Looking into a crystal ball for the year to come, we’ll say goodbye to Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg and electric scooters — and hello to pricey foldable smartphones and 5G networks that most people can’t use. Tech predictions for 2019: It gets worse before it gets better Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreMusk’s lawyers argued that his “over-the-top” insults were not fueled by actual first-hand knowledge, but were opinions. ‘Imaginative attacks’: Elon Musk says his insults aimed at Thai-cave rescue volunteer are protected by First Amendment Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More2018 is almost over, and we have another year in the dataset: an improbable number of celebrities died in 2016. The stock market is down, and everyone thinks a crash is coming. Journalists are being killed around the world. Fidget spinners aren’t cool anymore. Fortnite. Trade wars. But not everything is terrible: Makerbot released a
Read MoreAs 2018 comes to a close, it’s time to look at some our favorite apps of the year. While not all of these are brand new, many of them popped up onto our radar for the first time in 2018, and are definitely worth the attention. Others are some of our favorites that are still
Read MoreMasha Borak / Abacus: Farmers in China are finding fame by live streaming their work; Alibaba has announced plans to incubate 1,000 farmer live streamers for its Taobao marketplace — Taobao wants to help farmers live stream themselves out of poverty — When most people think about countryside life … Farmers in China are finding
Read MoreThere isn’t just good money in marketing to the YouTube audience. There’s monstrous money out there. The steps to stake out a place in that digital windfall are available now in the training from the Ultimate YouTube Master Class bundle. It’s on sale from TNW Deals for just $29, an over 90 percent savings. A
Read MoreIn an age where anything and everything could go viral, the free-to-play game was everywhere, all the time. Fortnite was the biggest pop culture phenomenon of 2018 Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreCrowdfunding is cool. Countless number of awesome things started on sites like Kickstarter, hit their funding goal, and then entered the real world. Unfortunately, there’s a dark side to crowdfunding: projects that never get the required amount of capital and fail. This is heartbreaking enough, but what if the product was truly, deeply, and utterly
Read MoreAfter spending a couple of years putting the pieces in place and catching up to Alexa, 2018 was the year Google unveiled its lofty smart-home ambitions. Google Home's 2018 in review: Owning the smart home – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePacked with CGI, the quirky Western anthology is like the Coen brothers’ own Marvel movie. How Ballad of Buster Scruggs pulled off its cutting-edge effects – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe shift to messaging and ephemeral content could pose challenges. Facebook's and social media's fight against fake news may get tougher – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCommentary: Marvel fatigue hit me hard in 2018. I'm glad Netflix Marvel shows are dead – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe tech sell off was fueled by anxieties over slowing growth, trade policy, and market gyrations, but public distrust is also weighing down Silicon Valley. Tech stocks have sold off sharply. Is it a blip — or something more? Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNo matter how much you spend on your new 4K HDR TV, you don’t need expensive HDMI cables for it to work. Cheap HDMI cables are fine for your new 4K TV – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTechnology has moved at such a furious pace that what would have been most secret military technology a few decades ago is now surplus on eBay. Case in point: [msylvain59] picked up a Soviet-era K-13 IR seeker used to guide air-to-air missiles to their targets. Inside is a mechanical gyroscope turning at over 4,000 RPM,
Read MoreAnd 2019 is on track to be even better. Smartphones in 2018: The year's biggest winners and losers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMicrosoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to end 2018 on a high, bumping off Apple from the top spot and becoming the most valuable publicly traded US company. The Washington-based American multinational technology company, whose founders were Bill Gates and Paul Allen, has been a rival of Apple for some time within the computer industry. Yet,
Read MoreWhether it’s multi-million dollar exit scams, Ponzi schemes, or sophisticated networks of remote-controlled Twitter scambots, this year saw some of the most epic and sophisticated cryptocurrency schemes to date. But we asked ourselves: what were the most brazen cryptocurrency scams of 2018? Which ones left us awestruck by how little amount of fucks the perps gave, as
Read MoreIt was fun while it lasted. Cryptocurrencies soared and then they crashed. But true aficionados believe the underlying blockchain still has potential. Remember Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to Forget Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreOne of the defining moments for tech in 2018 was on May 25, when the EU implemented its General Data Protection Regulation — the ominous GDPR. The ambitious legislation is the toughest privacy and security law in the world and was meant to guarantee users better control over their over their personal data. But has
Read MoreDespite being over 25 years old, the original DOOM is still a favorite among gamers and hackers alike. For years now, running the 1993 demonic shooter has been a critical milestone when hacking or reverse engineering a piece of gear, and at this point we’ve seen it run on everything from voting machines to cameras. But
Read MoreRecode: Q&A with Imgur CEO Alan Schaaf on why the site is not a free speech platform, its moderation practices, and what sets it apart from other social media platforms — CEO Alan Schaaf explains on the latest episode of Recode Decode. — On the latest episode of Recode Decode … Q&A with Imgur CEO
Read MoreIt’s that time again. The year is drawing to a close, so it’s time to look back and see which digital worlds we lost ourselves in the most this year. As usual, everything’s divided up into genre categories, and we’ve included our runners up, as well. I’d like to thank the rest of TNW for
Read MoreWord clocks use natural language to display the time. They’ve been in vogue in the last 20 years or so, as low-cost digital technology makes them particularly cost effective and easy to build for the average maker. The hardware and software is a solved problem, so presentation is everything. Luckily, [watsaig]’s effort does not disappoint.
Read MoreThe move to exit the International Whaling Commission sparks international criticism from whale conservationists. Japan set to resume commercial whaling, defying international ban – CNET Source: CNet
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