Microsoft’s automatic Windows 10 updates may be a convenient way to deliver new features and fixes, but they can interrupt your work or hijack your gaming session without warning or allowing you to save your progress before a restart. Thankfully, a fix is coming. Windows Central … | Continue reading
The MacBook is many things, most of them good. One thing many lament about it (or any MacBook) is the lack of internal storage. That’s where LaCie’s Porsche Design USB-C drive comes in. At 10mm thin (0.4 inches), the 2TB model I tested slipped into a bag with ease. Both the 1TB a … | Continue reading
Drone owners are a dedicated bunch of hobbyists, and clearly have no issue spending quite a bit on their aircraft. Though it’s a touch on the expensive side, the Manfrotto D1 Drone Backpack is probably an accessory every drone owner should have. The D1 was designed for the DJI Ph … | Continue reading
When Apple first introduced the MacBook, it was a massive technological leap forward. Its recent upgrade seemed incremental, especially when some are hoping for a new Pro. Many were confused by Apple’s move, and the prevailing thinking was that Apple simply offered up a spec bump … | Continue reading
Wiper, the app that clears encrypted conversations from your phone with a single button, is shutting down — or pivoting. We can’t tell. In an email to users, the company behind Wiper says it wants to focus on a new app named FreshTeam, which has the same functionality as Wiper — … | Continue reading
A new report from Flurry notes that of all the apps we have access to, those in the Health and Fitness categories on Google Play and in the App Store are the ones we rely on. Based on two metrics — use per week and 30-day retention — Flurry’s findings suggest health apps are only … | Continue reading
In the back-and-forth that is Google versus Oracle, lawyers for both sides are doing their diligence early on, but Oracle’s team may be serving up damage Google can’t recover from. The lawsuit itself regards Android, which is widely used and written in Java, a language created by … | Continue reading
Project Spark, Microsoft’s odd ‘make your own’ game, is shutting down. No longer available for download, Project Spark will vanish completely this August when its servers are shut off. If you’re unfamiliar, Spark was a bit like Minecraft or Mario Maker, except it promised to go w … | Continue reading
Running out of space on your MacBook? Thanks to the TarDisk 64GB MacBook Drive Expansion, you can put an end to the frustration of deleting files to free up spare GBs. For a limited time on TNW Deals, you can add 64GB of storage to your existing drive at 32 percent off, and avoid … | Continue reading
For the writer wanting to focus on their work rather than Twitter, there’s a plethora of internet-blocking software offering ‘distraction free writing’. There’s even a writing gadget to help people shut out the social media mind clutter. Coming to a hipster bar near you, the Free … | Continue reading
In the past decade, there’s been a steady breakdown of democracy in America. Between Donald Trump’s demagoguery, ongoing government-sanctioned mass surveillance, and an electoral process dictated by media and money, even the concept of democracy is dangerously open to interpretat … | Continue reading
Running a website, selling a product, building a business – it’s all about incremental improvements based on user feedback. But what if your users aren’t sure what they want? Or what if they tell you one thing, but act in a different way? The key is user data: With the right data … | Continue reading
Everyone loves the occasional binge session on Netflix, but a recent survey by streaming data site CordCutting.com suggests we might be going a little overboard. In fact, we’re actually choosing Netflix over human interaction by a rather large margin. According to CordCutting.com … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s ever-growing library of backwards compatible games just got a little bigger. Starting with Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director’s Cut, Xbox One is now capable of multi-disc backwards compatibility. Of course, it’s just the one game for now, but Microsoft has proved will … | Continue reading
When I was a kid I forgot everything – my keys, my homework, my bicycle, my toys. Everything. And it drove my parents crazy. Over the years I heard every trick in the book to remembering things, including the one about tying a knot in your handkerchief and the knot will remind yo … | Continue reading
Everything you need to excel in product management is available in a new seven-course collection, with a robust set of tutorials aimed at helping you upgrade your skill set and land your dream job as a product manager. Across 60.5+ hours of elite training in The Complete Product … | Continue reading
It’s the height of rush hour and all the freeways are clogged but you still have to visit a client across town. You enter the destination into you GPS but you navigation app sends you into the worst of the gridlock where you spend the next hour edging your way down an on-ramp. So … | Continue reading
Humans are clever creatures. We thought up outer space travel, penicillin, and the internet. We’ve come a long way in the past hundred years and consider ourselves the most intelligent beings around. And yet, we make irrational decisions to this day. We’d rather stay at a job whe … | Continue reading
Startups move fast, and aren’t always thinking about data security as they rush to get a MVP to market. But they should. Data security is increasingly important. As a new business, a mistake in this area can shut down the company. To help combat the common mistakes, I asked 10 en … | Continue reading
Apple deleting music from Apple Music subscriber’s accounts has been a problem since the service launched last year, but after a blog post titled, “Apple Music stole my music. No, seriously,” by freelance composer James Pinkstone, the problem has taken center stage yet again. For … | Continue reading
If you need security clearance from the federal government, it’s probably wise to stop being an idiot on social media. According to a new policy approved by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, the government can now review your social media channels if you are an emp … | Continue reading
Smartwatches and wearables may be the future, but in the present their clunky interfaces and small screens keep them from imagining their full potential. A new Samsung patent wants to change that. The patent features technology that projects a virtual user interface (via laser) o … | Continue reading
Microsoft is bringing fingerprint authentication to Windows Hello – its biometric security platform – on mobile phones with the Anniversary Update coming this summer. It’s about time. That’s not to say Windows Mobile devices don’t support biometric authentication, but the current … | Continue reading
PixelSynth, a new Chrome Experiment written in Javascript, allows you to choose from a library of pre-selected images — or upload your own — to create your own ‘music.’ I use the term music lightly — my creations sounded like I was taking part in a torture experiment — but the co … | Continue reading
Ask people how they feel about the Amazon Dash button and you get a pretty black or white answer: either it’s the greatest convenience ever made, or it’s so lazily single-purpose, there’s no point. After all, do we all really need a Dash button for Trojan condoms? However you fee … | Continue reading
In 2014, Apple joined Obama’s ConnectED program and pledged $100 million in hardware to 114 US schools in an attempt to bridge the tech gap between rich and poor districts. The program was met with resistance from teachers, like fourth-grade educator Blanca Rivera in Arizona who … | Continue reading
Being verified on Twitter means people seem to pay more attention to you, even if you spend your day writing in your pajamas. But sometimes the ivory tower of fame can be lonely. Good news for verified users: a Twitter for iOS bug makes it look like you have the power to verify a … | Continue reading
Most of us learned the alphabet using simple mnemonic devices — “A” was for apple, “B” for ball, and so on. A new Android app from the Islamic State has a different set of mnemonics in mind. Released through the Islamic State Telegram channels, the app is designed to teach childr … | Continue reading
With all this talk about chatbots from Facebook and Microsoft, teaching artificial intelligence to be smarter has become a central topic of the tech world. But what about what AI can teach us? Ashok Goel, a computer science professor at Georgia Tech, put that question to the test … | Continue reading
For beginning freelancers, figuring out the right rate to ask for can be almost as difficult as landing the gig itself. Who Pays Writers is an anonymous, crowdsourced open data that lets writers report their rates from various publications for print and Web. Though it has been ar … | Continue reading
While Spotify does come with its own options for creating shared playlists, making ad-hoc lists with your friends is often a hassle. For one thing, anyone who wants to contribute a song to the playlist needs their own Spotify account, plus an approval from the playlist’s owner. B … | Continue reading
Investigators looking into the hacks on the Bangladesh Bank and wider SWIFT network of financial institutions have said that some of the evidence found so far suggests that some software found in the Sony hack investigation was also found on the bank’s systems. According to Reute … | Continue reading
Today’s gadgets require a set of tools that often can’t be found in Dad’s old toolbox. Cellphones, game consoles, laptops and beyond all require specialized bits which, when bought a la carte, can get outrageously pricy in no time. That’s where the iFixit 64-Bit Screwdriver Kit c … | Continue reading
Everyday for the past year I’ve sent out between 20 to 100 outreach emails and have received over a dozen a day myself. Needless to say I understand what it’s like to face rejection, and often times when I face heavy rejection, it’s well deserved. That being said, I’m not a big f … | Continue reading
If you’re a ticket holder for this year’s edition of TNW Conference Europe in Amsterdam later this month, you’ll soon be enjoying access to 150 speakers across 5 stages, 3 parties, a street barbecue, discounts and free passes to dozens of other events during TNW Tech Week – not t … | Continue reading
The three-person team behind Frinkiac surprised and delighted the world in February when it launched its Simpsons meme generator. The site allows users to search through nearly 3 million screenshots from the first 15 seasons of the hit animated show, by looking for a quote from a … | Continue reading
Everybody seems to be talking about data these days, and for good reason. Organizations large and small are collecting more information than ever before and using it to gain valuable insight on performance metrics, company health, and customer behavior. At the same time, advanced … | Continue reading
While Mozilla has already taken a decent stab at building the ultimate dev-friendly tool with its Developer Edition of Firefox, Blisk is the browser every Web builder needs in their life. Designed specifically for developers and currently available for Windows, Blisk is a free Ch … | Continue reading
If WhatsApp is quickly becoming your go-to messaging app, you’ll be happy to learn that its Web client now lets send and receive PDF files. The feature has been available in the desktop app since it launched earlier this week. You can access it by clicking on the attachment butto … | Continue reading
At BMW’s shareholder meeting yesterday, CEO Harald Krueger revealed that the company is gearing up to launch its first autonomous vehicle five years from now: In 2018, we will launch a BMW i8 Roadster. This will be followed in 2021 by the BMW i NEXT, our new innovation driver, wi … | Continue reading
In the near future, every inanimate object we interact with may not only have the ability to see, but could also improve our lives. In order for this visibility to happen, objects will need the assistance of visual sensors and cameras. Though hotly debated in privacy sectors, exp … | Continue reading
iOS developers are all too familiar with the harrowing week-long wait that Apple puts them through while it reviews their submissions to the App Store. That can put a lot of pressure on people working on short deadlines. But of late, the company seems to got much quicker at vetti … | Continue reading
If you live in Arizona and are looking for a new job, you can’t do much better than one of the coolest gigs Google has to offer. The company is looking for drivers in Chandler for its self-driving cars, who will be tasked with collecting data in its specially-equipped SUVs. You’l … | Continue reading
We’ve heard plenty of rumors about Apple building a car over the past couple of years, all of which the company has vehemently denied. But today, it’s expanded its business to include vehicles in a way that you wouldn’t quite expect. Reuters reports that Apple has invested $1 bil … | Continue reading
Virtual reality is tech’s hottest topic right now, but very few consumers have access to the gear to watch VR content, and even fewer have the tools to make their own. Vuze wants to change that with its $799 VR camera. The device uses eight wide-angle 1080p cameras to stitch toge … | Continue reading
Developers, known as a curmudgeonly bunch, typically take to mediums like Twitter to vent. The problem is that non-developers also use Twitter, and most of what is said goes sailing over their head — but devRant is specifically for developers. The app is a bit like YikYak in that … | Continue reading
Armed with an iPhone, a Moleskine notebook and my trusty MacBook, I boarded a bus (one of many) with about 60 other journalists from nearly every national news source or tech publication I could think of. We were joined by investors, industry analysts and the kinds of people that … | Continue reading
As much as we love to fawn over artificial intelligence (AI), it’s still not great at recognizing and parsing natural language. That’s why Google is open sourcing its new language parsing model for English, which it calls ‘Parsey McParseface.’ Before you even ask, the name has no … | Continue reading