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In response, calls are being made for global oversight and regulation of technology and there are attempts to slow down its spread through protectionist trade policies and political lobbying. But perhaps we should be careful about so readily blaming technological innovation for these social problems. In fact, our recent research into the causes of rising income inequality in Germany suggests a lack of innovation and entrepreneurship is actually at the root of the problem....

Yet this is one of the most predominant and frustrating misconceptions about evolution. Many successful branches of the tree of life have stayed simple, such as bacteria, or have reduced their complexity, such as parasites. And they are doing very well. In a recent study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, we compared the complete genomes of over 100 organisms (mostly animals), to study how the animal kingdom has evolved at the genetic level....

At its most basic, it’s a very fancy trackpad that’s sensitive enough to detect light strokes from a paint brush and tough enough to withstand being pounded on by drum sticks. To that end, it’s a step up from similar devices. But the Morph is so much more than just a really, really good trackpad. Specifications: Dimensions: 240 mm x 169.5 mm. Thickness: 6.75 mm. Weight: 0.4 kg. Active Area: 230 mm x 130 mm....

“Mate,” I said. “You need to turn the screen brightness to max. I can’t see anything; just your reflection.” “It is,” he replied. Using this phone was such a frustrating ordeal. I’m not just talking about day-to-day usage; its utterly crap hardware even conspired to prevent me from finishing this article. But nonetheless, I’m here. Let’s talk about one of the worst phones that ever crossed my desk. Meet the Doogee S40 The Doogee S40 is a curious beast....

Folding bikes make lots of sense in big cities like London or New York, where commuters use more than one mode of transport to reach their destination. It takes the hassle out of having nowhere to securely park your bike, and means you can use other forms of transport like trains to complete the bulk of your journey. Ebikes are equally alluring for the modern commuter. They can dramatically reduce the amount of effort required to reach your destination, and in my experience, are the difference between arriving with all the style of a techno-sartorialist or a hot sweaty mess....

The Oakland-born researcher was responsible for several pivotal advances in the computer science space, most notably the password, which he invented during his pioneering work in computer time sharing. Corbató led the development of the Computer Time-Sharing System (CTSS), which is regarded as one of the world’s first operating systems. This allowed multiple people to use a computer at the same time, accelerating the pace in which programmers worked. It’s also credited as the first computer system to use passwords....

So yeah, this actually happened. On Tuesday night. A Reddit user posted images of what appears to be a small fleet of Cruise robotaxis just stopped in the middle of the street. The robotaxis blocked traffic for a couple of hours until fleshy human employees arrived and removed them. Where’s John Connor when you need him? This peaceful protest happened less than a month since Cruise launched its first fully-driverless, commercial services — and it’s not even the first time we’ve seen the company’s autonomous vehicles go renegade....

Tax Watch UK this week published a report titled “Gaming the System.” It claims that, through offshoring of profits, Rockstar North (the primary development studio of GTA V) has not paid any UK taxes in ten years. In the five years after GTA V’s release, Rockstar and parent company Take-Two’s UK-based studios claimed a profit of just £47.3m, while a $3.4 billion bonus pool was distributed among senior staff. So in spite of the fact that GTA V is the third best-selling game of all time and has generated around $6 billion in revenue, the studio that made it apparently saw very little of the profits — so little that they qualified for the tax breaks....

The report comes from Taiwanese news site DigiTimes, which claims that Nintendo will start production on this new Switch model sometime in the first half of the year. If all goes according to plan, we’d have the new model by the middle of the year. This would line up with a prediction from Wall Street Journal reporter Takashi Mochizuki, who reported in August that Nintendo was planning further Switch updates....

Human-machine interaction researcher Liza Dixon summed up the reason why quite clearly in a Tweet yesterday. In short, the main problem is that they’re way more complicated, and nuanced than carmakers — and the media, I admit — ever acknowledge. This is the document where the famous blue & green chart of SAE Levels of Driving Automation comes from. This is why the levels are not a “race” and this is why we do not say meaningless things like “L2+” pic....

The push-to-talk feature (which is far quicker than traditional calling) will be powered by Microsoft’s Teams app — a chat app for workplaces. The company had announced the feature last week and said it’ll soon be available on select Android phones. Samsung said this phone will provide a more secure and convenient alternative to folks working To communicate with each other. The XCover Pro has a 6.3-inch full HD display, and is powered by Samsung’s own mid-range Exynos 9611 processor....

The multitude of images come courtesy of TechTalkTV on Twitter (via 9to5Google) and show off a device that looks very close to the renders, with a punch-hole camera at the top and three lenses on the rear in a square camera bump. Like the Note 10, the Lite has a hole-punch camera, but the display seems to be flat rather than curved at the edges (a good thing, for some)....

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 Pasteur used to say: Live, laugh, love! Bitcoin price We closed the day, January 20 2020, at a price of $8,657. That’s a minor 0.53 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$46.98. It was the lowest closing price in six days. We’re still 56 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

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 Machiavelli used to say: We’re on the highway to hell, so let’s ride! Bitcoin price We closed the day, September 20 2020, at a price of $10,938. That’s a minor 1.42 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$157.60. It was the lowest closing price in four days....

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 Marx used to say: Talk to a stranger on a bus! Bitcoin price We closed the day, July 23 2020, at a price of $9,581. That’s a minor 0.56 percent increase in 24 hours, or $53. It was the highest closing price in twenty-nine days....

TLDR: These 10 deals on Apple AirPod, Apple Watch, and AirTag accessories can trick out your stealthy gear, all with an extra 15 percent off. At any given moment, there’s likely at least one Apple product on your wishlist. Or at least, an accessory for your favorite piece of Apple tech. While Apple items like the AirPods, Apple Watch and even the AirTag aren’t necessarily inexpensive, there are always a handful of cool wants that can take those Apple items to new heights without crushing your bank account....

In our new work, published in Nature, we were shocked to discover an apparition of galactic proportions when looking at a familiar galaxy. The finding has huge significance because it demonstrates how chemical elements mix on very large scales around galaxies. Your body, the Earth, and all the material world around you is made of a class of particle called “baryons.” Baryonic matter is “normal” everyday matter, such as carbon....

There are any number of reasons why you might want a full recording of a virtual meeting or a lifestream. There could be vital, pertinent details worth going back to afterward to make sure you understand everything. Maybe you want to chronicle a truly epic game session that may never happen again. Or maybe it’s a live musical performance that you’d want to listen to again over and over. With important moments like that, there’s no way you want to risk them disappearing into memory forever....

While its important to share these moments, it’s also important to use tools that might stop authorities from snooping on people in those photos. So, privacy-focused messenger Signal has launched a new tool in its app that automatically blurs the faces of people in your photos — and you can use these images anywhere. To get this feature, first, you’ll need to update the Signal app on your iPhone or Android phone....

The Irish national, who was extradited to the US in July last year, was arrested in January 2014. Anyone who’s been following Bitcoin and the dark web for some time will know that Silk Road operated at unprecedented levels. During its heyday, from 2011 until 2013, the site was used by thousands of drug deals to distribute more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs and other illicit goods and services to more than 115,000 buyers....