Presidential candidates are selling ugly Christmas sweaters that will incite family arguments

Don’t you want the 2016 presidential candidates to come to your ironic ugly Christmas sweater party?

Among the wide array of other merchandise you can buy from candidates’ campaign stores, a few presidential hopefuls are also offering “ugly” Christmas sweaters — a staple for any holiday party-goer with a sense of humor (and a sense of civil responsibility, if you buy one of their sweaters).

See also: 14 totally hip pieces of Bernie Sanders swag that you need right now

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Codie Is A Fast, Rolling Robot Toy That Teaches Kids Progamming Concepts

A robotics company that teaches kids how to code, Codie Labs, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt London this afternoon to show off their fast, rolling and programmable robot, Codie, which is controlled via a mobile application for iOS or Android. The Budapest-based startup earned the opportunity to present on the big stage by winning the Wild Card position, which pulls a promising company out… Read More

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Codie Is A Fast, Rolling Robot Toy That Teaches Kids Progamming Concepts

New EU cybersecurity rules neutered by future backdoors, weakened crypto

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The European Union has drawn up a set of rules governing the security of the region’s digital infrastructure. Under the framework provisionally agreed last night by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the Luxembourg Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, transport, energy and other key companies will have to ensure that the digital infrastructure that they use to deliver essential services, such as traffic control or electricity grid management, is resilient enough to withstand online attacks. Similarly, major digital marketplaces like eBay or Amazon, search engines, and cloud services will be required to ensure that their infrastructure is secure, and to report major incidents. Smaller digital companies will be exempt from these requirements.

As a press release from the European Parliament explains: “MEPs put an end to current fragmentation of 28 cybersecurity systems by listing sectors—energy, transport, banking, financial market, health and water supply—in which critical service companies will have to ensure that they are robust enough to resist cyber-attacks. These companies must also be ready to report serious security breaches to public authorities.”

Member states will be required to identify “operators of essential services” from these key sectors, using various criteria such as whether the service is critical for society and the economy, whether it depends on network and information systems, and whether an incident could have significant disruptive effects on its provision, or public safety.

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New EU cybersecurity rules neutered by future backdoors, weakened crypto

[Deal Alert] ASUS ZenPad S 8 Tablet Is Down $30 On Amazon To $169 For The 2GB/32GB Version, $269 For The 4GB/64GB One

ASUS’ ZenPad S 8 is one of the more interesting Android tablets on the market right now. That isn’t a lot to say given how tablet releases seem to have stalled and become a second-thought for most manufacturers, but it doesn’t detract from the S 8’s nice specs. The tablet, which was released back in July exclusively on Best Buy, has an 8″ IPS 2048×1536 display at a 4:3 aspect ratio, a 64-bit Intel Atom Z3530 processor, with a MicroSD slot, USB Type-C connector, Android 5.0, and it usually retails for a very acceptable $199 or $299 depending on the storage and camera configuration.

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[Deal Alert] ASUS ZenPad S 8 Tablet Is Down $30 On Amazon To $169 For The 2GB/32GB Version, $269 For The 4GB/64GB One

MapR Tries To Separate From Hadoop Pack With New Streams Product

MapR is one of several companies built on the open source Hadoop platform, and as such it has a bit of competition in the space. Today, possibly in an effort to create some separation from its better heeled rivals, it announced a new product called MapR Streams. This new product takes a constant stream of data like feeding consumer data to advertisers to create custom offers or… Read More

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MapR Tries To Separate From Hadoop Pack With New Streams Product

How a group of sex workers is doing its bit for Chennai flood relief

In a heartwarming gesture, around 2,000 sex workers from Maharashtra have donated around Rs 100,000 (approximately $1,500) towards relief work in the Chennai floods

See also: 20 photos of Chennai’s heaviest rains in 114 years

The women, who belong to the Ahmednagar district in the western part of the state, collected the money from their meagre savings and survived on just one meal a day to put the funds together, according to a report. They handed the donation to the district collector, with the help of the NGO Snehalaya, which focuses on AIDS and human trafficking.

Residents try to salvage reusable material from their flood damaged houses on the banks of the Adyar River in Chennai on Dec. 6, 2015

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Sony has launched PlayStation Messages app for Android and iOS

PlayStation Messaging app launched by Sony for Android and iOS.

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Sony has launched PlayStation Messages app for Android and iOS

India’s Nexus Venture Partners Announces New $450M Fund

Nexus Venture Partners, the Indian VC firm that has invested in startups such as Snapdeal, Craftzilla and Lybrate, has reloaded for more deals after it announced a new $450 million fund. Read More

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India’s Nexus Venture Partners Announces New $450M Fund

Order postponements and processor shortage mean Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 demand shifts to Q1 2016

Shortages of the Intel Skylake chip, combined with orders that had to be moved to the first quarter, will result in smaller than expected Q4 shipments of the Surface Pro 4 and the Surface Book. This is the word from sources inside the upstream supply chain. Microsoft is using Pegatron to assemble the two devices, and yields are said to be improving, which should make Microsoft hopeful about the beginning of the year.

The sources say that shipments of the hybrid tablet/notebook Surface Book should exceed 100,000 units for Q1. At the same time, 200,000 Surface Pro 4 units could be delivered … – Source

Order postponements and processor shortage mean Surface Book, Surface Pro 4 demand shifts to Q1 2016

AT&T Is Rolling Out Gigabit Fiber to 38 New Cities

AT&T has been offering gigabit-speed fiber internet since 2013, but unless you got very lucky with the internet genie, you probably haven’t been in the service area. Starting today, 38 cities will have the chance to download their Steam games really quite fast.

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AT&T Is Rolling Out Gigabit Fiber to 38 New Cities

Moto G Turbo Edition landing in India this week

The Moto G Turbo Edition smartphone, which was first launched in Mexico last month, will be available in India later this week. This was revealed in a teaser (shown below) posted by Motorola India on its official Twitter account.

Power up and get ready for #TurboMode! 3 Days to go for Moto G Turbo edition. Coming soon! pic.twitter.com/iDZGnatsAZ— Motorola India (@MotorolaIndia) December 7, 2015

The teaser image was posted yesterday, and it says “3 days to go,” which means that the device would launch in India on Thursday this week – December 10.

Specs-wise, the handset is powered by a SD615 chipset with octa-core CPU, and sports a 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixel resolution) display. It comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable storage, and packs in a 2,470mAh battery that supports Motorola Turbo Power quick charging.

Other specs include 13MP rear and 5MP front camera, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, IP67 certification, and dual-SIM support. As for the price, there is currently no information on how much the smartphone will cost in India – it carries a $283 tag in…

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Moto G Turbo Edition landing in India this week

[Huge Pictures] Here Is Every Single Emoji In Android As Of The New 6.0.1 Marshmallow Update

With Android 6.0.1, which began rolling out today, comes support for over 200 new unicode emoji and accompanying graphics. No, I do not have a chart of all the new emoji. Sorry. What I do have is the now-current picture of every single emoji on Android. There are a lot. I’m sorry not all of these are perfectly spaced and aligned to the pixel, but I did what I could in an hour or so.

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Mischievous Programmers Simulate Barack Obama Giving a George W. Bush Speech

In the world of computer graphics, anything seems possible these days. It is possible, for instance, to make Barack Obama’s face deliver a George W. Bush speech. Or you could make Hillary Clinton do it. Or James Bond, if you want!

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Mischievous Programmers Simulate Barack Obama Giving a George W. Bush Speech

Twitter now shows bigger photos on its website

People like looking at photos. And specifically, people seem to like staring at photos posted onto Twitter. So the company behind the 140-character service has decided to make the experience of using its website for the purpose of checking out pictures a lot more enticing than it was before.

And this has happened through a simple (if well overdue) change: the photos are now bigger. That’s it. The size of the images in your stream has been enhanced, which means you’ll probably resort to clicking a picture in order to see a bigger version of it a lot less in the future.

The same treatment has thankfully been applied to multi-photo displays, as evidenced by the screenshot below.

The new multi-photo viewer emphasizes each image more than before, while also actually having grown bigger in size. Twitter says these changes will make your timeline “more…

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Twitter now shows bigger photos on its website

Tiny baby forges adorable cross-species alliance with friendly corgi

Babies have a busy life. Many struggle with packed schedules of taking naps, watching TV, spitting up, and pushing things — including themselves— over. But babies also have important jobs as ambassadors of cuteness, so they frequently find a way to carve out some quality time for cross-species friendships

The results are dependably adorable. Instagram user @ayako_0426 posts photos of a two-year-old Pembroke Welsh corgi and her friend, a smiley little baby. The two, it’s clear, are simply love with one another. And they do all the things best friends do: spoon each other, nap next to each other, and sometimes even smooch. …

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