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Google’s new Pixel wallpapers are paintings inspired by the nature of Australia [Download]

August 3, 2021
After officially releasing new backgrounds to mark International Friendship Day last week, Google has released new Pixel wallpapers for August that celebrate Australia’s natural beauty.  This month’s trio, following the August security patch, is paintings (versus digital artwork) of Gudanji, NT Australia, by artist/designer Ryhia Dank. They wonderfully show off the natural beauty of the…
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Google’s redesigned emoji rolling out to Chat for Android

August 3, 2021
Last month, Google announced a revamp of all its emoji — nearly 1,000 characters — coming to Android 12 this fall and Chrome OS 92. These new emoji designs are also set to arrive in Google Chat over the coming weeks. Google set out to make its emoji more “globally relevant” to ensure that a particular design makes sense for everyone. For example, Google previously used a slice of pumpkin…
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Nvidia launches Base Command Platform to accelerate AI workloads

August 2, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Following an announcement in May, Nvidia today launched Base Command Platform, an AI development hub that gives enterprises access to Nvidia DGX SuperPOD infrastructure on a rental basis. Base Command Platform, which is being remotely hosted by Equinix, is the first offering available through Nvidia’s AI LaunchPad…
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Some Governments Stole Journalists’ Photos in Attempts to Silence Them

August 2, 2021
A group of women journalists and activists have shown how and why, in an attempt to intimidate and silence them, authoritarian governments hacked into their phones, stole their private photos, and posted them on social media. In early July, a report emerged that more than 50,000 phone numbers owned by mostly journalists, activists, politicians, and business executives were targetted by multiple…
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