If you’ve seen media coverage of Bitcoin and the rise of cryptocurrencies, you’re probably thinking of getting into the action, if you haven’t already. One startup wants to provide an index fund type of product that lets investors combine their holdings, manage risk and get retur … | Continue reading
TNW Deals is stepping up its game. Check out 15 of the best holiday gift deals you’re going to find anywhere. Make your list, check it twice, then start loading up on neat devices, helpful apps, or self-improvement training that’ll make for some happy giftees this season. | Continue reading
I’ve been railing against phone makers doing away with 3.5mm headphone jacks for a while now, for a number of reasons including not being able to use my favorite audio gear with them. Most people buying new Android phones in 2017 are left with just Bluetooth and a lone USB-C port … | Continue reading
Aren’t you guys lovin’ it when McDonald’s messes up? The popular fast food restaurant chain was planning to announce some special promos for Black Friday on its Twitter account… but it seems some distracted social media employee forgot to actually include the special deals in the … | Continue reading
If, like me, you write a whole lot on your computer – be that letters, articles, blog posts, prose, or poetry – you’ll know that it’s important to use a good text editor that helps you word good. Finding a legible font to go with it doesn’t hurt, either. To that end, it’s worth t … | Continue reading
Bookkeepers and accountants have a lot on their plate. Unfortunately, their ability to dedicate their time and efforts to their most important responsibilities is often hindered when they are forced to spend a significant part of their day answering recurring client questions or … | Continue reading
A handful of platforms provide you with the tools to launch your own ICO. But are cryptotokens a good fit for your project? | Continue reading
Black Friday is almost upon us, and while we hope you’re at home waiting for the sweet deals to come on Cyber Monday, here’s a quick list of what our editorial team loves this holiday season, just in case. Abhimanyu Ghoshal Oree’s Board Essential is hands-down one of the most bea … | Continue reading
Blockchain technology is now used in many industries for data verification and storage but the next wave of working with data will almost certainly center on the combination of blockchain technology and Big Data, combined with better methods of data interpretation. This will allo … | Continue reading
Remember those delightful Tamagotchi digital pets you could keep on a keychain and pretend it was real? It’s been resurrected for smartphones before, but now, toy maker Bandai Namco is reimagining the concept for its 20th anniversary with a whole new mobile experience. Dubbed My … | Continue reading
For several years, it was common practice among iOS enthusiasts to ‘jailbreak’ their iPhones so they could enable additional functionality like screen recording and widget support. Once fueled by an active worldwide community with numerous crafty programmers who figured out how t … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt noted that Google would soon start de-ranking content from Kremlin-owned publications on its News platform, as they’ve been known to spread misinformation and propaganda. In an interview at the Halifax International Security Forum … | Continue reading
Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic shift in the way companies execute marketing campaigns. Today, marketers are using social media platforms and influencers to spread awareness of their products and services. Instagram is one of the most popular platforms for product … | Continue reading
While Bitcoin currently bears more resemblance to digital gold than digital cash — with its congested pending transactions log rendering it practically useless as a currency since the cancelled fork two weeks ago — the Ethereum network is looking healthier than ever and in a good … | Continue reading
A hidden feature in Facebook suggests the social networking site is experimenting with a new way to tag friends in comments. Let’s recap: currently, to mention someone, you just need to type ‘@’ and then the person’s name. But a new feature, which is buried deeply within the site … | Continue reading
Bitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency experiencing a healthy increase in price these days: Ethereum has suddenly surged past the $400 mark to hit an all-time high price value. After months of fluctuating at around $320, the second biggest cryptocurrency by market share managed t … | Continue reading
As robotics students at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, Julian Jagtenberg and the co-founders of Somnox were frequently exposed to the negative consequences of sleep deprivation. But being roboticists, they started looking for a mechanical solution to their … | Continue reading
Facebook is quietly testing a new feature that lets users find other people to play videogames with. Some users have reported seeing a new icon, ‘Find Players,’ in the area used to compose statuses and posts. From what we can tell, this is relatively bare-bones. The things you’d … | Continue reading
Black Friday hasn't officially arrived, but it's definitely making its presence known. A ton of tech sales have already begun, which could mean quantities will be low by the time the real shopping day arrives. Get ahead of the curve and claim your discounts on some of the deals y … | Continue reading
As Bitcoin continues its stride towards mainstream adoption, it turns out that its surging price rates are not the only thing experiencing a sudden increase. New research indicates that the popular cryptocurrency now consumes more electricity than more than 20 countries in Europe … | Continue reading
Starting a new startup while having other critical obligations in your life, like a full-time job or a family, is certainly challenging — but not impossible. We asked three entrepreneurs in TQ, a tech hub in the heart of Amsterdam, who have experienced this first-hand, what their … | Continue reading
Facebook is trialing a new feature that should make it easier to rifle through your saved posts and find the ones you actually want to revisit. It’s called Collections, and it’s similar to the Instagram feature of the same name that launched in April: in addition to saving posts … | Continue reading
As December 14 – the day that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on repealing net neutrality guidelines – draws ever nearer, it’s worth noting that not all of the agency’s members are in favor of eroding the principles that keep the internet open in the US. Jes … | Continue reading
Following the success of its Galaxy S8 lineup this year, Samsung is now reportedly gearing up to show off the next generation of its flagship phones as soon as January 2018, reports VentureBeat. So, what can you expect from the South Korean giant neat year? The upcoming devices, … | Continue reading
Dozens, if not hundreds, of cautionary tales have been removed from TripAdvisor for vague reasons, and new reports reveal the company is under scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission. An investigation into the deleted reviews reveals that many of them concerned assaults, rapes … | Continue reading
Elon Musk likes to make predictions. You may have seen a few, like these: We’re living in a computer simulation Tesla will surpass Apple’s market cap by 2025 Humans can make Mars inhabitable by blasting it with nukes In a recent talk with Musk-led startup Neuralink, the master of … | Continue reading
Facebook’s latest attempt at transparency lets users know if they liked or followed any pages related to Russia during the US election. Its newest effort furthers its effort to stop the spread of misinformation while increasing transparency at both Facebook and Instagram. This fo … | Continue reading
In many ways, Apple’s AirPods feel like a hardware manifestation of iOS’ defining characteristics: simplicity and design, sometimes at the expense of practicality. Google’s Pixel Buds play the same role for Android. They’re powerful, smart, and sometimes a little bit messy. That’ … | Continue reading
Uber today was forced to admit it was hacked last year and paid a ransom to hackers before covering it up as a bug bounty program. Within a few hours, international legislators have already responded. According to Reuters, authorities in Britain, Australia, the Philippines, and t … | Continue reading
Around 2012, something started going wrong in the lives of teens. In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression – surged 33 percent in large national surveys. Teen suicide attempts increased 23 … | Continue reading
The new iPhone X not small enough for you? Fret not, for a new report has emerged Apple is releasing an updated version of the smallest iPhone SE as early as Q1 2018. The report comes from Chinese publication Economic Daily News. It also suggests the iPhone SE 2 will be built ent … | Continue reading
Last week, we reported on Belgium’s investigation into gaming loot boxes and whether or not they counted as a form of gambling. As of today, the judgement is “yes.” According to the Belgian Gaming Commission, “the mixing of money and addiction is gambling” (translation courtesy o … | Continue reading
Remember when video content was supposed to kill the written word and create a more visual web? In a digital age where time is the new currency, and there is an increasing pressure to take advantage of every second, it’s the rise of the human voice and evolution of podcasts that … | Continue reading
Exploring the complex mechanisms that cause us to hallucinate is an incredibly tricky task. This is largely because hallucinations are usually triggered by psychotic conditions or psychedelic drugs, making it nearly impossible to isolate what really transforms our perception of r … | Continue reading
Reddit might have occasionally played host to controversial debates and scandals since its inception in 2005, but in a beautiful turn of events, the members of the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet” are standing united against the common evil: the FCC and its non-sensic … | Continue reading
It’s probably one of the weirder Stack Exchange posts I’ve ever come across. Yesterday, Unix administrator Jeff Schaller asked why his automatic tests were failing at one specific time — 00:30 — with a cryptic error message: “gimmie gimmie gimmie.” “Er, that was my fault, I sugge … | Continue reading
Looking for an easier way to rifle through your Gmail attachments? There’s a search filter for that, but it’s not of much use when you have tons of messages to comb through. Dittach, on the other hand, makes the whole process go a lot quicker. The free browser extension adds a si … | Continue reading
Over the past few years, Apple vehemently denied that it was interested in building self-driving cars in order to keep its efforts a secret; the company confirmed it was working on autonomous tech only in June, but hadn’t shared much insight into its progress – until now. A paper … | Continue reading
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai formally announced his plan to kill net neutrality and other consumer protections today as he seeks to remove the classification of home and mobile internet service providers as utilities. Although we’ve been hearing about … | Continue reading
Uber noted in a statement yesterday that two hackers gained access to personal data on 57 million of its users worldwide and some 600,000 drivers in the US, which was stored on a third-party cloud service. The $70 billion company kept this a secret for about a year. The trove of … | Continue reading
Hundreds of websites record your scrolling behavior, clicks and movements according to a study recently carried out at Princeton University. Among these are The Guardian, Reuters, Samsung, AlJazeera and WordPress.com. Most of us are aware that our searches, page views and even pa … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced its Messenger chat app service supports 4K photo sharing. Now you can send pictures “up to 4,096 x 4,096 pixels per image,” one of, if not the highest resolutions smartphones currently support. According to Facebook, its Messenger users send 17 billion pi … | Continue reading
More than 40 million people in the US alone suffer from depression and anxiety. Less than 15 percent of those will receive treatment. To call this an epidemic would be an understatement. One company, Ginger.io, is hoping to make a difference through its app, which brings professi … | Continue reading
A few months ago, Instagram introduced the ability to let you invite a friend onto your livestream. Now Instagram is expanding on the feature: you can now request to join someone else’s livestream. When you’re watching someone else’s stream, you’ll see a new ‘Request’ button in t … | Continue reading
Now that we live in an undeniably connected world, companies like Facebook are at the forefront of our daily lives. Social media is no longer just a past-time, an option of a select few technically-minded individuals and young people. Instead, Facebook now plays a part in the liv … | Continue reading
In March, 2014, the world was gripped by a new, invite-only social networking site called Ello. Ello was markedly different to the competition, as the site emphasized the need for user privacy, and said it would thrive without using the tried-and-tested advertising-supported reve … | Continue reading
Nintendo today released its new mobile game “Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp,” a day ahead of schedule. Assuming you haven’t used the clever geolocation workaround to get the game ahead of its intended release, it’s now available to download. If you can get it to work, you’ll find a … | Continue reading
This is bad. Google actively receives location data from Android users even when location services have been switched off. Starting from early 2017, Android phones have been gathering addresses of nearby cellular towers and sending this data back to Google, Quartz reports. The mo … | Continue reading