Category Archives: Tech & Sci

Bend it over 60,000 times. The stainless steel Evercable isn’t like those cheapo phone cables 

TLDR: The stainless steel Evercable is over 4 feet of almost unbreakable connector, ready to handle all your charging and syncing cable needed for….well, almost a lifetime.  Just go to YouTube and you’ll find literally dozens of videos to help repair frayed, broken and otherwise non-functioning charging cables. And the irony is that the problem of faulty cab […]

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India bans TikTok, other Chinese apps amid border standoff 

India is banning dozens of Chinese apps amid a military standoff in the remote Karakoram mountain border region

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The UAE’s First Mars Mission Is a Robo-Meteorologist 

The United Arab Emirates is preparing to launch its first Martian satellite, Hope, which will search for clues to the Red Planet’s atmospheric mysteries.

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Uber buys Postmates for $2.65 billion as food delivery companies try to survive a crowded, intensely competitive field 

Uber buys Postmates for $2.65 billion as food delivery companies try to survive a crowded, intensely competitive field

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Uber confirms it is acquiring Postmates in an all-stock, $2.65B deal 

Competition continues to heat up in the food delivery wars. In the latest development, Uber today announced that it has acquired Postmates in a $2.65 billion, all-stock deal. It plans to run the business alongside its own food delivery business, Uber Eats, keeping the Postmates app running while merging some of the tech and delivery […]

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Tom Hanks: ‘Absolute hearbreak’ that ‘Greyhound’ won’t debut in theaters 

Tom Hanks, who wrote and stars in the upcoming film Greyhound, said it’s “an absolute heartbreak” that the film won’t debut in theaters. It’s set to debut on Apple TV+ on July 10th instead, but that won’t yield the best experience, Hanks said. “I don…

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Last of Us 2 developer condemns death threats and harassment 

People who work for game developer Naughty Dog have revealed abusive messages they’ve received.

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Uber Buys Postmates for $2.65 Billion 

The ride-hailing company’s core business has struggled in the pandemic, and it is betting on growth of its Uber Eats division.

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Baboons cradle their babies in their left arms just like humans do 

French researchers studied 44 olive baboons and found that mothers hold their babies in their left arm around 67 per cent of the time, the same distribution as seen in humans.

A comprehensive guide on how to detect faces with Python 

Today we’re going to learn how to work with images to detect faces and extract facial features such as the eyes, nose, and mouth. This method has the potential to do many incredible things from analyzing faces to capturing facial features to tag people in photos, either manually or through machine learning. Also, you can create effects and filters to “enhanc […]

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Edit photos in one click with this AI-powered photo editor app 

TLDR: With the Award-Winning Luminar 4 Bundle, you get the program that uses AI to create brilliant images, plus learning courses and add-on packs to take your work to the next level. In the classic film Blade Runner, Harrison Ford’s cop Deckard uses futuristic sci-fi technology to digitally enhance a still photograph to an almost microscopic level while loo […]

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Huawei: UK government weighs up ban of Chinese firm’s telecoms kit 

The National Cyber Security Centre has presented its report into the Chinese firm to government.

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Payfazz gets $53 million to give more Indonesians access to financial services 

Indonesia is not only Southeast Asia’s most populated country, but also one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. But many people, especially outside of major cities, still lack access to basic financial services like bank accounts. Payfazz is one of several tech startups focused on solving that problem by finding innovative ways to give more Indonesians […]

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Facebook makes education push in India 

Facebook, which reaches more users than any other international firm in India, has identified a new area of opportunity to further spread its tentacles in the world’s second largest internet market. On Sunday, the social juggernaut announced it had partnered with the Central Board of Secondary Education, a government body that oversees education in private [ […]

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Death threats against The Last of Us Part II voice actor reveals the worst of us 

Laura Bailey is being threatened over the actions of her character, Abby

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