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Now, as Australian academic pointed out, Twitter seemingly changed its guidelines last March to allow public discussion about “attraction towards minors” with the agreement that “they don’t promote or glorify child sexual exploitation in any way.” — Michael Salter (@mike_salter) January 3, 2020 As first reported by The Daily Dot, Michael Salter, a criminologist and coordinator of “Organised Abuse” — a site that shares ‘reliable information about organized abuse to professionals, victims, and survivors’ — highlighted Twitter’s policy loophole in a series of tweets last week....

While widely expected to win next year’s General Election, ousting the incumbent Labour Party, the Conservatives are taking no chances. The Spotify deal is the Party’s latest attempt to woo tech-savvy voters. Last month the Conservatives’ Online Communities Editor reached out to bloggers to cover its annual conference via social media channels and it has experimented with online video campaigns. The Party has also been linked closely to Google. In 2006 Party leader David Cameron spoke at the Google Zeitgeist Conference, while earlier this year Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined the Conservatives’ Economic Recovery Committee....

As of next Monday, the San Francisco-based DocuSign will sit alongside the likes of Tesla and Zoom in the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) index, which tracks the top non-financial companies listed on US stock exchanges. NDX is widely regarded as a solid benchmark for the tech industry. After comparing the market performance of the two companies, it’s easy to see why Nasdaq is replacing United Airlines with a ‘stay-at-home’ stock like DocuSign....

Most modern-day devices have an in-built solution for this, so consumers don’t have to worry about anything. But some devices such as the iPhone 5 need a software update to handle it. The phone’s other functions, such as App Store, iCloud, email, and web browsing, also rely on the device showing the correct time and location. That’s why it’s critical for you to get this update for your trusty iPhone 5....

The ruling comes after a legal dispute between LinkedIn and data analytics firm HiQ. LinkedIn sent a cease-and-desist letter to HiQ, demanding it to stop scraping the site. In response, the data analytics company counter-sued in hopes of blocking LinkedIn from interfering. The company argued that it blocked HiQ from scraping the data to protect its users’ privacy. On the flip side, the data analytics company said LinkedIn started blocking its scraping requests only after it launched its own analytics tool....

Gabe Newell believes BCIs will soon create superior experiences to what we can perceive through our eyes and ears alone. “But that’s not where it gets weird,” he told New Zealand’s 1 News. “Where it gets weird is when who you are becomes editable through a BCI.” Newell envisions the devices detecting a gamer’s emotions and then adjusting the settings to modify their mood — like ramping up the difficulty when they’re getting bored....

One thing that hasn’t changed in Victoria 3 is that it includes a fully-functioning, (somewhat) historically accurate depiction of the global slave trade as it existed at the beginning of the titular Victorian era. Victoria 3 is a historical nation simulator where you take control of an entire country and try to shape its destiny. At the beginning of the game, a given nation’s historically accurate polices on slavery will be in effect....

Child sexual abuse material specifically refers to the possession, viewing, sharing, and creation of images or videos containing sexual or offensive material involving children. But less publicized is another form of child sexual abuse material: virtual child sexual abuse material (VCSAM). What’s virtual child sexual abuse material (VCSAM)? VCSAM is sexual content depicting fictitious children in formats such as text, drawings, deepfakes, or computer-generated graphics. It’s also known as fictional child pornography, pseudo pornography, or fantasy images....

“While the rest of the economy is tanking from the crippling impact of the coronavirus, business at the biggest technology companies is holding steady — even thriving.” – The New York Times; Mar. 23, 2020 If you needed any proof that some industries benefit even during the worst of times, consider this — Microsoft reported a 775 percent increase in demand for their web calling and meeting features in Italy after social distancing and shelter in place orders were instituted....

Griffith, who joined Ethereum as a research scientist in 2016, was previously described by the New York Times as “a hacker working to make the internet a better and more interesting place.” He is now facing a maximum of 20 years behind bars. Hailing from Birmingham, Alabama, the American programmer — known for being the creator of WikiScanner — is accused of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. He was arrested at Los Angeles airport on November 28....

Sad as it may be, those photos can reveal a lot about our travel choices, as Facebook’s AI team recently discovered. The researchers analyzed the influence that online photos and conservation policies have on travel patterns by applying algorithms to thousands of images of Cuzco, Peru. [Read: China plans to build world’s first airport for self-flying vehicles] The region contains a vast array of heritage sites, including the sprawling citadel of Machu Pichu, the largest tourist attraction in the country....

The company revealed the contest at Tennocon, a Warframe fan convention in Ontario. It claims to want to make someone the first “real space ninja,” using the term for the in-game Warframes. To enter the contest, you have to play the game (which is free), and you get additional entries for every day you log in. Given that I know more people than I can count who play Warframe religiously, this will probably be an easy entry for the fans....

But… you’d be wrong. Targeting EV skeptics, the automaker has posted a series of memes on Twitter in an attempt to highlight EV qualities and promote its own electric vehicles, I guess? Admittedly, some of them are pretty funny and light-hearted: — Ford Motor Company (@Ford) December 21, 2021 I mean, I’m totally this “Aunt Suze” at the Christmas table. Check out these two as well: — Ford Motor Company (@Ford) December 21, 2021 Yeah, the horse meme is very fun and shows one big advantage of EV driving — I mean, who hasn’t performed solos in their car?...

Boeing’s unmanned MQ-25 Stringray plugged a hose into a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet and pumped 325 pounds of fuel into the fighter jet on June 4, the manufacturer announced on Monday. The 4.5-hour test was conducted from the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois. During the flight, the Super Hornet’s pilot flew as close as 20 feet from the Stingray, to ensure the performance and stability of the operation....

The tax exile has pipped Jeff Bezos to the title of first billionaire in space. You can watch the monumental ego trip in the video atop this article. Branson’s 1.5-hour journey reached an apex of around 89kms — just above NASA’s benchmark for granting astronaut wings. The Virgin Galactic founder then spent a few minutes pointlessly floating around at zero gravity. For those who’d hoped he’d stay in space, I regret to inform you that this was a return flight....

In the above video we see a 3D rendering of a complex scene. It was created by turning a video input into a bunch of points representing the geometry of the scene. The points, which form a cloud, are then fed to a neural network that renders them as computer graphics. TNW reached out to Dmitry Ulyanov, a researcher at Samsung and one of the authors on the team’s paper, to find out more about the project....

Something Slack rolled out in the last several months is called Huddles, a live audio feature that’s effectively a Clubhouse clone. The idea is rather than having a full blown meeting, you have a Huddle instead, which is an audio-only discussion with everyone in that specific channel or chat. At the time of its release, the only mystery to me was who the hell would use this feature? Well, it turns out… me....

We’ll find answers to which of Apple’s phones has the worst and best battery life and, hopefully, have a bit of fun along the way. We may even learn something. But… before we begin the comparison of the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max, let’s have a quick chat about the methodology behind this. How we’re comparing the battery life of the iPhone 12 range The battery life data is from GSMArena, which has the best information about this subject....

Ebikes are going high tech This year we saw ebike software evolve, with Bosch releasing the white label ​​Bosch eBike Systems and their eBike Flow app. We also saw Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS) monitoring used in safety applications to help riders understand what’s behind them and in their blind spots as they ride. According to Roose: Investments in ebike manufacturing, R&D, and scale will persist Investments in ebike companies show no sign of slowing down....

You should be continually outsmarted by the people you manage. If you’re not, you’ve hired the wrong people — or you’re just a bad manager. The downside of hiring people more brilliant than you is they’ll be challenging to manage or argue with. The people you hire are the experts — not you — so what’s the point of having them around if you’re not going to listen? But you still have a role as a manager and, very often, it is about more than just the facts of the case....