MalwareTech is a goddamn hero. Last Friday, the UK-based security researcher stopped the WannaCry ransomware in its tracks thanks to an ingenious bit of technological trickery, thus preventing more machines from getting infected. We owe him a massive debt of gratitude. At the ver … | Continue reading
A project by a German non-profit social enterprise, URIDU, and Tanzania’s Ministry for Health and Social Welfare, is using a solar-powered MP3 player to provide health education to women who can’t read in rural parts of the East African country. Named the MP3forLife Player, the s … | Continue reading
Last Friday, a piece of malware began doing the rounds in the UK, locking PC users out of their data unless they paid up a ransom in Bitcoin. It then spread to Spain and eventually more than 150 countries, affecting not just individuals, but also over 10,000 organizations includi … | Continue reading
If you grew up in the 90s and early 2000s, you probably still remember downloading MP3 files to build your music collection, and burn up to 10 times as many of these onto audio discs than you could with traditional CD tracks. I didn’t just remind you of MP3s to make you feel old … | Continue reading
On-demand cab service Lyft has inked a deal with Waymo, the autonomous vehicle firm spun off from Google, to jointly develop self-driving technology. Details of the partnership are scant, and we don’t yet know what the two companies intend to build together. However, as The New Y … | Continue reading
Following the success of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on its Switch console, Nintendo is said to be working on a mobile game based on the franchise and will release it later this year, reports The Wall Street Journal. That’s big news for Zelda fans, and it marks anothe … | Continue reading
If you’ve rooted your Android phone in order to gain access to more settings than the average user, you will no longer be able to grab Netflix’s app from Google Play, as the company is blocking downloads on such devices. In a statement to Android Police, Netflix said: With our la … | Continue reading
When it comes to financial success in the business world, big data is everything. Broken down, big data is that fountain of raw undiluted information that comes surging out of most companies’ analytics reports. From production data to financials to customer specifics, it’s usuall … | Continue reading
People have been taking pictures for almost 200 years. But it’s tough not to recognize that the steps of image capturing are in the midst of a major revolution. Now, using Photoshop and digitally manipulating images is just as critical as initially clicking that shutter. With tha … | Continue reading
Back in 2015, when the the world was just beginning to pay serious attention to virtual reality, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing HoloLens. Instead of surrounding you with virtual imagery – like Oculus and every other VR company – HoloLens brought the digital world into … | Continue reading
The same FCC chairman who voted to repeal rules protecting the privacy of Americans’ information online won’t disclose his, according to a report by ZDNet. Last month, Congress and President Trump approved the FCC’s rollback of online privacy rules. With those rules gone, ISPs ha … | Continue reading
Today in federal court, Judge William Alsup handed Uber even more bad news. The court appearance was meant to be a plea by Uber to move its case with Waymo to private arbitration to avoid trial. It failed. After considering the evidence, Judge Alsup instead ruled that Waymo could … | Continue reading
If you’ve ever felt the slightest inkling to own a copy of video game Alan Wake, buy it tomorrow — it’ll be your last chance. Remedy, the developer behind Alan Wake, Quantum Break, and the first two Max Payne games, announced today it can no longer sell Alan Wake. After May 15, i … | Continue reading
For those of you who don’t know to take good photos with the iPhone’s camera — and I’m one — Apple has made some videos to help you improve. In a series of tutorials posted on its site, Apple demonstrates how to take well-composed, beautiful pictures with the iPhone 7’s camera. t … | Continue reading
Let an illustrator loose in a museum with a popular mobile app and all hell breaks loose. Olly Gibbs, a freelance illustrator from London recently visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam armed with his trusty mobile phone and FaceApp, a popular application with technology similar to … | Continue reading
Facebook is taking the headache out of screening new Group members by letting admins ask them specific questions when they request entry. According to TechCrunch, Group admins can now screen prospective members by setting three questions, which can be answered in up to 250 charac … | Continue reading
A California-based biotech company raised $360 million to fund a new early warning system that could detect cancer with a simple blood test. Guardant Health raised the funding for Guardant360, a blood test that measures genetic biomarkers for tumors, or a “liquid biopsy.” The blo … | Continue reading
Does it ever seem to you that pop song lyrics are getting more repetitive? Evidence of one researcher and an algorithm suggests it’s not your imagination — in fact, it’s measurably true. In an essay on The Pudding, Colin Morris demonstrates repetition by compressing pop songs usi … | Continue reading
UK-based Improbable recently raised a 502 million dollar investment from the Japanese media conglomerate SoftBank. The company’s share in the VR startup will be non-controlling (within 50 percent), meaning that Improbable’s worth is now estimated to be over one billion dollars. A … | Continue reading
No one wants to always be workin’ for the man, man. Start charting your own destiny once you understand how to build an online business with the help of this Start a Side Business course bundle. Right now, you can get this entire package of 21st century business training for any … | Continue reading
A massive cyber attack has crippled the IT systems of several NHS hospitals across England, forcing several trusts to redirect emergency patients, and causing chaos. According to The Guardian, computers in several NHS England hospitals have been simultaneously struck, locking cli … | Continue reading
It’s not like you needed another reason to splash $300 on a Nintendo Switch, but here we are. Earlier today, Microsoft announced that Minecraft — the game it acquired after it bought Swedish developer Mojang in 2014 for $2.5 billion — is coming to Nintendo’s latest (and dare I sa … | Continue reading
New reports say that Spotify is choosing to forgo an initial public offering in favor of a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange. According to CNBC, Spotify will register its shares on the public exchange. This move has been rumored for weeks. According to the Wall Street … | Continue reading
Realizing you suck at what you do…well, sucks. Or does it? It’s probably more of a blessing than you realize, especially in something as complicated and subjective as design. But before we get into that, it’s important to remember that realizing you suck at something, is complete … | Continue reading
It was bound to happen eventually. As more and more Echo devices are making their way into people’s homes — including the utterly pointless Echo Show — marketing companies are figuring out how to monetize Alexa skills with adverts. One company, VoiceLabs, has announced a platfor … | Continue reading
Ukraine is currently in the spotlight in Europe, as this year’s Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Kiev. While singers prance around safely in the country’s capital, soldiers and civilians are battling pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country — as they’ve … | Continue reading
Quick quiz for social media marketers: Raise your hand if you’ve ever been asked, “So, you get paid to go on Facebook?” Probably quite a few of us, right? People get social media. But it seems many are still bewildered by social media marketing. So how can you explain the value o … | Continue reading
I hate the fact that Google’s Allo messaging service has some pretty cool features, because none of my friends are on it and so I can’t use them. Thanks to its latest update, I hate the app even more. It can now generate a sweet sticker pack based on your selfie, with a hand-illu … | Continue reading
After leaving Google in 2014, Android inventor Andy Rubin launched an incubator for hardware startups the following year. It’s already hosting numerous projects, and the first one is coming soon: the Lighthouse ‘interactive assistant’. At first glance, it looks like a security ca … | Continue reading
While many Twitter users are furious that President Trump is allowed on the platform even though he uses it to personally attack citizens, and lash out at the press and his opponents, CEO Jack Dorsey believes it’s “important” for The Donald to keep tweeting. In an interview with … | Continue reading
CHI 2017, an annual showcase of human-computer interaction hosted by the Association of Computing Machinery, has given us some truly bizarre-looking innovations. Here are a few of my favorites — all no doubt interesting from a technical perspective but still weird to look at and … | Continue reading
A study published today suggests your Apple Watch could help detect and track serious heart conditions. According to CNET, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco worked with the app Cardiogram on the Health eHeart study, gathering cardiovascular data from 6, … | Continue reading
As we reported last week, the stand-off between Apple and Amazon appears to be over. Rumors suggested that, at long last, Amazon Prime Video was coming to Apple TV. According to BuzzFeed News sources, it’s a certainty, and the announcement will happen at Apple’s Worldwide Develop … | Continue reading
Image verification company TRUEPIC today launched its digital platform, including a mobile app and an SDK for other apps, helping businesses and date-hungry people everywhere ensure what you see is actually what you get. TRUEPIC calls itself a “digital notary for photos.” Its aim … | Continue reading
Urban Armor Gear, a case manufacturer for cell phones and other mobile devices, may have let the cat out of the bag about the rumored 10.5-inch iPad Pro. An Apple Authorized Retailer’s stock system shared with 9to5 Mac seems to show a UAG Metropolis Folio case ‘for iPad 10.5-inch … | Continue reading
Apple is working on a way for you to control Siri in iMessage, rather than with your voice. The company has applied for a patent that lets you use the digital assistant without having to talk to it. Here’s how Apple describes it in the patent: User input can be received and in re … | Continue reading
After integrating Bob Ross so thoroughly into its culture (to the point where he’s started cropping up in actual games), Twitch is bringing another beloved, soft-voiced childhood icon to its platform with a Mister Rogers marathon. Twitch will show 886 episodes of Mister Rogers’ N … | Continue reading
Build, Microsoft’s annual developer conference, just kicked off day two. Unlike day one, today featured a lot more consumer-facing tech worthy of talking about. From Mixed Reality, to a pretty badass way to create collaborative movies, Microsoft had a lot to show us. Here’s what’ … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced at its Build conference in Seattle that it’s releasing a Windows Mixed Reality motion controller for its headsets, including HoloLens. The controllers, which look very similar to what’s available for Oculus and Vive virtual reality headets, require no ex … | Continue reading
Debugging mobile apps on desktop device is a pain, especially if you’re a new developer trying to get started. You have to install a bazillion resources just to get start, and testing an iOS app with a Windows PC is a hassle, to say the lest. Xamarin’s new Live Player wants to ch … | Continue reading
At today’s Build event in Seattle, Microsoft announced that iTunes, formerly an Apple-only staple, is coming to the Windows store. In addition to iTunes, Windows 10 and 10S users will have Apple music and full iPhone support. This is part of a massive cross-device initiative by t … | Continue reading
At day two of its Build developer conference in Seattle today, Microsoft noted that it’s simplifying the process of installing Linux through its own Windows 10 OS, so you can run Windows and Linux apps side-by-side. Three flavors of Linux – Ubuntu, Fedora and SUSE – are coming to … | Continue reading
This is pretty rad. Ever had something – like an address, or a phone number – on your computer, and just wished you could paste it on your phone? Now you can, thanks to Microsoft’s Cloud Clipboard. Joe Belfiore demonstrated the feature on stage at Microsoft’s Build event in Seatt … | Continue reading
At today’s Build event in Seattle, Microsoft announced a new feature for cross-device work called Timeline, which will let you pick up where you left off, across multiple devices. This new feature will allow people to open things they were previously doing, either on their Window … | Continue reading
At day two of its Build developer conference in Seattle today, Microsoft announced that its OneDrive cloud storage service is getting a useful new feature to make your files available on your device without taking up hard disk space. Files On-Demand will let you see all your OneD … | Continue reading
Microsoft today announced the launch of Windows Story Remix – the company’s brand new creative application designed to let Windows 10 users easily edit photos and create video content. Windows Story Remix bring the ability to create rich visual content, and marries it with a comp … | Continue reading
Just as expected, Microsoft has revealed the long-rumored Project Neon – Windows 10’s big UI refresh – at its Build conference in Seattle. Except, it’s it has a new name: The Microsoft Fluent Design System. Given that’s a mouthful, lets just go ahead and all just go ahead and cal … | Continue reading
At its Build event in Seattle today, Microsoft unveiled the next version of Windows 10: Say hello to the Windows 10 ‘Fall Creators Update.’ As the name implies, the update is set to arrive later this year. Though for something called a ‘Creators Update’, it’s not the most creativ … | Continue reading