Monday, October 26, 2020

26 October - Technology - The Next Web / Tech Crunch / The Verge

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  • How corporations and SMBs can turn competition into collaboration 4 days ago  –  We can finally live out our Jetsons fantasies – almost. Pandemic permitting, in a few years we should be able to hire an aircraft to get from A to B. Volocopter’s drone-like, electric-powered helicopters will be cleared to take off with passengers in two to three years.  During its first public f...
  • Samsung moves to autoblock spam calls, but only on its top-end phones 4 days ago  –  Apple rolled out automatic spam call detection and blocking functionality on iPhones with iOS 13. Now, a ton of Samsung users are set to get the same feature on their devices starting with the Galaxy Note 20 series. Samsung already provides spam and fraud call detection through its dialer that’s ...
  • What exactly is an algorithm and how does it work?
     4 days ago  –  The world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI, supercomputers, machine learning, the cloud, quantum computing and more. One word in particular is used throughout computing – algorithm. In the most general sense, an algorithm is a series of instructions telling a computer how to transform a set ...
  • Hide your Kindle SHAME with this case that looks like a REAL book
  • Here’s why Inbox Zero will never work for you
  • Uber competitor Ola banned in London over safety concerns
  • NASA’s robot just landed on Bennu after 2 years — but its mission has only just begun
  • Airbnb recruits ex-Apple design honcho Jony Ive
  • Adobe’s new AI experiment syncs your dance moves perfectly to the beat
  • RIP Quibi: Streaming service shuts down after less than a 
  • WhatsApp now lets you mute a chat FOREVER — here’s how you can do it 3 days ago  –  WhatsApp‘s mute function has been a boon for many who’ve wanted to keep their notifications at bay. However, the maximum duration allowed for silencing these chats was one year. So, if you were part of a pesky group of relatives that you couldn’t really leave, you had to perform the muting ritual...
    WhatsApp now lets you mute a chat FOREVER — here’s how you can do it 3 days ago  –  WhatsApp‘s mute function has been a boon for many who’ve wanted to keep their notifications at bay. However, the maximum duration allowed for silencing these chats was one year. So, if you were part of a pesky group of relatives that you couldn’t really leave, you had to perform the muting ritual...
  • Huawei’s Mate 40 Pro looks like one of the best phones people won’t buy 3 days ago  –  Huawei today unveiled its latest flagships, the Mate 40 Pro and Pro+. The phones pack a massive ring-shaped camera array with multiple lenses, and their Kirin 9000 processor makes them just the second family of smartphones to use a 5-nanometer process, after Apple’s iPhone 12 family. The circular...
  • Moog built a super-fancy theremin to celebrate the instrument’s 100th birthday
  • Why is it so rare to have a woman leading a game?
  • This GPT-3-powered tool generates new ideas for your terrible blog
  • A comprehensive list of reasons why pair programming sucks
  • New MIT algorithm automatically deciphers lost languages
  • Watch a VW ID.3 get smashed up in the name of safety
  • Here are 10 best practices for Node developers
  • Sustainable car-sharing brand Lynk & Co. launches in Eu
  • Get PlayStation Plus, VPN coverage and 10 more killer entertainment apps at 80% off 3 days ago  –  TLDR: The Complete Entertainment Bundle ft. PlayStation Plus brings together a dozen services, apps and streaming options so there’s always something good to watch. For years, consumers railed against cable providers, screaming that their monthly cable bills were ridiculously high. So when the st...
  • IBM AI model predicts onset of Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing descriptions of a cookie theft 3 days ago  –  A new AI model can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s disease more accurately than standard clinical techniques by analyzing how people describe a picture of a cookie theft, according to a new study. Researchers from IBM and Pfizer trained the model to detect signs of speech impairment in written d...
  • The UK’s first electric ferry runs on old Nissan Leaf batteries
  • Why open ecosystems are the future of app development
  • There’s no need to worry about your EV battery degrading over time
  • This app lets you ‘cut-and-paste’ real life objects
  • Scottish city to get ‘world’s largest’ fleet of hydrogen-powered garbage trucks
  • This Dutch startup sells microdosing kits to boost productivity — so I did magic truffles for a month
  • How I passed the TensorFlow Developer Certification Exam
  • How the Medici, monks, and the British Empire shaped you
  • How VR is used by psychologists to profile your personality a day ago  –  Virtual reality (VR) has the power to take us out of our surroundings and transport us to far-off lands. From a quick round of golf, to fighting monsters or going for a skydive, all of this can be achieved from the comfort of your home. But it’s not just gamers who love VR and see its potential. ...
  • Why can’t I fix my own phone, toaster, or tractor? 2 days ago  –  As critically ill COVID-19 patients started showing up in droves at emergency rooms around the world, ventilators became a crucial technology keeping patients alive. When hospitals’ own resources became overwhelmed, the Strategic National Stockpile dusted off and distributed thousands of the life...
  • Why contact-tracing apps haven’t lived up to expectations
  • Here are 10 services on sale that can get your digital business on track
  • 5 innovations shaping the future of train travel
  • How to create an AI that chats like you on WhatsApp
  • Here’s why scientists think women are better suited to space travel
  • How to enable dark mode on all of your essential apps
  • Galactic gas can help unveil what dark matter is made of
  • How to stop Google self-preferencing? Europe may not be 
  • Norway forced to expand its studded bike tire subsidy as locals go mad for winter cycling 11 minutes ago  –  When it comes to incentivizing individuals to make more environmentally conscious travel decisions, government subsidies have proven quite successful in the past. In a number of European countries, there are subsidies for buying new and used electric cars, installing EV charging points in your ho...
  • The iPhone 12 Pro can measure people’s height — here’s how an hour ago  –  The dating game may never be the same again, that’s right: the iPhone 12 Pro can measure people’s height. One of the new features on Apple’s most recent premium handset was the introduction of a LiDAR sensor. If you’re uncertain of what this is, we put together a rather handy explainer here, but ...
  • Pardon the Intrusion #29: Ransomware gang turns Robin Hood
  • Your performance marketing KPIs are obsolete
  • How to enable automatic spam call blocking on iPhone
  • The ewaste crisis could be avoided if we made batteries cheaper and easier to recycle
  • The science of why lockdown barely affected global temperatures
  • Avoid work from home burn out with this highly rated meditation app, now over half off
  • How Buenos Aires boosted gender equality — by getting women on bikes
  • A first look at Mercedes-Benz’ most affordable EV — its e

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  • Boston startups expand region’s venture capital footprint 3 days ago  –  This year has shaken up venture capital, turning a hot early start to 2020 into a glacial period permeated with fear during the early days of COVID-19. That ice quickly melted as venture capitalists discovered that demand for software and other services that startups provide was accelerating, pus...
  • The short, strange life of Quibi 3 days ago  –  “All that is left now is to offer a profound apology for disappointing you and, ultimately, for letting you down,” Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman wrote, closing out an open letter posted to Medium. “We cannot thank you enough for being there with us, and for us, every step of the way.” With t...
  • OnePlus’s 8T handset brings faster charging and a 120Hz display for $749  3 days ago  –  OnePlus continues its twice-yearly smartphone cycle with today’s arrival of the 8T. The latest device isn’t a huge upgrade over April’s OnePlus 8, but continues the company’s longstanding tradition of offering some of the most solid Android handsets at a reasonable price point. The cost has edged...
  • CA appeals court upholds ruling that Uber and Lyft must classify drivers as employees
  • Financial institutions can support COVID-19 crowdfunding campaigns
  • mmhmm, Phil Libin’s new startup, acquires Memix to add enhanced filters to its video presentation toolkit
  • Calling Brussels VCs: Be featured in The Great TechCrunch Survey of European VC
  • Here’s how fast a few dozen startups grew in Q3 2020
  • Google removes 3 Android apps for children, with 20M+ downloads between them, over data collection violations
  • Huawei reports slowing growth as its operations ‘face signifi

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  • Human Capital: Court ruling could mean trouble for Uber and Lyft as gig workers may finally become employees 2 days ago  –  Welcome back to Human Capital! As many of you know, Human Capital is a weekly newsletter where I break down the latest in labor, as well as diversity and inclusion in tech. It’s officially available as a newsletter, so if you want this content when it comes in hot Fridays at 1 p.m. PT, subscribe ...
  • Why you have to pay attention to the Indian startup scene 2 days ago  –  Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange. Data shows that India’s venture capital scene has grown sharply in recent years. Let's dig in.
  • Was Quibi the good kind of startup failure? 2 days ago  –  Startup failure is easy to hold up as a type of martyrdom for progress, especially if the founders are starting out scrappy in the first place and trying to save the world. What about Quibi?
  • SpaceX launches 60 more satellites during 15th Starlink mission
  • This Week in Apps: Quibi dies, Snapchat soars, Halide upgrades for iPhone 12
  • Yale may have just turned institutional investing on its head with a new diversity edict
  • Facebook and Twitter CEOs to testify before Congress in November on how they handled the election
  • The RIAA is coming for the YouTube downloaders
  • Daily Crunch: Uber and Lyft defeated again in court
  • Deep Science: Alzheimer’s screening, forest-mapping dron

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  • Uber and Lyft lose appeal, ordered again to classify drivers as employees 3 days ago  –  Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Uber and Lyft were ordered by California’s court of appeals to classify their drivers as employees. In a 74-page opinion, the court affirmed the injunction that was issued on August 10th requiring Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees wit...
  • Meet the 24-year-old who’s tracking every broken McDonald’s ice-cream machine in the US
  • Google will sell you a $349 Pixel 4A for $216 over two years
  • TikTok will now tell you why it removed your video
  • Moog’s limited-edition theremin marks 100 years of weird sounds
     4 days ago  –  The Moog Claravox Centennial theremin | Image: Moog The sounds of the theremin, once the instrument of the future, have now been tingling our spines for 100 years. In commemoration, Moog is introducing its new limited-edition Claravox Centennial, named for theremin virtuosa Clara Rockmore. Mo...
  • Quibi will shut down ‘on or around’ December 1st
  • FDA approves remdesivir to treat COVID-19
  • Amazon’s warehouse injury rates are so high that it faces a more costly workers’ comp classification
  • Minecraft will require a Microsoft account to play in 2021
  • FuboTV now lets you watch four channels at once on Appl
  • Instacart and Aldi partnering to accept food stamps for grocery deliveries 3 days ago  –  Instacart users in some states can use their SNAP benefits to pay for groceries at Aldi stores | Instacart Grocery delivery platform Instacart is launching a pilot program to begin taking food stamps as payment in its app. The program will only be available at Aldi stores and only in a few sta...
  • Dell Latitude 9510 2-in-1 review: this battery means business
  • Microsoft Surface Pro X (2020) review: ARM gets more muscle
  • You can get OnePlus Buds wireless earbuds for $59 at Amazon and B&H Photo
  • YouTubers’ #TeamTrees campaign overcame big hurdles in its first year
  • ClipDrop finally makes AR practical
  • Where to buy the iPhone 12 and the iPhone 12 Pro
  • Xbox chief hints at TV streaming sticks for xCloud
  • Here’s how Apple imagined AirTags would work one year ago
  • Here’s our first look at Huawei’s Mate 40 Pro
  • Where to buy refurbished products 3 days ago  –  Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Buying a refurbished device rather than one that’s brand-new can save you a ton of money. However, these products don’t usually get the spotlight from retailers like Best Buy, Amazon, or B&H Photo. You also won’t find them sitting on the homepage...
  • How to buy refurbished gadgets
  • Fortnite’s latest Halloween mode turns you into a killer ghost
  • Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta test has caught the attention of federal safety regulators
  • PS5 DualSense unboxing reveals Android and PC support
    PS5 DualSense unboxing reveals Android and PC support 3 days ago  –  You might have seen that many journalists have just received PlayStation 5 units for review, but today we also got our closest look yet at the PS5’s new DualSense controller thanks to an unboxing video from YouTuber Austin Evans. We already knew that the DualSense has some familiar PlayStation h...
  • Facebook’s new Oversight Board is a wild new experiment in platform governance
  • Facebook moderators in Dublin reportedly forced to work in office despite lockdown
  • This week: Quibi’s shutdown, Google’s antitrust charges, and Foxconn’s LCD factory failure
  • OnePlus 8T is available now for $749
  • Nintendo is dropping the price of replacement single Joy-C
  • Netflix’s Rebecca flattens a classic 2 days ago  –  Kerry Brown / Netflix In 1939, Alfred Hitchcock came to Hollywood. The English master of suspense would ply his trade in sunny California, and Rebecca, his first American film, would win him his first and only Oscar. Despite the acclaim, Hitchcock hated Rebecca, as it was his first encounter w...
  • Hundreds of thousands of people didn’t have to die
  • Save on Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S6, Pokémon Sword and Shield, and more this weekend
  • How Riot used tech from The Mandalorian to build Worlds’ astonishing mixed reality stage
  • Samsung thinks its new 85-inch Interactive Display is the digital whiteboard for the COVID-19 classroom
  • NASA’s OSIRIS-REx was so good at grabbing asteroid rocks that they’re overflowing
  • Facebook wants the NYU Ad Observer to quit collecting data about its ad targeting
  • Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee
  • Judge again blocks Trump administration push to ban WeChat in the US
  • Among Us developers scramble to block massive ‘Eris Loris
  • Facebook reportedly bracing for US election chaos with tools designed for “at-risk” countries 13 hours ago  –  Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook is planning for possible chaos around the November 3rd US presidential election with internal tools it’s used before in countries like Sri Lanka and Myanmar, The Wall Street Journal reported. The plans may include slowing the spread of posts ...
  • New Trailers: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Prom, News of the World, and more
  • Chrome OS may finally be getting a dark mode
  • PayPal cuts ties with domain registrar Epik over digital currency
  • Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
  • See inside the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro in iFixit’s latest teardown video
  • Epic says Apple ‘has no rights to the fruits of Epic’s labor’ in latest filing
  • DoorDash partners with California restaurant to build new brick-and-mortar location
  • Patreon will remove creator accounts that promote QAnon content
  • Italian authorities are investigating deepfake bots on Telegr
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