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The MiniITX Retro System

There are hundreds of modern, retrocomputing projects out there that put ancient CPUs and chips in a modern context. The Neon816 from [Lenore] is perhaps one of the most impressive projects like this we’ve seen. It’s a classic system in a modern form factor, with modern video output, mashed together into a MiniITX motherboard. The

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Spotify says "every monopolist will suggest they have done nothing wrong", that Apple's response is not new, and is entirely in line with Spotify's expectations (Jem Aswad/Variety)

Jem Aswad / Variety: Spotify says “every monopolist will suggest they have done nothing wrong”, that Apple’s response is not new, and is entirely in line with Spotify’s expectations  —  In Friday’s early hours, Spotify and Apple traded potshots in their ongoing battle over the App Store. Spotify says "every monopolist will suggest they have

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Sources: Facebook board member Marc Andreessen attended a meeting with Christopher Wylie about Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data, in the summer of 2016 (Carole Cadwalladr/The Guardian)

Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian: Sources: Facebook board member Marc Andreessen attended a meeting with Christopher Wylie about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data, in the summer of 2016  —  Allegations come as US prosecutors investigate claims of cover-up  —  Facebook is facing explosive new questions … Sources: Facebook board member Marc Andreessen attended a

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A look at the online video market in India, valued at $700M+, where 245M watch YouTube on their phones each month and 300+ content creators have 1M+ subscribers (Snigdha Poonam/Financial Times)

Snigdha Poonam / Financial Times: A look at the online video market in India, valued at $700M+, where 245M watch YouTube on their phones each month and 300+ content creators have 1M+ subscribers  —  For eight minutes last month, the Swedish video blogger PewDiePie was no longer king of the internet. A look at the

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Tweetbot Expresses Twitter Emotions

When reading textual communications, it can be difficult to accurately acertain emotional intent. Individual humans can be better or worse at this, with sometimes hilarious results when it goes wrong. Regardless, there’s nothing a human can do that a machine won’t eventually do better. For just this purpose, Tweetbot is here to emotionally react to

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Leaked specs for Huawei P30 Pro reveal a 6.47-inch display, in-display fingerprint sensor, Kirin 980 octa-core chipset, and a triple-camera system with 10x zoom (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Leaked specs for Huawei P30 Pro reveal a 6.47-inch display, in-display fingerprint sensor, Kirin 980 octa-core chipset, and a triple-camera system with 10x zoom  —  Along with full specs for the P30 Pro and P30  —  We’re still a few days away from Huawei’s official announcement of its new P30

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Zeus, a platform that lets people rent out their homes as long-term corporate housing, says it has raised a total of $24M via seed, Series A, and debt financing (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Zeus, a platform that lets people rent out their homes as long-term corporate housing, says it has raised a total of $24M via seed, Series A, and debt financing  —  Stealing Airbnb’s corporate housing market  —  Cookie-cutter corporate housing turns people into worker drones. Zeus, a platform that lets people rent

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A Soap Film Photography How-To

Blowing bubbles is a pastime enjoyed by young and old alike. The pleasant motion and swirling colors of the bubbles can be remarkably relaxing. With the right tools and techniques, it’s possible to take striking photos of these soap film phenomena, and that’s exactly what [Eric] and [Travis] did. Adding sugar to the soap solution

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