The European Commission issued preliminary findings on Friday accusing Meta of building Facebook and Instagram to be addictive, giving the company a formal opportunity to respond before Brussels reaches a final decision that could trigger fines of up to 6% of its global annual revenue. Based on Meta’s 2025 turnover of roughly $201 billion, that […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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TLDR: You can protect up to six devices in your home from power surges with this Smart Power Strip with Surge Protector from Gosund, now at almost 40 percent off. Power surges happen all the time. And while there are a number of factors that can lead to an unexpected surge of power in your home electrical system, the most common source of power spikes is the most obvious one:... Read more ›
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TLDR: This Smart TV LED Backlight casts a cool light halo around your TV screen, offering fun lighting options as well as helping alleviate eye strain during extended viewing. Sometimes, that home theater you’ve assembled isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Sure, having a glorious giant screen display with ultra-vivid resolution and color makes settling in for movie night in your darkened living room a true theater-esque experience. But... Read more ›
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Despite the pandemic, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increased by 43% in 2020. Total EV sales in China were 1.3 million, an increase of 8% compared to 2019, and 41% of all EVs sold worldwide. Though Europe sold more than China for the first time since 2015, China is still the world’s biggest national market for EVs. The best-selling EV in China is not Tesla’s Model 3, but the... Read more ›
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DHL Express is teaming up with all-electric aircraft manufacturer Eviation to build the world’s first electric air cargo network. On Tuesday, the courier giant announced the order of twelve “Alice” aircraft from the Seattle-based company to be delivered by 2024. Credit: DHL An impression of the DHL Alice aircraft. Alice is an all-electric nine-seat aircraft, designed to transport passengers and freight alike. It can be flown by a single pilot... Read more ›
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Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors into making unintended and possibly harmful choices. Dark patterns can be found in many kinds of sites and are used by several kinds of organizations. They take the form of deceptively labeled buttons, choices that are difficult to undo, and graphical elements like color and shading that direct users’ attention to or away from certain options.... Read more ›
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There’s no secret that Facebook loves ads. It has stuffed the blue app and different features of Instagram with them. And the company has contemplated many times inserting ads in WhatsApp. Now the company is trying to make a match of an odd pair: encryption and ads. According to a report from The Information, the tech giant is building a team of AI researchers to explore possibilities to analyze data... Read more ›
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A phone screen with no notches, bezels, or cutouts — that’s the dream, right? Manufacturers have tried stuff like pop-up cameras in the past, but everyone wants to achieve a workable under-the-screen selfie camera that’s practically invisible. To that end, Oppo has unveiled its new imaging tech and claims its updated selfie camera doesn’t compromise “ the integrity of the screen.” The company said it had solved issues of the... Read more ›
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Five months after he was carjacked while driving for Uber, resulting in thousands of dollars in damage to his car, David Morrow finally received an offer of assistance from the company: $1,000, the amount of his insurance deductible. But there was a catch—Morrow would need to sign a nondisclosure agreement promising to not sue Uber, disparage the company, or talk any further about his carjacking or the details of his... Read more ›
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WhatsApp is joining the disappearing photos and videos club. The company today officially began rolling out a ‘View Once‘ feature that allows content to disappear from your phone. The feature had previously been available in beta, but is only now reaching more users. As you might’ve guessed, you view the photo or video once, and poof! It’s gone. This new type of disappearing content will be labeled with a new... Read more ›
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I know people think reviewers should be completely unbiased, but anyone who says they are is kidding themselves. We all have our preferences and prejudices, and as much as we try to keep those in check, they inevitably affect the way we go about a review. Either that bias makes us see a product through rose-colored lenses, or it causes us to overcorrect in the name of objectivity. I can... Read more ›
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Spotify is testing a cheaper subscription tier that gives users more control over their listening but still features ads. Known as Spotify Plus, the plan was first reported by The Verge. The streaming giant confirmed the trial in a statement: We’re always working to enhance the Spotify experience and we routinely conduct tests to inform our decisions, We’re currently conducting a test of an ad-supported subscription plan with a limited... Read more ›
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Twitter is applying the bug bounty model to machine learning. The micro-blogging site has launched the industry’s first algorithmic bias bounty competition. The challenge was created to identify potential harms in Twitter’s notorious image cropping algorithm, which was largely abandoned after exhibiting gender- and race-based biases. The company now wants to incentivize the community to find further unidentified risks of the algorithm. The winners of the challenge will receive cash... Read more ›
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TLDR: Get full VPN coverage with a 2 or 3 year subscription to one of the most popular VPN services around these days, Surfshark. The threats to your security are out there…and they are very real. Even if they aren’t targeting you specifically, make no mistake — shadowy forces on the web are taking aim at the very infrastructure you enjoy. Cyberattacks aren’t just going after banks and tech giants... Read more ›
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TLDR: These nine course collections will expand any learner’s understanding of web security, the cloud, devops, and more, all at an extra 60 percent off their already discounted prices. Rust never sleeps…and neither does the web. That’s why every year is marked by new technologies and new fields of expansion on the web that open the world to new ways of thinking — and each of those new ideas brings... Read more ›
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Blizzard president J. Allen Brack is leaving the company in the wake of damning allegations of discrimination and harassment at the studio. Brack will be replaced by a leadership team of Jen Oneal, the former head of Vicarious Visions, and Mike Ybarra, who was previously an executive at Xbox. The duo will share responsibilities over game development and company operations, Blizzard announced in a statement: Both leaders are deeply committed... Read more ›
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After establishing its might in the smartphone business, Xiaomi wants to make a dent in the mobility industry through various investments. On Monday, the company participated in a pre-series-A round of investment into a self-driving company called Geometrical Partner. Xiaomi led the $62 million investment along with Matrix Partners China and Baidu Ventures. The self-driving car startup was founded in 2018, and provides L2-L4 level of autonomous driving solutions in... Read more ›
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Almost any article you read about Section 230 reminds you that it contains the most important 26 words in tech and that it is the law that made the modern internet. This is all true, but Section 230 is also the most significant obstacle to stopping misinformation online. Section 230 is part of the Communications Decency Act, a 1996 law passed while the internet was still embryonic and downright terrifying... Read more ›
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Google unveiled its Pixel 6 phones for 2021 last night. While the phone will arrive later this year, one of the highlights of the device was the company’s indigenous chip called Tensor. The company’s CEO Sundar Pichai tweeted the picture of this chip and said it has been “4 years in the making,” and built off of two decades of the firm’s computing experience. So excited to share our new... Read more ›
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We are beyond excited for TNW Conference 2021! For the 15th edition of the event, we went all out. A gorgeous venue along the Amsterdam riverside? Check. Seven stages with speakers and topics worth at least five conferences? We got you. Bars, food stalls, live music? You better believe it. But just in case you’re not familiar with the vibe, we asked people about their funniest/strangest/most memorable TNW conference experiences.... Read more ›
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As a business owner, your business should be your greatest ally. It shapes the person you are and the life you are living. Unfortunately, the organization in which we work can become our enemy rather than our friend. I work on a daily basis with business owners who are frustrated and overworked. They are not the most effective, the most fulfilled in their business, or the ones creating the most... Read more ›
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