Showing posts with label The Next Web. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Next Web. Show all posts
Thursday, December 05, 2019

India’s IT minister conflates deepake with fake news — and that’s naive

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A lot of countries and states are forming, or thinking about forming policies around deepfake content. However, a question answered by mini...

Bitcoin-hungry hackers ‘target major US data center firm’ with ransomware

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A prominent data center provider in the US has reportedly been hit by the Sodinokibi ransomware, which several months ago earned a hacker $...

Dopamine fasting: an expert reviews the latest craze in Silicon Valley

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It’s the latest fad in Silicon Valley. By reducing the brain’s feel-good chemical known as dopamine – cutting back on things like food, sex...

Twitter to follow Facebook and Instagram with new anti-NSFW guidelines

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Over the past year, social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram have made it almost impossible for NSFW artists to exist on the plat...

Spotify’s 2019 Wrapped has arrived: Here’s what you need to know

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It’s the most wonderful (or irritating, your choice) time of the year! That’s right, Spotify has released its 2019 Wrapped list! If you’re ...

24 Chinese nationals arrested in Thailand over alleged Bitcoin call center scam

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Authorities have busted a call center in Thailand and arrested 24 Chinese nationals for allegedly running a Bitcoin investment scam. Chiang...
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WhatsApp deactivates Kashimiri accounts after 4-month internet ban

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Chat app WhatsApp has kicked out several users from Kashmir after four months of internet shutdown in the state, BuzzFeed News reports. In ...

CHEAP: Forget about vacuuming with $200 off the Roomba i7

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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Are you sick of vacuuming your house? If the answer...

Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler appointed as US senator’

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Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi ...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 will force manufacturers to buy its 5G modem too

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Qualcomm announced details about its newly launched Snapdragon 865 flagship processor last night. The chip can support phones with 144Hz re...

70 cryptocurrency hedge funds have closed so far this year, investors weary of Bitcoin

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If the latest trend continues, it looks like cryptocurrency focused hedge funds could be on the way out. According to specialist researcher...

Microsoft may release two Xbox consoles next year

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A new reports suggests that, contrary to what Microsoft employees have been saying for months, there are two Xbox models coming out in the ...

Elon Musk testifies he wasn’t calling the person he accused of marrying a preteen a pedophile

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“I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what’s actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you fucking assho...

Even Facebook’s employees don’t trust it with their financial info

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Facebook is not exactly a platform that’s engendered a lot of trust over the last couple of years. Its users have shown an increasing distr...

Samsung to reportedly announce S10 and Note 10 ‘Lite’ this month

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It seems Samsung still has some major smartphones to release before the S11 arrives next spring. Over the past couple of days, leaks have a...

Pichai is a mistake

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Silicon Valley is still politely shrugging after the mildly interesting, but definitely important news broke yesterday that Alphabet’s foun...