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Nigeria, like other African countries, wasnt spared from the spread of thecoronavirus pandemic. To overcome this challenge, countries have been advised to keeptesting, treating, and isolating to reduce infections. Nigeria has beenexpandingits capacity to test. The countryslaboratoriescan carry out about18,000 tests per milliondaily, but this can be improved. The country ought to be doing about 40,000-50,000 tests daily. Nigeria successfully controlledEbolaand is applying some of the lessons learned. But COVID-19 presents new challenges as scientists are still trying to understand the novel virus....

That price difference wasnt an anomaly. Trumps price advantage in swing states disappeared in September, when the campaigns paid roughly similar prices. In October, Facebook began charging Biden slightly less than Trump. Federal laws require TV stations to charge candidates the same pricethe lowest that they charge any advertiserfor ads. Some states forbid newspaper publishers to charge one candidate a higher price. The Markupsanalysisis based on ads published by FacebooksAd Library APIand provided to The Markup by theNYU Ad Observatory....

Mobile gaming has been one of the joys of modern smartphone development for years. Backbone makes your iPhone a serious gaming gadget. From here, you’re free to record gameplay, share screenshots, and join chats with friends. Control freak 40% off TNW Conference! Let me just say, this little piece of hardware was a revelation. But even I have nothing but positives when it comes to the design of the Backbone One....

Over the course of this week, a story from across the pond in Canada has been gathering pace. Unfortunately, hes not having much luck. [Read:4 ridiculously easy ways you’re free to be more eco-friendly] 40% off TNW Conference! In Branders case, he says he only gets about 80 km of range on a full charge. In theory, replacing the battery shouldnt be too much of a big deal. Assuming youre able to get hold of one, which is where all of Branders problems seem to lie....

And while its not exactly a steal, the price (Rs. Here are the specs of the model I tested. Heres what its like to use the Envy 15 for creative work, and a bit of play. Whats great about the Envy 15? It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The body is fairly compact for a 15-incher with a reasonably powerful graphics card and necessary heat outlets. The screen is decent at reproducing colors accurately given the laptops price point, though it could be brighter....

The platform is optimized for boosting politically conservative voices calling forfascism, separatism, and xenophobia. Its also these voices that tend to generatethe most clicks. Too many times, it has chosen the latter. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This was corroborated byfindingsfrom the US Brennan Centre for Justice. Kimwrotethe troll accounts seemed to discourage certain people from voting, with a focus on swing states. This was up from 48 in 2018 and 28 in 2017....

We received pre-seed funding, valued at $1 million. Then the race for demo day began with frantic product building and non-stop business development. Unfortunately, my co-founder fell out of love with the idea after enduring months of business development hardship. double-check to check out thedemo of the MVPI built. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. How do you find a co-founder? Back in early 2019, I left my job at IQVIA to join the London cohort ofEntrepreneur First....

Naturally, the question arises: What is the basis upon which something has rights? What gives an entity moral standing? The philosopherPeter Singerargues thatcreatures that can feel pain or suffer have a claimto moral standing. He argues that nonhuman animals have moral standing since they can feel pain and suffer. Limiting it to people would be a form of speciesism, something akin to racism and sexism. It would require that Data can either feel pain or suffer....

Thisarticlewas originally published on.cultby Will Johnson. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. Landing your first job in tech can be hard. Especially when you have no experience in the field. Ive worked in factories and call centers most of my adult life. Im not going to lie, it was hard. I applied to countless jobs and felt the sting of rejection time and time again. No experience, they would say, even if I killed in the interview....

The thing about writing is that its hard. And the thing about writers is that theyre always searching for something to make it easier. And thats where Astrohaus Freewrite Traveler comes in. Lots of words I dont recognize there. Well, arent you demanding? But Ill tell you. Astrohaus is an American company that makes productivity tools. Its first big product wasthe 2014 crowdfunded Freewrite, effectively an e-ink typewriter to help people write distraction free....

Luxury and sustainability arent words that you often see together. Owning a yacht is peak rich-person lifestyle, I assume. I wouldnt know, I dont own one. Think of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix and you get the idea. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But it seems there is a growing enthusiasm in the posh yacht world for hybrid and electric drivetrains. The eye-catching boat that reeled me in on Robb Report is from acompany called Silent Yachts....

Reinforcement learning is a subset of machine learning. It enables an agent to learn through the consequences of actions in a specific environment. It can be used to teach a robot new tricks, for example. It differs from other forms of supervised learning because the sample data set does not train the machine. Instead, it learns by trial and error. Therefore, a series of right decisions would strengthen the method as it better solves the problem....

Functional programming has been around for thelast 60 years, but so far its always been a niche phenomenon. Thats about to change. Not only are languages likeJavaorPythonadopting more and more concepts from functional programming. Newer languages like Haskell are going completely functional. In simple terms, functional programming is all about building functions for immutable variables. Because of its nature, functional programming is great for in-demand tasks such as data analysis and machine learning....