If you think the design of Facebook, Twitter, or any other popular site you use regularly is bad, hold your horses. I’m going to introduce you to a website that’ll make you spill your coffee, pull your hair, scream in agony, and punch the wall. Maybe all at the same time. The website, aptly named
Read MoreFour years ago, Nintendo did something brave and uncharacteristic: it let players create their own Mario levels, with Super Mario Maker for the Wii U. Super Mario Maker was arguably one of the most interesting titles to come out on the Wii U, and I’m happy to report its sequel is an improvement in almost
Read MoreDevs love a challenge, and there’s a mountain of opportunity in Bitcoin and blockchain. One of the fastest growing areas of blockchain development is Bitcoin sidechain, the Lightning Network. To learn more about the possibilities that the Lightning Network offers, Hard Fork spoke to someone deep in the trenches: a developer who’s set himself the
Read MoreMicrosoft Outlook on the web plays catch-up with Gmail with a new look and new features rolling out soon. Microsoft's new-look web Outlook takes on Gmail: Dark mode plus these new features Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreMore than two years after the Nintendo Switch game’s release, a YouTuber explained an epic Easter egg giving us a Link to the past. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild hid a glorious Wind Waker secret – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSunscreen formulas have never been better. Here are some of the best you can buy. The best sunscreens to protect your skin in 2019 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreExpect it to arrive in the US by the end of the year. 2020 Mercedes-AMG CLA45 has 382 hp and a rear-wheel-drive drift mode – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s been just over a year since E3D whetted our appetites for toolchanging printers. Now, with the impending release of their first toolchanging system, they’ve taken the best parts of their design and released them into the wild as open source. Head on over to Github for a complete solution to exchanging, locating, and parking
Read MoreWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Confession time, dear reader: I actually liked the Sony PlayStation Classic. Was it a totally cynical attempt by Sony to cash in on the retro console craze amidst the 2018 Christmas shopping season? Absolutely. Was it wildly overpriced when
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: European e-scooter startup Dott, currently live in Brussels, Paris, Lyon, and Milan, raises $34M led by EQT Ventures and Naspers — European micro-mobility startup Dott is about to raise a $34 million Series A round (€30 million). Compared to many scooter companies out there … European e-scooter startup Dott, currently live
Read MoreReddit’s r/technology subreddit has gone dark on US’ Independence Day as part of a social media strike. “Following on from the announcement by Larry Sanger of a Social Media Strike, /r/technology is joining the #SocialMediaStrike. Normal service will resume on the 5th,” reads the message. The strike, conceived by Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger, calls for digital
Read MoreThousands of people in South Africa may have been duped in what’s thought to be a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme. According to a local report, residents in Ladysmith, a city 365 kilometres south of Johannesburg, were enticed to invest in a company called Bitcoin Wallet. The company promised easy and big returns on investments. People are reported to
Read MoreThe Interface will be off Thursday for the 4th of July holiday. Facebook spent the last day before a long weekend like so many of us, abruptly shutting down without its boss’ permission and without any regard for its coworkers. Jake Kastrenakes reports: Facebook has had problems loading images, videos, and other data across its
Read MoreThe UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that 30,000 is the magic number of followers that makes you a celebrity. The decision means that if you have such a following then you have to obey the same advertising rules as traditional celebrities like David Beckham or Stephen Fry, particularly when it comes to product endorsements.
Read MoreMany of us have half-quit apps like Twitter and Instagram. It’s awful. The Horrible Place Between the Apps Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreApple is planning to ditch the controversial butterfly keyboard used in its MacBooks since 2015, according to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. 9to5Mac notes that Apple will reportedly move to a new scissor-switch design, which will use glass fiber to reinforce its keys. According to Kuo’s report, the first laptop to get the
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. In the past couple of months, Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks have faced a lot of outages. But how can you make sure that if the site’s actually down
Read MoreNormally, you won’t immediately know when you’ve fallen victim to a cryptocurrency scam. You might start to wonder where your money has gone and why no one is responding to your questions. Eventually though, reality will set in after you recognize that scammers have made off with your money and are nowhere to be found. Well,
Read MoreMost e-book readers don’t have physical page turn buttons. Why? They just don’t. Virtual page turns are accomplished with a tap at a screen edge. Determined to reduce the awkwardness of one-handed use, [Sagar Vaze] modified a Kobo e-reader with two physical page turn buttons as a weekend project. [Sagar] points out that since the
Read MoreThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking Samsung to court over allegations it misled customers over the nature of various phones’ water resistance. Samsung has been depicting phones in or near to unsuitable environments such as swimming pools and oceans since 2016, the ACCC alleges, when it didn’t have a basis to make
Read MoreAn electrical engineer is facing up to 219 years in federal prison after being found guilty of exporting military-grade semiconductor chips to China. Yi-Chi Shih — the 64-year-old engineer in question, and also a part-time Los Angeles resident — was found guilty of conspiring to export sensitive semiconductor chips with military applications to China without the required
Read MoreFrom Farrah Fawcett hairspray to socially acceptable smoking to station-wagon way backs, we’re onboard the 20th century nostalgia train. Stranger Things season 3: The 8 most totally bitchin' 1980s moments – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAllie Funk / Wired: Until the US Biometric Exit Program prioritizes privacy and resolves technical and legal shortcomings, airport travelers should opt out of facial recognition — Last month, I was at Detroit’s Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff … Until the US Biometric
Read MoreIndia‘s second biggest network provider, Reliance Jio, has teamed up with Facebook to launch a digital literacy program for people coming online for the first time. Jio, which has over 300 million subscribers in the country, will launch this program in 200 locations across 13 states. The company said the ‘Digital Udaan’ initiative will eventually reach
Read MoreYou’ll no longer be able to buy Mad Magazine on newsstands, and there won’t be any new original content, outside of annuals. Mad Magazine, as you now know it, will soon cease to exist – CNET Source: CNet
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