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Report: Apple could bring Touch ID back to iPhones in 2021

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by on August 5, 2019 at 9:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


Apple effectively changed the way people think about facial biometrics with the iPhone X, forgoing the rumored under-display fingerprint reader for the accuracy and convenience of Face ID. But as it turns out, the rumors of Apple placing a fingerprint reader under the display just won’t go away. Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has a strong track record with Apple rumors, today released a report claiming Apple plans to bring Touch ID back from the dead in 2021. This would not replace Face ID, but rather live alongside it, according to Kuo (via MacRumors). The analyst’s prediction appears to be…

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Mixer is taking heat over its oddly conservative dress code

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by on August 5, 2019 at 7:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Microsoft-owned streaming service Mixer is catching some heat over its rules concerning appropriate clothes, which seem to penalize women specifically. They certainly seem unnecessarily specific about restricting all but the most conservatively-dressed streamers to 18+ channels. After Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, formerly the world’s most popular Twitch streamer, revealed he’d be streaming with Mixer full time, the site got more of a spotlight than it’s had up to this point. Before now, it was a curious Twitch alternative, Microsoft‘s attempt to dethrone the Amazon-owned juggernaut. I don’t want to say Ninja’s migration somehow legitimizes the platform — but it’s sure getting…

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Samsung’s Galaxy Watch Active 2 brings ECG tracking and LTE connectivity

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by on August 5, 2019 at 6:15 pm
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Samsung doesn’t slow down. It’s only been half a year since Samsung announced the Galaxy Watch Active, but it’s already getting ready to release the Active 2. It’ll start at $280 when it launches on September 27, but Samsung is keeping the earlier model around at a lower price. If you’re not familiar with the original Galaxy Active, it’s a smartwatch running on Samsung‘s proprietary Tizen Wearable OS – you won’t see Google’s Wear OS here. Still, Samsung has built up a fair number of apps for its smartwatches, as well as custom health features. Considering most people seem to…

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Five 3D printing myths dispelled

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by on August 5, 2019 at 5:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


The first conviction for 3D printing a firearm was recently reported in London, not long after 3D printed masks were used to trick face recognition. Should we be afraid? 3D printing refers to a range of digital fabrication processes that build objects directly from computer models, without expensive tooling, in layers of material. Although 3D printing processes vary widely, including melting metal powder with lasers or hardening liquid plastic “ink” with ultraviolet light, most people tend to think of 3D printing desktop machines that melt spools of plastic. Since these are often built or designed by enthusiasts, they are very…

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An entrepreneur’s guide to Brazil’s startup ecosystem

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by on August 5, 2019 at 3:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


The past two decades have been marked by a period of sharp peaks and troughs for Brazil, the largest country in Latin America. On one hand, the country has undergone an impressive economic transformation, which led to Forbes in 2012 naming Brazil “one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world”. In 2000 Brazil’s GDP was ranked around 11th in the world at roughly $655.5 billion, and today it’s in the eighth position at roughly $2.5 trillion. However in the last five years, Brazil has experienced an economic recession while corruption at the highest levels of business and government has stoked…

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