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• MIT’s AI predicts catastrophe if social distancing restrictions relax too soon

  16-04-2020 22:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  MIT recently trained a machine learning model to accurately predict the spread of COVID-19. According to the AI, we should be seeing a plateau where the amount of new cases begins to level off in the US and Italy in the next week. This good news, however, comes with a dire warning: relaxing quarantine measures too soon will be catastrophic. The engineers behind the AI explain the results as being very similar to the situation that happened in Singapore where quarantine and social distancing eff
  
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• Report: Apple’s first full-size wireless headphones will use modular components

  16-04-2020 20:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Earlier this year, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed Apple plans to release its first pair of full-size headphones this year — or at least its first to not fall under the Beats brand. Now a report from Bloomberg corroborates the rumor, providing more details on their design, including modular components to customize their appearance and functionality. Bloomberg’s report goes into detail about the headphone‘s appearance, noting that it will come in “at least two variatio
  
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• Report: Sony to limit PlayStation 5 supply at launch

  16-04-2020 20:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  A report from Bloomberg suggests Sony might go with a unique strategy to sell the PlayStation 5: namely, to sell a limited amount of consoles in the first year, allegedly to offset the console’s higher price tag. Bloomberg’s anonymous sources report that the company will produce “5 to 6 million units of the PS5 in the fiscal year ending March 2021.” By comparison, the PS4 sold more than that within a few months. The rumor is that the console will have such a higher price
  
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• DoD: Pentagon okay in giving $10B ‘war cloud’ contract to Microsoft over Amazon

  16-04-2020 18:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Pentagon’s watchdog has no real beef with the awarding of a $10 billion ‘war cloud’ contract to Microsoft over Amazon, despite admitting it can’t completely prove that Trump‘s White House didn’t interfere. In a massive 313-page report released Wednesday, the Defense Department‘s (DoD) inspector general deemed the contract’s acquisition process both reasonable and consistent with the law. [Read: The world has less billionaires in 2020, but
  
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• Facebook to notify users who’ve read coronavirus misinformation

  16-04-2020 18:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook users who have interacted with coronavirus misinformation will soon get alerts on the platform, the company announced on Thursday. In the coming weeks, users have liked, shared, or commented on false content will receive a pop-up warning in their News Feed. The message will direct them to a World Health Organization (WHO) webpage where coronavirus myths are debunked. “We want to connect people who may have interacted with harmful misinformation about the
  
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• An entrepreneur’s guide to long-term marketing strategies amid COVID-19 

  16-04-2020 17:42 via thenextweb.com
  
  While lowering the cost to human life remains of utmost importance during the COVID-19 outbreak, the virus is also fiercely impacting businesses across the globe. In the United States 17 million people, 10% of the workforce, filed for unemployment in a three-week period, and the OECD projects world GDP growth will fall to 2.4% in 2020. Lacking the deep pockets and credit lines that more established corporations can fall back on during times of economic disruption, the startup community will sur
  
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• Studio Ghibli releases free video background wallpapers to hide your shitty home decor

  16-04-2020 17:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  Ashamed of your terrible home decor? Fear not: The acclaimed Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli has just released a series of wallpapers to hide your tie-dye tapestries, bloodstains, and Audrey Hepburn posters. And you wanna know the best part? They are free. That’s right — F R E E, as long as you don’t use them for commercial purposes or advertising. Among the eight background options are stills from Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Arrietty, The Tale of P
  
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• Amazon and Flipkart will resume delivery of non-essential items in India from April 20

  16-04-2020 16:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  Earlier this week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown until May 3 to curb the coronavirus spread. However, new guidelines published by the government suggest that ecommerce companies can start delivering non-essential goods from April 20. Last month, when Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown, the government restricted ecommerce firms to deliver only essential goods such as food, groceries, staples, and medical supplies. These new relaxations will let
  
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• This AI-powered port in Japan prevents ship collisions better than humans

  16-04-2020 16:12 via thenextweb.com
  
  When you think about the future of mobility what comes to mind? Ebikes? E-scooters? Futuristic electric vehicles? Or planes that take off and land vertically? Maybe you should spare a thought for boats. Large cargo ships transport tens of billions of tonnes worth of goods around the world every year, making them a vital part of global supply chains. Transporting goods by boat is no easy task, but Fujitsu thinks artificial intelligence might be able to lend a hand. In a trial that ran between De
  
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• Your product isn’t ‘broken’ or ‘unbroken’ — it’s somewhere in between

  16-04-2020 15:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  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! A few days ago, I passed a couple of kids on the street. They stood by their bicycles, getting ready to head out. I didn’t really pay them much attention (except from trying to keep 1.5 m distance), but I did overhear the younger one defiant
  
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• Daily Distraction: Become a shutterbug from the comfort your couch

  16-04-2020 15:07 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the perks of writing about tech is to get to know more about photography with different phones. I miss the time when I could go outside and spend a couple of hours in a public park or by a monument to take some snaps. Last year, when I went on a ‘EuroTrip’ (don’t worry, it was nothing like the movie), I decided just to carry a few phones to take pictures. And I was satisfied with the results I got from the Huawei P30 Pro. While a phone‘s camera
  
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• Facebook tests security measures by cloning itself and setting bots free

  16-04-2020 14:56 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a parallel social network hidden from prying eyes, an army of Facebook bots is abusing the platform to find hidden security flaws work out ways to improve security. The fake users try to scam other bots, post illicit content, and steal personal data in a scaled-down version of Facebook that uses the same code as the real platform. As Facebook puts it, “the simulation is executed on the real system itself.” When a bot discovers a vulnerability or bug on the platform, the system au
  
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• Facebook clones itself to test security measures by letting bots roam free

  16-04-2020 14:56 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a parallel social network hidden from prying eyes, an army of Facebook bots is abusing the platform to find hidden security flaws work out ways to improve security. The fake users try to scam other bots, post illicit content, and steal personal data in a scaled-down version of Facebook that uses the same code as the real platform. As Facebook puts it, “the simulation is executed on the real system itself.” When a bot discovers a vulnerability or bug on the platform, the system au
  
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• Starting a successful podcast can be on your quarantine to-do list. Here’s how to get it done.

  16-04-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Meanwhile, successful podcasts, some generating more than $1 million a year, have shown how a good idea and an entertaining product can be turned into real money. The roadmap to kickstarting your own podcast success story can start with The Start-to-Finish Guide to Launching a Successful Podcast Bundle. Right now, it’s hundreds off the regular price, just $44.91 from TNW Deals.
  
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• SRAM dialed my bike rides up to 12 with its radical wireless electronic gears

  16-04-2020 13:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  A certain professional cyclist who allegedly won the Tour de France seven times famously said: “It’s not about the bike.” British author and round the world cyclist, Rob Penn, later wrote a book detailing a build of his dream bike entitled: “It’s all about the bike.” And well, they’re both kind of right. Let me explain, by means of a convoluted review. [Read: Canyon’s latest race bike is hella expensive — but you get what you pay for] Recent
  
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• What downtime? Robinhood fund raise to reportedly boost its valuation to $8B

  16-04-2020 12:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Robinhood, the popular trading app, is close to securing additional funding that will see it valued at around $8 billion, reports Bloomberg citing people familiar with the deal. The Menlo Park-based startup behind the app is said to soon raise around $250 million, led by seminal VC fund Sequoia Capital, a returning investor. [Read: Data says Robinhood users are really bad at portfolio diversification] Robinhood‘s revenue has seen record growth during the coronavirus pandemic, reportedly a
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Daily value transfer on Ethereum now on par with Bitcoin’

  16-04-2020 12:20 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 Satoshi Nakamoto used to say: Your imagination is the only tool in the book! Bitcoin price We closed the day, April 15 2020, at a price of $6,642. That’s a notable 2.97 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$203.45. It was the lowest closing price in thirteen days. We’
  
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• India advises government employees not to use Zoom over privacy concerns

  16-04-2020 12:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  Today, India joined a long list of governments who have restricted the use of the video calling platform Zoom over security concerns. A circular sent by the country’s home department said Zoom is not secure and it’s “not for use by government employees for official purposes.” According to the circular, this follows advisories issued by The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) regarding the platform in the past couple of months. It also dictate
  
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• How deep learning algorithms can be used to measure social distancing

  16-04-2020 11:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  Many countries have introduced social distancing measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand if these recommendations are effective, we need to assess how far they are being followed. To assist with this, our team has developed an urban data dashboard to help understand the impact of social distancing measures on people and vehicle movement within a metropolitan city in real time. The Newcastle University Urban Observatory was established to better understand the dynamic
  
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• 3 ways to maximize your work station at home

  16-04-2020 11:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Working from home is great. There’s no commute and you can have greater control about your work setup (heck, you can even have your own whiteboard), but getting this right can be tricky. So, here’s some top advice to help you maximize your current home setup so that your body doesn’t suffer. Isolate and separate Before we start talking about an ideal home setup, you need to think about two things: Isolation and separation. You need to find a space with a sole purpose, one that
  
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• India is offering local tech companies $130K to build an encrypted Zoom clone

  16-04-2020 09:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s no secret now that governments across the world are trying to avoid Zoom for internal meetings after the app was found to be a security and privacy nightmare. While the Indian government hasn’t explicitly banned the platform, it’s now keen on creating its own video conferencing app. The center has launched a program for Indian tech companies to come up with an encrypted video conferencing solution that works on all platforms. The government has asked companies to reg
  
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• Apple’s new $399 iPhone SE couldn’t have come at a worse time

  16-04-2020 03:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  Apple today released its long-awaited iPhone SE, a $399 smartphone with bells and whistles for days, but none of which are likely to force an upgrade. The launch wasn’t the spectacle we’re all used to. Apple quietly dropped the news to a handful of news outlets and then added a new page to the website. There were no black turtlenecks, no talks about a lack of diversity on stage, and no beautiful teasers meant to showcase its quality design. Oh, and one more thing… there was n
  
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• Check out these gorgeous visualizations of popular neural networks

  16-04-2020 02:12 via thenextweb.com
  
  OpenAI today released ‘Microscope,’ a database of complex AI visualizations designed to aid researchers in developing techniques to reverse-engineer neural network nodes. All that’s well and fine, but the real sell here is how dazzling the images are. Microscope, so named because it puts neural networks under a metaphorical microscope to expose their inner workings, is a visual method for showing what a neural network’s expansive system of layers and nodes looks like. Ac
  
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• How to check the status of your coronavirus stimulus payment

  16-04-2020 01:44 via thenextweb.com
  
  The US government has begun sending out $1,200 checks to most Americans as part of a $2 trillion economic relief package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Dubbed the CARES Act — Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act — the stimulus package means the majority of Americans should receive their money via direct deposit, while others will receive their checks via mail. The timing of the rollout, however, has been uncertain, with some people receiving their deposi
  
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• Pokémon Go offers stay-at-home raids to keep people inside

  16-04-2020 00:26 via thenextweb.com
  
  Niantic is attempting to convince the people who play Pokémon Go to stay home. To assist in that monumental (and antithetical) task, it’s now allowing users to join Raid battles from the comfort of their own homes. Players can buy the Remote Raid Pass from the in-game store, which will — as the name suggests — allow you to access nearby raids without being physically close to the site. In other words, you’ll be able to raid without leaving your home. Niantic&lsquo
  
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