The idea of a universal minimum/basic income (UBI) isn’t new or nearly as radical as those both in favor and opposed to it would have you believe. Dozens of cities across the globe are either currently running or have run UBI test programs. And the results are usually positive. Simply put: the outcomes for people who receive a UBI are typically demonstrably better than people in similar financial and economic... Read more ›
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A month after Clearview AI was declared illegal in Canada, activists have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the company’s operations in California. The complaint was filed on Tuesday by two immigrants’ rights groups and four individual political activists. They allege that Clearview has violated the privacy rights of Californians by scraping their photos and extracting their biometric data without gaining consent. The suit also argues that Clearview’s facial recognition... 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. The Spanish city of Málaga has launched an autonomous electric bus service – the first project of its kind in Europe. Looping... Read more ›
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TLDR: Including 12 courses and more than 80 hours of training, the package explains how to use all the tools in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of apps to create amazing digital content. Ask anyone involved in digital creation about the industry-leading Adobe Creative Cloud and you’re likely to get two nearly universal snap reactions. First, that there’s so much happening inside that armada of content creating apps that you... Read more ›
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Scientists from Essex University have created a COVID-19 screening tool that can accurately diagnose the virus by analyzing the sound of a person’s cough. The researchers say it could be used in a smartphone app to provide a more comfortable form of detecting the virus than eye-watering swab tests. The tool, named DeepCough3D, uses AI to analyze audio samples of coughs in frequencies that humans can’t hear. The researchers tested... Read more ›
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I take a ton of video calls with my colleagues using the webcam perched atop the external monitor in my study. But when I’m on a virtual date or catching up with friends, I don’t want to be cooped up in my home office or sat at my work desk. And it wouldn’t hurt to be framed up close and without lens distortion too. That’s where Twelve South‘s HoverBar Duo... Read more ›
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Asus’s ROG phone series has improved steadily over the years. Apart from packing monster specs, the company tries to add nifty features every year to the phone so gamers can get the best value out of it. This year’s device, the ROG Phone 5, is no different. In addition to the ROG Phone 5, Asus is also launching a Pro and an Ultimate version that has some extra functions and... Read more ›
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Like the volcano planet Mustafar from Star Wars, half of the exoplanet 3844b could be covered in active volcanoes. This planet, discovered in 2019, could be the first world we know, outside the solar system, to have plate tectonics, which guides much of geology on our own world. On Earth, plate tectonics drives earthquakes and builds mighty mountains, and it ferries materials from beneath the surface of the Earth, expelling... Read more ›
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Starting today, Instagram is launching its 2MB lite app in 170 countries across the world. The app, built by Facebook’s Tel Aviv-based team, is another addition to the company’s “Lite” apps, which cater to phones with limited specs and regions with low connectivity. The company launched Instagram Lite initially in India last December. Last month, it introduced support for Reels to the app. However, sadly, this support is just limited... Read more ›
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In case you missed it, Nothing announced its first product. You may be thinking that it’s the true wireless earbud in the header image, but you’d be wrong: Nothing’s first product is a whole load of design bullshit. Nothing is the new company from Carl Pei, the co-founder of OnePlus. So far, details about exactly what the company is up to have been sparse. We know it’ll focus on gadgets,... Read more ›
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Why do we do all of the things we do, like building new products, attending planning meetings, creating new processes, or writing articles? Because someone (hopefully us!) thinks each of those things is objectively good. And if each thing is good, then collectively, they are all… perfect? Unfortunately, the math doesn’t work out that way. There’s no such thing as perfection. There’s just a set of tradeoffs that, for a... 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. More and more Android phones are adopting displays with higher refresh rates than the standard 60Hz. And it’s not just the flagships; Xiaomi just launched a $270 Redmi Note 10 Pro with a superb AMOLED display that supports 120Hz. A higher refresh rate allows... Read more ›
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France today began the first-ever military training drills conducted in space. Begun, the star wars era has. Working with US Space Force and German space command, the French training drills were designed in response to the shifting global attitude towards space. According to French news outlet AFP, via Phys.Org, France’s Space Command was announced in 2019. Defense minister Florence Parly told reporters at the time that France needed to act... Read more ›
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It’s official: Sonos today unveiled the Roam, a small Bluetooth speaker promising big sound and unique features to help it stand out from the crowd. The announcement was nearly completely spoiled by leaks, but it’s nonetheless an important new product for the audio company A smaller and lighter follow-up to the excellent Sonos Move, the Roam measures just 168 x 62 x 60mm (6.6 x 2.4 x 2.3 inches), but... Read more ›
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Instagram‘s algorithm is recommending COVID-19 and anti-vaccination misinformation to potentially millions of users, according to a new report. The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) used test accounts to investigate the recommendations on Instagram’s Explore page and new Suggested Post feature. They found that the tools encourage users to view misinformation and then push those who engage with the posts towards other extremist content: If a user follows anti-vaxxers, they... Read more ›
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It’s Chrome OS‘ 10th birthday this year, and Google is introducing a bunch of new features to celebrate, set to roll out to users soon. While some of these features may have been available earlier in developer builds, they are beginning to roll out widely today. One of the most notable new features is Phone Hub, which allows for quick access to useful features on your phone. For example, you... Read more ›
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What goes up must come down, but as any aerodynamics engineer will tell you: getting it up is the hard part. On Earth, where our atmosphere is rather dense compared to many planets, we’re able to send aloft objects that are massive enough to be anchored to the ground through gravity via engineering based on simple physical science principles. As MIT puts it: Heavier-than-air flight is made possible by a... Read more ›
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It’s getting harder by the day to keep up with all the new electric vehicle announcements. Not because there are so many, but because the names of the cars are so goddam uninspiring, and well, frankly quite boring. Today, the motoring press been saturated with news of Kia’s new all-electric vehicle. The South Korean carmaker has sent ripples of excitement through the industry, so you’d be forgiven for thinking it... Read more ›
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TLDR: The Premium Digital Copywriting Training Bundle can help any writer launch their own freelance copywriting career. While you might know qualified freelancers can make a mint doing programming, web development, or graphic design, you might be surprised to know that quality freelance copywriters aren’t hurting for paychecks either. While pay rates vary based on a writer’s expertise and experience, top flight copywriters who can turn effective copy for their... Read more ›
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Hurricanes are well-familiar to the inhabitants of Earth, especially those in areas prone to blustery conditions. But, these terrestrial tempests are not the only form hurricanes can take. Now, new observations show a space hurricane for the first time in the ionosphere, sitting within the upper regions of the atmosphere of Earth where gases are ionized by radiation from the Sun. Satellite observations taken by four satellites in August 2014... Read more ›
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