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Twitter kills notifications from threads of people you blocked

@ 2017/02/20 read/post comments(0)

Twitter is ramping up its anti-abuse measures lately. After making abusive accounts invisible to anyone who don't follow them, the microblogging website has announced that you'll no longer be notified of replies to conversations started by people you... Go To Full Article

Alphabet won't need all those internet balloons after all

@ 2017/02/20 read/post comments(0)

Since it launched nearly four years ago, Alphabet's Project Loon experiment has shifted from an unlikely moonshot to an idea that might actually work. As Alphabet's experimental X division chief and "Captain of Moonshots" Astro Teller wrote today, th...… Go To Full Article

'Monopoly' is killing the thimble and it's all your fault

@ 2017/02/20 read/post comments(0)

Monopoly's venerable thimble is not passing Go and it won't collect $200. The sewing accessory has been part of the board game since 1935, but voters decided to ditch it during a recent contest for a more modern replacement.… Go To Full Article

Valve may be using a neural net against 'Counter-Strike' cheaters

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It sounds like Valve is taking advantage of a neural network to combat the spread of cheats in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Posting on Reddit, someone using the moderator-verified Valve Anti-Cheat account wrote that a fix is in the works for… Go To Full Article

LG V20 Review

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LG’s smartphones in recent years are nothing short of novel. The LG G5 and its modular design, although having received mixed response, has no doubt set the pace for the development of modular smartphones in the market. The next flagship,… Go To Full Article

Some poor soul has a Nintendo Switch, but no games

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Today is a bittersweet day for NeoGAF user hiphoptherobot. His Nintendo Switch pre-order arrived on his doorstep two weeks ahead of schedule, but he has absolutely nothing to play on it. "I have no games at all," he told the… Go To Full Article

Zuckerberg's vague new mission for Facebook

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Facebook had already run into rocky territory over the past year, stumbling over censoring historically-significant content and wrestling with its own role in the election, before Trump came to office. Amid an 'America First' administration raising u... Go To Full Article

Google needs your help building better video analysis algorithms

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You probably haven't heard of YouTube-8M, but it's a big deal for anyone working in the field of machine learning. In short, it's a large database of labeled video content that programmers can use to test out their algorithms. Today,… Go To Full Article

Skype Mobile tests in-call reactions and retooled search

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With the wide variety messaging apps adding video calls, Microsoft has been steadily rolling out improvements to Skype to keep up with the competition. Starting today, Skype users can help test a few new beta features that should make video… Go To Full Article

Samsung's South Korean leader has been arrested for bribery

@ 2017/02/20 read/post comments(0)

That took a little longer than expected. Samsung's vice chairman Lee Jae-yong (better known as Jay Y. Lee) has been arrested over charges of bribery, according to Bloomberg. In early January a court had yet to approve the warrant. Developing... Go To Full Article

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