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• The Juno makes warm drinks ice-cold in under 2 minutes

  06-01-2020 20:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  When you’ve been writing about tech long enough, it’s hard not to get a little jaded at the iterative products that come out every year. It’s rare that something really makes me say ‘wow’ nowadays. So color me surprised when one of the most impressive product demos I’ve seen in months happened to be a kitchen appliance. Unlike the things on your counter that heat things up, the Juno cools things down. Fast. It can chill anything from a can of soda to ice-cold
  
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• Focal brings Dolby Atmos to its excellent Chora speakers

  06-01-2020 18:08 via thenextweb.com
  
  Focal’s Chora 806 was one of my favorite pairs of speakers last year, but its utility was mostly limited to stereo listening. If you’re into home theater, making sure your center and surround speakers are acoustically matched to your left and right units is crucial. Good news then: Focal is expanding the Chora line with a full suite of speakers, including center and surround speakers, a subwoofer, and Dolby Atmos compatible towers. The highlight of the new setup is the Cho
  
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• Samsung’s Sero ‘TikTok’ TV is a reflection of our hellworld

  06-01-2020 16:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  You know something I’ve never, ever wished my TV could do? That’s right: rotating from landscape to portrait. Well, in a strange case of an anti-wish occurring, Samsung has just announced an expanded roll-out of its perspective-shifting TV, the Sero. Thanks for that. Now, we covered Samsung’s Sero briefly here as part of a news story on the company’s fresh devices, but I feel there’s a bit more to be said about this so-called ‘TikTok’ TV. First tho
  
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• Bitmain’s former co-CEO speaks out against proposed layoffs

  06-01-2020 15:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  The co-founder and former co-CEO of cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain has spoken out against the company’s supposed staff layoffs. In a social media post published earlier today, Zhan said he is “firmly opposed” to the potential redundancies, The Block reports. He further described the potential action as “unreasonable.” The open letter was addressed to Bitmain’s employees and went on to discuss Zhan’s take on the company‘s curre
  
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• How AI is preventing email phishing attacks

  06-01-2020 14:53 via thenextweb.com
  
  Since its invention in 1970, email has undergone very little changes. Its ease of use has made it the most common method of business communication, used by 3.7 billion users worldwide. Simultaneously, it has become the most targeted intrusion point for cybercriminals, with devastating outcomes. When initially envisioned, email was built for connectivity. Network communication was in its early days, and merely creating a digital alternative for mailboxes was revolutionary and difficult enough. T
  
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• 5 times regulators revealed their raging boners for crypto justice in 2019

  06-01-2020 14:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Financial watchdogs formally put dodgy cryptocurrency ‘entrepreneurs‘ on high alert this year, dishing out fines and forcing startups into submission on the regular. To some, the US Securities and Exchange Commission‘s hard-on for crypto-justice was telegraphed when it deemed Ethereum‘s native cryptocurrency Ether not a security last year. Simultaneously, the SEC hinted that tokens deployed on the network could very well be classified as such. In the movie business, they
  
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• This award-winning Mac app takes the pain out of editing PDFs, and it’s 62% off today

  06-01-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Unless you have the original file, changing text, adding images or even just signing a PDF isn’t always so simple. Thankfully, that all gets loads easier with the aid of an app like the award-winning PDF Expert, an indispensable tool now just $29.99, over 60 percent off, from TNW Deals.
  
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• UK power grid won’t handle popularity of electric cars, say service operators

  06-01-2020 13:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  While electric vehicle registrations in the UK are on the up, many are concerned that the country’s power grid isn’t ready to meet demand. Motorway service station operators are saying Britain’s electricity network isn’t up to the standard required for electric vehicle (EV) charging, the Financial Times reports. When it comes to the rollout of charging points, it seems it’s creating a bit of a roadblock. Despite efforts to add EV charging points, RoadChef, one of t
  
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• Why zero gravity is bad for our brains

  06-01-2020 13:24 via thenextweb.com
  
  NASA has made a commitment to send humans to Mars by the 2030s. This is an ambitious goal when you think that a typical round trip will last anywhere between three and six months and crews will be expected to stay on the red planet for up to two years before planetary alignment allows for the return journey home. It means that the astronauts have to live in reduced (micro) gravity for about three years – well beyond the current record of 438 continuous days in space held by the Russian co
  
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• CHEAP: Smash your resolutions with 25% off the Fitbit Versa 2 smartwatch

  06-01-2020 11:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Whether you like it or not, the holidays are over. The days of endless, chocolate-fueled indulgences are done. “Eating and drinking” is no longer an applicable answer to “what have you been up to?” While I wish this lifestyle could go on forever, it has to stop at some point. Why? Because, friends, my clothes have gotten tighter. It’s hard to know whether this year’s holid
  
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• Moonday Mornings: Bitmain might lay off half its staff ahead of Bitcoin halving

  06-01-2020 11:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  Welcome to Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you can’t afford to miss. It’s the first Moonday Mornings of the new year! Let’s get to it. 1. Cryptocurrency mining firm Bitmain might lay off half its staff The cryptocurrency mining hardware firm Bitmain might be letting go of half its workforce, according to Chinese outlet Wushuo Blockcahin and reported by Finance Magnates. According to the report, the decision is being
  
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• MIT’s new tool predicts how fast a chip can run your code

  06-01-2020 11:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Folks from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new machine learning-based tool that will tell you how fast a code can run on various chips. This will help developers tune their applications for specific processor architectures. Traditionally, developers used the performance model of compilers through a simulation to run basic blocks — fundamental computer instruction at the machine level — of code in order to gauge the performance of
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘John McAfee refuses to eat his dick’

  06-01-2020 10:41 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 Satoshi Nakamoto used to say: We’re on the on the highway to hell, so let’s ride! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, January 05 2020, at a price of $7,411. That’s a minor 0.01 percent increase in 24 hours, or $0. It was the highest closing price in six days. W
  
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• Samsung unveils a bezel-less 8K TV and a rotating TV at CES

  06-01-2020 08:18 via thenextweb.com
  
  Every year, several companies reveal futuristic TVs at the Consumer Electronics Show held each January at Las Vegas. This year, Samsung has got the ball rolling with a new 8K bezel-less TV, and a rotating TV called Sero. The stunning new8K TV features a 99 percent screen-to-body ratio on the front with a barely-visible 2.3 mm thick bezel. And at just 15mm thick, it shouldn’t take up much space in your living room. The TV, internally known as Q950, is powered by an in-house chip&
  
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• India’s government allegedly fueled a bogus campaign to garner support by offering ‘free Netflix’

  06-01-2020 06:44 via thenextweb.com
  
  Last week, leaders of the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)  of India tweeted out a toll-free number for people to call and show their support for the upcoming Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). However, later, several accounts – allegedly directed by the BJP – tweeted the same number, offering free Netflix subscriptions and hotlines to chat with ‘lonely women.’ For the uninitiated, CAA is an upcoming law that grants citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from select neig
  
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