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Full moon patents: Apple hints at new ‘smart ring’ and glass-covered iPhone

Jan21
by on January 21, 2019 at 4:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This December-ish roundup lands on the awe-inspiring Wolf Moon! Since my last post, the US patent office issued over 25,433 patents and published over 29,543 patent applications. Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As I cannot list all these patent assets here, the PatentYogi team and I have selected the five most interesting patent assets.…

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Zimbabwe blocked internet access, so Anonymous DDoS’d the government’s websites

Jan21
by on January 21, 2019 at 3:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


For several days, starting on Monday 14 January 2019, Zimbabweans have been without Internet access. This is as a result of the Southern Afrikan country’s government, under rumored instructions from General Chiwenga and the leadership of President Emerson Mnangagwa, decided to threaten and ordered all 4 of the country’s telecommunications to shut off the Internet completely. The Zimbabwean Internet shutdown follows a week of protests by Zimbabweans against the recently raised fuel price and the high cost of living in the country. “Greetings Zimbabwe, we are Anonymous. We have previously seen innocent people being killed in Zimbabwe. We have seen oppression and…

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Zimbabwe blocked internet access, so Anonymous DDoS’d the government’s websites

Jan21
by on January 21, 2019 at 3:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


For several days, starting on Monday 14 January 2019, Zimbabweans have been without Internet access. This is as a result of the Southern Afrikan country’s government, under rumored instructions from General Chiwenga and the leadership of President Emerson Mnangagwa, decided to threaten and ordered all 4 of the country’s telecommunications to shut off the Internet completely. The Zimbabwean Internet shutdown follows a week of protests by Zimbabweans against the recently raised fuel price and the high cost of living in the country. “Greetings Zimbabwe, we are Anonymous. We have previously seen innocent people being killed in Zimbabwe. We have seen oppression and…

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Celebrities accused of harassment won’t be forgotten, thanks to this Chrome extension

Jan21
by on January 21, 2019 at 3:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, TNW Answers


Back in October 2017, Tarana Burke’s #MeToo went viral, empowering women and survivors of sexual harassment and abuse all over the world. The hashtag welcomed a new era of feminist activism, allowing survivors across the globe to share their stories and experiences. Many other projects seeking to share information regarding abuse have sprouted up since. One such project is “Uncover Harassers,” a Google Chrome plugin created by Sarim Haque. Once installed, the extension automatically finds and highlights the names of celebrities accused of sexual harassment. The aim of the tool is to prevent people from inadvertently supporting an accused sexual harassers work.  It…

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Learn how to build tomorrow’s AI breakthroughs with this comprehensive $79 bundle

Jan21
by on January 21, 2019 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


From self-driving cars on the road to that little digital assistant hiding inside your smartphone, the impact of artificial intelligence is everywhere, and it’s only going to get more advanced and ubiquitous as time goes on. You can learn how to build your own AI and break into this exploding industry with the training in the Artificial Intelligence Engineer Masterclass Bundle, now on sale for $79, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals.

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