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• Can designing on your phone be better than on your desktop?

  04-02-2020 23:48 via medium.com
  
  https://medium.com/create-with-play/can-designing-on-your-phone-be-better-than-on-your-desktop-b7963ef55ce0
  
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• Get Moving (or not) with CSS Motion Path

  04-02-2020 22:39 via danielcwilson.com
  
  https://danielcwilson.com/blog/2020/01/motion-path-quirks/
  
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• Report: Amazon’s negotiation strategy for HQ2 was called ‘Fuck you. We’re Amazon’

  04-02-2020 21:50
  
  A recent report from Bloomberg revealed that Amazon‘s negotiation strategy during its recent failed bid to build a second headquarters (HQ2) in New York and Virginia was internally referred to as “Fuck you. We’re Amazon.” In 2017 Amazon announced it had begun a global search for a city to host HQ2 prompting hundreds of cities to submit bids. A media circus quickly ensued and a reality TV-style atmosphere surrounded the entire event as Amazon slowly whittled its list down
  
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• Nvidia’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service is here, and you can try it for free

  04-02-2020 21:39
  
  Nvidia today revealed it’s launching the GeForce Now streaming service for all North American and European users. Now we might finally have a cloud gaming service worth trying — yeah, I said it. Nvidia has been working on the service for years now, and it’s finally out of the beta phase. Like other cloud gaming services out there, it claims to offer you the chance to play your PC games on other devices. When you launch a game within GeForce Now, it’ll be running on Nvidi
  
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• The Three Types of Code

  04-02-2020 21:20 via css-tricks.com
  
  https://css-tricks.com/the-three-types-of-code/
  
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• 10 Tools You Can Use To Learn More About What Your Users Are Thinking

  04-02-2020 20:31 via sumodash.com
  
  https://sumodash.com/10-tools-you-can-use-to-learn-more-about-what-your-users-are-thinking/
  
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• US Army plans to bring human-AI interaction to the battlefield

  04-02-2020 19:35
  
  Killer robots may remain a dystopian vision of the future for now, but another military deployment of AI could be sooner to arrive on the battlefield. Known as the Aided Threat Recognition from Mobile Cooperative and Autonomous Sensors (ATR-MCAS), the system is being developed by the US Army to transform how the military plans and conducts operations. It’s comprised of a network of air and ground vehicles equipped with sensors that identify potential threats and autonomousl
  
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• WhatsApp no longer works on millions of (very) old phones

  04-02-2020 19:19
  
  On February 1, 2020, WhatsApp ended support for some of the oldest devices still in use. This includes iPhones running iOS 8 and below and Android devices on Android Gingerbread 2.3.7 or older. In other words, it’s time to either update your OS or upgrade your phone. For some users, that might be as simple as an OS update; upgrading from iOS 8 to 9 should be enough to keep your favorite chat app working. However, not all devices can be upgraded. If you’re still holding onto that iPh
  
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• Sony apparently delays PS5 price until the Xbox’s is revealed

  04-02-2020 19:06
  
  Sony is apparently waiting to put a price on the PlayStation 5 until the competition comes up with a number — or at least that’s what one of its employees implied. While pricing is a big part of the console wars, it might not be worth the delay considering how many other factors are going to go into the latest round of Xbox vs PlayStation. During an earnings call this week, Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki spoke about the brand’s rather lackluster Christmas and the costs go
  
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• Google makes it easier to buy the latest version of Glass

  04-02-2020 18:17
  
  Google Glass may have been one of the biggest flops of the decade as a consumer product, but the project lives on in specialized applications for business and enterprise markets. But even then, it was a bit of a hassle to buy one, as you had to go through one of Google’s solution providers. Now the company has made the AR gadget available through a handful of hardware resellers, making it easy for businesses, developers, or any interested party to get their hands on a pair without jumping
  
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• Dyson patents headphones that double as an air purifier for your face

  04-02-2020 17:46
  
  Dyson has a whole line of air purifiers for your home, but what if you want to be more efficient and just want to purify the air around your head? The company is apparently working on something for that too. In a patent that almost looks an April Fools joke, the fancy vacuum maker describes a pair of headphones with air filters built into its earcups, as spotted by Bloomberg. Moreover, it has a second headband that folds down and goes over your mouth to blow the purified air into your face
  
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• Trump’s former campaign manager really digs Escobar’s new foldable phone

  04-02-2020 16:41
  First it was Tesla. Then it was Apple. Now Escobar Inc — the mighty tech company owned by Pablo Escobar’s brother Roberto De Jesus Escobar Gaviria — is coming for Samsung. It’s a serious threat, but not quite like you imagine. The Escobar Inc empire is rolling out its second foldable phone, the Fold 2. “THE OFFICIAL ESCOBAR FOLD 2 SMARTPHONE IS THE REAL SAMSUNG KILLER PHONE,” marketing copy reads, in all caps. “REST IN PEACE SAMSUNG, PABLO ALWAYS W
  
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• Tesla shorters have lost $8.3 billion in 2020 as stock price hits record high

  04-02-2020 16:15
  
  Speculators who’ve bet against Tesla by “short-selling” its stock have already lost $8.3 billion this year, as its price surged Monday to reach a record-high, CNN reports. Such high losses can be attributed to the sheer number of $TSLA “short-sellers” out there. These investors borrow stock from a broker when they believe its overvalued, immediately sell it with the intention of re-buying at a lower price, and profit from the difference once they’ve been retu
  
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• UK speeds up its ban on petrol, diesel, and hybrid cars by 5 years

  04-02-2020 16:07
  
  The United Kingdom has decided to bring its ban on petrol, diesel, and hybrid cars and vans forward. From 2035, UK car buyers will only be able to buy electric vehicles (EVs), What Car? reports. Originally pegged for 2040, the bank has been brought forward after experts said the UK wouldn’t hit its 2050 emissions targets unless it brought the ban forward. Let’s put that in some context: By 2035 new car sales in the UK will be 100-percent electric. According to What Car?, just 1.6 pe
  
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• Here’s how much money you made Google by staring at its ads for 20 years

  04-02-2020 16:00
  
  A whopping 85 percent of Alphabet’s, Google and YouTube’s parent company, revenue is generated by showing you sponsored links on Google Search, and by making annoying ads pop up during YouTube videos. In 2019 alone, Alphabet‘s total ad revenue accounted for $133 billion. Essentially, Alphabet can be labeled as the largest advertising company in the world. Google’s ad revenue Since 2001, the year Google wasn’t part of the alphabet yet but started making co
  
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• This new satellite is dedicated to observing alien worlds outside of our solar system

  04-02-2020 15:06
  
  The CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) observatory, launched from French Guiana on December 18th, has just opened its electronic eyes to the sky. CHEOPS, a joint mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the University of Bern, is not designed to discover new worlds, but to carefully study the size, mass, and composition of known exoplanets. Over the course of its mission, CHEOPS could examine thousands of alien worlds in unprecedented detail. “Shortly after the launch on
  
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• Meet the top 9 European startups working towards a greener future

  04-02-2020 14:21
  
  When it comes to climate change, 2019 was a disappointing year, to say the least; visible signs of global warming came in the form of global fires, and the UN Climate Summit and COP25 both ended in more talk and less action. That doesn’t mean it’s time to start looking into the market for underground bunkers just yet. It could be that the planet’s knight in shining armor may come in the form of a hoodie-wearing techie… or several. While governments across Europe are tak
  
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• Adobe CC got your head spinning? Give PixTeller a try

  04-02-2020 14:00
  
  PixTeller is billed as the world's most powerful online design tool, yet it hasn’t forgotten that it needs to be usable, too. Right now, you can pick up a three-year subscription to PixTeller from TNW Deals for just $49.99, 84 percent off the regular price.
  
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• AI composers might just be the next big thing in music

  04-02-2020 13:03
  
  Artificial Intelligence has already taken over our lives and transformed it for the good. The days are over when you could still debate whether AI will impact a certain industry and transform it like others. Wondering why? Because artificial intelligence has already penetrated every other industry that we know and continues to impact several others. It’s already being used in several ways, while others are under research. There’s only one question left to wonder about, how much
  
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• Google accidentally shared your cloud video backups with strangers

  04-02-2020 12:00
  
  Are you paranoid someone is watching the content you store in the cloud? You might be onto something. Google accidentally shared archives of some people’s videos with other Photos users for a brief period of time last year. Yesterday, the company began alerting users that a “technical issue” in Google Takeout — an app that lets you download backups of your data from other Google software — caused videos stored in Photos to be “incorrectly exported” to o
  
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• Xiaomi sub-brand Poco launches cheapest phone with 120Hz display

  04-02-2020 11:06
  
  It’s been more than 18 months since Xiaomi-owned phone brand Poco launched its first handset, named the Pocophone F1. Last month, the Chinese tech giant spun off the brand into a new company. Today, it launched a $225 phone named the Poco X2 in India,with a 120Hz display and quad-camera system on the back. This makes the X2 the lowest priced device to feature a 120Hz display. The full HD+ screen has a 20:9 aspect ratio, and features a punch hole on the top-right corner to accommodate
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin price should be $200K by now, according to John McAfee’s prediction’

  04-02-2020 11:00
  
  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: Shleppppppp it! Bitcoin price We closed the day, February 03 2020, at a price of $9,293. That’s a minor 0.54 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$51.15. It was the lowest closing price in six days. We’re still 53 percent below Bitcoin&lsq
  
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• Venezuelan retailers can’t replace stock because of Maduro’s Petro ‘cryptocurrency’

  04-02-2020 10:56
  
  Petro, the cryptocurrency pet project from Venezuelan President’s Nicolas Maduro, is causing headaches for the country. Retail stores in Venezeula are protesting the Petro by refusing to accept it as a payment method, local news reports. Retailers say that no supplier accepts the “cryptocurrency,” which means vendors have to exchange it for fiat. [Read: Maduro’s Petro cryptocurrency will be an official currency in Venezuela — like the Bolivar] Ordinarily this would
  
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• This new AI model will badmouth you for putting trash in the wrong bin

  04-02-2020 06:38
  
  When I’m at airports, I often get confused as to which trash and recycling bin I should throw my rubbish into. A new solution from a Canadian AI company, Initutaive AI, might come in handy. The firm has developed Oscar, an image-detection based AI, that recognizes objects in your hand and guides you to put things in correct bins. Oh, and that’s not all: If you throw stuff in the wrong bin, Oscar will scold you for your mistake. Does that count as trash talk? The company&rs
  
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• Disney+ snags Hamilton: The Movie

  04-02-2020 02:03
  
  Disney just added another winner to its contingent with the film of Hamilton, that award-winning musical that no one could get tickets to three or four years ago. This filmed version of the original stage show will begin its theatrical run next year, and will likely join Disney+ some time after that. Disney presents: Hamilton. With The Original Broadway Cast. Filmed onstage at The Richard Rodgers Theatre. In A Theater Near You.October 15, 2021.#Hamilfilm pic.twitter.com/z4ohfWXzi3 —
  
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• New bill could kill NASA’s Moon base plans

  04-02-2020 00:02
  
  The US House of Representatives recently proposed a bipartisan bill that would essentially tank NASA‘s plans to build a fully-functioning lunar base. The proposal comes from the House Aeronautics and Space Subcommittee of the House Space and Science Committee and seeks to limit NASA‘s extraterrestrial endeavors going forward. Among various other caveats, the bill would severely limit NASA‘s ability to conduct scientific research on the Moon in conjunction with civilian partner
  
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