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Ecommerce is ignoring people with disabilities — here’s how it should change 3 days ago – In a time where a million different worthy causes are vying for our attention online, it’s impressive to note that World Wildlife Fund of Canada recently pulled off one of its most successful fundraisers of all time, bringing in over $21 million in revenue for the year. How did they do it? Not th...
10 easy steps to become a Slack scumbag 3 days ago – If you work at a company with remote workers or just a buttload of employees, odds are you’re using Slack to communicate. The work chat giant has all but completely taken over as the default mode of business communication, surpassing the fond tradition of tracing notes to one another in cocaine d...
Scribd brings best-sellers, breaking news, magazines and more to your favorite device — and it’s over 20% off 2 days ago – Scribd doesn’t provide access to every book, audiobook or magazine and newspaper article yet...but with loads of New York Times’ best-selling novels and major publishers serving up new content daily, Scribd is quickly become the Netflix for the written word. Right now, you can land a one-year sub...
Here’s why we rage about religion on Facebook 2 days ago – On Christmas Day last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his website to tell the world that he was not an atheist any more. In this way, the billionaire used Facebook to express his feelings about religion, like many social media users before him. My research shows how debates about religion...
Adobe to finally bring the ‘real’ Photoshop to iPads a day ago – Adobe revealed at its MAX event that a new Photoshop would be coming for iPads — and not just any old defrocked mobile version. No, the “real” Photoshop will be available for your iPad sometime next year. We first heard rumors that Adobe was going to attempt to bring full-bore Photoshop to Apple’...
Artificial intelligence is complex, but we can’t afford to ignore it a day ago – “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – George Santayana In early September, the media went abuzz with news of Amazon becoming the second US company to surpass the $1 trillion market cap. However, the news of Amazon’s success has eclipsed certain interesting facts: 2017 w...
$11M Indian cryptocurrency scam investigation stalls as victims avoid testifying 18 hours ago – It seems there’s news of a new cryptocurrency scam every week. Usually, as victims come forward the scam is revealed and the perpetrators get caught. However, one scam investigation in India has hit a dead end. Subhashchand Jewria encouraged people to invest in their virtual currency, ATC Coin. C...
The earth’s fate isn’t on individuals — it’s on society 19 hours ago – Following the 2015 Paris Agreement to hold the global increase in climate to below 2℃ above pre-industrial levels, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was asked to produce a report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5℃. The report focuses on what must be done if we want t...
Amazon debuts the new, waterproof Kindle Paperwhite 8 hours ago – Amazon today updated its Paperwhite Kindle with several much-needed features — not the least of which is that it’ll now survive a dip in the pool. The new Paperwhite has a flush-front screen and twice the amount of storage as its previous iteration, coming in 8 GB at a minimum and 32 GB if you ne...
UK puts on misleading robot puppet-show in Parliament 11 hours ago – The UK’s Parliament recently decided to question an actual robot about artificial intelligence. This might sound like a good idea on paper, but considering there aren’t any sentient robots, it’s a lot like asking a toaster oven to testify on the State’s nutrition program. Actually, it’s worse: A ...