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• WhatsApp now offers encrypted backups. Here’s how to opt in

  14-10-2021 19:39 via thenextweb.com
  
  WhatsApp is finally letting users encrypt the backups of their messages. Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the feature is now being rolled out to iOS and Android users globally. The feature secures backups stored on Google Drive or Apple’s iCloud with end-to-end encryption. This encryption will provide more privacy and security, but it’s not enabled by default. Here’s how to turn the feature on: Make sure you’ve got the latest version of WhatsApp.
  
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• Being ‘successful’ is a state of mind — so adopt it

  14-10-2021 16:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  Boris is the wise ol’ founder 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! I have a reputation for being a successful entrepreneur, but the rumors of my success have been greatly exaggerated. Mostly by me. I have learned that perception is reality for a lot of things in life. So over the years, I have always celebrat
  
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• Artists create AI that predicts who the police will kill next

  14-10-2021 16:08 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new artwork has inverted the application of predictive policing. Instead of forecasting crimes committed by civilians, the project predicts which civilians will be killed by police. The future victims are memorialized on a website called Future Wake. None of them, however, are real people. Each identity and story is generated by AI. Yet he predictions about their deaths are based on historical events. The AI-generated victims explain how they died. Credit: Future Wakes. Future Wake was funded
  
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• Save more than $60 on this versatile Apple iPad

  14-10-2021 16:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  The iPad is among the most notable innovations from technology giant, Apple, and for the last decade, generations of this device have made a major impact on daily lifestyles for users of all ages. From professional purposes and customer service to in-class learning and personal entertainment, the iPad provides plenty of capabilities in a small package. In a world that requires many of us to be able to work and learn from anywhere, these devices are more valuable than ever. You can accompli
  
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• Master the markets of cryptocurrency, NFTs, day trading, and more with these low-cost course bundles

  14-10-2021 16:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  The fallout of this COVID-19 era has dramatically altered the job market, presenting new pathways to professional success for full-time work or supplemental income. Fortunately, if you develop the necessary knowledge and skills, there are highly lucrative industries awaiting that allow you to work from home. Get on top of your finances and start building your wealth with modern insight on the evolving markets that will ultimately help shape the future of global economics. For a limited tim
  
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• The new Electron-Ion Collider could solve the mystery of how matter holds together

  14-10-2021 15:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  When the Nobel Prize-winning US physicist Robert Hofstadter and his team fired highly energetic electrons at a small vial of hydrogen at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1956, they opened the door to a new era of physics. Until then, it was thought that protons and neutrons, which make up an atom’s nucleus, were the most fundamental particles in nature. They were considered to be “dots” in space, lacking physical dimensions. Now it suddenly became clear that these par
  
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• William Shatner is the oldest person in space — but we shouldn’t promote space travel to the elderly

  14-10-2021 12:25 via thenextweb.com
  
  Is space really the final frontier? William Shatner has found out after boldly going where no 90-year-old has gone before. Some 55 years after Captain James T Kirk hit our screens in the original Star Trek, Shatner recently launched to the edge of space aboardBlue Origin’s New Shepard for a ten-minute sub-orbital flight. Aren’t we all adorbs! 😘🚀 pic.twitter.com/rYyEzOXfy5 — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 11, 2021 Shatner has become the oldest person
  
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• The transport industry isn’t doing enough to halt climate change, report says

  14-10-2021 11:09 via thenextweb.com
  
  Despite a global push towards cleaner forms of energy, we are not on track to battle global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns in its World Energy Outlook 2021 report. Even more alarmingly, the scenarios mapped out in the report show that announced pledges fall far short of the emission reductions needed to limit the temperature rises to 1.5 Celsius degrees — beyond which the worst impacts of climate change will be felt. Feeling depressed yet? Me too. Transport at the co
  
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• 3 simple (but difficult) steps to grow your startup ecosystem

  14-10-2021 10:38 via thenextweb.com
  
  Growing a startup ecosystem can sound daunting — you’ve got to attract talent, streamline regulations, build capacity, ensure sufficient capital — and a quick glance at the Global Startup Ecosystem Report from my organization, Startup Genome, might not disabuse you of the notion. For our latest edition, released September 22nd, we analyzed 280 ecosystems, crunched data on 3 million startups, and used more than 100 metrics to quantify their performance.  As Start
  
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• Wow, there’s an actual use for blockchain? Helium can democratize internet connectivity

  14-10-2021 10:37 via thenextweb.com
  
  I’m always looking for good blockchain use cases. There are only a few companies that I rate. One is Helium, who calls itself “The People’s Network.” It was co-founded by Shawn Fanning (Napster co-creator) and Amir Haleem in 2013 with a mighty mission: to democratize access to the internet. They achieve this by creating their own P2P internet network. This is a radical shift to wide area networks and internet connectivity. I spoke to Frank Mong, Helium’s COO t
  
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• Instagram’s new practice mode will help you avoid live video goof ups

  14-10-2021 07:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’ve attended an Instagram live video session, you know that the first couple of minutes are dedicated to the host and guests syncing up. Sometimes it all goes smoothly, but the other times it’s just messy. To avoid live video startup mistakes, Instagram is adding a new feature called ‘practice mode.’ It’ll let you and your guests join the live video before it’s broadcasted to your followers. This will help you set up the video and check the sound, light
  
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• Review: The Surface Laptop Studio is the most versatile PC ever made

  14-10-2021 01:19 via thenextweb.com
  
  Let’s get this out of the way: The Surface Laptop Studio isn’t the laptop you buy if you want the best specs for the money. If that’s what you’re looking for, you can stop reading. Microsoft says it’s the most powerful Surface ever, but the device simply isn’t going to provide you with the performance per dollar you’d get from some traditional laptop Windows competitors, let alone Apple’s MacBooks and their overpowered ARM chips or gaming PC&rsquo
  
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• Scientists may have discovered a way to make us forget bad memories

  14-10-2021 00:18 via thenextweb.com
  
  Researchers at Cambridge University have discovered a protein in the brain of mice that may act as a biomarker for malleable memories. In other words, they may be able to determine which memories we can erase and which we are, for whatever reason, stuck with. Up front: The researchers conditioned laboratory mice by simultaneously shocking them and making a clicking noise. The mice naturally associated the sound with the shock and, thus, developed a fear response. Because the mice remembered bei
  
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