Stack Overflow, the online developer community forum, has struck a deal with Naspers’ international internet assets division Prosus. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Prosus is buying the company for a whopping $1.8 billion. The investment firm is known for its $200 billion holdings in the Chinese tech giant Tencent. This acquisition is one of the biggest in Prosus’ portfolio. [Read: This dude drove an EV from... Read more ›
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Last week, Microsoft said that its next-gen Windows will be unveiled “very soon.” Now, the company has set a date for it: we’re going to see “what’s next for Windows” at an event on June 24 11AM ET. This new update to Microsoft’s operating system is codenamed “Sun Valley” and reports suggest that it’ll bring refreshed UI elements, along with other changes. [Read: This dude drove an EV from the... Read more ›
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It’s Pride month, and that means it’s time for us to see how things are going for LGBTQ people in tech. If you’re in a hurry, here’s a helpful infographic that sums things up: That might seem a bit hyperbolic, but the good news is that it actually shows a little progress. The flames were a tiny bit higher last year. But we’ve got more to back up claim that... Read more ›
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If you ever feel like a boring normie, Spotify wants to let you know that at least your taste in music is special. The streaming giant today launched Only You, a new feature that generates personalized playlists and pays you fawning compliments for your “unique” listening habits. The experience is similar to Spotify Wrapped, with a visual breakdown of your streaming patterns, a Stories-like interface, and new insights about your... Read more ›
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The global AI race was supposed to be a sprint. Back in 2017 when driverless cars and domestic robots were thought to be just around the corner, the promise of deep learning made it seem like we were mere months away from living in an AI-powered utopia. As it turns out, the global AI race is more of a marathon. And the US has a huge lead that’ll be difficult... Read more ›
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TLDR: The 2021 Premium Unity Game Developer Certification Bundle is a 17-course mega-pack of gaming knowledge for designing and creating amazing game experiences. For those who love storytelling, for those intrigued by new technology, and for those who often find themselves brimming over with creativity, there may be no more perfect career pursuit than life as a professional video game developer. If you’ve got the chops, it’s a very healthy... Read more ›
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TLDR: Learn the true tricks of photography from a pair of high profile Hollywood superstars with this Photo School photography and Photoshop editing masterclass. The path to greatness is almost always paved by those who have gone before. Whether it’s someone who inspired you from afar or someone who literally taught you the ropes directly, there’s a fasttrack to getting good at almost anything. And learning from an accomplished success... Read more ›
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A new “fraud wave” has been reported in the UK, targeting mobile phone users with texts that, at first glance, appear to be from delivery companies or government institutions. You may even have been targeted by the text scams yourself, which often ask you to pay missed delivery charges or tax fees and are sent from numbers that claim to belong to Royal Mail, Hermes, or HMRC. While these scams... Read more ›
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Have you ever wondered which European country is outdoing the rest when it comes to supporting EV adoption? Me too! Seriously, sometimes it keeps me up at night. Thankfully I’ll be sleeping easy tonight because the folks over at vehicle leasing firm, Select Car Leasing (SCL), have crunched the numbers ranking 33 European countries to find out who is the best at electric vehicles. Yes, I’m using that as a... Read more ›
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Standard Chartered is hopping on the crypto trading bandwagon. The British banking giant today announced that its innovation unit, SC Ventures, will launch a digital asset brokerage and exchange platform for institutional clients in Europe. StanChart is establishing the venture alongside BC Technology Group, the parent company of Hong Kong-licensed digital-asset platform OSL. The partnership will be based in the UK and offer trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital... Read more ›
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A small Dutch company, E-magy, that specializes in designing and manufacturing porous silicon technologies is now working on creating a new silicon-based lithium-ion battery that would increase EV range, Trouw reports. As per Casper Peeters, the co-founder of E-magy, silicon-based lithium batteries live longer than their graphite-based alternatives. Silicon batteries have between 40 and 70% more capacity, he explained. This means that large EVs could have an 800km range, and... Read more ›
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A Tesla owner in China gave a public apology on social media for uploading a video on his TikTok account with a staged “brake failure” incident. The legal department of Tesla China seems to have accused the user for false defamation, which resulted in a new TikTok video where he revokes his previous “claims.” In his apology, the EV owner admits that his Model X had never had a brake... Read more ›
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Hector Castellanos has a locked-in schedule. Every Monday morning he wakes up well before sunrise to get ready for his day driving for Uber and Lyft. He’s usually on the road by 5 a.m., works nearly nonstop until about 5 p.m., goes home, sleeps, and then does it all over again every day until Saturday. On weekends, he allows himself time off. In all, after expenses, he nets about $500... Read more ›
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The coronavirus pandemic is still looming, and most companies are working in a hybrid model if not sticking to the work from home rigmarole. But that means conferencing platforms such as Zoom become extremely important. The company also believes the current situation will help it earn more money and beat analyst expectations this quarter. A Reuters report noted that Zoom expects to cash in $985 million to $990 in revenue... Read more ›
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Tesla is claiming that its upcoming Roadster sports car will accelerate from zero to 60 quicker than pretty much anything else on the planet — 1.9 seconds to be precise. It’s so fast that there isn’t much out there to compare it to, so we don’t really have a frame of reference. What’s more, for reasons we’ll never understand, Elon Musk thinks that going from a standstill to 60 mph... Read more ›
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Are you considering taking a position at a startup? Or are you already working for one, and it’s nothing like what you’ve experienced at a more established company? I know this sounds like the intro to one of those “you may be entitled to compensation” commercials. Sorry to say, no compensation here — but I would like to share with you some mistakes that are easy to make when you... Read more ›
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Bored of watching content on your current set of subscriptions? Don’t worry, the Apple TV app is now available on Android TV-based devices. This is one of those rare apps to spill out of iDevices onto Google’s platform, and it’s worth trying. The big G told 9to5Google that the Apple TV app is now available for the entire “Android TV OS ecosystem” starting today. That includes streaming devices such as... Read more ›
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This article was originally published by Sarah Wray 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. New air quality maps show that Copenhagen’s major access roads have nearly three times more ultrafine particles and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and... Read more ›
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Better battery life on the iPhone? That’s always a reason to celebrate, and looks like we’re gonna see improvement in that department this year. A leaker who goes by the username of @L0vetodream on Twitter, posted a photo from Weibo, indicating that the upcoming iPhone 13 series is getting a battery bump as compared to its iPhone 12 counterparts. The screenshot in the tweet below is from China’s TENNA certification... Read more ›
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Scientists at Columbia University have developed a robot that mimics the facial expressions of humans to gain their trust. Named Eva, the droid uses deep learning to analyze human facial gestures captured by a camera. Cables and motors then pull on different points of the robot’s soft skin to mimic the expressions of nearby people in real-time. The effect is pretty creepy, but the researchers say that giving androids this... Read more ›
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