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Why Mormonism is the best religion for cyborgs
It feels like we’re finally getting to the magical stage where technology is catching up with our imagination — which of course only means one thing: cyborgs! This might still sound futuristic, but they’re actually already walking among us, and many more of us could become cyborgs in the coming years, if plans by people like Elon Musk pan out. дальше »
2019-6-27 15:49 | |
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Console makers warn Trump that tariffs could cost US gamers up to $840M
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft collaborated on an open letter protesting the Trump administrations’s controversial proposition on Chinese tariffs. They warn that the worst case scenario would be that game consoles, are on the proposed product list, would get even more expensive. дальше »
2019-6-27 03:57 | |
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Review: The Roborock S5 robo-vacuum is fast, powerful, and quiet(ish)
Robot vacuum cleaners were, a long time ago, the preserve of the cashed-up early adopter. Back in 2002, if you had deep pockets and wanted to make your gaff look like the set of The Jetsons, you could spend an ungodly amount of money on an iRobot Roomba. дальше »
2019-6-27 19:48 | |
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Microsoft’s mysterious dual-screen Surface will reportedly run Android apps
The rumor mill has long suggested Microsoft is working on a dual-screen Surface, but we’ve seen little in the way of specifics. Originally, rumors pointed towards a pocketable device named Andromeda, but more recently it seems Microsoft is focusing on a larger device codenamed Centaurus. дальше »
2019-6-24 18:52 | |
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CHEAP: Spit in the face of cleaning with 20% off iRobot’s Roomba 690 vacuum
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Although there are a few oddballs out there, very few of us like cleaning. Yes, the aftermath can be hugely pleasurable, but could you imagine how much better life would be if stuff just got magically clean? Well, that’s the experience you can get with the famous Roomba series of robotic vacuums from iRobot. дальше »
2019-6-24 15:17 | |
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Mark Zuckerberg Stole Facebook, Now He’s Stealing Bitcoin
By CCN Markets: One day Bitcoin will occupy the same corner of internet nostalgia occupied by Nikola Tesla. So it goes: were it not for Thomas Edison’s superior resources, influence and propaganda, we could all be running our laptops on Mr. дальше »
2019-6-24 16:43 | |
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CHEAP: $60 for this 2TB Western Digital portable HD? TIME TO TEAR OFF OUR CLOTHES IN JOY
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! I love a good hard drive. It’s such a wonderful feeling to have a tiny little box filled with an array of digital goodies. дальше »
2019-6-22 15:00 | |
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Game on: Facebook’s Libra challenges Bitcoin to become new throned King
Facebook’s Libra project took the crypto community by the storm, and suddenly everyone is ONLY talking about Libra. Being a journalist, one bad thing that could happen to you after a huge news breaks is that the conversation gets stuck. дальше »
2019-6-22 03:30 | |
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Messaging app Line is reportedly launching a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan soon
Japanese messaging company Line Corp is reportedly gearing up to launch a cryptocurrency exchange, The report comes just days after fellow tech giant Facebook announced the launch of Libra. According to Bloomberg, which cites people close to the matter, Line could receive its license this month, with exchange operations expected to begin a few weeks after it gets the green light. дальше »
2019-6-20 14:34 | |
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Studying naked mole-rats could be the key to breakthroughs in treating pain and cancer
The naked mole-rat is perhaps one of the most bizarre beasts on the planet. At first glance, it looks like little more than a cocktail sausage with legs and teeth. But beneath its wrinkly pink skin, this creature’s strange and beautiful biology has me fascinated – so much so that I set up a whole research group devoted to studying them. дальше »
2019-6-20 10:42 | |
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Hackers exploit Mozilla Firefox bug reportedly affecting Coinbase users
Mozilla has warned hackers are exploiting a critical “zero-day” exploit in its Firefox browser — and cryptocurrency owners are most at-risk, ZDNet reports. Details of the bug are scarce, but Mozilla has described it as a “type confusion vulnerability” that could occur when interacting with JavaScript objects. дальше »
2019-6-19 17:20 | |
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Meet Nuro, the pint-sized robot that could one day deliver your pizza
Robotics company Nuro will soon unleash its self-driving vehicles on the streets of Houston. This isn’t a ride-sharing partnership, or a new Tesla competitor, but a trial run at the future we’re all waiting for. дальше »
2019-6-19 04:02 | |
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EU lawmakers need to look beyond the ‘top layer’ when regulating the internet
Brussels policy makers could be forgiven for wanting to move quickly to regulate ‘the internet. ’ Assailed by an avalanche of public opinion and a ‘techlash’ against many of the tech giants, politicians and legislators have quickly sought to target those that loom large. дальше »
2019-6-18 17:00 | |
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Netflix fixes potentially devastating Linux SACK vulnerability
Eagle-eyed researchers from streaming titan Netflix have uncovered several troubling security vulnerabilities within the TCP implementations on Linux and FreeBSD kernels. The most severe specimen, called SACK Panic, could permit an attacker to remotely induce a kernel panic within recent Linux operating systems. дальше »
2019-6-18 22:36 | |
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Wikipedia titles you can sing to the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ theme song, tweeted
Cartoons have given us a lot over the years. They’ve entertained, they’ve taught us valuable life lessons, but – and most importantly of all – they’ve provided us with some bonafide musical bangers. дальше »
2019-6-17 17:20 | |
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The ethics of deepfakes aren’t always black and white
Chances are if you’ve seen a deepfake, such as this now infamous video of Obama ‘speaking’ Comedian Jordan Peele’s words, it has left an uncomfortable feeling. Since deepfakes emerged in December 2017, most media coverage has focused on their potentially catastrophic applications. дальше »
2019-6-16 17:00 | |
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How to read a scientific research paper
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. One of the most important skills any discerning media consumer can have is the ability to comprehend a scientific research paper. дальше »
2019-6-15 01:07 | |
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Cloud gaming isn’t even here yet and Bethesda already has to fix it
Bethesda revealed at this year’s E3 it would be offering something called Orion — a solution for game streaming that promises to make game streaming more feasible for those without the high-speed internet cloud gaming demands. дальше »
2019-6-15 23:11 | |
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‘YouTube recommendations are toxic,’ says dev who worked on the algorithm
Where else could you go for you daily dose of how-tos, like this one about draining washing machines, or 15-minute compilations of cats vomiting? This is what YouTube was made for, and it’s beautiful. дальше »
2019-6-14 13:58 | |
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This smartphone app could change the way we treat eating disorders
A new smartphone app promises to help anorexia sufferers learn to eat again. “Anorexic patients can normalize their eating rate by adjusting food intake to feedback from a smartphone app,” says Professor Per Sodersten, lead author of a recent study on the matter published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. дальше »
2019-6-14 03:53 | |
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Apple just registered 7 laptop models we might see this fall
Apple has registered seven unreleased Mac models with the Eurasian Economic Commission today. These models, first spotted by MacRumors, are all described as “portable” computers, making it increasingly likely that each belongs to a new MacBook that could arrive in the next couple of months. дальше »
2019-6-14 01:51 | |
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Microsoft’s Project Scarlett might be the most backwards-compatible console ever
In the midst of the rest of the news from E3, Microsoft quietly revealed it’d no longer be adding older games to its Backwards Compatibility program, but that it would be striving to make those games already part of its library capable of running on its next-gen console, codenamed Project Scarlett. дальше »
2019-6-13 22:40 | |
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9 days until the crypto industry must verify the identity of anyone sending $1,000 or more
In just nine days, new rules by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) will force cryptocurrency businesses in roughly 200 countries to verify the identities of anyone sending or receiving more than $1,000 worth of digital assets, effectively nullifying their pseudonymity. дальше »
2019-6-12 15:42 | |
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Bethesda wants you to test its game streaming tech with DOOM on iOS this year
At its E3 briefing yesterday, Bethesda Softworks, the publisher behind the popular Elder Scrolls and Fallout game franchises, announced that it’s also hopping on the game streaming bandwagon – but not in the way you might think. дальше »
2019-6-10 12:51 | |
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CHEAP: Get intimidatingly ripped with 20% off the Fitbit Ionic smartwatch
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Summer’s nearly here, so you know what that means? TIME TO GET RIPPED AND SHREDDED AND IN BEACH SHAPE! But doing that is hard. дальше »
2019-6-9 15:00 | |
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WATCH: Bitcoin ATM showers London’s Bond Street station in cash money
No, this isn’t a new Anderson Paak video. In a bizarre scene, footage shows a Bitcoin ATM spewing heaps of cash in a shopping centre nearby London’s Bond Street train station, while a security guard does their best to keep onlookers at bay. дальше »
2019-6-7 13:01 | |
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The frontline of the abortion battle isn’t in Alabama, it’s online
As the legislative noose draws tighter around women’s necks, it’s centuries-old technology, or modern adaptation of it anyway, that could provide some much-needed breathing room. After Louisiana and Georgia recently joined the ranks of states passing so-called “heartbeat bills” — legislative bans and restrictions on safe abortion for women housing an embryo after approximately six weeks — TelAbortion could provide the answer, albeit an answer shrouded in dubious legality. дальше »
2019-6-7 04:12 | |
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AI model exposes Hollywood’s bias against actresses
While the technology world and the US political institution grapple with how to deal with incumbent gender discrimination, Hollywood’s seemingly gotten a pass on the matter. But a new study out of London indicates Tinsel Town may be just as bad as Silicon Valley and the US Senate. дальше »
2019-6-7 02:11 | |
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Google’s cloud gaming service requires a $129 bundle to play at launch
Google today revealed more information about Stadia, its ambitious gaming service, in a special Connect show. We learned that Google was tossing away their one single advantage — namely, that you’re going to have to purchase a $129 not-console in order to play it at launch. дальше »
2019-6-6 20:44 | |
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Blockchain startup hacked itself to ‘save’ $13M of its users’ cryptocurrency
A blockchain startup hacked its users’ wallets to save $13 million in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency from being stolen, ZDNet reports. Security researchers advised the Komodo Platform of a ‘backdoor‘ in Agama, one of its older wallet apps, that would have allowed hackers to siphon any and all digital assets held inside. дальше »
2019-6-6 17:52 | |
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Hackers hid malware in a fake trading app to steal your cryptocurrency
Security researchers have uncovered a knock-off cryptocurrency trading website designed to steal the funds of unwitting victims. Cybercriminals have created a website that imitates the Cryptohopper cryptocurrency trading platform to distribute malware that could steal personal information, hijack your clipboard, and crypto-jack your system, Bleeping Computer reports. дальше »
2019-6-6 16:16 | |
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EU will force electric cars to emit a noise below 20 km/h on July 1
Starting July 1, all electric vehicles with four or more wheels in the EU will be required to emit noise of at least 56 decibels if the car is going 20 km/h or slower, the New Atlas reports. This makes a ton of sense as electric cars don’t make any of the engine noises we’ve grown accustomed to from standard Earth-killing gasoline cars. дальше »
2019-6-6 13:13 | |
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Robert Downey Jr. launches a coalition to clean up the earth using AI and robots
Robert Downey Jr. ’s Iron Man may have met his end in the Marvel cinematic universe, but the movie star wants to keep doing things that one might associate with his on-screen persona, genius billionaire Tony Stark. дальше »
2019-6-6 10:37 | |
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Amazon’s new Prime Air drone could start making 30-minute deliveries ‘within months’
We’ve been hearing about Amazon’s plans to deliver packages via drone for years, but now the prospect of 30-minute deliveries appear to be nearing reality. At its re:MARS Conference today, Amazon unveiled its new ‘Prime Air’ drone design, saying it would enable airborne deliveries “within months. дальше »
2019-6-6 02:36 | |
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This feminist chatbot challenges AI bias in voice assistants
The Feminist Internet, a non-profit working to prevent biases creeping into AI, has created F’xa — a feminist voice assistant that teaches users about AI bias and suggests how they can avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes. дальше »
2019-6-4 17:18 | |
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Microsoft stops asking you to change your Windows 10 password every 60 days
Microsoft has finally removed its 60-day password expiration policy from its Windows 10 security baseline, claiming there are better ways to keep users secure. This means organizations using Windows 10 won’t have to force their users to change passwords frequently. дальше »
2019-6-3 15:30 | |
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Google is cracking down on Drive and Chrome extensions that abuse your data
Google is expanding its privacy audit to make third-party developer access to Chrome and Google Drive more secure. To that effect, developers must rework their Chrome extensions to request only minimum permissions without compromising their functionality “We’re requiring extensions to only request access to the appropriate data needed to implement their features,” Google outlined on its Safety and Security page. дальше »
2019-5-31 11:41 | |
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The Lupe vacuum by ex-Dyson employees could be the ideal cordless cleaner
Cordless vacuums were once considered useful for little beyond cleaning small messes, but in the past few years, they’ve come to replace many full-fledged vacuums altogether. But handheld cordless vacuums often can’t hold a candle to their corded brethren, with lackluster cleaning performance or middling battery life. дальше »
2019-5-30 21:03 | |
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Crypto Assets Outshine Most Traditional Investments in 2019
Last year, cryptocurrency proponents either complained about the low prices or celebrated the fact they could obtain cheaper coins. 2019 has been an entirely different story, however, as digital assets have started to gain significant value in comparison to traditional assets like stocks, oil, and precious metals. дальше »
2019-5-29 02:30 | |
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This website turns Bitcoin blockchain activity into ASMR
Holding cryptocurrency can be exhilarating, yet absolutely depressing. Luckily, a website automatically transmogrifies Bitcoin activity into soft, soothing sounds to help you relax through its ups-and-downs. дальше »
2019-5-28 15:19 | |
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Why the future of US data regulation must come from Congress
As of May 2019, over 20 US states have introduced bills seeking to regulate data privacy, data security, or some combination of the two. While many of these bills agree in spirit (i. e. privacy good, data collection and usage bad), the various bills are decidedly more divergent as to how to accomplish these objectives. дальше »
2019-5-25 19:00 | |
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Ikea won’t sell customers this rug until they take a heart and brainwave scan
For the last five years, Ikea has teamed with notable designers and artists to create high-dollar goods. Its “Art Collection” offered customers the opportunity to buy limited edition furnishings and art at prices customers could stomach. дальше »
2019-5-25 03:55 | |
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Brave now lets you tip people on Twitter with cryptocurrency
You can now tip your favorite Twitter users directly with cryptocurrency with the latest build of the Chromium-based open source browser Brave. The latest Nightly build of Brave will let users send digital tokens as a tip to tweeters of their choosing. дальше »
2019-5-24 16:11 | |
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China could hurt Apple profits by 29% if it avenged the Huawei ban, says analyst
Trump’s Huawei ban was bad news for China, as it effectively crippled the world’s second-largest smartphone maker from its largest source of income. But China is also very much in a position to retaliate, and Apple – the world’s third-largest smartphone maker – could be among the ones to suffer. дальше »
2019-5-24 02:43 | |
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CHEAP: Level up your gaming arsenal with 20% off Acer products
Are you jealous that your friends have a better gaming rig? Or do you just want to get a swanky monitor to utilize that powerful GPU you have? Well, if you head to Acer’s site you can get up to 20 percent off on their gaming products including laptops, desktops, and monitors. дальше »
2019-5-22 16:46 | |
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55,000 Brazilians scammed out of $200M+ worth of fake cryptocurrency
A Brazilian cryptocurrency crime cartel has been shut down after conning over 55,000 investors for over $200 million. The cartel ran an unlicensed financial institution without authorization from Brazil‘s Central Bank. дальше »
2019-5-22 12:25 | |
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Report: Female-sounding voice assistants fuel gender bias
AI-powered voice assistants from Google, Amazon, Apple, and others could be perpetuating harmful gender biases, according to a recent UN report. The report, titled “I’d blush if I could” — Siri’s response to provocative queries or flirtatious statements — says the female helpers are often depicted as “obliging and eager to please,” which reinforces the idea that women are “subservient. дальше »
2019-5-22 04:50 | |
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