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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Normally, my day job involves a healthy dose of dread. There are time pressures, a story’s wider impact, and if I’m actually, well, right. But this piece has none of that — because it’s about a dumb meme of people involved with The French Dispatch. Let’s take a step back. The French Dispatch is the latest film from first year film students’ favorite director Wes Anderson. Oringally scheduled for release... Read more ›
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The cryptocurrency bitcoin now uses up more electricity a year than the whole of Argentina, according to recent estimates from the University of Cambridge. That’s because the creation of a bitcoin, in a process called mining, is achieved by powerful computers that work night and day to decode and solve complex mathematical problems. The energy these computers consume is unusually high. Police in the UK recently raided what they believed... Read more ›
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On Wednesday, the European Union spelled doom for petrol and diesel cars, proposing to ban the sale of new “traditional vehicles” by 2035. The ban is part of the “Fit for 55” climate package measures that aim to combat global warming. The European Commission made the following encouraging proposals: CO2 emissions from motor vehicles must drop by 55% by 2030, and reach zero by 2035. Plug-in hybrids will count as... Read more ›
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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 ›
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WhatsApp — one of the most used chat apps across the world — 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 that’s 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 ›
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Whoever is in charge of Microsoft’s Twitter account decided to tempt fate today. “If this gets 20k likes, we’ll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy,” the account tweeted. At the time of writing, said tweet has 117K likes. If this gets 20k likes, we’ll replace the paperclip emoji in Microsoft 365 with Clippy. pic.twitter.com/6T8ziboguC — Microsoft (@Microsoft) July 14, 2021 It looks like it’s time for Clippy’s... Read more ›
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In 2015, India’s 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 “vague in its entirety,” as it punished anyone storing information that could be false or “grossly offensive or has a menacing character.” However, a petition filed by People’s Union for Civil Liberties, a non-profit, revealed that six years after the... Read more ›
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When opposing Libyan forces signed a cease-fire last year, it wasn’t 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 ›
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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 format’s 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 — Twitter (@Twitter) July 14, 2021 The top of the Twitter timeline will... Read more ›
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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. It’s especially annoying when lying down or using the phone from unusual angles. I’ve 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 ›
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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. It’s also initially only available in the US. Background: Serialized fiction... Read more ›
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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 “charging etiquettes” are an actual “thing?” Yes, there’s a whole list of do’s and don’ts 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 ›
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TLDR: The 2021 Complete CompTIA Certification Prep Super Bundle is an IT pro’s best friend, offering training that can land you almost a dozen valuable CompTIA certifications. There’s no clearer declaration that an emerging IT professional is ready for bigger tasks than when they start amassing major certifications. That’s especially true for those passing exams from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA). For almost 30 years, their seal of approval... Read more ›
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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 isn’t too late. We’re barely into July yet. There’s still plenty of summer left. Which means there’s 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 ›
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I’ve long been a fan of DaVinci’s marijuana vapes: they’re lovingly crafted, constructed with premium materials, and deliver a fantastic smoking experience. This trend hasn’t 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, we’re going to find out exactly why that is. First though, let’s talk about DaVinci.... Read more ›
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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 ›
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Five years since the Brexit vote and three since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, we’re 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 users’ consent, to help Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign target key voters with online adverts. In the years since, we’ve learned how these kinds... Read more ›
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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 ›
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Over the past few weeks, the Chinese government’s 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 ›
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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 ›
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