Welcome 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 me, have a questionable taste in music and die inside a little every time you’re asked about your favorite music, you probably don’t want anyone seeing what […]
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A composite image showing t2I/Borisov (Image: Gemini Observatory /NSF /AURA) Astronomers have made the ‘historic’ discovery of toxic gas in a comet that’s the second intersteller ‘visitor’ spotted in our solar system. Last month, 2I/Borisov was spotted travelling through humanity’s cosmic neighbourhood during its long, lonely journey through space. Now an international team has spotted
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Craigslist and Backpage were once considered the best personal sites of all time. But these days, people are often searching for websites like Craigslist and alternatives. This is because both of the free sites had to shut down the adult ads section owing to heat cached by several human trafficking-related incidents. Moreover, Backpage was allegedly being
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The short film “Slaughterbots” depicts a near future in which swarms of micro drones assassinate thousands of people for their political beliefs. Released in November 2017 by academics and activists warning of the dangers of advanced artificial intelligence (AI), it quickly went viral, attracting over 3 million views to date. It helped spark a public
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WhatsAppenin’ over at WhatsApp? (Picture: Getty Images) WhatsApp is looking to make a few adjustments. Back in February 2018, over one and a half billion people used the app, making it one of the most popular apps of all time. And we can only imagine that number has grown since then. So what are WhatsApp
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Athena Solomon K, a student of the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru has moved to court to seek a ban on popular messaging app Telegram. She says that Telegram has become a mouthpiece for spreading vulgar and sexual content that contains women and children. Athena said that Telegram allows anonymous posting of messages
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A full moon is seen rising behind skyscrapers at Canary Wharf and the London skyline (Reuters) Tonight is international ‘Observe the Moon Night’ and what better way to celebrate than to take a moment and look up this evening. You won’t see a full moon – that’s not happening until October 13 – but you
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This week Microsoft revealed a whole bunch of new hardware. There were groundbreaking reveals, like the Surface Duo and Surface Neo. There were also some incremental updates to existing devices. Take the Surface Laptop 3, for example. There’s a new 15-inch model that ships with an AMD Ryzen 7 processor. It’s got a USB Type-C
A drawing from Apple’s patent filing showing its virtual keyboard (Image: Apple) Apple has invented a remarkable touchscreen virtual keyboard which uses clever technological wizardry to make it feel as if you’re pressing on real keys. Although we’re all familiar with bashing away on the displays of smartphones, few people use screens for hardcore typing
Apple trumps iPhone 11 with patent for touchscreen keyboard you can ‘feel’ Read More »
Microsoft, Google, and Apple are trying to kill the password, and now cellular operators are joining the bandwagon. The four major US mobile carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US, and Verizon Wireless — have banded together for a new authentication system that would manage your logins without even having to enter a password. Called ZenKey,
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