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Watch: Disney’s new anti-vibration tech maps CGI movements onto actual robots
Researchers from Disney have developed software for mapping CGI motion animations to actual robots – without any of the unwanted outcomes of porting virtual movements to the physical world. The researchers note that while it’s fairly easy to create virtual characters with a wide degree of motion, translating those movements to real robots presents a challenge due to “constraints imposed by the size, weight, and placement of [their] mechanical components. äàëüøå »
2019-7-31 18:38 | |
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Apple, Google, and Microsoft partner to provide digital access to patients’ health records
Representatives from major tech companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have joined with some of the biggest health insurers and hospitals in an initiative to provide consumers with easier access to their medical information. äàëüøå »
2019-7-31 09:28 | |
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Better testing could solve most tech problems, so why aren’t companies doing it?
The headlines are packed with stories of high-tech gadgets, apps, and video games failing to meet consumer expectations due to performance failures or otherwise disappointing features. Samsung smartphones have been exploding, Nintendo Joy-Cons eventually run into a drifting problem, and countless apps and software programs have launched riddled with bugs. äàëüøå »
2019-7-30 20:15 | |
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India to seek EU’s approval on GDPR compliance for ‘adequacy’ status
The Economic Times reports that India is gearing up to seek ‘adequacy’ status with the European Union‘s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a set of privacy laws adopted by the region in 2016 and enforced from last year. äàëüøå »
2019-7-30 09:57 | |
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Watch what happens when you bend a foldable phone past its breaking point
YouTuber JerryRigEverything‘s claim to fame is his collection of phone torture tests – especially the parts where he tries to break a phone by bending it with his beefy arms. But what happens when that phone is actually meant to bend? At first, it seems the perfect foible, until you remember bendable phones are only meant to bend one way. äàëüøå »
2019-7-30 23:32 | |
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Hype is killing AI – here’s how we can stop it
Mystified and vilified at the same time. That’s how I would currently describe “artificial intelligence,” one of the most feared, revered and hated buzzwords of the tech industry. I was reminded of this fact earlier this week, when I stumbled on an interesting Medium post by Mike Mallazzo. äàëüøå »
2019-7-29 17:47 | |
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5 unmissable events in Amsterdam to improve workplace diversity
Diversity and inclusion: they’re topics many companies talk about, especially around the time of Pride — but how can we follow through with initiatives that make a difference? At TQ, TNW’s curated tech spaces in Amsterdam, we do our best to help tech companies grow. äàëüøå »
2019-7-26 15:23 | |
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Facebook releases AI-powered tools to map the world
Facebook today released a bunch of machine learning-powered tools to help create maps of the world. The company’s tools, called Map with AI, will help the community-based OpenStreetMap organization to create crowd-sourced maps easily. äàëüøå »
2019-7-24 08:30 | |
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New UK PM Boris Johnson (still) thinks there’s a tech solution for the Irish border
Perhaps we should feel sorry for Boris Johnson. He just attained a long-held ambition of his, ascending to the office of Prime Minister following a tight competition with his Conservative rivals. äàëüøå »
2019-7-23 18:25 | |
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Review: Samsung’s Space Monitor saved me from cluttered-desk hell
Samsung’s Space Monitor is a clever gadget whose sum is greater than its parts. On first glance, it’s simply a decent screen mounted on an innovative bracket. But it’s hard to overstate how huge an impact it’s had on my workflow as both a tech reviewer and a musician. äàëüøå »
2019-7-23 22:39 | |
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Nvidia replicated the moon landing with RTX graphics
You may recall that approximately five years ago, Nvidia showed off its latest lighting tech (at the time) by recreating the Apollo 11 moon landing. The video was meant to help debunk moon landing conspiracy theorists who claimed some of the lighting in images from the landing was not possible. äàëüøå »
2019-7-20 04:25 | |
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After endless conflicts, an entrepreneurial ecosystem blooms in Iraq
You’ll have to cut Iraq some slack for being late to the tech startup party. Since at least the early 2000s, the country was the embodiment of civil war, violence, and protracted armed conflicts. äàëüøå »
2019-7-19 14:45 | |
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Elvie’s sleek tech for new mothers is breaking taboos in women’s health
Five years ago, global funding for the femtech sector had barely reached $100 million total. But now the femtech industry is set to see a huge increase with more than $400 million funneling in — the largest amount of funding the industry has ever received. äàëüøå »
2019-7-17 16:41 | |
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How OnePlus uses robotic hands, mannequin heads, and a tiny carnival ride to test its phone cameras
As tech writers, we get to play with a lot of phones. But, it’s not often that we get to peek behind the curtain to see how engineers are working on the product. That’s why I was pretty excited when OnePlus invited us to visit its camera lab in Taiwan. äàëüøå »
2019-7-17 16:13 | |
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Why empathy won’t get automated anytime soon
Depending on who you ask, AI is either going to put us all out of a job or create more jobs than ever before. Either way, tech education is touted as the path to career success. But computer science majors keep launching startups that are technology- rather than people-centered. äàëüøå »
2019-7-17 14:00 | |
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Chinese vertical dramas made for phone viewing show the future of mobile video
Mobile video is a big deal, but you don’t need me to tell you that. Big Tech has been fast-moving into the mobile video space for a few years now, and recently a slew of mobile-specific content has arrived. äàëüøå »
2019-7-17 11:08 | |
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink is building tech to control computers with your mind
Elon Musk‘s ambitious brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, finally told us today what it’s been up to. It’s building a device that’ll let you control computers and phones with your brain. äàëüøå »
2019-7-17 06:43 | |
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Facebook now tells you where brands are getting your ad targeting data
Facebook will now begin to show you more information about the ads you see on the social network. The tech giant has announced a series of updates to its “Why am I seeing this ad?” and Ad Preferences tools with an aim to bring users greater transparency and control. äàëüøå »
2019-7-12 10:20 | |
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Pablo Escobar’s brother escalates flamethrower feud with Elon Musk, threatens Tesla takeover
Elon Musk can add the Escobar family to his list of detractors after notorious kingpin Pablo’s older brother, Roberto Escobar, today accused the billionaire tech CEO of stealing the design for The Boring Company’s Not A Flamethrower. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 23:00 | |
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Nike’s new digital shoe-sizing feature helps you find the right fit
Nike’s strong digital presence and tech advancements, like their smart shoe released last year, proves that they’re at the forefront of tech. As Michael Martin, Global Head of Digital Products said on the TNW Conference main stage last month, “Nike is now a technology company — full stop. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 16:52 | |
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Fears of AI-powered hacking are misplaced as criminals are doing fine without it
Artificial intelligence is captivating tech news audiences. Unfortunately, growing expectations for AI’s impact on legitimate business have spawned a distracting narrative about potential AI-powered cyberattacks. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 14:00 | |
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Winkevoss twins consider joining Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ despite beef with Zuckerberg
The Winklevoss brothers, co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini and renown for their well-documented legal battle with Facebook, are seemingly willing to ‘get into bed’ with the tech giant in an attempt to spread the adoption of digital currencies. äàëüøå »
2019-7-11 19:28 | |
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Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘new rules’ for the internet happen to benefit Facebook
Facebook has recently outlined how it intends to clean up its content, making much of the fact that it has expunged 3.3 billion fake profiles in the last six months. After 18 months of mounting criticism, culminating in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s promise to break up so-called Big Tech – she is now a leading contender to become the Democratic presidential nominee – can we take Mark Zuckerberg’s promise that this is only the start at face value? To put it another way, can we trust the person whose stewardship of one of the world’s most powerful companies over the past… This story continues at The Next Web äàëüøå »
2019-7-10 14:00 | |
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TNW’s mid-2019 guide to virtual reality hardware
Virtual reality is a booming technology. Like artificial intelligence and blockchain, it’s on a meteoric rise and every big tech company on the planet wants in. But there’s more to VR than market value and technical specifications. äàëüøå »
2019-7-10 01:28 | |
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US risks its leading role in tech by leaving regulations to the EU
In the 30 years since Tim Berners Lee first documented his vision for what would become the World Wide Web, the US has been the primary leader in innovative infrastructure and products that are now core to everyday life. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 14:00 | |
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Review: Microsoft’s Windows 1.11 is an Upside Down mess
Microsoft today announced that it was the year 1985. We checked the Microsoft store to confirm this and, as Windows 1. 11 was just made available, the Redmond company’s story checks out. Here’s the message, as we received it: Microsoft and Netflix have partnered up to celebrate the release of Stranger Things third season. äàëüøå »
2019-7-9 02:33 | |
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Don’t sneer at this Bluetooth-enabled Walkman clone
In the past, I’ve been accused of trying to defend the indefensible. I once argued that Will. i. am is an underappreciated tech visionary. Earlier this year, I wrote an impassioned piece arguing the virtues of punk rock canned water. äàëüøå »
2019-7-8 16:05 | |
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How big biased datasets make social inequalities worse
At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart phones wake us up, to our watch tracking our morning run, every time we use public transport, every coffee we purchase with a bank card, every song skipped or liked, until we return to bed and let our sleep apps monitor our dreaming habits – all of these technologies are collecting data. äàëüøå »
2019-7-7 10:10 | |
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This video shows the impressive tech behind robots walking on rough terrain
While robots taking a tumble is pretty funny, watching how these humanoid machines figure out how to walk autonomously without falling is absolutely fascinating. In a new video, the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) showcased an automatic footstep planning system for Boston Dynamics’ Atlas and NASA’s Valkyrie robots. äàëüøå »
2019-7-5 18:27 | |
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Developing approaches: 8 industries AI could impact next
Artificial intelligence technologies are spreading at a rapid pace into a variety of businesses and job types. What will come of the tech, and which industries will be heaviest impacted, however, remains unclear. äàëüøå »
2019-7-5 12:00 | |
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Reddit’s r/technology goes dark as part of #SocialMediaStrike
If you were planning to spend the US Independence Day browsing Reddit’s r/technology, you’re out of luck. For the social news aggregation service’s popular tech subreddit has gone dark for 24 hours to voice solidarity with a social media strike. äàëüøå »
2019-7-4 13:23 | |
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Here’s how billionaires are planning their immortality
While we all know that billionaires control a substantial amount of the world’s wealth – in fact, current projections see the richest 1% controlling 2/3 of it by 2030 – what they use their vast fortunes on may surprise you. äàëüøå »
2019-6-29 18:18 | |
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CHEAP: You’ve only got HOURS to get this eufy 11s robo-vacuum for $149
Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Look, robotic vacuums are cool. That’s all there is to it. There’s little in the world I like as much as pressing a button and having a tiny little device do some cleaning for me. äàëüøå »
2019-6-27 12:23 | |
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Vivo claims its new 120W tech can charge your phone in just 13 minutes
Vivo said it just showed off its new charging tech at Mobile World Congress Shangai that can juice up your phone in just 13 minutes. The Chinese phone maker said that phones with this technology can support charging at 120W. äàëüøå »
2019-6-26 08:55 | |
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Hackers target major UK supermarket’s Twitter with phoney Bill Gates Bitcoin scam
Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address and promising to return twice the value received. Luckily, though, Tesco’s followers did not fall for the Bitcoin scheme as no funds were deposited in the wallet address shared by the hackers. äàëüøå »
2019-6-25 19:32 | |
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Google’s staff banned from protesting YouTube under the company’s banner
Google has warned its employees that those who plan to ride the company’s sponsored float will not be allowed to protest against YouTube’s LGBTQ+ policy decisions. The tech giant points out it would be in violation of the company’s code of conduct. äàëüøå »
2019-6-25 17:57 | |
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JP Morgan claims big institutions are hot for its (non-)cryptocurrency
Despite dividing opinions earlier this year with its “cryptocurrency” JPM Coin, American bank JP Morgan is rolling out its blockchain-based tech to more clients. JP Morgan says potential clients from the US, Europe, and Japan are interested in using its digital coin to speed up securities trading, Bloomberg reports. äàëüøå »
2019-6-25 15:41 | |
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We ranked Google’s new search icons by how evil they look
In case you hadn’t noticed, Google got a facelift. Yep, the tech giant’s search page received some rather fancy new icons. Slap your peepers on this: While before there were just words, now there are words and images. äàëüøå »
2019-6-20 17:54 | |
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UI/UX design is a top 10 tech job for grads; this $24 bundle can get you started
Career monitoring website Comparably recently put together their list of the top 10 tech jobs for grads -- and right at no. 7 is UI/UX designer. Of course, understanding both the front end interface of web design along with the back end hardware analytics and technical know-how isn’t easy. äàëüøå »
2019-6-20 15:00 | |
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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. äàëüøå »
2019-6-20 14:34 | |
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Industry bigwigs explain ‘blockchain’ in as few words as possible
The blockchain and cryptocurrency industry is always changing. Every week there seems to be new legislation, new technological developments, or new scandals capturing the headlines. It can be tough trying to keep up with how it’s all developing. äàëüøå »
2019-6-19 13:19 | |
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Google wants to be a ‘good neighbor’ by pledging $1B to Bay Area housing
San Francisco is home to the tech elite, and is one of the most expensive places to live in the world, thanks to scores of tech firms moving in over the past couple of decades. Now, Google wants to make it a little more affordable. äàëüøå »
2019-6-19 11:15 | |
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Crypto Twitter responds to the reality of Facebook’s Libra ‘cryptocurrency’
Following months of speculation, Facebook finally confirmed the release of Libra next year. The tech giant also unveiled details about Calibra, its corresponding custodial digital wallet, but failed to provide specifics about its launch plans. äàëüøå »
2019-6-18 18:25 | |
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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. äàëüøå »
2019-6-18 17:00 | |
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Facebook will launch its Libra digital currency in 2020
Facebook has finally revealed plans to launch its new digital currency Libra next year. The tech giant said users would be able to use the coin through its apps and on Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp. äàëüøå »
2019-6-18 12:49 | |
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Tim Cook takes aim at tech companies for creating ‘chaos’
Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took shots at Silicon Valley tech companies in his Stanford commencement speech on Sunday. Although he didn’t mention them by name, Cook warned that they need to take responsibility for the “chaos” they create as a result of their innovations. äàëüøå »
2019-6-17 14:46 | |
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AXEL Network: Masternodes Content Distribution Network (CDN)?
AXEL. Network is a distributed, decentralized, and secured platform by Masternodes and secured by years of tech experience and innovative products. AXEL believes that decentralization is the future of the internet. äàëüøå »
2019-6-15 02:34 | |
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How TomTom’s co-founder is empowering future devs
At TNW Conference last month, tech leaders came together to discuss the future. Corinne Vigreux, co-founder of navigation tech giant TomTom, explained how her latest venture will equip the next generation with digital skills. äàëüøå »
2019-6-14 14:12 | |
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Facebook signs major partners for its cryptocurrency network and it still sounds terrible
Facebook has begun assembling a who’s who of big tech companies to back its soon to be unveiled cryptocurrency, GlobalCoin. The likes of Mastercard, Visa, Uber, and PayPal are all backing the social media giant’s upcoming digital coin due to be unveiled later this month, and officially rolled out next year, reports The Wall St Journal. äàëüøå »
2019-6-14 11:49 | |
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