Huffman and Jobs have more in common than the first name Steve. When Reddit‘s CEO Ellen Pao resigned in 2015, the company’s largest shareholder, Condé Nast, asked its founder Steve Huffman to come back and fill the top spot (like Apple did with Jobs in 1997). Why? Because he’s t … | Continue reading
While I rarely go back to a game once I get bored with it, I’m a sucker for video game soundtracks – and sometimes I’ll keep songs on repeat years after I’ve stopped playing a game. If you have that too, you’re about to love Spotify’s new feature. Starting today, the company has … | Continue reading
Here at TNW, we work hard to supply you with your much needed daily fix of all things tech related, but technology isn’t the only thing we’re passionate about. Enter our office on any given day, and our Sonos is blaring with a mix of soul, jazz, and Disney tunes (hey, don’t judge … | Continue reading
Ready to make your shots frame-worthy every time? With the The Mac User’s Photography Bundle you’ll get nine premium apps that will help you easily snap and edit your photos to perfection. And at 91 percent off from TNW Deals, you won’t have to break the bank to up your photo gam … | Continue reading
If you look at any bad boss in a movie or — from Bill Lumbergh to Michael Scott — you’ll find they almost all have one thing in common: They’re masters of the useless project. They send you to get things that don’t need getting, invite you to meetings where nothing happens, and o … | Continue reading
It’s the oldest prank in the book. You phone a bar or restaurant and ask to speak to your friend – called “Hugh Jass”, or “Amanda Huggenkiss”, or “Seymour Butz”, or “Maya Butreeks”. The person at the other end of the line obliges, and unwittingly says something a bit rude to the … | Continue reading
Productivity on its own can be a tough challenge for anyone, even if you work from the same space every day. And what if you’re jumping workspaces every week? Every day? Every couple hours? Digital nomads and remote workers have a very unique productivity puzzle to figure out. I’ … | Continue reading
While having your house designated as a Pokémon gym can be quite the awful experience, businesses have a lot to gain from such circumstances – and one shopping mall in the US has astutely picked up on this. Colonie Center in Albany, New York decided to make the most of its locati … | Continue reading
So many devices, so many remotes. What if we told you that you could ditch them, and instead control everything from your phone? This concept is now a reality, thanks to the AnyMote Home Universal Smart Remote. For a limited time, this next-level device is just $74.99 from TNW De … | Continue reading
Traffic mapping service Waze, which Google acquired three years ago, has a smart idea for helping people avoid jams due to road closures near large events like concerts and parades. The company has launched its Waze Global Event Partner Program, which will allow event organizers … | Continue reading
Four months ago, I tried out Simplenote, a free text editor for Windows and Linux with support for Markdown, as well as syncing across multiple platforms. It was exactly what I needed for all my note-taking needs; I’ve used it to write every story I’ve published here at TNW since … | Continue reading
Google got in trouble this week for allegedly removing the ‘Palestine’ label from the neighboring region of Israel. GIFs, hashtags, videos and petitions were circulated online in a bid to urge the company to curb its political agenda and amend its map. Up until July 25 the word P … | Continue reading
We’ve been waiting for this one a while: LucasFilm has finally released a new trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,’ and it’s spectacular. Note: There are mild spoiler in this post if you haven’t been keeping up with news. If you’ve been following along though, there shouldn … | Continue reading
Alert the media, Reddit is down. While it’s been a while since we’ve seen the last significant outage, the site has currently been down for about an hour now. I’m sure there are more than a few people at work panicking right now and wondering how to fill their time without their … | Continue reading
After clearing over $160 million in revenue in less than a month, Pokémon Go is on the tip of everyone’s collective tongues these days. And “everyone,” now includes Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri. Although semi-finicky with when she’ll respond to questions without just opening t … | Continue reading
Last summer, Obama released a pretty spectacular summer playlist on Spotify. This year he’s back at it with more choice pieces to keep on repeat. Been waiting to drop this: summer playlist, the encore. What's everybody listening to? pic.twitter.com/mqh1YVrycj — President Obam … | Continue reading
Hillary Clinton, like any politician, says things at rallies that seem too good to be true. This time, it’s pretty plain that her goals are too lofty. At a rally in Michigan, Clinton said she wanted to connect every American to high-speed Internet by 2020. That’s just shy of thre … | Continue reading
Proving he’s not above a cheap headline, Julian Assange today detailed how quickly a personal vendetta can detract from good journalism. The dark side of journalism is on full display in this WikiLeaks tweet: Hillary Clinton strategist Bob Beckel called for WikiLeaks editor Julia … | Continue reading
The folks at Cards Against Humanity know a thing or two about humor – last Black Friday, instead of doing a special sale for its hilarious card game, it asked people to basically hand them cash for no reason than to say they did, then followed up with a post on how they managed t … | Continue reading
Forget gold-plated iPhones — that’s just stupid. The ‘Space Black’ iPhone 7 you actually want is floating around the rumor mill again, and it will probably have that ‘flat’ Home button we’re all excited about. We’ve seen the Space Black iPhone before, and quickly fell in love. Th … | Continue reading
Microsoft is making it dead simple to report a bug to the Edge team: just tweet it. The idea comes from developer Lea Verou, who suggested it to Microsoft back in June: I would love the ability to report browser bugs via twitter (w/ a link to a testcase). I would report so many m … | Continue reading
It happened again. For the second time this year(!), Snapchat released a filter so ill-conceived and flat-out racist it caused outrage — and rightfully so. The most recent filter, which some are calling ‘Yellowface,’ is so abhorrent to good taste and common sense I’m just giving … | Continue reading
There’s been long-running speculation that men driving obnoxious cars are overcompensating for shortcomings elsewhere. If true, carrying a gold-plated iPhone from Goldgenie is the tech equivalent. Goldgenie, a luxury gift and customization company, is offering the iPhone 7 (once … | Continue reading
Another week, another News Feed tweak. Just a few days after adjusting the News Feed to try and put an end to blatant clickbait, Facebook is now changing it up in another more to make social content “more informative.” Basically, the company will now take into consideration more … | Continue reading
It’s been a busy week for ad-blockers. After Facebook essentially declared war on extensions like Adblock and Ublock last week, the former reported today that they’ve already figured out a fix that would thwart social media sites from showing users ads. But only after throwing a … | Continue reading
In addition to being undeniably the greatest band of all time, The Beatles were famous for playing shows in the smallest of cities. Take my hometown for example, which is a tiny dormitory town on the periphery of Liverpool. At the height of Beatlemania, the Fab Four graced it wit … | Continue reading
Microsoft is getting into the livestreaming game with its latest purchase. The company has picked up Beam, a six-month-old service that competes with Twitch and YouTube gaming. Beam’s key advantage over the big players is its super low-latency videos, allowing users to interact w … | Continue reading
Twitter can be brutal, especially if you’re not white, cisgendered, and male. For ten years, it has failed to deal with the torrents of abuse that are dished out on the platform, leading to one former employee to describe it in an interview with BuzzFeed as “a honeypot for asshol … | Continue reading
Instagram is designed to be a mobile-first experience, so it’s not surprising that new features are secondary to its browser counterpart. For those who want to view the Snapchat-style Instagram Stories in full browser resolution, however, now there’s a Chrome extension to help wi … | Continue reading
Last Friday, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher from his hideout at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, to talk about the leak of 20,000 emails and 17 minutes of voicemail messages from the embattled DNC (Democratic National Committ … | Continue reading
Security breaches are happening every day, and they’re increasing in severity. Considering this, it’s no wonder companies are hiring white hat hackers at an unstoppable rate. White hat hacking, or the field devoted to battling hackers and data thieves using their own methods – ha … | Continue reading
It’s not particularly easy to fix a coffee machine, let alone to make a bionic hand out of it. But that didn’t stop Evan Booth from doing it anyway. The video makes it look like an easy affair, but it took him 199 hours, 56 minutes and 36 seconds to create the machine. The only s … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go‘s new updates have been great for bug fixes, but they’ve also made the game much more difficult. We’ve noticed that Pokémon tend to break out of balls and run away more often, so you truly need to hone your flicking skills in order to catch it without wasting extra Pok … | Continue reading
People turning bulky games consoles into portable gaming machines is nothing new. There are countless examples of Xbox 360s and Playstation 3s being modified to adopt a laptop form-factor. I once read about someone doing the same to the positively gargantuan original Xbox, which … | Continue reading
The story of your life that writes itself. That’s the exciting tagline of Fabric, a new iOS app by ex-Facebook engineers Arun Vijayvergiya and Nikolay Valtchanov. Before leaving the company, they were amongst the people working on the product that’s now known as the Timeline ever … | Continue reading
One of the most common misconceptions people have is that User Experience Design is all about usability. It’s easy to see why – usability means that a product is both usable and useful. When you walk into an empty room, you can instantly imagine what purpose it will serve. Glance … | Continue reading
Partnering with another prominent company is a great way to fast-track your growth and can lead to opportunities you couldn’t achieve on your own. From creating content for high-tech wearables to disrupting otherwise “boring” businesses — laundry, anyone? — opportunities for stra … | Continue reading
Security researchers MY123 and Slipstream revealed this week that Microsoft accidentally leaked security keys that allow Windows-based computers, phones and tablets to be unlocked and loaded with other operating systems, as well as malicious software like rootkits. While the comp … | Continue reading
This is some serious dedication right here: A bunch of die-hard Pokémon fans got together and worked on their own PC game based on the franchise for more than nine years. It’s finally ready, and you can play it now for free. Pokémon Uranium is a full-length RPG that features a t … | Continue reading
Snapchat goofed up big-time with the launch of its latest selfie lens, which added facial features similar to those of racist Asian caricatures to users’ faces. Nobody asked for this. And yet, for some reason, Snapchat thought this was a good idea. The filter, which was released … | Continue reading
Adblock Plus isn’t taking the news of Facebook’s decision to circumvent ad-blockers all that well. Today, the popular browser extension called the move ‘anti-user’ and claims it ‘takes a dark path against user choice.’ Wait, is this the same company that got caught taking payment … | Continue reading
Restaurants waste a massive amount of food. In the US alone, analysts estimate restaurants waste up to 40 percent of the food they purchase. UK has a similar problem, wasting about 600,000 tons of food a year, according to ‘Too Good To Go” (TGTG) co-founder James Crummie. Food wa … | Continue reading
Snapchat is going to kill Facebook. Instagram is going to kill Snapchat. Facebook is going to kill Twitter. Uber’s Lyft killer. Apple’s Uber killer. These headlines are the norm on technology sites every single day and feed the industry’s insatiable desire to seek out the next bi … | Continue reading
In the US, approximately 70 percent of states use some form of electronic voting. Hacks on these voting machines have been detailed for years, but a CBS report shows that it doesn’t exactly require a security expert to hack the vote. To hack a voting machine, it appears, all you … | Continue reading
There’s a majestic quality about underwater photography that is incredible to look at, especially out of this year’s Olympics games in Rio. To capture the moment, Getty Images is employing the help of a robot to guide them to the perfect shot. Sports photographer Al Bello has sho … | Continue reading
After nearly 24 hours with one of the most anticipated titles of 2016, ‘No Man’s Sky,’ I can confidently say I know nothing. In a game built with this sort of massive scale, knowing nothing is the inevitable starting point. With each step you take, the chance you’re discovering s … | Continue reading
True portability for laptops is probably near its peak. Battery life improves each year, and computers charge quickly. In those rare moments you can’t (or won’t) find an outlet, a battery pack would be useful. The MOS Go is such a thing, with 12,000mAh of juice and USB-C connecti … | Continue reading
The 27″ iMac is quite literally the largest computer that Apple sells. It weighs 9.54 kilograms (21 pounds). This is a beast of a machine. You don’t carry this around with you like you would a svelte Retina MacBook. You take it home from the Apple Store, drop it on your desk, and … | Continue reading