Technology South Africa’s first legal online rhino horn auction totally failedTNW - iAfrikan NewsPrivate rhino horn owner John Hume, held South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction during 2017, a major event in the ongoing fight by private rhino owners to be able to sell legal horn stocks. However,
Bitcoin Police bust potential Bitcoin money laundering scheme in BrazilTNW - Yessi Bello PerezBrazilian police have arrested a man on suspicion that he was running a drug trafficking ring and laundering funds using Bitcoin. According to a local report, law enforcement officials found a clandestine
Bitcoin Man arrested in suspected Bitcoin money laundering operationTNW - Yessi Bello PerezBrazilian police have arrested a man on suspicion that he was running a drug trafficking ring and laundering funds using Bitcoin. According to a local report, law enforcement officials found a clandestine
Litecoin First quarter 2019 crypto roundup: How did Litecoin perform?TNW - Matthew BeedhamLitecoin LTC (LTC) was created back in 2011 as one of the earliest forks of the cryptocurrency OG, Bitcoin. Like many other blockchain and cryptocurrency projects promise, Litecoin was developed with intention
Reno, NV Hands-on: OPPO’s Reno pizza-slice selfie camera is slow, but deliciousTNW - Callum BoothOPPO – the Chinese smartphone manufacturer – has a history of trying to straight-up murder the notch. Its Find X device introduced a slide system, but, with the brand new Reno, it has something different
Play buttonSnapchat Q2 Digital Statshot 2019: TikTok peaks, Snapchat grows, and we can’t stop talkingTNW - Simon KempEstimated potential reach is now based on how many people have been shown an ad on a Facebook Product in the past 30 days. We previously based estimates on people who were active users in the past 30 —
Technology This ad agency is creating fake worlds to sell real productsTNW - MixI’m sitting at my laptop. The year is 2019, but the website I’m visiting feels oddly out of this time. It could’ve been built in the early days of the internet – or in a dystopian future where humans desperately
Blockchain says putting chickens on the blockchain was great for businessTNW - David CanellisChina’s popular online retailer JD.com says sales of free-range chickens have doubled in the past two years, and blockchain technology has played a key role. Its initiative for putting chickens on the
Ethereum eToro is giving away $1,650,000 worth of Ethereum for freeTNW - MixHave you been itching to make your first cryptocurrency investment, but you’re too afraid to get in on the hype at the wrong time? eToro‘s got your back. The social trading platform is giving away free
WhatsApp WhatsApp is failing to stop the spread of child abuse videosTNW - Ravie LakshmananFacebook-owned WhatsApp continues to be a hotbed for sharing sexual abuse videos in India, according to fresh findings from Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF), a New Delhi-based cyber security and policy think
Guy Kawasaki TNW2019 Daily: Check off the conference checklistTNW - Ailsa SherringtonThere are only 15 days left until TNW Conference, Europe’s leading tech festival! As the countdown inches closer to zero, it’s time to make sure you have everything you need to make the most out of your
Technology Ethereum bandit makes off with $6.1M after bypassing weak private keysTNW - Yessi Bello PerezThere’s a blockchain bandit on the loose – and they’ve already thieved over $6.1 million worth of Ethereum. According to a report published by security consulting firm Independent Security Evaluators an
These tools can solve the SEO mystery for your websiteTNW - TNW DealsYou probably could have guessed this, but most small businesses are just winging the whole SEO thing. In fact, a survey done by The Manifest found only 36 percent of small businesses had an active strategy
Technology How AI can help close the gender pay gap and eliminate biasTNW - Andrea Hak202 years. That’s how long it will take to close the gender gap unless we speed up the process, says a recent report by the World Economic Forum. And looking at the statistics, this makes sense. A recent
Technology Men plead guilty in first NY conviction for money laundering involving BitcoinTNW - Yessi Bello PerezTwo US men have pleaded guilty to running a steroid and controlled substance business that laundered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency and Western Union payments. Representing the first conviction
Coinbase Coinbase fires 30 workers and closes Chicago office after just one yearTNW - David CanellisProminent cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is set to close its Chicago office just a year after it was opened, and will let go around 30 software engineers in the process, reports Fortune. The group had
Technology CHEAP: Stop cheeky pranksters with $115 off a Nest Hello video doorbellTNW - Callum BoothWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! There are a few classic pranks. A phone call pretending to be someone else is a quintessential example, so is throwing
Alexei Navalny A Putin-opposing politician has raised more than $3M in BitcoinTNW - Matthew BeedhamDespite a recent survey showing that most Russians actually know very little about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, it appears that one politician is a little more au fait with the technology. The man who thought
Technology How to Master the Art of TimeboxingTNW - John RamptonThere are many benefits of timeboxing — and it helps replace the standardized to-do-lists. That’s not to say that you can’t create lists. I still use lists so that I don’t forget anything of importance.
Apple Store PSA: Apple will now fix your MacBook’s faulty keyboard within a dayTNW - Ravie LakshmananApple has made a key change to how it handles keyboard repairs with MacBook and MacBook Pro models, so you’ll be able to get your laptop fixed in roughly 24 hours from the time you bring it into the store.
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
