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• Before Black Friday, pick up these chargers and charging accessories at big savings

  26-11-2020 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: These chargers and other accessories can help keep all your devices at full strength at all times. Holiday pro tip no. 23: Don’t forget about the chargers. As tech items come flying out of their boxes during this gift-giving season, many new gadget owners get caught flat footed by their power needs. While many of today’s devices come with basic charging equipment (but not all), it never hurts to get a nice charging upgrade along with your new phone or tablet. Because there&rsq
  
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• Digital trends 2021: Every single stat marketers need to know

  27-01-2021 12:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  If you’re looking for the latest digital insights and social media stats, you’ll find them all in our new Digital 2021 reports series. Published in partnership between We Are Social and Hootsuite, this year’s reports reveal that connected tech became an even more essential part of people’s lives over the past year, with social media, ecommerce, streaming content, and video games all seeing significant growth in the past 12 months. Some of the key themes to look for in th
  
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• OnePlus’ co-founder Carl Pei’s new gadget brand is here — and it’s called NOTHING

  27-01-2021 12:01 via thenextweb.com
  
  Former OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei has finally launched his new venture today — and it’s called NOTHING. Apart from the brand name, the company hasn’t given many details about its product roadmap. It said that it’ll launch smart devices in the first half of the year. Pei’s message on the launch was cryptic. He said that the company wants to remove boundaries between people and tech: t’s been a while since anything interesting happened in tech. It is time for
  
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• 5 ways AI can take us deeper into space

  27-01-2021 12:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Artificial intelligence has been making waves in recent years, enabling us to solve problems faster than traditional computing could ever allow. Recently, for example, Google’s artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind developed AlphaFold2, a program that solved the protein-folding problem. This is a problem that has had baffled scientists for 50 years. Advances in AI have allowed us to make progress in all kinds of disciplines – and these are not limited to applications on this p
  
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• Every navigation app should have Cowboy’s air-quality ebike route feature

  27-01-2021 11:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  Air pollution is one of the world’s biggest silent killers. Poor air quality can lead to stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and other chronic respiratory diseases. The World Health Organization says 4.2 million deaths a year are a result of polluted air. Bike commuters face this problem on a daily basis. However, help is on its way from Belgian ebike maker, Cowboy. [Read: How Netflix shapes mainstream culture, explained by data] In the latest update of its app — out this week &mdas
  
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• This massive, scorching exoplanet whips around its sun twice a day

  27-01-2021 11:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  About 280 light-years from Earth, a world of molten magma orbits one of the oldest stars in the galaxy. This exoplanet, 50% larger than the Earth, whips around its star at a breathtaking clip. Racing in tight circles 100 times closer to its star than the Earth maintains from the Sun, TOI-561 b burns with scorching surface temperatures over 2,000 Celsius (3,630 F). This is roughly twice as hot as molten lava on Earth, and is even hotter than magma studied inside laboratories. This prox
  
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• We ranked the new iOS 14.4 features from worst to best

  27-01-2021 10:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  Friends, it’s that time again: there’s a new iPhone software update available. Specifically, it’s time for iOS 14.4 to rule our pathetic lives for a few months. You may be sitting there wondering what’s new this time round and whether you should download it, or you may have automatic updates set and iOS 14.4 is already on your phone — I don’t know, I’m not your psychic father. But there are two things I do know. The first are the new iOS 14.4 featu
  
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• It’s time to use all of Twitter’s archives to teach AI about bias

  27-01-2021 09:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  In 2016, Microsoft released a chatbot called Tay that fed off people’s replies to it. Within hours, the bot turned racist and the company had to pull it down. This incident remains one of the classic lessons that teach us why it’s a bad idea to train an AI using social media. However, data scientists now have a chance to tune their AI to become aware of this kind of bias. Twitter announced last night that it’s opening up its entire archive of public tw
  
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• It’s time to use all of Twitter’s archives to teach AI about about bias

  27-01-2021 09:47 via thenextweb.com
  
  In 2016, Microsoft released a chatbot called Tay that fed off people’s replies to it. Within hours, the bot turned racist and the company had to pull it down. This incident remains one of the classic lessons that teach us why it’s a bad idea to train an AI using social media. However, data scientists now have a chance to tune their AI to become aware of this kind of bias. Twitter announced last night that it’s opening up its entire archive of public tw
  
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• What the hell is a Chief Meeting Designer?

  27-01-2021 08:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  For those of us in the startup scene, it’s become pretty mundane to deal with all sorts of ‘wizards’ and ‘ninjas’ on a daily basis. But despite the onslaught of ‘quirky’ and ‘free-thinking’ job titles, I can’t help but to stop every once and again and wonder “wait… wtf is this person’s job exactly?” That’s why I got curious when I came across Juraj Holub, the Chief Meeting Designer at Slido. Was this yet
  
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• PSA: Update your iPhone to iOS 14.4 right now to protect it from active bug exploits

  27-01-2021 06:13 via thenextweb.com
  
  Get up from the bed, and update your iPhone right now. Apple has released its iOS 14.4 update with fixes to three critical vulnerabilities that are possibly being exploited as we speak. The iPhone maker hasn’t listed too many details about the bugs, apart from saying that they “may have been actively exploited.” One vulnerability is related to the kernel where the attacker could increase their privilege level (like becoming an admin) and cause serious damage to
  
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• Google’s alternative to third-party cookies open for advertiser testing in Q2 2021

  27-01-2021 01:47 via searchengineland.com
  
  https://searchengineland.com/googles-alternative-to-third-party-cookies-open-for-advertiser-testing-in-q2-2021-345599
  
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• Intel now sells desktop graphics cards, but don’t get your hopes up

  27-01-2021 00:50 via thenextweb.com
  
  Intel seriously doubled down on graphics performance with the launch of its Iris Xe graphics on laptops last year, all while implying it would bring similar gains to the more crowded desktop market as well. Today we are seeing the first inkling of this with the launch of Intel’s first dedicated, plug-it-in-a-slot desktop GPU in decades. The card is simply dubbed the DG1 (I’m going to hazard a guess that’s “desktop graphics 1”), and is being co-designed wi
  
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• How quantum computers could hack our brains with fake memories like Total Recall

  27-01-2021 00:45 via thenextweb.com
  
  Quantum computers, according to experts, will one day be capable of performing incredible calculations and nearly unfathomable feats of logic. In the near future, we know they’ll help us discover new drugs to fight disease and new materials to build with. But the far future potential for these enigmatic machines is as vast as the universe itself. The realm of classic science fiction is littered with ideas that today’s experts believe lie within the realm of reality – if not to
  
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• Sony’s $6,498 a1 is an overkill camera for photo and video pros

  27-01-2021 00:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  Sony has been dominating the mirrorless camera market for the past few years, but we always knew it intended to release a flagship camera lineup even more powerful than its popular a7 and a9 models. That new flagship arrived today: the Sony a1. At $6,498, it’s clearly aimed at professional photographers and videographers only — or those with big enough budgets. Featuring a 50MP sensor with a pair of new Bionz XR processors, the camera is able to capture 30 frames per second. I&
  
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• Design Played a Big Role in Winning Back the Soul of the Nation

  26-01-2021 23:15 via blush.design
  
  https://blush.design/blog/post/joe-biden-design-case-study
  
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• Checkerboard Reveal

  26-01-2021 21:52 via css-tricks.com
  
  https://css-tricks.com/checkerboard-reveal/
  
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• A Google designer takes us inside Search’s mobile redesign

  26-01-2021 21:32 via blog.google
  
  https://blog.google/products/search/mobile-redesign-2021
  
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• What real AI developers and Black Mirror both get wrong about digital resurrection

  26-01-2021 21:17 via thenextweb.com
  
  One day we’re all going to die. Science and technology can put it off for awhile, but the march of time stops for no human. Sadly, most of us will be forgotten. It’s a bleak prognosis but that’s how things have always been. And that’s unlikely to change, despite the best efforts of the AI community. There’s a new tech trend (that’s actually a dumb old trope) sweeping through big tech, little tech, and South Korean TV stations: digital resurrection. The premis
  
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• Here’s how AI determines what you see on the Facebook News Feed

  26-01-2021 21:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook today revealed fresh details on how algorithms power your News Feed. In a blog post, Facebook said the ranking system isn’t comprised of a single algorithm. Instead, it uses multiple layers of machine learning models to predict what a user wants to see. Facebook explained how this would work for a fictional user called Juan: Since Juan’s login yesterday, his friend Wei posted a photo of his cocker spaniel. Another friend, Saanvi, posted a video from her
  
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• Here’s how AI determines what you see on Facebook News

  26-01-2021 21:05 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook News today rolled out across the UK, and the social network marked the launch by revealing new details on how algorithms power the feature. In a blog post, Facebook said the ranking system isn’t comprised of a single algorithm. Instead, it uses multiple layers of machine learning models to predict what a user wants to see. Facebook explained how this would work for a fictional user called Juan: Since Juan’s login yesterday, his friend Wei posted a photo
  
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• Tweet 2 Image - Convert tweets to beautiful images

  26-01-2021 20:17 via apps.apple.com
  
  https://apps.apple.com/at/app/tweet-2-image/id1548978495
  
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• Flat File: Easy Spreadsheet Migrations

  26-01-2021 19:13 via flatfile.io
  
  https://flatfile.io/
  
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• Valve co-founder says brain-computer interfaces will let you ‘edit’ your feelings

  26-01-2021 18:40 via thenextweb.com
  
  The head of video games giant Valve says future brain-computer interfaces could change how players feel. Gabe Newell believes BCIs will soon create superior experiences to what we can perceive through our eyes and ears alone. “But that’s not where it gets weird,” he told New Zealand’s 1 News. “Where it gets weird is when who you are becomes editable through a BCI.” Newell envisions the devices detecting a gamer’s emotions and then ad
  
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• Lightkey helps write faster emails by basically doing the writing for you

  26-01-2021 18:30 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: Lightkey Pro studies how you write, then predicts what you’ll write next up to 12 words so you can add it to your emails and documents with just a click. There’s a reason answering emails starts to feel like shoveling snow during a Minnesota January. The moment you think you’re finished, you turn around and another dump has erased all your past work and you get to do it all over again. Digging out from an email avalanche can feel just as repetitive, often forcing you to
  
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• The styled-components happy path

  26-01-2021 18:08 via joshwcomeau.com
  
  https://www.joshwcomeau.com/css/styled-components/
  
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• Signatture - Get Paid To Receive Email

  26-01-2021 17:15 via signatture.com
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• Deep learning models DON’T need to be black boxes — here’s how

  26-01-2021 17:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Deep neural networks can perform wonderful feats thanks to their extremely large and complicated web of parameters. But their complexity is also their curse: The inner workings of neural networks are often a mystery — even to their creators. This is a challenge that has been troubling the artificial intelligence community since deep learning started to become popular in the early 2010s. In tandem with the expansion of deep learning in various domains and applications,
  
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• The Scary Future Of Instagram

  26-01-2021 16:34 via growth.design
  
  https://growth.design/case-studies/instagram-monetization/
  
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• Want to drive a hydrogen EV in the US? Move to California

  26-01-2021 16:03 via thenextweb.com
  
  A new partnership between future fuel firms, PowerTap Hydrogen Fuelling and the Andretti Group, could be bringing 100 new hydrogen filling pumps to gas stations across the US. The deal, announced earlier today, will begin by fitting hydrogen pumps to 39 Andretti-owned filling stations in California. So, that sucks if you don’t live in California and want to get a hydrogen car. Once these 39 locations are complete, other Andretti locations across the rest of the US will be retrofitted with
  
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