Launching a career in music as an independent artist means wearing many hats. From the logistics that come with booking your own tours, to building up an audience, or dealing with tons of administrative bullshit, it’s hard to imagine how successful musicians even existed before the internet. Attending Amsterdam Dance Event’s tech conference last week
Read MoreThe Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) continues to warn netizens of the dangers of dealing with cryptocurrency businesses having identified several new blatant scam sites. The regulator announced today that it has added another 21 recognized cryptocurrency scam sites to its ever growing list. The authority now recognizes 99 “cryptomonnaies” (Belgium’s surprizingly mellifluous
Read MoreWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. Need to fire up a new document, spreadsheet, or slide deck? Google’s suite of tools is great for those, and it’s now easier than ever to get started
Read MoreLeigh Cuen / CoinDesk: Blockchain partners with Ledger to unveil $99.99 Lockbox hardware wallet, which will enable crypto-to-crypto trades through the company’s native brokerage — One of the oldest software wallet providers in the cryptocurrency industry is launching its first hardware product. Blockchain partners with Ledger to unveil .99 Lockbox hardware wallet, which will enable
Read MoreA pushcar is a great toy for a young child. They’re great excercise, and kids love anything on wheels. However, the bigger kids might want something with a little more grunt. [Master Milo] has just the thing – an engine from a concrete saw and the fabrication skills to match. The build starts with the
Read MoreThe dark net, assassination markets, money laundering. Cryptocurrency and blockchain can sound like a dodgy place sometimes, at least we can trust the news outlets that report on them though… right? Wrong. A report from Breaker published yesterday found that nearly half of the cryptocurrency news outlets it surveyed would accept payment to publish articles
Read MoreThe Indian government is reviving its efforts in its war on pornography this week by ordering telecom companies and ISPs to ban 827 adult sites from their networks. This directive follows an order from the Uttarakhand High Court, which found 857 sites to contain adult content – similar to an order issued back in 2015. However, upon
Read MoreThe meme began as an unusual way to show off one’s wealth, but it’s taken on new meaning while spreading across Asia. ‘Falling Stars Challenge’ Takes the Humble Out of Humblebragging Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreScientists have a miserable record of predicting where and when earthquakes will strike. Some are now turning to artificial intelligence for answers. The Next Big One? Earthquake Scientists Look to A.I. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEudora Wang / China Money Network: Terminus Technologies, a Chinese startup that provides IoT solutions in 70 cities, raises ~$173M Series B led by China Everbright and IDG Capital — Chinese internet of things (IoT) solution provider Terminus Technologies has secured a RMB1.2 billion (US$172.7 million) … Terminus Technologies, a Chinese startup that provides IoT
Read MoreWhatsApp is super late introducing stickers on its messaging platform, but hey, at least they’re available now. There are already a bunch of free sticker packs available, and you’ll recognize some of them from Facebook Messenger (no surprise there). The company noted that third parties can also create sticker packs and make them available as
Read MoreWe’ve probably all got at least one old cell phone lurking somewhere around our bench. In most cases they’ll still work, but their batteries may be exhausted and their OS could be an ancient version. But sometimes there will be a phone that just died. One minute the flagship model, the next a useless slab
Read MoreDavid Floyd / CoinDesk: Tether says it has destroyed over half of its total supply, or 500M USDT, from the Tether treasury wallet — UPDATE (24 October 19:25 UTC): This article has been updated to include comments from a Bitfinex spokesman. — Shortly before 1:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, Tether … Tether says it has destroyed
Read MoreThe inside of classic radios holds wonders that the sterile chips and SMD components of today’s circuits can’t hold a candle to. Chunky resistors and capacitors, vacuum tubes with cathodes aglow, and seemingly free-form loops of wire forming inductors will all likely make an appearance. But the most fascinating bit of any old radio was
Read MoreFCA’s all-new pickup will have its ups and downs at the nation’s largest custom car expo. 2019 Ram 1500 gets lifted, dropped for SEMA – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MorePursuit Systems adds the turbocharged crossover to its fleet. 2019 Ford Edge ST becomes high-speed camera car – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDo you believe in magic? In the pre-Harry Potter sequel, fans will get to know young Dumbledore. Fantastic Beasts 2: Release date, trailers, cast, plot and rumors – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGoogle is the latest tech company to face issues around sexual misconduct in the workplace. Google reportedly paid Andy Rubin M despite charge of sexual misconduct – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAndy Rubin / @arubin: Andy Rubin says NYT story is part of a smear campaign, calls allegations false, is troubled that Google execs are commenting and misrepresenting facts about him — 1/2 The New York Times story contains numerous inaccuracies about my employment at Google and wild exaggerations about my compensation. Specifically, I never coerced
Read MoreThere are more Bluetooth headphones than ever now that smartphones are getting rid of the 3.5mm jack left and right. Some of these headphones are very good, but both the number of options and actual sound quality pale in comparison to the wealth of wired options. Shure – an audio company known to straddle the
Read MoreWe’ve always had a fascination with things that fly. Sure, drones are the latest incarnation of that, but there have been RC planes, kites, and all sorts of flying toys and gizmos even before manned flight was possible. Maybe the first model flying machine you had was a paper airplane. There’s some debate, but it
Read MoreKyle Wiens / iFixit: New DRM rules allow jailbreaking of voice-assistant devices and unlocking of new phones, but don’t allow game consoles to be fixed or HDCP to be bypassed — Six months ago, on a sunny spring day in LA, I donned a suit—a rare event—and walked into a courtroom at UCLA. New DRM
Read MoreThis Halloween play a creepy dystopian online game that feels a lot like an upcoming Black Mirror episode. MIT's latest experiment is a Black Mirror episode come to life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe iPhone XR might have been dubbed the best value iPhone in years, but shoppers weren’t giving it the usual show of love. iPhone XR goes on sale around the world, but fans stay home – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt a launch event in New York, Anker rolled out a trio of new products. Anker unveils Nebula Capsule II pocket cinema, USB-PD charger and new premium Wi-Fi speaker – CNET Source: CNet
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