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• How to play Dungeons & Dragons while you’re stuck in quarantine

  06-05-2020 22:43 via thenextweb.com
  
  Dungeons & Dragons is an ageless gaming classic that’s as relevant today as it was in 1974 when it was first released. The central themes of heroism, fantasy combat with evil monsters, and pretending to be someone else haven’t changed at all. Everything else, however, has. For starters, back in the mid 1970s you could go outside pretty much whenever you wanted and social distancing was just something people did when they didn’t like you. If you wanted to play D&D back
  
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• Design System Interview Questions

  06-05-2020 22:32 via bradfrost.com
  
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• Sonos announces the Arc soundbar, its first Dolby Atmos speaker

  06-05-2020 22:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  Sonos makes some of the world’s most popular wireless speakers, but when it comes to home theater, the company omission of Dolby Atmos support has long been a sore point. Fret no more: Sonos today announced the $799 Arc soundbar, the long-awaited replacement to the Playbar released way back in 2013. The Arc is Sonos‘ first speaker to support Dolby Atmos, and is, according to the company, “one of the most technically complicated products we’ve ever made.” For those
  
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• Designer Slack Communities

  06-05-2020 21:34 via designerslack.community
  
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• GitHub bolsters code security with advanced scanning and private instances

  06-05-2020 20:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  GitHub today announced that it’s bolstering its security solutions by offering GitHub Advanced Security and Private Instances features. Along with this the company also unveiled Codespaces — cloud-based development environment — and Discussions feature. Last year, GitHub acquired semantic code-scanning and security company Semmel. Now, the code-hosting company is integrating the latter’s features to provide in-built code-scanning. The company says that code-scanning
  
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• Halo 2 is about to make the Master Chief Collection an even better bargain

  06-05-2020 20:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft today revealed that, 16 years after its original release, Halo 2 is joining its fellow games in the Master Chief Collection on Steam, Xbox Game Pass, and the Microsoft Store. It’s nice to know I’ll have something to keep me occupied until major game releases resume in June. Earth will never be the same. Halo 2: Anniversary arrives on PC as part of Halo: The Master Chief Collection on May 12! https://t.co/y5NHDTiQ1E pic.twitter.com/HVzgxIuY8V — Halo (@Halo) May 5
  
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• How quantum computers can save us from the coronavirus

  06-05-2020 19:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  A team of researchers at Penn State University recently began exploring high-powered solutions for drug discovery in hopes of stumbling upon the cure for COVID-19. Hundreds of other research teams, including those backed by big tech and big pharma, are working the same problem. But this study is different. The Penn State team is bringing quantum AI to the fight. Traditionally, drug discovery’s been a painstaking process involving trial-and-error. We’re talking eyeballs on microscope
  
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• Runa Capital has $157M to spend — and will now also back deep tech and quantum startups

  06-05-2020 19:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’re looking to raise some cash for your tech startup you may be in luck because Runa Capital has closed a $157 million fund. Based in San Francisco, but an investor in several European startups, Runa Capital typically spends between $1 million and $10 million in early-stage companies. [Read: How to write an email pitch VCs will actually read] Historically, the fund has had a strong interest in companies working on cloud infrastructure, open source software, AI and machine intel
  
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• GitHub Codespaces lets you code in your browser without any setup

  06-05-2020 18:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a major announcement for developers, GitHub has launched Codespaces — a feature that lets you code directly on the web. Think of this as a virtual Integrated Development Environment (IDE) on the cloud. Earlier, to contribute to a project you would need to make a pull request, and set up the environment on your local machine according to the requirements of a project. With Codespaces, you don’t need to do that anymore. As soon as you click on the code button, the website sets
  
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• After Airbnb, Uber lays off 14% of its workforce — nearly 3,700 employees

  06-05-2020 17:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  The gig economy is crumbling during the coronavirus pandemic. Uber announced it is laying off 3,700 employees — nearly 14% of its 26,900-strong workforce. The company revealed the move in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission submitted on May 2, 2020. The majority of layoffs will affect the company‘s customer support and recruitment teams, according to the documents. “Due to lower trip volumes in its rides segment and the [Uber’s] current hiring freeze, [U
  
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• Corpse-detecting robots will use AI to recover bodies from the Korean War

  06-05-2020 17:33 via thenextweb.com
  
  South Korea is developing autonomous robots to recover the remains of soldiers killed in the Korean War. The excavations will take place in Arrowhead Ridge, a former battlefield inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that bisects the Korean Peninsula. The droids will use AI to scan underground for bodies of soldiers still missing from the war, which began in 1950 when North Korean communist forces invaded the capitalist south. A 1953 armistice suspended hostilities, but the ceasefire never pr
  
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• The 3 subconscious states of mind driving customer behavior

  06-05-2020 17:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  Marketing is the art and science of making your brand the easy choice for your customers. Today’s consumers are smart and more in-tune with their desires than they have ever been. It is not the “loudest” marketing campaign that wins, it’s the most relevant one. This is good news for startups and emerging businesses with small marketing budgets because it evens the playing field. If you know how to use behavioral design, your insights will lead to higher profits and a mor
  
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• Microsoft launches its Surface Earbuds and Surface Headphones 2

  06-05-2020 16:52 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s a big day for Microsoft. Not only has the company released the Surface Book 3 and the Surface Go 2, it’s thrown its hat into the audio ring too. So, welcome to the world, the Surface Earbuds and the Surface Headphones 2! As you can probably guess from the names, these are a pair of earbuds (the Surface Earbuds) and a pair of headphones (the Surface Headphones 2). We’ll have some more in-depth hands-on and review pieces coming soon, but before then, let’s give y
  
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• Microsoft’s $399 Surface Go 2 brings a larger screen and faster processors

  06-05-2020 16:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  I have a soft spot for tiny computers, so it’s no surprise Microsoft’s original Surface Go was one of my PCs. The 10-inch tablet was surprisingly usable for everyday tasks, its small size made it easy to take with you anywhere, and a $400 starting price made it a solid entry-level or secondary PC. Now Microsoft has improved on it with the Surface Go 2. Long story short: the company is keeping the same $399 starting price, but bumping up the specs to make the Go 2 a little more usefu
  
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• The low-down on the A-12 spy plane that Elon Musk and Grimes named their child after

  06-05-2020 16:06 via thenextweb.com
  
  You’re into tech, so you follow Elon Musk on Twitter. The Tesla CEO has had a damn busy week, so let me catch you up. Mostly he’s been moaning about TSLA stock price, selling his homes, and telling the world about his new baby, named: X Æ A-12 Musk. X Æ A-12 Musk — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2020 Musk tweeted the “name” early yesterday, and has sent the world into a downward spiral of concern and confusion. Luckily, the youngster’s mother,
  
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• Byte Me #15: Objectifying men, pandemic parenting, and mindful masturbation

  06-05-2020 15:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Subscribe to our monthly Byte Me newsletter NOW! Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3 Some updates from us: Cara and Gigi are watching Normal People and haven’t emotionally recovered, Anouk is yet to watch it but we’re working on it: Each month, our gloriously gifted designer, Saïna, illustrates a weird comment or tweet we receive from one of TNW’s misogynistic, or just funny, readers. This month&hell
  
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• Comparing Huawei’s FreeBuds 3i to AirPods is fair, but misguided

  06-05-2020 15:18 via thenextweb.com
  
  These days if you release a phone, you damn well best release a pair of true wireless earbuds too. And Huawei‘s no different. So, say hello to the FreeBuds 3i! The company’s latest true wireless earbuds were leaked almost two weeks ago, but have now been made official. Huawei’s FreeBuds 3i have a new design, active noise-cancelation, and will cost around $110 (they’re being sold for £90 in the UK). On first inspection, that’s a fucking bargain. Let&rsquo
  
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• India makes its coronavirus tracker available on feature phones

  06-05-2020 15:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  In order to push its Aarogya Setu coronavirus tracker, India has made it available for feature phones through an IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System).  Feature phone users can give a missed call to 1921, and the ministry officials will give them a call back to ask for their health conditions. The government says these are the same questions present on the smartphone app. Once officials analyze these answers, the participant will get an SMS indicating their health status. Plus, the
  
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• Airbnb lays off 25% of workforce as coronavirus cripples its business

  06-05-2020 15:16 via thenextweb.com
  
  The coronavirus pandemic has landed a crushing blow on Airbnb. In a memo to employees, co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky revealed the company is parting ways with a quarter of its workforce — or roughly 1,900 employees. “Today, I must confirm that we are reducing the size of the Airbnb workforce,” Chesky wrote. “Out of our 7,500 Airbnb employees, nearly 1,900 teammates will have to leave Airbnb, comprising around 25% of our company. Since we cannot afford to do everything
  
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• How extreme temperatures can turn exoplanets into bizarre planet-star hybrids

  06-05-2020 15:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new mathematical model predicts some exoplanets are hotter than thought, creating strange alien worlds that are half planet and half star. Hot Jupiters are not found in our solar system, but astronomers have detected evidence showing large populations of these massive worlds in other star systems, huddling close to their parent suns. For five years, papers showed an unusual trend showing up in studies of these exoplanets— temperatures of these worlds were consistently lower than predict
  
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• Microsoft announces Surface Book 3 with Nvidia RTX Quadro graphics and Intel’s latest

  06-05-2020 15:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  After weeks of rumors and leaks, Microsoft today announced the Surface Book 3. It’s up for pre-order today starting at $1,599, and will be available starting May 21. Given the current state of the world, Microsoft did not hold a physical event for the launch (the company said it was canceling all gatherings until 20201). We’ll be going hands-on with press samples soon, but in the meantime, there isn’t too much new to go ‘hand-on’ with anyway; the Surface Book 3 is
  
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• Microsoft announces Surface Book 3 with Nvidia Quadro and Intel spec bumps

  06-05-2020 15:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  After weeks of rumors and leaks, Microsoft today announced the Surface Book 3. It’s up for pre-order today starting at $1,599, and will be available starting May 21. Given the current state of the world, Microsoft did not hold a physical event for the launch (the company said it was canceling all gatherings until 20201). We’ll be going hands-on with press samples soon, but in the meantime, there isn’t too much new to go ‘hand-on’ with anyway; the Surface Book 3 is
  
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• Gambling on Bitcoin with Trump’s $1,200 corona check was a good bet

  06-05-2020 14:42 via thenextweb.com
  
  The US government recently sent $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks to every lower-and-middle class American, but it wasn’t long before cryptocurrency exchanges reported influxes of Bitcoin purchases for exactly that amount. That was in mid-April, when Bitcoin traded at around $6,600. Since then, the price of Bitcoin has risen above $9,200, which means those who bought Bitcoin with their “corona cash” are well in the green. [Read: Democrats counter Trump’s fake
  
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• In just 10 seconds, this sterilizer wand obliterates virus-causing germs & bacteria

  06-05-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  UV-C emitting devices are now all the rage — and it’s an item you should definitely consider adding to your home cleaning array. Right now, this portable rechargeable UV-C sterilizer wand ($59.99, 40 percent off from TNW Deals) is an effective defense against bacteria and other pathogens found all over your house, your phone, your clothes and everything else.
  
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• Avoid the copyright traps with this AI-powered stock image library

  06-05-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Access to the archives of JumpStory Authentic Stock Photography ($99.99 for a lifetime subscription, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) not only clear all your legal obligations, but their vast stockpile means you’ll be able to find exactly the graphic element you want the way you need it.
  
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• How to write an email pitch VCs will actually read

  06-05-2020 13:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  Coronavirus may have put a damper on your fundraising plans for now, but it doesn’t mean you can’t still reach out to venture capitalists and nurture relationships for the future Investors often receive hundreds of emails every week and most successful founders make in-roads with a VC after a warm introduction. I’d argue cold emails don’t always lead to good outcomes, but if you’re not lucky enough to know someone who can introduce you to a prospective investor, th
  
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• Computer vision is transforming healthcare with rapid cell counting and patient identification

  06-05-2020 12:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  AI in healthcare has been a hot topic for years and with advances in deep learning, it’s being successfully implemented across a wide spectrum on medical procedures. The benefits are not only cost-saving but in some cases, life-saving. Often, our first thought for applying computer vision to medicine is as a diagnostic tool for medical imaging like CAT scans and Xrays. There are also non-treatment applications in far-ranging areas, from monitoring the progress of treatment
  
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• This Indian lock screen app you didn’t know you had crossed 100M daily users

  06-05-2020 12:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Have you heard of an app called Glance? Maybe not, but if you’re using a Xiaomi, Samsung, or a Vivo phone in India, Indonesia, or Malaysia, you might’ve used it. For those unfamiliar, Glance is a lock screen app showing trending topics — and it recently reached an important milestone. In an interview with TechCrunch, developer InMobi revealed the app hit 100 million daily active users (DAUs) How did it get to this number? The secret is that the company partnered with
  
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• Uber tells its litigious California drivers it doesn’t have to offer them proper employment status

  06-05-2020 11:54 via thenextweb.com
  
  Lockdown policies around the world have, as we might have expected, led to a drop in user numbers for ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft. If that wasn’t challenging enough, the state of California is now suing the two companies for playing fast and loose with how they’ve classified their workers. In a court document published yesterday, California representatives allege that Uber and Lyft made “calculated business decisions,” to misclassify their gig-working drivers
  
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• Facebook takes another stab at enabling ‘free’ mobile web access with its new Discover app

  06-05-2020 10:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  Remember Free Basics? Facebook‘s ambitious program to bring people to the internet for the first time. It has a new baby named Discover — an app that lets you visit any website with data limits. Facebook is currently testing this app in Peru, one of the 55 countries where Free Basics exists. The social network has partnered with local telecom companies such as Bitel, Claro, Entel, and Movistar.  [Read: Twitter’s new test feature asks you to mind your language] These
  
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• Why my small startup said ‘no’ to a huge enterprise customer

  06-05-2020 08:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  For a newly launched startup with huge plans but limited resources, enterprise customers might seem like a blessing in the sky. After all, large companies often have what startups are looking for – a single enterprise customer can bring you 10-1000x+ more revenue right away than a small account, and with multi-year contracts to boot. Their logos and extensive network would bring validation, contacts, and reputation in the industry. In 2017, I launched Lokalise, a B2B SaaS platform. It was
  
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• Twitter’s new test feature asks you to mind your language

  06-05-2020 07:53 via thenextweb.com
  
  Fuck you Twitter. If you’re going to write something like this in a reply to a tweet, the social network might soon ask you to reconsider before sending it. Last night, the company announced that it’s currently testing this feature with a limited number of users on iOS to gauge their response. Essentially, if you post slurs. epithets, or swear words in a reply, Twitter might reprimand you like your school teacher. When things get heated, you may say thi
  
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• Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 2 Review: Audiophile’s choice

  06-05-2020 04:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  The world of true wireless headphones was a different place back when Sennheiser released the original Momentum True Wireless in 2018. The AirPods were the unequivocal king of the hill despite their just ‘okay’ sound quality, and every company was looking to take a bite out of the budding cable-free earbud market. Sennheiser‘s Momentum True Wireless were among the first to prove you could strive for more. The headphones looked nice, had solid connectivity, blocked ample outsid
  
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• Check out this Super Mario 64 PC port before Nintendo’s lawyers pounce

  06-05-2020 00:53 via thenextweb.com
  
  A Mario fan has made a lovely, functional port of the Nintendo 64 classic for PC, with 4K graphics and ray-tracing, the whole enchilada. Everyone come take a look before Nintendo’s lawyers strip it clean like piranhas on a dead cow. The video depicting the port surfaced over the weekend, from a user called “Unreal.” The description reads “I can’t give a download link for obvious reasons and DON’T ask a download link in the comments,” which I&r
  
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