Sat.Nov 28, 2020

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Official VR Support Heading To ‘Microsoft Flight Sim’ This December

VRScout

Step into the cockpit this December. This past July Microsoft confirmed that Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 , the latest iteration of the companies legendary flight sim experience, would be receiving official VR support shortly after launch. Interestingly enough, support would extend exclusively to the brand new HP Reverb G2 Windows Mixed Reality headset.

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A Hacker Is Reportedly Selling Hundreds of Microsoft C-Suite Email Credentials for As Little as $100

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How much are a CEO’s email credentials worth? According to one hacker, anywhere between $100 and $1,500 will do, although the specific price will be set depending on the company’s size and the person’s role in it. Unfortunately, this is not a drill: There are purportedly hundreds of C-suite level email credentials… Read more.

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The best iPhone 6S battery cases

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If you're still hanging on to your iPhone 6S, the battery may need some help. These battery pack cases for your 6S boost battery life and offer protection.

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There Are Now Stories Everywhere, Even on Spotify

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It’s almost as if the little glowing story circles are following us everywhere. They’re on Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Twitter and now, even on Spotify. Read more.

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The Future of eLearning in 2022: A Sensitive Eye for Authentic Translation and Localization

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

To avoid awkward and sometimes disastrous learning content, instructional designers must use authentic translation in the right context to get optimal results. For example, even a simple phrase like “got milk” translates to “are you lactating” in Mexico. Can you imagine what a straight translation might do to your course? With over 317 million people in the US and over 6.7 billion potential customers in the world, personalizing training seems logical.

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Kasa security camera still on sale for $30 following Black Friday

Digital Trends

Increase your home's security with this Black Friday home security camera deal on a Kasa security camera from Amazon. You can save $15 and protect your home.

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Shop the best tech gifts from Western Digital: Accessories for gamers and more

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Looking for some storage upgrade? Western Digital has a great selection of products for the holidays.

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Seemingly Ordinary Fossils May Be Hiding Some Major Clues to the Past

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Paleontologists are lucky to find complete sets of fossilized bones. Sometimes, they get even luckier, finding preserved impressions of delicate features like feathers. Beyond those clues, though, most of the biology of extinct species—their DNA, internal organs, and unique chemistry—has been totally destroyed by the… Read more.

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This 21-inch HP monitor is still $85 at Amazon following Black Friday

Digital Trends

The HP Pavilion 22cwa, a 21.5-inch Full HD monitor, is still on sale on Amazon with a $15 discount that takes its price down to $85, even after Black Friday.

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Utopia Has Been Cancelled After One Season at Amazon

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The original British version of Utopia , Gillian Flynn’s conspiracy theory thriller, had a two-season run. Amazon’s adaptation/remake isn’t getting the same luck. Read more.

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How to Train Employees 65% Faster With Virtual Reality

With a rapidly changing economy, Avangrid Renewables looked to virtual reality to develop a standardized form of immersive training in order to onboard and upskill technicians faster than ever before.

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Get an Echo Dot with Amazon Smart Plug for just $34 today — save $41

Digital Trends

Building your smart home? Don't forget to get an awesome smart speaker! Go check out this Black Friday bundle deal on the Echo Dot and Smart Plug from Amazon.

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Tony Hsieh, Former Zappos CEO and Las Vegas Visionary, Dies After Being Injured in House Fire

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Tony Hsieh, a Las Vegas visionary and the former CEO of Zappos who rocketed the online shoe retailer to the big leagues with its billion-dollar sale to Amazon, has died at the age of 46. He died after sustaining injuries from a fire at his home in New London, Connecticut, his attorney Puoy Premsrirut told the Wall… Read more.

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This 75-inch LG 4K TV is so cheap we had to check the price twice

Digital Trends

Black Friday is over, but Best Buy deals are still happening, including this offer for a 75-inch LG 4K TV that lowers its price by $200 to take it down to $650.

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Alex Garland's Next Project Is a Low-Budget Horror Film Set in the United Kingdom

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Are You Still Watching? How to Create Engaging Presentations for Virtual Learning

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

Remote meetings are here to stay - and many are BORING. If you are trying to engage your learners (or any audience), compelling content is critical. But trying to create stimulating content with the same tools you’ve always had is hard, right? Thankfully, wrong! Terrific tools in PowerPoint along with visual assets help you create the kind of dynamic content you need to capture your remote audience’s attention, with functions that allow for interactive sequences and navigation.

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Black Friday may be over, but this $19 Google Nest Mini deal lives on

Digital Trends

Setting up a new smart home? You'll need a smart speaker. Don't worry there's still a Black Friday deal for that. Look at this Nest Mini deal from Staples.

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Go Big or Go Home: Save $300 on a 75" 4K Smart TV

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TCL 75" 4K TV | $500 | Best Buy Read more.

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This fantastic Lenovo laptop is still down $250 in price following Black Friday

Digital Trends

Black Friday is over, but Staples is still selling the Intel version of the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 7 at a $250 discount that takes the laptop's price down to $630.

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This mesh office chair is just $70 at Staples in last-minute Black Friday deal

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Staples is selling the Ardfield mesh office chair at a $60 discount to take its price down to $70, in a last-minute Black Friday deal that's still available.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 still on sale for $100 following Black Friday

Digital Trends

Black Friday is over, but for those who missed out, Amazon is still selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 with a $50 discount to bring its price down to $100.

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This MSI gaming laptop is just $500 in last-minute Black Friday deal

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The MSI Modern 15 A10M-455 laptop is just $500 at Best Buy. Get this extended Black Friday deal while you can.

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You can still save $400 on this 65-inch Sony 4K TV for Black Friday

Digital Trends

The Sony 65-inch Class X900H Series 4K UHD Smart TV is just $1,000 at Best Buy. Buy now before the deal ends.

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The Best Black Friday deals still available: AirPods, Echo Show, 4K TV

Digital Trends

If you missed out on yesterday's sales, don't worry. These are the Best Black Friday deals still available.

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Who C.A.R.E.S.!? How Learning Got Its Bad Rap & What We Can Do About It

Speaker: Treion Muller, Chief Strategy Officer at ELB Learning

Since when has learning and development (L&D) become such a negative experience with its intended learners? Could it be because learners have been conditioned by very poor learning experiences over the past two decades, combined with the kinks of technological innovation? Or is it because learning has typically been designed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite the fact that humans are not clones?

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There’s still time to save $75 on the Kindle Oasis for Black Friday

Digital Trends

The Kindle Oasis is available for just $195 on Amazon in an extended Black Friday deal. Buy now while you can.

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Staples still has the AirPods Pro at their Black Friday price

Digital Trends

You can pick up a pair of AirPods Pro for just $199 at Staples right now, the low Black Friday price that is still available this weekend.

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There’s still time to save $30 on the iPad 10.2 at Amazon for Black Friday

Digital Trends

Black Friday is over but you can still grab some great deals on the latest iPads. For starters, take a look at this eighth-generation iPad deal from Amazon.

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Hurry! 40-inch TCL TV still discounted to $160 for Black Friday

Digital Trends

The TCL 40-inch Class 3-Series Full HD Smart TV is just $160 at Best Buy. Save now on the Black Friday deal.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?