Although we focus on the financial health of online networks, there are other ways to create value in digital spaces. Take controversial companies like Uber, Airbnb and Airtasker, which are heralded as the poster children of the so-called sharing economy. By focusing on money cha … | Continue reading
It looks like the hype train for Faraday Future has finally reached its last stop. After the electric vehicle company wowed enthusiasts with an inventive concept vehicle and the fastest electric production car earlier this year, it’s now ditched its plan to build a $1 billion man … | Continue reading
There are several nifty ways to go about pairing fonts for your design projects, including this machine learning-based tool and this Tinder-style app. But if you just want to see some great combinations, you’ll want to check out this excellent guide by designer Lou Levit. It feat … | Continue reading
Earlier this week, an unknown entity published personal details of subscribers to Reliance Jio, a mobile carrier based in India. The data was available through a search engine and included people’s names, phone numbers, and email addresses. And while tech news outlet Medianama co … | Continue reading
One of the biggest draws to LG’s 2017, flagship phone, the G6, is the eye-catching FullVision display that dominates the front fascia and elbows the bezels off to the edges. Now, the hardware maker is bringing that same treatment to a series of presumably more affordable handsets … | Continue reading
With superstar influencers such as Dr. Dre and George Clooney building and selling consumer brands for billions of dollars, brand-building can be a tempting ambition for any entrepreneur. While top musicians and actors do have an edge on launching brands, social media tools like … | Continue reading
After creating a font in 2004, its creators probably never thought it’d be used as evidence in a government corruption case. Microsoft, for its part, couldn’t have foreseen it either after making Calibri the default option on products like PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and WordPad … | Continue reading
They have no Facebook page, no SoundCloud account, no music on iTunes — so why do several unknown artists have such high numbers on Spotify? According to Music Business Worldwide, several artists on some of Spotify’s in-house playlists are mysteriously absent from the rest of the … | Continue reading
Recently, Facebook announced that it was building a housing community in Menlo Park to offset Silicon Valley’s bone-dry supply of housing. While commendable, it’s not likely this will do much to offset the problem — it’ll just make Facebook feel better about having done something … | Continue reading
Celebrity culture ruined television, social media, and 24-hour news networks. Now it’s trying its damnedest to ruin online dating. Badoo is an online dating app (yes, another one) with a unique new feature. Instead of swiping right on the people you’re least disgusted with on Tin … | Continue reading
I tried to visit /r/technology today, like any good nerdy redditor. But I failed at typing, and ended up in /r/technolog instead. I now have a headache and a newfound fear of Cthulhu. Wut. Even the page creator seems to be calling out in despair, trapped in a neverending vortex o … | Continue reading
Microsoft surprised pretty much everyone when it brought native support for Ubuntu in Windows 10 last year. Now the company is going a step further: As promised, you can now download Ubuntu right from the Windows Store. Installing an entire OS just became as easy as downloading a … | Continue reading
Zenimax was hit with a lawsuit last week over its use of a song in a two-year-old Fallout 4 trailer. Turns out the singer thought his music shouldn’t be used over violent imagery — or, at least, that he should have been paid more if it was. According to court documents revealed b … | Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg is doing a little promotional work for an upcoming Oculus Rift game. Fans of the Zuck can rest assured the CEO and founder of Facebook hasn’t been demoted. However, Ready At Dawn — the company who makes the video game he’s posting about — does have the world’s ric … | Continue reading
Fighting trolls on the web is an everlasting battle, but Twitter’s been on a bit of a roll with features to keep the haters at bay. The company is today adding the ability to mute notifications from new users and people who don’t follow you. Now you have even more control over yo … | Continue reading
Next time you buy a gadget from Amazon, a techie might come to your home to set it up. That’s because the Seattle-based retail icon just launched its own Geek Squad-like home support service. Recode broke the news earlier today, and the service is already live in nine markets: Se … | Continue reading
It’s the time of year again, time for Amazon’s 3rd annual Prime Day. It goes live tonight at 9pm EST and is basically the Black Friday of Amazon deals, but in all honesty, Amazon serves up even more deals than it does on that magical shopping day in November. I’ve compiled a list … | Continue reading
We know modern advertising is based, to an uncomfortable degree, on personal info culled from the internet. Everything from search histories to GPS locations will get you and your whole family targeted by ads designed to appeal to your personal interests. Even those of us who fin … | Continue reading
Uber’s rating system is a mystery to every passenger. Luckily, we have the answers you probably weren’t looking for. According to Uber: “After each trip, riders and drivers have the opportunity to rate one another from 1 to 5 stars, based on their trip experience. Ratings are ano … | Continue reading
Scientists in Zurich are removing the blinders and letting drones figure things out for themselves. Using “vision algorithms” a group of researchers were able to teach inexpensive off-the-shelf drones to fly autonomously and map surrounding areas. The algorithms used are a “dense … | Continue reading
The grease that makes the wheels of the sharing economy work is the assumption that most people are good. There’s an assumption that you won’t vomit in an Uber, steal from your Airbnb host, or crash your Turo car. One startup that’s learned the hard way you can’t always rely on t … | Continue reading
TNW Deals’ Python Programming Bootcamp has perennially been one of our most popular course packages. So it stands to reason that when it came time to update that Python learning package, it only made sense to add in even more of what made the offering so popular in the first plac … | Continue reading
My favorite feature in SkySkcanner is the ability to pick a destination airport, and see where in the world you can fly to, and at what cost. I actually once planned an entire trip around Europe using this tool, which took me to Switzerland, Italy, Malta, France, and Belgium. Wan … | Continue reading
In a turn poised to piss off top executives and copyright holders in Hollywood, Google is now displaying suggestions for popular torrent websites at the top of search. As spotted by TorrentFreak, the Big G is now showing a carousel with curated torrent websites when you search fo … | Continue reading
Numerous esteemed authors have previously relied on Twitter to tell original Flash fiction, but one talented storyteller is pushing his tales way beyond the 140 character limit to create interactive scenarios that put you in charge of the story. Artist Nas Maraj has created a tru … | Continue reading
Ever wanted to spend your city trip in a tent in a parking garage? Thanks to this Dutch Airbnb clone, your squalid urban dream might just come true. After apartments, cars, and tools, it was only a matter of time before the sharing economy would come for the fallow ground of real … | Continue reading
Think about all the frustrating products you’ve used at work. Expense reporting apps. Outdated CRM systems. Database management tools. In the world of B2B products, UX has historically been an afterthought. But the status quo is changing. Enterprise UX — which refers to the desig … | Continue reading
Youth unemployment is one of the ticking time-bombs facing Afrika. Take for instance two of the continent’s larger economies, Nigeria and South Africa, both are sitting with youth unemployment rates of well over 30%. There seems to be no clear or promising solution in the short t … | Continue reading
Generation Z is supporting social causes at an increasing rate. More than 76% are concerned about humanities impact on the world and 60% want their occupation to impact the world. With society gradually becoming more focused on social good, entering the world of social entreprene … | Continue reading
So far, ransomware has been the signature cyberattack of 2017, with two record-breaking outbreaks happening in the past two months alone. In May the WannaCry ransomware infected hundreds of thousands of computers, disrupting hospitals, banks, businesses and more. In late June, an … | Continue reading
Almost everyone has files scattered across several devices and platforms. Getting our files where we need them, when we need them, can become a chaotic endeavor. This handy guide should help clear things up. Here are the five most popular mobile cloud storage options. Each one pr … | Continue reading
Have something you want to broadcast to the world? You’re in luck — there are now more streaming services than you can shake a microphone stand at, and more ways than ever to find an audience. If the idea of getting started is daunting (I know the feeling, trust me), don’t worry … | Continue reading
What does nearly every computer, device, operating system, program app or other digital creation have in common? They’re each represented by your own distinctive, highly identifiable icon. Finding just the right icon you want for your art or web design project can be tougher than … | Continue reading
Web publishers are falling on hard times. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt recently announced plans to lay off hundreds of employees. International Data Group laid off more than 90 people in its tech-industry publishing division, less than two months after completing its sale to a Chine … | Continue reading
The prevailing view of artificial intelligence is that some day machines will help us reach better decisions than we can make on our own, improving our lives. This view presumes that we trust the organizations that use AI to provide us with products and services. But that is a fa … | Continue reading
Given the recent news headlines, it’s clear Uber — among other companies — must reevaluate its company culture. Earlier this week, when news hit that Uber’s board of directors approved a set of 47 recommendations prepared by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, I was surpris … | Continue reading
Tech in the digital age is ubiquitous. Everywhere you look, you will find someone holding a smartphone, watching a movie on their tablets, or listening to music via their mobile devices. The mobile industry is huge and it can entice people to spend a lot more money than they usua … | Continue reading
You’re crashed on the couch, ready to relax and zone out on your favorite TV show or movie. It’s a moment of pure bliss. However, international geo-blocking means you probably can’t enjoy the same viewing magic if you’re traveling internationally. A lifetime subscription to Getfl … | Continue reading
“If someone here was a robot disguised as a human, who would it be?” My coworkers and I play a game where we ask each other this question. Most go straight for the person who is the most efficient, most detail-oriented, and least emotional. I, on the other hand, have a different … | Continue reading
Researchers from the University of Washington have developed the very first battery-free phone. Its sound quality is pretty shitty, but imagine not having to charge your phone because it harvests light and radio waves from your surroundings. Sweet. “We’ve built what we believe is … | Continue reading
For today’s retailers, understanding shifting consumer trends can make the difference between a successful quarter or a painful restructuring. After being behind the curve in embracing the transformation that online and mobile shopping brought to their business, retailers are inc … | Continue reading
Chronic pain is something that millions of people deal with on a daily basis. And while the underlying cause isn’t always easily detectable or treatable, new technologies are providing symptom relief in a variety of ways. The State of Chronic Pain Pain is a natural response that’ … | Continue reading
The days of complaining about commuting are over ー for this woman anyways. Our unnamed, heroine took a seemingly unproductive commute into her own hands by setting up a 21- inch iMac (and keyboard) on a folding tray. Women in tech, meet your new leader. No one knows her story, bu … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s Kinect is earning some recognition for it’s work with Dinosaurs. The Xbox peripheral was designed as a camera that allows you to control video games with your movements, now it’s been used to map the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Researchers with MIT’s Camera Culture … | Continue reading
Several months ago, Twitch introduced the affiliate program, a new tier in its stream monetization system. Prior to this, the only ways for streamers to make money via Twitch was to be popular (or connected) enough to make partner, or to use third-party software. Now Twitch is op … | Continue reading
It’s no secret that Google is trying to bring Chrome OS closer to Android, most recently allowing Chromebooks to run Android apps. But now the company is trying to imitate some of Android’s UI in Chrome OS as well. As spotted by Engadget, Google has released a more touch-friendly … | Continue reading
Should Qualcomm win its case against Apple, expect things to get messy. Since January, Apple and Qualcomm have been duking it out over what the latter believes to be patent infringement. The company believes Apple is currently infringing on six of its mobile device patents. Apple … | Continue reading
In today’s episode of AI Screws Up Again, try typing in ‘black baby portraits’ into Google. You will not get many photos of black babies. After the first handful of results, you’ll get a bunch of photos of greyscale photos of (mostly) white babies. The same happens if you replace … | Continue reading