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• Federal study: Facial recognition systems most benefit middle-aged white males

  19-12-2019 23:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  The US National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its 2019 report on facial recognition. And there are no surprises here, it’s just as dystopian as we’ve been warning you about all year. On the group’s conclusions, Patrick Grother, a NIST computer scientist and the report’s primary author, said: While it is usually incorrect to make statements across algorithms, we found empirical evidence for the existence of demographic differentials in the majority
  
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• The evolution of web design in the 2010s

  19-12-2019 21:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Creative web design in the ‘00s was dominated by websites made with Flash. Sites such as tokyoplastic, Who’s We Studios, Get The Glass, and We Choose the Moon set pulses racing across the globe. However, in 2010, that was all about to change. A double whammy pretty much wiped Flash out in one fell swoop. In April 2010, Steve Jobs wrote his “Thoughts on Flash” and the aftershock was of epic proportions. Almost overnight, Flash became the darkness of the web and was shunne
  
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• Facebook just bought a cloud gaming service

  19-12-2019 20:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook this week revealed it’d acquired PlayGiga, a Spanish cloud gaming service. What they plan to do with it is anyone’s guess. PlayGiga is a Madrid-based company that purports to have “a cost-effective cloud gaming solution with excellent user experience, latency reduced to less than 30ms and an ever-growing games catalogue with injection of new titles in less than two weeks.” According to Variety, it functioned in Italy, Argentina, Chile and Spain. Rumors of a
  
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• 5 Lead Generation Website Design Best Practices

  19-12-2019 18:00
  
  Are you looking to generate more leads and revenue with your website? If so, it’s time to consider web design for lead generation to help you create a website that caters to your audience and encourages them to become leads for your business. 
  On this page, we’ll provide you with five lead generation website design best practices for building a better site. If you want to get the latest on web design tips and tricks, subscribe to our newsletter, Revenue Weekly.Or, if you want to
  
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• Hard Fork’s crypto-themed Xmas gift guide — for the HODLers in your life

  19-12-2019 17:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Christmas is just around the corner and that means presents, not just for you, but for your friends, family, and that unlucky draw you got in your office’s secret Santa. It probably also means having to attend a swathe of public gatherings in which someone will probably talk your ear off about Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and the awesomeness of blockchain.  But don’t despair, for Hard Fork has created a cryptocurrency gift guide bursting with ideas to help you f
  
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• Learn how to drive site traffic and sale through Google with this $29 set of SEO tools

  19-12-2019 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Even with so much search activity every day, there are always exciting new places for savvy web entrepreneurs to plant their digital flags. You just need to figure out where to make your stand -- and the tools in Seobility All-in-One SEO software and tools kit ($29 for a lifetime subscription, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) can help you find those places and reap the benefits.
  
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• That $2B Ponzi scheme caught dumping Bitcoin just moved its $105M Ether stash

  19-12-2019 13:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  Just days after cryptocurrency analysts suggested that a $2 billion Chinese Ponzi scheme was stifling Bitcoin‘s price, its enormous Ethereum stash is on the move. The transfer was detected by Twitter-based transaction monitor @whale_alert earlier today. In total, PlusToken goons shifted 789,525 ETH, worth more than $105 million at the time. 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 789,525 #ETH (105,099,509 USD) transferred from Pl
  
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• All I want for Xmas: A macOS Catalina Music app that doesn’t suck

  19-12-2019 13:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Is it childish to wish upon a star? To creep downstairs in the dead of night and shout your deepest desires up the chimney in the hope that Santa is out there, watching, waiting… anticipating? To write an article basically begging one of the world’s biggest companies to do something because you’d really like it to happen? No. No it’s not. In fact, it’s actually a really mature, cool thing to do. Shut up. So, here I go. All I want for Christmas is for Apple‘s
  
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• Top fentanyl seller on AlphaBay and Dream Market sentenced to 7 years prison

  19-12-2019 12:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  A dark web drug lord will serve seven years in prison for selling thousands of doses of fentanyl, many of which were exchanged for cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. Authorities noted Matthew Witters, of Seattle, was a leading seller of fentanyl on prolific dark web markets AlphaBay and Dream Market between 2015 and 2017. Witters was reportedly caught after his contact information and dark web nicknames were found in houses linked to drug trafficking in California and Oklahoma. A search warrant le
  
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• The power of the environment and landscape in Death Stranding

  19-12-2019 11:56 via thenextweb.com
  
  This article was originally published by Super Jump Magazine, an independent publication all about celebrating great video games and their creators through carefully-crafted, in-depth featured produced by a diverse team of games journalists, designers, and enthusiasts. I have been fortunate enough to play Death Stranding over the last couple of weeks. While only just over halfway through the game, I’ve played more than a sufficient portion to grasp the striking world and ex
  
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• Teen SIM-swapper allegedly stole $1M, bought custom jewelry with Bitcoin

  19-12-2019 11:46 via thenextweb.com
  
  A 19-year-old SIM-swapper has been charged for allegedly stealing more than $1 million in cryptocurrency. Yousef Selassie reportedly targeted at least 75 victims across the United States in a sophisticated SIM swapping attack. He’s facing several charges, including identity theft and fraud. “From his Brooklyn apartment, this defendant accessed accounts belonging to 75 victims in 20 different states,” said District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. He added: “As alleged, in ju
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Wake up and smell the hopium — Bitcoin is up 9.5%’

  19-12-2019 10:57 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 Stephen Hawking used to say: Let’s whip up a knowledge omelette! Bitcoin price We closed the day, December 18 2019, at a price of $7,276. That’s a decent 9.46 percent increase in 24 hours, or $629. It was the highest closing price in seven days. We’re still
  
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• Israeli scientists discover how to trigger pancreatic cancer cells to self-destruct

  19-12-2019 10:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  Israeli scientists say a new study has shown that a small molecule called PJ34 has triggered the self-destruction of human pancreatic cancer cells in mice. According to the research, published in the peer-reviewed open-access biomedical journal Oncotarget, the administration of the molecule reduced the number of cancer cells in developed tumors by up to 90 percent in 30 days. The study was led by Professor Malka Cohen-Armon and her team at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty o
  
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• This cryptocurrency mining botnet uses Taylor Swift pics to propagate itself

  19-12-2019 10:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  A cryptocurrency-mining botnet is infecting computers with an image of Taylor Swift to spread its malware as widely as possible. The operators of MyKingz, otherwise known as Smominru, DarkCloud, or Hexmen, are leveraging steganography, a technique that enables them to hide malicious files inside legitimate ones, according to UK cybersecurity firm Sophos. In this instance, they are hiding a malicious EXE inside a legitimate JPEG image of Swift. “There’s a pretty good chance everyone
  
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• TNW Gifts: Speakers and headphones for audiophiles and music lovers

  19-12-2019 09:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Do you know someone who loves music? Sure, that covers most people, but if you’re looking to buy a gift for someone who is truly passionate about making music – whether just listening to it or actually making it – this is the gift guide for you. While reading this list, keep in mind prices for audio gear fluctuate regularly – the prices listed are those at the time of writing. And if you’re buying for yourself, don’t forget to shop for used deals to get the m
  
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• Indian government orders mobile internet to be suspended in the capital, says Airtel

  19-12-2019 08:22 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amid protests across the nation over new and upcoming citizenship laws in India, a major carrier called Airtel said in a now-deleted tweet that the government has ordered mobile data, voice, and SMS services to be suspended in some parts of the country’s capital of New Delhi. This is alarming because it illustrates that the country’s government is clamping down on citizens‘ efforts to voice their opinions on numerous issues plaguing India right now, and restricting their abili
  
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• Research: Germany’s gender pay gap is a result of its lack of innovation

  19-12-2019 03:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Technology has been blamed for a lot recently. Automation and artificial intelligence have supposedly led to substantial job losses, reduced bargaining power for workers, and increased discrimination. It’s even blamed for growing income and wealth inequality and, as a result, the presidency of , Brexit, the rise of far-right populism in Europe, and the specter of climate change. In response, calls are being made for global oversight and regulation of technology and there are attempts to s
  
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• Instagram influencers can no longer promote vaping, guns, or cigarettes

  19-12-2019 02:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook today revealed its putting the kibosh on branded content from its influencers — specifically, those posts which promote guns, vaping, and tobacco products. This is the first time Instagram‘s ever tried to restrict what its content creators can be paid to promote. The platform already bans outright advertisements for vaping, guns, and tobacco on both Facebook and Instagram. That said, there’s always been some flexibility for influencers who are paid to promote the
  
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