GUEST: The first ever MOOC I took had 160,000 people signed up for it. The forums were buzzing with activity. New posts were being added every few minutes. If I had any question at all, it had already been asked and answered by someone else. But recently I have noticed forum acti … | Continue reading
Activision is about to wrap up another full season of downloadable content (DLC) for Call of Duty with the release tomorrow of the Salvation Pack for Black Ops III the PlayStation 4. The Salvation DLC delivers the culmination of the Treyarch Zombies co-op play story. That story h … | Continue reading
Over the past 40 years, typhoons that strike East and Southeast Asia have become stronger — and presumably will only continue gathering strength, thanks to climate change. The likely cause is warming ocean waters near the coasts, according to new research.The study, published tod … | Continue reading
Scientists now know how to make you forget your fears — at least if you’re a mouse. By turning off a newly discovered brain pathway, scientists were able to make mice lose their fear of a shock. It’s early research, but it may point toward methods that could help people with anxi … | Continue reading
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Warner Bros. has long been among Hollywood’s most ferocious anti-piracy advocates, but it seems the studio has shot itself in the foot during its latest pursuit of justice. In a recent DMCA notice to Google, Warner Bros. has mistakenly flagged one of its own pages for pirated con … | Continue reading
Die komplett kabellosen InEars von Bragi – The Dash – sorgten vor zwei Jahren für einiges Aufsehenhören, als die Kickstarter-Kampagne an den Start ging. Die InEars verzichten nicht nur auf jegliche Kabel, sondern sind mit zahlreichen... | Continue reading
Date: 9-22-16 Location: KU Leuven Campus Arenburg (Belgium) Time: 10.00 AM-04.00 PM On 22 September, JamToday and the Transmango project are coming together to host a gamestorm in Leuven to look at innovative forms of play in and around … Continued | Continue reading
Another week, another massive data leak. This time around, it’s 800,000 accounts from iconic porn site Brazzers. Although the data originated from their forum, users who have never signed up may be caught up in the breach. The data was passed to Vice’s Motherboard publication by … | Continue reading
Ahead of Apple’s iPhone event on September 7th, the company has begun rolling out new, personalized music playlists to Apple Music subscribers, who are beta testing the soon-to-be-released iOS 10 mobile operating system and macOS Sierra. Originally introduced at this year’s World … | Continue reading
A new Seattle VR startup from three people who helped make the hit online shooter Destiny has received a $3.5 million seed round of investment from several overseas backers. Polyarc will focus primarily on virtual reality gaming content, but it hasn’t announced what its first gam … | Continue reading
During an address to reporters at the G-20 international summit in China, President Obama stated that he’d like to prevent an "arms race" among countries that have various cyber weapons at their disposal. The remarks come after Russian president Vladimir Putin denied having any i … | Continue reading
Snapchat has given observers another reason to suspect it might be working on hardware – the social network company joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) according to the Financial Times. The SIG industry association maintains the Bluetooth wireless standard, and memb … | Continue reading
To celebrate its sponsorship of PAX West, Amazon is running a huge series of discounts on PC gaming accessories, Chromebooks, and memory cards. | Continue reading
Krypton, an Ethereum-based blockchain, has announced that in order to protect its token coin KR from being stolen from exchanges through a double spend it has decided on a temporary course of action. In an announcement today, founder of Krypton Stephanie Kent said: Krypton is mov … | Continue reading
Want to amp up your productivity? Meet TextExpander – a shortcut tool that saves time with custom keyboard shortcuts for frequently used text. For a limited time, you can pick up a one-year single user plan for just $19.98 on TNW Deals. Efficiency is key in our busy lives, and Te … | Continue reading
The upcoming LG V20 is boasting a "Quad DAC" for audiophiles. We break down exactly what this could mean and how it will affect music quality. | Continue reading
Wer in Sachen Smart Home auf die Qivicon-Lösung der Telekom setzt, kann ab sofort auch seine Sonos-Lautsprecher in das System einbinden. Die dafür benötigt neue Version der Magenta-SmartHome-App steht bereits zur Verfügung.Dank... | Continue reading
Eurail Group G.I.E.: Utrecht, Niederlande (ots/PRNewswire) - Eurail stellt neue Platzreservierungsfunktion der bereits eine Million Mal heruntergeladenen App "Rail Planner" vor Die kostenlose RailPlanner-App (verfügbar für iOS- und Android-Smartphones) hat eine neue ... | Continue reading
Digital asset trading service Crypto Facilities has raised $1.5m in new funding. | Continue reading
Advanced Micro Devices is announcing that desktop systems with its 7th-generation AMD A-Series processors are shipping today. The new systems are based on AMD’s code-named Bristol Ridge accelerated processing units (APUs), which use AM4 sockets and are aimed at offering performan … | Continue reading
It’s all over, but for the massive clean up to remove all that Playa dust from cars, clothes and the deepest crevices of the human body. But the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock City conjured up its usual menagerie of fantastic structures, eye-popping costumes, and decad … | Continue reading
In an effort to streamline its application process, HSBC will enable business customers to pass the identity checks required to open new accounts by taking a selfie. Clients using the bank’s mobile application will have to take a self-portrait using the front-facing camera on the … | Continue reading
A few times a year we are treated to unique events that are as much product introductions as fanboy entertainment events. We are talking about Apple Keynotes of course. In a few more days we will be able to enjoy another one of these, and for those of you who want to get in the m … | Continue reading
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Antwerp, 5-7 October 2016 This thirteenth annual conference of the European Society for Textual Scholarship (ESTS), is organized in conjunction with the Digital Scholarly Editing Initial Training Network (DiXiT) and hosted by the Centre for Manuscript Genetics at the University o … | Continue reading
Ein bisschen historischer Überblick schadet nie, erst recht nicht wenn er so flott und unterhaltsam ums Eck kommt wie die kleine Stop-Motion-Geschichte, die Filmemacher Vugar Efendi in einem dreiminütigen Video zusammengestellt hat: Die Evolution... | Continue reading
Autonomous ocean drone startup Saildrone has raised $14 Million in a Series A round led by Social Capital, with participation from the Capricorn Investment Group and Lux Capital. Founded out of Alameda, California, in 2012, Saildrone serves up a fleet of wind-powered autonomous s … | Continue reading
Getting traffic to your website can be hard. It's almost as if you have to hustle for every single page view. | Continue reading
Imagine a few thousand people in a room together, watching a random video, without any idea why they got there. That's what's happening in this live stream. | Continue reading
NEWS OF THE MORNING Cavs excited for Love’s season | Gallinari says he passed on trade last season | Noah’s father: Joakim pumped to play for Knicks No. 1: Cavs looking forward to Love’s upcoming season — The Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t exactly gotten the All-Star version of powe … | Continue reading
Expectations are low for the new iPhones that will be announced this week. But Apple CEO Tim Cook may have let slip one intriguing tidbit about Apple Pencil and the upcoming new versions of smartphones. As spotted by the Daring Fireball blog this weekend, it seems Cook gave an in … | Continue reading
The deep web attracts people from all walks of life. One US student admitted he resold the drugs purchased on the darknet with Bitcoin. He also admitted to money laundering charges and is one of three people who were recently arrested for similar facts. This once again goes to sh … | Continue reading
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Last week, reality star Kim Kardashian took it to Twitter to complain that Uber has ‘banned’ her supermodel sister Kendall Jenner from using the service. While the Twitterverse showed little concern for the banned model, Uber competitor Lyft was quick to seize an opportunity to l … | Continue reading
Die Geschichte ist jetzt schon ein Wochenende alt, aber trotzdem wollte ich noch auf die guten Gedanken aus den Hacker-News-Kommentaren zur YouTube/Bravia-Sache hinweisen. Und zwar geht es darum, dass auf Sony-Geräten - in Deutschland offenbar... | Continue reading
SoftBank surprised the technology world with a plan to acquire British chip designer ARM Holdings for £23.4 billion ($31.4 billion) back in July, the biggest ever purchase of a European technology company. After less than two months, SoftBank is announcing today that the transact … | Continue reading
Meeting and getting to know smart digital marketers is easily one of my favorite things about working in the marketing industry. I first meet Josh Mueller when he was at Director of Digital Marketing at Dell and I was presenting an integrated approach to search, social and conten … | Continue reading
Japan-based Softbank said it had completed its takeover of ARM Holdings, one of the year’s biggest teach deals. Announced back in July, it is the biggest deal for Softbank since it bought Spring several years ago. Softbank is hoping to use the purchase of ARM, a British chipmaker … | Continue reading
Twitter has publicly touted its efforts to suspend accounts linked to ISIS, but according to a new study, white nationalists and neo-Nazis continue to use the social network "with relative impunity." The study, published last week by George Washington University's Program on Extr … | Continue reading
We’ve got another gangbuster week in tech coming up. Last week brought us dozens of new products launched at IFA, Europe’s biggest tech show. We won’t have the same breadth of gear this week, but what it’ll lack in numbers will be made up for in notoriety thanks to Apple, Sony, a … | Continue reading
John Lewis will host three branded experiential areas for guests at this weekend's OnBlackheath festival (10-11 September). | Continue reading
Samsung SDI will no longer supply batteries for the Galaxy Note 7, after issues with battery fires and explosions required a mass recall of handsets. | Continue reading
Thirty-seven-year-old Brett Smitheram from London has been named the new World Scrabble champion. He was behind until he scored 176 points for the word "braconid," a kind of parasitic wasp. Photo: AP. | Continue reading
If you’ve ever accidentally soaked your phone with water (or more frequently in my case, a pint of beer), you know the anxiety of having to let it dry in rice, and not knowing if your handset is irreparably busted. But this might be a thing of the past with the latest iPhone 7, a … | Continue reading
Charity Macmillan Cancer Support will be showcasing artwork featuring an entire British skyline made out of 25,000 biscuits. | Continue reading
Northzone, a Swedish-founded venture capital (VC) firm with hubs in London, Oslo, Stockholm, and New York, has announced the closure of its biggest fund to date. The firm says that the NZVIII fund was oversubscribed with a target of €300 million ($335 million) and that it was its … | Continue reading