Uber is making reparations to drivers in New York City after an accounting error left them underpaid for years. According to Quartz, Uber was taking its commission based on the gross fare, or the total amount paid by the passenger. However, the terms of service state that Uber ta … | Continue reading
Just one month after the Samsung Galaxy S8’s release, German hackers have already figured out a way around the phone’s iris recognition software. The Chaos Computer Club, a European hacker group, published its account of hacking the S8’s biometrics via a few simple tools such as … | Continue reading
Jamboard, Google’s 4K whiteboard-like touchscreen, is now available for sale — for an appropriately large sum. Jamboard, our cloud-based collaborative, digital whiteboard is now available: https://t.co/g8N9WWDxRO pic.twitter.com/U9YqB481lS — G Suite (@gsuite) May 23, 2017 As Napi … | Continue reading
Snapchat’s latest feature lets users create custom Stories with their friends, making a communal Story based on a shared event or location. When you create a custom Story, you can add your friends as contributors. When they create a new Snap, they have the option to add it to you … | Continue reading
Joining in on a popular live video on Facebook can be a fun way to feel part of a broader online community, but it can also subject you to a myriad of inane comments, which are often too crowded to make any sense of in the first place. Starting today, Facebook is giving you anoth … | Continue reading
Promoted Tweets are an inevitable part of using Twitter. They’re an effective way to get people to engage with brands, either by following them, or getting them to tweet out stuff for the chance to win something. But now, Twitter is going a step further with Direct Message Cards, … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s been on a high streak with its newest Surface products, but one repeated complaint has been their shunning of USB-C – also known as the best connector in the world (fight me). In an interview with The Verge, Surface head honcho Panos Panay gave us both the clearest ex … | Continue reading
Reddit has expanded the beta test on its Profile feature, meaning just about anyone can build their own mirror-Twitter page. When I logged into one of my accounts this morning, I noticed a button on my page which said, “Need to post something that doesn’t quite fit in a specific … | Continue reading
So we’re already into 2017, in case you haven’t noticed. That means you probably have already broken one of your New Year’s resolutions. Don’t worry, my resolution to get better sleep has already been dashed. But one of my resolutions that I will not be breaking is to become a be … | Continue reading
A skilled cyber infiltrator working for a company can be that firm’s most critical line of defense between vulnerable computer systems and salivating cyber crooks. To crack into the exploding digital security career field, you need a full understanding of what white hat hacking i … | Continue reading
If you don’t think self-driving cars are going to radically change the way we travel, you haven’t been paying attention. The technology behind them has matured at a ridiculous rate, and the businesses working on them are transforming into super-unicorns, worth tens of billions of … | Continue reading
If you’re a serial Instagrammer, chances are you have at least a couple of photos that you’re not too proud of, but don’t want to delete for the sake of nostalgia. Now Instagram is testing an alternate solution: archiving. As first spotted by The Verge, the feature shows up in th … | Continue reading
Working while traveling can seem like a good idea – until you’re stuck with a dying laptop, nowhere to charge it, and no Wi-Fi. In that case, it’s easy to lament your poor life choices while watching the time you’d planned to spend working slowly tick away. Well, luckily, it does … | Continue reading
IKEA is betting big time on smart home appliances. In a new Swedish press release spotted by MacRumors, the popular ready-to-assemble furniture retailer announced its affordable TRÅDFRI line of smart lighting systems is slated to get support for Google Home, Apple HomeKit as well … | Continue reading
While Instagram recently made it possible to send photo and video messages to your friends directly from your desktop, you still have to resort to your mobile device to upload pics and clips to your account. But thanks to this app you can ditch your phone and post photos straight … | Continue reading
With the Surface Pro 4 starting to show a bit of age since its release in 2015, the Surface Pro 5 has been a long time coming. Too bad you’re not getting one. Instead, say hello to the new Surface Pro – just ‘Pro.’ Just as rumored, Microsoft is dropping the numbering system from … | Continue reading
Each year at its annual conference in Amsterdam, TNW hosts an epic hack battle. In a mere 36 hours. This year, we were proud to count our friends as MessageBird as hack battle co-hosts – alongside partner APIs The Things Network, Triggi, Mollie, IBM BlueMix, Toon, and Radix. Afte … | Continue reading
As cloud services continue to pick up steam, Amazon wants to make sure there is no shortage of talent to maintain your cloud computing operations and take care of your AWS needs. Yesterday, the e-commerce giant announced it is launching its own dedicated training and certificatio … | Continue reading
Straight out of Google’s ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects Group) comes Soli, a brand new sensing device that uses radar to track movement in real-time. The technology is small enough to fit in a wearable device, and can identify movement and gestures, bringing the type of M … | Continue reading
Google confidently continues its march into the field of artificial intelligence as yesterday its DeepMind-based AlphaGo defeated the world’s number one ranked Go player, Ke Jie. The game – which was the first out of an extensive matchup scheduled for three parts – took place at … | Continue reading
Most people don’t read content online. In fact, eight out of ten people will only read the headline. For content writers, that fact is alarming. But it also places extra importance on the headlines we choose for our content, as headlines have the power to influence readers even i … | Continue reading
Something awful has happened in Manchester. It’s still early, and the full details aren’t yet known. What we do know is that Greater Manchester Police has confirmed an explosion took place at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, and at least nineteen people are dead. Authoriti … | Continue reading
Amazon’s free fruit stands are making locals and employees go bananas, but businesses in the area are split. Amazon first opened the Community Banana Stand in 2015, and there are now two on it’s sprawling corporate campus. Since then, it’s given away an estimated 1.7 million bana … | Continue reading
With Google I/O come and gone, it’s clear Android O isn’t going to be the most dramatic software update ever, but there’s still plenty to look forward to. Now in its second developer preview, Android O brings a number of performance improvements and new features. While many of th … | Continue reading
PayPal filed a trademark infringement suit against Pandora on Friday, claiming that the radio app’s blue P logo is “unlawfully similar” to PayPal’s own blue double-P icon. Pandora debuted its new sans-serif logo in October of last year as part of an overall company rebrand. Appar … | Continue reading
If you’ve tried sharing your Instagram posts to other social media accounts in the last day or two, you may have noticed the available sharing options trimmed down slightly. As it stands, there are options for Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, and nothing else. Do you get the feelin … | Continue reading
Ubisoft just dropped the teaser trailer for Far Cry 5. As Abhi predicted, it’s on the way and set in Montana, either in the modern day or in the relatively-recent past. The trailer doesn’t show much besides the sweeping countryside and picturesque mountains of Big Sky Country. Bu … | Continue reading
A robotic police officer is making its debut on the streets of Dubai tomorrow night — and I hope everyone there has watched Robocop. The uniformed bot greeted visitors to the Gulf Information Security and Expo Conference. After the conference wraps on Tuesday, it will be deployed … | Continue reading
Two companies are taking autonomous vehicles to the next level with self-sailing ships. Norwegian companies Yara International and Kongsberg Maritime are teaming up to create the world’s first autonomous, fully-electric, zero-emission cargo ship. The battery-driven vessel will be … | Continue reading
There’s always a moment of dread when your check your email – because for every new email you receive, it probably comes with a new task you need to put on your personal radar. The feature-packed Mailbird will not only streamline your inbox, it’ll help get your life running more … | Continue reading
We know Microsoft is hosting a Surface event in Shanghai tomorrow, and leaks basically confirm it’s a new Surface Pro. Now it seems Microsoft isn’t particularly intent on keeping the device a surprise, given Panos Panay tweeted an image of a bunch of new keyboards last night. You … | Continue reading
Source code management platform GitHub is making it easier for developers to find the right tools to improve and fine-tune their existing workflows. In a blog post, the company announced it is launching a new Marketplace to help its members effortlessly discover and purchase apps … | Continue reading
In all great magic tricks, it is misdirection that convinces the audience that something magical took place. You can say the same for the privacy policies of various tech companies as it’s like a mirage where you think that your privacy is safe and secure but it’s far from it. Pi … | Continue reading
Sales of tablet computers are in a death spiral. It seems the novelty of the devices has long expired, and people have realized that if you want to do something other than watch Netflix, they aren’t especially useful. But then again, maybe not. I just got back from TNW Conference … | Continue reading
Facebook has long struggled to adequately moderate its platform for potentially violent and abusive content. And a series of recently leaked guidelines and policies of its internal monitoring practices reveals all the chaos that goes behind the company’s efforts to curb harassmen … | Continue reading
The rise and advances of new automation and artificial intelligence software algorithms, including those that learn predictive models from historical data, are making increasingly consequential predictive decisions. Such decisions are having an impact on the lives of people in do … | Continue reading
When you organize an event with 12,500 daily visitors and 100+ speakers, you can rest assured that something will go wrong. You work hard to organize things well, but you need to accept a certain amount of chaos. Speakers will miss flights, attendees will lose badges, you’ll have … | Continue reading
The World Economic Forum just published a fascinating article charting the growth of the European startup scene, contrasting it to the larger tech ecosystems of Silicon Valley and Asia. If you’re a European founder, you’ve got cause to be optimistic — funding is easier to get, th … | Continue reading
As an experience designer, you need to understand the power of words. You don’t need to become a copywriter and you definitely don’t need to become a novelist (unless you want to, of course). But what you do need, is a solid grasp on linguistics and an understanding of what the w … | Continue reading
It’s hard to believe that this used to be a totally acceptable way to advertise a product in America: Thankfully, our world has taken quite a few steps forward since this ad of the 1950s. Today, the marketing that wins hearts and minds is likely to look more like this: Even as “ … | Continue reading
Empty Google docs. Empty editorial calendars. Empty WordPress posts. Sometimes content marketers have to deal with a lot of emptiness, and turn all that blank space into content that attracts, and engages, and converts. But no pressure, right? How do you keep the ideas and creati … | Continue reading
There are only two ways of playing a strategy game, be it chess, billiards, or poker. You can wait for your turn and devise the next move, or you can plan the next 10 moves for every step you take. Needless to say, good players never wait for their turn. In the tech world, we hav … | Continue reading
The story is everywhere! By 2020, almost 40 percent US workforce will be self-employed or freelance workers. In fact, recent reports suggest that 35 percent of the workforce is already self-employed or doing a remote job. The freelance economy took on a life of its own with the r … | Continue reading
Understanding how electronics actually work can be pretty confusing. Often, inquisitive students succeed or fail in creating small electronic projects by simple trial and error. Thankfully, you can offer some structure to your pursuit of electronics knowledge with the SainSmart U … | Continue reading
If you’re going to market a business, an event, or an initiative online, you need to know how the game is played in the age of digital media. From social networks to SEO challenges to hyper-specialized Internet marketing campaigns, you need to be fully versed in how and where you … | Continue reading
“You need to look no further than Apple’s iPhone to see how fast brilliantly written software presented on a beautifully designed device with a spectacular user interface will throw all the accepted notions about pricing, billing platforms and brand loyalty right out the window.” … | Continue reading
Facebook is rolling out a new food ordering option on its app and desktop site. If you go to the desktop “Explore” section, or the app menu, and click on the hamburger icon, you’ll be redirected to a page full of nearby restaurants that deliver through Facebook. From the restaura … | Continue reading
If you were one of the thousands of people effected by the WannaCry ransomware attack that started last week, then there’s a fix for you — provided you haven’t rebooted your computer. The fix was created by security researcher Benjamin Delpy, a.k.a. “gentilkiwi,” and is called “w … | Continue reading