This article was originally published on The Conversation in March 2021, ahead of Robinhoodâs initial public offering. The company went public in July 2021. The original article, which mentions pre-IPO Robinhood, is reproduced below: [https://www.ft.com/content/81e9871b-5d12-480b-87a8-454b69e11958] Wall Street has long been likened to a casino. Robinhood, an investment app that just filed plans for an initial public offering, makes the comparison more apt than ever. Thatâs because the power of the... Read more âș
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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 ticket now! Machine learning is becoming an important tool in many industries and fields of science. But ML research and product development present several challenges that, if not addressed, can steer your project in the wrong direction. In a paper... Read more âș
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Itâs been almost a year since Facebook first unveiled its ambitious AR vision called project Aria. While it was mostly about conceptual ideas and providing a âsensor platformâ to developers, we never got to hear more about it â until now. A new product manual, first spotted by Protocol, describes what this prototype device might look like and what itâs meant to do. The hardware is codenamed Gemini EVT (engineering... Read more âș
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If you search for a keyword on any social media or content serving website, you expect to get suggestions for related posts, images, or videos. However, on Instagram, all you get are accounts, hashtags, and places as search results. Annoying. Thankfully, the company is working on changing this approach. Last night, the firmâs head, Adam Mosseri, said that itâs working on a âfull search result pageâ that will show photos... Read more âș
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I read several thousand pages of books every year, but Iâm not the type of person who feels attached to physical books. Iâve been fully immersed in Amazonâs Kindle ecosystem for years now, sometimes reading on my phone, sometimes on my laptop, and sometimes listening through Audible. Getting an e-reader that wasnât a Kindle never really occurred to me. And then I tried the Boox Note Air. It does almost... Read more âș
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Samsung has unveiled a new way of combatting TV theft: a system that can remotely brick the companyâs televisions. The firm says the tech was activated on TVs that were looted from a warehouse in South Africa amid the worst unrest in the country since apartheid. The South Korean tech giant added that the system is âalready preloaded on all Samsung TV products.â It does, however, only work once the... Read more âș
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Itâs almost paradoxical. You find a problem with a product thatâs so glaring and obvious you canât imagine any rational person wouldnât notice it on first use. Yet thousands or millions of people are paying money for it. Iâll give you an example. It never fails to completely blow my mind that the Disney+ streaming interface on desktop doesnât have a button to play the next episode of a TV... Read more âș
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NFTâs or non-fungible tokens first captured the public imagination when a digital collage by an artist named Beeple sold for US$69 million (ÂŁ51 million) at Christieâs in March 2021. Since then, there has been an explosion in the use of these units for storing digital content, which are bought and sold using online ledgers known a blockchains. Since that initial connection with art, we are seeing NFTâs being used in... Read more âș
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TLDR: mSpy Mobile Phone Tracker offers parents full oversight of all of their kidâs smartphone calls, chats, web surfing, and more. Parents had a tough enough time regulating what their kids saw and heard back in the 80s and 90s, back when Skinemax and suggestive song lyrics were at the forefront of a vigilant parentâs worries. But those concerns seem quaint when stacked against what parents face today. Now that... Read more âș
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TLDR: The StackSkills, KeepSolid VPN Unlimited, and Sticky Password Lifetime Subscription Bundle offers over 1,000 courses and ultimate online protection, all for under $50. Sometimes if you wait long enough, a whole bunch of cool stuff just seems to fall into your lap. It doesnât always workâŠand sometimes, youâre left waiting for nothing. But when it works, itâs borderline magical. So if you hoped an armada of career training might... Read more âș
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OnlyFans has suspended its plans to ban sexually explicit content from October. The UK-based company tweeted on Wednesday that it would âcontinue to provide a home for all creators.â Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard. We have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change. OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home... Read more âș
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Wheelchairs provide valuable independence to their owners. Designs vary according to the terrain and user needs. Both of these can change over time. However, their price makes it difficult to afford more than one chair. In response, designers are taking cues from bikes and robotics to make wheelchairs that adapt to the varied user needs. The UNAwheel Maxi device is a wheelchair add-on. It hooks onto the front of an... Read more âș
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Boston Dynamics is known for the flashy videos of its robots doing impressive feats. Among Boston Dynamicsâ creations is Atlas, a humanoid robot that has become popular for showing unrivaled ability in jumping over obstacles, doing backflips, and dancing. The videos of Boston Dynamics robots usually go viral, accumulating millions of views on YouTube and generating discussions on social media. And the robotics companyâs latest video, which shows Atlas successfully... Read more âș
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After banning porn on its platforms last week, OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely has publically blamed banks for this decision. According to a report from the Financial Times, Stokely said âunfairâ treatment is the reason for the porn ban, âThe change in policy, we had no choice â the short answer is banks.â The founder gave examples of banks making it difficult for the company to pay its creators. He said... Read more âș
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Greetings carbon-based life forms! Iâm excited to announce the Neural track at TNW Conference 2021. Neural is known as TNWâs artificial intelligence vertical, but Iâm here to tell you that itâs so much more. We cover human-centric AI advances, quantum physics, neuroscience, and anything else that blurs the boundaries between humans and machines. Weâre futurists and we absolutely love new research. But weâre also passionate about human rights, diversity, and... Read more âș
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South Korea is set to pass a landmark amendment to a law that could force Apple and Google to give up their grip over collecting commissions from developers. While there has been a lot of discussions around these two companies having too much control over fees collected from in-app purchases in their app stores, this is the first time a country has taken a definitive step to curb that. According... Read more âș
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I Expect You To Die is one of the most beloved, successful, and critically acclaimed virtual reality games of all time. So youâll have to excuse me for being a bit worried about a sequel that shows up after five years. In the VR world, five years is the difference between two or three different generations of hardware. Iâd like to think VR gamers have come a long way since... Read more âș
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Microsoft today announced itâs bringing xCloud to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/SÂ in time for the holiday season. Itâs going to change the way people experience games on its consoles. As nice as it is to be able to download and play games without having to deal with the hassle of physical copies, downloads come with their own problems. For one, it can take ages for a game to... Read more âș
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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 future has a way of taking your biggest fears and making them seem incredibly short-sighted. Remember when everyone was scared of clowns for an entire summer? Seems kind of trivial now in the wake of COVID-19.... Read more âș
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Surfing the web isnât what it used to be. The halcyon era of peaceful browsing on clean sites is now a distant memory. Todayâs internet is a digital hellscape of pop-up ads, notification prompts, and paywall blocks. Navigating these barriers can be more trouble than itâs worth. At times, itâs easier to just hit the back button. A new parody website encapsulates this harrowing experience. Named âHow I Experience Web... Read more âș
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