Facebook is doing a terrible job of banning Donald Trump from its platform. From its failure to hold the former president accountable for the myriad misinformation campaigns conducted on his behalf by members of his campaign team from 2015 through 2018, to the most recent nonsense, it’s apparent that Facebook’s somehow vested in keeping Trump on the social network. Up front: Facebook’s allowing “Team Trump,” a Page directly associated with... Read more ›
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GPT-3 is arguably the world’s most advanced text-generator. It was trained using supercomputing clusters, a nearly internet-sized dataset, and 175 billion parameters. It’s among the most impressive generative AI systems ever created. But it absolutely did not create a video game. You may have read otherwise. But it’s what you didn’t read that matters. Background GPT-3, for those who aren’t in the know, is a big powerful AI system that... Read more ›
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Facebook has unleashed another threat to the future of Clubhouse. The social media giant on Monday started rolling out Clubhouse-clone Live Audio Rooms, continuing the company tradition of ripping off competitors. Like Clubhouse, Live Audio Rooms lets users listen to and join live conversations. Initially, only public figures and select Facebook Groups on iOS in the US will be able to create Live Audio Rooms, but users on both Android... Read more ›
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As EV sales are surging, Europe is trying to enhance its capacity to produce batteries domestically, instead of fully relying on Asian countries such as China, Japan, and South Korea, which are currently the major global manufacturers. As of May 2021, 38 battery cell gigafactories are being built or planned in Europe and the UK, according to the latest report by the non-governmental organization Transport & Environment. Out of the... Read more ›
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TLDR: The 2021 Ultimate GitOps Certification Bundle includes 11 courses aimed at speeding up and improving the development process for cloud-native app builds. Developers don’t often have the luxury of time. They not only need to deploy their work fast, they need to be constantly updating and refining that work even after it’s been set forth into the world. Cloud native tools have made it easier and quicker for developers... Read more ›
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TLDR: The Portable Foldable Ultimate 4K Drone has a stellar camera for better than HD quality images and video to go with its impressive array of flight features, all for under $40. Not too long ago, shoppers were thrilled when they saw a flying drone with an on-board camera at a reasonable price. Now, drone users expect premium quality with better than 1080p resolution images and video, but at prices... Read more ›
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Small aerial drone’s are touted as a disruptive technology, with massive investment and hype surrounding their use. They may deliver our morning coffee, pizzas, time-sensitive medical supplies, and Amazon orders. These on-demand drone applications require a high proportion of uptime or flyability — the amount of time when drone’s can fly safely. But a key factor often overlooked in the hype about on-demand drone applications is the weather: drone’s cannot... Read more ›
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A month ago, New South Wales (NSW) Transport Minister Andrew Constance had criticized Australia’s slow transition to EVs, emphasizing the need for bigger incentives. Well, that’s old news! Two days ago, the NSW government announced an ambitious $375 million plan for battery-powered cars, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The government hopes that with this plan EVs will make up more than half of new car sales by 2030. Specifically, stamp... Read more ›
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The crypto market plummeted again over the weekend, amid concerns over a crackdown on bitcoin mining in China and a policy tilt at the US Federal Reserve. Bitcoin dived by as much as 9% on Monday, dropping to $32,288 — its lowest price in almost two weeks. Ether, meanwhile, slid by as much as 12%, dipping below $2,000 for the first time in nearly a month. At the time of... Read more ›
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Twitter has restricted 50 tweets in India related to a viral video of an elderly Muslim man being assaulted in the town of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. This action comes after cops sent a notice to summon Twitter India’s chief last week to give a statement. The Ghaziabad police force had filed a complaint against Twitter, journalists Mohammed Zubair and Rana Ayyub, and online media entity The Wire, for allegedly creating... Read more ›
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Have you ever chatted with a friend about buying a certain item and been targeted with an ad for that same item the next day? If so, you may have wondered whether your smartphone was “listening” to you. But is it really? Well, it’s no coincidence the item you’d been interested in was the same one you were targeted with. But that doesn’t mean your device is actually listening to... Read more ›
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The UK‘s used car market has been witnessing a surge since April with sales rising 671% year-on-year, according to the latest INDICATA Market Watch. The trend continued in May with an extra 8.9% increase. But these aren’t the only striking numbers. Used hybrid car sales went up 8% in May compared with April, by the same rate as petrol cars (8%) and just behind diesel cars, with 10% rise. EVs... Read more ›
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Phone manufacturers have tried to give us a full-screen experience by testing solutions like pop-up cameras to replace punch-hole selfie snappers and front-facing notches. Sadly, they never caught on. However, we might see the debut of an under-screen camera in a mainstream phone, thanks to Xiaomi. According to a report by ITHome, the Chinese tech company is set to introduce this technology in three devices this year: the CC 11,... Read more ›
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Cryptocurrency trading firm Amber Group has reached unicorn status with its latest funding round of $100 million today. The Hong Kong-based firm raised money in the Series B round led by China Renaissance. Other firms contributing to the $100 million sum included some prominent names, such as Tiger Brokers, Tiger Global Management, Arena Holdings, Tru Arrow Partners, Sky9 Capital, DCM Ventures, and Gobi Partners. The company — backed by Coinbase... Read more ›
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TLDR: The All-In-One 2021 Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle includes 18 courses packed with techniques for spotting hackers and protecting vulnerable systems. Electronic Arts is one of the world’s biggest game publishers, but that doesn’t mean the publisher of Battlefield, FIFA, and The Sims is safe from hackers, who announced they stole source codes and vast stores of user information recently. Meanwhile, the U.S. government says they’ve successfully recovered most of... Read more ›
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TLDR: CuriosityStream is a streaming service with thousands of HD documentaries, series, and original programming to help viewers explore interests sure to entertain, enlighten and inspire. Is it really any wonder why NASA decided to christen its rambunctious rover now dune-buggying over the rocky terrain of Mars as Curiosity? After all, man’s need to understand that which hasn’t been understood before is why NASA and countless other organizations and expeditions... Read more ›
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The first tweet that the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care published about its new coronavirus testing regime came on January 25 2020. Less than a week later, the department tweeted its first announcement of two positive tests for COVID-19 in the UK, foreshadowing a chain of events that would have a profound effect on people’s lives. As the coronavirus spread, these initial tweets were joined by millions of... Read more ›
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The ruthless war between the world’s leading video-on-demand companies reached a climax when the Amazon acquired the legendary Hollywood studio MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) in a deal worth US$8.45 billion. The sale of MGM on May 26 followed more than six months of negotiations. The American studio known for its roaring lion had been weakened by major financial difficulties before the pandemic. The prolonged closure of movie theatres was the... Read more ›
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It took the programming community a couple of decades to appreciate Python. But since the early 2010’s, it has been booming — and eventually surpassing C, C#, Java and JavaScript in popularity. But until when will that trend continue? When will Python eventually be replaced by other languages, and why? Putting an exact expiry date on Python would be so much speculation, it might as well pass as Science-Fiction. Instead,... Read more ›
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TLDR: With a 4K camera, a host of handy flight features, and a small, but compact build, the Ninja Dragon Vortex 9 is a perfect drone for new fliers. It’s easy to just write off drones as classic big boy toys. That is…until they start saving lives. A team of researchers think it’s possible, presenting a study last month outlining how drones can be outfitted to fly over disaster areas... Read more ›
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