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Alt-right activist handcuffs herself to Twitter NYC office after being banned [Update]: She’s been freed from her handcuffs

Nov29
by on November 29, 2018 at 11:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Opinion


I love Twitter. Earlier today I wrote about the joy of reading a debate, between some of the finest minds in the field of AI, held entirely via Tweet. Now I’m watching conspiracy theorist and – as is the opinion of the author and not necessarily his employer – outright lunatic Laura Loomer, live on Twitter. She’s locked herself to the company’s offices in the most ironic protest against free-speech infringement I’ve ever seen. Laura Loomer is so mad she was suspended from Twitter that she has handcuffed herself to the front door of the company She just said she’s…

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Pixel Slate Review: Gorgeous, flawed, and inexplicably priced

Nov29
by on November 29, 2018 at 11:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


When I first tried the Pixel Slate back at Google’s October event, I left with a mixed first impression of the hardware. It was an undoubtedly gorgeous tablet, but why is it the same size as the Pixelbook? Why is there no headphone jack? Why does the keyboard cost $199 when the tablet starts at $ 599? After spending a week with a production version of the tablet, those questions have gone unanswered, coalescing with a few new frustrations. The Pixel Slate is a beautiful tablet with a gorgeous screen and a solid keyboard but – to use the oldest of…

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Pixel Slate Review: Gorgeous, flawed, and inexplicably priced

Nov29
by on November 29, 2018 at 11:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


When I first tried the Pixel Slate back at Google’s October event, I left with a mixed first impression of the hardware. It was an undoubtedly gorgeous tablet, but why is it the same size as the Pixelbook? Why is there no headphone jack? Why does the keyboard cost $199 when the tablet starts at $ 599? After spending a week with a production version of the tablet, those questions have gone unanswered, coalescing with a few new frustrations. The Pixel Slate is a beautiful tablet with a gorgeous screen and a solid keyboard but – to use the oldest of…

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Apple’s Entrepreneur Camp is a show of support for all women in tech

Nov29
by on November 29, 2018 at 11:01 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Apple announced earlier this week it’d be launching an app development camp exclusive to female-led companies and developers, as a way of encouraging women in app development and cultivating their talents. To be eligible, the organization must have one woman founder, co-founder, or CEO, and have at least one woman on the development team. According to the application page, both the founding member and a female developer must be on the team of three that attends the came, along with a third member of any gender. While at the camp, each session of which lasts for two weeks, the teams…

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Russia to build Moon colony by 2040: NASA says hold my beer

Nov29
by on November 29, 2018 at 9:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Russian, Space


Russia’s federal space agency intends to establish a lunar colony by the year 2040. NASA, meanwhile, announced today that it’d have a continuous human presence there within a decade. The Moon race is on y’all. The flag of the United States of America remains the only territorial banner on the Moon’s surface. But a lunar land feud may be looming. It’s become apparent the US and Russia have set their sights on a human-crewed moon landing as soon as possible. Roscomos, the Russian federal space agency, published a press release on Wednesday stating the moon base was the agency’s top…

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