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January 4, 2019

Hackers dump private information of hundreds of German politicians including email addresses, mobile phone numbers, personal chat transcripts, and photos (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Hackers dump private information of hundreds of German politicians including email addresses, mobile phone numbers, personal chat transcripts, and photos — – Leak includes emails, chat transcripts, photos, phone numbers — Hack is ‘elaborate’ social-engineering attack, IT expert says Hackers dump private information of hundreds of German politicians including email addresses, mobile phone numbers,

January 4, 2019

Hard Fork’s blockchain and cryptocurrency expectations for 2019

The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry has had a particularly turbulent year. In January Bitcoin prices were well over $18,000, and in December dropped below $4,000. It seems impossible to make any reasoned judgement as to what prices the market will hold next. That said, when it comes to broader trends in the market, 2018 has

Karakuri Kaizen: Hacks For The Factory Floor

Anyone who has an interest and/or career in manufacturing would have heard of Kaizen, generally a concept to continuously improve your process everywhere. Under that huge umbrella is Karakuri Kaizen, encouraging workers on the factory floor to adopt a hacker mentality and improve their own work stations. It is right up our alley, manufacturer or

Windows 10: Microsoft's plan to kill passwords moves on with new test build

Now Microsoft brings its password-less sign-in to all Windows Insider testers. Windows 10: Microsoft's plan to kill passwords moves on with new test build Source: ZDNet Microsoft

January 4, 2019

Marshall’s Kilburn II is a star performer among wireless speakers

You probably know of the Marshall brand of guitar amplifiers, which have been rocking clubs and arenas since the 60s. With the help of Sweden-based firm Zound Industries, the brand expanded to launch consumer products like headphones and wireless speakers a couple of years ago; its instantly recognizable moniker and stage-ready aesthetic have helped it

January 4, 2019

How to quietly ditch people you follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Ever wished you could discreetly filter certain people out of your social media feeds? We feel you, and we’re here to help you do just that in a matter of

January 4, 2019

A target of one of the vigilante Facebook groups that hunt and publicly shame sexual predators has hung himself; after inquiry, Facebook suspended some hunters (Brandy Zadrozny/NBC News)

Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: A target of one of the vigilante Facebook groups that hunt and publicly shame sexual predators has hung himself; after inquiry, Facebook suspended some hunters — Shane Erdmann started the online vigilante operation POPSquad, one of many similar groups tapping into a hunger for vengeance. A target of one of

January 4, 2019

12 tactics for engaging and retaining your mobile app users

As more and more businesses create stand-alone branded mobile apps, competition for user attention is fiercer than ever. You can’t simply create an app for the sake of it and expect your customers to download and engage with it. You need to design something that truly adds value to a user’s life — something that

Pokemon Cries And How They Work

If you grew up watching the Pokémon TV series, you’d naturally be familiar with the cries of all your favourite Pocket Monsters. Most of the creatures in the anime tend to say their own name, over and over again. Pour one out for the legions of parents who, upon hearing a distant “PIKA PIKA!”, still involuntarily

January 4, 2019

Apple should implement this cool ‘environmentally-lit’ UI effect in iOS

We may have bid farewell to skeuomorphic design in mobile and desktop interfaces for now, but an ex-Apple engineer is taking another shot at mimicking reality in UIs to great effect. In a video released earlier this week, Bob Burrough showed off his work in progress on an ‘environmentally-lit user interface.’ Essentially, a fisheye lens

January 4, 2019

Xiaomi rumored to be working on a triple-fold phone

Last year, Samsung gave us a glimpse of its highly anticipated Galaxy F foldable phone. Now, a new leak suggests that Xiaomi might be working on an ambitious triple-fold phone. Reporter Evan Blass tweeted a video of the mysterious device allegedly made by Xiaomi. It shows a version of a mapping app spread across three screens,

January 4, 2019

How big tech platforms like Google, Facebook, and Amazon use exclusionary conduct to acquire and maintain monopoly power and thus possibly violate antitrust law (Sally Hubbard/CNN)

Sally Hubbard / CNN: How big tech platforms like Google, Facebook, and Amazon use exclusionary conduct to acquire and maintain monopoly power and thus possibly violate antitrust law — Sally Hubbard is a former assistant attorney general in the New York AG Antitrust Bureau who heads up big tech and monopolization for The Capitol Forum.

Pi Zero Gives Amateur Astronomer Affordable Control Of Telescope

Like many other hobbies, astronomy can be pursued on many levels, with equipment costs ranging from the affordable to the – well, astronomical. Thankfully, there are lots of entry-level telescopes on the market, some that even come with mounts that automatically find and track heavenly bodies. Finding a feature is as easy as aligning to

January 4, 2019

Project Cars game studio is working on “the most powerful console ever built”

London-based game development shop Slightly Mad Studios – which is behind the Project CARS racing sim series, as well as the Need for Speed: Shift franchise – is living up to its name with the announcement of its next project: a game console to rival the Xbox and PlayStation, and support VR content, in three years’ time.

January 4, 2019

Samsung’s clever new monitor frees up desk space without a wall mount

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is just around the corner, and announcements of new products have already started to roll in, including a bunch of high-end monitors from Samsung. But among the lot, the Space Monitor that can be attached to your desk with a clamp seems particularly intriguing. The minimally designed screen can

Cosmic collision billions of years off could fling Earth out of Milky Way – CNET

Our galaxy may be headed for a crash that could create space fireworks and exile our whole solar system. Fortunately, we have a little time to prepare. Cosmic collision billions of years off could fling Earth out of Milky Way – CNET Source: CNet

Indiana Jones series joins Netflix – CNET

The amazing three Indy movies are streaming right now. Also that fourth one. Ugh. Indiana Jones series joins Netflix – CNET Source: CNet

NASA drops spacecraft into orbit around potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu – CNET

OSIRIS-REx breaks records as it begins orbital surveys of the 4 billion year old space rock. NASA drops spacecraft into orbit around potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu – CNET Source: CNet

January 3, 2019

Square hires Blizzard Entertainment's Amrita Ahuja as CFO three months after long-time CFO Sarah Friar exited for the CEO job at Nextdoor (Kate Clark/TechCrunch)

Kate Clark / TechCrunch: Square hires Blizzard Entertainment’s Amrita Ahuja as CFO three months after long-time CFO Sarah Friar exited for the CEO job at Nextdoor — Founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey says Square has poached Amrita Ahuja from Blizzard Entertainment, a division of the gaming company Activision Blizzard … Square hires Blizzard Entertainment's

Washington bill would make it legal to compost human remains into soil – CNET

Recomposting would let people skip traditional burial and cremation practices for a greener option. Washington bill would make it legal to compost human remains into soil – CNET Source: CNet

January 3, 2019

Los Angeles sues the company behind the Weather Channel app, which is owned by IBM, for slyly using location data for commercial purposes (New York Times)

New York Times: Los Angeles sues the company behind the Weather Channel app, which is owned by IBM, for slyly using location data for commercial purposes — The Weather Channel app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers … Los Angeles sues the company behind the Weather Channel

January 3, 2019

Design isn’t only about great ideas — it’s about finishing projects

“I’m not very good at the detailed design phase. I’m good at concepting and setting up the initial phase of the project. But when we get to the point where we need to iterate on smaller updates to the product, I’m not great.” Well, then you’re not good at doing your job. Design is about making

Cheating AI Caught Hiding Data Using Steganography

AI today is like a super fast kid going through school whose teachers need to be smarter than if not as quick. In an astonishing turn of events, a (satelite)image-to-(map)image conversion algorithm was found hiding a cheat-sheet of sorts while generating maps to appear as it if had ‘learned’ do the opposite effectively[PDF]. The CycleGAN

January 3, 2019

Apple and Samsung struggle to adapt to stalling sales as smartphones reach market saturation, plateau technologically, and face unstinting competition in China (Vlad Savov/The Verge)

Vlad Savov / The Verge: Apple and Samsung struggle to adapt to stalling sales as smartphones reach market saturation, plateau technologically, and face unstinting competition in China — The two biggest phone makers are having to adapt to stalling sales and unstinting competition from China Apple and Samsung struggle to adapt to stalling sales as

Pokemon Go creator Niantic captures $190M in funding – CNET

The funding comes as the startup prepares to release a Harry Potter-themed AR game. Pokemon Go creator Niantic captures 0M in funding – CNET Source: CNet

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