The early solar system was a violent place, and ancient Earth was pummeled by a bevy of asteroids for millions of years. Now, a new study shows this period of heavy bombardment was 10 times greater than previously believed. An asteroid impact 66 million years ago wiped out much of life on Earth, ending the Age of Dinosaurs. Between 3.5 and 2.5 billion years ago, impacts the size of this... Read more âș
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WhatsApp â one of the most used chat apps across the world â is now testing the most sought-out feature on its app: multi-device support. Currently, you can use the app on only one device, and thatâs mostly your phone. You can use the web clientor the desktop app to chat with your friends and family, but your phone has to be connected to the internet. Last month, the company... Read more âș
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Whoever is in charge of Microsoftâs Twitter account decided to tempt fate today. âIf this gets 20k likes, weâll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy,â the account tweeted. At the time of writing, said tweet has 117K likes. If this gets 20k likes, weâll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy. pic.twitter.com/6T8ziboguC â Microsoft (@Microsoft) July 14, 2021 It looks like itâs time for Clippyâs... Read more âș
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In 2015, Indiaâs Supreme Court struck down a controversial IT law that stifled freedom of speech. It had said at that time that section 66A of the IT Act was âvague in its entirety,â as it punished anyone storing information that could be false or âgrossly offensive or has a menacing character.â However, a petition filed by Peopleâs Union for Civil Liberties, a non-profit, revealed that six years after the... Read more âș
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When opposing Libyan forces signed a cease-fire last year, it wasnât the savvy of politicians or the diplomacy of ambassadors who brokered the peace. It was the United Nations and a relatively unknown AI startup. That startup is called Remesh, and it builds tools that allow organizations to conduct surveys in real-time with more than 1,000 people simultaneously. Basically, the system lets you surface insights from a live audience. For... Read more âș
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Twitter has dumped Fleets in the graveyard of failed tech products. Fleets were fullscreen tweets posts that disappeared after 24 hours, but the feature will vanish permanently on August 3. The formatâs demise comes less than a year after its birth. we're removing Fleets on August 3, working on some new stuff we're sorry or you're welcome â Twitter (@Twitter) July 14, 2021 The top of the Twitter timeline will... Read more âș
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Android has been around for over a decade, yet for some reason, a feature as seemingly simple as auto-rotation is still kind of slow and janky. Itâs especially annoying when lying down or using the phone from unusual angles. Iâve gotten used to it, but whenever I get to try an iPhone or iPad, I get a little jealous of the comparatively smooth rotation. It seems that Android 12 is... Read more âș
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Amazon is trying to capitalize on the growing market for serialized fiction. The company today launched Kindle Vella, a mobile-first platform that lets readers buy stories in episodic chunks. Despite the name, Kindle Vella is not available on Kindle devices, or Android, for that matter. Users currently have to access the platform on Amazon.com or the Kindle iOS app. Itâs also initially only available in the US. Background:Â Serialized fiction... Read more âș
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Charging your EV seems like a pretty straightforward process, right? Find a station, plug-in, plug-out, and voila. But did you know that âcharging etiquettesâ are an actual âthing?â Yes, thereâs a whole list of doâs and donâts to be followed when you take your electrified car to a public charging bay. EVgo has one, ChargePoint has one, and now LeaseElectricCar.co.uk has put together a set of unwritten rules, specially made... Read more âș
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TLDR: The 2021 Complete CompTIA Certification Prep Super Bundle is an IT proâs best friend, offering training that can land you almost a dozen valuable CompTIA certifications. Thereâs no clearer declaration that an emerging IT professional is ready for bigger tasks than when they start amassing major certifications. Thatâs especially true for those passing exams from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). For almost 30 years, their seal of approval... Read more âș
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TLDR: Check out the deal of these 10 summer essential items, on sale now at prices up to 60 percent off. It isnât too late. Weâre barely into July yet. Thereâs still plenty of summer left. Which means thereâs also still plenty of time to pick up and get some heavy use out of these 10 summer essential items before the fall months start rolling our way. And with this... Read more âș
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Iâve long been a fan of DaVinciâs marijuana vapes: theyâre lovingly crafted, constructed with premium materials, and deliver a fantastic smoking experience. This trend hasnât changed with the just-launched DaVinci IQC. Over the past two weeks or so of testing, it has become my portable weed vape of choice. And, in this DaVinci IQC review, weâre going to find out exactly why that is. First though, letâs talk about DaVinci.... Read more âș
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This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates, follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. A survey from Swedish micromobility firm Voi has found that incorporating e-scooters into the public transport ecosystem can help boost ticket sales... Read more âș
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Five years since the Brexit vote and three since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, weâre now familiar with the role that targeted political advertising can play in fomenting polarisation. It was revealed in 2018 that Cambridge Analytica had used data harvested from 87 million Facebook profiles, without usersâ consent, to help Donald Trumpâs 2016 election campaign target key voters with online adverts. In the years since, weâve learned how these kinds... Read more âș
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This article was originally published by Jurn van Wissen on .cult by Honeypot, a Berlin-based community platform for developers. For the latest updates, follow .cult by Honeypot on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and YouTube. One of the most underrated things you can do in your career is learning how to stand out. If you want to find a new job, get projects as a freelancer, or increase your chances of... Read more âș
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Over the past few weeks, the Chinese governmentâs crackdown on Big Tech companies has intensified. The giants have all felt the brunt of heightened regulatory scrutiny. At the end of last year, Ant Group (which owns the payment platform AliPay) failed to go public on the stock market. Chinese regulators cited a lack of compliance with new fintech regulations, which were abruptly introduced a week after founder Jack Ma publicly... Read more âș
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. I recently got an M1-powered Macbook Air, and I was excited to set it up after watching so many videos gushing over the laptop. I migrated all my apps and files from my old Intel-powered MacBook Air and I was raring to go. Then... Read more âș
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Itâs an annoying feeling that when you post a tweet and realize that you forgot to turn on reply filters. Currently, you either have to delete the tweet, or let reply guys and trolls have a field day. Twitter is fixing that behavior now by introducing an update to reply limitations: you can turn them on after tweeting. The company made this announcement through its safety account last night. Your... Read more âș
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Weâve all been âthat personâ online at some point. You know, the one who chimes in with an essay-long comment on something weâre passionate about works â or correcting someoneâs egregious mistakes (or maybe thatâs just me). The problem is, no matter how knowledgeable you might think you are, thereâs little to differentiate your opinion from those of anyone elseâs online. Fret no more, for you can now officially be... Read more âș
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The Fiido D11 is one of my favorite folding ebikes Iâve tested, offering sensible range and performance with a unique, attractive design. But at its entry-level $999 price point, what the bike was missing was some polish: the welds looked a little sloppy, the cables were a bit messy, and the pedaling offered basic cadence-based assistance as opposed to a fancier torque sensor. Enter the Fiido X. Launching on Indiegogo... Read more âș
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