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Tuesday, 26 November 2019
Twitter will delete inactive accounts starting December
Twitter is going to start getting rid of derelict accounts. The company sent warning emails to users who haven’t been using their accounts; if they want to keep their handle, they’ll have to login by December 11 and follow the on-screen steps – including accepting the company’s latest terms and policies. Twitter told The Verge that it’s proactively reaching out to people who haven’t logged in for over six months, in accordance with its inactive account policy. The company hasn’t said when unused accounts will become available to the public again, other than noting the removal process “will happen over many…
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Remember the ‘blended orgasms’ sex toy CES banned? It’s available for preorder now
Sextech startup Lora DiCarlo today announced it was accepting preorders for its innovative “Osé” product, a “blended orgasms” device that made headlines earlier this year after a controversial appearance at the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The device won an innovation award in the robotics category at CES this year, but the organization responsible for the event, the Computer Technology Association (CTA), swiftly rescinded the award and banned Lora DiCarlo from exhibiting its products at the event. TNW reached out to the CTA back in early January when the incident occurred, and a spokesperson told us: The product…
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Floppy disk signed by Steve Jobs is up for auction and valued at $7,500
Floppy disks aren’t worth much nowadays considering, you know, no one uses them. But then again, that floppy might be worth something if it happens to be signed by Steve Jobs. Such an item is currently up for bidding at RR Auction with an estimated value of $7,500. The current highest bid stands at $4,600, with 7 bids so far. but considering you could spend more on a new MacBook, I expect the price to climb higher. The disc is said to contain a copy of Macintosh System Tools Version 6.0, with Jobs‘ signature written on the label with a…
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Incels and AI: Can machines fill the void?
A couple of weeks ago a Redditor posting under the name levonbinsh on the r/MediaSynthesis subreddit revealed that he’d fallen in love with GPT-2, the controversial text generator developed by OpenAI. Levonbinsh describes himself as a lonely person who “passed through a lot of phases,” including being ‘red-pilled,’ joining the incel movement, and at one point identifying with ‘Men Going Their Own Way,’ after spending a lifetime (he’s 23) sexless and without a girlfriend. Eventually, he writes, he came to regret his involvement in these groups because “anything fuel (sic) by rage, hate or resentment is totally not worth it.”…
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Xbox’s Project Scarlett won’t do VR because ‘no one’s asking for it’
Phil Spencer, Xbox head honcho, said in a recent interview that Microsoft has no plans to push Xbox Scarlett into the virtual reality space — because apparently no one is waiting for them to do so. Spencer, speaking with Stevivor, was in part responding to a derisive remark he’d made in 2016, in which he dismissed VR available at the time as “demos and experiments.” While he said he doesn’t mean to diminish the work of VR developers, he said he still has reservations about what VR means for gamers: I have some issues with VR — it’s isolating and…
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The Honor View30 Pro packs flagship specs for $550
Huawei often offers some of its best deals through its Honor sub-brand, and this year seems no different. The company today announced the View30 and View30 Pro – packing flagship specs and design at a palatable price. Well, at least in China. With Huawei phones still not allowed to use Google services, it’s not clear when V30 family will make its way west (the ‘View’ series is normally sold as the ‘V’ series in China). If and when the devices leave China, they’ll be competitive with other high-end devices. Both devices feature Huawei‘s latest Kirin 990 processor and are 5G compatible.…
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Bitcoin fraudsters target head of $230B fund in latest Facebook scam
The head of a $230 billion investment fund is the latest high-profile individual targeted by Facebook’s Bitcoin fraudsters. Ho Ching, chief executive of Singapore‘s Temasek, has been featured in ads for a bogus cryptocurrency trading program, The Straits Times reports. The ads include logos of reputable local media outlets to boost their credibility, and promise incredibly lucrative returns on any investments made. One ad reportedly features a fake article that details a call between the head of a major bank and Ms. Ho, in which they beg her to stop divulging money-making secrets, such as investing in “Bitcoin Pro.” Quite…
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CHEAP: Yell ‘OK BOOMER’ and grab PlayStation 4 Pro Fortnite Neo bundle for just $299
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! The holidays are coming up. So there’s no better time to plant your bottom on a sofa and playing games for endless hours? A sweet deal that will let you that. The PlayStation Pro 4 1TB bundled with Fortnite Neo Versa is available for just $299, down from $440. With this bundle, you also get 2,000 V-Bucks – an in-game currency for Fortnite which lets you buy outfits, gliders, pickaxes, emotes, and wrap. The console has great specifications for you to play high-end games such as FIFA20 and red…
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