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Review: The OnePlus 6T is now the easiest phone to recommend to most people

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by on October 29, 2018 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Apple, Samsung, Google. Those are the names most Americans think of when considering a new flagship phone, but OnePlus is vying to become the next household name. The with OnePlus 6T, it might just succeed. It’s the company’s best phone yet – yes, despite the missing headphone jack. But because it’ll be accessible to more buyers, it will almost certainly be the company’s most popular phone too. Specs and design aside – we’ll get to that in a second – it’s the first OnePlus device to launch with at least some backing from US carriers. It will be sold directly in…

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The OnePlus 6T is just a OnePlus 6 in disguise

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by on October 29, 2018 at 3:57 pm
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OnePlus released its newest flagship, the OnePlus 6T, at an event in New York today. The phone is not a major departure from its predecessor, the OnePlus 6, but it has some interesting upgrades. So what’s new? Under the screen fingerprint sensor OnePlus ditched the rear-mounted capacitive fingerprint sensor in favor of under-the-screen fingerprint sensor. A new feature also allows you to assign app shortcuts to the fingerprint sensor. One can keep pressing the fingerprint sensor after the phone unlocks to make a customizable shortcut bar appear. Moving one’s finger to one of the apps opens it. In my week’s…

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Skydio’s R1 is the self-flying camera (drone) we’ve all been waiting for

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by on October 29, 2018 at 3:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Plugged


Skydio’s R1 quadcopter is one of the most interesting gadgets of 2018. I spent some time with a review unit and, even after falling in love with it, I’m still not sure what to call it. Describing the R1 as a “drone” is like calling the iPhone a “rectangle.” Both terms are correct, but neither are really accurate. The R1 is an autonomous robot. No, it’s not fully-autonomous, but if you’re expecting a quadcopter that can fly itself without your help: you will not be disappointed. The R1’s big selling point is that it’s not just self-flying, it’s a “self-flying…

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Bitcoin’s marketcap as a sound is a terrifying symphony of ups and downs

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by on October 29, 2018 at 2:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin hasn’t done much recently. Well, except remaining stable. It’s pretty much held its value since the middle of September – an eon in the cryptocurrency world. With no rockets to the moon, the Bitcoin community is a little bored. Luckily for us, boredom is the great instigator of creativity. For one Redditor, I can only imagine the boredom that lead them to reimagine Bitcoin’s marketcap as a sound. Behold, the Bitcoin marketcap sound generator When my friends ask me to describe Bitcoin’s history, I often struggle to truly convey its tumultuous past. Next time anyone asks me that, I’m…

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This project literally puts female scientists on the map

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by on October 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Think of the last time you attended a conference and saw an all male panel of experts – or manels as they are called. It is most likely not too long ago. The website 500womenscientists.org is fighting this by making it easier for people across the world to network with female researchers in various fields. Numerous studies have shown that there is an over-representation of men in academic research. Even a cursory scan of university websites for researchers in administrative positions will tell you that these roles are held more often by men than by women – in part due…

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