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• Review: Google’s new Pixel Buds mean Android finally has a proper AirPods rival

  27-04-2020 20:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  Google‘s original Pixel Buds, its first attempt at challenging Apple’s AirPods, was less than successful. Though I personally had a soft spot for their unique design and loved the (at the time) unique Google Assistant integration, several significant flaws made them difficult to recommend. They weren’t fully wireless, requiring a cable between the buds. They were a pain to put in and out of their case. There was no way to skip tracks without talking to the Assistant. Pairing d
  
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• UPS drones to deliver prescriptions to Florida retirement community

  27-04-2020 19:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  UPS will use drones to fly prescription medications to residents of The Villages in Florida, a retirement community of more than 1350,000 people. The service is scheduled to take off on May 4, and will use drones developed by Matternet, a California-based aerial delivery company. The first flights will be less than half a mile long, and end when the drones drop off the parcels at a location near The Villages. A UPS ground vehicle will then complete the delivery to the resident’s door
  
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• Man’s paralyzed hand can feel again — thanks to a brain implant

  27-04-2020 17:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  Scientists have managed to reverse paralysis, by using a brain implant to restore a man’s hand movement and sense of touch. The breakthrough came after years of tests on Ian Burkhart, who severed his spinal cord in a 2010 diving accident, leaving him with paralysis in his hands and legs. In 2014, researchers from Battelle, a nonprofit research organization in Ohio, tried to restore his hand motion by surgically implanting a brain-computer interface (BCI) inside his skull. T
  
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• Daily Distraction: Travel virtually from your home

  27-04-2020 14:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has caused one of mankind’s favorite activities to halt all across the world: traveling. No one is planning vacations, booking tickets, or wishlisting Airbnbs in exotic locales. While it might take us a while to get back to visiting places in person, we can surely visit many intriguing and scenic places virtually, from the comfort of our couches. Here’s how you can do it: BBC’s Countryfile magazine takes us to through breathtaking views of di
  
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• Daily Distraction: Travel the world without leaving your house

  27-04-2020 14:49 via thenextweb.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has caused one of mankind’s favorite activities to halt all across the world: traveling. No one is planning vacations, booking tickets, or wishlisting Airbnbs in exotic locales. While it might take us a while to get back to visiting places in person, we can surely visit many intriguing and scenic places virtually, from the comfort of our couches. Here’s how you can do it: BBC’s Countryfile magazine takes us to through breathtaking views of di
  
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• Welcome to the new normal. This Work From Home Starter Kit can help you conquer it.

  27-04-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Whether you’re looking to bolster your professional skillset, expand your reach or get a freelance career or side hustle off the ground, all this downtime is the perfect moment to refocus and chart a new course. You’ll have all the tools to make those moves with the collection in The 2020 Ultimate Work From Home Starter Kit Bundle. It’s available now for $39.99, over 90 percent off its retail price, from TNW Deals.
  
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• AI can tackle the climate emergency — if developed responsibly

  27-04-2020 13:53 via thenextweb.com
  
  Our planet is altering at a dangerous pace due to climate change. And at the same time, we seem to be entering a period of unprecedented technological transformation. Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-connected devices are creating increasingly complex intelligent technological systems. As pressures on the planet and its climate increase, so does the hope that these novel technologies will be able to help us detect, adapt and respond to the growing environmental cr
  
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• UK spies must ramp up use of AI to fight new threats, says report

  27-04-2020 13:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  UK spies must use AI to counter cyber attacks and augment intelligence analysis, according to a new study commissioned by eavesdropping agency GCHQ. The report warns that hostile states and cybercriminals “will undoubtedly seek to use AI to attack the UK,” through malware that mutates to evade detection and automated social engineering attacks that trick people into divulging confidential information. It also predicts growing threats from deepfakes that
  
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• Researchers claim this AI model achieves better compression rates than PNGs

  27-04-2020 13:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  Image compression has been one of the constantly evolving challenges in computer science. Programers and researchers are always trying to improve current standards or create new ones to get better image quality at a lower size. Earlier this month, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Sheng Cao, Chao-Yuan Wu, and Philipp Krahenbuhl, published a paper that looks at using super-resolution to get lossless compression of images. The model is called S
  
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• Coronavirus pandemic is paving the way for an increase in superbugs

  27-04-2020 12:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  The heroic efforts of researchers and healthcare professionals globally will eventually help us gain control of the coronavirus pandemic and there will be a decrease in the rate of new infections. The focus is still rightly on the damage this pandemic is causing, the devastating loss of life and the impact on businesses and livelihoods. But we also need to look at other prevalent crises that are affecting our healthcare systems and anticipate the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on t
  
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• 3 lessons for tech startups I learned from working in construction

  27-04-2020 12:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  Before I moved into the world of startups, I had a less glamorous position of a builder, running a construction company. The job was demanding, but prepared me well for – and even inspired the creation of – my new company Hourly. I always encourage people who have spent their lives in the world of tech to have empathy and understanding of those who have jobs in physical labor, and I wanted to pass on a few lessons I learned from my time in construction. Plan ahead meticulously As th
  
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• How South Korea identified and tracked people who may have been infected with coronavirus

  27-04-2020 11:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  As countries around the world consider how best to reopen their countries, it’s worth considering how South Korea has been able to “flatten the curve” and even hold parliamentary elections without resorting to lockdowns. After seeing an initial spike in COVID-19 infections in February, South Korea implemented several measures to bring the disease’s spread under control, a progression I’ve followed as a researcher on public policy. South Korea was able to lower the
  
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• Accelerators can help startups survive the pandemic by boosting diversity

  27-04-2020 11:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Business accelerators are programmes which offer various types of support, including training, mentorship, access to workspaces and investment, to early-stage businesses with the aim of helping them through the fragile early stages of growth. They may play a vital role in post-COVID-19 recovery. In a recent study, funded by the UK government, we found evidence that participating in one particular accelerator (which will remain anonymous) was associated with an increase in business survival rate
  
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• It’s lonely being a female engineer — here’s how we fix it

  27-04-2020 10:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  In the male-dominated tech industry, being the sole female engineer or engineering leader on a team full of men can be lonely. More than 30% of women who have left the engineering profession cite organizational climate as their reason for leaving (SWE Research). My career has been spent in areas that are even more traditionally male – infrastructure, SRE/DevOps, and backend services. I have also run data centers and hardware engineering teams. I have often been the only woman on my team,
  
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• Facebook-backed Reliance Jio pilots basic grocery ordering service on WhatsApp in India

  27-04-2020 09:54 via thenextweb.com
  
  Less than a week ago, Facebook announced it was investing $5.7 billion into India’s largest mobile carrier, Reliance Jio. We now have an idea of how the two giants plan to collaborate: The latter’s ecommerce arm, JioMart, is now testing a system for WhatsApp users to order goods via the messaging service. The pilot program currently allows for people in three cities in the state of Maharashtra — Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan — to browse and order groceries for picku
  
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• Microsoft reportedly plans to invest in India’s payments giant Paytm

  27-04-2020 09:43 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft might be looking to pump some money in India’s payment sector through a potential investment in the country’s fintech giant Paytm. According to a report from the Economic Times, Paytm is looking to add an extended $100 million to its series-G round worth $1 billion, which was announced last year. A person familiar with the discussion told ET that talks with Microsoft “began last year when Paytm was in the middle of raising funds. While Microsoft could
  
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• WhatsApp sees 70% drop in ‘viral message’ forwards after applying limits

  27-04-2020 07:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  Earlier this month, WhatsApp rolled out a new feature to limit forwards to only one contact at a time. The idea was to reduce the spread of misinformation spread on the app amid the coronavirus crisis. After announcing the feature, the company says this move has already had a positive impact on its service, in just two weeks. In a statement, WhatsApp said it saw a 70% reduction in the number of highly forwarded messages: WhatsApp is committed to doing our part to tackle viral mes
  
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