Tuesday, April 23, 2019

23 April - Technology - Global / Google (CA) / Next Web

Global News
  • Facebook banned white nationalist accounts, but it’s hard to actually keep them offline 13 days ago  –  One expert compared removing white nationalist content from Facebook to a game of whack-a-mole.
  • Facebook says it will use A.I. to detect profiles of people who have died 14 days ago  –  Facebook says it will use artificial intelligence to help find profiles of people who have died so their friends and family members won’t get, for instance, painful reminders about their birthdays.
  • Canadian military needs more rules around spying operations: watchdog 14 days ago  –  A national-security watchdog is calling for stricter controls on the Canadian military's spying.
  • U.K. proposes penalties on social media companies if harmful content spreads
  • Astronaut David Saint-Jacques’ family look up to him every day from home in Montreal
  • Microsoft’s ebook store closes, and will take all customers’ ebooks with it
  • Australian passes law on jailing social media execs for violent content on their platforms
  • Can robots be funny? AI and humour is a growing research field
  • BlackBerry’s share price jumps after strong 4th-quarter, upbeat outlook
  • Saudis accessed private info on Jeff Bezos’ phone, sec
  • Huawei’s Q1 revenue grows 39% despite company controversy a day ago  –  Chinese tech giant Huawei said Monday its revenue rose 39 per cent over a year earlier in the latest quarter despite U.S. pressure on allies to shun its telecom technology as a security risk.
  • Facebook to join Google, Amazon in developing voice-activated assistant technology 6 days ago  –  Facebook Inc is working to develop a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon.com Inc's Alexa, Apple Inc's Siri and Alphabet Inc's Google Assistant.
  • AI blind spots exposed after YouTube’s Notre Dame-9/11 flub 7 days ago  –  An automated system at YouTube attached background information about the Sept. 11 terror attacks in New York to livestream videos of the fire.
  • Britain proposes banning kids from liking social media posts
  • Apple co-founder sold his shares for $800. Today they’d be worth $94 billion. He regrets nothing
  • Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after outage across U.S. and Europe
  • Facebook spent over $22 million on Mark Zuckerberg’s security last year — up from $9 million
  • Alexa, are you alone? Amazon staff may be listening to your recordings
  • Creative options for oil transport considered as pipeline delays continue
  • Rogers spends $1.72B in hard-fought auction for wirele

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  • Doraemon Story of Seasons - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo 13 hours ago  – Nintendo LifeDoraemon Story of Seasons Is Coming West This Fall on Switch and PC  DualShockersDoraemon: Story of Seasons Announced for Switch and PC in the West ...
  • The New Razer Blade Pro 2019 - HANDS ON With Their Fastest Laptop! - HardwareCanucks 14 hours ago  –  Razer's new Blade 15: OLED display, RTX graphics and 9th-gen Intel  EngadgetRazer adds 4K OLED and 240Hz screen options to its Blade 15 laptops  The VergeRazer's Big Laptops Have Even More Game to Give  GizmodoRaze...
  • Is There Any Chance ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Is Actually Going To Release Single Player DLC? - Forbes
  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Review (Switch) - GameSpew
  • Green And Blue Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s Caught In Traffic - Motor1.com
  • Realme 3 Pro Review: Xiaomi Should Be Worried - Android Authority
  • OnePlus to announce OnePlus 7 Pro on May 14 in New York - MobileSyrup
  • Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan reveals Sojourn isn't a new character after all - Dexerto
  • Porsche Starts Testing Hybrid Boxster and Cayman Alongside Electric Models - autoevolution
  • P30's yellow pixels the 'future of photography'? They ar
  • Apple Launches Dedicated YouTube Channel for Apple TV - MacStories 10 hours ago  –  MacStoriesApple TV YouTube channel debuts, featuring behind-the-scenes videos, trailers, and more  9to5MacApple Seeds Third Beta of tvOS 12.3 to Developers  MacRumorsApple launches YouTube channel all about TV and movies  Cult of MacApple ope...
  • I tried to buy a coffee with McDonald's mobile app, instead I was defrauded $2000 - MobileSyrup 10 hours ago  – MobileSyrupToronto Man Scammed Over $2000 by McDonald's Mobile App  iPhone in CanadaView full coverage on Google News
  • Constant development means a perpetual push to crunch at Epic, say Fortnite devs - Gamasutra
  • Smash Bros. fans are using portals to turn fights into Dragon Ball Z - Polygon
  • Upload VR E3 VR Showcase trailer - VentureBeat
  • SteamWorld Quest: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku
  • Smash Bros. Ultimate's Huge 3.0 Update Now Live, Here Are The Patch Notes - GameSpot
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming Review - Introduction - guru3d.com
  • Sega announces Puyo Puyo Champions for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One - Polygon
  • Samsung delays release of foldable smart phone - AB
  • Over 200 PS4 Games And DLC Are On Sale For PS Plus Members (US) - GameSpot 8 hours ago  – PlayStation Store Sale This Week Called PS Plus Specials, Ends April 30, Here's the Games List  http://mp1st.com/category/newsView full coverage on Google News
  • New leak points to 90Hz screen (plus an actual internal fan) for the Red Magic 3 - Notebookcheck.net 8 hours ago  – check.netZTE Nubia Red Magic Mars Review, The $399 Gaming Phone with Stereo Speakers/Gaming Mode/Side Buttons  XDA Developersnubia Red Magic 3 will have a 90Hz screen, built-in fan to cool the S855 chipset -...
       Notebookcheck.netZTE Nubia Red Magic Mars Review, The $399 Gaming Phone with Stereo Speakers/Gaming Mode/Side Buttons  XDA Developersnubia
  • [Update: Review units pulled] Galaxy Fold review units are failing left and right with disastrous display issues - Android Police
  • Newly Discovered Spider-Man Easter Egg Only Happens on Saturdays - Game Rant
  • Apple reportedly commits to next-day repairs for MacBook Pro keyboard - MobileSyrup
  • PlayStation 5 Details Revealed: Specs, PS5 PSVR Support, PS4 Backwards Compatibility, And More - GameSpot
  • Shiny Meltan Is Coming To Pokemon Go For A Limited Time - GameSpot News
  • Public Mobile Plan Changes: Some Get $5 Price Hike, Others Up to 50% Data Reduction - iPhone in Canada
  • Dell’s new XPS 15 will put the webcam above the screen where it belongs - The Verge
  • This colorful printed patch makes you pretty much invisi
  • Review: Mortal Kombat 11 - Destructoid 5 hours ago  –  Mortal Kombat 11's Final Character Is Frost  GameSpotMortal Kombat 11: Jax’s ending is the best and boldest in the game  PolygonMortal Kombat 11 Towers Of Time and Krypt Patch Rolling Out ASAP  PlayStation LifeStyleMortal Kombat 11 Is the Biggest, Bloodiest an...
  • Epic employees reportedly work insane hours to keep Fortnite on top - FortniteINTEL 5 hours ago  – How Fortnite’s success led to months of intense crunch at Epic Games   PC GamerFortnite Staff Crunch Tales Involve Stories About 100-Hour Work W...
  • Apple claims it isn’t scanning customers’ faces, after teen sues for $1 billion - The Verge
  • Samsung Retrieves all Galaxy Fold Samples Distributed to Reviewers - iPhone in Canada
  • The Elder Scrolls: Blades Early Access Review - IGN
  • Slay the Spire Plays Its Cards Right with a PS4 Release Next Month - Push Square
  • Powerbeats Pro gets some bad launch news - SlashGear
  • Asus gets gaming essentials right with the ROG Strix G G531 and G731 - Notebookcheck.net
  • Nintendo kills 7-years-in-the-making fan port of Super Mario Bros. for the Commodore 64 - MobileSyrup
  • City of Stratford still down on services post cyberattack 
  • Final Fantasy’s Yoshitaka Amano illustrates exclusive Japan-only Magic: The Gathering card - SoraNews24 2 hours ago  – 
  • Mario Tennis Aces - Dry Bones - Nintendo Switch - Nintendo 2 hours ago  –  Video: Dry Bones Joins The Mario Tennis Aces Roster In May trailer  GematsuView full coverage on Google News
  • Cheaper Nintendo Switch coming in June, ‘modest’ upgrade coming in 2019 - Polygon
  • Secretive 'Five Eyes' club to speak openly about cyber threats - BBC News
  • Minecraft's Biggest Update, Village & Pillage, Out Today - IGN
  • Mortal Kombat 11 brings back 'Quitalities' for rage-quitters - GoNintendo
  • Microsoft blocks Windows 10 May 2019 Update on PCs that use USB storage or SD cards - ZDNet
  • Walmart drops a killer deal on the Apple iPad Mini 4 tablet - Digital Trends
  • Devs Give Update Following ANTHEM Patch, Key Features Are Delayed - Push Square
  • Intel 9th-gen desktop lineup is here, finally fleshes out 

    •  The Next Web
  • Cornell scientists create ‘living’ machines that eat, grow, and evolve 4 days ago  –  The field of robotics is going through a renaissance thanks to advances in machine learning and sensor technology. Each generation of robot is engineered with greater mechanical complexity and smarter operating software than the last. But what if, instead of painstakingly designing and engineerin...
  • Happy 4/20: Here’s some science to shut up the cannabis haters 4 days ago  –  April 20th is a holy day for many who imbibe cannabis. For some, it’s just a great day to watch stoner flicks and smoke herb all day. Others view it with more import; especially those who consume cannabis medicinally. To them it’s a celebration of the day they found a therapeutic treatment that w...
  • A Q&A with Roland CEO Jun-ichi Miki on innovation, Waku Waku, and ‘sleeping musicians’
  • TNW2019 Daily: The latest conference news
  • BitcoinSV’s blockchain is struggling with its enormous 128MB blocks
  • This Japanese town’s mascot is a mechanical doggy drone
  • Here’s what we know about the upcoming OnePlus 7
  • Produce music like a pro with this $29 Logic Pro X training
  • Booking.com’s CEO on diversity in tech and the future of tourism
  • US presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to fix ‘co
  • Why an AI’s personality is more complicated than Alexa’s 2 days ago  –  When we think of Alexa having a personality, we’ll describe it as her responding to certain things in a certain way – what she does or doesn’t do based on a question or request. That’s because Alexa doesn’t really have a personality. Almost every single AI or voice-based product doesn’t have one....
  • The difference between good and bad PR is a simple ‘no’ 2 days ago  –  We all have an intrinsic human trait where we think that it’s all black or white, do or do not, kill or be killed — and when talking shop about PR — pushing an announcement, or not. Perhaps owing to the high-paced nature of the startup industry and a not-so-healthy dose of “hustle porn,” executiv...
  • Post Foldgate, Samsung delays Galaxy Fold launch in China (Update: US too)
  • Why philosophy and business should go hand in hand
  • CHEAP: Level up your gaming with $300 off on Razer Phone 2
  • What founders can learn from poker players about when to quit
  • Full moon patents: IBM’s ‘eye contact’ file transfer and Ford’s self-cleaning car
  • Score a domain that better suits what you and your company do — at up to 80% off
  • CHEAP: At $599, Lenovo’s 2018 Premium ThinkPad is the best Easter gift for your fam
  • Readitfor.me boils down bestsellers in just 12 minutes
  • Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay up 18 hours ago  –  Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by scammers threatening to release sensitive material unless the victims pay a Bitcoin ransom. It’s not...
  • Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle’s friend’s fashion company 18 hours ago  –  Meghan Markle’s designer friend’s Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin hacker. Nonoo, who is rumoured to have introduced Markle to Prince Charles, said she was “mortified” after a hacker gained access to her eponymous label’s email list and began sending threatening messag...
  • Google Walkout organizers publicly accuse Google of punishing them
  • Prolific sim-swapper gets 10 years for stealing $7.5M worth of Bitcoin
  • Bowers and Wilkins Formation Hands-on: If Sonos made $4,000 speakers
  • Watch Huawei’s P30 Pro (and its crazy periscope camera) get taken apart
  • Mortal Kombat 11 might add Joker, Spawn and the Terminator to its roster
  • PoweredTemplate elevates your PowerPoint and Google Slides game — and it’s 90% off
  • Listen to this AI spit out brutal death metal non-stop
  • This $85 wireless charger doubles as a power bank, and
  • Why ‘Magic: The Gathering’ is AI’s toughest challenge 3 hours ago  –  Games make the perfect teaching environment for developers to train machine learning models in, but which game produces the strongest AI? You can put your money on DeepMind’s AlphaGo or OpenAI’s DotA 2-playing machine, but we’ll take whichever one is the first to master Magic: The Gathering – hum...
  • Mortal Kombat 11 sneaks in some jabs at President Trump 4 hours ago  –  Of all the things I expected to see and hear when playing the newest entry in the Mortal Kombat series — and, given this series’ reputation, I was expecting the most — sly digs at American president #45 were pretty low on the list. But developer Netherrealm Studios delivered, and they didn’t do i...
  • No Ewoks were harmed in the making of this TNW Star Wars Day gift guide
  • China’s new regulations outlaw blood and poker… in video games
  • Unwanted sexting linked to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem
  • Meizu’s flagship 16s useth ‘the bezel’ to hearken back to ye olden days
  • TNW2019 Daily: Party and network at our side events
  • Healthcare has a massive cybersecurity problem, and we’re not doing enough to fix it.
  • Japan finance regulator raids cryptocurrency exchanges in money laundering sweep
  • The top-selling game consoles of all time, magnificently 
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