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Firefox now automatically blocks autoplaying audio and video
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TechCrunch
Firefox now automatically blocks autoplaying audio and video
Mozilla today released version 66 of its Firefox browser. It features all of the usual tech updates and bug fixes, but there’s also a clear theme here: reducing online annoyances. With this update, Firefox can now automatically block autoplaying audio and…
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Russia Criminalizes the Spread of Online News Which 'Disrespects' the Government
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Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service
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The Verge
Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service, launches in 2019
Stadia is here.
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Google terminated our startup's developer account, what do we do?
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Google terminated our startup's developer account?
Hey guys! We're in a weird predicament and hoping the community can help. About 4 days ago we received a notification that our...
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California Has the Jobs but Not Enough Homes
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WSJ
California Has the Jobs but Not Enough Homes
California’s economy is adding jobs far faster than affordable places to live, forcing some employers to leave the state as they expand.
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Patreon ups its revenue cut, but grandfathers in old creators
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TechCrunch
Patreon ups its revenue cut, but grandfathers in old creators
Patreon couldn’t survive charging all creators just a 5 percent rake on the monthly subnoscriptions they earn from fans while building commerce tools like CRMs and merchandise to try to stay ahead of Twitch, YouTube and Google. But it also didn’t want to screw…
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Startups that launched at Y Combinator’s W19 Demo Day 1
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TechCrunch
Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC’s W19 Demo Day 1
Y Combinator’s incubator classes have gotten huge. With over 200 companies, the Winter 2019 class is by far YC’s largest yet. Meanwhile, the incubator prepares to shift its headquarters from Mountain View to San Francisco. It’s so large, in fact, it’s had…
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Telcos block access to 4chan, other sites
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www.9news.com.au
4chan, Liveleak blocked by Australian internet providers
Telstra yesterday blocked access to 4chan, 8chan and Voat, the blog Zerohedge and video hosting platform Li...
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Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing
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The Verge
Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing
The company’s staff plans to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union.
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Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms
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Pika/web: Web Apps Without the Bundler
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Stepping into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
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The New Yorker
Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun
Does the ubiquitous dance troupe really present five thousand years of civilization reborn?
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The unsolved mystery of the soldier who died in the watchtower
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Vanity Fair
“Leave No Soldier Behind”: The Unsolved Mystery of the Soldier Who Died in the Watchtower
Is the Army botching its investigations into noncombatant deaths?
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Today’s Firefox Aims to Reduce Your Online Annoyances
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The Mozilla Blog
Today’s Firefox Aims to Reduce Your Online Annoyances
Whether it’s autoplaying videos, page jumps or finding a topic within all your multiple tabs, Firefox can help. Today’s Firefox release minimizes those online inconveniences, and puts you back in control.
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Java 12
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MS TextWorld: open-source engine that both generates and simulates text games
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Microsoft Research
TextWorld - Microsoft Research
TextWorld is text-based game and is an open-source, extensible engine that generates and simulates text games-use it to train reinforcement learning agents.TextWorld is an open-source text-based game generator and learning environment - use it to train reinforcement…
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How to take back control of /etc/resolv.conf on Linux
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Ctrl.blog
How to take back control of /etc/resolv.conf on Linux
Take manual control of your Linux system’s DNS resolution and keep programs from interfering with and overwriting your resolv.conf file.
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Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s why
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Poynter
Text-only news sites are slowly making a comeback. Here’s why.
From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.
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The Expendables: Life in the French Foreign Legion (2012)
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Vanity Fair
The Expendables
Legionnaires need war, and Afghanistan is winding down. But there's always the hopeless battle against rogue gold miners in French Guiana . . .
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Court orders Germany to question US drone strikes
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Deutsche Welle
Court orders Germany to question US drone strikes
Three Yemeni men have scored a partial success after suing Germany for its apparent role in drone attacks that killed relatives. The plaintiffs want Berlin to stop the US using German territory to relay information.
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Making Grass Flow Like Water to Save the Planet
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Charm Industrial
Making Grass Flow Like Water to Save the Planet
There are many challenges associated with gasification, especially when it comes to gasification of grasses, which are preferable for their high yield and low cost per dry ton. The biggest challenges are ash slagging, acid gas removal, heat transfer into…
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