Facebookâs basic terms of service have more than 4,200 words, and Twitterâs basic terms of service have more than 3,000 words. It would take you days to go through them if you REALLY want to understand what these companies stipulate when you agree to use their products. Pages-long terms of service agreements have been a pain in the neck for ages, but a new bill introduced in the US could... Read more âș
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Thanks to the likes of Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant, voice tech has seen a huge rise in the past decade. But the voice assistant industry has yet to reach its full potential and it can become an integral part of many applications we use every day. In the next few years, we will see the advent of new markets, applications, and platforms for voice assistants that will go beyond... Read more âș
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Dear *insert website name,* Please stop asking me to your mobile app. I donât want want to use it. I donât care if you think your app is the bees-knees. If I wanted to use your app, Iâd go to the app store and download said app. But I didnât do that. Instead, Iâm writing this letter to make my stance clear: I prefer to access your service within the... Read more âș
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Numerous reputable news sites and media personalities have spent the past couple of weeks alleging that the current year is â2022.â How can they be so sure? Here at Neural we believe in science. And the presence of evidence isnât necessarily evidence that weâre present. Thatâs why weâre not willing to concede that itâs 2022 yet. What if the world really did end on 21 December 2012? The fact that... Read more âș
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A viral game thatâs inspired copious clones has exposed the complexities of copyrighting apps â and the shamelessness of greedy imitators. Wordle has attracted more than 2 million daily players since its launch in November. The puzzles challenge you to guess a five-letter word, but you can only play one of them a day â an appealing constraint in an era of ruthlessly addictive games. Another of its charms is... Read more âș
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The music industry is changing. Revenue from recorded music sales has been evolving for over a decade through streaming, and the trend shows no sign of reversing. Although as a macro trend the accessibility of streaming is positive, it offers a revenue pool that is less accessible to undiscovered, underground, and niche artists without a full-scale team behind them. This problem is not unique to the music industry; it is... Read more âș
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I donât know what to believe anymore. After the MacBook Pro was launched with a notch, it appeared that Apple was doubling down on the design feature. Effectively, the notch was now an integral part of Appleâs brand identity. But that might actually be wrong. They lied to us. According to recent leaks, it looks as though the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro range will do away with the notch and... Read more âș
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Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on black holes. In the past few years, we have finally captured actual photos of these fearsome creatures and measured the gravitational waves â ripples in spacetime â that they create when colliding. But thereâs still a lot we donât know about black holes. One of the biggest enigmas is exactly how they form in the first place. My colleagues and I now... Read more âș
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Update (January 13, 2022): Dropbox has finally released a native version for Appleâs ARM-based Macs and MacBooks. This version will have better performance than Intel-based software running on an emulator. You can download it here. Given their performance and power, itâs natural to be lured by Appleâs new lineup of ARM-based MacBooks. I made the switch to the M1-powered Air earlier this year, so I wouldnât be surprised if many... Read more âș
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Lithium-ion batteries have transformed the EV industry, but they donât come without their disadvantages. You know, like the fact they sometimes cause EVs to burst into flames and explode. LA startup Nanotech Energy claims to have found a way to eliminate this concern once and for all: a fireproof, graphene-based lithium-ion battery. And if this battery can do what itâs promised, weâre talking about a true game changer. Nanotech Energyâs... Read more âș
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Thereâs no doubt that for most folks on the internet, search is synonymous with Google. However, thereâs a small yet growing audience that wants a privacy-first search experience with little or no ads. Thatâs where Neeva comes in. This new search engine from ex-Googlers, Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan, guarantees two things: an ad-free experience and advanced features for all its customers. Whatâs on offer? The company launched last year... Read more âș
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June 12th is one of the most important days of the year. Thatâs right, itâs the birthday of Jeff Bezos. While ingrates mark the milestone by insolently asking the entrepreneur to stop union-busting, we want to celebrate the joyous occasion with a song: Bo Burnhamâs âBezos I.â The lyrics tell the touching tale of Jeffreyâs selfless mission to become a tech oligarch. The track was a highlight of Burnhamâs Netflix... Read more âș
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Friends! Acquaintances! Nemeses! Terrific news â the glorious Apple Cloth is back in stock. Woah, no need to close the article that fast. Firstly, bless the kind and caring souls over at 9to5Mac for bringing this to light. All blessed up? Grand. Now, if youâd like to read about why weâre all so achingly excited about the Apple Polishing Cloth, you can do so here. At TNW weâre not about... Read more âș
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Biden might be pushing for electrification, but Americans arenât onboard. Well, thatâs what a study by Deloitte has found at least. Amongst the 1,031 American respondents, nearly two-thirds preferred sticking to conventional gas-guzzlers for their next vehicle purchase. Some 17% would consider a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), while only 5% would get a plug-in hybrid (PHEV), or a battery electric vehicle (BEV). Conversely, consumer interest in BEVs is highest in... Read more âș
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Earlier this week, Bloombergâs Mark Gurman said in his newsletter that Apple is gearing up to launch a new version of the diminutive iPhone SE, this time with 5G connectivity to bring it up to speed with the latest handsets on the market. There was great excitement in our newsroom because we love compact phones, and donât hear about many compact phones every year. That also got us thinking: why... Read more âș
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Car manufacturing in the UK stalled dramatically last year. The head of the industry trade body described the situation as the âtoughest in decadesâ, and the numbers certainly back up his claim. The latest car registration figures show that 2021 was up just 1% on a COVID-ravaged 2020 â and production actually went into reverse gear. In November 2021, UK car production dropped by almost 29%, the fifth consecutive month... Read more âș
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By: Todd Feathers Over the past six years, a little-known private equity firm, Vista Equity Partners, has built an educational software empire that wields unseen influence over the educational journeys of tens of millions of children. Along the way, The Markup found, the companies the firm controls have scooped up a massive amount of very personal data on kids, which they use to fuel a suite of predictive analytics products... Read more âș
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Spotify Hifiâs announcement in February of 2021 seemed poised to shake up the streaming industry. With the introduction of lossless audio, Spotify would increase its credibility among audiophiles, not just casual listeners. Even if most people canât tell the difference between lossless and high-bitrate compressed music, it indicated Spotify was paying more attention to sound quality. At the time, Spotify said that HiFi would launch âlater this yearâ and that... Read more âș
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Alphabetâs reportedly planning to promote one of its Moonshot projects from venture to business in a bid to take advantage of its recent breakthroughs in the field of quantum computing. It was only a matter of time. Time crystals, that is. Up front: Last yearâs big story in the physics world was Google and its partnerâs breakthrough experiment in creating a new phase of matter inside a quantum computer called... Read more âș
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The scale of child sexual exploitation and abuse online is increasing at an alarming rate. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) recently announced that itâs finding more finding 15 times as much child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online as it was a decade ago. This content is particularly prevalent in Europe. According to a 2020 report by the IWF, most web pages hosting CSAMÂ are based in the continent. In response,... Read more âș
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