Kodak 3 things brands can learn from Apple’s struggle to stay on topTNW - Nima FalatooriSteve Jobs and Jony Ive called the small design studio I worked at asking for help back in 1997. They wanted us to create a new desktop computer that would save Apple from going under. We accepted the
Focuster turns your to-dos into an organized schedule, and it's only $59TNW - TNW DealsWe could all stand to be a little more productive, and while there are plenty of apps that claim to help you blaze through your to-dos and get your life together, too many bog you down with unnecessary
Play buttonTechnology CHEAP: No way, this guitar shirt YOU CAN ACTUALLY PLAY is 68% off!TNW - Callum BoothWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Joy can be found in unexpected places. It could be the sound of birdsong in the morning, the movement of a plastic
Apollo Missions New analysis of 'moonquakes' indicates the moon isn't deadTNW - The ConversationWe tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions of years ago. Even the youngest lunar lava is old enough to have
Snapchat Why Snapchat’s new gender swap feature is problematic for trans peopleTNW - Georgina UstikYou’ve probably seen it all over your social media timelines and stories this week — friends using Snapchat’s new gender-bending filter to create uncanny and slightly creepy versions of themselves as women,
Google Google tracks nearly all your online (and some of your offline) purchases -- see it for yourself, hereTNW - Bryan ClarkFor years Google has been keeping track of nearly every online purchase we’ve made. A CNBC report today reveals that, thanks to purchase receipts sent to personal Gmail accounts, the company has amassed
Play buttonDrama Here's the real tea: A primer on YouTube drama channelsTNW - Rachel KaserSo you may have heard about a little fight going on in the YouTube community, between two beauty gurus named Tati Westbrook and James Charles. The drama tornado has engulfed aspects of the internet that
Cognitive Computing Hyperdimensional computing theory could lead to AI with memories, instincts, and reflexesTNW - Tristan GreeneA team of scientists from the University of Maryland recently came up with a take on the hyperdimensional computing theory that could give robots memories and reflexes. This could break the stalemate seem
Play buttonMinecraft Microsoft unveils Minecraft Earth, the new AR hotnessTNW - Rachel KaserIn celebration of Minecraft‘s tenth anniversary, Microsoft played its Pokemon GO card and released an augmented reality phone app that shows the game pasted over the real world, called Minecraft Earth.
Play buttonAmazon Alexa Cheap: This Ecovacs Deebot 601 robot vacuum cleaner is 50% offTNW - Matthew HughesThankfully, it’s 2019, and for the price of a cheap netbook, you can get yourself a robot servant to do it for you. The Ecovacs Deebot 601 is a great example of this, and is currently on sale on Amazon
Evolution Geneticist: it's time we stop human evolutionTNW - The ConversationMeasles cases in the US have hit a 25-year high, with 78 new infections in the past week alone. In a sign of the times, a cruise ship with hundreds of Scientologists on board was quarantined in St Lucia
Earth Wandering Earth: rocket scientist explains how we could move our planetTNW - Henry SungIn the Chinese science fiction film The Wandering Earth, recently released on Netflix, humanity attempts to change the Earth’s orbit using enormous thrusters in order to escape the expanding sun – and
Technology Facebook tweaks News Feed to favor close friends and 'worthwhile' contentTNW - Ravie LakshmananFacebook’s biggest money-spinner is its News Feed, and the company has announced yet another key change to the algorithm. In a fresh announcement, the social network said that it’s leveraging new signals
PixelMe's $40 growth plan is a must-have for your company's marketing toolboxTNW - TNW DealsOdds are decent that you’re reading this post right now on a smartphone. And if we wanted to roll those odds into another bet, we’d wager it’s not the first time you’ve checked out what’s happening on
Technology South African voters fear mobile political campaigns will steal their personal infoTNW - The ConversationMobile technology will arguably go down in history as the most successful innovation of our lifetime. Mobile devices, especially phones, are ubiquitous in large parts of the world. On the African continent,
Bitcoin Amazon files patent for Bitcoin-esque Proof-of-Work systemTNW - Matthew BeedhamCryptocurrency rumor mongers are likely to be dancing today as Amazon has successfully filed a patent for a Bitcoin-styled Proof-of-Work system. But don’t get ahead of yourself, it doesn’t look like the
Earbuds Review: The $99 Urbanista Stockholm wireless earbuds get the fundamentals rightTNW - Matthew HughesOh Sweden. It’s the birthplace of A-Ha’s Morten Harket. Home of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. And yes, its capital city, Oslo, is a sight to behold. The fjord-pocked Scandinavian nation is
Bitcoin Dark web user gets 42 months in prison for buying child abuse imagery with BitcoinTNW - Yessi Bello PerezA man in the US has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for purchasing, downloading, and concealing child abuse imagery he got on the dark web and paid for with Bitcoin. BTC According to court
Guy Kawasaki Get 50% off your TNW2020 ticketsTNW - Ailsa SherringtonLast week, we celebrated the 14th edition of TNW Conference. More than 15,000 people visited from across the globe to discuss the future of tech. Without a doubt, it was the greatest edition we’ve organized.
ASUS Asus’ new Zenfone 6 has a flip-up camera and a 5,000mAh batteryTNW - Ivan MehtaWe’ve seen some whacky implementations from phone makers to overcome the notch: pop-up camera, pizza shaped-camera, and even a rotating camera. Now, Asus has added another method to the list by placing
Google Google isn't killing off Nest integrations just yetTNW - Ravie LakshmananGoogle predictably strirred up a hornet’s nest when it announced at its annual developers conference that it would be shutting down the Works with Nest (WWN) program on August 31, 2019. This would have
Marketing Strategy Avoiding buzzwords: Eight alternatives to calling yourself ‘innovative’TNW - Scott GerberIt’s common to hear businesses describe themselves as “innovative.” Many companies strive for innovation in their products, services and marketing strategies. However, the term can be overused, resulting
Petitions Over 650,000 Game of Thrones fans sign petition to remake Season 8TNW - Napier LopezThe final season for one of the most popular shows on the planet is its worst rated season on IMDb by a considerable margin. At the time of writing, episodes 3, 4, and 5, are the three worst rated episodes
Play buttonRobotics This mad scientist built a robot to beat the crap out of him (literally) while playing VR fighting gamesTNW - Bryan ClarkSince the 80s, fighting games have been a raucous good time, a way to blow off some steam while digitally beating an AI opponent to smithereens. In the VR world though, these same characters might one
Technology Bad news, journalists: Robots are writing really good headlines nowTNW - Bryan ClarkJournalism is hard. Hours of research and writing culminate with publishing a piece with little more than blind faith that it’ll be well-received. Most aren’t. And for those that flop, it’s typically headline
Sony Microsoft announces cloud gaming partnership with SonyTNW - Rachel KaserMicrosoft and Sony, makers of the eternally-competing Xbox and PlayStation consoles, respectively, today announced they were partnering up to find “joint development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft
Bacteria Scientists bio-hacked E. coli to create synthetic lifeTNW - Tristan GreeneEscherichia coli, nobody’s favorite dinner guest, just had the distinction of becoming the first living organism to have its entire DNA code successfully replaced with a synthetic genome. We’ve played
Motorola The new Motorola Razr looks tiny when folded, according to this videoTNW - Napier LopezWe’ve known for a while Motorola is planning on reviving its Razr brand, jumping on the folding phone bandwagon with its own take on the concept that far removed from Huawei or Samsung’s. Though we’ve
Play buttonWar Total War: Three Kingdoms is a triumph of beauty and bloodTNW - Tristan GreeneCreative Assembly’s Total War: Three Kingdoms is a triumph. There’s no other way to put it. It’s a gorgeous fantasy epic wrapped inside a fine-tuned battle simulator that’s been updated to make it more
Facebook Here's why your Facebook groups went secret overnightTNW - Rachel KaserOver the last day, you may have noticed that several of your Facebook groups have switched their settings to “Secret,” for no apparent reason. That may have been to avoid the attentions of a particular
