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Four days after the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill, a member of the “Not My President” Facebook group wrote in a post, “remember, our founding fathers were seen as terrorist [sic] and traitors.” A fellow group member commented, “I’ll fight for what’s right, this corruption has to be stopped immediately.” Three months later, Facebook recommended the group to at least three people, despite Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated promise to permanently end political group recommendations on the social network specifically to stop amplifying divisive content....

It’s the refrain of every exasperated parent since the dawn of time. As a kid plucks their way through learning to play guitar, lumbers through getting a grasp of the piano, or saws through the strings of mastering the violin, that suffering parent inevitably says, “Well…at least they didn’t want to learn to play the drums.” However…what if the doomsday scenario happened? What if your kid was the one-in-a-million mutant that has to learn to play the drums?...

Authorities charged Nashatka, alongside his alleged accomplice Elliott Gunton, with counts of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, among others. The indictment claims that in December of 2017, Nashatka conspired to target EtherDelta to obtain the private keys of its users, as well as other sensitive information, in order to steal their cryptocurrency. It also alleges Nashatka and his co-conspirators unlawfully used one victim’s identity to spoof the platform via its domain name settings, which redirected users to a fake site under their control....

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The top headline this quarter is that social media users have passed the 4½ billion mark, but there are also big new numbers for Internet users in China, TikTok’s active user base, and Facebook’s advertising audience. We’ve also got insights into podcast use around the world, the growing popularity of VPNs, and a look ahead to some of the most important trends that will shape marketing success as we head into 2022....

One of the most notable new features is a built-in one-handed mode. Although the first preview of Android 12 included this feature in its code, it wasn’t readily accessible in Settings, making it uncertain whether it was a feature Google was committing to. But as noted by Android Police, the feature is now visible right from the build’s gesture settings. Here’s what the feature looked like in action in the first developer preview (via @MishaalRahman):...

According to documents made public by a California superior court, Rubin left the company after having an “inappropriate relationship” with a subordinate, and allegedly concealed payments about his hefty severance package from his now-estranged wife for several years. The documents were first revealed by Buzzfeed’s Ryan Mac. The allegations detail that Rubin was compensated in secret by Google and its parent company Alphabet following a sexual misconduct complaint. The New York Times revealed last October how instead of firing Rubin, “the company handed him a $90 million exit package, paid in installments of about $2 million a month for four years....

The most eye-catching of the upgrades is a souped-up Motion Editor, Android’s interface for creating MotionLayout animations in apps. In previous versions of Android Studio, developers had to manually create and modify complex XML files to design their animations. The new Motion Editor generates the XML files for you, allowing you to create complex animations through a simply click-and-drag interface. [Read: Building mobile apps isn’t a mystery when you have these dev courses] Android has also added new ways to look at your app’s design....

Entering the anti-Semitic term “6mwe” into Pinterest’s search box won’t yield any results but will offer an admonishment: “Pinterest isn’t a place for hateful images, content or activities. Learn more about our policies.” But searching through Pinterest’s site from Google for the term “6mwe hoodie” easily produces dozens of pins for content that clearly violates Pinterest’s restrictions on “hate-based conspiracy theories and misinformation, like Holocaust denial,” content the platform says it has limited or removed....

As the name suggests, the AirPods Max are a bigger version of Apple’s AirPods. More specifically, an over-ear pair. These will be targeted more towards the audiophile end of the market and — ignoring Beats — are the company’s first foray into this space. The headphones will have the functionality you already expect from AirPods — this includes the H1 chip, ANC, transparency mode, and spatial audio — but there are some pretty big new features included too....

Following the roll out of the iOS 13.6 and watchOS 6.2.8 update this week, CarKey, Apple’s feature that will let you unlock your car with your phone, is officially here, Engadget reports. We’ve known about “Apple CarKey” for a while now. Some cunning sleuths at 9to5 Mac spotted the feature in the developer beta code for iOS 14. Then a month later, further leaked code suggested that the feature would come to BMW vehicles first....

If you’re wondering exactly what happened, there are a few moving parts. First, you need to understand what the Domain Name System (DNS) does. — Michael Koziarski (@nzkoz) October 17, 2014 Each computer on the internet has an IP address, which is like where it can be found on a street. Domain names for websites, like thenextweb.com, have an attached IP address that locates these computers. Think of a domain name as a human-readable way to get to the right IP address....

The latest court document, which came to light today, contains Apple’s defense against both the injunction and the suit in general in a nutshell. Apple feels Epic has had the advantages of access the App Store within the boundaries Apple sets, but has now “decided that it would rather enjoy the benefits of the App Store without paying for them.” It also insists that Epic’s desire for the emergency injunction, which would stop Apple from cutting the other companies access to its (Apple’s) development tools, is trying to get the courts to fix something Epic itself caused: Apple even mentions that Epic’s recent catty move, in which it’s running a sort of anti-Apple Fortnite tournament to coax iOS players onto other platforms, belies that Apple’s alleged antitrust actions have harmed the game: “It conveniently ignores that Fortnite can be played on numerous platforms with or without support from Apple, even as Epic touts that fact in its advertising and communications to users....

Bengio will lead a new AI research unit and report to fellow ex-Googler John Giannandrea, Reuters reports. In his role at Google, Bengio oversaw hundreds of workers and was a strong supporter of Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, who co-led the ethical AI teams before their terminations. Gebru was fired in December after a fallout with management over a research paper she co-authored on the risks of large-scale language models, which are used in many Google products....

The iPhone maker has published a “WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy” that goes into specifics about the types of anti-tracking methods it has developed, the practices it believes are harmful to users, and the unintended consequences of those preventive countermeasures. Blink — the rendering engine that powers Google Chrome — is also a fork of WebKit. But on iOS, Chrome and other third-party browsers rely on WebKit due to restrictions imposed by Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines (Section 2....

“With the debut of AI in Go games, I’ve realized that I’m not at the top even if I become the number one through frantic efforts,” Lee told the Yonhap news agency. “Even if I become the number one, there is an entity that cannot be defeated.” Predictably, Se-dol’s comments quickly made the rounds across prominent tech publications, some of them using sensational headlines with AI dominance themes. Since the dawn of AI, games have been one of the main benchmarks to evaluate the efficiency of algorithms....

Another day, another example of how artificial intelligence has infiltrated every aspect of human life… Always looking for a competitive edge, film giant Warner Bros. has now enlisted an AI-powered system designed to predict whether a particular mix of stars, budget and branding will lead to a box office success. Advances in AI and machine learning have everyday implications from Hollywood to your hometown and beyond, which is why resources like The Essential AI and Machine Learning Certification Training Bundle ($39....

Asia’s biggest holder of Telegram’s Gram tokens, Gram Asia, will be running the sale through online cryptocurrency trading platform Liquid.com, an announcement reads. The sale is scheduled to take place on July 10, 2019. Before you start getting excited about finally getting the opportunity to own some Gram, there are a couple of caveats. Firstly, it should be noted that it’s Gram Asia selling its own reserves of Gram tokens; it has not reached a deal with Telegram....

If you could land a job making $130,000 a year, but it meant you needed special certification, it makes sense that you’d be willing to invest some time and effort into getting that certification. That’s the current average salary of an AWS-certified IT pro — and it’s one of the highest-paying jobs requiring certification in all of North America these days. You can get started on your path to becoming an AWS DevOps expert with the instruction from The Complete AWS Dev and Ops Certification Training Bundle ($26, over 90 percent off, from TNW Deals) with limited time promo code “PRESIDENT15....

Yeah, it’s been a big day. The most unexpected news was what appears to be a new Baldur’s Gate from Larian Studios, the makers of the Divinity: Original Sin games. Visiting the studio’s website, you’ll see a stylized Roman numeral III, which several eagle-eyed gamers initially took to be a tease for Original Sin III. However, some who snooped around in the site’s metadata have deduced that it’s actually a tease for Baldur’s Gate III....