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• Juiced Bikes Camp Scrambler review: Fat tires and retro looks make this e-bike a winner

  20-12-2019 23:20
  
  Juiced Bikes‘ Camp Scrambler changed my life. It’s an excellent e-bike that combines a head-turning aesthetic with thoughtful design and top-notch technology. But it’s so much more to me: it gave me back my freedom. I’ve always loved all things that go. I wanted to grow up to be a fighter pilot. My first car was a Mustang. I spent my military career riding in speed boats and helicopters. Much like my fictional shipmate, Lt. Maverick from the movie Top Gun, I feel the nee
  
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• Fortnite is apparently part of the Star Wars canon now

  20-12-2019 22:34
  
  If you’re going to see the new Star Wars movie this weekend, there’s a certain reference you might not understand — unless you played Fortnite‘s promotional Star Wars tie-in event, apparently. Just a warning, in case it wasn’t obvious, I’m going to be spoiling the opening crawl of Rise of Skywalker. So if you want to go into the film completely unspoiled, click off now. I’m serious. This is your *SPOILER* warning. Still her
  
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• How binarized networks work — and why they’ll be big for AI in 2020

  20-12-2019 21:00
  
  The concept of neural networks first emerged more than 40 years ago when scientists experimented with mathematically modelling the functions of the brain. They worked out they could make a mechanical implementation of the neural network that could be trained to recognize patterns and classify data — for example recognizing whether a video contains a cat or a dog. Over the past decade, the complexity and capacity of neural networks has increased sharply. Coinciding with the extraordinary g
  
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• Review: Vankyo’s MatrixPad Z10 is a budget-friendly tablet with a big, bright screen

  20-12-2019 20:37
  
  Vankyo’s Z10 is a fantastic addition to the MatrixPad lineup. It brings some much-needed oomph in the processor department and some interesting quality of life decisions. It’s not the best 10-inch tablet out there, but at $150 the price is right. Straight out of the box this thing’s a slab. It has huge bezels surrounding a glass screen on the front, and in back is a painted aluminum case with plastic end-pieces on either side that house the camera and speakers respectively. I
  
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• The shared economy comes to advertising

  20-12-2019 17:56
  
  So, you want my attention? Then you’d better inform me, entertain me, or offer me something that has a real, clear, and immediate value. Preferably all of the above. While it is true that traditional advertising still generates plenty of revenue, the writing is on the wall as people’s attention spans – already very short – become even shorter, and we become ever more adept at ignoring blatant messages that are forcibly bombarded at us in the digital advertising arena. Th
  
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• France fines Google €150 million for abusing its ad dominance

  20-12-2019 17:11
  
  The French competition regulator just announced it’s issuing a whopping €150 million antitrust fine on Google, Reuters reports. The watchdog found Google had abused its dominant position in the ad market by implementing unclear and unpredictable rules on Google Ads — the company’s ad platform. According to the regulator, Google has around 90 percent of the online search business in France. That’s why it’s paramount the US tech giant ensures fair access to
  
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• How Huawei powered through a tough 2019 and came out on top

  20-12-2019 17:00
  
  Huawei has had a tough year. The company’s fight with the US government impacted its business across the globe, but this isn’t the only issue the business has had.  In this story, we’re going to look at Huawei’s tumultuous recent history.  The arrest of the CFO Last December, Candian authorities arrested the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou — who happens to be the daughter of the company’s founder Ren Zhengfei — on request
  
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• Dinosaurs came back from the dead at our bowling event

  20-12-2019 16:56
  
  From 2009 to 2013, we hosted a rather special annual event in Amsterdam. Tired of the typical networking dinners and drinks, we wanted to create a fun atmosphere to mingle with the city’s tech community. So we took an extremely underrated activity, threw in some costumes, loads of beer, and good music, and called it Bowlr. The concept is simple: we rent out a bowling alley, digital companies in Amsterdam form an eight-person team, and bowl against each other. We get really, really drunk a
  
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• 10 web design trends that will dominate your screen in 2020

  20-12-2019 15:40
  
  The end of the year is coming up fast, and we’re already looking towards what next year will bring. For designers like myself, the end of the year is an inspiring time. What trends and design aesthetics will be popularized in 2020? What trends will likely be on their way out? “The 10,000 foot-view of these trends makes it clear that ‘web’ design looks more like traditional ‘graphic’ or ‘print’ design than ever. The amount of flexibility that desig
  
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• Alleged Bitcoin extortionist extradited to US for ties to ‘Dark Overload’ hacker crew

  20-12-2019 14:58
  
  An alleged member of “The Dark Overload,” hacking group — which demanded Bitcoin ransom payments from victims — has been extradited from the UK to face charges in the US. Nathan Wyatt, 39, was sent to the Eastern District of Missouri and appeared before US Magistrate Judge Shirley Padmore Mensah on December 18. He pleaded not guilty and was detained pending further proceedings. According to court records, Wyatt was a member of The Dark Overlord, a hacking group cred
  
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• This Egyptian NGO makes workplaces more accessible for people with disabilities

  20-12-2019 14:40
  
  Twenty-seven-year-old Nabila Saleh, who has been blind since birth, has become accustomed to angry responses and hateful words, as people wonder why she is left to walk alone in the streets of Cairo. Blind people are not expected to get around without assistance in Egypt, but Saleh defies the indignation of passersby and the challenges of navigating the roads, determined to live a normal life. Living independently is not easy for Saleh and others like her, with the lack of support services
  
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• New to coding? Score 150 hours of training for under $50

  20-12-2019 14:00
  
  There was a day when even Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg had no idea what a line of code could do. They each took their first steps into the larger world of programming by earning a grasp of the basics. That’s a journey even the most tech-agnostic can begin now with the right training, like the package of instruction found in The Premium 2020 Learn to Code Certification Bundle. It’s on sale now for only $45, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals.
  
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• All I want for Christmas: A custom username for each subreddit

  20-12-2019 13:00
  
  The holidays are upon us, ushering in the time of year we bug our friends and family for presents — but why not bug tech companies as well? If you’ve ever used Reddit, you should join me and demand custom usernames for Christmas. But why, you ask? The answer is simple: shame, creativity, and the multiplicity of man. Shameful secrets I’m late to the game when it comes to Reddit, but even as an outsider I know it’s meant to be the website. It’s got all the informatio
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Company uses excess heat from Bitcoin mining to build office heater’

  20-12-2019 11:58
  
  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 Kant used to say: Your heart must go on! Bitcoin price We closed the day, December 19 2019, at a price of $7,202. That’s a minor 1.02 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$74.75. It was the lowest closing price in one day. We’re still 64 percent below Bitcoin‘s
  
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• Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra lacks concrete plan for 2020 launch, says board member

  20-12-2019 10:46
  
  Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ project Libra has no concrete strategy for launching in 2020. Speaking to Reuters, Patrick Ellis, one of the board members of the Switzerland-based Libra Association, said there were currently no plans to determine how or where the digital currency would launch next year. “At this stage, there is no strategy set in stone for the markets or the product, or how it will actually get rolled out,” Ellis added. However, when asked wh
  
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• Facebook is reportedly working on its own OS now

  20-12-2019 10:40
  
  Facebook is reportedly building an operating system, reports The Information. It isn’t immediately clear exactly where it will be deployed, but the project could help the company move away from using Android to power its hardware. The company presently uses a modified version of Android on its Portal line of video calling devices, as well as its Oculus VR headsets. Andrew Bosworth, who heads up hardware at Facebook, told The Information, “We really want to make sure the next generat
  
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• Why AI could benefit from seeing the world as kids do

  20-12-2019 10:35
  
  Artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm. It is already manifesting in a plethora of industries and organizations more reluctant to adopt it than ever. Several niches of artificial intelligence like machine learning are being religiously used by practitioners to form better strategies, predict industry trends and bring innovative products to the market. But, no matter what you plan to do with machine learning models, there is one thing you cannot ignore. Data is the fundamental unit
  
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• Why two world-renowned AI experts might have to eat a million Tesla robo-taxis in 2020

  20-12-2019 09:00
  
  2019 is almost over and that means it’s time to check in on Tesla’s progress towards fielding a million robo-taxis. You see, Elon Musk told the world he’d have a million fully autonomous robotaxis by the end of 2020, and we wanted to see how many he’s managed to produce so far. Let’s count together. One, two, three, zero: He’s developed exactly zero production model robo-taxis. We know this because “zero” is exactly how many fully-autonomous produ
  
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• IBM’s efficient new battery for gadgets doesn’t require mining for heavy metals

  20-12-2019 08:21
  
  The rise of personal technology has an ugly side: Its heavy reliance on heavy metals like nickel and cobalt that are mined in developing countries to be used for manufacturing batteries. It’s arduous, backbreaking work that pays little, involves child labor, and causes the loss of lives in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo. We may now have a ray of hope in the form of new and vastly improved battery tech under development at IBM Research. It eschews nickel and cobalt for three
  
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• 267 million Facebook users’ data has reportedly been leaked

  20-12-2019 06:38
  
  Comparitech and security researcher Bob Diachenko have uncovered a database containing more than 267 million Facebook users’ data that was left exposed online, with not even a password preventing unauthorized access to it. The Elasticsearch cluster contained user IDs, phone numbers, and names of mostly US-based users. According to Diachenko, who examined the evidence, the data likely came from “an illegal scraping operation or Facebook API abuse by criminals in Vietnam.” It wa
  
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• We watched almost 13 billion hours of live streams in 2019

  20-12-2019 04:51
  
  The year-end State of Streaming report from StreamElements and Arsenal reveals that we’ve collectively watched about a 1.5 million years’ worth of live streams in 2019. We watched most of them on Twitch, but other sites are slowly starting to chip away at its lead. The total number of hours watched comes out to around 12.7 billion hours. That’s increased from about 10.3 billion in 2018. This isn’t just game streaming, either. According to the report, Twitch’s
  
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• Building a moon base is a huge task — but these tiny satellites will pave the way

  20-12-2019 03:00
  
  The space race between the US and Russia ended half a century ago when US astronauts became the first to walk on the moon. Today there’s yet another race, prompted by China’s successful landing on the far side of the moon and involving private companies as well as national space agencies, to put humans back on the lunar surface. But building a moon base and actually living on the moon will require careful planning. First, we need to identify and map available lunar resources, includ
  
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• How coworking spaces need to evolve after the WeWork disaster

  20-12-2019 01:00
  
  2019 has been hell of a ride for the coworking industry. Alongside reports of unprecedented growth of flexible ‘coworking,’ we’ve also watched one of the biggest media furors unfold with our industry’s first mover, WeWork.  Funny enough, I’ve been on parental leave since September with my second child, and in that time, WeWork pulled out of their IPO plans, changed leadership, announced job cuts, were bailed out, and at the time of writing this, they have repo
  
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