Apple is refusing to compensate a woman whose Beats headphones exploded in her face, claiming the batteries were not at fault. Earlier this year, the anonymous woman says she was asleep on a flight from Beijing to Melbourne when she was awakened by an explosion and heat searing h … | Continue reading
Professional writing isn’t easy. As a blogger, journalist or reporter, you have to meet several challenges to stay at the top of your trade. You have to stay up to date with the latest developments and at the same time write timely, compelling and unique content. The same goes fo … | Continue reading
A landlord in Israel has successfully sued a couple who mislead him with emoji, with the judge ruling that the tiny pictures constituted a statement of intent. The landlord, Yaniv Dahan, posted an ad on a classified site for his home, and received a response from a couple. After … | Continue reading
Blogging platform Medium has introduced audio to its premium membership, meaning that paying Medium users will be able to listen to stories as read by either the author or a voice actor. According to VentureBeat, every member-exclusive story will have audio, as well as a few sele … | Continue reading
A new study lends credence to what you’ve probably always suspected: social media is having a pretty negative effect on teenagers — Instagram and Snapchat being the worst culprits. The study, published today and called “Status of Mind,” was conducted by researchers for the Royal … | Continue reading
Tumblr is an Internet property known for its pronounced activist streak. That’s as true for its community as it is for the company as a whole. Where other businesses have remained silent, the youth-oriented blogging service has been at the center of several fraught battles, inclu … | Continue reading
Everybody wants to know what you’re doing online. Whether it’s businesses trying to extract marketing data or hackers and thieves mining information for more nefarious purposes, trackers and malware worm their way into devices all the time, collecting personal details and even sl … | Continue reading
Most early adopters of apps, online services and gadgets find themselves on Product Hunt to hear about new releases. Getting featured on the discovery platform can start companies on the road to success – but it’s worth remembering that Product Hunt is a success story in its own … | Continue reading
Emoji are weird. While there are enough of them that people somehow manage to use them for entire conversations, there always seem to be odd omissions. Why are there about 10 different types of trains, for instance, but there is no disco ball? Why did it take until 2017 to approv … | Continue reading
No it’s not just you: Twitter is down for many users. According to DownDetector.com, outages began to spike around 9:00AM Eastern time, and are being reported all around the world. We’ll keep you updated as we wait for the service to resume. Way to rain on TNW’s ongoing conferenc … | Continue reading
Did you know: Over six billion emojis are shared every day! Clearly, using emojis within messages, tweets, and all kinds of communication has become very popular over recent years, particularly on mobile devices where emoji buttons and keyboards have become quite ubiquitous. But … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s next Surface event is happening on Monday, where it’s rumored to be announcing an update to its Surface Pro line. But a fresh batch of leaks is giving us an early look at the new Surface Pro. The leaks come courtesy of ever-reliable leaker Evan Blass on VentureBeat. N … | Continue reading
All signs seem to suggest Apple is gearing up to release a special blood sugar tracker for the Apple Watch. As it turns out, none other than CEO Tim Cook has been spotted wearing what appeared to be an Apple Watch-connected glucose tracker in the vicinity of the company campus, C … | Continue reading
To understand technology addiction (or any addiction for that matter) you need to understand the Q-tip. Perhaps you’ve never noticed there’s a scary warning on every box of cotton swabs that reads, “CAUTION: Do not enter ear canal…Entering the ear canal could cause injury.” How i … | Continue reading
Sweden’s Director of Public Prosecutions has announced it has dropped the investigation into Julian Assange’s rape charges, which have dogged the Australian-born Wikileaks founder since 2010. Assange was initially charged with two separate allegations — rape and molestation. The … | Continue reading
Joining the ranks of fellow end-to-end encryption messengers WhatsApp and Signal, Telegram just announced support for short video messages. In addition to the ability to record short clips, the company is also launching a dedicated video hosting platform where users can freely sh … | Continue reading
The Google Assistant was the star of Google I/O for the second year in a row. Now that the technology has been available for well over a year, Google is adding numerous features that will expand the AI’s reach in Google’s quest to dominate your home. In other words, expect to be … | Continue reading
On May 19, I’m going to unveil the Semantic Bank to the The Next Web audience, and wrote a bit about it the other day here. I thought I would expand a little more on the background to the Semantic Bank by talking in more depth about artificial intelligence, machine learning and … | Continue reading
Growth Story is a new 4-question format we’re doing about startups finding and influencing a defining metric that helped to really grow their company. This week, the CEO and co-founder of MisterFly, Nicolas Brumelot, shares some valuable insights into taking over an established m … | Continue reading
Facebook is swinging for the fences with a new livestreaming deal with Major League Baseball. The social media site will stream 20 MLB games this season, one per week. The announcement confirms rumors about the deal that cropped up earlier this year. The games will all be livestr … | Continue reading
Uber today revealed its new app: Freight, a spin-off of the popular ride-sharing service aimed at long-haul truckers. If the promotional video is anything to go by, Uber Freight works similarly to Uber. Drivers pick an available load through the app, sorted by payment, destinatio … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission voted today in favor of a plan to repeal Title II net neutrality rules, in a 2-1 vote along party lines. With this vote, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has made good on his plan to reverse the net neutrality rules put in place during the Obama adminis … | Continue reading
Duolingo announced today that it was adding Japanese to its language courses. The course teaches English-speaking users the hiragana syllabary in addition to Japanese phrases, with katakana cards being available on the company’s Tinycards app. Duolingo called the course “the most … | Continue reading
No two computer systems are created equal. There are so many ways to go about assembling a functioning computer network that the possibilities are nearly infinite. But knowing the building blocks of putting together and running a strong system is essential knowledge these days. S … | Continue reading
Amazon has introduced Charts, a weekly bestseller list which tracks which 20 books have been sold — and read — the most. Introducing Amazon Charts! Discover the top 20 most read and most sold books every week: https://t.co/QoyUvtyyac pic.twitter.com/MLU3anyCMC — Amazon (@amazon) … | Continue reading
For the fourth year in a row Adyen and TNW teamed up to find the fastest growing companies in Europe’s six hottest startup ecosystems: The UK, The Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, and Sweden. We screened hundreds of young companies, in the end focusing on one key metric: perc … | Continue reading
We’re currently in the final phase of AI development, in which we’ve advanced past teaching computers to follow rules and evaluating the best solutions to problems. With a clearly defined goal and enough data to parse, AI can now learn how to arrive at a solution on its own. That … | Continue reading
Hate them or love them, Google is ditching its infamous blob emoji and redesigning them entirely for the upcoming release of Android O. In addition to the redesign, the Big G has become the first major company to announce full compatibility with Emoji 5.0, Emojipedia wrote in a b … | Continue reading
It seems passengers flying from Europe to the US might not have to worry about leaving their laptops and tablets behind when crossing over the pond after all. Following initial reports that the Trump administration has been seeking to ban any consumer electronics larger than a sm … | Continue reading
Taking the stage during day one of TNW Conference, Kevin Rose dished on life as a post-40 tech nerd. Rose, the founder of Digg, and partner at Google Ventures, sat with TNW’s co-founder Boris to shoot the shit about technology killing human interaction, buying socks based on Inst … | Continue reading
The Europa Commission has slapped Facebook with a massive $122 million fine after the company purportedly provided “incorrect or misleading” information for its WhatsApp acquisition. The decision goes back to an investigation under the EU Merger Regulation dating back to 2014. Th … | Continue reading
We’re quickly advancing towards a world where we’re drastically outnumbered by connected gadgets: Cisco estimates that 50 billion devices will be online by 2020. With that in mind, Amber Case took to the stage at TNW Conference in Amsterdam on day one to warn us of the Dystopian … | Continue reading
Google’s Android Device manager, which allows you to do things like locate, lock, or wipe a lost device is a nifty tool with an unfortunate name – it doesn’t tell you much about what it actually does. But at Google I/O, the company has sneakily changed the name into something mor … | Continue reading
TNW Conference has officially opened its doors to thousands of attendees in Amsterdam, along with loads of hand-picked startups and a roster of world-class speakers. If you’re reading this you’re probably not out with us at the venue – but that’s okay. Thanks to LiveU, we’ve got … | Continue reading
The official Twitter account of Sweden was at the center of controversy after the person using it blocked 14k people en masse. Sweden boasts a very democratic official Twitter account. Every week it’s used by a different person, with the Swedish Institute managing the account ove … | Continue reading
Facebook secured the right to stream professional CrossFit events and shows on Live. Up until this point, CrossFit would stream events from it’s own site. Now it’ll also stream to YouTube as well as Facebook Live. CrossFit Games General Manager Justin Bergh said in a statement: W … | Continue reading
Google is making it easier for low-powered devices to run Android smoothly – and its doing so by releasing a new version of Android altogether. Say hello to Android Go. It’s basically a lighter version of Android O, with several optimizations for lower power devices. Some example … | Continue reading
Google announced at today’s I/O conference that it was working on a new kind of a DayDream VR headset, one which would work without a phone, a PC, or any kind of cable. New #Daydream standalone headsets from partners like @htcvive won't require a phone or PC. #io17 pic.twitter.co … | Continue reading
Google Photos is coming to the real world. At its I/O keynote today, Google announced a new Photo Books feature, which is exactly what it sounds like: it lets you print physical picture albums from your Photos app. But this is Google of course, so AI is involved. Rather than simp … | Continue reading
Google announced at its I/O event today that it’s making Photos more social with Suggested Sharing and shared libraries. Suggested Sharing will prompt you to share photos based on the people in them. Photos will have a new Sharing tab, and will send notifications prompting users … | Continue reading
If you’re the type of person who can seemingly never get to Inbox Zero, let alone actually reply to every message, Google has an update for you. At its I/O event today, the company announced that Smart Reply – a feature to creates automated responses based on email content and yo … | Continue reading
At its I/O keynote today, Google announced that its Google Assistant is now available on iOS. The news had been rumored earlier this week, so its not terribly surprising. Google hasn’t specified whether it’s via its a new app or if its just integrated into the main Search app – m … | Continue reading
Google announced at it’s I/0 conference today that it’s working on a new form of AI called Google Lens, which understands what you’re looking at and can help you in various ways. With Google Lens, your smartphone camera won’t just see what you see, but will also understand what y … | Continue reading
Minecraft is getting a small, but important change after an uproar on Reddit — and it might just save a few lives. In Minecraft, you can tame parrots (and coax them to breed) by feeding them chocolate chip cookies. Intrepid Redditor 1jl pointed out that chocolate will kill parrot … | Continue reading
Who doesn’t love options? But as psychologists have pointed out, choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them. And if you’ve been paying attention to the growing boutique fitness class trend, you know that the options are endless – and s … | Continue reading
If you’re a hardcore web pro, there’s a decent chance you’re also a devotee of the Linux operating system. Sure, Windows and iOS come with lots of fun frills and added features, but for down and dirty, uncluttered programming and system operations, many coding beasts say the open … | Continue reading
Netflix is producing a show based on the popular Witcher franchise. Most English-speaking people will recognize hunky star Geralt of Rivia from the series of successful games. But The Witcher was originally a Polish literary property — and a very successful one at that. The serie … | Continue reading
OnePlus is gearing up to launch its next handset, the OnePlus 5, in the summer (yup, they’re skipping the ‘4’); while it’s obvious that it’ll have better specs than the company’s last device, we’re now hearing murmurs about something exciting: dual cameras both in front and on th … | Continue reading