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Google and Apple are courting the education sector with new tools for students

Aug16
by on August 16, 2019 at 10:58 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


The new semester is fast approaching and Big Tech is wasting no time in bringing the education sector a swathe of new offerings. With this in mind, Google has announced it’s expanding its college search feature, which it introduced a little over a year ago. While the feature previously made it possible to sift through a slew of four-year programs, Search engineer Sitaram Iyer announced the function now also pulls results for “two-year colleges, and popular certificate and associate programs available at four-year institutions.” For those new to college search, the tool works similarly to Google’s job search feature, but…

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Twitter is testing a safety feature to detect and hide offensive DMs

Aug16
by on August 16, 2019 at 10:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Yesterday, Twitter announced it’s testing a feature to filter out potentially offensive direct messages. Any DMs in the “Message requests” folder containing abusive or inappropriate content will be automatically moved to a section marked “Additional messages,” giving people the option to view the message or permanently delete it.  The safety feature will hide the message’s content and replace it with: “This message is hidden because it may contain offensive content.” Unwanted messages aren’t fun. So we’re testing a filter in your DM requests to keep those out of sight, out of mind. pic.twitter.com/Sg5idjdeVv — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) August 15, 2019…

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How to report fake news on Instagram

Aug16
by on August 16, 2019 at 9:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Instagram announced today it’ll let you flag posts for false content. The feature will start rolling out to users in the US from today, and it’ll roll out to other parts of the world within two weeks. Right now this feature is only available on Instagram’s mobile apps. Here’s how you can report a post: Open the Instagram app on your phone, and head to the post you want to report. Tap on the three-dot…

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How to report fake news on Instagram

Aug16
by on August 16, 2019 at 9:24 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Instagram announced today it’ll let you flag posts for false content. The feature will start rolling out to users in the US from today, and it’ll roll out to other parts of the world within two weeks. Right now this feature is only available on Instagram’s mobile apps. Here’s how you can report a post: Open the Instagram app on your phone, and head to the post you want to report. Tap on the three-dot…

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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin market cap rivals world’s largest beer company’

Aug16
by on August 16, 2019 at 9:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Hard Fork, Insider


Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Nikola Tesla used to say: Bob’s your uncle! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, August 15 2019, at a price of $10,311. That’s a respectable 2.72 percent increase in 24 hours, or $273. It was the highest closing price in one day. We’re still 48 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin’s market cap ended the day…

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