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1921.
Startup designs a modular, repairable laptop
Framework wants to apply the Fairphone model to laptops.
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1922.
SolarWinds security fiasco may have started with simple password blunders
Many things came together to crack SolarWinds, but it may all have started with that classic mistake of leaking a lousy password.
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1923.
Could solar panels and batteries on your home help prevent the next grid disaster?
Even small systems like those that kept the lights on for some Texas homeowners could play a role in protecting the bigger electricity system, experts say.
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1924.
Criminals laundered $2.8 billion in 2019 using crypto exchanges, finds a new analysis
Criminals appear to be laundering an increasing amount of cryptocurrency by moving it to reputable exchanges, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.
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1925.
Why I'm Done Pretending Touchscreen Infotainment Isn't a Stupid, Hazardous Fad
In-car touchscreens are problem enough for average, well-rested drivers. For millions of Americans like me, they're outright dangerous.
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1926.
‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos
It’s hard to feel connected to someone who’s gone through a static photo. So a company called MyHeritage who provides automatic AI-powered photo enhancements is now offering a new service that can animate people in old photos creating a short video that looks like it was recorded while they posed and prepped for the portrait.
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1927.
Twitter Previews ‘Super Follows,’ Which Will Let Users Charge for Exclusive Content
Ahead of its analyst day presentation, Twitter outlined an ambitious plan to double annual revenue by 2023. Most of that will continue to come from advertising — but the social network also i…
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1928.
Welcome to McDonald's. A machine will take your order now
Drive-thrus are a lead generator of fast-food sales during the pandemic, and many chains, like McDonald's are trying to speed up the process by deploying new tech, including artificial intelligence for ordering.
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1929.
The Republican Party Is Now in Its End Stages
The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.
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1930.
Despite Nvidia's Anti-Mining Lock, RTX 3060 Can Still Earn Up To $7 a Day Mining
Yesterday, Nvidia announced that the RTX 3060 would limit hashing power when it detected Ethereum mining, but Nvidia was oddly specific about Ethereum. That made us wonder: What about other coins? After all, Ethereum isn't the only crypto coin out there, and new coins and algorithms come out on a regular basis.
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1931.
Firefox 86 Introduces Total Cookie Protection
Total Cookie Protection is a major anti-tracking advance in Firefox that confines cookies to the site where they were created.
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1932.
Social Media Sites Must Remove Content in 36 Hours of Order, Says Govt in Draft Digital, OTT...
The central government has finalized the rules to regulate internet-based businesses and organizations - social media companies, OTT streaming services, and digital news outlets, among others - as it plans to introduce a sea change in legislation to assert more control over powerful Big Tech firms.
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1933.
Before Fortnite, There Was ZZT: Meet Epic’s First Game
Thirty years ago—on January 15, 1991—an American college student named Tim Sweeney released ZZT, a low-key adventure game with a revolutionary element: It shipped with a free, built-in game editor. ZZT’s success spawned Epic Games, Unreal Engine, and most recently, Fortnite. Here’s why ZZT was special.
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1934.
Fry’s Electronics is shutting its doors for good
Remember electronics stores?
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1935.
Epic will pay off class-action loot-box settlement with in-game currency
Fortnite and Rocket League players will get over $78 million in digital goods.
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1936.
Facebook reverses ban on news pages in Australia
Facebook will reverse a decision to block access to news content, Australia's government says.
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1937.
WhatsApp Reveals What Happens to Users Who Don't Agree to Upcoming Privacy Policy Changes
WhatsApp has revealed how it will gradually cripple accounts held by users who do not accept the platform's impending privacy policy changes
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1938.
Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago
The temporary breakdown of Earth's magnetic field 42,000 years ago sparked major climate shifts that led to global environmental change and mass extinctions, a new international study co-led by UNSW Sydney and the South Australian Museum shows.
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1939.
This Ferret Died 33 Years Ago. Scientists Just Brought Her Back to Life.
For the first time, scientists have cloned an endangered U.S. species: a black-footed ferret named Elizabeth Ann, whose donor has been dead for more than 30 years. After the original ferret, Willa, died in 1988, scientists froze her body to preserve her genetic material, hoping to someday perform an experiment like this.
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1940.
Google faces possible class action over Stadia's 4K claims
Google's Stadia game streaming platform is still hanging in there, but it still hasn't lived up to some of its original goals. The available library is limited (compared to other platforms), there won't be any first-party games developed by Google, and Stadia's ambitions for 4K gameplay didn't really pan out. Now the company faces a possible class action lawsuit over 4K gaming claims.
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1941.
Who Is Still Buying VHS Tapes?
Despite the rise of streaming, there is still a vast library of moving images that are categorically unavailable anywhere else. Also a big nostalgia factor.
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1942.
Homicide Cases in Texas Are Going Unsolved, Leaving Serial Killers Free to Murder Again
Too few police departments are effectively deploying their resources to stop them.
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1943.
Nvidia's new gaming software puts brakes on mining cryptocurrency
Artificial constraint highlights struggle to keep up with demand from cryptocurrency miners
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1944.
Scientists have cloned the first US endangered species: A black-footed ferret that died 30 years ago
Scientists have cloned the first U.S. endangered species, a black-footed ferret duplicated from the genes of an animal that died over 30 years ago. The slinky predator named Elizabeth Ann, born Dec. 10 and announced Thursday, is cute as a button. But watch out — unlike the domestic ferret foster mom who carried her into the world, she’s wild at heart.
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1945.
New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped
A previously undetected piece of malware found on almost 30,000 Macs worldwide is generating intrigue in security circles, which are still trying to understand precisely what it does and what purpose its self-destruct capability serves.
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1946.
Google has removed public transport from google maps in Canberra
Canberra map bus directions currently only show Queanbeyan buses.
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1947.
First black hole ever detected is even more massive than first thought
The first black hole that humanity ever discovered is much more massive than previously thought, according to new research. The galactic X-ray source, later named Cygnus X-1, was discovered in 1965, when a pair of Geiger counters were carried on board a sub-orbital rocket launched from New Mexico.
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1948.
Scientists entered people’s dreams and got them ‘talking’
Dreaming experiments involved real-time conversations between sleepers and scientists
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1949.
Apple TV App Finally Arrives on Chromecast with Google TV
Our favorite streaming device just got a major update. As initially teased by Google back in December, Chromecast with Google TV now supports the Apple TV app on its platform. Other Google TV-powered devices will also get support for the app, including Sony and TCL’s 2020 televisions when they eventually hit the market later this year. Google also said the app will arrive on additional Android TV-powered devices in the months ahead but did not elaborate on which specific devices would be included.
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1950.
Uber Loses U.K. Court Battle Over Worker Rights
The U.K.’s top court ruled that a group of former drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. were entitled to a minimum wage and other benefits while working for the company, dealing a setback to Uber and other gig-economy firms in world-wide battles over their employment model.
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