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How to make Twitter’s new design suck less

Aug02
by on August 2, 2019 at 1:03 pm
Posted In: Apps, 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. It’s been less than a month since Twitter refreshed its design, promising to make the platform faster, more intuitive, and easier to personalize. Unfortunately, people absolutely hate it. But don’t ditch it just yet: we’ve got some tips to help you make the new design more welcoming and easy on the eyes. “The new Twitter is too big” Some of my colleagues have been complaining the new design makes tweets, uh, too big. The good thing…

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CHEAP: $500 off a complete Sony A7R III photography kit? Why the F not

Aug02
by on August 2, 2019 at 11:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Look, let’s be honest: smartphone cameras are getting ridiculously good these days. The images are getting sharper, brighter, and more vibrant as the tech inside handsets gets better. Your phone’s camera will be more than enough for selfies, random daily situations, and even certain special occasions. But let’s not fool ourselves: it’ll never perform as well as a real camera – like Sony‘s A7R III. So if you’re looking to step up your photography game, you’re in luck: you can grab a complete A7R…

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OnePlus tells us why its camera is not where it wants to be

Aug02
by on August 2, 2019 at 9:39 am
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OnePlus phones are known for their performance, speed, and fast charging — but not the picture quality of its cameras. That’s why the company decided to go all out and rectify this by putting three cameras on the back of its latest flagship: the OnePlus 7 Pro. The phone manufacturer boasted a lot about its triple camera setup around the launch. Which is understandable, seeing that it got a very high score of 111 from DxOMark, which is just one point behind the top position, jointly held by the Huawei P30 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G. However, at…

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Facebook removes campaign with ties to Saudi Arabian government

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by on August 2, 2019 at 8:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Facebook has removed hundreds of fake accounts and pages associated with individuals connected to the Saudi Arabian government as part of its ongoing fight to curtail coordinated inauthentic behavior on the platform. To that effect, the social network said it had taken down 217 accounts, 144 pages, five Facebook groups, and 31 Instagram accounts that were found to be engaged in propaganda and attacking regional rivals like Iran, Qatar, and Turkey. “Although the people behind this activity attempted to conceal their identities, our review found links to individuals associated with the government of Saudi Arabia,” Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity…

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