A month after Uber launched its food delivery app in New York City, the company has killed off the ‘instant’ option that brought customers their orders in as little as 10 minutes. UberEats launched in 2014 and got a standalone app last December. The company said that it’s turning … | Continue reading
Intel announced today that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs, amounting to about 11 percent of its global workforce. The layoffs are part of Intel’s plans to focus on its high-growth areas, namely its data center and Internet of Things businesses. Together, they brought the company $2. … | Continue reading
If your team spends a lot of time on Slack, chances are there are the language tends to veer into the wrong side of clean at points. Even us wholesome TNW types tend to drop the occasional four letter word from time-to-time. And that’s just the editorial team! Well, the editorial … | Continue reading
Do you need a 120,600mAh battery pack that weighs nine pounds and can charge a smartphone 40 times before it needs a charge itself? No, you don’t — but you really want one. Anker has just released the PowerHouse, which is as much battery pack as a generator, which is how Anker re … | Continue reading
At this point in life, you’ve probably figured out that you’re in one of two camps where mornings are concerned: Don’t try to convince us there’s a third option, there isn’t. If you happen to be the latter type, ‘Shock Clock‘ might just cure what ails you — through a healthy dose … | Continue reading
Shazam made its name for its music recognition technology, and since then has tried to get users to scan anything from TV commercials, radio spots, and print ads. While it’s clear that Shazam has grown into more than just a song discovery tool, tomorrow the company will launch Sh … | Continue reading
Multiple sources confirm that Sony’s yet-to-be-announced refresh, the PlayStation 4.5 ‘NEO,’ is set to receive some real horsepower upgrades. While still unconfirmed by Sony, the system that’s being referred to internally as NEO will reportedly feature a faster CPU and GPU combin … | Continue reading
In the lead-up to WWDC, you could follow the rumor mill — or you could learn Swift and get more out of the conference. Via iTunes, Stanford is releasing its Spring semester ‘Developing Apps for iOS 9 with Swift’ course. So far, only the class introduction is available, making it … | Continue reading
If you care about virtual reality at all, you’ve probably heard about VR artists doing their thing using the new medium. Now Google wants to bring you a bit closer to the art-making experience with its new Chrome experiment. Called Virtual Art Sessions, it’s basically a set of 3D … | Continue reading
Filmic Pro — probably the best videography app available for iOS — has been updated with a bunch of cool new features and support for the new iPad Pro and iPhone SE. First, Filmic’s Apple Watch app now shows a live preview of what’s being filmed. Ahead of this update, the Apple W … | Continue reading
Viber announced today that it’s rolling out end-to-end encryption on all platforms — Mac, PC, iOS and Android. Once you download the newest update, Version 6.0, each voice and video call, text message, video and photo share in both private or group chat will be encrypted. Accordi … | Continue reading
With an increased focus on climate change, it’s no surprise that people are paying more attention to weather forecasts and their strange, unseasonal ways. It’s hard to figure out whether this pattern of sunshine is here to stay, or if we’re gearing for a storm next weekend. Part … | Continue reading
The Democratic Party is a two-person race right now, and Bernie Sanders is trying to win over millennials with a new Snapchat filter. Bernie’s filter does one simple thing: it puts a cartoon image of Bernie next to the Statue of Liberty with a tagline reading “geofilter paid for … | Continue reading
Since the October 1 deadline guideline last year, EMV — or “chipped” — cards have driven all of us a little nuts. The processing was often slow-going, many retailers were unprepared and the entire ordeal was just a giant exercise in new technology really getting in the way of a s … | Continue reading
Airbnb today announced the launch of ‘Matching,’ a new feature that helps pair travelers to the right host to plan their trip from start to end – activities included. At its press conference in San Francisco, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky emphasized that seasoned travelers crave an aut … | Continue reading
Pinterest just launched a major redesign to its iOS app. While it doesn’t look totally different, the company says its been rebuilt from the ground-up, particularly for speed optimizations. The company says it’s modernized the look to “let you focus more on pins,” has sped it up … | Continue reading
Adult coloring hit the big time as people looked for IRL ways to get a little ‘me time’ after a long day online at the office – and what could be only slightly more self-indulgent than a coloring book of yourself? Well, where there’s demand, the Web is never far behind. Color Me … | Continue reading
Err, that embarrassing moment when your own Transparency Report tools list your primary source of revenue as a ‘potentially dangerous domain.’ That’s right, Google’s warning anyone who cares to check that Google.com is currently at risk of serving you up spam. It then goes on to … | Continue reading
In case you have heard, chat bots are the Next Big Thing, and Microsoft got the ball rolling last month during its Build 2016 conference with its Cortana-enhanced bots for Skype. Now these same bots are coming to the Web and Mac too. On the Mac, you add them the same as any other … | Continue reading
Some people are just not born to be musicians, but you can’t blame us for at least trying to learn to play an instrument. For most adults, it immediately becomes clear that without hours of daily practice, there’s little chance you’ll ever get good. That’s why Magic Instruments‘ … | Continue reading
Virtual reality is expected to grow into a $30 billion market by 2020 and the porn industry is hellbent on getting a piece of the action. Last month PornHub launched its own VR porn category and there’s an increasing number of companies looking to make the shift from producing re … | Continue reading
When you were a kid did you always sit too close to the TV and get in trouble with your folks? Well, kids today have a slightly more high-tech version of the same problem – holding their phones and tablets too close to their faces. Recognizing it’s a problem that parents want to … | Continue reading
Apple’s latest Transparency Report reveals a perhaps not unexpected, but rather worrying, jump in the number of secret requests being made by the FBI for it to reveal user data for reasons of national security. While many figures in the report remain reliably, if not comfortably … | Continue reading
Electric bicycles aren’t new, but neither was the electric car when tesla came along — and Zeitgeist thinks it can disrupt an industry, just as Tesla has. And it may be right. Currently being crowdfunded via Crowd Supply, the Zeitgeist has an impressive position. Not only is it g … | Continue reading
“This time around, traditional bank-to-bank competition is not the issue. This new wave of competition is coming from both nimble, innovative, cloud- and mobile-first startups as well as the major technology players largely unencumbered by policy and regulation.” This is how Davi … | Continue reading
GitLab has partnered with Digital Ocean to let developers use the cloud as infrastructure for continuous integration. With this, developers with projects on GitLab will get free runners for continuous integration purposes. The company also says it will help with scaling and speed … | Continue reading
Sky Q, the broadcaster’s next-gen TV service is now being installed in homes across the UK – and last week it was my turn to get access to the multi-room, multi-streaming service. Here’s my first quick thoughts after just a few days, rather than an exhaustive look at every aspect … | Continue reading
Today, Apple is releasing new MacBooks with upgraded specs and introducing a new color option: Rose Gold. The new MacBook will have sixth generation dual-core Intel Core M processors with speeds of up to 1.3 GHz during normal use, and a Turbo Boost feature which gets you 3.1 GHz. … | Continue reading
Have you ever dreamed of floating in suborbital space and enjoying the views of our home planet from above? Or living aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and waving down to the people below? Well, NASA’s latest video lets you experience just that. Armed with a nifty RED … | Continue reading
The term “link juice” delivers over seven million results on Google, many of them linking to sites with outdated and often negative information about it. The term’s bad reputation comes from its association with the worlds of Black Hat SEO, spam, and unethical link-building. Some … | Continue reading
April 24 can’t come soon enough for Game of Thrones fans eagerly awaiting the premiere of the hit show’s sixth season. Naturally, most of us have been speculating wildly about the fate of our favorite characters for the past year, but now there’s a clever app to help you withthat … | Continue reading
A recent study conducted by Google in collaboration with UC Berkeley reveals that a staggering 760,935 websites were compromised in just one year. The research tests the effectiveness of Google’s Safe Browsing Alerts initiative that aims to actively notify network administrators … | Continue reading
The first time any driver sits behind the wheel of a car and removes their hands, letting the vehicle drive itself, is an experience that’s not easily forgotten. While self-driving cars aren’t for everyone, Tesla is letting owners of its Model S and Model X cars decide for themse … | Continue reading
Google’s been working on making its search results better for you since day one, mainly by making sure Web pages are tagged with the most relevant keywords and that the most trusted pages head straight to the top. But that’s not enough. Google has filed a patent that opens the do … | Continue reading
Your favorite news aggregator might be making you more thick-headed, entrenched in your own beliefs and ready to argue with anyone who offers an opposing viewpoint. That’s because all those nifty news aggregating apps are trying to serve up articles that match your interests. And … | Continue reading
The bot race is really heating up and now Telegram is giving away $1 million to developers that build bots for its chat app, no doubt in a bid to get ahead of the likes of Facebook and Microsoft. The cash will be given out as a grant at $25,000 per bot and all you have to do is “ … | Continue reading
If you need to send the same email to a bunch of people while making sure each message looks personal, BCCing multiple recipients just doesn’t cut it. This free tool by blogger and developer Amit Agarwal can help. Simply create a draft, grant the Duplicate Gmail Drafts app access … | Continue reading
Last week, a Vice News report revealed that Canadian police had access to a master encryption key in its investigation that allowed it to intercept over 1 million messages sent using BlackBerry Messenger between 2010 and 2012. It wasn’t clear as how the key was obtained and wheth … | Continue reading
The world has seen numerous major cyber attacks in the past couple of years, with targets ranging from government agencies to health insurers to entertainment companies and even Panamanian law firms. A group of scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab … | Continue reading
Apple has updated its developer site with a new section aimed at discussing best practices and business growth via the App Store. Several new articles and videos will provide best practices for discovery, using a freemium model for generating revenue and engaging users with updat … | Continue reading
In so many ways, the iPhone SE is the phone we’d been waiting for. It’s just that our wait kind of ended with the iPhone 6, and Apple is now picking up where it left off with 4-inch screens. The question now is whether or not you should consider the iPhone SE when it’s time for a … | Continue reading
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — or DARPA — just launched a one-fifth-scale model of its LightningStrike aircraft for the first time. Built by Aurora Flight Science, the ‘Subscale LightningStrike’ relies on 24 fans to propel the 325 pound scale model and enable ver … | Continue reading
WeChat is ready to take on a new market: the office. The company today launched WeChat Enterprise, essentially its competitor to the ever-growing Slack. First announced in March, it has most of the features you expect from standard WeChat. You can make groups, send photos, voice … | Continue reading
Apple’s battle with the FBI may have whipped the tech world into a frenzy of establishment-hating wannabe anarchists, but it’s this ’60 minutes’ segment that should really piss you off. Wanting to find out just how safe our phones are from hackers, the 60 minutes team sought prof … | Continue reading
Forget about Apple and the FBI going pawn-for-pawn on the legal chessboard for the past few weeks – Microsoft is bringing the digital privacy fight to the government. Last week, The New York Times reported that the immutable software behemoth is suing the Justice Department over … | Continue reading
If you as Siri when WWDC is, she’ll tell you: it’s June 13 through 17 in San Francisco. What Siri doesn’t say is where WWDC will be, but the prevailing wisdom is that it will again hit Moscone West, especially since its calendar is wide open that week. Siri is staying mum about w … | Continue reading
Streaming music service Tidal has had a rather tumultuous run of late, and for Shawn Carter — aka Jay Z — it’s about to get a lot worse. Attorneys at Edelson PC filed suit this morning in US District Court, naming S. Carter Enterprises, Jay Z and Kanye West as defendants. The sui … | Continue reading
You can now view live, streaming 360-degree video in YouTube, complete with spatial audio. It's rolling out via a select few vendors. | Continue reading