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• How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners

  27-11-2020 11:36 via thenextweb.com
  
  The rise of smart home gadgets has sometimes forgotten a very important family member, one with tendencies that differ significantly from the humans of the house: our pets. And it’s not always been plain sailing. While our fuzzy friends may seem cute and cuddly on the surface, in the ongoing battle between nature and technology, we all know who really rules the household. Many gadgets have tried to come out on top — and many have failed. From cats who don’t give a damn about y
  
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• Alphabet bursts its balloon-powered internet plans

  22-01-2021 12:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  Alphabet’s moonshot idea of beaming internet connectivity from giant balloons is floating back down to earth. The Google parent company announced that it’s shutting down the Loon project because the business model is unsustainable. “The road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,” said Astro Teller, who leads Alphabet’s experimental X lab, in a Thursday blog post. “So we’ve made the difficult decision to close d
  
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• New giant ‘radio galaxies’ help shed light on the history of the universe

  22-01-2021 11:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo region, a semi-arid area in the southwest of the country. Radio galaxies get their name from the fact that they release huge beams, or ‘jets’, of radio light. These happen through the interaction between charged particles and strong magnetic fields related to supermassive black holes at the galaxies’ hearts. These giant galaxies are much bigger than most of
  
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• Once you go EV, you never go back — according to 82% of owners, anyway

  22-01-2021 10:15 via thenextweb.com
  
  According to a report from automotive market research firm, JD Power, most electric vehicle (EV) drivers vow to never return to combustion engines. Good. JD Power says that 82% of EV early adopters “definitely will” consider buying another electric vehicle. However, it seems drivers aren’t totally loyal to the brand of their current EV, and overall satisfaction matters when it comes to their next purchase decision. [Read: How Netflix shapes mainstream culture, explained by dat
  
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• Google threatens to pull out of Australia over controversial news law

  22-01-2021 09:23 via thenextweb.com
  
  Google said that it could pull its search services from Australia if the country passes its debatable law that requires big tech companies to pay media organizations for listing their content. In a Senate hearing, and later in a video, Google Australia’s Managing Director, Mel Silva, said that the proposed media law “would break how Google search works.” Mel Silva, Managing Director for Google Australia, explains why there is a workable news code that doesn’t break
  
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• Study: Low-traffic neighborhoods in London are making roads 3 times safer

  22-01-2021 09:04 via thenextweb.com
  
  When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March last year, office workers swiftly pivoted to working from home. As travel restrictions came into force, more people were forced to spend time at their homes and in their local community. In an attempt to make inner city residential communities more liveable, councils began introducing low-traffic neighborhoods. Low-traffic neighborhoods seek to make roads a safer place for all, by limiting the volume of cars allowed on certain residential roads,
  
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• My team tried blocking Slack to focus — it worked

  22-01-2021 09:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s time to write. I make some coffee, open a blank document, then decide to quickly check Slack before I get started. Two hours later, I’ve written nothing. Team chat apps are essential for online collaboration, but their very existence makes it hard to focus on longer-term projects. There’s always something I could be responding to on Slack, and responding to those things usually feels productive—and sometimes it is. But that time adds up, and I’m perp
  
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• An Indian city plans to use facial recognition to spot women in distress — what could go wrong?

  22-01-2021 08:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  It’s now fairly common for cities to install surveillance cameras with facial recognition capabilities to help catch criminals  — Beijing and Moscow use them extensively. However, a city in northern India is taking a different approach: it wants to detect distress on women’s faces, so it can assist them when they’re attacked or threatened. Cops in Lucknow, the capital city in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), aim to install an AI-based camera system on 200
  
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• Report: Apple to make a plain old VR headset before its fancy AR glasses

  22-01-2021 06:31 via thenextweb.com
  
  For years, we’ve been hearing rumors Apple is working on some kind of fanciful AR glasses — the futuristic kind that might look like regular old lenses. And while those are apparently still on the way, the company is reportedly settling for a more boring “mostly virtual reality” device to start, according to a report by Bloomberg. Apple is planning to launch the headset, codenamed N301, as soon as 2022. It’s expected to compete against existing products l
  
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• Microsoft Edge gets ‘sleeping’ tabs and a password generator

  22-01-2021 04:12 via thenextweb.com
  
  Microsoft today added a bunch of new features to its Edge browser, helping bring it to parity with Chrome in some areas while adding some unique touches in others. Perhaps most notably, Edge now has a password generator and monitor, helping you keep your accounts safe from hackers and making sure you’re not using the same login information for every website. The browser will automatically suggest a password when you sign up for a new account or change an old password, and the new safety m
  
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• Commerce Rays - No-code commerce landing page builder w/ built-in checkouts

  22-01-2021 01:18 via commercejs.com
  
  https://commercejs.com/product/commerce-rays/
  
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• New in Chrome 88: aspect-ratio

  22-01-2021 00:48 via developers.google.com
  
  https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/nic88
  
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• DIY UX Audit - Uncover 90% of the usability issues on your website

  21-01-2021 23:28 via fulcrum.rocks
  
  https://fulcrum.rocks/ux-audit
  
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• Trump pardoned the guy who founded the Church Of AI

  21-01-2021 22:58 via thenextweb.com
  
  With all the hullabaloo surrounding Joe Biden’s inauguration, Trump’s last-minute pardons slipped under the RADAR a bit. Sure, Trump’s pardoning of Steve Bannon nabbed plenty of headlines. And his snub of Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, made the trades. But what’s arguably the most interesting story of them all is 45’s pardoning of Anthony Levandowski, the founder of the Church of AI. Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison for the intellectual theft of Google
  
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• Porting Firefox to Apple Silicon

  21-01-2021 22:54 via hacks.mozilla.org
  
  https://hacks.mozilla.org/2021/01/porting-firefox-to-apple-silicon/
  
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• Amplitude celebrates 10 years with a free weekend of Endless games

  21-01-2021 20:51 via thenextweb.com
  
  Amplitude Studios, makers of the excellent Endless games and the upcoming 4X title Humankind, is celebrating 10 years in the gaming industry with a slew of news, announcements, discounts, and freebies. Happy birthday Amplitude: If you haven’t played the Endless games or checked out the teasers for the highly-anticipated Humankind, now’s your chance. Before we dive into the details of the celebration, let’s take a look at the games we’re talking about. Endless Legend Endl
  
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• Vector Pattern Generator - Customize seamless patterns for the web

  21-01-2021 20:45 via visiwig.com
  
  https://www.visiwig.com/patterns/
  
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• Facebook’s Trump ban could be lifted by its Oversight Board

  21-01-2021 20:38 via thenextweb.com
  
  Facebook’s “indefinite” ban on Donald Trump could be lifted by the company’s Oversight Board, the company announced on Thursday. The former US president’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were blocked in the wake of the US Capitol insurrection, due to concerns that Trump would use the platform to foment further violence. At the time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the ban would remain in place at least until Joe Biden replaced him as president. But now
  
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• This AI can tell if you have prostate cancer by looking at your pee

  21-01-2021 19:48 via thenextweb.com
  
  Researchers at the Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) recently developed a machine for detecting prostate cancer that only needs 20 minutes of your time and a few ounces of your pee to achieve near 100-percent accuracy. Human oncologists are only about 30% accurate when it comes to detecting the disease. This is a big deal. Background: Detecting prostate cancer is, quite literally, a pain in the ass. Under the current paradigm the disease is confirmed through a combination of lab
  
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• 10 White Label Tools for Web Designers

  21-01-2021 19:30 via the-webdesigner.co
  https://the-webdesigner.co/10-white-label-tools-for-web-designers/
  
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• Open Source means surrendering your Monopoly over Commercial Exploitation

  21-01-2021 18:53 via drewdevault.com
  https://drewdevault.com/2021/01/20/FOSS-is-to-surrender-your-monopoly.html
  
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• Installing Firefox extensions on mobile devices is about to become easier

  21-01-2021 17:46 via androidpolice.com
  
  https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/01/20/installing-firefox-extensions-on-mobile-devices-is-about-to-become-easier/
  
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• The 6 best developer laptops for 2021

  21-01-2021 17:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  Computers, in particular laptops, are the essential tool for any developer. Sure having a nice keyboard and mouse can boost your productivity and comfort, but developers can’t even work without a good computer. There are many types of developers out there – those who use the terminal for everything, even coding, and those like me that use IDEs built on Java, which is resource-intensive. There are web developers, desktop developers, game developers, and much more. Because of so many
  
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• 6 Best Ecommerce Solutions for 2021

  21-01-2021 16:23 via webdesignerdepot.com
  https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2021/01/6-best-ecommerce-solutions-for-2021/
  
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• How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland

  21-01-2021 16:20 via thenextweb.com
  
  Twenty years ago, Facebook did not exist. Google had just failed to sell itself to Yahoo for $1 million. Netflix was a fledgling startup struggling to establish a working business model around selling and renting DVDs online. Today, Facebook and Google are among the top ten most valuable companies, and Netflix, now the most popular online streaming service with nearly 200 million users worldwide, is worth over $200 billion. Yahoo sold its assets to Verizon for a fraction of Google’s value
  
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• How to Live in Gray Areas

  21-01-2021 16:12 via design.org
  
  https://design.org/how-to-live-in-gray-areas/
  
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• Waiters and employees are in charge — you’re just paying them

  21-01-2021 16:04 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! My daughter is currently working in a restaurant, thus getting a crash course in economics, problem-solving, planning, and social behavior. While she’s learning new skills — I’m listening. Recently she educated me on the true pow
  
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• Google union slams company’s treatment of AI ethics researchers

  21-01-2021 16:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  The Alphabet Workers Union (AWU)  has slammed the company’s treatment of two prominent AI researchers as “an attack on the people who are trying to make Google’s technology more ethical.” The newly-formed union issued a statement on the “retaliation” against AI ethics lead Margaret Mitchell, whose corporate account was recently suspended by the Big G. Mitchell had reportedly been using automated scripts to find messages showing mistreatment of
  
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• This white hat hacker training can get you ready to defend any network, big or small

  21-01-2021 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  TLDR: With The Ultimate 2021 White Hat Hacker Certification Bundle, students get schooled in more than 100 hours of cybersecurity and ethical hacking expertise. In case you haven’t heard, the U.S. has been at the center of a building cybersecurity meltdown in recent months, including everything from suffering staggering widespread hacking attacks to disappointing setbacks in costly attempts to improve the safety of vital defense systems. Those alarming missteps could be on a path toward i
  
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• Otter will now let you transcribe Google Meet calls from your browser

  21-01-2021 15:00 via thenextweb.com
  
  In the years before the pandemic, I had to spend hours transcribing interviews or events recorded in noisy hallways or hotel coffee shops. While the coronavirus has put a halt to all of that for now, I still have to get on a ton of video conferencing calls. So, I appreciate any tool that helps me with recording and transcribing. Today, one of those apps, Otter.ai, announced that its new Chrome extension will allow users to transcribe Google Meet calls directly from the browser. That’
  
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