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• Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin step aside as Pichai becomes Alphabet CEO

  03-12-2019 23:44
  
  It’s a big day in Mountain View. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin today announced they are stepping down from their roles as CEOs of parent company Alphabet. Sundar Pichai, previously Google’s head honcho, now takes the reins and becomes CEO of both Google and Alphabet. Page and Brin note that now that Alphabet is established and its various companies are operating independently, “it’s the natural time to simplify [the company’s] management structure.&rdq
  
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• Skydio 2 hands on: Drones just got fun again

  03-12-2019 21:22
  
  The Skydio 2 autonomous flying camera (some people call it a drone) starts shipping to preorder customers today and that means it’s time to talk about our early impressions. I got my hands on the 2 a couple of weeks ago and, based on my experience reviewing the Skydio R1, I couldn’t have been more eager to dive in. The 2 is superior to the R1 in almost every way. It’s smarter, faster, and easier to control than ever. Skydio’s drones aren’t like anything you’v
  
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• Review: The WideWheel electric scooter is a blast and has power to spare

  03-12-2019 21:04
  Most people associate electric scooters with the low-end models used by ride-sharing services that have inundated cities throughout the world. Then there are the extreme scooters, hulking vehicles capable of hitting over 40 miles an hour, but too big and heavy for multimodal commuting and out of most buyer’s price range. But there’s also a middle ground in scooters like the Mercane WideWheel, distributed exclusively by FluidFreeRide in the US. Capable of hitting 25 miles per hour and
  
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• Resident Evil 3 Remake cover art leaks, and it’s amazing

  03-12-2019 19:46
  
  We all knew it was happening, but it’s awesome to see some confirmation at last: cover art for an upcoming remake of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis has leaked. The cover art comes from Gamstat, which tracks (among other things) additions to the PlayStation Network. Two version of the game appear to be on the way: a vanilla version and a “Z version.” Capcom hasn’t yet acknowledged the leak, and probably won’t until it’s ready to unveil the trailer. The cover is most
  
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• We analyzed Pablo Escobar’s brother’s folding phone promo video

  03-12-2019 18:26
  
  Sometimes, there’s an event so momentous, an idea so revelatory, a product so astounding that the only way to truly communicate its importance is by creating a 30 second promo kit filled with women in lingerie. What? You think that’s weird? Well look, sorry, but I didn’t make the rules. I’m pretty confident it says that in the bible or something, okay? Actually, yeah, now I think of it; remember that painting of Jesus having his last meal? With those 12 people all around
  
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• Danish bank staff banned from buying Bitcoin with their own money — urged to dump holdings

  03-12-2019 17:01
  
  A Danish bank has successfully won a court case that means it can now prevent its staff from buying Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. That sounds fine on the surface, but a potential ban doesn’t refer to buying cryptocurrency “on the job,” it extends into employees’ private lives. According to a release made by Danish court yesterday, Nordea Bank is now free to prevent its staff from buying and trading cryptocurrencies in their own time, Bloomberg reports. They are als
  
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• 10 Helpful Tips for How to Make Your Website More Accessible

  03-12-2019 15:00
  
  One of the most overlooked aspects in designing a website that we often brush off is web accessibility. There’s a misconception that web accessibility requires sacrifices to aesthetics, or that it’s not worth the effort.
  With a growing number of ways that users access the web, however, creating highly accessible and universal designs that can be viewed in as many ways as possible is critical to the success of a website and even a company.
  The good news about making a website acc
  
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• Don’t trust Google Chrome’s incognito mode

  03-12-2019 14:25
  
  Privacy is fast becoming a hard-to-earn luxury. As you browse through websites, it’s hard to shake off the creepy feeling that wherever you go, unseen eyes are watching you: Google, Facebook, your internet service provider, the government, the person sitting next to you, etc. Among the many privacy-enhancing tools, one of the best known is the Chrome Incognito window, Google’s version of private browsing. Incognito window provides a measure of privacy if you’re brows
  
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• These 5 killer app deals are still at their Cyber Monday price 

  03-12-2019 14:00
  
  We found five Cyber Monday deals that are still hanging around at a Cyber Monday price. If you like ‘em...well, it’s the season. Get yourself something nice. You’re worth it. 
  
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• Telegram shills refuse to accept OneCoin is a scam as websites go offline

  03-12-2019 13:51
  
  Some of the websites associated with “cryptocurrency” scam OneCoin have been taken offline as legal investigations into the scheme continue. Rumors began mounting last week, and were confirmed not long after, as the OneCoin.eu website was placed in “server hold” on December 1, BehindMLM reports. Yesterday, reports suggested that the OneCoin.eu account was under legal investigation. Earlier today, more websites associated with OneCoin have also gone offline. Both oneacade
  
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• Facebook’s new chatbot teaches employees how to answer difficult questions about the company

  03-12-2019 12:46
  
  Working at Facebook was once a matter of pride for some people and their parents. Now, being employed by the social networking giant probably leads to uncomfortable questions from inquisitive relatives asking what part you, or your colleagues, played in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. For the past couple of years, Facebook’s reputation has diminished, so much so that peoples’ trust in the company dropped by 66 percent since the infamous data scandal last year. Because of this mess,
  
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• CHEAP: Drown the noise with $100 off the Jabra Elite 85h headphones

  03-12-2019 12:20
  
  Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Black Friday might be over but there are some deals that are still pretty lucrative. One of those deals is on Jabra’s Elite 85h wireless noise-canceling headphones. These great noise-canceling cans are available for only $199, down from $299. I can vouch for them personally, because I reviewed them back in June. They are designed well in terms of looks and functionality. While it had a balanced sound s
  
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• CHEAP: Drown all the noise with $100 off the Jabra Elite 85h headphones

  03-12-2019 12:20
  
  Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Black Friday might be over but there are some deals that are still pretty lucrative. One of those deals is on Jabra’s Elite 85h wireless noise-canceling headphones. These great noise-canceling cans are available for only $199, down from $299. I can vouch for them personally, because I reviewed them back in June. They are designed well in terms of looks and functionality. While it had a balanced sound s
  
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• Pablo Escobar’s bro launches a $349 foldable phone. Its killer feature? Confidence

  03-12-2019 12:18
  
  The powerful Escobar Inc — the company of Pablo Escobar‘s “biological” brother Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria — has landed the first crushing blow to Apple: a foldable Android phone retailing at $349. Enter: the Escobar Fold 1 — a 7.8-incher of a handset, sporting a Snapdragon 8150 chipset with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of space. Its killer feature? Confidence. I’m not kidding. According to the promotional materials, this phone not only scares Steve &
  
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• Scientists are underestimating the threat of invisible pollutants to wildlife

  03-12-2019 11:48
  
  Sometimes, pollution is blatantly obvious: the iridescent slick of an oil spill, goopy algae washing up on a beach or black smoke belching from a smokestack. But, more often than not, pollution is more inconspicuous. Our air, water, land, and wildlife are tainted with thousands of chemicals that we cannot see, smell or touch. It may not come as a surprise then, that this unnoticed pollution isn’t considered an important threat to wildlife that it should be. The planet has entered the sixt
  
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• Ethereum dev to be released pending trial amid claims charges against him are exaggerated

  03-12-2019 11:34
  
  Virgil Griffith, the Ethereum developer arrested last week after allegedly traveling to North Korea to give a talk on cryptocurrency, will be released from prison pending trial after a judge ruled there was enough evidence to move a case against him. At the same time, an Italian man who allegedly attended the same cryptocurrency in North Korea has said the charges against Griffith are exaggerated, CoinDesk reports. As previously reported by Hard Fork, Griffith is accused of breaking the In
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin’s price should be $150,000 now, according to John McAfee’s prediction’

  03-12-2019 11:05
  
  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 Sloterdijk used to say: Let’s make it rock! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, December 02 2019, at a price of $7,321. That’s a minor 1.37 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$102.05. It was the lowest closing price in five days. We’re still 63 percent below Bitc
  
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• South Africa’s central bank is setting up new rules for cryptocurrency

  03-12-2019 10:03
  
  The central bank of South Africa is looking to introduce new rules to govern the use of cryptocurrency and digital currency in the country. According to South African financial newspaper Business Report, the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) is readying itself to deploy the new rules early next year. SARB deputy governor Kuben Naidoo reportedly told the press last week that the rules bring the 5-year-long consultation period on the topic of digital assets to an end. The bank is reportedly taking
  
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• Apple follows Spotify and announces its own music awards

  03-12-2019 09:41
  
  It seems that Apple is quite enjoying its foray into the entertainment industry. After launching its Apple TV+ streaming service with some high-profile shows, the company has now announced the Apple Music Awards. The awards are a mix of choices from editors and experts and the number of streams on Apple Music platforms. While Global Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and, Breakthrough Artist of the Year awards are picked by a jury, Album of the Year and Song of the Year&n
  
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• Amazon unveils musical AI keyboard that teaches humans about machine learning

  03-12-2019 09:07
  
  Last night, Amazon announced an AI-powered musical keyboard called for developers at its re:Invent 2019 conference in Las Vegas. The keyboard, called AWS Deepcomposer, is available in physical and emulator form for folks to try their hand at machine learning. It has 32-keys in two octaves and pre-trained AI models in classical, jazz, rock, or pop genres to get started. You can use a pre-recorded tune or record one of your own, and then select parameters and validation s
  
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• Riot Games resolves to pay $10M to settle gender discrimination lawsuit

  03-12-2019 03:42
  
  Riot Games has agreed to pay $10 million to its former and current female employees who alleged they’d been subjected to gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The company, which became emblematic of a larger problem within the industry, says this is part of its commitment to fix its culture. According to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported on the terms of the settlement, each of the roughly 1,000 female-identifying employees who have worked at Riot within the last five year
  
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• ‘There are definitely registered sex offenders’ using Tinder, PlentyofFish, OkCupid says Match Group rep

  03-12-2019 02:57
  
  A recent investigation found more than 150 instances of sexual assault involving dating apps. Approximately 10 percent involved users being matched with dates who had previously been accused or convicted of sexual assault. The investigation — a joint effort by ProPublica, BuzzFeed, and Columbia Journalism Investigations — (CJI) popular free dating apps owned by Match Group do not have clear policies or screening practices that would prevent accused or convicted sex offenders from us
  
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• Five things AI firms can learn from video games success

  03-12-2019 01:25
  
  The video games market has been through several ups and downs, much like the AI industry, and continues to perform despite the doubters much like AI will need to do. AI itself has come under public fire on numerous occasions as fears over the greater implications of its implementation still linger.  However, if anything, we have seen that the AI market is an incredibly beneficial industry that makes life easier and cheaper for most of the world.  1. Keep steady as the market stumbles
  
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• Scientists lured fish back to The Great Barrier Reef by making it sound alive

  03-12-2019 01:09
  
  The Earth’s coral reefs are dying and they need our help. We either have to come up with some magical way to trick fish into returning and spawning or convince the planet’s politicians and business leaders to take the climate crisis seriously. And since science can’t do the impossible, a team of international researchers has taken on the problem of convincing fish to make the beast with two dorsal fins in the hollowed out bones of a coral graveyard. The team posited that dead
  
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