Month: December 2020

Facebook to pay UK publishers for content with January launch of News tab

Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge Facebook is launching its News tab in the UK in January in a move that’s expected to see the company pay news publishers tens of millions of pounds annually to license their articles, The Guardian reports. In an article announcing the launch, Facebook says it also aims to

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3 cliché pieces of startup advice I never want to hear again

There’s certainly no shortage of advice on how to build and grow a startup. From keeping an insanely packed, no-sleep schedule like Jack Dorsey’s to putting your entire social life on hold, it seems that there’s “wisdom” around every corner. But I’ve learned through my own experience that, despite the volume of advice out there,

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Amazon is bringing macOS to its AWS cloud

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is bringing macOS to its AWS cloud for the first time ever. New Mac mini instances will be available on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), allowing developers to create apps for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and more all on AWS. Amazon’s introduction of macOS instances is significant for

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Report: in the past six months 79% of US consumers played a video game, with time spent playing games up 26% YoY, and user spending up 33% YoY (Jeff Grubb/VentureBeat)

Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: Report: in the past six months 79% of US consumers played a video game, with time spent playing games up 26% YoY, and user spending up 33% YoY  —  We know that time and money spent on video games is surging due to the pandemic.  Now, industry-tracking firm The NPD Group

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Boston’s Mayor has big plans for EVs in the city

This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has announced a Zero-Emission Vehicle

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Building A Vector Graphics Machine From Scratch Including The CRT

Over the years we’ve seen quite a few projects involving vector graphics, but the spaceship game created by [Mark Aren] especially caught our eye because in it he has tackled building a vector display from scratch rather than simply using a ready-made one such as an oscilloscope. As if the vector game itself wasn’t interesting

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WhatsApp now lets you assign separate wallpapers for your favorite people

WhatsApp is announcing a few aesthetic updates to its app today, largely in the form of new wallpaper features. Most notably, you can now assign different background images to individual chats. If you’re anything like me, chances are you speak to a few people much more often than others. Now you can differentiate these conversations

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Members of rehab groups like Alcoholics Anonymous say moving meetings online was helpful due to the convenience of virtual sessions, which feel more intimate (Matt Richtel/New York Times)

Matt Richtel / New York Times: Members of rehab groups like Alcoholics Anonymous say moving meetings online was helpful due to the convenience of virtual sessions, which feel more intimate  —  It began as a stopgap way to get through the pandemic, but both participants and providers say virtual sessions have some clear advantages …

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After Apple, Samsung is reportedly working on an AirTag rival to help find your stuff

We heard a lot of rumors about Apple’s item-tracking AirTags this year. But despite four different special events across the year, the company didn’t launch them. While we might have to wait for the iPhone maker to unveil its tags next year, a new report from Sammobile suggests that rival Samsung is already working on

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