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I haven’t tried this pair yet, so I can’t pass a verdict on its performance. But its feature set seems commendable given the price. Apart from active noise cancellation, it offers 20 hours of playback time and a splash and sweatproof design, which might be good for workouts. [Read: How do you build a pet-friendly gadget? We asked experts and animal owners] Xiaomi says that you can enable active noise cancellation with one click, and it’ll reduce surrounding noise by 25dB....

One of these markers is oxygen, which currently makes up a little over 20 percent of the atmosphere of our own world. However, our own world held onto relatively little oxygen until 2.4 billion years ago, when oxygen-producing cyanobacteria filled the atmosphere with the gas, leading to the first widespread extinction — the Great Oxidation event. Many lifeforms on Earth today, including human beings, are now dependent on this life-giving gas....

If you thought the world was crazy for apps before a global pandemic, you should take a look at the numbers now. 2020 pushed app downloads through the roof, with 2.5 million apps available on the Google Play Store. Coming up with the killer app idea that’s ready to take the world by storm is great, but without the ability to make that idea a reality, it’s just a great idea....

Earlier this week, YouTube said it’s letting some people record short videos with this feature called multi-segment videos. It is rolling out the test to some users on both iOS and Android. The idea is to record 15-second clips that will eventually merge into one video. YouTube’s announcement suggested that this feature will let creators record multiple clips easily directly from the mobile app: YouTube also said that if you want to upload longer videos at one go, you’ll have to upload them directly from the phone’s gallery....

“Users should upgrade their nodes to [version 2.0.7-3] immediately and discontinue use of older versions,” reads a bulletin dated September 24. The post re-assures users this “important” security scenario doesn’t put funds at risk of “theft or counterfeiting,” before promising more details at a future date. The flaw, if exploited, would’ve allowed infinite amounts of Zcash cryptocurrency to be counterfeited, which would’ve crippled its entire ecosystem. In this case, the vulnerability was reportedly first disclosed to Zcash devs on September 13....

The company gained daily active users (1.96 billion from 1.92 billion last quarter), and posted $27.9 billion in revenue with a year-on-year growth rate of 7%. While it was the slowest growth the tech giant has ever posted, Wall Street was happy with this performance. From its earnings call, we got to learn that the company is putting in more money towards building its metaverse — but it might take more than a few years to see a fully hashed-out version of it....

According to Check Point Research, the creators of the Phorpiex (aka Trik) botnet added this revenue generation ability to trick victims into transferring more than 11BTC (~$89,370) to the threat actors’ wallets over the course of five months. First documented in 2016, the Phorpiex botnet has been exploited by multiple threat actors to distribute malicious payloads. The botnet — which currently operates over 450,000 infected hosts — has been a distributor for all kinds of malware, including GandCrab, Pushdo, Pony, and even employing the hosts to mine cryptocurrencies....

AI weapons will soon spread from battlefields to city streets, campaigners have warned, unless new global rules are imposed on the tech. A UN conference this week can alleviate the fears. In a Geneva meeting that starts today, delegates will debate banning weapons that target people without “meaningful human control.” Activists, however, are pessimistic about the outcome. While some countries have endorsed new laws, the world’s leading military powers don’t appear enthusiastic....

Is there anything worse than dropping some change on a new tech gadget or accessory, then realizing a few months later that you’re not using it nearly as often as you expected? It’s never a good day when you feel like you spent hard-earned money for nothing. So you end up scrutinizing each purchase before you make your move, asking exactly how much use you’ll actually get out of it....

Some are funny, others are weird, but we’ve loved each and every single one. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. The Dorsey effect First up, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, sent a Bitcoin Lightning Network invoice in a tweet in February — and people went nuts. — jack ??? (@jack) February 5, 2019 Dorsey has long been a supporter of Bitcoin and is often quite public about it. He’s even shared his cryptocurrency plans with TNW....

But AR has fallen short of expectations. While many of us have used dog filters on social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat, and played games like Pokemon Go!, we can’t really say it’s truly disrupted our daily lives — yet. One of the most cited reasons for AR’s lack of wider adoption is that the hardware just isn’t there to support it. How many people do you know who wear smart glasses regularly?...

For the past 20 years the gaming community has followed every rumor, development and announcement from the two brands with minute attention. Yet despite the investment, energy, and innovation that has been shown, neither has emerged as a clear winner for gamers’ hearts and minds. The upcoming launch of the PlayStation 5 means it’s a salutary moment to survey a battlefield littered with the marketing campaigns and claims of previous generations of consoles and discern if there are any valuable lessons for new brands in the gaming sector and beyond....

We now use this data to predict what the future is more than likely going to look like, and what our clients need to prepare for as a result. We’ve got 12 main market indicators that we look to when planning for future growth. Today I’m going to share four of those with you. If you’d like to know what the other eight are, pop me a direct message on LinkedIn ?...

Peter Saville – graphic designer and co-founder of Factory Records – designed the album cover based on a picture spotted by band member Bernard Sumner in an encyclopedia. The picture itself can be traced to the work of the postgraduate student Harold Craft, who published the image in his PhD thesis in 1970. Unknown treasures in space What we see in this enigmatic image is the signal produced by a pulsar known as B1919+21, the first pulsar ever discovered....

After all, even rich people were stuck inside for a year while the COVID-19 pandemic raged its way around the globe. Who among us couldn’t use an out-of-this-world vacation? But it can be difficult not to feel a little salty over the fact that us regular poor folk can only dream of leaving atmosphere. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s out there planning exactly what the buildings will look like on Mars....

One of the questions that has been on most finance leader’s minds is ‘What do I need to do today to conserve cash?’ While there is no one-size-fits-all approach, there are definitely certain winning playbooks that SaaS businesses can learn from. From my experience at having planned the scenarios and measures to extend the runway at Chargebee, I think what helped us was working with this framework. There are two aspects to extending the cash runway of a company and they are,...

The fact that Rapinoe felt she could take a knee while Dunn could not speaks volumes. The US Soccer Federation did condemn Rapinoe’s kneeling. However, Dunn was worried the repercussion would be worse for her as a black player. Psychologists have found that when a black person confronts a racist remark they are seen as “rude”, but when a white person does the same they are perceived as “persuasive”. Similarly, when black people pushed for a diversity initiative they were seen as self-interested....

Growing a newly-launched company can be challenging but also highly rewarding. You are continually learning, and no day is ever the same. If you are in the growth stage of your startup, take heart from the mistakes I (and many others) have made along the way — and try to be more prepared than I was. Below is a round-up of seven things I learned while developing my agency:...

From carbon offsetting to renewable energy sources, desalination projects and improved transparency in our supply chains, environmental stewardship can be part of your career path. A report published in 2021 by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed that harmful CO2 concentration is now 50% higher than pre-industrial levels. It also found that the past seven years have been the highest on record. As the world grapples with the ongoing climate crisis, the rush to solve the most pressing environmental issues and fill the roles needed to protect the planet is heating up....

I had long thought about it, but I could never justify investing in a desktop PC. I feared it would mostly end up sitting idle at my desk, as its value and performance continue to depreciate. “I’m better off buying a beefy laptop,” I kept telling myself. But I was wrong all along. It’s been a little over a month since I gathered the courage to put together a rig, and I couldn’t be happier about my choice....