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28 helpful Slack communities you should join as a UX designer
Tons of companies are using Slack to organize and facilitate how their employees communicate on a daily basis. Slack has now more than 5 million daily active users and more than 60,000 teams around the world. But whether the company you work for use Slack or not, you can still ...
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Reddit's designers and users aren't seeing eye-to-eye over site's new look
It's hard to believe Reddit is over ten years old, but the design does admittedly show its age. So the site's designers are working to bring it forward with a sleek new look. As you might imagine, not everyone's onboard. Reddit's redesign is the most radical change in the site's ...
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Twitter warns users to change passwords after accidentally 'unmasking' them in an internal log [Update]
Just minutes ago, Twitter's official support channel posted a tweet stating that users may want to change their passwords as a precautionary measure. https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/992132808192634881?s=19 The tweet didn't dive into much detail, but a blog post that ...
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There's a logical explanation for @KanyeWest: Parallel universes
No, Kanye isn't going on Infowars. But you thought it was possible right? That's because the real @KanyeWest has been replaced ...
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Dogged by Facebook scandal, Cambridge Analytica closes its doors
After becoming the center of a scandal that led to a federal inquiry, Cambridge Analytica and its UK counterpart SCL Elections are closing and filing for bankruptcy. Employees received word today the company was closing, effective immediately. Cambridge Analytica and its UK counterpart ...
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This Egyptian matchmaking app is made for the conservative Arab world
Egyptian matchmaking startup Harmonica has raised $150,000 from the 23rd batch of the Silicon Valley global accelerator, 500 Startups. Founded by Sameh Saleh, Tamer Mohamed, Shaymaa Aly, and Aly Khaled last year, Harmonica has developed an Arabic-only app that aims to help people ...
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Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher Aleksandr Kogan
Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher Aleksandr Kogan, joining Facebook as yet another tech company responsible ...
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In these dark times, Yeezy Dating is what every Kanye fan needs
On April 13th, for better or worse, someone gave Kanye West his Twitter password back. What followed was a tweet storm of epic proportions, consisting of cryptic rants interrupted by the occasional fashion photo. It included him backing conservative, and accused far-right, figures ...
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Cambridge Analytica might finally make Brussels care about data privacy
It was inevitable. One by one, they all lined up to demand that Mark Zuckerberg come to Brussels to explain himself, or, more accurately, explain what the hell Facebook has been doing with our data. Europe’s political parties have been collectively outraged at reports that Facebook ...
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Someone made Soulja Boy's old website point to a bunch of dragon dongs
TNW's dragon coverage continues with news that someone's made it look a lot like Soulja Boy used to sell dragon penises on ...
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Cancel your plans: Remake of Norwegian internet hit-show Skam airs in the US today
Scandinavia’s favorite TV -show Skam — or “Shame”— is airing in the US, at 3.40 PM CT today on Facebook Watch. ...
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This blockchain-based platform plans to boost earnings for social media influencers
Patron, a Japan-based blockchain platform for influencer marketing, wants to change how the industry works. It hopes to achieve ...
