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• This AI creates entire songs complete with music, lyrics, and vocals

  30-04-2020 23:35 via thenextweb.com
  
  OpenAI today introduced ‘Jukebox,’ an open-source AI system for generating novel music complete with lyrics and vocals. Simply put, it’s the most impressive music-writing AI we’ve seen yet. Jukebox was trained on massive datasets of music across nearly every genre so that it can create completely fresh songs that, in many cases, sound very much like the artist(s) it was trained on. Much like other networks learn to transfer the style of a painting or other artwork from o
  
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• Facebook just made it easy to copy images to Google Photos — here’s how

  30-04-2020 21:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook today made it easy for users in the US and Canada to transfer their images and videos to Google Photos. The tool was first introduced last year in certain parts of the world, but this is the first time it’s arriving stateside. The process is quite simple. On the desktop log into your Facebook account and tap on the arrow on the upper right corner to access your settings. Then tap on the ‘Your Facebook Information’ menu on the left and select ‘Transfer a Copy of
  
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• Microsoft announces xCloud support for Game Pass games coming in 2020

  30-04-2020 20:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft Xbox boss Phil Specter today confirmed the rumors that Game Pass would be getting streaming support in the form of xCloud later this year. This comes after the company revealed subscriber numbers for the first time yesterday, surprising everyone with the news the service had surpassed 10 million users. Xbox Game Pass, often mislabeled as a “Netflix for gaming,” is a subscription service featuring access to a library with more than 100 Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One games. Un
  
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• Please don’t let Assassin’s Creed Valhalla be too much like Odyssey

  30-04-2020 19:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  Ubisoft today finally unveiled the trailer for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the Viking adventure it teased yesterday with a chill art stream. It’s an excellent trailer, playing on conventionally accepted modern myths about Vikings while setting up the historical conflict. That said, I will give my eyeteeth if the game can be a little less like its predecessor, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The game is set in the ninth century and stars a Viking hero who’s out to go raidin
  
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• This surreal AR hologram of Israel’s president is a meme in the making

  30-04-2020 17:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  We live in strange times. To celebrate the country’s Independence Day, each year the President of Israel opens his home to people of all walks of life and personally meets them for a brief selfie sesh, accompanied by an uplifting speech. But due to the coronavirus lockdown, the President has decided to address the nation in a responsible manner… by turning himself into an AR hologram. According to a press release, President Reuven Rivlin is set to “visit” each and every
  
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• Scientists enhance robotic surgery by giving human controllers electric shocks

  30-04-2020 17:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new haptic glove can give even clumsy surgeons steady hands — just by sending them a friendly electric shock. The system is designed for robotic arms, which act as physical extensions of a human surgeon. These tools add precision and reach to operations, but they can’t prevent accidents when the human controller slips up. In traditional operations, a surgeon looks at their hands as they operate. But when they’re controlling a robot, they have to follow the procedure on a mon
  
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• 15 simple tips to get better search results on Google

  30-04-2020 16:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  The average internet user conducts three to four Google searches per day. Most of those queries simply consist of one or more terms — but many people don’t know there’s a smarter way to search. Specifically, one that makes use of advanced search operators. Now that might sound a bit technical, but it’s a breeze. We’re going to show you some of the most common search operators, and examples of how to use them. After this, you’re allowed to call yours
  
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• Zoom played itself when it lied about having 300M daily active users

  30-04-2020 16:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  Many businesses are struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, but not Zoom. Just last week, the video conferencing service boasted it had over 300 million daily active users — an achievement so astounding, many refused to believe it. Well, it turns out they had a good reason not to. Zoom has quietly admitted it lied about the number, The Verge reported. The company has scrubbed all references to “daily active users” from the blog post, where it initially made the claim. Inst
  
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• Tesla’s self-driving tech will pivot to subscription service — good shit, or just shit?

  30-04-2020 16:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  Tesla is often mentioned alongside “disruptive” products and initiatives, but the company‘s latest proposal could be one of the most contentious to date. During Tesla‘s Q1 2020 earnings call yesterday, Elon Musk mentioned that advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) such as Autopilot and Full Self-Driving will become subscription services, Engadget reports. [Read: Autonomous driving still isn’t a reality in 2020 — and it’s getting people killed] Over
  
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• If cocktail bars and strip clubs can adapt their businesses, then so can you

  30-04-2020 15:54 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! One of my favorite cocktail bars in Amsterdam is The Flying Dutchman. Great atmosphere, young and ambitious bartenders, and some of the most original and amazing cocktails you can find. Now obviously, I haven’t been there for a while, or to
  
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• Daily Distraction: Become the next Picasso with these artistic tools

  30-04-2020 15:34 via thenextweb.com
  
  One of the prime reasons why I liked computers more than drawing books was easy: I just had to hold SHIFT to draw a straight line. I was (and I still am) bad at drawing. So, all my craft assignments were finished only with the help of my mom. My drawing skills remained limited to drawing doodles on the back page of my notebook. But hey, if you are someone who’s into painting or want to pick up sketching this is the perfect time to do so. While you might not be able to sit on riverbanks an
  
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• Alien oceans are home to some unusual chemistry

  30-04-2020 15:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  Exoplanets rich with water appear to be common around other stars. A new study examines conditions at the bottom of these massive seas in other worlds. Alien oceans may be common throughout the Universe, but little is known about conditions deep underwater on massive worlds orbiting alien stars. A new study recreated these extreme conditions, with surprising results. Neptune, at the edge of our own Solar System, is a perfect example of a massive, water-rich world. Astronomers believe such plane
  
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• Screw shitty webcams, I’m using a DSLR for all my video conferences now

  30-04-2020 14:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  Like many of you, I’m on a lot of video calls lately — either attending meetings and webinars or running them myself — and I hate the way my webcam makes me look. Even with the blinds open and a light on during the day in my study, the image from my feed is grainy, the colors are washed out, and it all just looks rather unpleasant. Here, see for yourself. Would you want to chat with this face multiple times a week, every week? Okay, don’t answer that. But you get the pic
  
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• How to choose the right mentor for your startup

  30-04-2020 14:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  CBI Insights’ grim sounding 2020 report entitled 339 Startup Failure Post-Mortems found that 70% of upstart tech companies fail. When it comes to consumer hardware startups, 97% eventually die or “become zombies.” And what were the top three reasons for startup failure? No market need  Ran out of cash  Not the right team (lack of diversity in skills and experience) Harry had Dumbeldore, Luke had Yoda, and Daniel had Mr. Miyagi. While your startup may not be facing an
  
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• This training package includes more than 1,000 courses on every topic you can imagine. Right now, it’s on sale.

  30-04-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  And after 25 years of online training, LearnNow has amassed quite a history of coursework, all of which is now available to students with the Complete Developer and IT Pro Library of courses available now for just $79.99, over 90 percent off the regular price.
  
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• Microsoft stock pumps after it sees two years of digital transformation in two months

  30-04-2020 13:26 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft just dropped its earnings for the first quarter of 2020 and — as one might expect — worldwide coronavirus lockdowns were great for its bottom line. The Redmond tech giant posted $35 billion revenue and $10.8 billion net income in Q1, up 15% and 22% respectively when compared with the corresponding period last year. [Read: Microsoft reportedly plans to invest in India’s payments giant Paytm] Microsoft‘s commercial cloud arm grew fast, up 39%
  
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• The Artist in the Machine: The bigger picture of AI and creativity

  30-04-2020 12:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  Will machines ever be able to replace or replicate human creativity? That is a question that we repeatedly ask ourselves as we continue to innovate and invent new creative tools. The printing press, the gramophone, the camera, the camcorder, the typewriter, the synthesizer, word processors, photo editing software, and many other tools we have invented over the past centuries have brought fundamental changes to creativity and arts. But what has remained constant throughout history is the human e
  
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• Apple to make unlocking with a face mask easier in iOS 13.5 — but I just want Touch ID back

  30-04-2020 12:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Now face masks are a thing across the world, we’re having to adapt. While they’re great for public health and fighting coronavirus, there’s one way they make life tricker: Unlocking our phones. Is this a big complaint in the grand scheme of things? Of course not. But little things like unlocking with a face mask do still matter — especially when they’re a fucking arseache. Thankfully, Apple has been listening. The iOS 13.5 developers’ beta includes a workarou
  
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• Over a third of coronavirus patients show neurological symptoms, study reports

  30-04-2020 11:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  As case numbers of COVID-19 continue to rise around the world, we are starting to see an increasing number of reports of neurological symptoms. Some studies report that over a third of patients show neurological symptoms. In the vast majority of cases, COVID-19 is a respiratory infection that causes fever, aches, tiredness, sore throat, cough, and, in more severe cases, shortness of breath and respiratory distress. Yet we now understand that COVID-19 can also infect cells outside of the respira
  
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• Psychologist explains why people TikTok themselves licking food in supermarkets

  30-04-2020 11:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  There have been numerous reports of people deliberately licking products and surfaces in supermarkets and filming it. These “licking videos” are then often posted on social media sites like TikTok, Snapchat, or YouTube for all to see. Deliberately licking and coughing on things in this way, during a pandemic, spreads fear and disgust, along with the health risks. This is what’s known as “consumer terrorism” where dangerous substances are introduced to food or other
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin shoots up 13% in a day’

  30-04-2020 11:19 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 Marcus Aurelius used to say: Peel off the skin of this mystery and eat the tasty fruit inside! Bitcoin price We closed the day, April 29 2020, at a price of $8,801. That’s a strong 12.73 percent increase in 24 hours, or $994. It was the highest closing price in fifty-tw
  
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• Reddit has chatrooms now — what could go wrong?

  30-04-2020 11:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  Reddit has announced a new chatroom feature called “Start Chatting” for bored people confined to their homes during the coronavirus pandemic. The idea is to put you in a group chat with other people in the community so you can converse with them in real-time. The company says it has rolled out this feature to 16,000 subreddits at first to gauge the reaction. In its announcement, it said this tool will help you find people who want to talk about the same things as you do: This past m
  
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• Responsible growth: Why tech companies must wake up

  30-04-2020 10:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  There is this lingering idea among businesses that growth is and should be limitless. It’s as if the economy of scale has no ceiling, no curve, no saturation point, and all growth drives proportionate cost savings, operational efficiencies, and technological improvements. This, of course, is not true, and as many companies are finding out, things like research and development timelines, talent shortages, data storage costs, sales and support demands, and software expenses all conspire to
  
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• Ride-share companies hit again as Lyft lays off 900 employees, furloughs hundreds more

  30-04-2020 09:26 via thenextweb.com
  
  In an SEC filing made earlier this week, ride-sharing service Lyft said that it would be making 988 staff members redundant, and 288 would be furloughed. The move is an attempt to cut operating costs and overcome the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, CNBC reports. [Read: Uber’s longest-serving exec quits, while coronavirus threatens 5,000 jobs] According to the report, the staff reductions represent a 17% cut to the company‘s workforce. Those that have held on to th
  
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• India is reportedly pushing smartphone makers to pre-install its coronavirus tracker

  30-04-2020 08:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  Earlier this month, India officially launched its coronavirus contact tracing app named Aarogya Setu. Within weeks it has reached the milestone of 80 million downloads. Now, the government wants smartphone makers to pre-install the app in their devices. According to a report by Livemint, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked phone manufacturers to install the app by default in a meeting held yesterday. As per a release from the ministry, the meeting was
  
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• Lenovo made a new ThinkPad keyboard for your desktop – mouse nub and all

  30-04-2020 01:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s no secret that ThinkPad laptops have historically had some of the best keyboards on the market – better than many desktop ones. If you’ve ever wished you could just chop the keyboard off your ThinkPad and use it on for your desktop setup, Lenovo’s new $99 ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II has you covered. The keyboard was first announced at CES, and it even has the little red nub (that’s the ‘TrackPoint’ part) that ThinkPads are famous for. It might
  
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• 7 Ways Brands Use Personalization to Create Tailor-Made Shopping Experiences

  30-04-2020 00:13 via shopify.com
  
  https://www.shopify.com/blog/personalized-shopping-experiences
  
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