It’s barely been a month since Facebook unleashed its cryptocurrency Libra into the wild and published its whitepaper. But already, the social media giant has been forced to address a growing number of fake communications associated to its digital asset. Around a dozen “fake accounts, pages, and groups,” claiming to be official Libra outlets, have
Read MoreAmazon is teaming with Realogy, an owner of real estate brokerage firms, to offer home buyers free Alexa speakers and services like furniture assembly. How to Get a ,000 Amazon Credit: Buy a House Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreUsing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business.org looked at 100 metro areas across the US to rank average tech salaries. Ever wonder how much tech workers get paid in your town? This map might have the answer. Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreOne lesson we can learn from the Vietnam War documentary Apocalypse Now is that only crazy people like terrible smells just for fun. Surely Lt. Col. Kilgore would appreciate the smell of 3D printers as well, but for those among us who are a little less insane, we might want a way to eliminate the
Read MoreEvery year, the Unicode Consortium, the organization which oversees emoji development, adds new emoji ranging from hand gestures to objects. Now a bot on Twitter is trying to create fresh emoji by mashing them up. Emoji Mashup Bot, built by student and developer Louan Bengmah, Emoji Mashup Bot takes two random emoji from Twitter and mixes up their elements. Here are
Read MoreIllustration by William Joel / The Verge An investigation by The Washington Post has uncovered a dozen accounts, pages, and groups across Facebook and Instagram which misleadingly claim to be official hubs for Libra, Facebook’s proposed digital currency. In some cases these pages, which were only removed after WaPo reported them to Facebook, offered to
Read MoreMicrosoft has served up dozens of fixes for bugs affecting Windows 10 version 1809 both at home and in business. Windows 10: Latest update squashes two dozen bugs, delivers fixes for Office and IE Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreA US federal judge has rejected AT&T‘s request to dismiss a $224 million lawsuit over a SIM-swapping incident that led to $24 million in stolen cryptocurrency. A press release confirms the telecom giant will face court over allegations it violated the Federal Communications Act, a consumer contract, as well as several other laws, when hackers assumed the
Read MoreIn 2017, Ford announced that it would sell an all-electric version of its best-selling F-150 pickup truck. It plans to start selling a hybrid version in 2020, and as a way to start priming the pump (or plug, as it were) for a vehicle that will no doubt be a very big deal, the company
Read MoreNo, you’re not imaging things: the latest iteration of Slack for desktop is significantly snappier. Not only that, it also eats up much less of your device’s memory. In an announcement on July 22, the company said its desktop client now loads 33 percent faster than before, and yet uses 50 percent less memory than older
Read MoreCon artists will try anything to make their schemes appear legitimate to unwitting victims. In a recent email doing the rounds to financial advisors, scammers have been impersonating the UK‘s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) luring victims into a trap with Bitcoin. The email features the FCA‘s recognizable maroon branding and logo. It also features branding
Read MoreI think the one moment that summed up the overall naffness of the Doogee S40 was when I tried to take some product shots on a bright summer’s day. My brother-in-law was holding the phone with his arm outstretched, the screen showing TNW’s homepage. I stood behind him clutching a Nikon DSLR. “Mate,” I said.
Read More{$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
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