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1. Cloud Computing and Digital Divide 2.0
(English/CircleID)

Internet connectivity is the great enabler of the 21st century global economy. Studies worldwide unequivocally link increases in Internet penetration rates and expansion of Internet infrastructure to improved ...

2. Get 'Designing UX: Prototyping' ebook ($30 value) FREE for a limited time
(English/Betanews)

... process of design and build. As work on a project progresses, so the effort involved in making any changes increases. If you can test out early ideas, via prototyping, then you can quickly identify whether ...

3. Apple and Tesla Show Big Silicon Valley Headcount Increases Since 2016; Intel and eBay Shed Staff
(English/ieespectrum)

Silicon Valley’s top employers made big staffing changes, according to Silicon Valley Business Journal Read all

4. Kodi add-ons site TVAddons vanishes from the internet
(English/Betanews)

... increases. The latest victim appears to be TVAddons, a site which lists unofficial Kodi add-ons. The site was sued last week in a federal court in Texas, so the disappearance is not entirely surprising. ...

5. COIN SPLITER AND COUNTER
(English/instructables)

Nowadays automation plays a major role in every field which reduces manpower and increases efficiency. This project deals with the separating of coins and currency and counting the total amount of coins. ...

6. Augmented Hearing Device
(English/instructables)

... their hearing. This device increases hearing to almost superhuman levels of sensitivity, with ... By: bcamrl Continue Reading » Read all  ...

7. Differential Lidar Catches "Fugitive" Methane on the Fly
(English/ieespectrum)

Methane Monitor increases speed and cuts costs of detecting greenhouse gas leaks from the air Read all  ...

8. Venezuela increases internet censorship and surveillance in crisis
(English/TheRegister)

Latin American country going the China route Venezuela is increasingly censoring its internet and expanding online surveillance of citizens.… Read all

9. Cloudflare doubles down on its troll-hunting crusade
(English/TheRegister)

Bounty for invalidating Blackbird Tech patents increases Cloudflare has today stepped up its efforts to run patent litigator Blackbird Technologies into the ground.… Read all  ...

10. There are only three of these turtles left
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... find another elusive Yangtze turtle: What would it mean for the species if one were to be found? It increases our opportunity [for successful breeding] quite a bit. The male in China is quite old, ...

11. New open source database designed for enterprise users
(English/Betanews)

Businesses are looking for database technology that increases their agility, scalability, security, and supports a range of different use cases, at the same time keeping down costs. On the other hand developers ...

12. Net Neutrality Is a Smashing Success by FCC's Preferred Metric, Reports Free Press Researcher
(English/CircleID)

... "Capital investments were higher at 16 of the 24 publicly traded ISP firms (or units) following the FCC’s vote. These increases are due primarily to continued core network expansion." — "During ...

13. 'How to shoot on iPhone' videos explain why your pictures suck
(English/engadget)

The iPhone camera has been a consistently emphasized point by Apple, and for good reason. The quality of pictures it can take increases with each iteration, and for most people, smartphone cameras have ...

14. China increases restrictions on internet news outlets
(English/engadget)

The Chinese government has been ramping up tighter control of its internet in the past year. The latest set of new restrictions released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) adds more limitations ...

15. Internet for All Now: Legislation That Needs Your Support
(English/CircleID)

... well as grants to public housing and regional associations to advance broadband deployment, access, and adoption. Funded through cent increases to the public's phone bills, the fund supported 58 projects ...

16. NASA's new "space fabric"
(English/BoingBoing ibag)

... techniques, in which parts are welded together, additive manufacturing deposits material in layers to build up the desired object. This reduces the cost and increases the ability to create unique materials. "We ...

17. Okta increases the price range to $15-$17 from $13-$15 per share ahead of its expected Friday IPO and could raise up to $215M (Alisha Green/Silicon Valley Business ...)
(English/Techmeme)

Alisha Green / Silicon Valley Business Journal: Okta increases the price range to $15-$17 from $13-$15 per share ahead of its expected Friday IPO and could raise up to $215M  —  Identity ...

18. Loudmouths Wanted for ICANN WHOIS Replacement Work
(English/CircleID)

... that this minuscule industry dictates policy that increases risk for the global financial system. ------------------------------- In case you didn't see this, here is a list of quotes said in earnest ...

19. Good news, everyone! Two pints a day keep heart problems at bay
(English/TheRegister)

... last year there was "no safe level" of drinking. A daily pint reduces risk of a heart attack and angina by a third, a big data study of Brit adults has found, while total abstinence increases the risk ...

20. Who's liable for decisions AI and robotics make?
(English/Betanews)

... interesting and important subject as the implementation of this technology increases in industry, and starts to more directly impact our day to day lives. Indeed, as application of Artificial Intelligence ...

21. Dumb phone prices are no longer used to measure inflation
(English/engadget)

The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) measures inflation by looking at price increases among products the majority of consumers are spending their hard-earned on. And every year, the lists ...

22. Big Price Increases Needed to Keep New gTLDs Alive, Says Uniregistry CEO
(English/CircleID)

... portfolio of 27 will see price increases of up to 3,000% starting September 8, CEO Frank Schilling confirmed to DI today. 'We need more revenue from these strings, especially the low volume ones, without ...

23. HP again increases UK price of its Elite x3 Windows 10 Mobile flagship by 7%; now £757.20
(English/Neowin)

It's not at all clear what HP's pricing strategy for the Elite x3 is in the UK, as the company continues to raise and reduce its cost every few weeks. Yet again, it's increased to £757.20. Read more... ...

24. Biolite's upgraded CampStove saves some energy for later
(English/gizmag)

...  BioLite increases its campfire charging power with versatile KettleCharge ACE 1 stove cooks and charges with solar-assisted biomass heat  ...

25. Google increases Gmail attachment limit to 50MB for recipients
(English/Betanews)

Over the years, as the number of megapixels boasted by cameras spirals upwards, file sizes have generally increased. Despite this, many email providers still place a strangely low limit on the size of ...