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Remember Turing Robotic Industries, the company that promised to build a smartphone with end-to-end encryption and a durable ‘Liquidmorphium’ body? That plan didn’t quite pan out, but the company is back with a new name – and a new device in the works. The Hong Kong-headquartered firm is now called Turing Space Industries (TSI), and it’s just unveiled the HubblePhone, a wildly inventive mobile device that’s slated to ship in 2020. The company describes it as a 5G-capable Android device with separate AMOLED displays on two ‘decks’ that swivel around to allow for various shooting and viewing modes, a 60-megapixel primary camera… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LPYVuz

Market research firm IDC has just posted its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, in which it noted that Chinese telecom giant Huawei has surged past Apple to become the second largest smartphone seller on the planet. The second quarter of 2018 saw Huawei ship 54.2 million units, out of a total of 342 million worldwide. It remains the leader in China, with a market share of 27 percent, thanks to its recent P20 line. Two models from that range currently hold the first and third spots on benchmarking firm DxoMark’s leaderboard for the best camera-equipped mobile devices, while the iPhone… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Apple , Huawei from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2v4n3A8

Apple today posted its third quarter results, and the company’s massive growth continues unabated. Assuming this continues, it could become the first American company to be worth $1 trillion. Based on the company’s report, the iPhone and Apple services represented the largest growth in revenue for the company. Overall, the company is currently worth $935.3 billion, and stock would only need to rise about 7 percent for it to hit the 12 zero milestone. Since the company is planning to release a veritable smorgasbord of new iPhones soon, including a relatively cheap $550 model — assuming the rumors are true — it’s possible this year’s showing… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Apple from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Ow4XyU

After multiple baseball players were forced to apologize this month for old tweets containing racist and homophobic slurs, we’re left to wonder: Should Twitter users be deleting their old tweets? Over the years, the internet has come to know quite a lot about us. There was that time we unironically donned a fedora to sing a Sinatra song on karaoke night. Or, that suggestive image of us dry humping a polar bear statue at the local zoo. For some, it’ll be their embarrassing musical taste that haunts them; We know you once saw Nickleback live. No, we’re not going to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Twitter from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Os4T3r

Facebook today revealed that, just in time for the American midterm elections, it’s uncovered a new spate of fake news pages guilty of “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” In total, Facebook identified 8 pages, 17 profiles, and 7 Instagram accounts involved in this suspicious behavior. They had names like “Black Elevation” or “Resistors,” and other fairly innocuous things. In total, they ran about $11,000 worth of ads, made more than 9,500 posts, and reached an audience of 290,000 accounts. Nathaniel Gleicher, the Head of Cybersecurity Policy, said Facebook couldn’t identify who was behind the campaign with certainty, but did compare the pattern… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Facebook from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2AukUmk

Online sleuths have spent the past several years uncovering some of our deepest and darkest secrets. Secrets that, for whatever reason, we decided to make public. It’s fair game. Once you tweet something publicly, it’s available to anyone who feels like doing a little digging. Often, these tweets are in the public interest, especially as it relates to politicians, celebrities, or even your favorite brands. For most, there’s little to fear. There’s the odd drunken rant or image, maybe. Embarrassing, but not all that damaging. Others, though, have something far darker to hide. Whether it’s racist tirades, homophobic language, or… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2NYUGdx

Nintendo and Sony today revealed their video game consoles were selling like hotcakes — which is a bigger deal than you’d think given how grim things looked for the console industry as recently as last year. Nintendo‘s Switch is doing alright, for starters. In total, the company appears to have sold 20 million Switches — the number was slightly below that as of the end of June, but I’ll hazard a guess the last month has pushed it over that number. Sales are down slightly from last year, though not worryingly so. While the industry in general goeth not as… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2v5uret

It appears Binance might be considering expanding its line of products with a standalone cryptocurrency wallet. The exchange announced it has acquired mobile wallet solution Trust Wallet in an effort to improve “the centralized architecture” of its platform. “Wallts are the most fundamental interface to the crypto economy, and a secure and easy-to-use wallet is key to proliferate the adoption of cryptocurrencies,” Binance CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao said in a statement to Hard Fork. “Trust Wallet is an on-chain wallet, where user private keys are decentralized [and] stored on user devices. This compliments the centralized architecture of Binance nicely.”… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2mYgYAJ

Fed up of waking up to the same incessant beeping? Ever wish you could start your day with your favorite song? Now you can, as Spotify now comes integrated into the Google Clock app on Android. The feature’s available with both free and premium Spotify subscriptions, but sadly only works on Android devices. All you need to do is authenticate your Spotify account into the Clock app, which most likely came pre-installed on your device, but is also available on the Google Play store. You may need to update the app in order to see this feature. Then, head to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Spotify from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2mYaSQM

Perhaps feeling pressure from worldwide regulators, international cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has finally resorted to arming itself with a chief compliance officer, Reuters reports. They’ve put Jeff Horowitz in charge of keeping Coinbase in line as it continues its global expansion. According to Coinbase’s official release, Horowitz spent 12 years at Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon Company – one of the largest brokerage custody firms. He was also their global head of anti-money laundering (AML), perhaps highlighting how closely Coinbase has been paying attention to the concerns of international committees such as the G20. “Before joining Pershing, Jeff led various compliance… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2v9V1Dx

If you ever feel like moving to Lithuania, please do, bring your partner, bring your friends. In stark contrast to the words and actions of an increasingly worrying amount of leaders and nations around the world, there’s always something different about smaller countries. Our (current) globalized economy has meant that workers shift around the globe, looking for the roles and opportunities that suit them. Large nations with large economies have never had to try particularly hard to attract foreign workers, sporadically resulting in counter reactions to the people that a country claimed to need in the past. Despite physical and… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2AnPvlw

Last week, John McAfee offered up $100,000 to anyone who could break into the Bitfi wallet – a device advertised as the world’s first completely “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet. Bitfi even asked that all attempts be made public. An ad-hoc collective of hackers and security researchers is doing just that, already finding a bunch of kinks that throw the device’s security into question. While nobody has managed to claim the $100,000 reward for stealing the $50 worth of cryptocurrencies inside, the squad have torn it apart. Ryan Castellucci, software engineer and hardware hacker commented that Bitfi appears to be exactly what it seems to… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LLDo6t

Steam has removed “trivial platformer” game Abstractism from its store following accusations that the game is surreptitiously stealing users’ computing power to mine cryptocurrency. “We have removed Abstractism and banned its developer from Steam for shipping unauthorized code, trolling with content, and scamming customers with deceptive in-game items,” Doug Lombardi, VP of Marketing at Steam, told Hard Fork in an email. Eurogamer reports the story first surfaced after YouTuber SidAlpha highlighted how the game was using excessive amounts of GPU and CPU resources, despite being a very visually and technically simple game. Under further scrutiny, it became evident that even… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2v39gcX

“He told me that my ‘project’ is cute and let’s discuss it in bed.” “He suggested I should start sleeping with him in order to learn more about the ecosystem and succeed.” “I was at a work event at a hotel talking to a VC about my company. We both have drinks, but this is a work event and no one is drunk. After I told him about our startup, he said ‘this is very interesting. Why don’t we go upstairs to my room and spend the night together. You can tell me more about your business then.’ I got… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2mYzyZH

WhatsApp has updated its messaging service with support for group video calls, allowing you to chat with up to three more people simultaneously on its iOS and Android apps. To use the new feature, you’ll need to first start a one-on-one voice or video call with a contact, and then tap the ‘add participant’ button at the top right of your screen. WhatsApp says that its calls are encrypted end-to-end just like its standard messages. It sure took its own sweet time adding this functionality, seeing as how support for one-on-one video calls was introduced nearly two years ago. Its… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: WhatsApp from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2NZMXw6

Reuters reports that Uber is shuttering its autonomous freight truck division after some two years in the space. The company got started with self-driving trucks back in 2016, when it acquired Otto – a startup focused on developing aftermarket kits to allow trucks to cover long distances on freeways autonomously – for $680 million. The purchase netted Uber the talent of Otto co-founder Anthony Levandowski, the engineer who built Google’s very first self-driving car. But along with that came trouble: in February 2017, Alphabet’s Waymo – the self-driving vehicle firm spun off from Google – sued Uber for stealing trade… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Uber from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2ArF8gC

Logitech is growing its list of hardware brands with the acquisition of California-based Blue Microphones for $117 million in an all-cash deal. That’s huge for Blue, which was founded in 1995 and has become a household name in audio equipment, thanks to its popular Yeti and Snowball microphones for studio recording, podcasting, and streaming. The company also makes some pretty good headphones; I also had a chance to review its Raspberry mobile mic, and came away impressed. I’ve found most of Blue’s products to offer stellar performance and distinctive design. Logitech believes that the audio market is set to grow,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2v24RqO

When Apollo 11 descended from the heavens, touching down on the moon on July 20, 1969, three brave men became immortals, the types of men forever remembered for a single act that defined their storied careers. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins might be the names we associate with that first mission to the moon, but it was a team of engineers, analysts, supervisors, and experts who ultimately got them there. Today, for the first time ever, NASA has released over 19,000 hours worth of audio from this historical mission. Included are digitized versions every conversation, from the mundane… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: NASA from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2v1aUvC

An investigation revealed over the weekend that the American Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is secretly monitoring and tracking hundreds of American citizens. They’re not on any kind of watchlist — the TSA just deems their flight patterns worthy of suspicion. This program, called “Quiet Skies,” requires the TSA to keep an eye on certain US citizens when they’re in the airport. These citizens haven’t been accused of any crime, and they appear to have been selected for surveillance based on details in their movements that no one’s been able to adequately define. The level of surveillance those in the program… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Kc7ZoO

Elon Musk is at it again. For a very limited time today Tesla listed a “Limited Edition Tesla Surfboard” at its online shop. It would have set you back a cool $1,500 if you were able to snag one before the limited run of 200 sold out. Now they’re going for up to $5,000 on eBay. But I won’t be covering it. The board is a collaboration with two expert board makers, Lost Surfboards and Matt “Mayhem” Biolos, so the quality, presumably, is quite high. That said, Lost’s boards typically sell for around $750, so adding a Tesla logo seems… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Tesla from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2OsT5hf

China’s progress towards its goal of becoming the world’s leader in AI by the year 2025 remains unchecked. While its efforts still lag behind the US, thanks to the likes of Google and Microsoft, there’s an alarming amount of research indicating the gap is shrinking. It’s only been a year since TNW reported China’s announcement it was shifting its national strategy to claim the artificial intelligence crown. In that time China has advanced its agenda to a startling degree, at least according to the experts. Air Force General VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson, deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2OuOfQE

Twitter today announced it had selected two finalists in its months-long search for a “health metric” — essentially a giant, figurative dipstick by which it can tell how well everyone’s getting along on the site. Twitter selected researchers with dazzling bona fides, but the company should also disclose what, if anything, it could do with their findings. Last March, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey waved the figurative white flag and announced he was calling on someone, anyone to come up with a way of measuring the platform’s health. Specifically, he said: What we know is we must commit to a rigorous… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Twitter from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2K9fjS4

Litecoin creator Charlie Lee is helping HTC make sure its upcoming blockchain-powered phone has everything to please the regular cryptocurrency enthusiast. In a tweet from earlier today, Lee revealed he will be joining the phone-maker as an adviser, spearheading the development of the recently announced Exodus smartphone. “I will be an advisor as I see having a secure crypto phone that makes [the Lightning Network” simple is needed for mass adoption,” he said. Met the HTC Exodus team last week and was really excited to hear the phone will support LTC and Lightning Network on Litecoin natively! I will be… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: HTC from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2viIvAC

“We will make electricity so cheap only the rich will burn candles,” Thomas Edison reportedly said during the first public demonstration of his light bulb. Unfortunately, it wasn’t made cheap enough. Annually,  almost $90 billion worth of energy gets stolen worldwide, particularly in India, Brazil, and Russia. In the Netherlands, electricity theft and fraud is nothing new either. While commonly associated with weed farms, the last five years have seen a 20 percent spike in non-weed farm related electricity fraud cases. Among them is a new group of electricity thieves posing a challenge for police and distribution network operators: bitcoin… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Bitcoin from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2K6FAR7

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At the height of the blockchain rush last year, we saw a new unusual phenomenon crop up: cryptocurrency mystery boxes. The concept was pretty simple. You pay a fee to receive a USB stick loaded with a random selection of cryptocurrencies – five, to be exact. No need to register on exchanges, install wallets, or choose tokens to invest in: you essentially pay extra to avoid this “hassle” and get straight to HODLing. The initiative aimed to raise awareness of blockchain tech and serve as an easy way for rookies to get into cryptocurrencies – and perhaps earn them some… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LYqWgj

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced it has successfully completed a new blockchain-powered trade experiment at a global scale, as spotted by CoinDesk. The bank confirmed it tracked a batch of 17,000 kilograms (approximately 37,000 pounds) of almonds using a private blockchain built on the Ethereum network. The use of blockchain allowed the shipment to be tracked from its source, in Sunraysia in Victoria, Australia, all the way to its delivery in Hamburg, Germany. According to the announcement, CBA partners could check in on the location, temperature, humidity, and other metrics of the shipment at any point in real-time, regardless… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Antrrf

Not long ago, Anker launched its answer to Apple’s AirPods with the Zolo Liberty – an impressive first effort that left a good impression, and retailed for $150. Now, it’s following it up with the SoundCore Liberty Lite. We like the SoundCore Liberty Lite. For starters, it’s cheaper. Anker’s more egalitarian wireless earbuds cost just $80 (about £60 in the UK), which is about half the price of the next step up. Somehow, Anker’s managed this while ensuring the overall sound quality doesn’t feel compromised. All things considered, it’s a pretty great all-rounder. But I’m getting ahead of myself here.… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LIuAhH

Although YouTube has offered a dark theme on its web and iOS apps for months, it’s been taking its own sweet time bringing it to Android for some reason (seriously, what’s the hold-up?). Now, there’s hope. Redditor u/Absinth92 reported on the weekend that the option had become available on his mobile device – and Android Police reports that others have spotted the feature too. You can look for Dark Mode in Settings > General. But it’s possible that you might have to wait a bit, as Google hasn’t announced the rollout, and only seems to have made it available to… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Android , YouTube from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Alt8Nx

LinkedIn is an unmitigated hellhole, but last week the world’s biggest business social networking site redeemed itself somewhat and gave us all a gift in the form of voice messages. The feature is rolling out to users right now, and lets you send audio clips up to 60 seconds long. If you have it, you’ll see a little microphone icon when you compose a message on the LinkedIn app. For reference, this is what it looks like. Voice messages are also ripe for trolling, as I soon found out. There’s an unmistakable beauty in using audio as a medium of… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: LinkedIn from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2M27sYq

Over the weekend, XDA Developers Forum user dr.guru claimed to have gotten their hands on a Google Pixel 3 XL, the larger of the two flagship handsets from the company that are slated to arrive later this year. Android Police noted that the front fascia design matched that of a screen protector for this model which leaked back in May. That gives this rumor some weight, and it means that one of Google’s next devices might feature a notched display, a single rear camera, and a white color option like its predecessor. The leaker, dr.guru, said they couldn’t boot the… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: Google from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2uYohgg

If you’ve been waiting anxiously to follow the adventures of Eleven and her friends as they battle monsters from another dimension in the town of Hawkins, I’ve got some bad news for you: season three of Netflix’ 80s-themed sci-fi show Stranger Things will skip 2018 and air next summer instead. That’s from Entertainment Weekly, which reported the delay it heard about from Cindy Holland, who heads up original programming at Netflix. She promised that the next season will be bigger, better, filled with more special effects, and “worth the wait.” Given that it’ll be some 18 months between seasons two and three,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2vkebpc

Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. The culprit was a bug in the wallet’s software, which the user in question accidentally triggered. This wasn’t the first incident on the Parity wallet. Only months earlier, another bug in Parity’s software enabled hackers to get away with 150,000 ETH (approx. $30 million). Neither is Parity the only Ethereum application that has suffered from smart contract vulnerabilities. In 2016, in the famous DAO hack, hackers got away with 3.6 million ETH, 15 percent of all Ether in circulation at the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2OqRcBH

The UK’s VR industry is expected to grow by 76% to reach £801m by 2021 making it the largest and fastest-growing VR industry of any country in EMEA. This is why we’re seeing more programmes emerge such as the one spearheaded by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England, which just announced the shortlist that received a total of £350,000 in funding to develop immersive storytelling experiences. These projects have all graduated from the CreativeXR programme, which was created to encourage content makers to explore creative storytelling in immersive mediums such as Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality. Designed to raise artistic and technical ambition, the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2OsR3ha

The Third Servile War was over. The slave army had been defeated, and their Roman captors offered the survivors a pardon. The only requirement was that they identify Spartacus, their leader (a sun-bronzed, cleft-chinned Kirk Douglas). Rather than give away his identity, however, each of them cried out “I’m Spartacus!”—thus preserving his anonymity. The Romans could not identify him; they could not discern which of the men standing before them had been the leader of the rebellion. (Spoiler alert: they all die as a result.) In short, their actions ensured a crucial part of Spartacus’ privacy—his right to be forgotten. The… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2uZnuM5

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At 3 PM ET on July 16, tens of millions of shoppers flocked to Amazon to celebrate the cornucopia of capitalism known as Amazon Prime Day. However, rather than finding deals, these shoppers were largely greeted with photos of cute dogs, Amazon’s now infamous error page. In response, Amazon’s stock tumbled as the retailer was faced with a crisis of epic proportion. Only two of the above three statements are true. Despite, an outage that frustrated millions of shoppers, Amazon’s stock opened trading on July 17 down less than one percent. Amazon’s website crashed on its most important day of… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Akec2g

Every ten years, governments around the world conduct their national census: a count of the resident population. This is no easy task. The 2011 Chinese census, for instance, was a vast operation relying on six million enumerators taking census questionnaires from door to door. Knowledge of a population’s composition is crucial for government planning, for example in terms of investing resources in elderly care. In some countries, it is the basis for dividing parliamentary seats over electoral districts. Historically, census counts have been relevant to the development of modern nation states because they link populations to a territory. They have… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2NPtRIP

Google, which has been long known for defending freedom of internet, recently removed access to a feature that was widely used to bypass censorship; domain fronting. Activists claim Google is siding with censorship, while Google claims it was a regular update. But what is the bigger picture? Should Google ignore the moral effects of its actions? Before I try to answer that, lets have a look at what domain fronting really is about. Domain fronting primer Domain fronting is a technique that hides the actual website the user is trying to connect to from network monitors. As such, it is… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LtgQbf

Andrew Biggin, University of Liverpool and Mark Hounslow, Lancaster University Underneath our feet, deep down in the Earth, liquid iron is producing the magnetic field that we all take for granted. But every now and then that magnetic field reverses or flips its polarity. What was once magnetic north becomes south – and vice versa. When these reversals take place – and why they do so – has been an enduring mystery. But our new research shows that there is a relationship between the Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of ancient ocean floor that descends from the surface into… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LXBkoA

When Google and Apple announced their mobile augmented reality (AR) platforms last summer, they rocked the 3D world. Almost overnight, Google’s ARCore and Apple’s ARKit shifted the center of gravity for 3D UX design away from headsets like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR toward already ubiquitous mobile devices. ARCore and ARKit sparked interest in 3D from a new — and huge — group of designers and developers with experience building 2D mobile applications. They also added confusion to an already chaotic field. At the time, 3D workflows were a hodgepodge of tools and design patterns borrowed from… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2mRp9io

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Amazon introduced Prime Day in 2015 as a way to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a one-day sale with the aim of overshadowing Black Friday. The sale was available only to Prime members and over the years has become a premier shopping day that grabs media attention and drives competitive brands to launch side-by-side sales. This year, Prime Day had several added elements to drive buzz like a concert and extended hours. The ultimate aim of Prime day is to boost sales, recruit Prime members and promote products. But, is Prime Day sending the right brand message for Amazon? My… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2K2uZXp

As cold-blooded and inhuman as it may sound, animal tests are an integral part of modern-day drug and chemical compounds development and approval procedures. And with good reasons. Scientists can’t still reliably predict the properties of new chemicals, let alone how these compounds might interact with living cells. But a new paper published in the research journal Toxicological Sciences shows that it is possible to predict the attributes of new compounds using the data we already have about past tests and experiments. The artificially intelligent system was trained to predict the toxicity of tens of thousands of unknown chemicals, based on previous animal tests,… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2Lwxpmz

GDPR — no other four letters are giving tech companies a bigger headache this year. So many articles have been written about it, you might wonder why you should read this one. It’s simple, really, you shouldn’t unless you are one of the 92 percent of marketers who according to a recent study by Evergage Inc use digital personalization. Instead of boring you with yet another generic explanation of what the GDPR is, I’d like to address the new regulations through the looking-glass of personalization and more specifically, website personalization. Let’s start with the good news; personalization is permitted under… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2AhAotS

Inspiring stories of social activism, such as the Civil Rights movement and the fight against climate change, abound in history. And it is generally thought that the new social media era has helped cases of activism to succeed. But our research has revealed some major threats which activists need to understand if they are to be successful in getting their message across to the masses. Social activism refers to a broad range of activities which are beneficial to society or particular interest groups. Social activists operate in groups to voice, educate and agitate for change, targeting global crises. Take, for… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LT90DT

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech. It’s about damn time. Just this week, Jones ran afoul of YouTube guidelines, getting himself a slap on the wrist and finding four of his more egregious videos deleted. We wondered why Facebook didn’t do the same thing. In fact, not only had Facebook not taken meaningful action, the four videos that YouTube felt were severe enough to warrant action were still active, and visible, on Jones’ Facebook account. This after Facebook faced controversy for defending snake oil salesman, like Jones, last week. In a 90… This story continues at The Next Web Or just read more coverage about: YouTube , Facebook from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LrRxGp

Subscription movie service MoviePass offered anyone willing to shell out $10 a month — less than the price of a single movie ticket in some parts of the country — the chance to see (almost) unlimited movies at any participating theater. For the consumer, it was the deal of a lifetime. But for parent company Helios and Matheson, it was nothing more than a grand experiment, and one even it knew had little chance of succeeding, at least not in the ways you’d traditionally measure an app‘s success. To understand MoviePass, you first have to come to grips with the… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2vaXxZa

A recent study published by a team of researchers from Lancaster University and The University of Lisbon indicates long-term cannabis use could result in damage to the human brain. We’re not sure how they managed to come to that conclusion however, because the study was conducted using neither cannabis nor humans. While the study was widely reported, with news sites in several languages declaring that scientists had potentially determined the harmful side effects of habitual cannabis use, it was science news site Inverse that pointed out the problem. The researchers didn’t use cannabis. Here’s what happened, per a Lancaster University… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2LuG4Gg

It’s hot in Europe right now. Like, really hot. It’s so hot that every time I stand up from sitting down, I leave another puddle, exposing my perpetual swamp ass to the world. I’ve taken four cold showers today, yet I still stink. Every time I accidentally come into contact with other human flesh, I instantly recoil in disgust. The boiling temperature is turning me into a kind of moist vampire. Pretty much all of Europe is sweating its balls off right now. At the time of writing this, the top trending search results in the App Store are almost… This story continues at The Next Web from The Next Web https://ift.tt/2OlvkHT