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• Paradox announces first new expansion for Surviving Mars since 2019

  31-08-2021 22:38 via thenextweb.com
  
  Paradox Interactive today announced Below and Beyond, an all-new expansion for Surviving Mars, marking the the title’s first major update since 2019. Hooray! Surviving Mars is an experience unlike any other. Equal parts survival game and city-builder (you get to build the beautiful Martian colony of your dreams but if you screw up everyone dies), the game tasks you with exploiting the red planet on behalf of your sponsors. The news: long-time Paradox Interactive fans already know the dril
  
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• Scientists claim humans could safely fly to Mars (if they’re back within four years)

  31-08-2021 21:57 via thenextweb.com
  
  Did you know Neural is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your online ticket now! The race to get humans to Mars is heating up. China recently joined the USA in targeting the 2030s for crewed missions to the planet, but both their plans face enormous hurdles. One of the main concerns is the threat posed by particle radiation from the sun, stars, and galaxies. These particles could
  
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• Why the Pentagon’s probably drooling over the upcoming Age of Empires 4 launch

  31-08-2021 20:55 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft, a company with numerous military contracts, has brazenly admitted it intends to train an artificial intelligence agent to become “unbeatable” by humans in war simulations. Feel free to run amok in a fugue state of panic at your own discretion, but I should point out it’s for a video game. Of course, that doesn’t really make it any less scary. Up front: an upcoming real-time strategy game titled Age of Empires 4 is set to release on Xbox Game Pass at the end of
  
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• Climate change is an infrastructure problem, just look at this EV charger map

  31-08-2021 19:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers – at least not yet. Today the U.S. has around 43,000 public EV charging stations, with about 106,000 outlets. Each outlet can charge only one vehicle at a time, and even fast-charging outlets take an hour to provide 180-240 miles’ worth of charge; most take much longer. The existing network is acceptable for
  
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• Bose’s QuietComfort 45 headphones cancel more noise and last longer

  31-08-2021 17:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Bose‘s QuietComfort 35 were some of the most popular headphones of the last few years due to their intense noise canceling, cozy design, and solid sound quality (don’t @ me audiophiles).  Today the company released an updated version of the classic, the fittingly-named QuietComfort 45. The headphones are priced at $329, which puts them a notch below the $380 Bose 700 that was the ostensible successor to the QuietComfort line (they’re also a little cheaper than the QC35 II
  
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• GPT-3 mimics human love for ‘offensive’ Reddit comments, study finds

  31-08-2021 17:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  Did you know Neural is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your online ticket now! Chatbots are getting better at mimicking human speech — for better and for worse. A new study of Reddit conversations found chatbots replicate our fondness for toxic language. The analysis revealed that two prominent dialogue models are almost twice as likely to agree with “offensive
  
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• This Blade X 4K drone has a pair of HD cameras, motion gesture piloting — and it’s less than $90

  31-08-2021 16:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: With a pair of HD cameras and a vast array of flight features, the Ninja Dragons Blade X 4K Dual Camera Drone is a stellar aircraft, especially at a price under $100. From real estate pictures to adventuring to filmmaking, the capabilities of a drone in the minds of an inventive thinker are positively enormous. And now that crafts are standardizing and loading up with features so quickly, the sky is quickly becoming the limit for everything from business uses to flat out fun. The Ninja Dr
  
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• World’s first cobalt-free EV batteries finally launched — here’s why it matters

  31-08-2021 15:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  Chinese EV battery manufacturer SVOLT has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first cobalt-free battery. At Chengdu Motor Show the company showcased its innovative battery pack inside an Ora Cherry Cat from Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors.  And that’s definitely good news. Credit: Ora The Ora Cherry Cat. Why we need cobalt alternatives As the world moves towards reducing carbon emissions, demand for electrified transport has been rising. Most of today’s electric
  
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• S-Korea’s new law forces Google and Apple to change in-app payments

  31-08-2021 15:14 via thenextweb.com
  
  hatSouth Korea passed a landmark bill today that will force Apple and Google to open up their app stores to alternative payment methods. The country’s national assembly passed the bill after the special parliament committee voted in favor of it last week. The bill is an amendment to the country’s telecommunication act that will stop companies like Apple and Google from using their in-app purchase system in app stores exclusively. If any app store operator fails to comply they’
  
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• Windows 11 officially releases on October 5, but you might not get it until 2022

  31-08-2021 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Windows 11 has a release date, and it’s a fair bit sooner than many of us anticipated. Microsoft today announced that its new OS would begin to roll out on October 5 — just a few weeks away. On that date, an update for the new OS will begin to roll out to users on fully compatible devices, but it’s also when the first new devices preloaded with Windows 11 will become available in stores. As with its larger Windows 10 updates, Microsoft is using a phased, very gradual update ro
  
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• The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms

  31-08-2021 13:18 via thenextweb.com
  
  The new four-bedroom house in Charlotte, N.C., was Crystal Marie and Eskias McDaniels’s personal American dream, the reason they had moved to this Southern town from pricey Los Angeles a few years ago. A lush, long lawn, 2,700 square feet of living space, a neighborhood pool and playground for their son, Nazret. All for $375,000. Prequalifying for the mortgage was a breeze. They said they had saved much more than they would need for the down payment, had very good credit—scores of 8
  
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• How China is restricting kids’ online gaming to a mere 3 hours a week

  31-08-2021 12:59 via thenextweb.com
  
  Welcome to another episode of China regulating technology, and today’s news is about gaming restrictions. In a set of new rules, the country has restricted children to only three hours of online gaming per week. If you think this means kids can play games for three hours any time of the week, you’re wrong. The administration has allowed online gaming from 8PM to 9PM on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays. This feels like my parents setting dedicated time for TV around scho
  
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• Here’s how you move customer experience to self-service

  31-08-2021 10:10 via thenextweb.com
  
  Did you know Growth Quarters is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will share key insights into entrepreneurship during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! It is in human nature to try automating repetitive tasks, look for tools that make them more productive, and optimize work to save time… but how? The sales systems my team created have to process hundreds of thousands of orders per month, and more than 99% of these orders are fully sel
  
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• Instagram will demand your date of birth for safety — and ads, of course

  31-08-2021 08:21 via thenextweb.com
  
  Instagram is making a new change to its policy, that will require users to submit their date of birth to the company. If you don’t share your birthday after repeated reminders, you won’t be able to use the service. The company said that this feature will help it improve user safety, and allow the platform to build out more features to that end. Over the past few months, Instagram has built a ton of tools related to teen safety. In March, it rolled out an AI-powered feature to preven
  
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• Google parodies Apple and Jony Ive in ridiculous Pixel 5a commercial

  31-08-2021 00:27 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Pixel 5a is a really good phone. It also happens to have a headphone jack. Google really wants you to know this fact. I present to you the most passionate description of a 3.5mm orifice you’ll see today: And I love every second of it. Strong Apple vibes. Can we get this Jony Ive impersonator to do every Pixel ad? Thanks. That said, considering the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro probably won’t come with a headphone jack, this feels just a little ironic. But hey, marketing departments have got
  
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• How to Fix a 500 Error on Your WordPress Site

  31-08-2021 00:21 via webdesign.tutsplus.com
  https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-fix-a-500-error-on-your-wordpress-site--cms-37732
  
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