No, you’re not imaging things: the latest iteration of Slack for desktop is significantly snappier. Not only that, it also eats up much less of your device’s memory. In an announcement on July 22, the company said its desktop client now loads 33 percent faster than before, and yet uses 50 percent less memory than older
Read MoreCon 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. The email features the FCA‘s recognizable maroon branding and logo. It also features branding
Read MoreI think the one moment that summed up the overall naffness of the Doogee S40 was when I tried to take some product shots on a bright summer’s day. My brother-in-law was holding the phone with his arm outstretched, the screen showing TNW’s homepage. I stood behind him clutching a Nikon DSLR. “Mate,” I said.
Read More{$inline_image} “You can never be too rich or too thin,” the saying goes, and when it comes to coatings, it’s true that thinner is often better. The way to truly thin coatings, ones that are sometimes only a few atoms thick, is physical vapor deposition, or PVD, a technique where a substance is transformed into
Read MoreAlmost 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
Read MoreIf there was an incredibly niche contest for the most Instagrammed suitcase — which, in a perfect world, there would be — that award would have to go to Away. Away has almost half a million IG followers, and for good reason — their smart cases are pretty, minimal, and come in very aesthetically-pleasing colors. The luggage
Read MoreDigital Darwinism: the evolution of technology and its impact on markets and society. I’m sure you’ve heard it before: Happy employees mean happy customers. But what happens when customers and employees evolve to a point where executives lose sight of who they are, what they value and what they want? That’s exactly what’s happening in
Read MoreIn 2017, Facebook launched a messenger app for kids to let them safely chat only with people approved by their guardians. However, a recently discovered design flaw in the app allowed young users to do precisely the opposite: participate in group chats with adults, without their parents’ permission. This flaw let kids accept new people
Read MoreDOOM will forever be remembered as one of the founding games of the entire FPS genre. It also stands as a game which has long been a fertile ground for hackers and modders. [Nick Bild] decided to bring gesture control to iD’s classic shooter, courtesy of machine learning. The setup consists of a Jetson Nano
Read MoreNostalgist, genetics coach, child assistant bot programmer. This is all normal. Totally normal. Jobs of the future are strange, terrifying and 'don't even exist yet' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne police officer from Gretna, La., referred to the congresswoman as a “vile idiot” and suggested she should be shot. Another officer liked the post. Two Police Officers Are Fired Over Facebook Post Saying Ocasio-Cortez ‘Needs a Round’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreReading the temperature of your environment is pretty easy right? A quick search suggests the utterly ubiquitous DHT11, which speaks a well documented protocol and has libraries for every conceivable microcontroller and platform. Plug that into your Arduino and boom, temperature (and humidity!) readings. But the simple solution doesn’t hit every need, sometimes things need
Read MoreThe error undercuts the purpose of Messenger Kids. Flaw in Facebook kids app let children chat with unapproved users – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreBlizzard reveals the 31st hero to join the Overwatch ranks. Overwatch's latest hero is Sigma, an astrophysicist who harnesses the power of gravity – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook’s Messenger Kids app—the kind of app you put on your child’s device to ensure they can only talk to approved contacts—had a not-so-helpful bug that allowed strangers to interact with kids. Read more… How to Respond to Facebook's 'Messenger Kids' Mess Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreAre you willing to shell out $575 for Unicron, a figure that stands over 2 feet tall? Hasbro crowdfunds the biggest Transformers figure ever – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCheck out the impressive geek fashion at the sixth annual Her Universe fashion show at SDCC. The best geek fashion of San Diego Comic-Con – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWelcome 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. If you find your MacBook acting strangely, and seemingly for no reason, resetting the SMC may help. There are a number of things that could signal an SMC issue, from
Read MorePinterest isn’t your typical social network — for starts, its 250 million users spend their time creating collections of things that make them happy, rather than competing to spread news that might end up making someone sad. But when Pinterest users search the platform for something dreary anyhow, the company doesn’t have qualms about stepping
Read MoreRisk Level: Very Low. Type: Trojan, Virus, Worm. SONAR.Powershell!g47 Source: Symantec lastest threats
Read MoreWelcome 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. There are different schools of thought when it comes to getting your vocals perfect for any project. The easiest way, surely, is building a million-dollar studio and filling it with
Read MoreJennifer Connelly, Patrick Stewart, Henry Cavill, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise, Pennywise. See everything here! Every Comic-Con 2019 trailer: Snowpiercer, Picard, The Witcher, Cats, It Chapter 2, Top Gun sequel – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new valuation is only slightly above the $2.3 billion that Bird was pegged at last year. Bird Is Said to Raise New Funding at .5 Billion Valuation Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreA dozen pages offering Libra are on Facebook and Instagram, a report says. Fake Facebook accounts are already reportedly offering Libra cryptocurrency – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTessa Thompson’s Valkyrie may finally get her queen after all. Valkyrie is MCU's first openly LGBTQ superhero, Marvel confirms – CNET Source: CNet
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