Amazon has quietly launched a new feature called “Themes,” designed to make it easier for shoppers to navigate a product’s customer reviews. Now, in the Amazon mobile app, you’re able to see which words have been used the most frequently across the reviews left by other customers … | Continue reading
The problem with common sense, goes an old joke, is that it is not so common. A less-recognized problem is that sometimes it doesn’t make sense, either.Those contradictions were on display during a tense exchange Wednesday between senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller and New York … | Continue reading
Adios, “See You Again.” Hasta la vista, “Gangnam Style.” The runaway hit single “Despacito” has pushed past both to become the most viewed clip on YouTube of all time in less than 8 months. YouTube revealed the milestone Friday in a blog post. “Averaging 14.5 million views per da … | Continue reading
Martin Shkreli, who became a national symbol of pharmaceutical company villainy after massively increasing the price of a drug, has been convicted on securities fraud charges, according to CNBC. He’s now facing years in prison. Shkreli was convicted on three of eight countsShkrel … | Continue reading
Google and other tech companies have come up with glasses and contact lenses for the purposes of AR, but Ophthalmics is taking a much more invasive approach by using surgically implanted lenses to create a space for augmented reality inside the eye.It sounds wild, but lens impla … | Continue reading
After filing for bankruptcy more than six years ago, Blockbuster claims to have shuttered its last physical store in 2014. This isn’t true. To this day there are still numerous locations open throughout the US, although mostly in places with poor connectivity, like Alaska. For d … | Continue reading
Google is creating a visual publication format for media companies similar to Snapchat’s “Discover,” based on its AMP mobile optimization technology for webpages and called “Stamp,” according to a new Wall Street Journal report. The program is said to be announced as soon as nex … | Continue reading
Set on 100 acres in the Sierra Foothills, the Auburn House embodies the simple, casual and hardy spirit of a modern farmhouse. | Continue reading
There are different schools of thought. Should you more concerned about dehydration? or Over-hydration? Brian Harder and I discuss. | Continue reading
After a few difficulty adjustments, blocks on the bitcoin cash blockchain are now being mined more steadily. | Continue reading
Google is developing technology that would allow news publishers to build Snapchat-style stories that would live inside the company’s search engine, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The stories may resemble what publishers have in the past created for Snapchat’ … | Continue reading
If there’s one area of the Atlanta startup ecosystem lagging behind the growth of the rest, it’s local capital. Talent, startup activity, public support for entrepreneurship, and corporate innovation are all consistently strong, but the region lacks the investment resources of ma … | Continue reading
Rumors have been floating around today that Google was interested in buying Snapchat back in early 2016 for as much as $30 billion. Business Insider cited sources on the inside of Evan Spiegel’s company who called the potential deal an “open secret.” Google didn’t comment, and Sn … | Continue reading
Dragon Con has announced the nominees for its second annual Dragon Awards, designed to highlight the most popular works in science fiction and fantasy literature. While the award appears to be a populist response to the better-known Hugo and Nebula Awards, it’s a wide-ranging sna … | Continue reading
HBO’s prospective series Confederate will offer an alternative history of post-Civil War America. It will ask the question, according to co-creator David Benioff, “What would the world have looked like … if the South had won?” A swirl of virtual protests and op-eds have greeted … | Continue reading
President Donald Trump’s decision to retain ownership of his business while in office means that he can profit from government entities that are obligated to patronize his properties. For the Secret Service, which sets up a protective perimeter around the president and vice presi … | Continue reading
Here are the stories that grabbed our attention this week. We hope you find some inspiration before you head out to enjoy the weekend. What Can Tinder Teach Us About SEO and Content Marketing? What inspires someone to “swipe right” on your content? If you don’t know the answer, y … | Continue reading
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, an election in Kenya, Mount Sinabung erupts again, the launch of a Soyuz rocket in Kazakhstan, elementary school sumo wrestlers in Japan, a snow leopard cub in France, and much more. | Continue reading
GUEST: My first reaction to the headlines about President Trump’s proposal to cut immigration in half was that it would be as disastrous as his Muslim ban. But after reading details of the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act (Raise Act), I can’t find a reason … | Continue reading
A cryptic message on the bitcoin cash blockchain on Friday reveals insights into the minds of miners – who now can pick and choose between the chains. | Continue reading
In a video out of North Carolina State University and Duke, five tiny cubes float freely under a microscope. Suddenly two pairs snap together, before all five combine into a single unit. Once together, they bend around a hinge, snapping together like Pac-Man’s jaws. The cubes ap … | Continue reading
Another weekend, another mechanical watch. This time we have the Commander from CJR, the company that brought us the Airspeed last year. This unique piece features an unusual curved dial and rotor-like seconds wheel that harkens back to some strange alternate future where airpla … | Continue reading
Facebook is testing a new way to “go live” on its social network – an option that was previously available by pressing the “Live” button on the Status update box. Now, for some users, the ability to “go live” – meaning start a live video broadcast – is appearing right within the … | Continue reading
Here’s a frightening scenario. What would happen if Facebook developed a chatbot, it started communicating in a language humans do not understand, Facebook pulled the plug, and then everyone who has a passing grasp of artificial intelligence suddenly went ballistic and thought th … | Continue reading
The first trailer for the third season of USA’s Mr. Robot is probably debuting today, if you manage to figure out some nutso internet puzzle.At 1PM EST, the official Mr. Robot Twitter account started tweeting lines from the Leonard Cohen song “Democracy,” for whatever reason. D3M … | Continue reading
University of Virginia Assistant Professor Matthew Gerber has discovered a correlation between Tweets and crime. No, folks aren’t Tweeting that they’re going to knock over a liquor store. Instead, by looking at the GPS coordinates attached to Tweets as well as assessing a heat m … | Continue reading
Hearthstone fans might want to wear a jacket or something on August 10. That’s when the digital card game’s chilly new expansion, Knights of the Frozen Throne, will release for PC and mobile. Blizzard announced the date today on its site, clarifying the previous release window of … | Continue reading
I’ve always looked forward to the next Nexus, and last year, the Pixel. My first Android phone was a Nexus 5. This year, I’ve used nothing but the Pixel XL. But the Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2, or whatever Google ends up calling them (the branding hasn’t leaked yet), give me almost no … | Continue reading
Editor’s note: Henry Morgenthau III is a 100-year-old poet. He published his first collection in 2016 at the age of 99. Before that, he was a writer and a documentary filmmaker at WGBH in Boston, working with subjects from James Baldwin to Eleanor Roosevelt. He’s also a memoirist … | Continue reading
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Bad news for environmentally conscious pet owners: cats’ and dogs’ eating habits are responsible for dumping as many as 64 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year — roughly the equivalent of driving over 13 million cars. That’s due to all the meat our furr … | Continue reading
Shopify wants its 400,000 merchants to be able to run their business almost entirely through the use of bots or voice apps like Alexa. Speaking exclusively with VentureBeat, Shopify product director Brandon Chu said steps being taken to improve its Alexa skill continue a conversa … | Continue reading
As Dropbox slowly gears up toward its initial public offering, it’s bringing on a longtime enterprise executive — Quentin Clark, a former VP of Microsoft as well as SAP CTO — as head of its very-long-title-where-he-will-oversee-a-ton-of-things. His official title is going to be … | Continue reading
What’s going to happen in episode 4? It turns out that some people already know the answer. Earlier today, the fourth episode of the seventh season of Game of Thrones leaked online. You may think that it’s related to HBO’s recent hack — but it’s not. When HBO got hacked, the hac … | Continue reading
Elon Musk apparently has way too much time on his hands. On July 20th, the Tesla / SpaceX / Boring Company / OpenAI CEO tweeted that he had received “verbal [government] approval” to build a hyperloop between New York City and Washington, DC. Today, Bloomberg is reporting that Mu … | Continue reading
A new process that could lead to better licensed games — and a better show Continue reading… | Continue reading
Fantasy sports, and probably to an even greater extent daily fantasy sports, can be intimidating. You’re usually playing for real money, and potentially going up against people who spend countless hours researching statistics to craft the perfect lineup. Gameday, a startup part … | Continue reading
Drinking in Nairobi Outside temperatures in Nairobi have plummeted, but the political mercury is rising fast as Election Day approaches. Ballot papers have landed and final campaigns are underway; the country is waiting with bated breath to see which way the pendulum will fall. T … | Continue reading
A day that many old-school role-playing game fans thought would never come has arrived. Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar has launched after nearly 25 years of development. I saw a tweet from indie designer Jay Barnson this morning noting that Grimoire had released on Stea … | Continue reading
In what can only be described as "an extremely good use of time," Modder Banjo Kazooie has modded a Wii U to emulate a PC ... to emulate a Wii U.This bizarre experiment has some enviable specs despite its Frankensteinian origins. Kazooie breaks down the entire project on a Sudomo … | Continue reading
We sang that night like it was our last. “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” had just been repealed, but open transgender service was a distant dream. In those days, Freddie’s Beach Bar was a second home for closeted soldiers and spies back from one war or another; a safe haven to catch a few … | Continue reading
This week: Amazon Spark runs amok in marketing, a new Facebook update is bad news for webmasters with non-responsive sites, and Google increases its crawl limit. Here’s what happened this week in digital marketing. Facebook Update Penalizes Non-Responsive Websites It’s not just … | Continue reading
Google is likely going to reveal a new Pixel and Pixel XL in the coming months. We've already seen an image of the rumored Pixel XL, codenamed Taimen, and now, we're getting a peek at the smaller Pixel follow-up, codenamed Walleye. Evan Blass at VentureBeat tweeted this image tod … | Continue reading
Here at TNW, we love ourselves some podcasts, whether it’s to relax on a weekend, distract us from the pain of building muscle at the gym, or killing time on a long commute. The world of podcasts has steadily grown over the past few years to accommodate a wide range of interests … | Continue reading
Snap Inc desperately needs ad revenue to redirect its sinking share price. So after a year of getting mercilessly copied by Facebook, Snapchat is returning the favor by launching its take on the Facebook ads Power Editor. This new “Advanced Mode” for its Snapchat Ads Manager let … | Continue reading
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, Zynga makes money thanks to CSR Racing 2, Nintendo finally tells us when we can preorder an SNES Classic Edition (kind of), and more Persona games are on the way. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! Pieces of flair and opinion … | Continue reading
Smart contracts may only see limited real-world applications in the near future, according to a new research paper. | Continue reading
Blue Apron is planning to lay off 24 percent of its staff, Bloomberg reports. The layoffs are aimed at Blue Apron’s facility in New Jersey, where it will cut 1,270 jobs. As of March 31, Blue Apron employed 5,202 people. These Blue Apron layoffs come about a month after the compa … | Continue reading