Initial coin offerings (ICO) are hot these days. But despite all the excitement and willingness from the masses to invest their money into cryptocurrency, it appears it remains as risky a venture as ever – and Filecoin has given us even more reasons to doubt the trend. The blockc … | Continue reading
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In his book 1984, George Orwell detailed a dystopian world wherein a person or persona called “Big Brother” saw everything that people did and where the central government pushed its agenda through propaganda, spying, monitoring, and thought controls. That book was published in 1 … | Continue reading
Next week, a SpaceX CRS-12 rocket will launch from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. Its payload will include a HP Enterprise (HPE) supercomputer, called the Spaceborne Computer, which will be used to see if off-the-shelf computer components can be built to withstand the ha … | Continue reading
Like memes? You’ll probably love 17-year-old Anushk Mittal’s new iOS app, Memeois. It brings you fresh memes from around the web and uses machine learning to tailor your feed to your taste. You can scroll through an endless stream of memes and heart the ones you like to begin tra … | Continue reading
Right wing activists are rallying to show up at the offices of Google to protest the firing of the now-infamous software engineer and author of that viral memo, James Damore. The so-called #MarchOnGoogle is slated to take place on August 19 in various locations across the US. So … | Continue reading
Firstly, let us define what civic technology, or civic tech as it is sometimes known, is. On 4 July 2017, the United States of America which is is also known as the founding home of civic tech, was popping confetti and fireworks in commemoration of her 241st year of independence. … | Continue reading
The centralized online content economy is an unfair and lopsided market. Blockchain provides an alternative that benefits everyone. | Continue reading
Hackers have used all sorts of attack vectors to gain control of someone else’s computer, from USB drives to phishy emails. Now, researchers from the University of Washington predict that we might one day see viruses infect systems through DNA. It’s a far-fetched case, but still … | Continue reading
In the early 70s, 18-year-old Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc threw an epic block party in the Bronx in New York City, where he invented the sound we know and love as hip-hop today. To celebrate the genre’s 44th birthday, Google has whipped up one of its most creative and interac … | Continue reading
Amazon is looking to expand its retail empire by selling tickets to events in its megastore in the US, reports Reuters. That could be huge for the $424 billion company, and a huge blow to longstanding incumbent Ticketmaster. The venture would include passes to entertainment and s … | Continue reading
The HBO hacker is at it again. Just over a week ago, a hacker (or hackers) leaked the script for episode four of the latest seasons of Game of Thrones — and the cast’s personal phone numbers in the process. Today, he was at it again, leaking an email from HBO executives offering … | Continue reading
Snapchat’s IPO was one of the most-hyped Wall Street street debuts in years, but its results since have been, for lack of a better term, “meh.” Snapchat’s latest quarterly results aren’t looking any better. In fact, they should be somewhat worrisome to investors: Snapchat only gr … | Continue reading
It’s the year 2017 — social media sites are competing for attention, and even the powerful and highly-regarded use blogging sites like Medium. With that in mind, does the average user need a personal website? Who are You, and What do You Want? Usually I see people put together pe … | Continue reading
Scientists have created a smartphone accessory that can test liquid samples for disease. The device is called a TRI Analyzer, it costs $550, and it puts a medical testing laboratory in the palm of your hand. Researchers at the University of Illinois created the spectral-analysis … | Continue reading
Benchmark Capital, one of Uber’s first investors, is now suing Uber’s former CEO for “fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty,” according to Axios. The suit alleges Travis Kalanick intends to pack the board with “loyal allies in an effort to insulate his prior cond … | Continue reading
The Moto Z2 Force is a pretty great phone (our review here) so long as you can deal with the easily scratchable screen. If you’ve been interested in the modular, shatterproof phone, you can now actually pick one up. The launch is particularly notable because its one of the few Mo … | Continue reading
Before Razer started selling laptops and headphones, it made gaming mice. Though it still makes some of the most popular mice out there, that market has become much more crowded in the past few years as a plethora of competitors have entered the field. Its newest mouse, the Lance … | Continue reading
Twitch today released the full version of its desktop app, taking it out of the public beta it’s been in since March. A retooled version of the Curse app, it has several features the in-browser version of the site doesn’t support. For starters, it has video calling and game mod s … | Continue reading
Writing about AI is either an act of sharing hope or one of spreading dismay. People either get excited about the imminent arrival of driverless cars, or become terrified that the machines are inching ever nearer to put us all in danger. No matter how you feel, autonomous vehicle … | Continue reading
Google has been pretty far ahead of the curve when it comes to its artificial intelligence research. The world was shocked when its AI beat a top human player at the game of Go. More recently the company taught AI to use imagination and make predictions. The latest trick in Googl … | Continue reading
LG’s upcoming phone — the V30, which sounds like an upmarket brand of hair conditioner — will apparently come with a really good set of cameras. Speaking about its front-facing snapper in a press release, the tech giant said: “The camera in the V30 cuts edge distortion by a thir … | Continue reading
Every week we hold a TNW Answers AMA session to offer readers a chance to address their questions about the future of technology to the world’s most influential minds. This week we had the pleasure to host none other than entrepreneur and The Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde. Durin … | Continue reading
Great project managers are just like Liam Neeson in “Taken.” They have a particular set of skills, which allow businesses to feel comfortable entrusting them with carrying major corporate projects from conception through to successful completion. You can start learning those part … | Continue reading
Getting picked up by your Uber driver is about to get a lot easier. The ridesharing company is rolling out a new in-app messaging feature that lets you communicate directly with your driver. When a passenger messages a driver, they’ll see their license plate number, car model, an … | Continue reading
The Essential Phone is getting closer to hitting the shelves. Earlier today Android creator Andy Rubin revealed the up-and-coming phone maker has begun mass production and is already ramping up to deliver the new handset. Rubin made the announcement on Twitter earlier today, shar … | Continue reading
Although ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Ethereum’ are terms that are often paired together, the reality is that they are vastly different. The only thing Ethereum shares with Bitcoin is that it’s a cryptoasset running on top of blockchain. Instead of being just a cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, Et … | Continue reading
Juries are seldom allowed to visit crime scenes. There are exceptions, usually in difficult, high-profile murder cases such as the O.J Simpson trial in 1995 in the US and the Jill Dando murder trial in 2001 in the UK. But asking jurors to become fact finders in this way comes wit … | Continue reading
It turns out that scooping a juicy bug bounty reward from Google is as easy as tampering with its host header – or at least this is what one crafty Uruguayan highschooler with cybersecurity ambitions did to pull it off. The Big G has rewarded Ezequiel Pereira with a $10,000 bug b … | Continue reading
Take a trip to London, and you’ll inevitably ride the iconic Underground train network. It’s unique insofar as it’s almost entirely isolated from the outside world. No phone signals are powerful enough to penetrate through the ground and bedrock, to where the rolling stock lies. … | Continue reading
A few months ago, iconic British phone manufacturer Vertu announced that it would enter liquidation after encountering financial difficulties. Now, it’s auctioning the contents of its UK factory, giving the world a window into tech’s most extravagant phone brand. So sad to see @V … | Continue reading
Despite being relatively easy, Apple keeps ignoring requests to enable a feature called Advanced Mobile Location (AML) in iOS. Enabling AML would give emergency services extremely accurate locations of emergency calls made from iPhones, dramatically decreasing response time. As T … | Continue reading
What kids love the most at Disneyland? Probably it is meeting, greeting and snapping a photo with Mickey himself! Over 1200 character actors portray Mickey, Goofy and other characters at Disneyland and they might lose their jobs soon. A patent application reveals Disney’s plans t … | Continue reading
Itching to go on vacation, but don’t know where? One way to narrow down your choice of destination is to figure out which places are easy to travel to – and this new site can help. Tell VisaDB where you’re from and it’ll list all the countries you can travel to without having to … | Continue reading
We’ve been hearing for months about Facebook’s plans to ramp up its video offerings, and today it’s launched a new service that could help the company steal YouTube and Netflix’s lunch. It’s called Watch, and it comes in the form of a video tab in Facebook’s mobile, desktop and T … | Continue reading
Instagram recently changed the software behind the social network, which has caused a decrease in user engagement. First, Instagram began to crack down on accounts that had a large number of fake followers or that bought likes and comments. This trend had been creating a severe a … | Continue reading
I’ve been a Snapchat power user for the past four years. But, because Instagram has won my heart, I’m saying goodbye to the little ghost taking up 460 MB on my phone. I first heard of Snapchat’s controversial disappearing messages back in December 2013. I was skeptical of the con … | Continue reading
“Move fast and break things,” says the early Facebook ethos. In five words, CEO Mark Zuckerberg shifted the thought pattern of the entire tech world. What was once about quality, was now about pushing updates at break-neck speed, testing them with large segments of a user base (o … | Continue reading
FaceApp, a selfie-morphing app, today introduced portrait filters titled “Caucasian,” “Black, “Asian,” and “Indian.” In an astonishingly inappropriate move, they do exactly what you think they do. FaceApp has been, up to now, most notable for its features which make users smile, … | Continue reading
Twitter gave its mobile apps a dark/night mode last year, making many a social media ninja’s dream come true. Now is working on the same for the desktop. 9to5Google first reported on the feature, which shows in the menu that pops up when you click your profile photo. The feature … | Continue reading
Apple last week removed all virtual private network apps (VPNs) from the iTunes store in China. The Chinese government made VPNs illegal this year, and now it’s forcing tech companies to choose between honoring its censorship demands or not doing business there. China’s governmen … | Continue reading
The PlayStation 4’s upcoming 5.0 firmware will update streaming and social features, as well as notifications, according to a report by Eurogamer released today. Of those, only the latter sounds useful. Firmware 5.0 will allow PS4 Pro owners to stream on Twitch at 1080p and 60FPS … | Continue reading
What if you could get a MacBook Air for a little over $300? That’s essentially the value proposed by Chuwi’s LapBook 12.3, with some obvious but very reasonable compromises. Chuwi isn’t exactly a household name, but the company has gained some attention recently for its budget co … | Continue reading
Many people believed that modern technology will first replace the low wage jobs from the industries that are dependent on manual labor rather than intellectual work. However, the latest innovations in robotics and A.I. tend to contradict our previous beliefs: we are now entering … | Continue reading
The University of Manchester used 3D modelling and machine learning to determine the top speed of the legendary Tyrannosaurus Rex — and it’s a bit of a let-down. The researchers built an algorithm that moves an accurate 3D model of the T. Rex from one point to another as fast as … | Continue reading
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You really might have to go back to work: YouTube appears to be experiencing server downtime across the board. Numerous users have taken to Down Detector and Outage Report to report being unable to access the video service. It remains unclear what precisely is causing the issue, … | Continue reading