If you’re using an Android phone, you might be having a frustrating day as many users have reported that multiple apps are crashing, including Gmail and Amazon. The reason is some unknown bug in the latest update of Android WebView, a component that lets developers show webpages in their apps. In a statement, Google has said it was aware of the issue and working on a patch: We are aware... Read more ›
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Water worlds are found in our own solar system, and life may hide among their layers of rock and ice, new studies suggest. Life may, one day, be found on worlds including Europa, Enceladus, Titan, Mars, and possibly even (Pluto). Interior water ocean worlds (IWOWs) are common in our solar system, and similar planets and moons are likely to exist in other planetary systems, greatly expanding the possibility of alien... Read more ›
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Microsoft is out for shopping again and this time it wants to buy Discord, the communication platform for gamers. This morning, Bloomberg reported that the tech giant wants to acquire the app for more than $10 billion — a hefty sum. In December, Discord raised $100 million at a $7 billion valuation, so it wouldn’t be surprising if the sale price is higher than $10 billion. On Monday, VentureBeat reported... Read more ›
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A volcano in Iceland called Fagradalsfjall had been dormant for 6,000 years. Then it erupted a few days ago. It just so happens that a lot has changed in 6,000 years, such as the fact we humans have drones. So, of course, drone pilots like Bjorn Steinbekk are flyings theirs right into the molten lava. Just watch; it’s worth 15 seconds of your time. Somehow, the drone survived flying right... Read more ›
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Reports last year suggested Google was looking to make YouTube into more of a shopping hub, but we’ve seen little progress in that arena since. That’s changing a bit today, as Google announced it’s testing an automated list of products detected in videos. Here’s the short bit of text directly from YouTube’s test feature support page: [March 22, 2021] Testing automated list of products detected in videos:We are experimenting with... Read more ›
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I’ve seen a lot of dumb startup pitches in my day, but a Donald Trump-branded social media network takes the stupid cake. All I can figure is, we’re exactly two months away from the FBI’s birthday and team Trump’s determined to get the old agency the perfect gift this year. Or maybe Trump just really likes losing money. For those out of the loop here’s a video of Trump’s spokesperson... Read more ›
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Apple is reportedly “developing new speakers with screens and cameras,” according to the ever-reliable Mark Gurman reporting for Bloomberg. (This news is sure to make my colleague Callum, who just wrote a piece wishing for a HomePod with a screen last week, rather happy.) The company had reportedly been developing an updated HomePod for a 2022 release before the line was discontinued. It appears the display-enabled model might eventually serve... Read more ›
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Apparently, it’s not enough for a phone to just fold once. According to a new report by Nikkei Asia, Samsung is planning to add a third folding phone to its lineup this year– one that has two folds in its screen. The phone will apparently live alongside the existing Fold and Flip series, rather than replace one of them. According to the report, the purpose of the triptych design is... Read more ›
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TLDR: EasySplitter Pro Vocal Remover makes it easy to isolate vocals and break down any song to its individual parts, perfect for musicians, engineers, karaoke lovers, and more. Sure, tech changes our world and our lives on a daily basis. But sometimes, an innovation comes along that just makes us smile. A few years ago, advancements in artificial intelligence and sound recording finally allowed music fans to do what many... Read more ›
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Soft robots can be far more flexible than their rigid relatives, but their vast ranges of motion makes it hard to map the location of their body parts. A new algorithm could give them greater control of their movements by optimizing the arrangement of sensors on their bodies. “You can’t put an infinite number of sensors on the robot itself,” said study co-lead author Andrew Spielberg, a PhD student at... Read more ›
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TLDR: Designtly uses all their Shopify knowledge to create and make sure your new Shopify online storefront is up and running, then teaches you how to run it on your own. Did you know there is a company that sells boxer briefs for women? You may not have heard of TomboyX when they got started making less girly clothing designs for women with $76,000 in Kickstarter seed funding back in... Read more ›
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This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it here. Hold on, what’s that vile, musty, and inescapable smell? Shhh, friend, don’t concern yourself with that, it’s just the latest issue of Plugged In. We all have enemies. And if you say you don’t, then you either haven’t thought about it hard enough, or you’re a dirty liar. Me? I have loads. A... Read more ›
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TLDR: The 10 courses in The 2021 Complete PMP Career Training Certification Bundle explain the most popular methodologies for getting key projects finished on time and on budget. You probably felt the wave of anxiety and fear when you first learned to hit a curveball or take to the course in MarioKart. You likely felt it when you sat behind the wheel of a car for the first time when... Read more ›
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Yesterday, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller suggested technology should be part of the solution to growing concerns around sexual assault. He encouraged serious discussion about using a digital app to record positive sexual consent. In our research, we have studied a wide range of mobile applications and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots used in attempts to counter sexual violence over the past decade. We found these apps have many... Read more ›
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Remember when Apple stopped including power bricks with iPhones last year? While the company claimed it was all for the environment, people with who didn’t have chargers were furious they’d now have to buy a separate expensive brick to be able to use their new phones. But while most of us just bitch and moaned while forking over our hard-earned cash to Cook and co., one country decide to take... Read more ›
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If you’ve ever thought Sonos wasn’t fancy or advanced enough, then may I introduce you to Bluesound. The Canadian audio company is on a mission to become the audiophile Sonos, and its latest move? Well, that’s announcing its latest product, the Pulse Soundbar+. Before we get into that product specifically, let’s talk about Bluesound. The company creates audiophile-ready streaming gear. This includes things like wireless speakers, stereo components, and, yes,... Read more ›
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To avoid frustrating consumers and employees while wasting digital investments, take retooling your culture seriously. Read more ›
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The Protecting the Right to Organize Act—a bill aimed at making it easier for workers to unionize—passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week. If it makes it through the considerably less friendly U.S. Senate, the legislation would constitute a major shift in labor law by overriding state “right to work” laws and making some contract workers eligible to join unions. Tech companies and labor advocates are abuzz. “We’re in... Read more ›
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Color. Me. Shocked. Former US President Donald Trump wants to make a return to social media with his own platform. After getting banned from virtually every major social website on the planet earlier this year, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Shopify, he wants to build his own platform. Well, not like there’s any other choice. [Read: There’s more evidence Twitter is testing an ‘undo’ button, but it’ll cost you] Last... Read more ›
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For most people, diagnosing a dodgy internet connection is nigh on impossible. After all, the internet is a complex hodgepodge of hardware and software, and the odd jumpy Zoom call is often accepted as an inexplicable feature of a network we don’t well understand. But internet connection issues are actually quite easy to explain. They arise when the flow of data along internet cables is interrupted, most frequently when the... Read more ›
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