Phone makers usually offer two or three years of software updates, and a couple of years of security patches after that for their flagship devices. If you’ve bought a budget device, good luck getting extended support for that. However, Germany wants to change this norm to improve the ownership experience for consumers, big-time. Lawmakers are pushing for a regulation that will require manufacturers to provide seven years of mandatory security... Read more ›
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TLDR: The Ninja Dragon Alpha Z PRO 4K Wide Angle Dual Camera Drone packs in a variety of flying and image capturing features, all for under $100. With new drone models flying on to store shelves almost as fast as they soar in real life, it can be tough to settle on the right one to fit your flying needs. There’s almost a ratio you have to hit to balance... Read more ›
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TLDR: This Apple Watch Charging Cable and Stand can not only charge up your device, but it can do it stylishly for under $20. We all love our Apple Watches. But what we don’t love is trying to determine whether they’re charging or not. With the Magsafe magnetic chargers, it’s often tough to tell if you’ve got a good connection and your watch is actually juicing up. Meanwhile, many Apple... Read more ›
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Despite growing opposition, the U.S. government is on track to increase its use of controversial facial recognition technology. The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report on Aug. 24, 2021, detailing current and planned use of facial recognition technology by federal agencies. The GAO surveyed 24 departments and agencies – from the Department of Defense to the Small Business Administration – and found that 18 reported using the technology and... Read more ›
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Retiring the International Space Station in the coming years presents a big void “ what will be the future of space stations once the International Space Station meets its fiery death in the coming years? And SHOULD the ISS be decommissioned, or might the mission lifetime be extended? Construction of the International Space Station (ISS), started in 1998, was completed in 2011. Since that time, the ISS has housed travelers... Read more ›
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TLDR: Babbel Language Learning is not only ready to teach you any of 14 different languages quickly, but it’s also at one of its lowest prices of the year. Humans have spent centuries teaching each other different languages. You’d think we’d get pretty good at it after a while, right? Well, we pretty much have. That’s why some of the biggest and most popular online language learning systems like Babbel... Read more ›
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Over the past 25 years, the name “Google” has become synonymous with the idea of searching for anything online. In much the same way “to Hoover” means to use a vacuum cleaner, dictionaries have recognized “to Google” as meaning to undertake an online search using any available service. Former competitors such as AltaVista and AskJeeves are long dead, and existing alternatives such as Bing and DuckDuckGo currently pose little threat... Read more ›
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Digital technology is ubiquitous. We have been increasingly reliant on smartphones, tablets and computers over the past 20 years, and this trend has been accelerating due to the pandemic. Conventional wisdom tells us that over-reliance on technology may take away from our ability to remember, pay attention and exercise self control. Indeed, these are important cognitive skills. However, fears that technology would supplant cognition may not be well founded. Technology... Read more ›
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Rumors have suggested Microsoft is working on a Surface Duo 2 and a successor to the Surface Book 3, which may or may not make an appearance at the company’s September 22 event. Now another rumor by German site WinFuture points to one device we’re pretty confident will show up: the Surface Go 3. The Surface Go is one of my favorite Surface devices due to its relatively low price... Read more ›
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The World of Darkness is a terrifying place where monsters roam the streets, and fans of the LA By Night streaming series wait for well over a dang year for the final season to premiere. Well, joy of joys: it’s finally here! The last season of the current LA By Night chronicle airs on Friday, 3 September at 8PM PST (that’s today if you’re reading this hot off the press).... Read more ›
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After about the fifth or sixth time you read an article about a Black man being wrongfully arrested due to faulty facial recognition AI, you start to wonder how nobody seems to be doing anything to stop this from happening. Sure, whenever something goes wrong, the company behind the software is always working to improve results and the law enforcement agency using the software is always reviewing procedures to ensure... Read more ›
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Did you know SHIFT is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of mobility during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! Forget about physically going to a showroom, probably somewhere far away, and meeting a bunch of sales people. Skoda is launching a virtual showroom via Amazon‘s Fire TV, The Drum reports. That way, customers will be able to... Read more ›
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Learning to play the guitar can be a daunting process. Simply picking up a guitar and understanding the strings and frets can be intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. You can go from beginner to expert in a matter of weeks with this Complete 2021 Beginner to Expert Guitar Lessons Bundle. You’ll have lifetime access to almost 80 hours of instruction covering 14 different topics. In total, there are... Read more ›
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TLDR: This Wheelson AI Self-Driving Car kit not only guides users through building a self-driving vehicle, but also doing the programming to make it get moving and stay on the road all by itself. KITT. Christine. Heck, even Herbie the Love Bug. For decades, we’ve been watching movies and TV shows starring almost sentient vehicles who don’t need a driver to get from point A to point B. Or to... Read more ›
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“What would happen if an astronaut were to lose a sock inside an air vent?” you may wonder. Well wonder no further, as an Astrobee robot named Bumble solved that very test aboard the International Space Station in April 2021. Engineers provided the small, cube-shaped robotic attendant with a (fictional) warning of a buildup of carbon dioxide aboard the station. (Such an event in real life could quickly prove dangerous... Read more ›
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Did you know SHIFT is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of mobility during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! In August, Audi unveiled its Skysphere concept EV that took our breath away, and now get ready to feast your eyes upon the second model of the concept car series, the Grandsphere. Because, BOY, it’s absolutely stunning. Just... Read more ›
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When a developer approaches a problem, they usually have a clear objective. Fix this bug, create that component, refactor this implementation. We’re very goal oriented by nature. We have an objective that we need to get to, and we have to try all the techniques we’ve learned in order to hit that mark. But something that I feel is less discussed is the mindset of a developer: the way we... Read more ›
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Child sexual abuse material is rampant online, despite considerable efforts by big tech companies and governments to curb it. And according to reports, it has only become more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic. This material is largely hosted on the anonymous part of the internet — the “darknet” – where perpetrators can share it with little fear of prosecution. There are currently a few platforms offering anonymous internet access, including... Read more ›
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I remember the days when an 8-megapixel camera in a phone was a big deal — oh, how times have changed. 20 megapixels? Yawn. 50 megapixels? Whatevs. 100 megapixels? That’s fine, I guess. 200 megapixels is where it’s at. Samsung today announced its latest and greatest smartphone camera sensor, the Isocell HP1, a 200-megapixel beast that dwarfs even the highest-resolution professional cameras. For reference, that’s enough theoretical resolution to fill... Read more ›
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Did you know Neural is taking the stage this fall? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your online ticket now! The EU’s data watchdogs are starting to flex their muscles. Weeks after Amazon was fined a record €746 (886M) for breaching GDPR rules, WhatsApp has been hit with the regime’s second-highest penalty. The €225m ($267m) fine was... Read more ›
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