Technology Intel’s new 9th-gen laptop processors give birth to ‘Musclebooks’TNW - Napier LopezIntel today unveiled its latest set of mobile processors, introducing its 9th-generation architecture to laptops and tablets. As we saw with the desktop version back in October, it should provide a decent
Technology Why Magic: The Gathering is AI's toughest challengeTNW - Tristan GreeneGames make the perfect teaching environment for developers to train machine learning models in, but which game produces the strongest AI? You can put your money on DeepMind’s AlphaGo or OpenAI’s DotA machine,
Play buttonTechnology Mortal Kombat 11 sneaks in some jabs at President TrumpTNW - Rachel KaserOf all the things I expected to see and hear when playing the newest entry in the Mortal Kombat series — and, given this series’ reputation, I was expecting the most — sly digs at American president #45
Play buttonStar Wars Day No Ewoks were harmed in the making of this TNW Star Wars Day gift guideTNW - Tristan GreeneUnpopular opinion: “Ewoks: The Battle for Endor” is the best movie in the Star Wars universe. We won’t be taking questions, but here’s our Star Wars Day (May the Fourth) gift guide. First things first,
Poker China's new regulations outlaw blood and poker... in video gamesTNW - Rachel KaserChina’s uneasy relationship with the video game industry became even more thorny last week. New regulations from the government — who must approve all new games within the country — won’t be approving
Depression Study: Unwanted sexting linked to anxiety, depression, and low self-esteemTNW - Tristan GreeneA new study shows early evidence that receiving unsolicited sexual imagery through text, or being coerced into sending it is associated with mental health distress. This is the first research linking non-consensual
Technology Meizu’s flagship 16s useth ‘the bezel’ to hearken back to ye olden daysTNW - Callum BoothPhones these days are about the notch. With edge-to-edge displays all the rage, companies are defined by how they deal with the front camera – leading to things like huge notches or the infamous punch-hole
Technology TNW2019 Daily: Party and network at our side eventsTNW - Ailsa SherringtonWe’re just about two weeks away from TNW Conference, our two-day event in Amsterdam! While the conference is on May 9 and 10, the tech festival vibes will go on all week. Check out our side events to parties
Health Care Healthcare has a massive cybersecurity problem, and we’re not doing enough to fix it.TNW - Larry AltonNot long ago, it was reasonable to think that financial businesses would be the most prominent and most profitable targets of criminal activity. After all, a successful bank robbery could score you tens
Cryptocurrency Japan finance regulator raids cryptocurrency exchanges in money laundering sweepTNW - David CanellisJapan‘s top financial regulator has raided two cryptocurrency exchanges to enforce anti-money laundering rules, Reuters reports. Financial Services Agency (FSA) agents inspected digital asset firms Huobi
Technology The top-selling game consoles of all time, magnificently animatedTNW - Callum BoothWell, here we are again. A couple of weeks ago, we put together a bar chart animation tracking video game console sales. We organized this by year, so the viewer could see which bit of hardware shifted
Elon Musk Elon Musk's plans for a robotaxi service is not without its hurdlesTNW - Ravie LakshmananTesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to grandiose claims. For more than 15 years, Musk has made it a habit to make outlandish predictions and seemingly impossible proclamations about his company’s capabilities,
OnePlus The OnePlus 7 Pro will be unveiled on May 14TNW - Napier LopezWe all know the OnePlus 7 is on its way, but now we know exactly how close. OnePlus today revealed it will hold a launch event for its next device(s) on Tuesday, May 14, at 11 AM ET. The company says will
Learn all the top project management disciplines for less than $5 per courseTNW - TNW DealsThe secret to project management doesn’t have to be a secret. In fact, there are loads of proven methods for project success and skillful management of people and resources all over the place. Thankfully,
Technology 5 clever startups that are making money recycling wasteTNW - Mica AllanCan you remember what you were doing on New Year’s Day, 2018? Celebrating or perhaps nursing a hangover? What happened that day created a significant change in global recycling. China, the world’s largest
Technology Actually, reading books on a phone is greatTNW - Alejandro TauberAs a physical book apologist, it pains me to write this. I love books. I love the unwieldy weight, the slowly yellowing pages, the (ugh, sorry for the cliché) smell, and the fact that I can look at a and
Technology AI is helping regulators keep tabs on new industrial farms and their waste discharging habitsTNW - Emma BryceResearchers have developed an algorithm that uses satellite imagery to rapidly pinpoint industrial livestock farms, manifold faster than humans can do by manually analyzing maps. Now, the researchers their
Technology Corrupt Russian agents arrested over $1M Bitcoin extortion schemeTNW - Matthew BeedhamLaw enforcers from around the globe seem to finally be getting up to speed with tackling cryptocurrency crimes. But it seems the lure of Bitcoin BTC is still too much for some, even for those that should
Play button Listen to Spotify without streaming with the Mighty Vibe Player, now $76.99TNW - TNW DealsNot many of us are rocking the iPod anymore. It was a game-changer back in the 2000s, but now, music on the go almost always means streaming via a service like Spotify. But of course, streaming also means
Volkswagen Volkswagen bets on blockchain to electrify its battery supply trackingTNW - Yessi Bello PerezGerman car manufacturer Volkswagen is launching a blockchain pilot to track its battery supply chain for lead from the point of origin to the factory. To do so, Volkswagen is partnering with Minespider,
Philips Hue CHEAP: $128 off a Philips Hue starter kit to get Star Trek-style smart lightsTNW - Callum BoothWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Remember how on Star Trek someone could walk into a room and change the lights with their voice? There was no stumbling
Bitcoin Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay upTNW - Matthew BeedhamBitcoin BTC sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex Bitcoin hacker targets Meghan Markle’s friend’s fashion companyTNW - Yessi Bello PerezMeghan Markle’s designer friend’s Misha Nonoo’s fashion company has been targeted by a Bitcoin BTC hacker. Nonoo, who is rumoured to have introduced Markle to Prince Charles, said she was “mortified” a
Google Punished for Speaking Up: Google Walks Back on Google Walkout OrganizersTNW - Ravie LakshmananTwo of the women who helped organize last year’s global Google Walkout have accused the tech giant of retaliating against them, reports Wired. Last November, more than 20,000 Google employees around the
Technology Prolific sim-swapper gets 10 years for stealing $7.5M worth of BitcoinTNW - Yessi Bello PerezA 21-year-old man in the US, who is credited with being one of the first people in the country to be convicted of stealing cryptocurrency by hacking a victim’s mobile phone, has been sentenced to 10 years
Technology Bowers and Wilkins Formation Hands-on: If Sonos made $4,000 speakersTNW - Napier LopezIt’s no secret that audiophiles and hi-fi enthusiasts are skeptical of wireless speakers. Sure, there are some successes – KEF’s LSX is a recent example – but wireless technology typically degrades sound
Play buttonPeriscope Watch Huawei’s P30 Pro (and its crazy periscope camera) get taken apartTNW - Napier LopezHuawei’s P30 Pro might have the most impressive hardware on any phone currently available, at least among phones that don’t fold. That said, the P30 Pro does sort of have a folding component: its periscope
Play buttonTechnology Watch Huawei's P30 Pro (and its crazy periscope camera) get taken apartTNW - Napier LopezHuawei’s P30 Pro might have the most impressive hardware on any phone currently available, at least among phones that don’t fold. That said, the P30 Pro does sort of have a folding component: its periscope
Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat 11 might add Joker, Spawn and the Terminator to its rosterTNW - Rachel KaserNetherrealm’s Mortal Kombat 11 is finally here — a bit sooner than anyone expected. Thanks to dataminers and a premature retail release, we have some idea of what kinds of fighters will be added to the
