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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 08:59 EDT

3 FREE tips to assess the credibility of financial advice on #fintok

Queenie Tan is full of financial advice. Whether it is cheap date ideas, buying furniture, saving your first $100,000, doing your tax return, or investing in Dogecoin, there is seemingly no topic the 24-year-old Sydney woman can’t confidently tackle. Her posts and videos have gained her 15,000 followers on Instagram and 42,000 followers on TikTok. Her explainer on Australian tax rules for cryptocurrency capital gains has been viewed more than... Read more

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Ioanna Lykiardopoulou @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 08:52 EDT

Germany says ‘JA!’ to fully autonomous vehicles hitting public roads in 2022

German lawmakers have voted for a bill that will allow highly automated vehicles (Level 4 of autonomous driving) to be used in regular operation by 2022. The bill was passed last Thursday by the lower chamber of parliament, the Bundestag, as a draft law, named “Road Traffic Act and the Compulsory Insurance Act – Act on Autonomous Driving.” The vehicles that qualify as Level 4 autonomous will operate in defined... Read more

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Andrea Hak @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 08:15 EDT

How to make it as a ‘non-specialist’ founder

What do you need to start a successful business? Common sense would say business smarts and of course the know-how to succeed in your industry. But what if you only have the former? The rise of serial entrepreneurship has brought about the era of the non-specialist entrepreneur. These entrepreneurs are generalists who specialize in starting, operating, and scaling businesses and not in the ins and outs of the industry they’re... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 07:04 EDT

After Delhi police’s visit, Twitter India says its concerned about its employees

Earlier this week, Delhi police visited Twitter India’s offices in New Delhi and Gurugram to hand over a notice, but returned disappointed as these workspaces were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The cops wanted to hand over the notice related to an investigation after Twitter had labeled tweets of the ruling party BJP leaders with a “manipulated media” tag. Days later, The government of India sent a letter to... Read more

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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 04:16 EDT

Chinese hackathon reportedly revealed iOS breach, exploited it to spy on Uyghurs

When Apple announced in a 2019 blog post that it had patched a security vulnerability in its iOS operating system, the company sought to reassure its customers. The attack that had exploited the vulnerability, Apple said, was “narrowly focused” on websites featuring content related to the Uyghur community. It has since emerged that the vulnerability in question was discovered at China’s principal hacking competition, the Tianfu Cup, where a professional... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 04:14 EDT

Ditch your phone, Twitter Spaces is now on your desktop

Twitter announced today that it’s bringing Spaces — its live audio product — to the web. This could mean that I can finally put my phone aside to listen to some interesting conversations or live music. Real-time audio apps have birthed a plethora of new content formats to consume. One of those is “listening to this while working.” This could be a room where someone is playing music, your friends... Read more

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Ioanna Lykiardopoulou @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 04:09 EDT

3 things self-driving cars need to fix before anyone will buy them

The University of Kent, Toulouse Business School, ESSCA School of Management, and ESADE Business School conducted research to detect how consumers feel towards the gradual emergence of autonomous vehicles. Through qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys, they uncovered three key concerns and three key benefits, respectively.  Concerns: Performance and safety risks regarding the AI and sensor systems of the vehicles. Loss of driving competency due to the reliance on automated systems.... Read more

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Matthew Beedham @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 03:13 EDT

Tesla loses NHTSA safety recognition after removing radar

As you might have heard, Tesla is going to remove radar sensors from its North American market Model 3 and Model Y EVs. And it’s already causing problems for the carmaker. Yesterday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) removed certain safety designations for vehicles produced after April 27. The safety body does not give its “check mark” for forward collision warning, lane departure warning, crash imminent braking and dynamic... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 02:16 EDT

Facebook will now shame pages that share misinformation repeatedly

Facebook is ready to call out pages that share misinformation repeatedly. The company is debuting a new label that says “This page shares misinformation repeatedly” when you like the page. The firm will link to posts that have been debunked by authorized fact-checkers in the pop-up with more information. That’s a pretty good idea for steering people away from pages that mislead people. But what if someone’s already liked the... Read more

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The Conversation @ The Next Web · 05/27/2021 02:15 EDT

Why Microsoft finally dumped Internet Explorer after more than 25 years

Tech giant Microsoft recently announced the retirement of its longstanding web browser, Internet Explorer, in favor of its newer product, Microsoft Edge. With support for Internet Explorer only set to last until June 15, 2022, its remaining users have just over a year to find an alternative. But of course, most web users already have. While the eventual downfall of Internet Explorer was seen as a foregone conclusion by those... Read more

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Napier Lopez @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 22:27 EDT

How to hide like counts on Instagram — for your own posts and others

Instagram and Facebook have been testing hiding like counts for years now, but the social networks are finally ready to bring the feature to everyone. The company today announced that every Instagram and Facebook user will be able to hide their like counts from the public. The feature is rolling out to Instagram first, with similar functionality launching in Facebook in the coming weeks. On Instagram, you can opt to... Read more

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Tristan Greene @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 14:17 EDT

Review: Demeo is the tabletop RPG experience VR gamers have been waiting for

My Mercurial romance with virtual reality just got a dungeon‘s worth of kindling to relight the flame. The game’s called Demeo and it was developed and published by Resolution Games. It’s a dungeon crawler that’s played from a first-person perspective. The player oversees the movement of miniatures (think: 3D models made to look like the physical figurines people use to play tabletop roleplaying games) in digital dungeon that sits on... Read more

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Clean Fleet Report @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 13:21 EDT

Buying an EV isn’t just a purchase, it’s a lifestyle choice

This article was originally published by Brent Gruber from JD Power on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. Conventional wisdom on what constitutes effective engagement with prospective buyers will have to be revisited if the automotive industry is going... Read more

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Tristan Greene @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 11:59 EDT

This AI startup is putting a fleet of airplanes in the sky without human pilots

Meet the pilot of tomorrow, today: Credit: Merlin LabsLook ma, no pilot AI startup Merlin Labs today deactivated stealth mode to announce a $25 million funding round and a partnership with Dynamic Aviation to put a fleet of 55 King Air planes in the sky without humans aboard. Merlin Labs CEO and founder Matthew George told Neural: What we’re building is software that creates a think-for-itself-pilot … fully-autonomous flight take-off... Read more

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Ioanna Lykiardopoulou @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 10:10 EDT

TikTok is now tagging dangerous ‘self-driving’ videos — but it’s not enough

Videos of “driverless” Teslas have sadly become a “thing” on social media. But at least TikTok seems to be trying to offer some kind of “protection” to its users by tagging Autopilot videos with the following statement: The actions in this video could result in serious injury or adverse health effects. Check it out in the tweet bellow.   TikTok showing that it cares more about human life than Elon Musk... Read more

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TNW Deals @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 10:00 EDT

This Luminar 4 bundle unleashes AI to brilliantly edit images automatically in seconds

TLDR: The Award-Winning Luminar 4 Power Bundle offers AI-generated image editing abilities for creating gorgeous images in record time, along with some cool add-on packs. Whether you’re shooting with a $2,000 DSLR camera or just your smartphone, there’s an art to capturing just the right image. Today’s camera wizardry goes a long way to helping each of us shoot pictures that are in focus and lit properly, no matter how... Read more

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Built In @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 09:24 EDT

5 ways to make your daily developer check-ins more effective

This article was written by Tammy Xu and originally published on Built In. Daily check-ins — also known as stand-ups or huddles — are such a fundamental part of agile that it’s hard to imagine the software development process without them. But at many companies, check-ins are more of an institution than a useful practice: people list a few items on their to-do lists, the team breaks huddle, and everyone... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 09:00 EDT

Zoom now supports the iPad Pro’s new Center Stage function

Video conferencing platform Zoom announced today that it’s bringing support for the Center Stage function that debuted in the new iPad Pros. Not excited? Then let’s rewind a bit. Center Stage is a feature that uses the new iPad Pro’s ultrawide camera to focus on you even when you move. The iPad Pro’s M1 chip uses machine learning to dictate when you’re out of the frame and pan slightly towards... Read more

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Ivan Mehta @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 09:00 EDT

Zoom’s new AI will highlight the best bits of meetings for you

If you’ve missed your company’s all-important meeting, you might have to go through the whole Zoom recording to catch up on stuff. Now, the video conferencing platform is introducing a new AI-powered feature that’ll show you highlights from the recorded meeting. Once the meeting is over, the AI will automatically select the most important parts of the meeting. It’s understandable that you can’t rely entirely on the algorithm, so Zoom... Read more

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Ioanna Lykiardopoulou @ The Next Web · 05/26/2021 08:13 EDT

Tesla is removing radar from Autopilot, and it makes absolutely no sense

Forget about radar for self-driving tech. Tesla announced yesterday that it’s officially transitioning to its camera-based autonomous driving system, known as Tesla Vision. Starting this month, Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, which will be delivered to the North American market, will be the first cars to ditch radar entirely, and employ camera vision and neural net processing for the performance of “Autopilot, Full-Self Driving, and certain active safety features.”... Read more

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