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• The next Assassin’s Creed game is a Viking adventure called Valhalla

  29-04-2020 23:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  Ubisoft is taking advantage of a captive audience to give a tantalizing glimpse of the next game in the Assassin’s Creed series. In a reveal that dovetails with leaked details from months ago, we now know that the next adventure in gaming’s own historical Magic School Bus series will be set in the Viking era, and it’ll be called Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Watch the World Premiere of Assassin's Creed Valhalla April 30th at 8am PDT / 5pm CEST. #AssassinsCreed &md
  
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• 4 essential factors that lead to great product design

  29-04-2020 23:25 via dribbble.com
  
  https://dribbble.com/stories/2020/04/29/what-makes-great-product-design
  
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• How to Make the Remote Work Transition with Ease

  29-04-2020 22:50 via toptal.com
  
  https://www.toptal.com/designers/freelance/remote-work-transition
  
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• Facebook’s teaching AI to lie like a human

  29-04-2020 22:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook AI researchers today announced Blender, a set of state-of-the-art open-source chatbot models. These new models are supposed to be “more human” than previous iterations and provide more robust conversations. Based on early indications it appears to be as good as or better than competing bots from Google and Microsoft. But we’re not talking leaps and bounds by any measure. Because, essentially, what Facebook‘s done is taught Blender’s chatbots to lie moderat
  
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• Everything just changed: How to keep your customers at the center during turbulent times

  29-04-2020 21:57 via intercom.com
  
  https://www.intercom.com/blog/prioritize-customer-impact-turbulent-times/
  
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• Streaming-only films now eligible for Academy Awards (sort of)

  29-04-2020 20:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Academy of Arts and Sciences is this week making a painful concession to modernity. It’s finally allowing streaming-based movies the chance at an Oscar — though only because the coronavirus is seriously screwing with the traditional film release cycle. Specifically, the Academy decided during a meeting Tuesday to suspend its traditional rules governing which films are eligible. If you aren’t aware of the ins and outs of Hollywood‘s relationship with streaming-based s
  
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• Google Meet premium video conferencing is now free for everyone

  29-04-2020 19:44 via blog.google
  
  https://www.blog.google/products/meet/bringing-google-meet-to-more-people/
  
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• AI model predicts the coronavirus pandemic will end in December

  29-04-2020 18:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  Data scientists have attempted to answer the question on everyone’s mind: When will the coronavirus pandemic end? Their predictions use a mathematical model known as SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered), which calculates the spread and recovery of diseases. Researchers from Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) fed the model data on confirmed infections, tests conducted, and deaths recorded, to estimate the life cycle of COVID-19. Globally, their system pre
  
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• Amazon spent $10 million on blacklisted surveillance tech from China

  29-04-2020 18:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amazon bought $10 million worth of temperature-checking cameras from a blacklisted company accused of assisting China in its human rights abuses against Muslim minorities, Reuters reports citing sources familiar with the matter. The ecommerce giant reportedly purchased 1,500 cameras from China’s Zhejiang Dahua earlier this month to curb the spread of COVID-19 through its warehouses. [Read: Amazon warehouse worker tests positive for coronavirus day after Bezos visit] At leas
  
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• Unpacking The Golden Ratio in Design

  29-04-2020 18:14 via vectornator.io
  
  https://www.vectornator.io/blog/what-is-the-golden-ratio
  
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• Designers share the best advice they’ve ever been given

  29-04-2020 18:06 via designweek.co.uk
  
  https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/27-april-3-may-2020/best-advice/
  
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• Alpine.js: The JavaScript Framework That’s Used Like jQuery, Written Like Vue, and Inspired by TailwindCSS

  29-04-2020 18:05 via css-tricks.com
  
  https://css-tricks.com/alpine-js-the-javascript-framework-thats-used-like-jquery-written-like-vue-and-inspired-by-tailwindcss/
  
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• 6 Tips Towards Not Having Pointless Meetings

  29-04-2020 18:05 via hongkiat.com
  
  https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/meeting-tips/
  
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• 10 Things to Remember When Designing your App’s UX

  29-04-2020 18:01 via djangostars.com
  
  https://djangostars.com/blog/mobile-ux-design-checklist/
  
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• How to Get Better at Unit Testing

  29-04-2020 17:59 via seesparkbox.com
  
  https://seesparkbox.com/foundry/improve_unit_testing_with_mocha_chai_jsdom
  
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• How to Determine a Target Market for Your Web Design Business

  29-04-2020 17:58 via 1stwebdesigner.com
  
  https://1stwebdesigner.com/how-to-determine-a-target-market-for-your-web-design-business/
  
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• 18 Tips to Improve Website Design Legibility

  29-04-2020 17:58 via line25.com
  
  https://line25.com/ui-ux-design/18-tips-to-improve-website-design-legibility
  
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• How To Succeed In Wireframe Design

  29-04-2020 17:57 via smashingmagazine.com
  
  https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/04/wireframe-design-success/
  
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• Uber’s longest-serving exec quits, while coronavirus threatens 5,000 jobs

  29-04-2020 16:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  According to an SEC filing earlier this week, Uber‘s chief technology officer is stepping down. The rest of the executive board is reportedly discussing further measures to help the company weather the financial challenges created by the coronavirus pandemic. [Read: Global e-scooter numbers could quadruple once lockdown measures lift, analysts say] The Information reports that more than 5,400 jobs could be at risk as Uber‘s management looks to cut costs. This would represent a loss
  
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• Google’s decision to make Meet free for all isn’t charity — it’s effective marketing

  29-04-2020 15:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  Google surely knows how to capitalize on the string of security nightmares Zoom has been dealing with and the recent coronavirus-induced work-from-home situation. The Mountain View giant announced it’s making its video conferencing service Google Meet free for everyone for the time being. The video call tool will gradually become available over the next few days, the company says. “Starting in early May, anyone with an email address can sign up for Meet and enjoy many of the same fe
  
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• Good design should be inclusive and accessible — but what’s the difference?

  29-04-2020 15:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full ‘Sprint’ program here. What does someone who’s hard of hearing, someone with a severe ear infection, and a commuter on a packed subway who forgot their earphones have in common? They would all struggle to interact with audio content in a digital interface. There are two primary ways to approach design that can solve problems such as this: accessible design
  
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• This AI-driven meme generator delivers the avant-garde content you need

  29-04-2020 14:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  I’m going to solve some pretty big things here for you. First off, memes are art. Secondly, computers are capable of creating art. How do I know this? Easy — because of this AI-driven meme generator. God, that was smooth. Anyway, the folks over at Imgflip created something called This Meme Does Not Exist, a meme generator powered by a deep artificial neural network. I was alerted to its existence when one of my friends (shout out you, Ruby) sent me this magnificent Tw
  
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• TNW Couch Conferences welcome tech experts to share strategies for the current crisis

  29-04-2020 14:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  The world today may seem unrecognizable, but our drive to come together and create remains unchanged. Now is the moment to share our knowledge, orient towards opportunity, and imagine a new collective future.  In the spirit of discovery, TNW – together with supporting partner We Are Live – is excited to introduce Couch Conferences: Our way to inspire and connect the tech community around areas of change and growth during the coronavirus crisis. Whether worki
  
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• TNW Couch Conferences welcome tech experts sharing strategies for the current crisis

  29-04-2020 14:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  The world today may seem unrecognizable, but our drive to come together and create remains unchanged. Now is the moment to share our knowledge, orient towards opportunity, and imagine a new collective future.  In the spirit of discovery, TNW – together with supporting partner We Are Live – is excited to introduce Couch Conferences: Our way to inspire and connect the tech community around areas of change and growth during the coronavirus crisis. Whether worki
  
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• Tech experts share strategies for the current crisis at TNW Couch Conferences

  29-04-2020 14:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  The world today may seem unrecognizable, but our drive to come together and create remains unchanged. Now is the moment to share our knowledge, orient towards opportunity, and imagine a new collective future.  In the spirit of discovery, TNW– together with supporting partner We Are Live – is excited to introduce Couch Conferences: Our way to inspire and connect the tech community around areas of change and growth during the coronavirus crisis. Whether working to
  
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• This mega-bundle can get any new entrepreneur up to speed on digital marketing 

  29-04-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Complete Digital Marketing for Beginners Bundle ($44.99, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) is a smart place to start for anyone ready to tackle the full gamut of what commerce in 2020 on the web really looks like. 
  
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• Should a smartphone last longer than 24 months? The Teracube Smartphone says heck, yes.

  29-04-2020 13:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  Teracube is tackling the smartphone game from a completely different angle, arguing reliability and a responsibility to our planet are why you should consider one of their new Teracube Smartphones ($298.99; originally $349.99 from TNW Deals).
  
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• 4 amazing astronomical discoveries made by ancient Greeks

  29-04-2020 13:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Histories by Herodotus (484BC to 425BC) offers a remarkable window into the world as it was known to the ancient Greeks in the mid-fifth century BC. Almost as interesting as what they knew, however, is what they did not know. This sets the baseline for the remarkable advances in their understanding over the next few centuries – simply relying on what they could observe with their own eyes. Herodotus claimed that Africa was surrounded almost entirely by sea. How did he know this? He re
  
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• How to set a shutdown timer for your Mac

  29-04-2020 12:36 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. I grew up loving the shutdown timer feature on my TV. With the ridiculous amounts of television I consumed, I often struggled to doze off unless I had the noise of some late-night show in the background. Things haven’t changed much since then: I still keep a season or two of The Office, Rick and Morty, or The Sopranos on Google Drive
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Putin explains why Russia won’t have a national cryptocurrency’

  29-04-2020 12:14 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 Marie Curie used to say: Yippee! Bitcoin price We closed the day, April 28 2020, at a price of $7,807. That’s a minor 0.12 percent increase in 24 hours, or $10. It was the highest closing price in forty-seven days. We’re still 61 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-
  
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• Global e-scooter numbers could quadruple once lockdown measures lift, analysts say

  29-04-2020 12:08 via thenextweb.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic is causing economic downturn across numerous industries. How and if they will recover remains to be seen, but new research suggests that the e-scooter market could bounce back once lockdown measures are lifted. According to new figures from market analysis firm Berg Insight, the global e-scooter market will experience a temporary contraction in 2020, but over the next four years the number of shared scooters in use is expected to boom. [Read: Study: Teslas cover more mi
  
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• Report: Coronavirus may lead to mass extinction of tech startups worldwide

  29-04-2020 10:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  Coronavirus will have devastating effect on startups, causing a drop in venture capital funding across the world, eradicating many businesses altogether, and making government intervention necessary. That’s according to Startup Genome’s ‘Governments, Don’t Let your Startups and Scaleups Die’ report, which states that the recent drop in venture investments in China will help predict what will happen in Europe and the US. “While it took four quarters
  
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• How the coronavirus led to a rise in online Islamophobic hate speech

  29-04-2020 09:53 via thenextweb.com
  
  Communities coming together to help those in need has been a strong theme of the COVID-19 pandemic. But at the same time that many people are seemingly appreciating those around them, our new research has found that COVID-19 has led to a rise in online Islamophobic hate speech. My colleague, Roxana Khan-Williams, and I have examined the impacts of COVID-19 on social media. We’ve found that COVID-19 has been used by the far-right to peddle Islamophobic hate. Our study, which was conducted
  
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• Google is shutting down another social network you’ve never heard of

  29-04-2020 08:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Google is winding down Shoelace, a hyperlocal social networking app it launched last July to help people find others nearby to join them in activities like sports and attending shows. The company said it’ll close down Shoelace servers on May 12. The service was available only in New York City, and was an experiment from Area 120, the company’s internal incubator for employees’ potentially big ideas. Google noted that “given the current health crisis, we don’t feel
  
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• WhatsApp is mulling offering loans to users in India

  29-04-2020 08:42 via thenextweb.com
  
  WhatsApp‘s payment ambitions in India might not just be limited to peer-to-peer transactions. The company is looking into the possibility of lending money to its users as well. Earlier this month, in a regulatory filing, the company said it wants to “advance money or give credit on such terms as may seem expedient, and with or without security, to customers and others.” However, as the company is barred by law from doing any banking business, it’ll have to execute this p
  
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• Five Happy Links

  29-04-2020 01:32 via fivehappylinks.com
  
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• Leak: The budget-priced ‘OnePlus Z’ could launch in July

  29-04-2020 01:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  In the months leading up to the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro‘s launch, we’d heard multiple rumors pointing to a ‘OnePlus 8 Lite,’ but that clearly never came to fruition. But for those wanting a cheaper OnePlus device, not all hope is lost. Leakster Max J today posted an image teasing a ‘OnePlus Z’ to arrive this summer, suggesting the phone was simply delayed and rebranded. The naming alludes to 2015’s OnePlus X, a midrange alternative to the company’s hi
  
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• Will the current pandemic provide an opportunity for a creative reset?

  29-04-2020 00:50 via itsnicethat.com
  
  https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/wix-playground-presents-design-for-community-online-event-280420
  
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