As the UK’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd occupies one of the most important roles in the government. Her job, put in a nutshell, is to keep us safe from harm. In 2017, that task is harder than ever, not least due to the existence of the Internet, which weaves like a ribbon through … | Continue reading
WhatsApp will no longer rely on Apple for its emoji: The Facebook-owned company has introduced its own set of emoticons – that nobody asked for. The new designs are currently available in the latest beta version of the app for Android, according to Emojipedia which first spotted … | Continue reading
Browsing through the depths of Reddit not so long ago, my eyes caught sight of an intriguing project called SpyPi: An (un)ethical hacking station specifically designed to educate people about the importance of data protection by putting them in the shoes of the attacker. What imp … | Continue reading
Technology has forever changed the retail shopping experience. Consumers inhabit a digital omni-channel age where people are using their smartphones, tablets and laptops to research, compare and make purchase decisions. A lot of startups and companies are investing in paid media … | Continue reading
After joining a major financial company in 2005 as CEO, I set out to build a senior leadership team that would best position the company to achieve results for our shareholders, and best serve our customers (US homebuyers and homeowners). This team was tested rigorously in the ye … | Continue reading
San Francisco’s role as the center of the American technology industry could be changing. Skyrocketing real estate prices, along with other employment and other demographic trends, are forcing tech companies and workers alike to reconsider the attractions of living in the City by … | Continue reading
Facebook and Messenger will soon use the same set of emoji — namely the Facebook standard emoji. Messenger’s emoji will be getting the boot, but at least the platform will have emoji consistency. Until now Facebook standard and Messenger use different emoji sets, the Messenger em … | Continue reading
With Chalk, launched today, users can draw on the screen, adding a detail to real-world conversation previously unseen on competitors like Skype and FaceTime Chalk’s primary purpose is to solve problems over a video call. With many of us providing tech support to our parents, Cha … | Continue reading
Sony today announced a slight refresh for last year’s PlayStation VR. We don’t have much to talk about in the way of new features, but Sony did manage to address some of the bigger annoyances we had with the release model. Notably, the lack of HDR pass through on the breakout box … | Continue reading
Facebook activated its Safety Check feature today after a mass shooting in Las Vegas, where gunman Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and left 515 others injured. Soon after the incident, Facebook allowed users in the area to mark themselves safe – letting those who weren’t present … | Continue reading
Several videos on YouTube show the Nintendo Switch’s boring plastic casing replaced with a transparent replacement — and it’s lovely. Now you can have one of your own, if you’re willing to get your hands dirty. YouTuber JerryRigsEverything put together a guide showing how to repl … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced it is discontinuing Groove, its ill-fated music streaming service. Redmond will no longer sell subscriptions or music downloads after December 31, and any remaining subscriptions will be refunded pro-rata. An update to the Groove Music app, expected to l … | Continue reading
Google is set to announce its second batch of Pixel phones this year on Wednesday. By all indications, the event will be saturated with new products. Leaks have told us much of what to expect in terms of hardware, but Google shines primarily because of its software, and chances a … | Continue reading
Scientists recently trained an AI to interpret simple doodles and turn them into artistic masterpieces. The researchers, from Cambridge Consultants, trained the machine, named Vincent, with less than 10,000 images using a global adversarial network. Is Vincent an artist? We’d say … | Continue reading
On Sunday, the people of Catalonia, in Spain’s eastern reaches, were asked a question: Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic? Over 2.2 million people cast their ballots, and nearly 92 percent of votes were in favor of independence. Spain’s … | Continue reading
We’ve had a good idea of what the Pixel 2 XL will look like ever since Android Police first published its render of the device in July, but we’ve now gotten what appears to be the first full frontal view of the device, courtesy of Evan Blass: …and without a case pic.twitter.com/4 … | Continue reading
Google is ending a controversial rule which allowed news sites to have higher search results while also letting users skirt paywalls. According to Bloomberg, Google is getting rid of First Click Free, a policy whereby news sites would get higher listings in search results if some … | Continue reading
South Korea on Friday announced a ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs). This follows China’s ICO ban earlier this month, which preceded a short dip in value for major cryptocurrency offerings like Bitcoin (BC) and Ethereum (ETH). This time, the market barely took notice. BC trade … | Continue reading
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Karen Bradley, the UK’s Culture Secretary, today gave a speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, where she outlined her vision to make the UK the “safest place in the world to go online.” The UK government’s strategy gravitates around three main points. First, i … | Continue reading
Based on data available on a curated calendar of token sales, at least 39 Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) were launched in September. In addition, at least another 33 crypto startups are set to launch their ICOs in October. CO is an event in which a cryptocurrency, blockchain firm … | Continue reading
Something weird just happened. Linux – the sprightly insurgent of operating systems – just saw its market share double. According to NetMarketShare, its share of the desktop jumped from around 2.5 percent in July, to nearly 5 percent in September. That’s a significant bump, putti … | Continue reading
One thing I used to hate when I initially started as a reporter, but have recently come to appreciate, is the bombastic language companies like to use when describing their products – the buzzword-infused lingo devised to make you excited even about the most boring of inventions. … | Continue reading
In today’s fast-paced business environment, productivity is king. Even though we are clocked in for eight hours (or more) each day, most people are actually only productive for about three of them. Blame it on the smartphone, an unhealthy diet, sleeping habits, or frequent coffee … | Continue reading
Researchers for IBM, Google, Intel, and others are in a fantastic scientific arms race to build a commercially viable quantum computer. They already exist in laboratories, and we’re only a few years away from the beginning of what may turn out to be an entire shift in how we thin … | Continue reading
If you’re in the market for a QHD or 4K monitor, you might want to consider looking at 4K televisions too. Whilemonitors and TV’s are built for different purposes, there’s an increasing overlap in their feature set, to the extent I’d argue many people are better off buying a 4K T … | Continue reading
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning have never been more prominent in the public forum. CBS’s 60 Minutes featured earlier this year a segment promising myriad benefits to humanity in fields ranging from medicine to manufacturing. World chess champion Garry Kasparov recen … | Continue reading
In an age where self-expression and acceptance are so highly prized, why do so many social media platforms promote individual censorship? No one signed up to Twitter or Facebook expecting them to shield us from the world. In fact, their ‘lawlessness’ was part of what made them fu … | Continue reading
So a startup walks into a bar… bet you want to know what happens next, right? All the best stories are the ones that hook you right from the very beginning, and hold your interest till the end. But more often than not, you’ll have a hard time doing that when telling people about … | Continue reading
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“Good artists copy, great artists steal” This quote is often attributed to Pablo Picasso but did you know that he actually ‘stole‘ it from a host of writers and authors before him? Steve Jobs then credited the quote to Picasso and the cycle of plagiarism continued. Why do I care … | Continue reading
Victims of ticket scalpers and frauds are looking for reliable alternatives to current systems. Blockchain might be their best bet. | Continue reading
Do you find the new 280-character limit on Twitter annoying and excessive? Good news: first, you’re not alone, and second, there’s already a Chrome extension for you. Block280 does just what it says: collapses any tweet longer than 140 characters so you don’t have to read them. Y … | Continue reading
You can now play Pac-Man right in Snapchat, but you’ll have to go through an ad to do it. Reese’s, of Peanut Butter Cup fame, for some reason decided to introduce a Pac-Man themed game to the platform. It’s a marketing move, of course, but I can’t complain about yet another way t … | Continue reading
The US Senate today announced it had reached an agreement internally concerning self-driving car technology. The Senate is expected to pass legislation on October 4th that would clear regulations and restrictions for manufacturers, in essence providing a clear path to putting dri … | Continue reading
After analyzing more than 70,000 Macs, the team at Duo Security uncovered a firmware vulnerability that could affect countless PCs. And although the research was done on Macs, Windows PCs are even more likely to be at risk. Rich Smith and Pepijn Bruienne outlined the flaw in a re … | Continue reading
Apple received a record number of national security orders this year, according to its bi-anual report published this week. The company stated it received more than 13,250 national security requests affecting over 9,000 accounts in the first half of 2017. Compared to the same per … | Continue reading
Unless you’re watching Her, you don’t generally connect AI with romantic angst. But researchers from the University of Southern California have trained one to give troubled relationships a death date — which might be the key to saving them. The researchers’ study, published in PL … | Continue reading
Are the SNES and NES Classic not retro enough for you? Then have I good news for you: Someone is making a tiny retro Commodore 64, too. The C64 Mini, as it’s called, will cost $70, and includes 64 licensed games and a single joystick controller. There is an HDMI output to connect … | Continue reading
Bitcoin, Ethereum and blockchain technologies are all the rage. Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are raking in millions in mere minutes, and every day a new initiative is announced with ever-increasing hype. With all of this going on, you’d expect cryptocurrencies to be mainstream f … | Continue reading
You shouldn’t immediately associate RollerCoaster Tycoon with the type of violent sadism you see in other gaming titles, like Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt. The sleepy, PG-friendly PC game sees the player create a theme park, with the ultimate goal to turn it into a financial succ … | Continue reading
Bennett Foddy, creator of some of the most frustrating-yet-addictive interactive experiences ever made, is releasing a new game — and it might be his oddest one yet. “Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy,” will be out on October 6 through the Humble Bundle with a Steam release late … | Continue reading
Approximately 78 years and 30 minutes ago (at the time of this writing) UK Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain doubled down on the war against Nazis, declaring that Britain and France were united against the German enemy. This was in response to inquiries from Queen Wilhelmina of … | Continue reading
Chances are you’ve been missing out on some of the best RPG experiences in video games. While most people were playing Skyrim and Final Fantasy XV, publishers like 2K and EA Sports were busy redefining the sports game by turning it into an RPG experience. And those games are perf … | Continue reading
Sphero, perhaps now best known for its adorable remote control BB-8, has always made fun toys, but they’ve had one big caveat: they’re expensive. The Sphero Mini changes that – and it might just be my favorite Sphero yet. It’s about the size of a ping pong ball and costs just $50 … | Continue reading
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Communication professionals work on digital strategies, music stars go viral, fashion addicts work with smart textiles… It seems like more and more industries have to be on top of the newest technologies and innovation. At TNW, we focus mostly on Generation T – the group of peopl … | Continue reading