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14 November 2020

Google pulls the plug on Expeditions VR app, migrates tours to Arts & Culture

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Google today announced that it is ending support for Expeditions. The VR app will also be pulled from its own Play Store and Apple’s App ...

Final Exam

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Final Exam

How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections | María Teresa Kumar

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How the new generation of Latinx voters could change US elections | María Teresa Kumar A historic number of Latinx voters participated in ...

To future generations of women, you are the roots of change | Gloria Steinem and Pat Mitchell

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To future generations of women, you are the roots of change | Gloria Steinem and Pat Mitchell Activist and author Gloria Steinem is an ico...

Nintendo’s Mario Game & Watch is a choice gaming stocking stuffer of 2020

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Nintendo will never stop mining its past for new nostalgia-based products, but at least it tends to do so with aplomb and occasionally eve...
13 November 2020

Twitter labeled 300,000 US election tweets — around 0.2%

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Just over a week after the U.S. elections, Twitter has offered a breakdown of some of its efforts to label misleading tweets. The site sa...

Apple HomePod Mini review: Remarkably big sound

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It’s hard to shake the sense that the smart speaker market would look considerably different had the HomePod Mini arrived several years bac...

Netflix’s latest experiment is a TikTok-like feed of funny videos

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Netflix already borrowed the concept of short-form video “Stories” from social apps like Snapchat and Instagram for its Previews feature ...

Gifting a gadget? Check its creep factor on Mozilla’s ‘Privacy not included’ list of shame

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Buying someone a gadget is a time-honored tradition, but these days it can be particularly fraught, considering you may buy them a fitness ...

Daily Crunch: Apple unveils new Macs

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Apple announces “One More Thing” before the holiday season, Uber lets you reserve rides 30 days in advance and Spotify makes another podca...

Facebook’s Snapchat-like ‘Vanish Mode’ feature arrives on Messenger and Instagram

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Facebook today announced its new Snapchat-like feature for disappearing messaging, Vanish Mode, is arriving on Messenger and Instagram. Th...

L’Oréal rolls out a line of ‘virtual makeup’

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Selfie filters have improved immensely over the past several years, but companies on the forefront of the tech see plenty of room to grow....

Facebook loses final appeal in defamation takedown case, must remove same and similar hate posts globally

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Austria’s Supreme Court has dismissed Facebook’s appeal in a long running speech takedown case — ruling it must remove references to defam...
12 November 2020

Udemy and altMBA co-founders return to edtech with a new, stealthy business

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In 2009, Udemy co-founder Gagan Biyani tried to convince people to learn online through live classes. But what he discovered instead was ...

Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft

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Guido van Rossum , the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft’s Developer ...

Act now before Google kills us, 135-strong coalition of startups warns EU antitrust chief

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A coalition of 135 startups and tech companies with services in verticals including travel, accommodation and jobs have written to the Euro...