ICOs, or initial coin offerings, are becoming increasingly popular, creating a multi-billion-dollar market. There is no sign of this industry slowing down any time soon, as ICOs are giving startups in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space access to limitless crowdfunded capital … | Continue reading
Colorise Bot is a Twitter bot which, if you tweet it a photograph of a black-and-white photograph, will transform it into a picture of technicolor genius. The best part? It’s super fast, with some images colorized in a matter of seconds. I colourised your image in 5.4 seconds. Fi … | Continue reading
Spotify is one of the most used music streaming apps in the world — as of June this year it had 140 million active users. But for an app so widely used, a lot of its better features are hidden. This is an issue that Spotify has been tackling for a while, and although its taken st … | Continue reading
For a limited time, you can pick up 2TB of Zoolz Cloud Storage space for life for an additional $10 off its already heavily discounted rate. Right now, it’s only $39, an over 90 percent savings, from TNW Deals. | Continue reading
Google wants to make it easier to find your ideal job. The internet giant is introducing a line of improvements to its Google for Jobs platform. Among other things, the new features will offer users more detailed career postings, including salary comparison stats, improved locati … | Continue reading
To get your attention with this Black Friday bundle of Mac apps, we pulled together eight of the most popular, most requested programs available — and slashed their prices to ribbons. You can get all eight power utilities right now for just $39, an over 90 percent savings, from T … | Continue reading
On December 12 we’re hosting our annual TNW event in New York. One of our speakers is Madison Maxey, founder and technical lead at LOOMIA, which infuses technology into everyday objects, including jackets. She’s doing an Answers session today, where you can ask her anything. Her … | Continue reading
Mattel today released Star Wars Bloxels, a set of building blocks used in conjunction with an app to create your own video games. While technically a toy for ages eight and up, Bloxels are a blast to play with, and they really shine as a teaching tool for aspiring young programme … | Continue reading
Faced with the potential of a Brexit-induced brain drain, Britain is to double the number of skilled technology visas it offers to 2,000. These visas will be available to “exceptional” workers in areas like digital technology and science. The move comes at a time when Britain’s s … | Continue reading
The delivery service community in the Netherlands is not happy with Deliveroo right now. Following a shift in the company’s business model, all couriers in the country will now be required to register as self-employed in order to continue working for the popular food service, loc … | Continue reading
Having used Chrome for ages, I’ve gotten used to the browser’s sluggish performance and gluttony for system memory, and I’ve a feeling I’m not alone. With the launch of Firefox Quantum, we can finally break free from those shackles: the latest version of Mozilla’s browser uses an … | Continue reading
Remember the saying, “there’s an app for that”? It may be the case that there are too many apps for “that” these days. The number of available apps in the Google Play Store was placed at 3.3 million apps in September 2017. Apple’s App Store is the second-largest app store with 2. … | Continue reading
In a bid to shake things up in the streaming music world, Deezer has launched a new desktop app for Mac and Windows that lets users on its Premium+ plan play lossless versions of their favorite tracks – a feature presently offered only by rival service Tidal. The company says it’ … | Continue reading
Microsoft is prepping to preview Skype Professional Account, which will make it easier for people who provide training, tutoring, consulting and counseling sessions via video chat to run their services – for free. The new version will include tools to schedule sessions, add notes … | Continue reading
Apple says that there’s only the slimmest of chances that someone other than you can spoof your iPhone X using Face ID, thanks to its cutting-edge camera and image recognition system. But it was no match for fifth-grader Ammar Malik, who’s been able to unlock his mother’s new iPh … | Continue reading
Ever since the iPhone X was unveiled, Apple’s Animoji have been lauded as the greatest innovation to grace smartphones since multi-touch. So advanced, in fact, that Apple had to create a fancy new sensor just to map your mug to a poop emoji. Sarcasm aside, it turns out animoji ap … | Continue reading
Twitch today rolled out its Achievements feature to everyone. Now every Twitch streamer has a clear idea of what to do to start making money from their stream. Twitch’s prestige classes — Affiliate and Partner — have always been shrouded in mystery. For all Twitch’s attempts to t … | Continue reading
What will the future of marketing hold? Will it be entirely automated by smart AIs that fully understand human nuance? Probably not. Will it be entirely manual and managed only by individual people without the aid of technology? Definitely not. As we’ll discuss shortly, the top i … | Continue reading
When you got a job 50 years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to stay with that company for your entire career, gradually moving up the corporate ladder. But these days, people change jobs every two years; even in some of today’s most successful companies. I’ve talked with hundreds of tale … | Continue reading
The SmartOmi Q5 truly wireless headphones are priced on the low end, but they pack some pretty decent high notes. They could use a little more “oomph” (read: bass), but otherwise there’s a lot to like. These earbuds, while small, are not innocuous. They look like James Bond’s cuf … | Continue reading
Are you interested in taking full advantage of all the technologies that are available to your business? Are you hoping to make some changes for the better in 2018? Are you wondering which technologies deserve most of your time and money? Since no two businesses are the same, the … | Continue reading
Nintendo is reportedly in talks with Universal Studios to create an animated film starring everyone’s favorite Italian plumber, Mario. The company will be working with Illumination Entertainment, the Universal-affiliated studio behind the “Despicable Me” and “Minions” films. Acco … | Continue reading
Voters in 18 nations were influenced by online trolls, propaganda and disinformation campaigns originating from different sources in the last year, according to a new study. According to research carried out by Freedom House, democratic integrity has only deteriorated in the past … | Continue reading
Amazon and Google have had a bit of an ongoing feud regarding streaming devices and services, but it seems the company might be starting to bury the hatchet. TechHive spotted Amazon had quietly added Google Cast support to its Music app a couple of weeks ago. I tested it on my ow … | Continue reading
With an ICO frenzy and Bitcoin’s plunging valuation (and Bitcoin Cash’s soaring rates), attention on blockchain technology is growing increasingly fervent. Blockchain ledgers are (seemingly) on the precipice of moving into mainstream territory and facilitating the daily distribut … | Continue reading
Clear your schedules and count up your vacation days, everyone: A massive virtual reality theme park is opening next month in Guiyang, China. The park, called the East Valley of Science and Fantasy, was designed to be a science fiction world. The park site says it will include VR … | Continue reading
If you woke up today feeling like the world wasn’t a very scary place, and for some reason you didn’t want to continue feeling that way, we’ve got the remedy for you. “Slaughterbots” is seven minutes and forty-seven seconds of sheer horror designed to be a fictional warning again … | Continue reading
As a scaling startup, bringing on the right core team is core to company growth. It’s important to not only find people who are willing to work hard, but also who share your company’s mission and most importantly, its values. From the outset, we decided that finding the right peo … | Continue reading
In 2015, Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy activist and lawyer, famously filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of 25,000 Facebook users. He was seeking a ‘token level’ reward of €500 per plaintiff for violations of privacy — for a total of €12.5 million. Schrems’ main concern wit … | Continue reading
The ICO craze is peaking. As of November 8th, 2017, 203 projects raised a total of $3.25 billion through initial coin offerings. However, only 1 in 10 tokens are being used following the ICO. Although the awareness for the token market is on the rise, the slew of companies who h … | Continue reading
The best way for third-party developers to use Twitter’s data is through the microblogging site’s APIs. Previously, they’ve had a choice between the standard free API, and the enterprise-oriented Gnip service. The two products differed significantly not just in cost, but also in … | Continue reading
When the two sectors of DevOps and cloud computing get together, it’s how IT REALLY happens in the 21st century. You can get prepared right now to function in these in-demand job arenas with the Ultimate DevOps and Cloud Computing bundle. For a limited time, this package is only … | Continue reading
Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, EA has somehow managed to piss off Star Wars: Battlefront 2 fans even more. A day after the iconic gaming studio penned the most downvoted comment on Reddit, miffed gamers are reporting EA has nixed the Battlefront 2 refund butt … | Continue reading
Pip, from Glasgow’s Curious Chip, is a novel take on teaching kids to code. For starters, much like the Nintendo Switch, it works when you’re out and about, and when you’re sat at a desk. Interestingly, it tries to hide as much of Raspberry Pi’s internals from the user as possibl … | Continue reading
This year, for TNW New York we’re going invite-only. We want to offer outstanding value to our 1,000 hand picked attendees by organising 185 round-table sessions with industry thought leaders in technology, media, and communication. But since we’re known for our content curation, … | Continue reading
Mozilla’s long-awaited Firefox Quantum browser launched today. But if you’re still sat on the fence about whether you want to upgrade, perhaps this will persuade you. TNW spoke to Nick Nguyen, Vice President of Product at Firefox, about what punters can expect from Quantum, and h … | Continue reading
With this AWS Technical Certification Training ($33.15, 86 percent off from TNW Deals), you’ll work through more than seven hours of instruction, getting you up to speed on all facets of AWS.Or just read more coverage about: Amazon | Continue reading
Facebook is quietly working on a mysterious new app for its Live Video platform. It’s called Fan Club App, and it appears to be specifically designed to help you and other influencers boost engagement with your audience. Unfortunately, the social media giant is yet to enable Fan … | Continue reading
HTC unveiled its Vive Focus all-in-one VR headset in China today, with a bold design, a handheld controller and the ability to allow users six degrees of freedom as they explore virtual environments. It features an AMOLED display, and is powered by a Snapdragon 835 chip, the same … | Continue reading
After removing thousands of videos featuring slain extremist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki (pictured above) from its platform earlier this week, YouTube is expanding its takedown policy to cover even more content that includes “people and groups that have been designated as terrorist by … | Continue reading
Ad Age reports that Amazon is prepping a free ad-supported version of its Prime Video streaming service, which could help it take on rivals like Netflix, Hulu and YouTube. Prime Video is bundled with Amazon’s premium shipping service, which costs $99 a year or $10.99 a month in t … | Continue reading
Google has updated its Assistant service with the ability to broadcast voice messages from users to connected Home speakers connected to their accounts. The feature works not just when you talk to a speaker, but also when you issue a broadcast command to Assistant on your phone; … | Continue reading
It’s never too early for rumors about the next iPhone. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo noted in a report to investors that he believes Apple is on track to produce three new models next year based on the current iPhone X design, including two larger handsets. The range will i … | Continue reading
Facebook has integrated Messenger Day and Facebook Stories, making it easier when posting (if anyone ever does) Stories on these platforms. Now, when you post something on your Facebook Story, it will also appear on Messenger and vice versa, and the fusion is simply called “Stori … | Continue reading
There’s no doubt that the world of cryptocurrency is growing remarkably fast. And it’s no surprise that scamsters will lock unto this endless opportunity like a heat-seeking missile. Even one of the most widely known cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, is no exception to this threat. Jus … | Continue reading
IBM researcher Edwin Pednault was doing the dishes one evening when he came to the realization that qubits are a lot like the bristles of a scrubbing brush. What he dubbed as a “seemingly inconsequential moment” became the basis of a fault-tolerance theory which makes the 50-qubi … | Continue reading
Amazon managed to get its hands on the fantasy holy grail today, buying the rights to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” into a multi-season series for for Amazon’s Prime streaming service. Amazon Prime heads to Middle Earth. https://t.co/QowUmf8t3S pic.twitter.com/YVciEX … | Continue reading
UrbanEars’ Plattan 2 headphones – a popular set of cans known for their minimalist design – are getting the wireless treatment. I’ve had the chance to try out the new Plattan 2 BT for a couple of days, and for $99 there’s a lot to like. UrbanEars’ headphones make a statement thro … | Continue reading