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Rebecca Rivers and Laurence Berland were put on leave for allegedly violating the company’s policy by accessing and sharing confidential documents — fellow Google employees contested the company’s reasoning, saying Berland and Rivers had done so only because they were involved in various activism efforts within the company. — Rebecca Rivers (@Tri_Becca90) November 25, 2019 Now, as first reported by Bloomberg, Google has fired both employees, as well as two others involved in last week’s protest....

Case in point: Google vice president Javier Soltero today told Reuters that starting today, Google Meet (formerly Hangouts Meet) calls can display up to 16 participants in a grid at once, echoing a common layout in rival Zoom. Previously Google only allowed four people to show up in a grid, though Zoom still has the company beat; it can display up to 49 people in a call. To be clear, we’re talking about how many people can be visible on screen at once....

Google’s naturally banking on its renowned camera tech along with nifty and clean Android experience to entice users. Before we talk more about the device, let’s have a look at the device’s not-so-impressive spec sheet. Specifications Screen: 5.81-inch full HD+ display Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G RAM: 6GB Rear camera: 12-megapixel single camera with f/1.7 aperture Front camera: 8-megapixel single camera with f/1.7 aperture Internal storage: 128GB Battery: 3,140mAh Charging: 18W USB-PD fast charging....

The OnePlus device will appeal to people who want power and specs, effectively bang for their buck. But, personally, I’d choose the Pixel 4a every time. Usability rules all. It’s no secret I’m a fan of Google’s “a” range of phones. I’ve written before how I believe these models are its best fit in the smartphone industry — and the Pixel 4a is no exception. I truly believe it delivers what much of the public want from a mid-range Android device....

The simmering discontent at Twitter has sparked a wave of interest in decentralized alternatives. Advocates say the approach will shift control from central governance to users. A prominent proponent of the model is Mastodon. The open-source social network this week capitalized on a surge of interest by launching a free Android app. What is Mastodon? Mastodon consists of independent communities spread across different servers, which means no single company — or billionaire — can control them....

But just because the Bernie sitting meme is over, doesn’t mean it’s dead. Far from it. To paraphrase an excellent tweet, we’ll soon enter its ‘mom phase.’ You know, that terrible time in a meme’s lifecycle where your relatives post it on Facebook with captions like “LOL IM DED,” “HAHA,” and “SOCIALISM IS CANCER.” There’s nothing we can do to stop this — it’s simply nature healing — but we can help speed the process up....

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In fact, the Pixel 5 has the same exact Sony IMX363 primary camera sensor Google has been using since the Pixel 3, which itself was technically a bit smaller (albeit newer) than the IMX368 sensor used way back on the Pixel 1. Almost all of Google’s camera improvements have come through computational photography, but there’s only so much you can stretch middling hardware — especially when competitors are catching up on the smarts too....

The vagueness of “big data” has reached a point that many companies are simply collecting without acting. Measurement is a hot topic but could turn into a hot mess, if not done correctly. Without understanding what the metrics that actually matter to your business and your customers, you may as well not be collecting anything at all. At Mixpanel, my team and I put together a measurement framework to provide guidance on enabling data-informed growth with effective measurement that companies of any size can learn from....

But it’s time to let the past go and point our bows toward the future. It’s no longer possible to estimate how much the machine learning and AI markets are worth, because the line between what’s an AI-based technology and what isn’t has become so blurred that Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all “AI companies” that also do other stuff. Your local electricity provider uses AI and so does the person who takes those goofy real-estate agent pictures you see on park benches....

And you know what else it can do? Ruin my childhood, and possibly my subconscious. This was the realization I came to this morning when this was shared in our team Slack channel: — Daniel Hanley ? (@calamardh) July 9, 2019 At first glance, it seems like just the text is scrambled. But look closer at the images: Absolutely chilling. We’re deep in the uncanny valley and I want out....

Living and working in microgravity can impact your whole body in different ways. On the other hand, the human body is capable of adapting its physiology to survive in diverse conditions. “[S]paceflight poses unique medical problems due to prolonged exposure to a combination of stressful stimuli, such as acceleration forces, radiation, and weightlessness. In particular, the latter condition is a critical feature of [spaceflight] and has effects on human physiology which were quite unexpected at the beginning of space exploration,” The National Institutes of Health describes....

Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits have helped since they were put in place over 25 years ago, but new technology may now be able to stop drink driving altogether. In the US, the massive infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year mandated car manufacturers equip vehicles with advanced drink-driving prevention technology. These systems can either monitor a driver’s performance to detect if they are impaired, or test a driver’s BAC to determine if it’s above the legal limit....

For instance, linking pregnant women to health workers and bringing health facilities closer to where people reside to increase the number of people delivering in hospitals or assisted by a doctor or nurse. Manisha Bhinge, associate director of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Health Initiative, says: “Our biggest aim is to end mortality due to preventable diseases such as *malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia in young children, infections disease outbreaks and ensure access to critical primary healthcare services....

But as time passed and I kept procrastinating my “real job” search, I started taking freelancing as a permanent career move more seriously. I’d always valued independence and had come away burnt out from my last job, so the flexibility and autonomy that freelance writing gave me was appealing. Coming from a content marketing background, I knew I had the skills to deliver value to clients, but if I was going to do this long-term, I needed to start making more money....

Today big, game-changing ideas are less common. New and improved techniques are the driving force behind modern scientific research and discoveries. They allow scientists – including chemists like me – to do our experiments faster than before, and they shine light on areas of science hidden from our predecessors. Three cutting-edge techniques – the gene-editing tool CRISPR, fluorescent proteins, and optogenetics – were all inspired by nature. Biomolecular tools that have worked for bacteria, jellyfish, and algae for millions of years are now being used in medicine and biological research....

Understanding whether a planet could host life requires a lot more information. At the moment, one extremely important piece of information that is missing is the presence, composition, and structure of their atmospheres. Signs of atmospheric water, oxygen and methane would all be signs that a planet may support life. Now we have for the first time managed to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of an exoplanet that is potentially habitable....

Rocket boosters, which provide additional thrust to enable a rocket ship to escape the gravitational pull of Earth, are removed within two minutes of flight in order for the rocket to continue the ascent. I see this similar to the early days of your operation, which are all about putting in maximum effort to attain momentum and lift off. However, it’s extremely critical to realize that there soon comes a point where strategies and practices which were driving growth, soon stop working and there is an urgent need for another launch....

When you’re thinking of switching one music streaming service to another, you don’t want to ruin your library. All of us want to migrate all our albums, songs, and playlists, and we want to carry over our meticulous curation to the new app. With that in mind, I’ve tested a bunch of apps that help you migrate your preferences and curated playlists from one streaming music service to another. Before you get started, it’s worth noting that none of these tools will transfer the songs you’ve uploaded between services; they’ll just match the songs available on one service to the other, and add them to your library....

Content is created by people and for people (sorry, I think this is starting to sound very Abraham Lincoln-y), so people should always be at the forefront when deciding what to write about and how. But how can you actually put that into action? Here are my favorite tactics. Highlight your employees Content should be people-centric, but let’s not forget that brands should be too. And one way to achieve that through content is to showcase who the people are that make the brand mission come to life....