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A career in graphic design is a path marked with a whole bunch of trails and other side roads that can take students into all sorts of career opportunities they hadn’t expected. Maybe they go the classic route and start designing things like product illustrations, company logos, websites and more. Or maybe they go off the beaten path a little and become a product developer. They could take that talent and make it move as a multimedia artist or animator....

There may be no tool for better understanding the internet than Google Analytics. With Google’s ultra-detailed picture of web traffic and full breakdowns on how each and every user interacts with a website, it’s an invaluable fact finder for understanding everything a website is doing well — and what it isn’t. Of course, just because GA is available to most users doesn’t mean many have any clue how to use it or understand what it means....

The five-seater sedan is designed to be light and aerodynamic for maximum range, so you’ll feel comfortable taking it out for long road trips. It features five square meters of solar panels beneath safety glass on its roof and hood to draw power, and four motors to power each wheel independently. Additionally, the body is crafted from aluminium and carbon fiber to keep the weight down. For every hour that the One is left in sunlight, it’ll charge up to 12km in range....

To give it a go, first make sure you’re on the latest version of Edge. (You can go to Settings> About to check for updates). Once updated, simply type in ‘edge://surf’ in the address bar and the game will load — no internet required. It’s surprisingly robust for an easter egg, including cute animations, a multitude of character options, powerups, and several gameplay modes. And in addition to your keyboard, you can even use a touchscreen or an honest-to-goodness controller to play....

In the keynote, CEO Satya Nadella focused on developer and cloud news, and barely mentioned updates to Windows 10 at all. It turns out there was a good reason for that: according to Nadella, Microsoft apparently is planning to share more information about “the next generation of Windows” very soon. Specifically, Nadella said: It’s not clear exactly what’s meant by “next generation of Windows.” For the past few years, Microsoft has released a ‘big’ Windows ‘ 10 update twice a year, adding on new features and major tweaks....

As the name suggests, it’s an everyday carry sort of affair, and it’s chock-full of thoughtful touches that make it great for trips to the office and back, as well as a weekend away from home. However, its $250 price tag puts it pegs it way above most other daily-use backpacks. Here’s what you get for all that dough. Design I’ve learned over time that people have varied opinions on how backpacks should look: some folks like ‘em loud, others prefer them to be discreet....

Here’s a quote from Motorola’s post on Google+ (emphasis ours): Here’s a quote directly from FierceWirelessTech‘s report (again, emphasis ours): Now, we don’t disagree with the principle of Motorola’s claim. It is indeed possible for devices to perform differently on the same network. If you’re going to make such a claim though, make sure that the tests you’re quoting did indeed use… the same network. Update: While Signals Research founder Michael Thelander said he thinks use of different bands didn’t cause differences in the devices’ performance, he has no way to prove it....

Not only has the wealth of the American billionaire class swelled by 19% since COVID-19 shutdowns began (up $565 billion since March 18), but $79 billion was added to their fortunes in just the last week. [Read: The ‘average’ Robinhood trader is no match for the S&P 500, just like Buffett] That, according to long-serving progressive think tank Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), pushed their total wealth beyond $3.5 trillion — a staggering figure that uncomfortably contrasts the 21....

The most recent findings from these measurements have now been published in a series of papers, revealing the three-dimensional structure of Jupiter’s weather systems – including its famous Great Red Spot, a centuries-old storm big enough to swallow the Earth whole. Before Juno, decades of observations had revealed the famous striped appearance of Jupiter’s atmosphere, with white bands known as zones, and red-brown bands known as belts. The bands are separated by powerful winds zipping east and west, known as the jet streams, and are punctuated by gigantic vortices, such as the red spot....

The idea is simple and intriguing. If you’re tired of picking a show or a movie, Netflix will line up some stuff for you based on your previous watches, watchlist, and interests. The button is currently popping up only on Netflix’s TV apps. It’s not clear if it’ll be introduced to other devices and mediums too. We’ve asked Netflix for more details, and we’ll update the story if we hear back....

Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Locke used to say: Yippee! Bitcoin price We closed the day, July 06 2020, at a price of $9,375. That’s a respectable 3.33 percent increase in 24 hours, or $302. It was the highest closing price in twelve days. We’re still 53 percent below Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017)....

And, if I do that hard enough, I hope when I open my eyes at 5:30am PST on December 8, there’ll be a marvellous little package waiting for me. A Christmas miracle, if you will. That, friends, is what I’d call a longwinded and uninformative way of saying there might be some new Apple hardware announced next week. This was revealed by the lovely folks over at MacRumors, who obtained an internal Apple memo advising AppleCare technicians to prepare for new products....

The idea behind the Wrist ID unlock technology is deliciously simple: a component on the back of the wearable fires light into the user’s wrist. This is then used to generate a field image of the area. This vein-filled section of each person’s arm should be as unique as a fingerprint, meaning the scan will be able to ensure that it’s you who put the Apple Watch on. If you’d like more in-depth info about how it works, you can read the full patent here....

Nissan, if you were wondering, isn’t getting into the sporting goods business. The ball is a proof of concept for its upgraded driver assistance technology, called ProPilot, that makes its debut in the Nissan Skyline next month — but only in Japan. In the video, a toddler steps onto the green, takes a quick glance at the cup, and then sinks a putt that would make any weekender — and many pros — jealous....

Creating a website for your new product or service isn’t enough anymore. Heck, anybody can start a page, slap up some copy and call it a new online hub for a business. Users demand more, from easy information to simple payment methods to interactivity to constant updates. And it better not be ugly either. Thankfully, Page Builder gets it. Even if you’ve never created a website before, this intuitive page creator can offer you all the eye-popping visuals and demanded functionality your brand new website needs, all without requiring you to take a crash course in web development and coding....

The NYPD had been leasing the quadruped from Boston Dynamics since last year, but canceled the contract last week after a public backlash. “This is a casualty of politics, bad information, and cheap sound bytes,” John Miller, the department’s deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told The New York Times. “We should have named it ‘Lassie’.” — THEE DON❤️‍? (@1800SPOILED) April 12, 2021 The device has attracted controversy ever since it was unveiled in December....

In a new report published by security firm ESET, researchers have discovered the first known instance of an open-source spyware bypassing the internet giant’s app store vetting process — twice. Radio Balouch — the app in question — is a legitimate radio application serving Balouchi music enthusiasts, except that it also included AhMyth, a remote access espionage tool that has been available on GitHub as an open-source project since late 2017....

Searching for articles on the subject for the young engineers attending the Ethics and Information and Communications Technology course at UCLouvain, Belgium, I was particularly struck by the case of Joshua Barbeau, a 33-year-old man who used a website called Project December to create a conversational robot – a chatbot – that would simulate conversation with his deceased fiancée, Jessica. Conversational robots mimicking dead people Known as a deadbot, this type of chatbot allowed Barbeau to exchange text messages with an artificial “Jessica”....

Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. A few months ago, I wrote about how the Indian government dismissed fears of mass surveillance in response to concerns that its proposed facial recognition system lacks adequate oversight. But as the country’s capital was gripped by communal violence last month, it appears that law enforcement agencies employed the tech to identify more than 1,100 individuals who were allegedly involved in riots and violent protests....

Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. Well, that escalated quickly. After alerting users of a change in privacy policy earlier this month and kicking up a storm, WhatsApp has backed down— for now. The in-app alert on January 6 urged users to agree to the new terms and conditions that grants the app the right to share with Facebook some personal data about them, such as their phone number and location....