We’ve all seen it happen: a crowdfunding project makes a ton of money and gets rave press only to get delayed by months, years, or never ship at all. Today Kickstarter is launching a ‘Project Budget’ tool that hopes to minimize these occurrences by letting creators share a project’s budget publicly. While Kickstarter launched a Funding Calculator tool earlier this year, this was a private feature for creators. The Project Budget uses this data and displays it publicly on
  
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• Google will sell a $15 ‘Claw’ to attach your Pixel to the Stadia controller

  20-11-2019 00:42
  
  Google Stadia launched to mixed reviews, but it remains an intriguing concept for the future of gaming. If you’re one of the people who bought into the device and was fascinated by the idea of playing console-quality games on your smartphone, Google will soon begin to sell a ‘claw‘ accessory that will allow you to attach your phone to the Stadia controller. While the Stadia controller is not absolutely necessary to use Google’s gaming service on a PC or phone, the compan
  
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• Celebrate 10 years of Angry Birds by beating the crap out of this vending machine

  20-11-2019 00:35
  
  In a recent NPR poll, 84 percent of respondents said that people were angrier today than they were a generation ago. And who can blame us? The idiots representing (insert political party you hate here) are full of crap and they don’t know what they’re doing. So many people are wrong about AI and vaccines, and other things you care about, it’s enough to drive you bonkers. And way too many people care way too much (or not enough) about that stupid (or important) movie that just
  
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