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DigitalOcean’s Kubernetes container hosting platform is now open to anyone

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by on December 11, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev


DigitalOcean today announced the official release of its managed Kubernetes hosting, which it launched in a private beta earlier this year in May. The company, which is best known for its ultra-cheap VPS hosting, says that DigitalOcean Kubernetes is production ready for companies to deploy their critical applications on. “Kubernetes promises to be one of the leading technologies in a developer’s arsenal to gain the scalability, portability and availability needed to build modern apps. Unfortunately, for many it’s extremely complex to manage and deploy,” said DigitalOcean VP of Product Shiven Ramji in a statement. “With DigitalOcean Kubernetes, we make running…

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We ranked all the Beyoncé-themed wrapping paper we could find

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by on December 11, 2018 at 3:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract


With the holidays fast approaching, we’re sure you’re plenty busy buying your family, friends, and irritating colleagues presents. Here at TNW, we were reflecting on the best way to give someone a gift. Is it lots of tissue paper? Big bows? With sincerity and love? No, none of these. The objectively best way to give a present is when it’s covered with Beyoncé’s face. Don’t argue with us, facts are facts. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but there are a huge number of Beyoncé wrapping paper options available. It’s honestly ridiculous, and trying to find the best one takes hours — trust…

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Become certified in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign for less than $32

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by on December 11, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


If you want to call yourself an actual graphic designer, get the knowledge to back up that claim with the credentials to prove it with Graphic Design Certification School training. It’s a $1,200 package of instruction that’s on sale right now for only $31.20 from TNW Deals with promo code: GREENMONDAY20.

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The creative trends dominating mainstream and independent media

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by on December 11, 2018 at 2:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Once again, we begin to look back at 2018 and try to determine what trends will help shape another year. Inevitably 2019 will consist of both challenges and opportunities in equal measure. But, what have we learned over the last 12 months and how are we progressing forward as a global community? There is an increasing awareness that we need to protect the security and privacy of almost every aspect of our lives. Although many suspected that their digital footprint would come back to haunt them in a few years, it appears that some were blindsided by tech behemoths that…

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Researchers show how data science techniques can find Twitter ‘amplification bots’

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by on December 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Researchers from Duo Security, an authentication services company owned by Cisco Systems, have published a blog post that explains how to methodically identify “amplification bots.” These are defined as automated Twitter accounts that purely exist to artificially amplify the reach of content through retweets and likes. The article, “Anatomy of Twitter Bots: Amplification Bots,” was written by researchers Jordan Wright and Olabode Anise. It expands upon their talk at the 2018 Black Hat USA conference, “Don’t @ Me: Hunting Twitter Bots at Scale.” The pair created a dataset of 576 million posts and filtered it to show those that had…

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