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Manager Director Bertrand Perez, speaking at a blockchain conference hosted at the United Nation headquarters in Geneva today, said: “We are not in the area of implementing any monetary policy with the (Libra) Reserve.” Additionally, Perez went on to say that the digital currency could help achieve many UN sustainable development goals, including eradicating poverty and improving gender equality – Libra would also benefit the tech giant’s bottom line. Perez’s remarks come just one day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about his willingness to cooperate with regulators, which could cause serious delays to Libra’s launch, currently scheduled for 2020....

At least, that’s according to employment service LinkedIn, which listed “blockchain” as tech’s most sought after “hard skill” this year. A LinkedIn blog published last week notes that “blockchain” is the most in-demand skill in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, and Germany — more popular than cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and UX design. “Blockchain has emerged from the once shadowy world of cryptocurrency to become a business solution in search of problems,” said LinkedIn....

But after we are done placing the gold medal in logic gymnastics around the necks of Domino’s legal team, one is left to wonder about the ultimate wisdom in Domino’s tactics. Spending their effort fighting this lawsuit, instead of respecting the spirit of the ADA, misses a clear opportunity to reach a broader audience and better serve their existing customer base. Let’s do a little catch-up: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law, enacted in 1990, that is meant to protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination in all areas of public life, with physical spaces as its focus....

The device is about the size of a large tablet when open, but folds into a compact size – about the size of a notebook – that can easily fit into a bag. It features a 360-degree hinge that allows it to be used either as a large tablet, for running two apps at once, or a slim device when one-handed use and comfort is a priority. Moreover, a slim detachable keyboard allows it to turn into something akin to proper laptop....

Manufactured in India, this TV features an IPS panel, which makes for a 178-degree viewing angle, and Dolby Vision support. It comes with 30W front-firing speakers, with DTS Tru Surround and Dolby Audio protocols. Under the hood is a 2.25GHz octa-core processor paired with a Mali 450GPU and 16GB of onboard storage. Flikpart said the TV’s in-built MEMC tech will help deliver a better picture for gaming and high-motion content....

Astronomers Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science, David Tholen from the University of Hawaii, and Chad Trujillo from Northern Arizona University have measured just how far out Farfarout is — about 132 astronomical units (AUs) from the Sun. (One AU is the distance between the Earth and Sun- about 150 million km or 93 million miles). The trio of astronomers has been searching the region of the Solar System beyond Pluto since 2012, looking for other planetary bodies that may float in the frozen expanse....

Yesterday, the company said it’s sending emails to anyone who’s not watched anything in a year since joining or has stopped watching for more than two years: [Read: Google and Apple launch COVID-19 contact-tracing tech] If these people don’t respond to Netflix’s emails, the streaming service will automatically cancel their accounts. The company says it’ll keep your data for 10 months, so if you reactivate you’ll still retain your favorites, profiles, viewing preferences, and account details....

The device will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) for a first-of-its-kind experiment. The mission? Analyzing the neurological activity of astronauts to understand how microgravity affects the brain. There is still little known about the effects of space travel on the brain. While astronauts are typically measured for various physiological changes, from heart rate to muscle mass, there is currently no high-quality longitudinal data about neural changes during space missions....

For the uninitiated, neuromorphic computing replicates the neural structure of the human brain to create algorithms that can deal with the uncertainties of the natural world. Intel Labs has developed one of the most notable architectures in the field: the Loihi neuromorphic chip. Loihi is comprised of around 130,000 artificial neurons, which send information to each other across a “spiking” neural network (SNN). The chips had already powered a range of systems, from an smart artificial skin to an electronic “nose” that recognizes scents emitted from explosives....

But it absolutely did not create a video game. You may have read otherwise. But it’s what you didn’t read that matters. Background GPT-3, for those who aren’t in the know, is a big powerful AI system that generates text from prompts. At the risk of oversimplifying, you give GPT-3 a short input and ask it to generate text. So, for example, you might say “What’s the best thing about Paris?...

On Sunday, the platform’s CEO announced that Elon won’t be accepting a seat on its board after all. That’s just five days after the celebrity billionaire bought a 9.2% stake of Twitter — making him the biggest shareholder of the company — and was appointed a board member. Take a look at CEO Parag Agrawal’s announcement: According to Agrawal, Musk’s reign as a board director was supposed to begin on April 9, but on that very day, he declined the offer....

In the order, he said that TikTok captures information from its users and it may be used by China to track the location of Federal employees: The order also accuses TikTok of spreading misinformation that might benefit the Chinese Communist Party, including conspiracy theories about the origin of the coronavirus. This is awkward as US-based social networks Twitter and Facebook both have pulled down Trump’s posts related to COVID-19 for relaying false information....

What makes this piece, Everydays: the First 5000 Days, truly remarkable, is that it was sold as a non-fungible token (NFT). In the year since that sale, NFTs have gone from a relatively obscure tech-world phenomenon to the mainstream. NFTs are tokens that exist on a secure record-keeping system called a blockchain. These tokens are akin to certificates of ownership a gallery might give to an art collector, but for digital items....

We’re closing in on a generation who’ve grown in up in a world where photography is almost exclusively a digital medium. But there’s no substitute for artful prints, family photo albums, and the aesthetics of a physical memoir of your personal journey as either a shutterbug, subject, or both. PastBook provides dead-simple photobook solutions, which is cool, but what’s most interesting (to us here at Neural) is the way the company uses AI....

Stock in the San Jose fintech giant jumped more than 13% on Thursday’s market open, briefly hitting $146.90 per share. [Read: Reddit’s greediest traders debate shorting Tesla ahead of Musk’s Joe Rogan interview] $PYPL set its previous price record of $123.91 was set on February 19’s close. PayPal sees more volume, but way less profit Despite attracting 7.4 million new accounts last quarter, PayPal proved its not immune to the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by falling short of earnings expectations....

On Thursday, a letter bomb caused a small explosion at an ING Bank office in Amsterdam, Reuters reports. Just hours earlier, authorities disarmed one delivered to an office of US tech firm Unisys, located near Utrecht. The incidents follow the explosion of two letter bombs on Wednesday, one at ABN Amro bank’s Amsterdam mail-sorting office, and another in the Kerkide mailroom of Japanese electronics firm Ricoh, close to the Germany border....

Time travel via VR porn? Really, pornography site marketing team? Here’s the full pitch (screenshot to maintain original emphasis): I’ve spent the morning debating whether this is the most tone-deaf pitch I’ve ever received. No, don’t get me wrong: I don’t have a problem with porn. In fact, if you’ve read my reviews you’ll know I’m actually a big proponent of using inexpensive, consumer-grade VR cameras to shoot sexy clips for/with your significant other....

No, it wasn’t just an “oh we keep your data safe and secure” kind of facade. These are the actual features we’re talking about. Apple took jibes at Google and Facebook, and talked about how it believes children shouldn’t be tracked. Here are some of the coolest privacy features: Sign in with Apple This was probably my favorite part of yesterday’s keynote. Apple’s VP, Craig Federighi started talking about trackers across the internet with Facebook and Google’s sign-in buttons flashing on the screen....

Then again, we shouldn’t be so surprised, considering Apple sells a $999 stand for its $4,999 monitor. And if you buy the fancier version of that monitor with the nano-texture matte finish, by the way, you’re only allowed to clean it with Apple’s special cloth, or else you risk damaging the display. I mean, they look cooler than your typical casters, what with the Dyson-like hollow design. I guess that’s something....

Because “buying a home shouldn’t be scary,” Bungalo’s gone through the trouble of having all of its home listings in the Charlotte, North Carolina area inspected by professional paranormal investigators. We checked through a bunch of Bungalo’s online home listings and, sure enough, once you sign up for an account to gain access to the documents associated with the homes listed you can view a paranormal inspection report. So what does a paranormal investigation consist of?...