Apple angered fans of its desktop computers earlier this week when it was discovered that anyone could access your MacOS system by simply logging in as “Root” with no password. The company was quick to issue a patch – but now, The Guardian reports that the fix has introduced a tr … | Continue reading
Xiaomi made headlines earlier this year when it was revealed to be joining Google’s Android One program – which meant that its next phone device would ship with a stock Android experience with the latest version of the OS installed, and would continue to be updated over the next … | Continue reading
After Apple announced a series of sensors capable of measuring your face down to the finest detail, the security world instantly warned of the repercussions. Police could force users to unlock the iPhone X with their face, the data could be stolen, marketers may use it to gauge y … | Continue reading
We should all be able to agree – no matter what your politics are – that among the worst things done by former US President Barrack Hussein Obama was the appointment of a Verizon lawyer to the FCC. Trump didn’t do us any favors by making him chairman. The internet as we know it i … | Continue reading
The best — if not the only way — to improve as a programmer is to actually write code. To do that, there’s no shortage of proving-grounds: from Reddit’s Daily Programmer subreddit and Project Euler, to more formal options like Pluralsight’s Code School and Devslopes. One festive … | Continue reading
Sony today announced PlayStation Vue subscribers can now control their TVs, hands-free, with Amazon’s smart assistant, Alexa. The addition is a welcome one. As good as Sony’s TV remote is, there’s nothing quite as simple as barking orders at a digital device instead. Besides, if … | Continue reading
Early 2017, experts made predictions about gaming trends to watch out for. Some people called it right, some called it wrong. Some of the trends predicted included an increase in VR device adoption rate, the rise of eSports, even more mainstream adoption of wearables and the deat … | Continue reading
After Vine was unceremoniously ripped from our hands earlier this year, the internet has since become a black hole. I’m not saying these things are related, but after killing Vine: Trump was sworn in as the 45th President “The Emoji Movie” came out Fidget spinners became a thing … | Continue reading
Facebook recently announced at its Social Good Forum several new actions it intends to take to facilitate charitable giving on its site. Some of the things it’s announced sound like they could make a difference, and that’s somewhat heartening. Previously, five percent of any char … | Continue reading
For many of us, the idea of founding our own startup sounds glamorous. It means pursuing our own vision, the way we want to pursue it. It means striking it rich. It means making our own rules and hiring our own team. It means turning our passions and ideals into a tangible realit … | Continue reading
A think-tank focused on security and defense yesterday released a report indicating China is no longer a distant second in the AI arms race, but quickly catching up. According to the analysis, the US can expect its current lead to continue for another five years before vanishing. … | Continue reading
If you have an iPhone, you can now get Microsoft’s Edge browser right from the App Store. Last month, Microsoft brought a beta version of its Edge browser to iOS and Android, with the promise of greater interoperability with your PC. But while the Android beta was easily accessib … | Continue reading
Thanks to technology, all you need is a service like Social Insider. Right now, you can let Social Insider give you the complete 411 on how your rivals are doing online with this lifetime subscription, now just $29.99, an over 90 percent savings, from TNW Deals. | Continue reading
Building a cryptocurrency miner that doubles as a heater is cool, but one inventor has taken the concept of mining to a whole new level. A creative Tesla owner managed to fit a legitimate mining rig inside the trunk of his shiny Model S. But here is the best part: all the electri … | Continue reading
Billboards still exist, which means someone still finds value in paying to advertise on them. But when we think about effective advertising mediums, internet and television are the two that seem the most valuable. The perception is that billboards are an outmoded and generally le … | Continue reading
The greatest success stories usually start with a fairly simple idea. They cut through all the overgrowth and clutter to uncover the hidden, yet often straightforward path to profit. Of course, getting from an inspiring idea to shepherding a world-beating success isn’t usually so … | Continue reading
In a bizarre turn of events, today Google blocked thousands of music videos on YouTube in Finland after the company failed to immediately reach a licensing agreement with local performance copyrights agency, Teosto. “We were unable to reach a new licensing agreement with TEOSTO. … | Continue reading
Google is currently facing legal action from Google You Owe Us, a campaigning group founded as a result of Google tricking Safari into revealing the personal data of iPhone users between June 2011 and February 2012. The group aims to secure compensation for the nearly 5.4 millio … | Continue reading
Over the past few years, social media platforms have become a huge part of marketing campaigns. Individuals and businesses alike are flocking to Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram to advertise their brands more and more frequently. Although TV commercials and Internet adv … | Continue reading
Microsoft is building an app for Android and iOS to send photos and videos from your phone to your Windows 10 PC, reports Italian blog Aggiornamenti Lumia. It’ll serve as a companion to the Photos app on Windows 10, and will let you quickly beam your content to your desktop when … | Continue reading
Bitcoin made cryptocurrency enthusiasts’ heads spin this week when its value first crossed $10,000 two days ago, and then surged past $11,000. But it also alarmingly dropped by more than $2,000 within a few short hours of crossing that milestone. Perhaps you don’t really need to … | Continue reading
In an effort to figure out how Twitter briefly silenced the world’s loudest buffoon, TechCrunch spoke to Bahtiyar Duysak, the platform’s former employee who caused President Trump’s account to go down for 11 glorious minutes earlier this month. Duysak, who hails from Germany and … | Continue reading
Back in June, Google quietly launched Triangle, an app to track which apps used mobile data on your Android device and restrict unwanted consumption. It’s now got a new name – Datally – and is available on Google Play globally. While Triangle was designed to give you control over … | Continue reading
As further proof that technology is the worst, and that the future is on a one-way path to hell, the European VR industry has now officially backed a metric that tracks how long you stare at ads. Dubbed the “Gaze-At-Ratio,” (GAR) the algorithm determines the value of a user’s gaz … | Continue reading
In the nearly two decades since we entered into the new millennium, there have been a wide variety of factors that have contributed to an increased demand for personalization in healthcare. In 2003, the Human Genome Project successfully unlocked the complete blueprint for human g … | Continue reading
Just when you thought everyone was done copying Snapchat, another big tech company enters the clone club: YouTube. But for once I actually think it makes complete sense. YouTube’s approach is called ‘Reels’, and the company outright admits it’s its own spin on the stories format … | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency exchanges are crashing, Bitcoin is fluctuating like an electrocardiogram hooked up to someone at a pie-eating contest, and the US government is turning its eye on big ticket Bitcoin transactions. It’s a crappy day to be a crypto enthusiast. Coinbase and Gemini, two … | Continue reading
Hundreds of American Airlines customers today discovered they might have to stay home for the holidays, thanks to an error in American Airlines’ computer system. According to Bloomberg, the glitch showed that some flights had a surplus of staff when they didn’t. As a result, the … | Continue reading
Technology has changed some of our most cherished business traditions. Less work is done on the golf course and fewer business lunches turn into raucous parties. The American way of business has been forced to conform to a faster pace and a more disconnected workforce. But the ch … | Continue reading
Despite having different motives, marketers and media companies have long been joined at the hip. Marketers have relied on media companies for coverage, and media companies have relied on marketers for new content ideas. Social media has undoubtedly challenged traditional media c … | Continue reading
Snapchat’s teased redesign has today been unveiled, and its one big change is a simple-yet-welcome concession to modernity. For something that was presented to me as the “new Snapchat,” its alterations are surprisingly simple ones. If you’ve stuck to using Snapchat’s basic social … | Continue reading
Apple’s macOS High Sierra yesterday became a liability to everyone using it. A security-crippling bug was discovered which gives Admin access to anyone. If you’re a Mac user, it might be time to consider switching. And if you’re Tim Cook: shame on you. First things first: if you, … | Continue reading
AirMiles, independent of the airlines, is a company that brings in hundreds of millions of dollars per year in revenue. Groupon has been valued billions of US dollars, even after the business challenges it has faced. The sky-high valuations of these companies show investors have … | Continue reading
While the idea of taking small doses of illegal psychedelics in order to be more productive at work might sound like an absolute nightmare to many, microdosing has swiftly become many professionals’ ‘secret weapon’ for boosting performance in the workplace. Earlier this year, at … | Continue reading
Every once in a while I would stumble upon an interesting video on YouTube only to discover the uploader hasn’t made the clip available in my country. Switching my VPN to another region usually solves the problem, but thanks to this new Chrome extension, there is now a way to do … | Continue reading
AnchorFree, a major VPN provider, just released its 2017 transparency report. This lists government demands for user data by country, and the legal mechanism used. Perhaps the most eye-catching figure is that of the 81 formal legal requests received by the company, an astonishing … | Continue reading
Amidst an ongoing storm of allegations of sexual misconduct in Silicon Valley, The Information reports that Android creator and Essential founder Andy Rubin quit Google in 2014 after nine years at the company, after an investigation revealed that he had engaged in an inappropriat … | Continue reading
Google researchers Hee Jung Ryu and Florian Schroff are gearing up to present a novel little project that takes advantage of your phone’s front camera and AI to spot people around you who are peeping at your screen, and shame them with a sticker. As you can see in the clip above, … | Continue reading
While persistent efforts in phone design and software optimization have got us to the point where our handsets can now last a day on a single charge, there’s work to be done yet if we’re heading for a future rife with VR and AR apps. To that end, Samsung says it’s inching closer … | Continue reading
Google has made good on its promise to fix its problematic burger emoji in the next Android update, after CEO Sundar Pichai said the company would make it a priority. Will drop everything else we are doing and address on Monday:) if folks can agree on the correct way to do this! … | Continue reading
Wired reports that Facebook has begun asking some users to verify their identity and prove they’re not bots by uploading a picture of themselves. The picture needs to clearly show your face in order to pass the social network’s security check. Facebook says it’ll delete the image … | Continue reading
TNW today obtained information on a range of new features Instagram is currently testing. As with all tests, this means some of you may have already seen one or two of the new features. Some of you, however, have not. Instagram and Facebook tend to roll out new features for testi … | Continue reading
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai today spoke out about his support of the rollback of rules regarding internet service providers. As a counterpoint to the arguments against his position, he called out edge providers — Twitter in particular — for being more of a danger to internet freedom. T … | Continue reading
Microsoft will soon be test-driving a feature in Windows 10 that could forever change how you use your PC. It’s also a feature you’ve already been using for years. Say hello to tabs. Or as Microsoft calls them, ‘Sets.’ While Microsoft isn’t sure whether that name will stick, the … | Continue reading
Apple’s macOS High Sierra has a fatal security flaw allowing anyone to bypass system security by logging in as “Root” with no password and clicking “unlock” numerous times. Here’s what we know so far: A user reported the issue earlier today, but initially it wasn’t specified whic … | Continue reading
You’ve probably heard by now that cryptocurrencies are going through quite the boom right now. Yes, everyone from hedge fund managers to your cousin at Thanksgiving has an opinion on it, which is making a lot of us wonder: How can I get in on this too? Well, no matter if you’re a … | Continue reading
New data from cyber security software provider Symantec and ecommerce platform BigCommerce indicates that the cost of a data breach to an ecommerce retailer could be as much as $172 per record compromised, with the cost to retailers continuing to rise right alongside the likeliho … | Continue reading
The “bad old days” of the Internet have long passed. Remember them? When the browser landscape was deeply fragmented, and rife with proprietary elements, like ActiveX, Flash, and Silverlight? Thank God they’re over. In 2017, with open standards, there’s literally no reason for pr … | Continue reading