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• Love Me Tender: 30 Touchy Illustrations for Valentine's Day

  07-02-2020 22:39 via design4users.com
  
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• NASA wants the auto industry to build its next Moon rover

  07-02-2020 21:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  NASA earlier this week released an official contract inquiry seeking help from the automobile industry in designing a new Moon rover. While this isn’t exactly out of character for NASA, we thought the timing was interesting. After all, if there’s one vehicle that screams “I belong on the Moon,” it’s Tesla‘s recently unveiled Cybertruck. In case you missed it, this meme-of-a-truck is actually a real thing that Tesla CEO Elon Musk forced a team of apparently ta
  
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• Brief Guide into Social Media Marketing Trends 2020

  07-02-2020 21:02 via icons8.com
  
  https://icons8.com/articles/social-media-marketing-trends/
  
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• Reuters built a prototype for automated news videos using Deepfakes tech

  07-02-2020 20:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Reuters news company and an AI startup named Synthesia today unveiled a new project they’ve partnered on that uses Deepfakes-style technology to generate automated news reports in real time. Designed as a proof-of-concept, the system takes real-time scoring data from football matches and generates news reports complete with photographs and a script. Synthesia and Reuters then use a neural network similar to Deepfakes and prerecorded footage of a real news anchor to turn the scrip
  
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• Apple slapped with $27 million fine for slowing down older phones

  07-02-2020 20:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  A French regulator today revealed it’d fined Apple €25 million (just over $27 million) over its throttling of older iPhones. Since Apple didn’t warn customers, the ruling goes, it essentially lied by omission to get users to buy new devices. The fine comes from the Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention (DGCCRF), a competition and fraud watchdog. It accused the company specifically of failing to warn users that iOS versions 10.
  
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• CSS4 is a Bad Idea

  07-02-2020 20:09 via impressivewebs.com
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• 9 Portfolio platforms: presenting your work the best way

  07-02-2020 19:47 via melted.design
  
  https://www.melted.design/9-portfolio-platforms/
  
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• Instagram tests IGTV ads that let creators monetize their vids

  07-02-2020 18:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  Instagram might finally be allowing its stars — its IGTV stars, that is — to make money directly from their content. It’s internally testing a Partner Program that lets IGTV creators run ads on their videos. If it works on Facebook, then why not give it a try on Instagram? It’s better than nothing, which is basically what creators have had up to this point. Instagram is working on IGTV Ads to let influencers monetize their content by running short ads on their IGTV Video
  
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• MIT researchers developed a text-based system that tricks Google’s AI

  07-02-2020 17:44 via thenextweb.com
  
  There are plenty of examples of AI models being fooled out there. From Google’s AI to detect images mistaking a turtle for a gun to Jigsaw’s AI to score toxic comments tricked to think a sentence is positive by including words like love. Now, researchers at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), MIT, have developed a new system called TextFooler that can trick AI models that use natural language processing (NLP) — like the ones used by Siri and A
  
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• Every c-suite leader needs to be a ‘Chief Empathy Officer’

  07-02-2020 16:45 via thenextweb.com
  
  In the digital age, when customers are more knowledgeable and have higher expectations and more choices than ever before, a company’s fortunes rest on its ability to tune into their feelings and create an emotional connection. As vital as empathy is, however, it can be elusive in an app-driven world that tends to create distance between companies and their customers’ actual human experience. Compounding the challenge, many businesses now rely on data, rather than what they see and h
  
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• Here are the 9 titles Netflix purged due to government censorship

  07-02-2020 15:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  In its 23 years of service, Netflix has removed only nine pieces of content due to government censorship. In a new report titled Environmental Social Governance, the streaming giant revealed that over the years it has received takedown requests from the governments of New Zealand, Vietnam, Germany, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. The first ever takedown notice came from New Zealand in 2015, but Singapore is by far the most active. [Read: How to opt out of Netflix’s autoplay previews] He
  
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• New Tesla registrations up 168% in Germany — adding to Model 3’s EV dominance in Europe

  07-02-2020 15:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Tesla‘s most affordable vehicle, the Model 3, is growing in popularity in Germany, helping the number of new car registrations for the EV maker surge. According to the monthly vehicle registration report from the country’s Federal Transport Authority (KBA), in January 2020, Tesla registrations increased by 168 percent over December 2019. [Read: Tesla Model 3 drives surge in UK’s battery-powered vehicle registrations] Indeed, while Tesla managed significant growth — the m
  
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• For $45, this video editing and marketing know-how can can open lots of new doors. 

  07-02-2020 14:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  You can learn how to do video right with the training in The Videography Editing & Marketing Certification Bundle, which is on sale now for only $45 (over 90 percent off) from TNW Deals.
  
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• Bartenders watch out: A robot server in Tokyo can make cocktails in one minute

  07-02-2020 14:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  A bar in Tokyo is tackling its problems finding new staff by employing an automated alternative: A robotic bartender that can pour a beer in 40 seconds and mix a cocktail in a minute. Customers at the Zeroken Robo Tavern in Ikebukuro train station first order their drinks at an automated kiosk, which prints a QR code receipt that they take to the robot. The machine then scans the code, which triggers its robotic arm to swing into action, mixing the drink and swiftly ret
  
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• Implement OKR, they said. The whole company will love it, they said.

  07-02-2020 14:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  OKR has gained popularity as the secret sauce behind Google’s unparalleled success. Many companies and startups around the world choose to implement OKR to help accelerate their business growth. In a nutshell, the goal management method OKR stands for “Objectives” and “Key Results.” The Objective tells you where your company wants to go, the Key Results are the results that employees need to achieve in order for the company to get there.  When you read about O
  
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• Adobe Creative Cloud is where digital creation happens. Master its hottest tools for under $35

  07-02-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  With a suite of more than 20 killer apps, mastering everything in the Adobe Creative Cloud is a tall order. However, you can get a big head start with the collection of training included in The All-in-One Adobe Creative Cloud Suite Certification Bundle ($34, over 90 percent off) from TNW Deals.
  
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• Selling products online? Then get ready for the EU’s SCA on December 31

  07-02-2020 13:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  You might be forgiven for missing the advent of Strong Customer Authentication (or SCA) back in September — a new requirement introduced by EU legislation — given the date passed with little disruption. But if you’re in the e-commerce industry you’ll have to catch up on it as soon as possible as it’ll greatly affect your business. For those who haven’t heard of it, SCA is a new form of two-factor authentication designed to add an extra layer of security when
  
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• Christina Koch returns to Earth after breaking record for longest spaceflight by a woman

  07-02-2020 12:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  After spending 328 days on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned back to Earth yesterday after completing the longest ever single spaceflight by a woman. Koch arrived in space in March 2019 alongside European astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov. During the 11 month mission, Koch performed various experiments including studying the effects of microgravity on Mizuna mustard greens, combustion, bioprinting, and kidney diseases.
  
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• Dutch university pays $220K in Bitcoin to alleged Russian hackers

  07-02-2020 12:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  A Dutch university resorted to paying hackers $220,000 in Bitcoin to release computer systems held for ransom since Christmas Eve, reports Reuters. University of Maastricht vice president Nick Bos announced at a press conference on Wednesday it had bowed to the cyberattackers’ demands, as it otherwise would’ve had to rebuild its entire IT network to get back online. “The damage of that to the work of the students, scientists, staff, as well as the continuity of the institution
  
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• WhatsApp beta reveals dark mode is finally coming to the iPhone

  07-02-2020 12:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  WhatsApp is inching closer towards rolling out dark mode for iOS. Users participating in the app’s TestFlight beta program have spotted the feature in the latest testing notes, MacRumors reports. This confirms the setting should soon appear on iPhone and iPad devices. [Read: Instagram now supports dark mode on iOS 13 — here’s how to enable it] Considering WhatsApp had already pushed dark mode in beta versions of Android, it was only a matter of time before the setting arr
  
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• Pizza, beer, and ping-pong — Why your image of early-stage startups is wrong

  07-02-2020 12:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  To the outside, inexpert world, startups are synonymous with free pizza and ping-pong tables. While this might sound positive, there’s something deeply frustrating about the narrative this creates as it inadvertently discredits the work of entrepreneurs and employees in this tough, but exciting, space. Although common sense tells us there’s a lot more to them, in my five years covering the tech startup world I’ve lost count of the number of times the media mentions these kinds
  
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• A tricked-out Nissan Leaf just completed Britain’s longest fully autonomous drive

  07-02-2020 12:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  An all-electric Nissan Leaf has just completed a 370 km (230 m) trip around Britain, completely on its own. As part of a Nissan support initiative, driving in fully autonomous mode, the Leaf drove from the company’s technical center in Cranfield, just outside Milton Keynes in southern England, to its factory in Sunderland, way up north, Reuters reports. [Read: Tesla’s Autopilot dangerously fooled by drone mounted projectors] According to the report, this is the longest, most complex
  
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• India’s streaming music market is now 200 million strong – but hardly anyone’s paying for it

  07-02-2020 11:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  India, a country where people have traditionally relied on radio and television to listen to music, now has over 200 million listeners using music streaming services. Blaise Fernandes, CEO, Indian Music Industry (IMI), a body that represents record labels in the country, told TNW in that there are 200 million unique subscribers of these apps. That figure will be closer to 250 million, if you count overlapping users’ accounts separately. While global players such as Spotify
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Grayscale saw Wall Street pour into Bitcoin in 2019’

  07-02-2020 11:11 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 Hannah Arendt used to say: Buy low, sell high! Bitcoin price We closed the day, February 06 2020, at a price of $9,729. That’s a minor 1.16 percent increase in 24 hours, or $111. It was the highest closing price in one hundred and thirty-six days. We’re still 51 p
  
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• How to save data while watching Netflix on Android

  07-02-2020 10:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Netflix is quite addictive, and sometimes you want to watch shows on the go. But, streaming video can eat up a lot of data. So, the company has adopted a new codec that c can save your data while maintaining the quality when streaming content through its Android app. The company said in a blog post that the new AV1 codec is 20 percent more data-efficient
  
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• 5 tips on how to survive as a remote worker

  07-02-2020 08:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  I’ve found remote life is the work version of living alone. You’re spared the surprises, good or bad, that come with sharing your space every day. You’ve got the freedom to experiment and change things on the fly, and you don’t need to ask for permission. You’re the one in charge of how your day goes: You can monitor your energy levels, control the snacks, set the thermostat, go outside if you want. Along with this freedom comes great responsibility: you can do wha
  
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• YouTube Music might soon allow you to upload songs to library

  07-02-2020 06:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the popular Google Play Music features is to allow users to upload songs they own to their library. According to 9to5Google, the company is working on a new version of YouTube Music that brings this functionality to the app. The report noted this new feature is another step towards migrating Google Play Music users to YouTube Music. In January, sleuths at 9to5Google also found evidence of a song locker in a beta version of the YouTube Music app. [Read: How Google used AI to sup
  
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• Xbox exec insists that Microsoft is no longer competing with Sony and Nintendo

  07-02-2020 02:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft is apparently looking to the future — future rivalries, that is. It seems like the company might be trying to extricate itself from the traditional Nintendo/PlayStation/Xbox console cycle, and instead decided to focus its attention on two other threats: Amazon and Google. Xbox head Phil Spencer said this in an interview with Protocol: When you talk about Nintendo and Sony, we have a ton of respect for them, but we see Amazon and Google as the main competitors going forward. That
  
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• How to opt out of Netflix’s autoplay previews

  07-02-2020 00:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  It looks like Netflix finally listened to reason — and the complaints of millions of viewers. You now have the option to disable the preview autoplay feature on Netflix, meaning those loud-ass videos that pop up every time you try to sneak in some Witcher during the work day will bedevil you no longer. Some people find this feature helpful. Others not so much. We’ve heard the feedback loud and clear — members can now control whether or not they see autoplay previews on Ne
  
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