Sure, seating is getting more cramped, drinks and snacks are going away, and it costs a million dollars just to check a bag — but modern commercial air travel isn't all bad. Take a look at this self-cleaning aircraft lavatory concept from Boeing, which might someday reduce the ch … | Continue reading
The use of bitcoin’s underlying technology is growing among fintech players. The capability of creating self-executing smart contracts using blockchain technology has proven to be a deal-maker in the case of stock exchanges and trading houses. While the banking sector explores it … | Continue reading
GUEST: Smart businesses that recognize the value of an outside-in perspective have long analyzed attributes like demographics and firmographics in an attempt to better understand their customer base. In particular, consumer marketers have tailored messaging around characteristics … | Continue reading
Think augmented and virtual reality headsets are just for games? NASA astronaut Scott Kelly thinks otherwise after spending some quality time with Microsoft's HoloLens aboard the International Space Station during his recent 340-day mission. At a press conference yesterday, the a … | Continue reading
A look at the challenges facing permissioned blockchains and their inability to deliver the efficiencies derived by the immutable record. | Continue reading
One of the hardest things about walking away from the iPhone is giving up how well it works with the Mac. Paired together, your incoming text messages and phone calls all pop up on your desktop, where you can respond to them, and opened websites can be beamed from mobile to deskt … | Continue reading
Bitcoin was first introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto when he published a paper about it in 2008. The paper gained a lot of attention as he managed to solve the double spending problem which researchers were attempting to solve for over a decade. Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the concep … | Continue reading
In der Ära des Displays können Ansteckbuttons zum Kundtun von Meinungen oder Fantum schnell mal antiquiert wirken, schließlich sehen die Dinger wie kleine, runde Displays aus, also warum müssen sie so schrecklich statisch sein?... | Continue reading
If you've been reading any of my weekly roundups of Hearthstone [Free] news, you'll know I've been waiting for the next expansion (and the shift to Standard) for weeks now. Well, we finally have an official announcement about the official announcement of what's next for Hearthsto … | Continue reading
In an apparent attempt to regain some of the innovation cachet it enjoyed in decades past, Japan's Sony has announced its Future Lab ProgramDescribed as a research and development initiative, the project will focus on creating prototype devices that benefit from direct input from … | Continue reading
GUEST: I remember, when I was first starting out, the whole concept of a coworking space seemed strange. Why would people pay for a desk at a shared communal space instead of getting their own office space? Today however, I love the concept of coworking spaces so much that when i … | Continue reading
It all started as an alternative to the traditional college education. Now they’ve caught the eyes of deans across the country. Coding bootcamps have been a trending topic in higher education as their focus on job readiness and generous starting salaries has garnered the attentio … | Continue reading
“As soon as I could conceptualise being anything,” Christian Ward says, “I wanted to be a comic artist. I would draw comics at primary school that I'd photocopy and sell in the playground. It was having school teachers and tutors at uni who did all they could to steer me away fro … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, Saturday March 5th, at 10:30amPT/1:30pmET. Our LIVE chat during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang on Facebook HEREConnect with our other show – G3 – on Facebook HERE … | Continue reading
Genesis Mining, which provides computer equipment to create bitcoin in the cloud, has launched the world's first fund that invests in hardware used to create the digital currency | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Romania’s top court has approved a request by U.S. authorities to extradite a convicted hacker known as Guccifer, a source within Romania’s DIICOT anti-organized crime and terrorism unit told Reuters on Friday. “The court approved an 18-month temporary extradition to … | Continue reading
Google Street View uses in-house data-capturing tech that lets you see the world from the comfort of your own device. GSV allows us to see not only photos of certain gems on the planet, but provides new perspectives that only its cameras can capture. Read More | Continue reading
SXSW Interactive is nearly here again, and if you’re a first timer at this epic event, you’ll no doubt be wondering how to make the most of your trip. There are plenty of guides already out there online, but as veterans of the event here at TNW, we’ve built up our own bunch of ti … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s Xbox Live is once again experiencing issues. Users are unable to sign in, and Microsoft is investigating what the problem might be. Ironically, we first spotted the issue without even being on an Xbox. At 9:23 a.m. Pacific, we tried playing Minecraft for Windows. The … | Continue reading
Inside the Oval Office of the White House, President Barack Obama has models of American inventions like the telegraph saying that it’s a “daily reminder of the genius embedded in our DNA.” It represents the way “we’ve always shaped the future through our ideas and discovery.” As … | Continue reading
The Indiana Pacers have put forward Chase Budinger on waivers. | Continue reading
Zebpay, a bitcoin wallet with offices in India and Singapore, has added some innovative features to its app. Users can set their own bid/ask price when trading bitcoin, they can keep a rupee balance to instantly buy bitcoin, and they can check transaction status, according to the … | Continue reading
Die Forschungsbehörde des US-Militärs DARPA hat die zweite Phase in der Entwicklung einer neuen Transportdrohne eingeläutet: Bis 2018 soll die Firma Aurora Flight Sciences das VTOL X-Plane bauen, wofür die DARPA aus vorangegange... | Continue reading
Both Audi's 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines in the U.S. have been caught up in the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal. Despite the fact that the German luxury brand or its parent company VW have yet to come up with a fix for the emissions-cheating engines, Audi is pushing f … | Continue reading
Recently The Verge reviewed the Robin, a new smartphone from startup Nextbit that has won some attention for its sharp design and clever way of managing storage on the phone. Those features aside, though, the Nextbit Robin shares a lot of similarities with the Nexus 5X, one of Go … | Continue reading
JPL is firing up their Exoplanet Travel Bureau . Reserve your space now. If you like this s... | Continue reading
GUEST: Once upon a time, 10 long years ago, I became the CEO of an early stage software company. I was hired by a private equity firm to get my arms around a business they felt had begun to veer in the wrong direction. It wasn’t a complete disaster, but several million dollars in … | Continue reading
More than 20 of the best copywriters and content marketers share their thoughts on the essential ingredient of great copywriting. | Continue reading
Everything you need to know about Samsung Pay, the mobile payments platform which is available on selected Galaxy smartphones and has an advantage over Android Pay and Apple Pay. | Continue reading
Just a day after we reported that Amazon had quietly removed device encryption from Fire OS version 5, the company has reversed course and decided to bring encryption back to Fire OSSee also: Google, Facebook and other tech giants file in court to support Apple's fight against th … | Continue reading
Protest meeting at Beresford Place, and the arrest of Count Plunkett | Continue reading
There’s a lot of doomsday talk these days in Silicon Valley. The end is near. The sky is falling. Or, as venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital recently quipped to me, “Pull out your raincoats or build a bomb shelter while there is still time.” As tech stocks have … | Continue reading
About once a decade, Tim Sweeney, graphics guru and CEO of Epic Games, stirs the hornet’s nest. He did so on Friday by blasting Microsoft for allegedly trying to close off the Windows 10 store, and hurting the much-cherished openness of the personal computer. In an op-ed piece in … | Continue reading
Bitcoin price is extending below target as the idiocy of Gav&MikeCoin becomes apparent. Not only is Gav a limited capacity coder, but Mike has run away – leaving bright-spark Brian “Buzz” Armstrong to fend for his Silicon Valley Bank licence alone. It’s all going to end in tears. … | Continue reading
If you haven't listened to Mystery Show, the podcast where Starlee Kine solves unusual mysteries, you should. You can enjoy the episodes in any order. I recommend starting with episode 5, "Source Code," in which Kine tries to solve the mystery of actor Jake Gyllenhaal's height.Wh … | Continue reading
Before the 1,500-horsepower Chiron debuted this week, we had to wait some 12 years between all-new Bugatti models. Thankfully, we might not have to wait that long for the next one. That's because the French ultra-luxury brand is considering a four-door sedan and it appears it mig … | Continue reading
Wenn man von der Robocalypse spricht, kommt natürlich prompt die passende Paranoiamaschine ums Eck gekrabbelt: Studenten der Universität Ghent haben einen sechsbeinigen Roboter gebaut, der nicht nur wie ein etwas zu groß geratener S... | Continue reading
An Austin-based venture capital firm recently offered my company $400,000 for 40 percent of its equity. This was one week before their counterpart in the Bay Area offered $2 million for 20 percent of the same company. Nothing had changed in that week, and both received the same p … | Continue reading
Oculus VR is only a few weeks away from releasing the Rift headset. And while that kicks off high-end virtual reality on PC, it’s the end of an uncertain journey for developers building games for these devices. One of the earliest games due out for the Rift this spring is a sci-f … | Continue reading
The controversy surrounding Peeple when it was first announced as a ‘Yelp for humans’ type platform resulted in its founders having to scrap their idea and go back to the drawing board. Following an article by the Washington Post, revealing the real-life burn book, it quickly bec … | Continue reading
You earned your degree, you sent out your job application packets, and now you have a tough decision to make: Do you accept the position with the famous mega-corporation, which offers a high starting salary and amazing benefits, or do you go with the tiny start-up with the heart … | Continue reading
Business Law Magazine, a German publication, reviewed a European Court of Justice ruling exempting bitcoin from value added tax (VAT) which was hailed as a victory by bitcoin advocates. The article by attorney Heinz Zimmermann noted that bitcoin has seldom been the focus of analy … | Continue reading
My desk is in one of the most high-traffic zones of the office. I’m used to people looking over my shoulder as they walk to the kitchen or pass me on their way to the pool table, but something weird started happening recently. People sneaking glances at my screen kept asking me a … | Continue reading
Amazon has quickly reversed course after it found itself in a PR firestorm earlier this week for quietly disabling encryption on its Fire OS 5 software. The move came at a particularly inopportune time: a standoff between Apple and the FBI over a suspected terrorist's iPhone has … | Continue reading
Developing an account based marketing strategy? Find the newest statistics along with 8 steps to a successful ABM strategy in this infographic. | Continue reading
Bagging lots of users is a challenge one of the startups in Y Combinator’s 2016 winter batch is worrying about a bit less than the average. The two-man strong founder team of Thunkable is coming from the rather more comfortable position of already having fostered a community over … | Continue reading
It’s a strange feeling, contemplating the future of music making while playing a drum set made of cheeseburgers. But George Michael Brower‘s Playthings warrants the discussion. The artist’s experience, created solely by Brower, drops you inside an awww-inspiring mini-game made of … | Continue reading
Miękkie i wilgotne muffiny z jabłkami (nieobranymi, ze skórką), cynamonem i rodzynkami. Mają kokosowy smak dzięki mleku kokosowemu (ja używam do niech też oleju kokosowego) i długo zachowują świeżość. Polecam na podwieczorek, nie tylko dla tych, którzy unikają mleka i jajek. | Continue reading