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Users of privacy-centric web browser Brave can now use the Gemini trading widget to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies. Brave Desktop Users Gain Access to Gemini Trading Widget In an attempt to make it easier for individuals to trade cryptocurrencies, privacy-focused Internet browser Brave has now officially integrated Gemini crypto exchange’s trading widget into itsRead MoreRead More.
2020-8-28 13:07 | |
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ARK today announced the launch of MarketSquare, which it refers to as the new homepage for the decentralized web. This is to make blockchain technology more readily available to the different categories of users including developers.
2020-6-29 23:05 | |
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Trend Micro reveals dwindling confidence among darknet users in marketplaces due to security concerns.
2020-6-9 20:57 | |
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Lightning Labs, one of the engineering teams dedicated to solving the scalability issues of Bitcoin (BTC) via the Lightning Network, has introduced Lightning Service Authentication Tokens (LSAT), a protocol designed to enable people to make payments on the web without necessarily submitting their personal information such as emails or credit card details, according to aRead MoreRead More.
2020-4-1 17:00 | |
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Temporal has partnered with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) to integrate its Web 3. 0 infrastructure and IPFS APIs into the ENS Manager app. According to the companies’ press release, another great use-case for both platforms has been created, as it will enable creating a decentralized website in no more than three steps.
2020-2-11 00:56 | |
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For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. Although societal stereotypes have you believing the gaming industry is an arena of masculinity for men-only, women actually make up almost half of video game players.
2019-8-12 13:11 | |
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Last week, Samsung announced its new flagship duo of the Galaxy Note 10 and the Galaxy Note 10+. Now, its competitor, Huawei, is gearing up to launch the Mate 30 Pro next month. According to a report by the Russian news site, High-tech.
2019-8-12 08:44 | |
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As per an all new patent application submitted by IBM earlier this week, the multinational company is looking to create its very own blockchain-based web browser that will make use of a peer-to-peer network to store and collect customer information.
2019-8-12 18:16 | |
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Security researchers have cracked Apple’s FaceID biometric system yet again. But there’s an unusual caveat to this trick: to successfully unlock an iPhone, the attackers first need to make sure the victim is out cold.
2019-8-9 12:43 | |
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3D printing, while still a developing technology, has immense potential for helping small businesses. From creating custom items to marketing and design, 3D printing offers a number of benefits in terms of efficiency and establishing connections that make the purchase of a 3D printer viable.
2019-8-9 12:00 | |
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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. Shortcuts for iOS is a useful app for automating actions on your iPhone or iPad.
2019-8-9 11:33 | |
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In case you haven’t heard Samsung revealed the Galaxy Note 10 yesterday – or rather, the Note 10 and Note 10+. By splitting the lineup into two sizes, Samsung was able to make one of its boldest choices since it introduced the original Note in 2011: it actually made the newest Note‘s screen a bit smaller.
2019-8-9 21:00 | |
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New tech is always well-intentioned, but good intentions are no longer good enough. Technology is advancing at an insane rate, often faster than lawmakers and the general public can keep up. Accordingly, by the time we realize the complex ripple-effect of a new technology, it’s so deeply embedded into our culture that there isn’t much we can do about it.
2019-8-9 19:51 | |
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Vulnerabilities uncovered in WhatsApp — the messaging app used by about 1. 5 billion users across the world — can allow bad actors to exploit the platform to manipulate or spoof chat messages. The flaws would make it possible to “intercept and manipulate messages sent in both private and group conversations, giving attackers the power to create and spread misinformation from what appear to be trusted sources,” the researchers noted.
2019-8-8 14:01 | |
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When cryptocurrencies were soaring in value in late 2017 to early 2018, crypto-jacking was all the rage with opportunistic hackers. Thankfully, it’s not been quite as popular in recent times, and recent findings might make it even less so.
2019-8-8 13:20 | |
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Flying with British Airways? You might want to call your boss and tell them you won’t make it in time for that important business meeting. The UK carrier airline has warned it is dealing with a system outage after numerous customers took to social media to complain about long queues, unexpected delays, and issues using its app.
2019-8-7 10:52 | |
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A pair of indie developers became the targets of death threats and hate speech after they decided to make their game an Epic Store exclusive. It begs the question: has this Epic vs the greater PC gaming community thing gone a little too far? Husband and wife team Rebecca Cordingley and Ben Wasser have been developing a darling life sim game called Ooblets since 2016.
2019-8-7 04:00 | |
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Just when we thought Facebook’s Libra couldn’t be subject to any more scrutiny, it turns out that data protection bosses from all over the world have banded together to share concerns about the ‘cryptocurrency’s’ potential privacy risks.
2019-8-6 14:49 | |
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AI generating music is pretty commonplace now. Apps such as Mubert even let you play generative music on your phone. Now, Sony has just developed an AI that adds kick-drum beats to pre-existing songs, and make them more catchy.
2019-8-6 14:20 | |
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The weekend was a particularly hellish one, as mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio occurred in less than 24 hours. At least 31 people died and countless more were injured. As Americans are rocked by the tragedy and attempt to understand it, the President has gone on record to finger video games as the cause yet again — the favorite whipping boy when the goal is to make a big noise and ultimately do nothing.
2019-8-6 02:29 | |
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Throughout history, the sex toy industry has been traditionally dominated by men. The lack of female and non-binary influence in the design of sex toys has led to the idea that it’s a simple game of “one-size-fits-all,” which obviously isn’t the case.
2019-8-5 16:35 | |
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! I’ve tested and tried out a fair number of phones in my time. I’ve enjoyed using lots of them, but there’s a single phone manufacturer I always keep returning to: Apple.
2019-8-3 15:01 | |
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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. Shortcuts for iOS is a useful app for automating actions on your iPhone or iPad.
2019-8-3 12:00 | |
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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. It’s been less than a month since Twitter refreshed its design, promising to make the platform faster, more intuitive, and easier to personalize.
2019-8-2 16:03 | |
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Ugly Gerry is a new, free font created by a pair of activists apparently fed up with the US government’s practice of gerrymandering voting districts. Every letter in the font is composed of images of gerrymandered US voting districts.
2019-8-2 02:54 | |
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The high immersive capacity of virtual reality is often acknowledged as its main virtue when compared to other media and communication technologies. It is indeed a defining virtue. However, when it comes to the virtue that could really position VR as a powerful positive technology in the market, we have to look at another key feature: avatar embodiment.
2019-8-1 18:10 | |
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A few weeks ago, we reported Chrome 76 would make it harder to run Flash – because Flash just won’t die – as well as potentially make it much easier to bypass article paywalls. That update is now available.
2019-7-31 06:53 | |
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LinkedIn has closed a loophole that allowed almost anyone to post a job listing on company pages without any authorization. Netherlands-based recruiter Michel Rijnders discovered the problem and posted his findings on the Microsoft-owned professional social network.
2019-7-29 08:11 | |
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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.
2019-7-26 15:23 | |
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Popular battle royale game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), just released a lite mobile version for India. The lite version for Android an installation package of 400MB, that’s just a fourth of the size of the normal variant which is sized at 1.
2019-7-26 11:26 | |
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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. You’ve probably heard about it: Twitter redesigned its platform to make it snappier and give you more color themes.
2019-7-25 18:11 | |
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Facebook’s digital currency Libra is looking less and less likely to launch next year as originally planned. Policy expert, Angela Walch from University College London’s Centre for Blockchain Technologies told Quartz: “The odds that Libra receives regulatory approval anytime soon (ie, in the next six-12 months) are quite low.
2019-7-25 15:44 | |
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But even if you’re unschooled in the ways of 21st century web commerce, the boatload of training in The Complete SEO & Digital Mega Marketing Bundle can definitely start getting you up to speed.
2019-7-25 15:00 | |
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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold was heralded as the phone that was supposed to change smartphone design forever. But that all fell apart in the days leading up to its initial launch date as reviewers found multiple egregious durability issues, to the point Samsung’s CEO admitted the device was pushed ‘before it was ready‘.
2019-7-25 05:04 | |
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There are millions of people with varying degrees of hearing loss throughout the world, but modern technology means we have some tools to tackle this problem with the very devices in our pockets.
2019-7-25 03:58 | |
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Microsoft is retooling the Xbox Home page yet again, and this time, in addition to “streamlining” the interface, they’re also dropping Cortana as the default voice assistant. It feels like Microsoft has retooled the Xbox One‘s user interface so many times in the console’s six-year lifespan.
2019-7-25 03:06 | |
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Think of all the times you need to negotiate: whether it’s a bidding war on eBay, a pay rise at work, selling your product or service to investors, or hammering out the terms of a contract. Everyone should know how to negotiate, but sometimes we make mistakes that can lose you the game.
2019-7-24 18:09 | |
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Google has boosted its app lineup for Android Go – a lightweight alternative of its operating system for low-end phones – with a new addition: Gallery Go, a stripped-down substitute for Photos that uses machine learning to automatically organize your pics.
2019-7-24 17:49 | |
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped a $5 billion fine on Facebook in wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal and its other data leaks. In an agreement filed today, the FTC has also ordered the social network to make privacy-related changes to avoid such mishaps in the future.
2019-7-24 17:08 | |
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Cryptocurrency and blockchain were built to usurp centralized authorities like governments and banks. And then came Ripple, a corporate and institutional reimagining of what a digital currency should be and do.
2019-7-24 17:00 | |
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If you’ve ever participated in a virtual reality (VR) experience, you might have found yourself navigating the virtual world as an avatar. If you haven’t, you probably recognize the experience from its portrayal in film and on television.
2019-7-24 11:24 | |
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Con artists will try anything to make their schemes appear legitimate to unwitting victims. In a recent email doing the rounds to financial advisors, scammers have been impersonating the UK‘s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) luring victims into a trap with Bitcoin.
2019-7-23 11:12 | |
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Almost two years after a major data breach hit Equifax, the company has finally agreed to a global settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As per the proposed terms of the deal, the consumer credit reporting agency will shell out as much as $700 million to settle with federal agencies and 50 US states and territories.
2019-7-23 09:37 | |
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July 22nd, 2019 ArcBlock’s Forge Framework and Forge SDK is the next-generation blockchain application development framework and is the easiest way for developers to create custom blockchains and to build decentralized applications (DApps) easily.
2019-7-23 22:02 | |
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It appears social media sensation TikTok is taking a leaf out of the books of Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube. The platform is currently testing a Discover tab to make it easier for users to, well, discover new engaging content.
2019-7-18 16:28 | |
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PointPay is creating a fundamentally new product that combines three services in a single closed-loop ecosystem: PointPay Crypto Bank, PointPay Crypto Exchange platform and PointPay Multi-currency Wallet.
2019-7-18 11:03 | |
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FaceApp appears to be having a viral moment, again. The two year old AI-driven photo editor from Russian company Wireless Lab, which rose in popularity for its realistic facial transformations in photos, is back in the spotlight.
2019-7-17 11:46 | |
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For countless businesses across all industries and around the world, AI is dominating mindshare to impossible-to-ignore levels. It’s all entrepreneurs and business leaders can talk about: What does a future with AI look like? What are the gains that AI can make for my company? What are the losses? What’s the human impact – in jobs, in communication, in ways of working and interacting? And understandably that has caused a lot of concern, even distress, among many people, leaders, and workers alike.
2019-7-16 14:00 | |
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Sia co-founder David Vorick's short story takes the perspective of the decentralized web recounting its own, inevitable rise.
The decentralized design of the web gives it the potential to be more privacy-preserving than any other system. Yet, there are long range threats at play.
Cypherpunk historian Finn Brunton imagines a future where there are many internets, each making demands on your attention.
The blockchain industry already exhibits signs of the same forces that have driven over-consolidation in the broader economy.
Real freedom will come when monetary stimulus goes directly to the people, writes Yoni Assia, founder and CEO of eToro
Companies today control our domain names, the content we host and our access to the internet. By 2030, that will change.
Self-help guru James Altucher sees a world where we can jump between virtual realities. Will it be a better world? Time will tell.