People with Vizio SmartCast TV televisions in Canada and the U.S. can now access Facebook Watch through a new application. SmartCast TV users can select the Facebook Watch app via the home screen and follow a prompt for a one-time Facebook login, after which they can access original shows, gaming livestreams and other videos from…Read More
GroupM is bringing its supply path optimization efforts to over-the-top media, choosing SpotX as its preferred supply-side platform for video inventory. The partnership comes as WPP’s media buying arms adds video to its Premium Supply offering in the U.S. GroupM Premium Supply lets the agency’s clients buy programmatic inventory more transparently and with pricing benefits…Read More
Nearly two years after the concept of an independent content oversight board was first mentioned by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and following delays, and even the creation of an unofficial alternative board, Facebook’s global independent Oversight Board for content is finally open for business. Facebook director of governance and global affairs Brent Harris said in a…Read More
In early May, several weeks after the pandemic first shut down the United States, Pandora noticed a “double-digit” surge in connected speaker listenership and fashioned a brand campaign designed to appeal to those new homebound habits. Five months later, as everyday life gradually reopens in fits and starts due to sporadic spiking Covid-19 cases in…Read More
Even the greatest writers sometimes struggle to come up with new ideas. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. Luckily for them, a new AI Blog Idea Generator could sprinkle some inspiration onto their empty pages. Just enter some keywords into the search bar and the system will analyze Google‘s top-performing content on the subject. It then runs the data through OpenAI‘s vaunted GPT-3 text generator to produce a new idea. The tool is targeted at content marketers on the hunt for blog posts that will rank highly on Google search. But I tested whether it could also help this humble hack to overcome his writer‘s…
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This article was originally published on .cult by Mynah Marie. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. I fell in love with programming because of the feeling of losing myself in ideas and concepts while being completely alone for hours on end. There’s just something about it, you know? When I decided to enroll in a coding Bootcamp, I thought it would give me the opportunity to meet other people just like me. Little did I know, I…
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A new AI system can automatically decipher a lost language that’s no longer understood — without knowing its relationship to other languages. Researchers at MIT CSAIL developed the algorithm in response to the rapid disappearance of human languages. Most of the languages that have existed are no longer spoken, and at least half of those remaining are predicted to vanish in the next 100 years. The new system could help recover them. More importantly, it could preserve our understanding of the cultures and wisdom of their speakers. [Read: What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election] The algorithm works…
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When electric cars started to become popular many people were concerned about the safety of driving whilst sat atop high-voltage batteries. They needn’t have worried, though, because modern cars EV or not are pretty well-equipped to handle impacts. It’s also worth noting that while EVs might contain lots of potentially dangerous electronics, there are safety systems in place to prevent these circuits from causing a danger to people. All high voltage lines are sheathed in bright orange cable housing too. If you’ve ever looked under an EV and seen orange cables, that’s why; it’s best not to mess around with…
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Node.js is popular among developers as an asynchronous and event-driven language used for backend development. It has a syntax easy enough to understand even for beginners. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned developer using Node, following the best practices of Node.js programming is a must when developing applications aimed for production. In this post, we’re going to point out 10 best practices every Node developer should follow. On top of the general best coding practices you should be following as a programmer, these will help you get the maximum use out of Node’s unique features. [Read: What audience intelligence data…
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After peering out the window on a cold and wet October morning I decide against cycling across Amsterdam to visit the newly opened Lynk & Co location. It’s times like these I wish I owned a car, but only for the half hour I actually need it. With its unique approach to mobility, this is the very opportunity that Swedish Chinese car maker Lynk & Co. is trying to tap into. It’s a car brand, but the car is far from the company’s centerpiece. In fact, when CEO Alain Visser showed me around the new Amsterdam location, we hardly talked…
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