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Many people are now struggling with adjusting to working from home, but I’ve always been a big fan of WFH. Way back in the day, I even started my second company in my spare bedroom — with employees and everything! The company was a wireless hotspot operator and we didn’t end up moving from my spare bedroom until we grew to 12 people or so. Even when the spare bedroom became the baby room when my first daughter was born, it was still ‘the office’ during the day, just with a baby in it....

The campaign is backed by the likes of Activision Blizzard, Twitch, Riot Games, and YouTube Gaming. The companies are going to incorporate “special events, exclusives, activities, rewards and inspiration” in order to encourage gamers to observe the best practices of quarantine and remain physically distant from each other. Execs from every company emphasize the importance of isolation, and how gaming can help bridge the distance. For example, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said in a statement: “It’s never been more critical to ensure people stay safely connected to one another....

First covered by Reuters, the Lithuanian report found that the Xiaomi Mi 10T receives an updating list of blocked keywords from the manufacturer. While this hasn’t been enabled in Europe, researchers claim Xiaomi has the technical capability to censor these terms at will. At the time of the study’s release, there were 449 keywords on the list — all in Chinese characters. These included terms such as “free Tibet” and “Taiwan independence....

The company said the device has an insane screen to body ratio of 180.6 percent; all of the phone’s antennae are embedded in the top and bottom bezel, and the camera strip. The device has been made from a mix of titanium alloy, sapphire glass, and ceramic. This is how we made #MiMIXAlpha a luxurious smartphone. pic.twitter.com/PtgNNFXeQ1 — Xiaomi #FortuneGlobal500 (@Xiaomi) September 24, 2019 Specifications Screen: Wraparound display with 180....

The company has increased the size of the OLED display from 0.95-inch to 1.2-inch. While that’s useful to cram loads of animated watch faces or stats on your wrist, I think the change of charging method is the biggest draw. Earlier, Xiaomi supplied a proprietary charger with the band, and you had to yank out the central module and attach it to the cradle to charge it. Now, you don’t need that....

One of Trend Micro’s security systems uncovered a URL spreading the cryptocurrency mining botnet, which was also bundled with a backdoor-based exploit, security researchers say. The experts also identified the malware has so far targeted computers based in China. It’s believed that the Outlaw hacking group, known for another cryptocurrency mining botnet, is also responsible for this attack as the techniques used are almost identical to its previous exploits. That said, researchers believe the hackers are still in the testing and development phase....

The past 24 hours has seen a surge in posts on r/The_Donald calling for citizen violence over the current political kerfuffle in Oregon – yet there’s no evidence that Reddit is doing anything about it. In essence, the Democrat-led assembly in Oregon decided to push through a cap and trade climate resolution that Conservatives disagree with. Rather than follow the law, GOP lawmakers fled the state to avoid being forced to do their jobs....

The new frontiers we try to establish between the real and the virtual, between past memory, current experience, and futuristic vision are blurry. Who owns all the data we leave behind? How will we be remembered in this modern-day collective consciousness? Do we need a digital will? And how does this impact the grieving process of those we leave behind? We know that today’s data is increasingly interwoven with individual life stories....

By this same logic, we’re getting to the point in 2020 where we should reassess what it truly means to describe something as “smart.” We need to change our mindset. We need to move away from thinking of a home managed by rules set by the homeowner, to a self-learning home that can detect and learn the habits of the consumer to create a more seamless experience overall. So, what do we mean by smart homes?...

Making sure the answer to all those questions is “yes” is the point behind a management technique methodology like Six Sigma. You can get the playbook for getting projects done right and keeping all your stakeholders happy with The Complete Six Sigma Training Suite Bundle. This massive package is slashed right now down to an almost giveaway price, only $39.99 from TNW Deals. This collection packs in 15 courses and will help you lay out a battle-tested pipeline for making every facet of a product launch as failure-proof as possible....

There’s a story about one of the chief innovators at Nokia, who receives a call while walking at the beach. After a few minutes, the person calling him asks about the noise in the background, prompting the Nokia chief to explain where he is. The caller then says, “Oh, I thought you were working,” to which the innovator replies, “I AM WORKING. I’M THINKING!” It’s a funny story that’s always stuck with me....

Elon Musk, for instance, wants to take us to a Martian colony. Sure, many will perish on the journey, but the survivors can enjoy a nightmarish existence, which they’ll fund through indentured labor on the hellscape. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 17, 2020 Peter Thiel, meanwhile, will extend children’s lives by giving them blood transfusions. Wait, that’s not quite right — he actually plans to inject himself with children’s blood....

The website, aptly named User in yer face, is the epitome of bad design. It’s made by Bagaar, a Belgium based IoT product agency to point out bad design practices, and use as a marketing tool. I won’t blame you if it takes you more than a couple of minutes to get past the first page. Just take a look for yourself. If you haven’t figured out where you have to click to go to the next page, click on HERE (literally on the word)....

some() every() reduce() map() flat() filter() forEach() findIndex() find() sort() concat() fill() includes() reverse() flatMap() This list is not enumerated as I don’t believe one method is more important than the other. Each method will resolve a different problem, so it’s important we’re familiar with all of them. [Read: Python is great, but stop using it for every damn project] some() The some() tests whether at least one element in the array passes the test implemented by the callback function....

Humans have measured the efficiency of gasoline cars using miles per gallon (MPG) and liters per 100 kilometers (L/100km), for as long as anyone that’s alive can remember. Both these figures offer drivers a quick and understandable number that represents the efficiency of their vehicle. For MPG a higher number is better, and with L/100km a lower number is better. The more you drive and pay attention to these figures, the more you’ll understand what kind of efficiency your vehicle is capable of....

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The new rule took effect Sept. 1, 2021. From my standpoint as a video game designer and scholar who specializes in game-based learning, I don’t see a need to limit video game play among students during the school week. Instead, I see a need to expand it – and to do so during the regular school day. Video games are one of the most popular mediums of our times. One estimate shows that by 2025, the global gaming market will amount to US$268....

Well, it didn’t say exactly that. More specifically, it laid out a plan to compel electronics manufacturers to adopt USB-C as the standard charging connector and cable. But considering Apple is the only major phone manufacturer holding out on adopting USB-C, it’s clear Cupertino is the biggest target. And with the size and influence of the European Union, a decision there is likely to impact iPhones sold everywhere. More about what we propose: https://t....

Developers, like other employees, want to know whether they’re getting paid well enough, how they rank compared to their peers, and whether they could be getting more somewhere else. Yet, people have a hard time asking for a raise – in fact, “how to ask for a raise” is one of the highest-ranking “how to” questions on Google. The war for talented developers is no secret. The International Monetary Fund suggests we might see a global shortage of 85 million tech workers by 2030!...

As Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman wrote for Wired, “You should assume that any digital evidence that you were at or near a protest could be used against you.” Such surveilling methods now include the use of facial recognition, license plate scanners, and predator drones. Officers have also been using smartphones to monitor and build cases against protestors. Evan Greer, the Deputy Director or Fight for the Future, a collective of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists channeling internet outrage into political power, tweeted an incredibly useful thread on surveillance self-defense over the weekend....