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• Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s 50-caller Zoom competitor, is now available

  14-05-2020 23:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  Messenger Rooms, Facebook’s Zoom competitor that can support up to 50 people in one video call, is now available in the US, Mexico, and Canada. It “will be available to everyone globally in the next week” said Mark Zuckerberg in a post on his Facebook profile. Zuckerberg highlighted some of the differences between Messenger Rooms and existing video calling options. While regular Messenger and WhatsApp “are already the most popular video calling services globally,”
  
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• Microsoft will detail how it plans to unify UWP and Win32 apps at Build 2020

  14-05-2020 21:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Universal Windows Platform, UWP for short, was supposed to be the future of Windows. Back when Microsoft still had aspirations for Windows to be a major mobile OS, UWP apps were supposed to be able to function on desktops, tablets, and phones alike. Yet over the years, developers largely stuck to the tried and trusted Win32 platform. Now it seems Microsoft is getting rid of UWP altogether. As spotted by Paul Thurrott, a session for the company’s upcoming online-only Build conference w
  
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• Microsoft’s new AI can generate smart to-do lists from your emails

  14-05-2020 21:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Researchers from the University of Washington and Microsoft’s AI team today unveiled a ‘Smart To-Do’ tool for automatically generating task lists from emails. Smart To-Do is an AI feature that scans your outgoing emails for actionable text and turns your self-given tasks into items on an automatically generated to-do list. If, for example, you tell your boss that you’ll give them an update on the Amsterdam account by noon on Wednesday, the AI will put something like &ldq
  
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• Sprint will disappear this summer as T-Mobile takes over

  14-05-2020 20:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  T-Mobile and Sprint officially became one last month, and the two networks have already begun merging their networks. We’ve known for a while that the Sprint brand would be phased out in favor of T-Mobile as well, but now we know when. During an investor call, T-Mobile CEO Mike Seivert said the company will transition to a unified brand starting this summer. The process was originally expected to begin in early summer, but COVID-19 pushed it to mid-summer instead: With COVID-19, we moved
  
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• Advocacy groups accuse TikTok of putting children at risk

  14-05-2020 20:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  TikTok is in hot water yet again, this time for failing to protect its youthful users in spite of its promise to do so — and if history repeats, it might have to pay another seven-figure fine if this complaint bears fruit. The complaint was filed by the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy, along with a dozen other groups. The gist of it is that TikTok continues to thumb its nose at rules designed to protect the privacy of children by leaving video
  
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• This AI will judge you for eating microwave meals

  14-05-2020 19:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new AI system that quietly watches over you from inside your home can work out if you’re gorging on microwave meals or constantly blowdrying your hair. The system, called Sapple, collects data from two separate sensors: a wall-mounted device that tracks the movements of residents, and a smart electricity meter that monitors the total energy consumed in the home.  This data is fed to a deep learning model that connects the resident’s location to t
  
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• Why entrepreneurs need annoying sideline critics

  14-05-2020 17:00 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! It must be wonderful to be a sideline critic. You can easily find the defects in other people’s work or products, point them out in an annoying way, and instantly feel unique and smart. As long as you don’t have to go through the messy
  
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• Uber introduces AI to make sure its drivers wear face masks

  14-05-2020 16:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Uber is making face masks mandatory  — and will use AI to ensure drivers follow the rules. From Monday, every time drivers go online they’ll have to take a selfie, which a computer vision algorithm will scan to check if they’re wearing a mask. Passengers will also have to wear masks — but they won’t need to prove it by taking a selfie. Instead, they’ll confirm they’re wearing a face cover by completing a checklist of safety requireme
  
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• No need to mourn the death of the third-party cookie

  14-05-2020 16:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amid the whirlwinds of the industry’s response, it’s become abundantly clear that the demise of the cookie is probably a good thing for everyone involved – audience members, publishers and even marketers.
  Or just read more coverage about: Customer Experience,Firefox,Google Chrome,Security
  
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• A Japanese spacecraft sent back images of the rocky asteroid ‘Ryugu’ — and they’re stunning

  14-05-2020 15:16 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Hayabusa2 probe has sent back stunning images of the surface of Ryugu, giving researchers an up-close look at the asteroid’s rocky surface. February 21st, 2019, the Japanese space agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu — the orbit of which brings it between Earth and Mars — granting researchers at close-up look at the object’s rocky-surface. The images, released in a paper published in the journal Science, come as a prec
  
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• How this AI-powered auto-completer is helping developers write 25% less code

  14-05-2020 14:46 via thenextweb.com
  
  You might’ve seen people on the internet saying “it’s like my autocomplete gets me.” Indeed, Keyboard protection AI has come a long way so much so that it can almost complete your sentences. So, why shouldn’t developers get the benefit of auto-complete too? For years, IDEs (Integrated Development Environment) have tried to make development quicker by predicting the next part of a developer’s code. Now, startups like Codata are using AI to help developers
  
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• This AI makes up words you won’t even find in the dictionary

  14-05-2020 14:12 via thenextweb.com
  
  Nothing gets me doodlewinkled like AI. Oh, what, you’ve never heard of this word before? It’s not my fault you get your vocabulary from traditional, hunan-made dictionaries. I brush up my lexicon with thisworddoesnotexist.com. Yep, that’s right: it’s an AI-powered vocabulary tool that makes up words and definitions you won’t find in any regular dictionary like Merriam-Webster or the Oxford English Dictionary — and it’s absolutely marvelous. My favorite
  
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• YouTube’s growth shows no signs of slowing. This training can turn that audience your way.

  14-05-2020 14:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Sounds like a place you’d really like to plant a very visible flag for your business, right? That’s the mission behind the training in The Complete Content Creator Bundle for YouTube ($39.99, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals).
  
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• Facebook’s head of AI thinks Elon musk has ‘no idea what he’s talking about’ — and he’s not alone

  14-05-2020 11:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  Elon Musk is a prominent figure in the AI community, but a lot of experts don’t see eye to eye with him. Today, Facebook‘s AI head, Jerome Persati, said that Elon Musk has “has no idea what he is talking about when he talks about AI.” Persati, who was reacting to an article on CNBC talking about Musk’s image in the AI community explained that the Tesla founder often talks about risks of AI that are distracting us from real issues. He added that Musk likes to t
  
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• A comprehensive guide to JavaScript design patterns

  14-05-2020 11:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  As a good JavaScript developer, you strive to write clean, healthy, and maintainable code. You solve interesting challenges that, while unique, don’t necessarily require unique solutions. You’ve likely found yourself writing code that looks similar to the solution of an entirely different problem you’ve handled before. You may not know it, but you’ve used a JavaScript design pattern. Design patterns are reusable solutions to commonly occurring problems in software d
  
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• Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Ex-Facebook exec urges people to buy Bitcoin… again’

  14-05-2020 11:16 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 Planck used to say: If you love yourself, you won’t do drugs! Bitcoin price We closed the day, May 13 2020, at a price of $9,269. That’s a decent 5.27 percent increase in 24 hours, or $464. It was the highest closing price in three days. We’re still 53 perce
  
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• France orders social media platforms to remove extremist content in 1 hour or pay a fine

  14-05-2020 10:28 via thenextweb.com
  
  France just passed a new law forcing major social media platforms requiring social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to remove sensitive content related to pedophilia and terrorism within just one hour of notification. This new order also states that these platforms need to remove hateful content promoting racism, sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, and aggravated insults within 24 hours of notification.  [Read: Confetti, koalas, and candles of love: Ba
  
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• Is growing your business on Instagram worth the effort?

  14-05-2020 09:32 via thenextweb.com
  
  Did you know we have an online conference about digital marketing coming up? Re:Brand will share strategies on how brands can still succeed in these unprecedented times. Many people think that growing their Instagram account is an important and necessary part of life on social media, but very few of us have stopped to ask ourselves, “Is my Instagram account actually worth growing?” At its core, growing an Instagram does one thing: it increases the number of people who visit your Ins
  
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• The US Senate just voted to let the FBI access your browser history without a warrant

  14-05-2020 08:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  In a major blow to citizens’ privacy, the US Senate voted today to give law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and CIA the power to look into your browser history without a warrant. Thanks, Mitch McConnell. Senators Ron Wyden from Oregan and Senator Steve Daines of Montana led the charge to insert privacy protections into the Patriot Act, which gives law enforcement agencies power for surveillance in order to maintain national security. However, the privacy protection amendment fel
  
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• Hamilton comes to Disney+ this July, a year ahead of schedule

  14-05-2020 01:29 via thenextweb.com
  
  Disney revealed this week it’s bringing the filmed version of the Hamilton stage show to Disney+ over a year before it was originally intended to be released. It’s pretty likely the House of Mouse bumped up the release to draw viewers to Disney+ during the quarantine, when streaming is king. But no matter their motives, it’ll be great to both see Hamilton and have something new to watch on Disney+. Surprise! The original Broadway production of Hamilton, fil
  
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• Trump extends the Huawei ban to 2021

  14-05-2020 00:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  In case you were hoping the Donald Trump‘s government would ease its restrictions on Huawei anytime soon, I’ve got some bad news for you. The president today extended the May 2019 executive order barring US complaining from using Huawei telecommunication equipment, according to Reuters. The extension will last until May 2021. Though the renewed order doesn’t explicitly name Huawei, it’s clearly aimed at the company, as well as others lawmakers have cited as potential sec
  
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• Employees say Google cut diversity programs to make conservatives happy

  14-05-2020 00:02 via thenextweb.com
  
  “A hundred black employees could testify to the pain they feel in a climate that’s inadvertently hostile towards them and management will go back and say, ‘I need to get more data,’ and then three angry white men complain and everything comes to a halt.” So says a Google employee speaking to NBC News under condition of anonymity. NBC News reporter April Glaser today released a bombshell report indicating Google’s pivoted toward appeasing conservatives in a co
  
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