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TikTok’s military users shine a light on the everyday realities of enlisted life

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 3:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


For most people, playing Call of Duty‘s campaign mode is as close as they’ll get to joining the military. For them, the everyday realities of uniformed service are unknown. But shining a light on this world are ordinary servicemen and women, and they’re using an unusual tool to do it. For reasons I’ve yet to discern, the Chinese video sharing app (and bonafide teen sensation) TikTok is immensely popular with members of the military, who use it to share viral memes, perform “duets” with other users, take part in challenges, and share snippets of their day-to-day duties.   These videos…

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Edit photos using AI with Photolemur 3

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


Photolemur 3 is now looking out for sloppy shooters, unveiling the first automated photo enhancer app that handles all your editing needs for you. It’s not only super simple and time saving, it’s also now on sale, just $19 for a single license or $25 with a family account from TNW Deals.

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AI-algorithms identify pedophiles for the police — here’s how it works

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 2:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, The Next Police


Sometimes, the smoking gun in a sexual child abuse case can be something totally unremarkable — a plastic bag in the corner, or a piece of rug on the floor. Dutchman Leon D. was exposed by a church window. In 2011, he was convicted for molesting two young boys and producing and distributing imagery. Leon D.’s pornographic pictures showed a church window across the street, visible through the window in the back of the room. Together with Dutch police, researchers wrote an algorithm that made use of Google Earth images to find that exact same church window. It located the…

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Your right to anonymous messaging is under threat

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 2:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


This week Russia has stepped up its war on anonymity. After an attempt last April to block the service, on Friday a court in Moscow ordered encrypted messaging app Telegram to pay 800,000 rouble – around €10,600 – for failing to hand over users’ information. But not content with that, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a new decree that will force mobile phone operators to identify and verify every messaging app used by their customers. Every time a Russian mobile phone user signs up to a new messaging service, that service provider will have to contact the mobile network…

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eToro pledges $1M for universal basic income solutions on the blockchain

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 2:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Social trading platform eToro is kicking off a new $1 million fund to support research on blockchain use cases for reducing wealth inequality – and it is recruiting partners. The initiative, called GoodDollar, aims to create an entirely open-source community project. The concept is to develop a blockchain-powered wealth redistribution system and lay the foundations for open, universal basic income scheme. As part of this mission, the $1 million experiment will focus on researching ways of implementing a cryptocurrency that pays social interest to those in need. “The success of new technologies should not be measured only by their ability…

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