We hear an awful lot about how artificial intelligence can be used to solve hard statistical challenges – but we hear much less about how it could solve emotional problems. But this field already has a name, effective computing, and one of its leading firms today is Affectiva. Th … | Continue reading
The feeling of being chained to your inbox is a common one, but with the right set of tools and know-how, you can finally tame your Gmail inbox and master the many peripheral features. The Google Guru Bundle offers just that, with 8 courses covering 27+ hours of instruction on op … | Continue reading
This week, Twitter celebrated more than a decade of existence. Not many consumer-based social media startups can claim that title, but ten years on the company has amassed more than 350 million active users and sees one billion 140-character thoughts tossed into the abyss every f … | Continue reading
Chatbots are the future – or at least, they’re very trendy at the moment. Expect to see lots of startups built on top of Slack and Facebook Messenger – or just standalone – over the coming months, fulfilling all sorts of needs. Tara is one such example. Tara is a Web-based chatbo … | Continue reading
Starting today, PornHub — which I’m told is a pornography site — is teaming up with BaDoinkVR, a leader in adult virtual reality entertainment, to launch its new VR category. “At Pornhub it is our duty to provide our global audience with the latest in cutting edge technology. Vir … | Continue reading
What makes Google’s suite of apps and products so appealing has a lot to do with how well they all work together. However, for far too long Google has kept its Drive app on Android mostly limited to basic management functions. Thankfully, with the latest update, that’s all change … | Continue reading
New albums used to be announced weeks or months in advance, but big artists increasingly spring new releases on the world with little or no notice. Keeping up can be difficult, and that’s a problem Record Bird wants to solve. There have been new release alerts services in the pas … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, the FBI filed a motion (PDF) to delay its hearing in the San Bernardino iPhone case that was scheduled for Tuesday. The court approved the order, which mentioned that an ‘outside party’ had offered to assist in unlocking the device. According to Reuters, Israel … | Continue reading
Blendle, the Dutch news micropayment platform that makes it easy to read paid news and magazines without a subscription, is launching in the US today. The service lets you keep a virtual wallet and read any of the news made available from its partners without a regular subscripti … | Continue reading
If you were ever in doubt about who politicians are working for – just check out the initial list of amendments to the highly controversial Investigatory Powers Bill currently being considered by the UK’s parliament. The only amendment that’s been submitted to change the text of … | Continue reading
We’ve seen a working phone coded inside Minecraft, we’ve also even seen someone build a terminal so you can code on a computer inside it, now its legions of fans will be able enjoy the platform’s first live concert. Electronic music artists from the UK and Norway are set to open … | Continue reading
As if the spectre of being hacked while surfing the Web isn’t bad enough, there has been a surge in the number of attacks on people who misspell the names of popular websites. In a study carried out by Endgame, the cyber security firm has found more than 300 well-known companies, … | Continue reading
What do you call people who are stretching the limits of their imaginations to engineer a new future? At The Next Web, we went with imagineers. We want to offer our favourite entrepreneurs and pioneers a platform to share the visions and insights that will shape our future, which … | Continue reading
While Apple Pay has been available in the UK for quite a while now, Android users have had to settle without their own version. Luckily, they won’t have to wait much longer, according to Google, which announced today that UK users will be getting Android Pay “in the next few mont … | Continue reading
Microsoft Research has released SandDance, a free data visualization app that lets you gain insight in your surveys and research projects. Simply fire it up in your browser, upload a data set (TXT, CSV and JSON formats are currently supported) and you can analyze it in a variety … | Continue reading
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has published its report (PDF) on the US music industry’s earnings from 2015. While there are positive figures in there like an overall growth in revenues by 0.9 percent to $7 billion, the agency is none too happy about the dis … | Continue reading
Stickers are now a core feature in most messaging and social networking apps, and they might soon become available for you to use in your photos on Twitter. Recode reports that the company is currently testing photo stickers with a closed group of users. In addition to embellishi … | Continue reading
Intel’s latest annual report (PDF) shows that the company is killing off its decade-old strategy for developing new chips, reports The Motley Fool. Typically, Intel would introduce a new manufacturing process for significant increases in performance and power (a ‘tick’) in one pr … | Continue reading
After its billion dollar purchase, Facebook mostly took a hands-off approach to Instagram, but today’s addition of a notification tab for the Web application is decidedly Zuckerberg-esque. The update is currently live and it’s an interesting one because, to date, Instagram has ke … | Continue reading
It turns out that all of the security in the world won’t stop a disgruntled — or adequately incentivized — employee. According to research done by Austin, Texas-based security company SailPoint, one in five employees would sell their work passwords for money. And not even a high … | Continue reading
If you weren’t happy that Sony was only offering a $500 bundle of the PlayStation VR for pre-order, then the company’s latest move will repair that broken heart. Citing ‘feedback’ from fans, Sony will now have a pre-order for a standalone PlayStation VR headset as well. The compa … | Continue reading
If you were tired of navigating around the Chrome app launcher, it won’t be around much longer, according to Google. Today, the company announced it was getting rid of its wannabe OS-in-your-OS Chrome launcher, which launched three years ago and housed web apps that would launch … | Continue reading
Google is working on another way to filter iOS users through its search engine: a keyboard. According to The Verge, Google is currently working on a keyboard for iOS that will have a dedicated search button. It is also said to have a GIF button, and allow for swipe text input. It … | Continue reading
While the FBI and Apple case is on hiatus until April 5, the public debate rages on about whether Apple should assist the FBI in unlocking the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone. Turns out, it’s pretty easy to find out if your state supports Apple or the FBI: just look at its voting … | Continue reading
Facebook may be testing a new feature that proactively finds accounts that are trolling you. If Facebook notices there’s an account that may be mimicking you by using your name and likeness, it will send you a notification. From there, you’ll have to let Facebook know if the acco … | Continue reading
Although Nintendo has continued to offer a wide range of programming for the Wii U — including but not limited to a sweet new ‘Starfox’ game — a report from Japanese newspaper Nikkei indicates that this might be the last year of production for the four-year-old console. Although … | Continue reading
When it comes to cross-platform gaming between Xbox and PlayStation, gamers have been requesting it for a long time but with consoles running on different operating systems, that’s no easy feat. However, Psyonix, the indie studio behind hit game Rocket League wants to make gamers … | Continue reading
Chevy’s entry level electric car, the Bolt, is entering pre-production. Today, the car manufacturer is announcing that its well-received electric car has graduated from the drawing board and being manufactured by hand to the production line. While this doesn’t mean Chevy is start … | Continue reading
In most arcade fighting games, a slow reaction or a mis-timed special move lead to a thorough ass-kicking by your competitor. ‘War of the Currents’ takes a different approach, not only is your character getting a beat down, you’re going to suffer a bit as well. The arcade cabinet … | Continue reading
There’s a prevailing idea within e-commerce circles that what customers really want is to buy things in more places. Shopify has doubled down on this theory with an update today that allows vendors to sell their goods in more places than ever before. Announced at the company’s de … | Continue reading
It’s been a long time coming, but at last we seem to have a date for HTC’s next flagship phone to be revealed: April 12. The company sent out invites to the press today highlighting an event that will be streamed from its website. The phone, purported to be called the HTC 10 or M … | Continue reading
When the Internet of Things (IoT) became a trending topic a few years ago, thought leaders inside and outside of tech knew that it would be a transformational concept. But as part of the larger tech discussion it took a backseat to more exciting advancements like electric vehicle … | Continue reading
Twitter wants to help developers fix issues quickly and easily, which is why Fabric now has a proactive issue reporting feature named Velocity Alerts. By using app crash data found in Crashlytics and usage statistics from Answers, Velocity Alerts lets you know early on what unexp … | Continue reading
When you get home from a vacation, the last thing you want to do is comb through your photos. Google Photos isn’t asking you to any longer, and will now create ‘smart albums’ based on location and time. Here’s how it works: Google Photos knows the location and time you snapped ph … | Continue reading
A recent report from DigiTimes suggests Apple is working on thin MacBook Pros for release this Summer, which will be powered by Intel’s Skylake processors. The report itself is shaky and light on details, but I think I speak for everyone when I say: it’s about time you paid atten … | Continue reading
Today, Uber — the site with a bit of an image problem when it comes to security — opened the doors on its bug bounty program and promised payouts of up to $10,000. The program has very specific examples of what qualifies for a reward, such as cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injec … | Continue reading
Last month I got a strange email in my inbox from 8tracks, one of the music sites I use most, asking if I’d be interested in investing in the company. The note, which was attached to the top of my weekly playlist recommendation, said: In an unusual turn, I’m not writing today to … | Continue reading
The Noun Project is well known as one of the best places to get icons for any of your projects, but the company’s expanding today with a new app for organizing your design assets. It’s called Lingo, and helps with organizing photos, illustrations, icons, colors or any other visua … | Continue reading
Never before can I say I’ve been able to feel the brimming excitement of 1 million 10 and 11-year-olds across the UK – until today – as the BBC microbit finally landed on my doorstep, along with hundreds of schools. This really is a landmark for the BBC, literally giving away thi … | Continue reading
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Google today announced a small but important change to its streaming technology; the Chromecast app is now called Google Cast. It’s not a terribly surprising move; after all, Google Cast has always been the official name of the technology behind Chromecast. Besides, that little s … | Continue reading
Before starting your search for a JavaScript charts package, you need to know that creating good data visualizations (dataviz) is a huge time investment if you are planning to build a serious application. Having clear answers to questions like what exactly your dataviz is going t … | Continue reading
Sony’s $500 PlayStation VR bundle is now available to pre-order. Anyone hoping to secure themselves the deal can check out Amazon, GameStop and Walmart for availability. At $500, the launch bundle is significantly more expensive than buying the standalone headset, which will set … | Continue reading
This week, Twitter turns 10. Over the next five days we’ll be exploring how far the microblogging service has come, the challenges it faces going forward and some of its key moments along the way. If you’re like most people, your life — or at least the lives of those around you — … | Continue reading
Sure, phone cameras have made some incredible leaps in recent years, but all the Instagram filters in the world don’t hold a candle to the depth and beauty you can capture through the lens of a powerful DSLR camera. For a limited time on TNW Deals, you can get in on a chance to w … | Continue reading
People who use ad blockers in France will be asked this week to uninstall the software if they want access to some of their country’s biggest news publishers. The campaign is being organized by French trade association GESTE, and includes a number of big media sites, such as Le M … | Continue reading
‘Free’ public Wi-Fi always sounds a little too good to be true and now American civil liberties campaigners have written to the Mayor of New York to tell him they are pretty creeped out about how much data the new LinkNYC booths will collect. The anticipated 10,000-strong network … | Continue reading
In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Brussels air and rail infrastructure this morning, mobile networks collapsed under the strain as thousands desperately tried to call loved ones. IMPORTANT: Brussels mobile networks are getting saturated. Please contact through data mess … | Continue reading