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• What if we fuck up the Moon too?

  20-02-2020 23:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  US Vice President Mike Pence yesterday gave a speech at NASA’s Langley research center in Virginia where he told employees that President Donald Trump was committed to putting humans back on the Moon by 2024 through “any means necessary.” We’re not sure exactly what that means. It was likely intended to be an inspirational quip indicating that the employees of NASA have the President‘s full support. But it feels a bit ominous coming from the administration that had
  
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• AI Now: Predictive policing systems are racist because corrupt cops produce dirty data

  20-02-2020 21:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  The AI Now Institute’s Executive Director, Andrea Nill Sánchez, today testified before the European Parliament LIBE Committee Public Hearing on “Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Law and Its Use by the Police and Judicial Authorities in Criminal Matters.” Her message was simple: “Predictive policing systems will never be safe… until the criminal justice system they’re built on are reformed.” Sanchez argued that predictive policing systems are
  
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• How to use Twitter’s new ‘Continue Thread’ feature

  20-02-2020 19:40 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. Twitter this week rolled out a new feature that allows mobile users to connect their new tweets to older ones. It’s a simple thing, but it could potentially resurrect hundreds of ancient, forgotten threads as people link their current thoughts to their previous ones. The feature is expected to roll out to all iOS users over the next few days. It&rs
  
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• Google drops gender labels from image recognition to reduce bias

  20-02-2020 18:34 via thenextweb.com
  
  Google will no longer identify people by gender in its image recognition AI, by removing labels such as “man” and “woman” from photos of people. Instead, every individual will now be classified as a “person,”  according to a company email seen by Business Insider. The changes will be introduced to Google Cloud’s Vision API, which developers can use to add labels to images and then classify them into predefined categories.  In an emai
  
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• Microsoft is rolling out beautiful new Windows 10 icons

  20-02-2020 18:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  In November of 2018, Microsoft revealed a revamped set of Office icons it had created under it’s fresh new Fluent Design aesthetic. In December of 2019, it announced it was bringing Fluent redesigns to virtually all of Windows 10’s icons. Now the company is beginning to roll out some of these icons, starting with Windows Insiders. The first apps to get the new look include Calculator, Groove Music, Mail, Voice Recorder, Alarms & Clock, Movies & TV, and Calendar, according to
  
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• Are you for wheel? These 6 European startups disrupting mobility and subscription services are

  20-02-2020 16:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  We’re in the midst of the next big evolution in human mobility. While this may elicit images of flying Deloreans and a hovercraft skateboard or two, the changes we’re now experiencing go much deeper than cool factor. This change is being driven by a surge of new startups and scaleups on a mission to push forward a new mobility paradigm. Instead of creating futuristic (yet accident-prone doors, they’re focusing on innovations and new service offerings that will help us acc
  
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• How to clear your computer of distracting clutter

  20-02-2020 16:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to bringing the biggest names in tech to showcase inspiring talks from those driving the future of technology this year? Nir Eyal, who authored this piece, is one of the speakers. Check out the full ‘Impact‘ program here. By the looks of his laptop, Robbert Van Els could be mistaken for a secret agent. His screen is an explosion of urgent files — a master control center for managing clandestine operatives. The m
  
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• Google Ads is infested with investment scams that earn it millions

  20-02-2020 15:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  Google has been notified that 90% of adverts it displays when searching for common investments send users to directly to scams. It’s fast becoming an epidemic, says campaigner Mark Taber, who has flagged 126 adverts for investment scams with both Google and the UK‘s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over the past six weeks alone. Solving the issue might require intervention from the British government, as an exemption in UK law keeps Google at arm’s length of the country&rsquo
  
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• Spotify is finally showing lyrics synced with music so you can sing along

  20-02-2020 15:36 via thenextweb.com
  
  Spotify is finally giving you the tools to sing along without embarrassing yourself — or mumbling while you pretend you know the lyrics. The streaming service is in the process of rolling out a new feature that displays the lyrics of a song as it plays, sort of like karaoke but without the drowned out vocals. There’s one catch, though: it appears that so far the functionality is only available to a limited number of users, according to AndroidPolice. If you’re not one of the l
  
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• MIT algorithm discovers antibiotic that can fight drug-resistant diseases

  20-02-2020 15:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  A deep learning algorithm developed at MIT has discovered new antibiotics that can treat drug-resistant diseases by killing 35 powerful bacteria. The pathogens that the halicin antibiotic has targetted include Acinetobacter baumannii, which was nicknamed “Iraqibacter” after it infected thousands of US service personnel returning from the war in Iraq. In 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) named it the bacteria that poses the greatest threat to human health 
  
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• Massive planet that would dwarf Jupiter has been discovered in our galactic neighborhood

  20-02-2020 14:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Just 330 light-years from Earth, a massive baby planet named 2MASS 1155–7919 b has recently been born from a cloud of gas and dust. Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) found this rare young gas giant, 10 times larger than Jupiter, orbiting far from its stellar companion— 600 times further from its parent star than the Earth is from the Sun. The star around which this planet orbits is also extremely young, having formed just five million years ago, roughly on
  
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• For under $20, Designs.ai can build the logo your company deserves — and more

  20-02-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Holder of a prestigious 4.5 out of 5 star rating on TrustPilot, Designs.ai can help your business craft that striking, instantly memorable image that forces potential customers to take notice.
  
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• Gmail’s new search filter feature will make it easier to find an email

  20-02-2020 13:38 via thenextweb.com
  
  Despite Google’s dominance and expertise in search-related algorithms, it’s often hard to find a particular email in Gmail. The company is now trying to solve this problem with a new filter feature called “Search Chips.” Here’s how it works: After you search for an email with a keyword, you’ll see filter buttons on top of the search result such as “Has attachment,” “Exclude chats,” and a date picker. You can even pick the type of attac
  
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• Algorithm blocks human rights investigator from entering US

  20-02-2020 12:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  A human rights investigator has been told he can’t enter the US due to the recommendation of an algorithm. Eyal Weizman, the director of London-based investigative group Forensic Architecture, was first informed by email that his visa waiver had been revoked. No reason was given for the revocation. The next day, he went to apply for a visa at the US Embassy in London, where an officer told him that he couldn’t travel to the country because an algorithm had identified a sec
  
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• Meet the green tech leaders saving us from climate catastrophe at TNW2020

  20-02-2020 11:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  A planetary crisis looms large. Last summer’s heatwave in Europe melted enough arctic ice to measurably rise global sea levels. In a single event.   Luckily the board is primed with big-thinking tech players ready to make their next move. Rather than balking in the face of an uncertain future, we’re energized by the progress achievable in tackling environmental challenges through green tech. Can innovation combat the climate crisis, while promoting economic growth? We know
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Visa allows Coinbase to issue Bitcoin debit cards‘

  20-02-2020 11:50 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 Plato used to say: Success is just a product of your motivation! Bitcoin price We closed the day, February 19 2020, at a price of $9,633. That’s a worrying 5.03 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$510.40. It was the lowest closing price in thirteen days. We’re still
  
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• Samsung blasted Galaxy users with bizarre ‘Find My Mobile’ push notifications

  20-02-2020 10:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  Are you okay, Samsung? Tons of Galaxy phone owners have reported the South Korean behemoth blasted them with a confusing “Find My Mobile” push notification, which solely contains the letter “1” and disappears once clicked. Samsung has yet to address this bizarre occurrence with an official statement, but everything seems to point the notification was sent by accident. According to recipients, the issue affects various Galaxy models, including the brand new Z Flip foldabl
  
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• JPEG committee is banking on AI to build its next image codec

  20-02-2020 10:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), a committee that maintains various JPEG image-related standards, has started exploring a way to involve AI to build a new compression standard.  In a recent meeting held in Sydney, the group released a call for evidence to explore AI-based methods to find a new image compression codec. The program, aptly named JPEG AI, was launched last year; with a special group to study neural-network-based image codecs. Under the program, it aims to find possible
  
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• Do dry-runs with investors to raise your first million

  20-02-2020 09:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  By now you’ll already know that fundraising requires planning and that it’s often a good idea to raise bigger sums from fewer investors. While this is true, there’s still plenty more you can do to raise your first million and get your business off the ground. With this in mind, I spoke to two seasoned founders to get their top tips to help you raise from venture capital investors. [Read: Every startup founder’s alternate realities: Business and fundraising] Sta
  
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• New Android 11 feature suggests Pixel 5 might support reverse wireless charging

  20-02-2020 07:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  Last night, Google dropped the first developer preview of its upcoming Android 11 mobile operating system. While the company listed some features such as floating chat bubbles and limited location data access on its blog, there are some nifty hidden features in this version too. Sleuths at XDA Developers who installed the developer preview, found a hidden menu called Battery Share under settings. The report notes that Google has added new code for this feature, and it might
  
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• Larry Tesler, the father of cut-copy-paste, has died at 74

  20-02-2020 02:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  You might not know Larry Tesler’s name, but I can guarantee you used something he created. This former Apple computer scientist, the inventor of some of the world’s most common user interface tools — including the copy-paste — died this week at the age of 74, according to a report from AppleInsider and an obituary from Xerox. The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler. Your workday is easier thanks to
  
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• 18+ Creative HTML CSS Footer Design Examples

  20-02-2020 01:39 via csshint.com
  
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• Android 11 tries to make floating chat bubbles a thing again

  20-02-2020 01:24 via thenextweb.com
  
  When Google first began teasing Android 10 last year – then still known as Android Q – it led us to believe the company would begin to use floating bubbles as an alternative or supplement to the standard notification shade. These bubbles allow you to interact with notifications or continue conversations easily while within other apps, and can be moved around the screen for convenient access. Unfortunately, it seems the feature was not ready for prime time and it was ultimately hidde
  
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• How to find your most-used apps on your iPhone

  20-02-2020 00:34 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. We all spend a large amount of time on our phones, and it’d probably shock at least a few of you to exactly how many hours of your lives you put into each app every day or week. Well, it’s your lucky day, because iOS can give you the cold hard numbers. Maybe you want to document a reduction in screen time (never a terrible idea), you’re
  
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