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• Sony unveils the DualSense, the PlayStation 5’s stunning controller

  07-04-2020 23:56 via thenextweb.com
  
  This was a perfectly ordinary Tuesday, Sony. The biggest news in gaming was supposed to be the new Animal Crossing update. And here you hit me out of the blue with the new controller for the PlayStation 5. Y’all haven’t even shown me the darned console yet, but all of a sudden there’s this gorgeous white-and-black thing on my Twitter and I just can’t. A first look at DualSense, PS5’s new wireless controller. More details and images: https://t.co/SuaUVDkyv
  
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• The Secret Ingredients to Building a 7-Figure Meal Service Business

  07-04-2020 23:43 via shopify.com
  
  https://www.shopify.com/blog/eat-well-nashville-marketing
  
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• Parents are using Apple’s FaceTime to bond with newborns as hospitals tighten visitation rules

  07-04-2020 23:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  FaceTime isn’t generally considered a specialized medical tool, yet that’s just what it’s become to some hospitals. As medical facilities test their breaking points under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic — many offering little more than a bed in a hallway to house the influx of new COVID-19 patients — most find themselves hardening visitation protocols, or suspending them altogether, in an effort to protect their most vulnerable patients. For the sick and the
  
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• Someone trained an AI on BDSM literature so it could remix the King James Bible

  07-04-2020 21:45 via thenextweb.com
  
  Do robots go to hell? An AI developer recently created a remix of the Holy Bible (King James version) by training a text generator on BDSM stories. The results were decidedly not safe for work. The new tome, dubbed “The Orange Erotic Bible,” comes in at a whopping 64,167 words – enough to call itself a full-fledged novel, though paltry compared to the Bible’s nearly 800K. It’s developer – so far we haven’t been able to identify the person(s) responsible
  
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• Sketch vs. Figma vs. Adobe XD: Which Design Tool Is Best for Beginners?

  07-04-2020 20:27 via designshack.net
  
  https://designshack.net/articles/software/sketch-vs-figma-vs-adobe-xd/
  
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• Facebook Gaming launches Tournaments as part of its social distancing campaign

  07-04-2020 20:18 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook today rolled out Tournaments, a feature of its Gaming platform that allows users to put together a gaming competition. It’s apparently good for esports, though it’s intended for regular users who might want to have some competition while social distancing. 📣Launch announcement…📣🎮🧵 1/ Social distancing means we have to be apart, but games can still bring us together. So today we’re opening early access to Facebook Gaming tournamen
  
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• Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (April 2020)

  07-04-2020 19:09 via hongkiat.com
  
  https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/fresh-resources-for-web-designers-and-developers-april-2020/
  
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• Facebook apologizes after AI blocks posts about DIY coronavirus masks

  07-04-2020 19:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook’s AI moderators claimed another innocent victim this week when an algorithm blocked content on DIY coronavirus masks. The system threatened to ban mask makers in Pennsylvania, Illinois, and California, The New York Times reports. These groups were set up to fill a gap in protective gear that has forced hospital staff to don ski goggles and Halloween masks as shields against infection. But their efforts were caught in the crossfire of Facebook‘s battle against coronavirus pr
  
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• How to make lemonade out of shit

  07-04-2020 18:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hey all you cool cats and… Nope. I’m not going to do it. I’m staying out of that debate. Though I will say that “Tiger King” is a tour de force that’ll almost certainly make you feel better about yourself and your life choices. I’m not a Netflix
  
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• The future of identity in a cookieless world

  07-04-2020 18:00 via searchengineland.com
  
  https://searchengineland.com/the-future-of-identity-in-a-cookieless-world-332335
  
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• Tips, interviews, and resources to guide you in your remote work

  07-04-2020 17:18 via moderemote.com
  
  https://moderemote.com/
  
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• WeWork sues SoftBank for scrapping its $3 billion rescue deal

  07-04-2020 17:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s really happening: WeWork is suing its biggest investor for going back on a $3 billion plan to rescue the company from financial ruin. The embattled co-working space start-up has alleged that Japanese mega-conglomerate SoftBank breached its fiduciary and contractual responsibility to WeWork‘s minority shareholders when it withdrew its tender offer last week. [Read: WeWork can be salvaged — but its turnaround plan isn’t enough] The offer, which was signed back in
  
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• Holy sheet: How to track your stock portfolio with Google Sheets

  07-04-2020 16:57 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. From your weight to your money, there’s a tracking app for everything nowadays. Sure, they can make our lives more convenient, and they give us a sense of control, but just the fact that they exist doesn’t mean we should actually use them. In fact, some are simply abusing our laziness to gather personal information for commercial purposes. Recentl
  
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• A Grid of Logos in Squares

  07-04-2020 16:05 via css-tricks.com
  
  https://css-tricks.com/a-grid-of-logos-in-squares/
  
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• Microsoft Edge overtakes Firefox — but good luck dethroning Chrome

  07-04-2020 15:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  Mozilla Firefox has lost its spot as the second most popular browser to Microsoft Edge — the spiritual successor to everyone’s least favorite alternative, Internet Explorer. Edge takes over the runner-up position with a 7.59% market share, followed by Firefox with 7.19%, according to data NetMarketShare shared with Softpedia News. That said, Google’s Chrome still lords over the competition with a stunning 68.5% market share. To make matters worse, it seems Firefox lost ground
  
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• Daily Distraction: Here are some free ebooks for your lockdown, nerd

  07-04-2020 15:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  There’s a lot going on around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it can be quite overwhelming sometimes to keep reading news or looking at updates. So, it’s important to switch off for a while, and what better way to do that than some good old reading. And because a lot of people are stuck at home, a ton of publishers have opened up their libraries of titles ranging from fiction to science. Today, we’ll lists some free eBook sources, so you can lie down on your sof
  
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• Ride hailing apps like Uber linked to increased crashes, study finds

  07-04-2020 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Ride hailing apps like Uber and Lyft provide users with a quick and easy way to get about town, but according to new research, they also lead to an increased number of crashes for motorists and pedestrians. Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health collated data from over 370 million ride-hail trips taken in New York between 2017 and 2018. They compared traffic flows at the time of an accident, to a week before and a week after the incident. [Read: Ebikes and e-scoote
  
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• BusinessTown

  07-04-2020 14:54 via welcometobusinesstown.tumblr.com
  
  https://welcometobusinesstown.tumblr.com/
  
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• Research: Ancient Japan’s red flying pheasant may have been an aurora

  07-04-2020 14:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  Pheasants are traditional messengers from Heaven in Japanese folklore. So, what happened the day a giant red one appeared in the sky over that island nation? And, what was it? In the year 620 CE, a strange light, described in ancient texts as a red pheasant, appeared over the skies of Japan. This odd sight perplexed observers, some of whom recorded the event in stories which have since come down to our own time. “On December 30 in 620, a red sign appeared in heaven. The length was more th
  
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• This $20 design tool helps boost your portfolio and land more clients

  07-04-2020 14:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  Right now, you can try out FakeClients Design Brief Generator with a lifetime subscription to their Pro plan for only $19.99, an over 90 percent savings from TNW Deals.
  
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• Researchers want your voice to train coronavirus-detecting AI

  07-04-2020 14:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  Researchers behind an AI app that detects coronavirus in your voice have asked for volunteers to help by uploading audio of them coughing, breathing, and talking. Scientists from Cambridge University will use the data to develop machine learning algorithms that analyze a voice for symptoms of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Sounds App joins a growing list of tools using voice analysis to diagnose the coronavirus. The method remains unproven, but the team believes the sounds made by COVD-19 patients
  
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• Your smartphone is covered in germs — and this portable sterilizer kills them all in minutes.

  07-04-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Harmful bacteria can live on your phone plenty long enough to get right up next to your face during your next call. That’s why having a line of defense like the intelliARMOR UV Shield Portable Smart Phone Sanitizer ($49.99, $10 off right now from TNW Deals) has never been more important.
  
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• Open Source Fonts Are Love Letters to the Design Community

  07-04-2020 13:41 via wired.com
  
  https://www.wired.com/story/open-source-fonts-love-letters-design-community/
  
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• LCH colors in CSS: what, why, and how?

  07-04-2020 13:41 via lea.verou.me
  http://lea.verou.me/2020/04/lch-colors-in-css-what-why-and-how/
  
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• Font Books

  07-04-2020 13:41 via fontbooks.org
  
  https://www.fontbooks.org/
  
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• 6 fatal mistakes made by ad tech giants in the 2010s

  07-04-2020 13:41 via thenextweb.com
  
  https://thenextweb.com/growth-quarters/2020/04/07/6-fatal-mistakes-made-by-ad-tech-giants-in-the-2010s-and-what-they-can-teach-you/
  
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• How to land a senior design role (& what that even means)

  07-04-2020 13:40 via dribbble.com
  
  https://dribbble.com/stories/2020/04/07/how-to-become-a-senior-designer
  
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• Your boobs are about to be disrupted — here’s why

  07-04-2020 13:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s a private quest every woman has been on since her pre-teens. We’ve all been on various excursions to the mall, high street or local lingerie boutique in the hope that somewhere, out there, exists the mythical perfect bra. The problem is that traditional lingerie and sports clothing stores have long offered standard sizes, fabrics, designs, and capabilities, with little chance for customization. Industry giants like Victoria’s Secret are now seeing major criticism and decl
  
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• Huawei’s first OLED TV looks insane — but I’m not sure I want one

  07-04-2020 12:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  TVs are an interesting branch of technology. Despite the constant advancements and how much they’re used, TVs are rarely something I get genuinely excited about. It’s hard to know why: Maybe it’s how rarely I switch models, or possibly the lack of exciting features beyond more and brighter pixels. Well, it seems that Huawei‘s first OLED TV wants to change that. The Huawei Smart TV X65 — which has just had a whole load of details about it revealed —
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin climbs above $7,000 for the first time since the coronavirus meltdown’

  07-04-2020 11:09 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 Faraday used to say: Let’s whip up a knowledge omelette! Bitcoin price We closed the day, April 06 2020, at a price of $7,271. That’s a decent 7.12 percent increase in 24 hours, or $483. It was the highest closing price in twenty-five days. We’re still 63 pe
  
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• Alternative electrode materials could unlock the secret to faster-charging EV batteries

  07-04-2020 10:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  Over the past 10 years or so, electric vehicle battery technology has evolved to the point where cars can be charged from zero to 80% in a matter of minutes. But a group of scientists in the US believe they have made a breakthrough that could lead to even faster-charging batteries. In highly simplistic terms, the researchers witnessed how electrically charged particles move around inside a battery. [Read: Scientists invent a faster and cheaper way to repurpose EV batteries] The scientists, led
  
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• Scaling your ecommerce startup in the age of Amazon

  07-04-2020 10:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Recently the New York Times reported how Amazon was flooding the market with new logos and brands. Essentially, Amazon finds cheap manufacturers to produce goods and matches them with sellers that will brand and sell the products on Amazon‘s marketplace. The strategy is to flood the market in a category, leverage the Prime listing, and move on. The products don’t cost much, but by selling such large quantities, participating businesses are making millions of dollars. This
  
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• Why the coronavirus lockdown makes you more vulnerable to phishing scams

  07-04-2020 09:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  As the world scrambles to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, social distancing is the best solution we currently have at our disposal to contain the spread of the dangerous virus. For most organizations, companies, and government agencies, this means they must recommend or instruct their employees to work from home and avoid congregating at offices, where they risk becoming exposed to coronavirus contamination. But while remote working provides much-needed protection against COVID-1
  
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• WhatsApp limits message forwarding to only one person at a time

  07-04-2020 09:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  With the coronavirus pandemic affecting countries all over the world, misinformation is on the rise on the internet. While it’s easier to track down the origin of posts on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, it’s hard to do the same on end-to-end encrypted platforms such as WhatsApp. In order to limit the damage, the popular chat app is introducing a new limit on forwarding messages: You can now only do that to one chat at a time. That limit kicks in once th
  
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• Uber launches a ‘Work hub’ to help drivers find alternative jobs as rides slow down

  07-04-2020 08:44 via thenextweb.com
  
  As the coronavirus spread has caused lockdowns all over the world, ride-hailing companies like Uber, Lyft, and Ola have suspended or curtailed their services in many cities across the globe. As a result, many drivers all over the world are struggling to make ends meet. To help them, Uber has launched a Work Hub to help them find alternative jobs during these tough times via the company’s various platforms. [Read: Uber India starts delivering groceries amid coronavirus crisis] Current
  
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• 6 fatal mistakes made by ad tech giants in the 2010s — and what they can teach you

  07-04-2020 08:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  During the last ten years we have witnessed the growth and flourishing of ad tech. Since then, many good things have been said about the roaring success of industry giants. Now it’s time to unveil their fails and learn our lessons.  We live in the heyday of recently-born advertising technology. Ads served automatically grew from 0 to 30 million impressions per day. And that’s only within Google Ads network — imagine the combined numbers coming from hundreds of other ad ne
  
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• Blossom Capital launches $5M angel program to invest in 20 European startups

  07-04-2020 07:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Blossom Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund, is launching a €4.6 million ($5 million) angel program targeting European technology startups. Cultivate will bring together 30 angels investors — including Des Traynor (Intercom), Guillaume Pousaz (Checkout.com), Nilan Peiris (Transferwise), and Shakil Khan (Spotify) — and look to make 20 investments of  €230,000 ($250,000) per startup over the next 12 months. The network will be sector agnostic but will focus on
  
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• How to use Google Maps’ new Takeout and Delivery shortcuts

  07-04-2020 02:11 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. Google has today rolled out new shortcuts on its Maps app that make it easier for users to order takeout and food delivery. There’s no better time than now, with this being the only way most of us are going to eat out for the foreseeable future. Here’s how it works. The shortcuts are the little options at the top of the map that you see when
  
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• Developing a Sense of Mythology Around Your Designs

  07-04-2020 01:37 via speckyboy.com
  
  https://speckyboy.com/developing-mythology-designs/
  
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• The Pixel 4 can now require your eyes to be open for face unlock to work

  07-04-2020 01:18 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Pixel 4‘s face unlock mostly works great, but it might work a little too well. Since launch, the phone‘s biometric security has had a glaring weakness: it works even if your eyes are closed. If someone murdered you and then stole your phone, they could unlock your device by pointing it at your face. You probably don’t care that much if you’re dead though, so in a more likely scenario, your friends and family could unlock your phone while you were sleeping. Those
  
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• This smart toilet offers advanced poop analysis and analprinting

  07-04-2020 01:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  An international team of researchers recently developed a fully automated sensor package that turns any regular toilet into the Tesla Model S of commodes. Designed to monitor your health, the system comes complete with nearly a dozen sensors that can do everything from perform an on-site specimen exam (it checks your poop and urine for things like consistency, color, and glucose and red blood cell count) to time your movements. And it even has built-in cameras and a fingerprint sensor for secur
  
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• Google launches coronavirus news hub to keep reliable coverage in one place

  07-04-2020 01:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  There’s no shortage of coverage around coronavirus, but that also means it can get annoying to sift through all the noise. To help people keep updated on coronavirus information from reliable sources, Google is launching a COVID-19 hub on Google News. The hub organizes news from authoritative global and local sources to help readers access the latest guidance regarding the virus; you can even select which regions you want to be updated on in particular. It can also highlight stories by to
  
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