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TNW2019 Daily: Find your dream job at our conference

Apr01
by on April 1, 2019 at 3:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


We have only 38 days left until TNW Conference! Our tech festival in Amsterdam is going to be amazing – just check out our terrain map if you don’t believe me. In today’s conference newsletter, I’m talking about the House of Talent, our incredible job fair taking place at the conference itself. Find your dream job at TNW2019 Through 1-on-1 meetings with the biggest brands in tech, you can get your name out there and show off your digital talent. If you’d like to work in digital or you’re looking for your next challenge in the industry, you can meet…

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MIT created a new algorithm that’s really, really good at counting

Apr01
by on April 1, 2019 at 3:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Design & Dev


Imagine. You spend your formative high school years with your nose in a weighty textbook, at the same time avoiding parties and dating. Then, clutching a 4.0 GPA, you head to a top-tier university to study Computer Science. Four years and a mountain of student debt later, you start your Master’s Degree. The goal is to land a job at a top-tier tech firm, like Facebook, Apple, or Amazon. And you do. Your job is now to count things. It sounds like a joke, but that’s pretty much what happened to one of my friends. It turns out that counting…

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Sekiro review: Perfection perfected

Apr01
by on April 1, 2019 at 2:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


I’ve been to hell and back – and I loved every minute of it. I took a full week off to play FromSoftware’s latest game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. It kicked my ass, it made me question my life choices, then I kicked its ass and I felt rejuvenated. This past week has easily been among my favorite video game experiences of all time. FromSoftware is a storied Japanese developer best known for the Dark Souls games, and Sekiro is the latest evolution of that ‘series.’ I use that word loosely because Sekiro and Dark Souls are completely unconnected in…

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Lambo, Land Rovers taken during $22M ICO fraud investigation

Apr01
by on April 1, 2019 at 2:04 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


In Canada, authorities have seized luxury cars and frozen bank accounts owned by the ringleaders of FUEL, an allegedly fraudulent $22-million initial coin offering (ICO) from 2017. Court documents claim “blockchain services company” Vanbex raised $22 million (CAD$30 million) in cryptocurrency and fiat by with absolutely no intention to develop the FUEL token, reports CoinDesk. Instead, Canada‘s director of civil forfeiture said Vanbex founders Kevin Hobbs and Lisa Cheng used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle, which included the purchase two new Land Rovers, a $3 million (CAD$4 million) Vancouver condominium, as well as the leasing of a Lamborghini Aventador S.…

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Facebook is cracking down on fake accounts before India’s election

Apr01
by on April 1, 2019 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, India


The first phase of the Indian Assembly’s election kicks off on April 21, but the increase in propaganda has already begun. Facebook has announced it’s removed numerous pages and accounts that used practices like fake accounts and cross-posting to increase their spread. In a post, the company’s Head of Cybersecurity Policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that it removed over 800 pages and accounts on Facebook and Instagram related to ISPR (Inter-Service Public Relations) of the Pakistani military, opposition party Indian National Congress’ (INC) IT division, and pages supporting the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)related to an Indian IT firm, Silver Touch. The 103 ISPR…

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