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1. Hot tech company trend: Branded fruit as conference swag
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In an article published Wednesday, Fast Company revealed that logoed fruits and vegetables are a hot trend with tech companies, beating out the usual swag like stress balls or notebooks. Serial artrepreneur ...

2. 40 top Linux and open source conferences in 2019
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 opensource.com: We've rounded up a few favorite picks for conferences to attend in 2019. Read all  ...

3. Impressive robot praised by Russia state television revealed to be a man in a costume
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State-owned TV network Russia-24 ran a story about an impressive humanoid robot named Boris that wowed attendees at a youth technology conference. Turns out, Boris the Robot was actually a man inside a ...

4. NSA official: China is preparing for possible high-profile hacks
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NSA official Rob Joyce told guests at a Wall Street Journal security conference that hacking-related Chinese activity had been climbing in recent months. He was concerned the country was "prepositioning" ...

5. Lego's augmented reality iOS app is ready for adventure
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Lego's augmented reality Playgrounds app was arguably the highlight of the demos at Apple's yearly developer conference, and now you can try it for yourself -- the iOS app is available today. ...

6. NVIDIA's new AI turns videos of the real world into virtual landscapes
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Attendees of this year's NeurIPS AI conference in Montreal can spend a few moments driving through a virtual city, courtesy of NVIDIA. While that normally wouldn't be much to get worked up over, ...

7. Netflix will order original shows from Africa in 2019
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Netflix has filmed originals in Africa, but it hasn't really commissioned originals from Africa. That's about to change, the company's Erik Barmack revealed at a conference this week.  ...

8. Up close with Kia's 2020 Niro and Soul EVs
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Kia was not messing around at its LA Auto Show press conference on Wednesday, rolling out vehicle updates and new models left and right. Read all  ...

9. Amazon Web Services begins using more efficient ARM-based server chips
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Amazon's cloud business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is launching ARM-based servers for its EC2 cloud computing service, the company announced on Monday at its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas.  ...

10. What's on TV: 'Nightflyers,' 'Truth About Killer Robots' and 'Searching'
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This week college football rolls into the conference championship rounds, while science fiction fans can check out the latest George R.R. Martin adaptation, Nightflyers. Unlike most cable shows it will ...

11. While serving, Trump's comms director will get a $7M Fox News bonus for his mishandling of sexual abuse
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... barring Jim Acosta from White House press conferences in retaliation for Acosta's refusal to let Trump off the hook when he failed to answer a simple question (Shine has now instituted a one-question/no-followups ...

12. Google rolls out Digital Wellbeing tools for Android
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Earlier this year during its I/O conference, Google announced new tools to help users manage their screen time. Now, it's rolling out Digital Wellbeing to Google Pixel phones and Android One devices ...

13. Celebrate the mystery of D.B. Cooper at this weekend's DBCooperCon in Portland!
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... Saturday's anniversary of this captivating crime at the free DBCooperCon in Portland: Please join us at the 2018 DB Cooper Conference and hear experts discuss all aspects of America's only unsolved ...

14. Exec who oversaw Google's failed babykiller projects and cozied up to Saudis quits after employee uprising
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... dragged her heels in pulling out of "Davos in the Desert," the credential-burnishing investor conference in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that became reputational poison after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ...

15. The kilogram has officially been redefined
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Today, scientists voted to change the definition of the kilogram as well as three other units of measurement -- the ampere, the kelvin and the mole. The vote took place at the General Conference on Weights ...

16. Intel's 'neural network on a stick' brings AI training to you
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Ahead of its first AI developers conference in Beijing, Intel has announced it's making the process of imparting intelligence into smart home gadgets and other network edge devices faster and easier ...

17. 'Alternative Facts' Conway vouches for alternative video
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... answer questions at every press conference. It is their job. Multiple sources have confirmed source video of the actual event, played at normal speed, shows Acosta to be a professional who regarded the ...

18. Facebook Portal and Portal+ review: Video chat takes center stage
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Facebook was set to launch Portal -- its first consumer hardware -- at this year's F8 developer conference. However, with the Cambridge Analytica scandal still fresh in people's minds, the ...

19. The Morning After: Samsung's 'Infinity Flex' phone unfolds
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Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Looking for something new? Samsung teased a new type of device at its developer conference yesterday, but it still might not be the company's most important ...

20. Samsung apre SmartThings agli sviluppatori
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Alla Developer Conference, Samsung ha annunciato l'apertura dell'ecosistema SmartThings a molti più sviluppatori, con un ampliamento dei prodotti. The post Samsung apre SmartThings agli sviluppatori appeared ...

21. Samsung presenta il display flessibile
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Durante la prima giornata della Developer Conference, Samsung ha presentato l'Infinity Flex Display, che verrà montato a bordo del Galaxy X. The post Samsung presenta il display flessibile appeared first ...

22. Trump White House suspends credentials for CNN's Jim Acosta UPDATE: Sanders uses Prison Planet video as "proof"
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The White House has suspended the press credentials of CNN's Jim Acosta after President Trump clashed with the reporter during today's batshit crazy press conference. In a statement from Sarah Huckabee ...

23. The Cutting Edge of Engineering Gathers at Hackaday’s Superconference 2018
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... Edge of Engineering Gathers at Hackaday’s Superconference 2018 appeared first on Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. Read all  ...

24. Samsung cleans up its Android skin with 'One UI'
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In addition to unveiling its much-rumored folding phone at its developer conference today, Samsung also shared its plans for a cleaner Android skin. The new look will be called One UI, and feature not ...

25. Samsung debuts foldable 'Infinity Flex' phone display
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As predicted, Samsung has unveiled a flexible display at the company's 2018 developer conference in San Francisco. It's still very much in prototype stage, but Samsung wanted to take the opportunity ...