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In the case of many technology companies, when you’re talking about the founder, it is the person who successfully brought a great new innovation to the world. They are often the big personalities behind the corporate stories; they are visionary leaders who drove the companies through transformative steps over decades. The only difference in Silicon Valley is that there haven’t been many iterations or generations of leaders. The founder’s story isn’t in the archives, and neither is the founder. Many founders are still involved with the company. [Read: As a CEO I’m often wrong — but that’s okay] There’s a little mystique… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2WV2MMd

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Scraping data is all the rage nowadays. But what many don’t know is that you don’t need to be a fancy hacker to be able to collect data from websites. In fact, you don’t even need any coding skills. A multitude of tools such as browser extensions exist to alleviate the required technical knowledge. But even if that’s one hurdle too far for you, do not worry. Google will come to the rescue. Google… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QXGGVi

The first EV from Lucid Motors Inc., the car company setup by former Tesla chief engineer Peter Rawlinson, won’t be going ahead exactly as planned. Due to uncertainty spurred on by the outbreak of the coronavirus, the Lucid Air EV is not entering production on schedule and is being put on hold until later in the year, Silicon Valley Business Journal reports. [Read: Grab makes e-scooter and cab rides free for frontline coronavirus workers in the Philippines] The company had planned to publicly unveil the vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show. However, the show was canceled late last week, as… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Tesla from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2UKzqgM

Zoom, the free conference calling app that’s found booming popularity amongst both users and stock traders during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, has now drawn the attention of New York attorney general, Laetitia James. James’ office sent the company a letter on Monday that requested the startup provide details of additional steps its taken to protect new users, which are especially important considering Zoom’s rough history with security flaws, the New York Times reports. [Read: SEC halts $ZOOM after coronavirus traders confuse it for Zoom app] “[Our office] is concerned that Zoom’s existing security practices might not be sufficient to adapt to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Security from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3byZLVM

Remember when America effectively banned US companies from selling to Huawei? Well, it turns out things weren’t that simple, because a teardown has revealed Huawei‘s new P40 has US components. Yes, a Financial Times report showed that although Huawei‘s P40 phone has less American parts than its predecessor, the P30, there are still a few US components in there. But this is all a bit more complex than first impressions suggest. [Read: Huawei P40 Pro first impressions: Superb hardware let down by shoddy software] Although the Huawei P40 has US components, there’s a chance that this is completely legal and falls under the… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Huawei from The Next Web https://ift.tt/39AORgJ

It's far from being the most important source of human suffering. But the rapid spread of boredom across the world is a crisis of its own. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/39sZ13f

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Are you working from home as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and missing the hustle and bustle of office life? If so, this noise generator is for you! MyNoise is a noise generator that will help you re-create an office-like ambience in the comfort of your own home — and you really are spoilt for choice. [Read: Take it from me (and researchers): Open offices suck] You can choose from various presets — such as air conditioning, chatty colleagues, copy machine, printer and scanner, keyboards, and writing — and adjust the toggles for each individual sound to create the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Jrcj5D

For many people, the most distressing part of the coronavirus pandemic is the idea of social isolation. If we get ill, we quarantine ourselves for the protection of others. But even among the healthy, loneliness may be setting in as we engage with pre-emptive social distancing. There is some great advice out there about how to stay connected at such times. But why is the act of social distancing so hard for so many of us? The answer probably has more to do with our evolutionary history than people might think. Humans are part of a very sociable group, the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QYc1HG

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Yes, everyone is hungry for information about the pandemic. But media's ability to monetize that readership is dissolving. Time for policymakers to act. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/3dK402T

In the past couple of weeks, video calling apps such as Zoom and Houseparty have gained tremendous popularity thanks to worldwide lockdowns. But with increasing fame, experts have raised privacy and security concerns related to these apps. Various claims of the Houseparty app being hacked, has left users in a serious conundrum about the app’s security. Meanwhile, the company had to issue a clarification and even offer a $1 million bounty to anyone who uncovers the source of the misinformative scam about the app. [Read: Grab makes e-scooter and cab rides free for frontline coronavirus workers in the Philippines] Here’s what happened… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3bKsiYN

Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. 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 Sloterdijk used to say: Time to learn some stuff about Bitcoin! Bitcoin price We closed the day, March 30 2020, at a price of $6,429. That’s a decent 8.51 percent increase in 24 hours, or $504. It was the highest closing price in two days. We’re still 67 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin’s market cap… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QWNMJG

Essential workers in the Philippines are getting a helping hand from mobility company Grab in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. In an update to users last week, Grab said it has deployed 50 e-scooters to local governments specifically use by health care workers and other essential employees. [Read: UK takes next step toward world of e-scooters, self-driving cars, and autonomous drones] Workers in Manila, Quezon City, San Juan, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Marikina, and Pasig will have the chance to use the e-scooters. Grab says it has also prepared a further 300 e-scooters ready for deployment if the need arises. Some… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3dHvYfz

The evolution of AI continues apace. Deep learning has established its place in the world of tech but its next iteration is Evolutionary AI, which, as well as driving AlphaGo to victory over world Go champion Lee Sedol, is now available for commercial solutions. Following his defeat, Sedol announced his retirement, concluding that the AI technology driving his virtual opponent was now of such a standard that he could no longer beat it. This is a profound moment for a few reasons. An AI-based system has mastered a game that human players have grappled with for decades. This means technology… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2R0khqx

Keeping tabs on cash flow can be tricky even for the most established companies, but for tech startups cash really is king. With this in mind, we’ve put together some general, common sense tips to help you get to grips with your cash flow. Follow the money First things first, you can’t possibly manage your cash flow if you don’t know where your money is coming from and where it’s being spent. With this in mind, it’s crucial that you get to grips with your inflow and outflow. So, identify what your revenue streams, where you are spending, and how… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3aHYVpy

Our connected consumer society generates a lot of electronic waste, around 50 million tonnes per year worldwide. It is even currently the waste that shows the strongest growth from one year to the next. The value of the raw materials included in this waste is estimated at 50-60 billion euros, depending on materials prices. Legislation and recycling channels for this waste are organized in many countries, thanks to extended producer responsibility systems, but currently, only 20% is recycled in a certified process. In addition, of the sixty chemical elements present in electronic waste, only a minority is recycled, ten in number: gold,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2JrSUBA

Quasar tsunamis discovered by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope erupt in the most energetic outflows of material ever seen. This outpouring of energy wrecks havoc with galaxies in which these enigmatic objects reside, altering the evolution of these families of stars. Quasars are energetic cores of galaxies, composed of supermassive black holes fed by vast quantities of gas, stars, and planets. These bodies are capable of emitting a thousand times as much energy as the entire galaxies which host the bodies. These quasar winds push material away from the center of the galaxy, accelerating gas and dust at speeds… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/39ymZtI

One of the ways scientists and researchers are trying to understand and find a solution for coronavirus is through building AI models. To foster these efforts, Google Cloud is offering free datasets for researchers under the COVID-19 Public Dataset Program. Last night, the company the company revealed an open repository of coronavirus-related databases, including ones from Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (JHU CSSE), Global Health Data from the World Bank, and OpenStreetMap data. All these free databases will have a “COVID-19” label for differentiation and easy access; they’ll remain freely accessible until September 15. Researchers can also use BigQuery ML to build… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QXHOII

In 2015, I started my startup Memoratic along with my co-founders. We created an educational platform that aimed to solve a few of the complex problems of our educational system. By streamlining communication between educational institutions, teachers, parents, and students the platform tried to provide incentives to improve performance at the individual and organizational levels. [Read: Lessons learned from my company’s crisis] Despite our lack of knowledge in the industry, we thought that with our coding and entrepreneurial savvy, we could conquer the world of education. As with many startups, things didn’t pan out the way we expected, (66% of all… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2UQkBcu

Last week, YouTube said that it’s defaulting video quality to 480p worldwide to save bandwidth, because more people are watching videos during lockdowns in various countries. Videos will start playing at 480p, but could change it manually to higher streaming resolution. However, in India, the company is capping streaming quality at 480p on your phone — while using WiFi and mobile data. The development, first noticed by XDA Developer comes as the country is amidst a 21-day lockdown period. This move was in line with the digital industry’s decision last week to cap video quality to standard definition (SD) on cellular… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: YouTube from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QWSDuE

Today, Microsoft announced it was rebranding Office 365 as Microsoft 365 as it sought to expand its feature set beyond work life. Among the most interesting of those new features is Microsoft Editor, the company’s challenger to Grammarly. While Microsoft has had spelling and grammar correction in Word and other Office apps for as long as I can remember, Microsoft Editor doubles down on the feature by offering up AI-powered writing suggestions that go well beyond the usual fare. Moreover, it is available outside of Office apps, as an extension for both Chrome and the new Edge. The new Editor… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Microsoft from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QY1AE5

Nintendo is apparently going to celebrate the 35th anniversary of its most beloved character by releasing multiple Mario classics on the Switch, including Super Mario Sunshine, which hasn’t been available since the GameCube days. And it couldn’t come at a better time. Insiders apparently leaked the details to both Eurogamer and VGC. The games won’t just be released on the Switch — they’ll evidently be remastered as well. The games in question include not only the aforementioned Sunshine — which I can’t wait to play, as I never played the original — but Mario 64 and Super Mario Galaxy. Nintendo was reportedly going to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Nintendo from The Next Web https://ift.tt/39u1gDe

At a virtual event today, Microsoft announced it is expanding and rebranding its Office 365 subscription service into a new ‘Microsoft 365′ service, available April 21. As you might assume from the name change, the new subscription service seeks to expand its utility beyond ‘just’ your work life, and instead become an all-in-one solution for making your day-to-day life a little more efficient. Microsoft maintains the $6.99 a month pricing but is introducing a wealth of new features today, leveraging new AI features to make your life a little easier. Perhaps most notable the new Microsoft Editor, which is basically Microsoft‘s… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Microsoft from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2wRhf11

Official advice has been confusing but the science isn't hard to grok. Everyone should cover up. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/2xE02ba

OneWeb, the satellite startup once pegged as the leader in the race to beam high-speed internet from space, has filed for bankruptcy and blamed the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for its collapse. The London-based firm announced it had let go most of its staff after talks to secure additional funding fell through. The Financial Times noted OneWeb had previously sought up to $2 billion to see it through its commercial launch — before COVID-19 impacted economies worldwide. [Read: 5G isn’t going to save you from cable broadband anytime soon] “While [OneWeb] was close to obtaining financing, the process did not progress because of… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2JnkqjC

A federal court has ruled that research into racist algorithms doesn’t breach the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a controversial anti-hacking law. The US government had argued the law makes violating a website’s terms and conditions a criminal offense, which severely restricted investigations into discriminatory algorithms. Advertisers have used these algorithms to stop people from seeing job, housing, or credit ads based on their race, gender, and age. Researchers can investigate the companies behind them by creating fake user accounts, and then recording the adverts they receive. But if this violates the website’s terms-of-service, they could face federal prosecution.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2xwcU3p

Pop culture has been inundated with catastrophe porn for decades. None of it has prepared us for our new reality. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/33Y3t8I

Last year kicked off with the release of the magnificent Resident Evil 2 remake. Back then I wrote that the modern reimagination of the PlayStation horror classic raised the bar for video game remakes, and I still stand firmly behind that statement. Resident Evil 2’s sequel, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, got the same treatment and is due for release this Friday (April 3). I got my quarantined hands on an early copy, and I’m sad to say it didn’t blow me away as much as its predecessor did. Resident Evil 3 takes place in the 24 hours leading up to the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/33XL1NJ

German automaker BMW has touted hydrogen as a possible future fuel for some time, and, with its latest update, it appeasrs to be making good progress. According to its latest announcement, BMW says it will present a series of hydrogen-powered vehicles based on the X5 SUV in 2022. Production models are expected later in the decade. [Read: iOS 14 code hints at Apple’s clever CarKey feature arriving first on BMWs] The hydrogen fuel cell — called BMW i Hydrogen NEXT — is expected to produce 170 hp, something that occurs with a chemical reaction between hydrogen and the oxygen in… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2JmkYGq

What what? The weekend is over? I didn’t get that memo until my alarm rudely woke me up today. I mostly spend the weekend cleaning my house and talking to my friends over the Houseparty app. Some of them called me today and their faces were as dead as a dementor because it’s Monday. While I work from home even when there’s no lockdown, my friends work in an office, and they were really missing crap food their office served. If you have some of that Monday dreadfulness on your face, here are somethings that can bring a smile to… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2vZmPxX

We all know the feeling, you’re chatting with your friend or even your boss over the internet and you interrupt them awkwardly. A silence ensues as you both try to let each other talk. Then you interrupt each other again and face another awkward silence before sighing collectively at the failure of modern technology to make our modern lives as modern as we want them to be. Transmission delay is a common problem in communication that is supported by technical equipment, such as internet calling, mobile phones, video phones and conferencing systems. These are used more and more at work… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2JmTXCM

I’ve slowly become a fan of e-bikes. At first, I was pretty indifferent about the things, but after some time with the VanMoof ES2 and the Cowboy, I’m a changed man. But there’s one thing holding me back from getting totally on the electrified, uh, bike: Price. The VanMoof and Cowboy will set you back around $3,800 and $2,200 respectively. Which, and let’s be honest here, is a lot of money. You can get a solid second hand car for that. Anyway, it’s this aspect of e-bikes where the Analog Motion AM1 e-bike wants to stand out. This vehicle sells for £999… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/39wC0w6

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In 2018, while Apple was busy announcing its new set of iPhones, Google silently killed its popular Gmail client Inbox. Last March, it finally took the plunge and shut down the product forever. A year later, Google has introduced some nifty features such as scheduling, search filters, and spelling and grammar correction in Gmail. However, it has hardly made any effort to port some of Inbox‘s most beloved features to Gmail. My favorite feature of Inbox was Bundles, which groups similar emails together, such as emails from one company. This made it easier to swipe the bunch away in a single… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Gmail from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2JC2UZf

One of the key factors in tackling the spread of COVID-19 across the globe is testing. In South Korea, for example, mass testing has been used to try and quickly identify and isolate those with the disease. Testing is also vital to calculate accurate infection and survival rates – data that is critical for getting public safety measures right. And as this coronavirus continues to spread, people are being offered tests for sale, either at a high price from private clinics – including one for £375, or tests that are not officially approved, or perhaps even fake. So what tests… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2QU26mc

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Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. 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 Stephen Hawking used to say: Your heart must go on! Bitcoin price We closed the day, March 29 2020, at a price of $5,922. That’s a worrying 5.18 percent decline in 24 hours, or -$323.57. It was the lowest closing price in six days. We’re still 70 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin’s market cap ended… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin , PayPal from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2yjPKO0

These are unprecedented times — so should our marketing strategies change in line with the reality we’re currently living in? This is the question rippling through various marketing communities as people are trying to get their bearings and form some kind of a plan to move forward in this rocky economic climate. And the classic marketing answer is: It depends. However, I’m going to outline my thoughts on what this means for content promotion and how we can move forward to be as productive as possible. What should you say — and how? There have been jokes about people getting… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2yk1jVs

The coronavirus has ground social, economic, and educational exchanges to a halt around the world. For now, public health officials are relying on tools like social distancing to minimize the harm of the virus, but in the long term, a COVID-19 vaccine is the best hope of a return to normalcy. It normally takes a few years to develop a vaccine, but in the face of the coronavirus, biotechnology companies and regulatory agencies are taking aggressive steps to make a COVID-19 vaccine widely available sooner than that. I study biomanufacturing and synthetic biology, and it is fascinating to watch this… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2xCZDWs

Subscribe to our monthly Byte Me newsletter NOW! Welcome back to Byte Me, our feminist newsletter that makes everyone mad <3 Some updates from us: Gigi has taken up a heavy drinking habit (she’s drinking red wine as she types this), yesterday was Anouk’s birthday (old)… and Cara needs her expired IUD taken out. PLUS the actual, real life Hot Priest from Fleabag came to her flat for an open viewing — and this is just about the best thing that’s ever happened to us. [Also read our previous issue: Byte Me #12: Lost IUDs, Jess Bezos, and a hidden vagenda] Each month, our… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2WTzwWb

Electric vehicle charging point installations in the UK are being put on hold in response to the coronavirus outbreak. As industry magazine Electrive reports, numerous EV charging providers are no longer installing “non-essential” public EV charge points and private EV connectors. [Read: Yes, electric cars will create a waste problem — but only if we do nothing about it] Managing director of Ubricity — the company that’s converting London’s street lamp to EV charge points — told Current± last week that it was pausing any further installations. However, the company will continue to maintain its infrastructure and complete any installations… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2WSpjcp

Last November, two Twitter employees in the US were charged for allegedly spying for Saudi Arabia. Now, the Arab nation is using flaws in telecommunications network infrastructure to snoop on its own citizens traveling abroad. A whistleblower told The Guardian that millions of secret requests originated from Saudi Arabia were made for tracking folks traveling in the US with Saudi-registered phones. These requests started in November 2019 and continued for the next four months; the whistleblower suggested an average of 2.3 million requests were made per month. The report noted that these efforts take advantage of a vulnerability in the Signalling System No.7 (SS7)… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2wEUZrc

There are a number of well-known CEOs, such as Uber’s Travis Kalanik and the late Steve Jobs of Apple, who have historically been described as narcissistic. Much of these leaders’ success has been attributed to personal qualities — including clear, bold vision, a huge amount of self-confidence, and an innate determination to win at all costs — that, though they can obviously be interpreted positively, are typically embodied by narcissists.  This personality type also includes less palatable traits such as entitlement, hostility when challenged, and a willingness to manipulate (all of which you could argue are also present in both… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2JnqJUa

HQ Trivia, the once-popular live quiz app, is making an unexpected comeback. This announcement comes just after a month of the company announcing that it’s shutting down the app. Earlier today, Rus Yusupov, co-founder of the company tweeted that there will be a new show at 9 PM ET tonight; the show’s host, Matt Richards, confirmed this development in another tweet.  Bringing @hqtrivia back tonight with @mattwasfunny!! 9p ET on the HQ app — Rus (@rus) March 29, 2020 Yo. You heard??!? @hqtrivia is back tonight at 9pm eastern! Download the app now! Also if you been waiting to cash out,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2vUUzfI

When Apple and Google introduced in 2008 the App Store and Play Store, respectively, they were merely the tech giants’ marketplaces to distribute mobile software (apps) to their customers. 12 years (and nearly four million apps) later, they have transcended from simply a distribution channel into a crucial marketing channel. App store marketing, or better known as App Store Optimization (ASO), has since been a vital aspect of many digital and mobile marketing strategies. Compared to other marketing topics, ASO tends to be specifically powerful when you look for high efficiency and low dependence on the marketing budget. Its emphasis on… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3atgYjo

In an effort to mitigate damage from COVID-19 here on Earth, people worldwide are practicing social distancing, attempting to limit the spread of the disease. However, space is extremely tight on space stations, and the first lunar and Martian colonies are also likely to house occupants in close quarters. Disease in space has been affecting astronauts for decades. So, how will we respond to epidemics in space when they inevitably occur. Since the dawn of the human exploration of space, illnesses and medical emergencies have stricken space travelers. The first missions to space took just a single occupant beyond the bounds… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2xArsPb

‘There is always a well-known solution to every human problem – neat, plausible, and wrong.’ From Prejudices (1920) by H L Mencken There has never been a problem facing mankind more complex than understanding our own human nature. And no shortage of neat, plausible, and wrong answers purporting to plumb its depths. Having treated many thousands of psychiatric patients in my career, and having worked on the American Psychiatric Association’s efforts to classify psychiatric symptoms (published as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-IV and DSM-5), I can affirm confidently that there are no neat answers in… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/33RIXa5

In the show’s first season, the aging explorer, played by Patrick Stewart, returns to the final frontier on a journey of remembrance. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/2wBQ4Y2

Comet Atlas is racing toward the inner solar system, and it could become the brightest comet seen in the night sky in over two decades. The comet, discovered by an observatory designed to protect Earth from asteroids, may even be visible during the day just two months from now. Also known as C/2019 Y4, this comet was discovered by astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Hawaii in December 2019. At the time, the comet was exceedingly dim — but the comet became 4,000 times brighter in just a month. This increase is far greater than astronomers… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/33PQuGm

A bit of stress is a normal part of our daily lives, which can even be good for us. Overcoming stressful events can make us more resilient. But when the stress is severe or chronic – for example caused by the breakdown of a marriage or partnership, death in the family or bullying – it needs to be dealt with immediately. That’s because repeated stress can have a huge impact on our brain, putting us at risk of a number of physical and psychological problems. Repeated stress is a major trigger for persistent inflammation in the body. Chronic inflammation can… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/3bxdwUT

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Artificial intelligence has already played a vital role in the outbreak since day 1—a reminder for the first time in a while that it can be a tool for good. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/3bBO4NZ

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Much of the research that emerges in the coming weeks will be turn out to be unreliable, even wrong. We'll be OK if we remember that. from Ideas Latest https://ift.tt/3byitNn

One of the best ways to improve as a designer is to study the greats. There’s no doubt that Candy Crush is one of the best selling mobile games of all time, but how does its UX hold up? Consistency Consistency is one of the best ways to get your users comfortable with your product. If they know what to expect from screen to screen it will cut down on confusion. Candy Crush is consistent in its style. Sticking with a bright, playful tone that can be seen across the fonts, sound effects, animations, etc. Unfortunately, this playful style can… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/33RBveP