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Meet the astrophysicist who found Nyx, a new family of stars beyond the Milky Way
4 days ago –
The Milky Way contains hundreds of millions of stars, but not
all of them are native to our galaxy. Astronomers have now found stars
in our home galaxy that formed outside our family of stars. Nyx, a
cluster of roughly 250 stars recently discovered within our galaxy,
display velocities showing th...
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘DMs could be more valuable than Bitcoin to Twitter hackers’
4 days ago –
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every
fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I,
Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past
24 hours. As Hannah Arendt used to say: Success is just a product of
your motivation! Bitcoin...
OpenCV to launch budget-friendly 4K spatial camera kits for AI DIYers
3 days ago –
OpenCV, an open source computer vision library, recently
announced the crowdfunding launch of two OpenCV AI Kits (OAK-D and
OAK-1). While it’s a bit unusual for a library to launch products, and
on Kickstarter at that, these intriguing little gadgets could be the
answer to many a DIY robot enthus...
OpenCV to launch budget-friendly 4K spatial camera kits for AI DIYers
3 days ago –
OpenCV, an open source computer vision library, recently
announced the crowdfunding launch of two OpenCV AI Kits (OAK-D and
OAK-1). While it’s a bit unusual for a library to launch products, and
on Kickstarter at that, these intriguing little gadgets could be the
answer to many a DIY robot enthus...
How to auto-mute yourself in Zoom meetings (and shut up unruly participants)
4 days ago –
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. Zoom, unlike the rest of us, is having a pretty banner year. As
we’ve all become very familiar with the concept of self-quarantining,
isolation, and social dis...
Feedbackly turns customer feedback into a plan of action for growing your business
2 days ago –
TLDR: With Feedbackly, you’ll have an all-in-one tool to gather
customer data, analyze how they feel about your business and make their
experience even better. Customer Relationship Management tools,
otherwise known as CRMs, have been around as long as business in various
forms. But over the past...
How to reach the right state of mind before a mission to Mars, according to an astrophysicist
3 days ago –
Imagine being confined to a metal cell with a couple of other
people and few amenities for months or even years. Maybe after that,
you’ll be moved to a new compound, but you still have no privacy and
extremely limited communication with your family and anyone else in the
outside world. You feel b...
UK first to source coronavirus vaccines from biotech firms backed by Bill Gates
19 hours ago –
The UK government revealed its stockpile of coronavirus
(COVID-19) treatments on Monday, having recently secured 90 million
doses of potential vaccines. Britain’s fresh agreement with Germany’s
BioNTech and the Bill Gates-backed Pfizer netted 30 million doses of
their joint mRNA vaccine, a first ...
Lyft is handing out free coronavirus safety partitions — but only to some of its drivers
20 hours ago –
Ride-hailing company Lyft is taking measures to keep its drivers
safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, but it’s not supporting all of its
drivers equally. According to a company announcement last week, Lyft
will give its frequent drivers a perspex divider that helps to separate
rear passenger seats...
How to find non-gaming servers on Discord
6 hours ago –
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. Discord is home to many, many servers that have nothing to do
with gaming. So if you’re not a gamer and are looking for a place where
you can meet new friends ...
GitHub buried a data archive at the north pole in case post-apocalyptic society needs help
7 hours ago –
Dear people of the future: we’re sorry for whatever horrible
thing we did that caused the apocalypse (was it nukes? climate change?
killer robots? idiots who wouldn’t wear masks during a pandemic?). But
the good news is, if you’re reading this you must have found GitHub’s
buried data archive cont...
Tech Crunch
Gedmatch investigating after users’ DNA profile data made available to police
a day ago –
Gedmatch, the DNA analysis site that police used to catch the
so-called Golden State Killer, was pulled briefly offline on Sunday
while its parent company investigated how its users’ DNA profile data
apparently became available to law enforcement searches. The site, which
lets users upload their ...
The Station: Summer of the SPAC, Adam Neumann returns and the Nissan Ariya debuts
a day ago –
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things
transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it
every Saturday in your inbox. Hello and welcome back to The Station, a
newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and
packages move from Point A to ...
Enabling humanoid robot movement with imitation learning and mimicking of animal behaviors
a day ago –
Humanoid robots have not stood up to the expectation set forth
by Rosie from The Jetsons in the 1960s, but they’re finally becoming
good enough to come to market.
Effx raises $3.9M for its DevOps monitoring platform
14 hours ago –
Effx, a startup that aims to give developers better insights
into their microservice architectures, today announced that it has
raised a $3.9 million funding round led by Kleiner Perkins and Cowboy
Ventures. Other investors and angels in this round include Tokyo Black,
Essence VC Fund, Jason Warn...
COVID-19 vaccine trials from the University of Oxford and Wuhan both show early positive results
14 hours ago –
There are more promising signs from ongoing efforts to develop a
vaccine that’s effective in preventing COVID-19: Two early trials, one
from the University of Oxford, and one from a group of researchers in
Wuhan funded in part by the National Key R&D Programme of China.
Both early trials show...
Roblox launches Party Place, a private venue for virtual birthday parties and other meetups
15 hours ago –
The coronavirus pandemic and related government lockdowns have
led to a surge in online gaming — particularly on social platforms where
people can connect with real-life friends in a virtual venue. We’ve
already heard of Fortnite birthday parties, Roblox playdates and Animal
Crossing meetups taki...
Clover Health expands its coverage to eight states and triples its footprint
11 hours ago –
Clover Health, the medicare advantage health insurance provider
for older Americans, said it will triple its geographic coverage through
an expansion to eight states. The company is adding Mississippi to its
roster of states covered under its insurance plans and will expand its
footprint in a num...
How to approach your IPO stock
11 hours ago –
Part one of a three-part series that offers a framework for
objectively considering post-IPO or concentrated stock holdings.
‘Edtech is no longer optional’: Investors’ deep dive into the future of the market
11 hours ago –
One reason some venture capitalists and founders don’t enter
edtech is because the space has a sluggish stereotype, thanks to red
tape, slow sales cycles, and, in America, a fragmented customer base.
But data suggests that edtech’s reputation is not entirely earned.
Byju’s is India’s second-most-...
Gojek appoints Amazon, Microsoft veteran as its new chief technology officer
an hour ago –
Indonesia-based ride-hailing company and “super app” Gojek said
today that it has named a new chief technology officer. Severan Rault,
who previously held leadership positions at Amazon and Microsoft, takes
over the role from Ajey Gore, who announced last month he was leaving
for personal reasons...
Tech watchdog calls on Facebook Oversight Board members to demand real power or resign
5 hours ago –
A new policy-focused nonprofit that emerged from the recent wave
of big tech scrutiny is calling for members of Facebook’s Oversight
Board to either step up or step down. In an open letter, Accountable
Tech urges the five U.S.-based Facebook Oversight Board members to
“demand the Board be given r...
After numerous rejections, Struck’s dating app for the Co-Star crowd hits the App Store
7 hours ago –
Founded by former Apple engineers, a new app called Struck wants
to be the Tinder for the Co-Star crowd. In other words, it’s an
astrology-based matchmaker. But it took close to 10 attempts over
several months for the startup to get its app approved by Apple for
inclusion in the App Store. In nea...
The Verge
Fortnite honors Renegade creator Jalaiah Harmon with her own in-game emote
3 days ago –
Photo by Kena Krutsinger/NBAE via Getty Images
Fortnite’s newest in-game emote is a collaborative one. Epic Games
this evening announced the launch of “The Renegade,” the viral TikTok
dance created by Atlanta teenager Jalaiah Harmon. The Twitter account
for Fortnite openly cites Harmon, writin...
Twitter disables video in Trump retweet after Linkin Park files copyright complaint
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Twitter confirmed that it removed a campaign video President Trump had
retweeted Saturday over a copyright complaint. The Linkin Park song “In
the End” was featured in the background of the video, which included
images of President Trump and excerpts fro...
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Disney has significantly reduced its spending on Facebook and
Instagram ads amid concerns about the social media platform’s
enforcement of its content policies, The Wall Street Journal reported.
It joins a list of large companies that have cut back on Fa...
Christopher Nolan should release Tenet online
16 hours ago –
Photo by Tony Barson/FilmMagic
It’s been a hard few months for Tenet fans. The $205 million film has
been sidelined for weeks, as theaters have been shut down across the
country due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The details of the film
are shrouded in secrecy, which can’t be lifted until t...
Christopher Nolan should release Tenet online
16 hours ago –
Photo by Tony Barson/FilmMagic
It’s been a hard few months for Tenet fans. The $205 million film has
been sidelined for weeks, as theaters have been shut down across the
country due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The details of the film
are shrouded in secrecy, which can’t be lifted until t...
Aurora will test its fleet of self-driving cars and semi trucks in Texas
12 hours ago –
Aurora, the startup founded by former lead engineer for Google’s
self-driving project Chris Urmson, is bringing its fleet of test
vehicles to Texas. It’s the latest company to shift resources to the
Lone Star State, which has quickly become a hotbed of autonomous vehicle
testing.
Aurora says it ...
The Nikon Z5 is an entry-level full-frame mirrorless camera for $1,399
an hour ago –
Last year Nikon released its first full-frame mirrorless
cameras, the Z7 and Z6, and now the range is expanding to a lower price
with the announcement of the Z5. Unlike the Z50, which used the same Z
mount but had a smaller APS-C sensor, the Z5 uses a 24-megapixel
full-frame sensor.
You lose a fe...
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