Author: Tech Support

    • Twitter is adding an option to report attempts to mislead election voters, which will be available in India from April 25 and the EU from April 29 (Twitter)

    Twitter: Twitter is adding an option to report attempts to mislead election voters, which will be available in India from April 25 and the EU from April 29  —  Voting is a fundamental human right and the public conversation occurring on Twitter is never more important than during elections. Twitter is adding an option to

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    • Indian music streaming service Gaana says it has 100M monthly active users and is introducing video, starting with made-for-mobile video from top local artists (Manish Singh/VentureBeat)

    Manish Singh / VentureBeat: Indian music streaming service Gaana says it has 100M monthly active users and is introducing video, starting with made-for-mobile video from top local artists  —  Gaana, India’s biggest music-streaming service, said today that it is introducing videos to its app and offering artists … Indian music streaming service Gaana says it

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    • VDOO, a platform that detects and fixes vulnerabilities in IoT devices, raises $32M Series B led by WRVI Capital and GGV Capital (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: VDOO, a platform that detects and fixes vulnerabilities in IoT devices, raises $32M Series B led by WRVI Capital and GGV Capital  —  Our universe of connected things is expanding by the day: the number of objects with embedded processors now exceeds the number of smartphones globally … VDOO, a platform

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    • A look inside the creative streaming community on Twitch, which includes channels from musicians, knitters, makeup artists, scientists, and photographers (Nicole Carpenter/Gizmodo)

    Nicole Carpenter / Gizmodo: A look inside the creative streaming community on Twitch, which includes channels from musicians, knitters, makeup artists, scientists, and photographers  —  “Hi!  I see you, but I’m focused on the reading right now.  I can chat during the next break!”  This message popped up on the stream … A look inside

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    • Sources say Fortnite's growth led to months of intense crunch for Epic staff and contractors, and some are enduring an ongoing crunch to maintain game's success (Colin Campbell/Polygon)

    Colin Campbell / Polygon: Sources say Fortnite’s growth led to months of intense crunch for Epic staff and contractors, and some are enduring an ongoing crunch to maintain game’s success  —  Sources reveal long hours and intense pressure while working on hit game  —  In a dozen interviews conducted by Polygon … Sources say Fortnite's

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    • Founder of KISSMetrics reflects on how the analytics startup failed because of distraction from random ideas, drive-by management, lack of prioritization, more (Hiten Shah/Product Habits)

    Hiten Shah / Product Habits: Founder of KISSMetrics reflects on how the analytics startup failed because of distraction from random ideas, drive-by management, lack of prioritization, more  —  Back in 2008, I co-founded KISSmetrics, an analytics company.  —  There were so many times when I thought about giving up during the early days. Founder of

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    • How to Master the Art of Timeboxing

    During my ongoing quest to find the crème de la crème of productivity and time management hacks, I’ve discovered and experimented with a variety of techniques. Some of these approaches have been little-known secrets hoarded by successful people. Distinct pathways have been discussed so much that at this point — they should be common knowledge.

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    • Researchers find that someone has guessed the private keys of some Ethereum users and siphoned off ~45,000 ether from their accounts; low entropy keys to blame (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

    Andy Greenberg / Wired: Researchers find that someone has guessed the private keys of some Ethereum users and siphoned off ~45,000 ether from their accounts; low entropy keys to blame  —  LAST SUMMER, ADRIAN Bednarek was mulling over ways to steal the cryptocurrency Ethereum.  He’s a security consultant; at the time … Researchers find that

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    • Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good, especially in places like Sri Lanka where official sources are often unreliable (Casey Newton/The Verge)

    Casey Newton / The Verge: Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good, especially in places like Sri Lanka where official sources are often unreliable  —  We should be suspicious when governments crack down on speech in the name of safety  —  Imagine for a moment that you run … Blocking

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