Ivan Mehta 2021-01-16 03:00:32 thenextweb.com After a ton of backlash and user exodus, WhatsApp is delaying the rollout of its controversial privacy policy by three months. Instead of applying the new privacy policy on February 8, the chat app…
TNW Deals 2021-01-14 09:00:04 thenextweb.com Credit: Mika Baumeister/Unsplash TLDR: The Ultimate 2021 White Hat Hacker Certification Bundle brings together 10 courses covering everything a new IT pro needs to know about cybersecurity for only $39.99. The stakes in the…
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten 2021-01-14 11:21:53 thenextweb.com Boris is the wise ol’ CEO of TNW who writes a weekly column on everything about being an entrepreneur in tech — from managing stress to embracing awkwardness. You can get his…
Napier Lopez 2021-01-14 14:19:53 thenextweb.com Samsung today unveiled the Galaxy S21, S21+, and S21 Ultra. While we knew there were some significant changes to the lineup coming perhaps the biggest surprise is the price: The S21 starts at $799,…
Napier Lopez 2021-01-14 16:12:00 thenextweb.com Samsung today announced its competitor to Apple’s AirPods Pro: the Galaxy Buds Pro (how original!). Samsung promises the headphones are an improvement over the Galaxy Buds+ and Galaxy Buds Live in every respect, offering…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-01-14 11:55:20 thenextweb.com If lockdown life has left you craving the companionship of a cuddly pet, but you’re wary of dirty doggies and conniving kittens, a Japanese tech firm has created a more amenable alternative. Meet Moflin, an…
Matthew Beedham 2021-01-14 09:19:03 thenextweb.com News surfaced yesterday that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is asking Tesla to recall more than 158,000 vehicles over problems with their touchscreens. Sure, it’s pretty crummy when you get news that your…
Ivan Mehta 2021-01-14 05:50:06 thenextweb.com After the loss of several lives and millions of rupees, Google India has finally removed hundreds of shady loan apps from Play Store in the country. These loan apps, the majority of them with…
Ivan Mehta 2021-01-14 02:03:33 thenextweb.com It’s hard to imagine the stress that pet owners go through when their furry friends go missing. A US government survey suggests that 7% of lost dogs are never recovered. That’s why a startup…
Napier Lopez 2021-01-13 21:36:16 thenextweb.com Credit: Wikimedia Commons Just a few days ago, Twitter banned outgoing President Donald Trump, taking away his favorite distraction. While many welcomed the move as a preventative step for future violence following the unprecedented…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-01-13 13:15:33 thenextweb.com A Huawei patent that mentions AI-powered identification of Uighur people and other ethnic groups has been discovered. The patent was exposed by video surveillance research group IPVM, the same organization that had previously spotted references to an…
Ivan Mehta 2021-01-13 05:35:55 thenextweb.com It has happened, Tesla has registered an office in the southern city of Bengaluru in India. As per a filing in Registrar of Companies (RoC), the corporation is named Tesla India Motors and Energy Private…
Matthew Beedham 2021-01-13 05:45:59 thenextweb.com Ride hailing apps like Uber and Lyft were created with a Silicon Valley mindset to “disrupt,” and change how we travel, supposedly for the better. The platforms were supposed to provide alternatives to private…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-01-12 11:39:11 thenextweb.com German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes Twitter‘s ban of US President Donald Trump is “problematic” because rules around free speech should be set by lawmakers rather than tech firms, her spokesman said on Monday. Spokesperson…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-01-12 13:40:24 thenextweb.com A team of computer scientists has used theoretical calculations to argue that algorithms could not control a super-intelligent AI. Their study addresses what Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom calls the control problem: how do we ensure…
Tristan Greene 2021-01-12 15:02:23 thenextweb.com Github, a Microsoft company, allegedly fired a Jewish employee for saying “there are Nazis about” in reaction to the insurrectionist occupation of the US Capital building last week. Business Insider today broke the story…
Napier Lopez 2021-01-12 15:12:52 thenextweb.com You’ve got to hand it to LG: the company doesn’t shy away from going against the grain with its phone designs. Following last year’s quirky T-shaped LG Wing, the company’s latest design uses a…
Tristan Greene 2021-01-12 12:42:23 thenextweb.com The White House today announced the launch of its National AI Initiative Office, marking what should be President Trump‘s final manipulation of the country’s gutted Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). According to…
TNW Deals 2021-01-12 09:00:40 thenextweb.com Credit: Daria Nepriakhina/Unsplash TLDR: The Complete 2021 PMP Training Bundle covers more than 150 hours of training in PMP, Agile, Six Sigma and all the top project management methodologies. Whether your company mines granite,…
Matthew Beedham 2021-01-12 03:54:18 thenextweb.com Almost 12 months ago to the day at CES, Sony made a surprise unveiling of a concept car. Yes, a Sony car. With testing now underway, it’s more than just a concept wheeled out…
Anton Vasin 2021-01-12 02:00:16 thenextweb.com No-code is a broad term. It describes a vast set of products that help end-users assemble web pages and applications without hiring developers. In recent years, it has also become an ideology of sorts…
Matthew Beedham 2021-01-11 07:01:41 thenextweb.com Geely, the Chinese owner of Volvo, Lotus, and Polestar, is going to work with Chinese search giant Baidu to develop electric cars, which will feature connected and autonomous technologies. According to reports, the two…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-01-11 08:00:29 thenextweb.com Days after Twitch removed the popular PogChamp emote, the streaming platform has announced that it will roll out a new face to replace it every 24 hours. Twitch got the idea from gaming personality…
Matthew Beedham 2021-01-11 10:22:45 thenextweb.com One of the most exciting parts of buying a new car is configuring it to your specification. Choosing the interior, wheels, add-on features, and of course, the color. Cars have been, and probably always…
Ivan Mehta 2021-01-11 08:52:57 thenextweb.com WhatsApp made one of its most controversial changes to its privacy policy last week. The new policy gives the app more freedom to integrate with Facebook and let users chat with businesses easily; this…
The Cosmic Companion 2021-01-11 04:49:03 thenextweb.com Ten times longer than the Grand Canyon, and three times as deep, the Valles Marineris (The Mariner Valley) cuts through the surface of Mars. This grandest canyon in the Solar System stretches 4,000…
Ivan Mehta 2021-01-10 09:00:17 thenextweb.com Lenovo released its new pair of sleek and lightweight AR glasses called the Thinkreality A3 today. The glasses can connect to your PC or a Motorola phone through a USB-C cable — but sadly,…
Dale Markowitz 2021-01-10 06:00:59 thenextweb.com It seems like every few months, someone publishes a machine learning paper or demo that makes my jaw drop. This month, it’s OpenAI’s new image-generating model, DALL·E. This behemoth 12-billion-parameter neural network takes a text…
Live Code Stream 2021-01-10 01:00:16 thenextweb.com As a web developer, you may have wanted to generate a PDF file of a web page to share with your clients, use it in presentations, or add it as a new feature…
The Cosmic Companion 2021-01-09 05:00:03 thenextweb.com As astronomers look deep into space, they also see far back in time. Now, astronomers at the University of Tokyo may have found the oldest, most distant galaxy ever seen. These observations come…
Napier Lopez 2021-01-08 19:19:16 thenextweb.com Credit: Wikimedia Commons It finally happened: Twitter has permanently suspended @realDonaldTrump, the outgoing President’s personal account. In related news, cortisol levels around the world suddenly dropped to their lowest levels in four years. Twitter…
Thomas Macaulay 2021-01-08 12:17:58 thenextweb.com Sony has unveiled a new lineup of Bravia TVs that “mimic the human brain” to replicate how we see and hear. The devices use a new processing method that Sony calls “cognitive intelligence.” The…
Matthew Beedham 2021-01-08 05:11:19 thenextweb.com On December 31, 2020, a bunch of EV aficionados set a new EV record for a Cannonball Run in a Porsche Taycan 4S. The group beat the previous record, held by a Tesla Model…