Space NASA astronaut accused of first ever space crime denies allegationsTNW - Ravie LakshmananNASA is reportedly investigating what’s said to be the first ever instance of a space crime. According to a report by The New York Times, the space organization is currently looking into a claim that Anne
Protein Plant cells signal between each other to agree on what time it isTNW - The ConversationAnyone who has travelled across multiple time zones and suffered jet lag will understand just how powerful our biological clocks are. In fact, every cell in the human body has its own molecular clock,
Google Google’s betting on SMS 2.0 to get its messaging groove backTNW - Dan LevyGoogle’s gotten a lot of grief for its messaging strategy, and rightly so. While Facebook and Apple have seen their messaging platforms become indispensable to users and businesses alike, Google has launched
Gear & Gadgets What the hell does the telephoto lens on your phone do?TNW - Callum BoothWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. The days when your phone had a single camera on it are gone. Nowadays,
AirPods CHEAP: AirPods for $145? HOOK THEM UP TO MY VEINSTNW - Callum BoothWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! What? Huh? You don’t have a pair of true wireless earbuds? And… what’s that? You own an iPhone too? Damn. Well, in
Beat the average price on this bundle and get these Microsoft Office coursesTNW - TNW DealsTLDR: Get five courses on all of Microsoft Office’s most popular apps — and pay your price After three decades as the dominant productivity software anywhere, the Microsoft Office suite of programs have
Bitcoin Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Over 100,000 shops and merchants are accepting Bitcoin now’TNW - Satoshi NakabotoOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the
Play buttonMobile Technology Don’t be an idiot — here’s how to store and remember all your passwordsTNW - Cara CurtisWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If you, like millions of other people, use the same password for
Scanners Stolen fingerprints could spell the end of biometric security – here’s how to save itTNW - The ConversationThe biggest known biometric data breach to date was reported recently when researchers managed to access a 23-gigabyte database of more than 27.8m records including fingerprint and facial recognition The
Play buttonNeuralink Silicon Valley wants to read your mind – here's why you should be worriedTNW - The ConversationNot content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media giant recently announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that people’s
Mobile Technology Bezos and Musk’s satellite internet could save Americans $30B a yearTNW - Tyler CooperLow Earth orbit (LEO) satellites for broadband internet access are beginning to display signs of real potential. Recently, Amazon chief Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin pulled back the curtain on its space intentions
Apps How to convert a PDF to any format (and back)TNW - Ivan MehtaWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. PDF files are everywhere, from emails to scientific papers. They’re
Reddit How to access deleted threads and comments on RedditTNW - MixWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. I love scrolling through Reddit when I wake up on weekends – especially
Technology CHEAP: Lord! A WD 10TB external hard drive for $180 is a BLESSING — praise be!TNW - Callum BoothWelcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You can never have too much digital stuff. Whether that’s music, movies, photos, documents, or whatever else tickles
This coin-sized Linux computer can be yours for $69TNW - TNW DealsTLDR: The VoCore2 can be the heart of literally hundreds of tech projects — so get one and a 4-inch screen for $10 off Welcome to the day you learned that the newest consumer-grade micro computers are
Bitcoin Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Hal Finney calculated a Bitcoin price of $10 million per coin’TNW - Satoshi NakabotoOur robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin BTC every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the
Technology Nanotechnology promises to revolutionize global nutrition — but it might be dangerousTNW - Mićo TatalovićThe science of nanotech is cutting-edge but simple enough to be affordable globally. And the development prospect is huge. So it’s no surprise that many developing countries have already embarked on commercializing
Chromium How to try Microsoft's Chromium-powered Edge browserTNW - Napier LopezWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Towards the end of 2018, Microsoft surprised everyone by announcing
WhatsApp Here's how to add italics and bolding to your WhatsApp messagesTNW - Rachel KaserWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Ever wanted to make your WhatsApp messages look a little different?
Apps Babbel's update encourages users to chart their own language courseTNW - Rachel KaserBabbel, the popular language-learning app, is getting a makeover. Updated language lessons now put the spotlight on bite-sized lessons, and users are encouraged to choose which lessons are more relevant
OnePlus 7 Leak: The OnePlus 7T Pro could pack a massive camera moduleTNW - Napier LopezFor the past few years now, OnePlus has launched two phones per year – one in the spring, and an upgraded ‘T’ model in the fall. We may have gotten our first look at a big design change coming to the 7T
Netflix Dear Netflix: Please ditch the algorithm and focus on human-curated 'Collections'TNW - Tristan GreeneNetflix is reportedly testing an all-new recommendation system that harnesses the power of employed biological neural networks – that’s humans if you insist on dumbing it down. Dubbed ‘Collections,’ the
China Google plays politics with China as it quietly bans state-sponsored YouTube accountsTNW - Tristan GreeneGoogle yesterday announced it’d banned 210 YouTube accounts “related to the ongoing protests in Hong Kong” and the discovery was “consistent with recent observations and actions related to China announced
GOG Galaxy 2.0 beats all the other PC platforms by joining them (literally)TNW - Rachel KaserGOG, that other gaming platform, created a new launcher specifically to help everyone get all their games in one place. I finally tried it, and it’s a surprisingly gratifying experience. The Store Wars
ReCAPTCHA Why reCAPTCHA is actually an act of human tortureTNW - Nils GronkjaerLike many things that start out as a mere annoyance, though eventually grow into somewhat of an affliction. One particular dark and insidious thing has more than reared its ugly head in recent years, now
Minecraft Why Minecraft and Mixer are the perfect streaming comboTNW - Tom.WilliamsonI feel I should start by explaining that I am brand new to any form of streaming. I have played Minecraft a fair amount, albeit five years ago and a lot has changed in that time. Every time I turn the
Sainsbury's Hacker who sold Uber’s and Sainsbury’s customer data forced to give up $1M in cryptocurrencyTNW - Yessi Bello PerezA hacker has been ordered to pay back over $1.1 million (£900,000) in cryptocurrency after carrying out attacks on several well-known businesses including Uber, Sainsbury’s, and Groupon. Grant West, a
Technology AWS issues are causing erratic cryptocurrency market data in AsiaTNW - Matthew BeedhamCryptocurrency exchanges are reportedly experiencing some disruption – how the tables have turned – after an outage at Amazon’s Web Services (AWS) cloud. Binance, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency
Technology Indian court rejects the idea of linking social media accounts with IDsTNW - Ivan MehtaEarlier this week, The Madras High Court in India ruled against any possibility of linking Aadhaar or any government ID with social media accounts. Justice S. Manikumar, said linking Aadhaar to emails
