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• Rumor: Call of Duty to launch free ‘Warzone’ battle royale game as early as February 18

  17-02-2020 23:47
  
  Call of Duty Modern Warfare recently received its Season Two update, and with it a mysterious “classified” game mode appeared in the game’s menu. Players are currently unable to select the new mode, but we’re all pretty sure it’s going to lead to an all-new battle royale once it finally unlocks. The question, however, is when will that happen? The gaming industry is notorious for its inability to keep a secret but, aside from a glitch here and a map reveal the
  
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• Apple will reportedly launch the iPhone SE 2 at a March 31 event

  17-02-2020 23:24
  
  Rumors have been floating around for some time that Apple is planning on launching a new, low cost iPhone in 2020 – called either the iPhone SE 2 or the iPhone 9. German site iphone-ticker.de is now claiming that device will be announced at a March 31 event. Though we can’t confirm the exact date, the March timing seems about right. That’s the month Apple chose to announce the original iPhone SE, it means the device doesn’t get drowned out in WWDC announcements in J
  
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• New artificial evolution research could finally prove Darwin was right

  17-02-2020 22:46
  
  An international team of researchers may have just figured out why single-celled organisms such as the AIDS virus and cancer cells manage to be so incredibly successful. And, in doing so, they may also have unraveled the mystery behind the origin of life. Hooray for science! Life on Earth emerged as the result of a bunch of chemicals swirling around in a primordial ooze until they turned into amino acids, then proteins, and eventually cells. The spark of life happened at some point and those no
  
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• Why AI systems should be recognized as inventors

  17-02-2020 22:41
  
  Existing intellectual property laws don’t allow AI systems to be recognized as inventors, which threatens the integrity of the patent system and the potential to develop life-changing innovations. Current legislation only allows humans to be recognized as inventors, which could make AI-generated innovations unpatentable. This would deprive the owners of the AI of the legal protections they need for the inventions that their systems create. The Artificial Inventor Proje
  
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• Surprise: The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip’s ultra-thin folding ‘glass’ scratches like plastic

  17-02-2020 22:16
  
  When Samsung announced the Galaxy Z Flip would be the first phone to use “ultra-thin glass,” I had just one big question: would it hold up to JerryRigEverything’s scratch tests? Would it, as with virtually every glass phone ever, “scratch at a level six, with deeper grooves at a level seven?” Nope. Samsung’s ultra-thin glass is apparently no more durable than plain old plastic. Zack Nelson (that’s right, his name isn’t Jerry), put the phone t
  
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• How to use Google image search on an iPhone

  17-02-2020 21:46
  
  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. Ever had the urge to look up an image, but don’t have a computer close to hand? These days, most of us do the bulk of our online searching from our phones, and Google’s image search is not as easy to use on an iPhone as it is on a desktop. But it’s also not terribly difficult either: it just requires a few extra steps. [Read: Use C
  
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• Focal Audio tour: How some of the world’s fanciest speakers are made

  17-02-2020 19:15
  
  High-end audio is about precision. Recreating live music in your home is one of the wonders of technology, requiring speakers accurate enough to create a convincing fascimile of the recorded soundfield. Take a look through any of my recent speaker reviews in the past year, and you’ll find them full of measurements trying to puzzle out the intricacies of a speaker‘s sound. So when French audio giant Focal invited to see how its speakers were made last year, I knew to expect the fancy
  
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• The S20 Ultra has the best screen of any phone ever – here’s how DisplayMate measured it

  17-02-2020 16:59
  
  For years now, Samsung’s Galaxy series of flagship phones have had some of the best displays available on mobile devices. Last week, it announced its new series of phones: the Galaxy S20, the Galaxy S20 Plus, and the Galaxy S20 Ultra. Displaymate, a site that tests screens through various lab examinations, put the display of the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s Samsung-manufactured display under the microscope, and it passed with flying colors. The site gave it an A+ grade, and said it broke
  
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• Why designers should be involved in the law-making process

  17-02-2020 16:45
  
  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full ‘Sprint‘ program here. Regulations cannot catch up to the speed of innovation. Uber, Airbnb, Facebook, etc All these platforms had seen light for a decade while a significant portion of the world still struggles to figure out the boundaries and implications to daily life, let alone setting regulations. If we take a broader lens to look at innovation, the rate of innov
  
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• 3 things startups need to consider before buying insurance

  17-02-2020 16:38
  
  Startups can be among the riskiest businesses to insure. That’s because they operate in new markets and often with untested business models. Even worse, they often grow very quickly into unknown areas with unknowable risks. For all these reasons entrepreneurs and innovators can sometimes find it hard to access the type of financial protection they need. This is a particularly pressing issue in the fast-track, fast-fail world of technology. Despite these challenges there are plenty of unde
  
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• Life with the MacBook Touch Bar is awful and I hate it

  17-02-2020 15:35
  
  I wanted to love the MacBook Touch Bar, I truly did. I thought the raft of people complaining about it just weren’t ready to see the big picture. Even if there were some teething problems, Apple would fix them, right? No. I was wrong. The MacBook Touch Bar fucking sucks. Sorry, people I doubted. First off, a little bit of context and history. The MacBook Touch Bar (first unveiled in October 2016) is basically a touch display in place of the old function keys. This means tha
  
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• T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint is now worth $40 billion, thanks to the bulls

  17-02-2020 15:28
  
  The state of New York will not appeal the approval of a $40 billion merger between wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint, Reuters reports. Instead of fighting the deal, the state’s Attorney General Laetitia James told reporters her office is looking towards ensuring consumers receive better service and lower prices, highlighting that T-Mobile committed to creating jobs in the state. Despite lauding the potential for jobs, James previously referred to the deal as “exactly t
  
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• Why you should wear roller skates to your next networking event

  17-02-2020 14:00
  
  Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his musings straight to your inbox by signing up for his newsletter! There’s a woman in my neighborhood who I’ve never seen on foot. She has roller skates, and wears them everywhere. She wears them when she drops her kids off to school, does her grocery shopping, and, I assume, also to work. She de
  
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• 4 President’s Day tech deals you won’t want to miss

  17-02-2020 14:00
  
  We should also mention that by adding the code PRESIDENT15 during checkout on any of these offers, you’ll get an additional 15 percent off your purchase.  Read on to see where the savings are: 
  
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• Tesla’s Long Range Model S gets a boost to run 390 miles between charges

  17-02-2020 13:38
  
  Tesla has taken another step toward breaking the 400-mile (644 km) range barrier with the latest iterative updates on its Model S luxury sedan. [Read: Tesla finally returns Autopilot to second-hand Model S owner after secretly wiping it from his car] According to a tweet last week, the Model S now has an estimated range of 390 miles (around 630 km). Tesla Model S estimated EPA range is now above 390 miles or ~630 km https://t.co/sNFzIkuJpC — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 15, 2020 The Mod
  
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• GitHub COO on launching in India and collaborating with governments to support the dev community

  17-02-2020 13:07
  
  GitHub launched its subsidiary in India last week to support a thriving developer community in the country. As part of the announcement, the Microsoft-owned company will have offices in Hyderabad and Bengaluru, and will establish teams across engineering, community, sales, and marketing verticals. However, it’s not clear as to how exactly this step will benefit the open-source community in India. The company hasn’t announced region-specific pricing for its paid, or opened up it
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Craig Wright threatens to sue Bitcoin for using ‘his’ Bitcoin database’

  17-02-2020 12:04
  
  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 Baudriallard used to say: Let’s make it rock! Bitcoin price We closed the day, February 11 2020, at a price of $10,208. That’s a respectable 3.57 percent increase in 24 hours, or $352. It was the highest closing price in one hundred and forty-four days. We’r
  
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• Monzo is bringing back premium bank accounts to help turn a profit

  17-02-2020 12:02
  
  In an attempt to become profitable, British-based digital bank startup Monzo is shaping up to have a second crack at paid accounts after failing first time round, Reuters reports. Back in April last year, Monzo launched its “Plus” premium package which allowed customers to buy add-ons, such as travel insurance and extra cash withdrawals while abroad, for their accounts. [Read: German fintech N26 to leave UK — because Brexit] By September the company pulled the product from its
  
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• Automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, says EU digital chief

  17-02-2020 11:59
  
  The EU’s digital and competition chief has said that automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, as the technology fails to meet the regulation’s requirement for consent. Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for digital affairs, told reporters that “as it stands right now, GDPR would say ‘don’t use it’, because you cannot get consent,” EURACTIV revealed today. GDPR classes information on a
  
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• Climate change: Why trains are not as green as you thought

  17-02-2020 11:33
  
  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring how tech can help achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this year? Check out the full ‘Sustainable Societies‘ program here. The 2020s will have to involve some very big decisions about transport – the UK’s most polluting sector. The UK government’s response so far has been erratic, choosing to intervene to prevent the collapse of Flybe (Europe’s biggest regional airline) an
  
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• I’ve worked in a ‘virtual office’ for 3 years – here’s what I’ve learned

  17-02-2020 11:26
  
  I’ve successfully managed tech company teams for many years (including at Expedia and Zillow), and for decades I thought my magic as a manager was an in-person kind of magic. I thought to be effective, my team and peers needed to see and hear me in person. But three years ago I joined eXp Realty — a real estate startup with an entirely remote workforce.  At eXp Realty we use our own virtual workplace called VirBELA. That means not only that my colleagues and team don’t se
  
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• Baidu open sources AI to identify people without face masks

  17-02-2020 06:39
  
  With the growing scare of the deadly coronavirus, companies in China are pushing hard to limit its spread. In one such effort, the country’s leading search engine Baidu has open-sourced an AI model to detect people not wearing face masks. As coronavirus can spread through close contact with an infected person via their coughs, sneezes, or respiratory droplets, China has made it mandatory to wear face masks in several regions. People are instructed to wear masks in public places such
  
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