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. Disappearing messages have two benefits: they save storage space on your phone and provide an extra layer of privacy. Nice. Theyâre not a new invention, but many people still donât know they exist. While some apps have offered ephemeral messages for years, others have... Read more âș
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In conversation with my teenage daughter last week, I pointed out a news report which flagged concerns over the use of facial recognition technologies in several school canteens in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Nine schools in the area recently launched this practice as a means to take payment for lunches more quickly and minimize COVID risk, though theyâve since paused rolling out the technology. Privacy fears as schools use facial recognition... Read more âș
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I told myself I wouldnât write anything else about the new 14 and 16-inch MacBook Proâs notch, but itâd help if Apple didnât keep on giving me reasons to. Okay, this is the last time, for real. When I first saw the notch, like many, I assumed it would have Face ID. The answer, as it turns out, was ânoâ â the laptop uses boring old Touch ID instead. The... Read more âș
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âFool me once, shame onâŠshame on you. Fool me â you canât get fooled again.â Former US President George W Bush. Itâs easy to laugh at someone who believes the Earth is flat. Dunking on pro-diseasers (AKA: antivaxxers) has become one of the internetâs favorite sports. And itâs pretty posh by social media standards to ridicule anyone who questions whether the climate-crisis is real. Thereâs always going to be a... Read more âș
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TLDR: Pagico 10 is the newly redesigned all-in-one app for getting all your tasks, projects, and file organization whipped into shape. Poke around in virtually anybodyâs work devices, work notes, or daily work responsibilities and youâre likely to find a fair amount of absolute chaos just under the surface. Sure, most responsible employees have a decent grasp on the projects theyâre handling, their timelines, and their overall workflow. But thereâs... Read more âș
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A seismic shift has rocked the world: Facebook changed its name to Meta. Weâre truly blessed to live in such historical times. While Facebookâs identity and branding switcheroo will get headlines (especially as itâs a way to avoid its heap of problems), this is obscuring the real human story. Yes, Iâm talking about the thousands upon thousands of people who now have a tattoo of Metaâs logo. Zuck and his... Read more âș
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So you want to buy an electric bike. Youâre confronted with an eye-wateringly large market and are not really sure whether to go for a bike with a detachable/swappable battery or with one thatâs fixed permanently to the bike?  Donât worry, folks, weâve got you. The case for a fixed battery The battery on the Delta S by Mokumono Pros Bikes with such batteries are lighter â and thatâs always... Read more âș
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Raspberry Pi has released a new board called the Zero 2 W â and, excitingly, it costs just $15. It has more than five times more power than its predecessor, thanks to a new quad-core CPU. This makes it ideal for building small media servers, pet monitors, or any number of similar development projects. Before we talk about how it compares with the Zero W, letâs take a look at... Read more âș
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NASAâs Juno mission, the solar-powered robotic explorer of Jupiter, has completed its five-year prime mission to reveal the inner workings of the solar systemâs biggest planet. Since 2016, the spacecraft has flown within a few thousand kilometers of Jupiterâs colorful cloud tops every 53 days, using a carefully selected array of instruments to peer deeper into the planet than ever before. The most recent findings from these measurements have now... Read more âș
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There are an infinite number of articles we could write about Facebook, sorry, Metaâs performance at its Connect event. The whole thing was a trainwreck. Itâs a situation where I feel stuck between laughter (âman, Zuckerberg really has no self-awarenessâ) and abject horror (âhe really wants to control the future of the internetâ). But I cannot let my journalistic powers be weighed down by such concerns. I have a job,... Read more âș
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In case youâve been sleeping under a rock or hiding in your car, Iâm here to share the news â ebike investments are booming. Just yesterday, Rad Power announced a $154M funding round, bringing their funds raised this year to over $300M. But whatâs driving the investment boom? Why are ebikes so hot right now? What makes a company a good investment, and how does the market differ from Europe... Read more âș
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The CSIROâs 64-metre Parkes Radio Telescope was commissioned on October 31, 1961. At the time it was the most advanced radio telescope in the world, incorporating many innovative features that have since become standard in all large-dish antennas. Through its early discoveries, it quickly became the leading instrument of its kind. Today, 60 years later, it is still arguably the finest single-dish radio telescope in the world. It is still... Read more âș
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Thereâs a new version of Android on the way, and no, itâs not time for Android 13 yet. Instead, Google recently revealed Android â12L,â which is essentially a tweaked version of its smartphone OS with a user interface optimized for larger-screen devices â say, tablets and folding phones. It is essentially what iPadOS 15 is to iOS 15. Naturally, much of the new features revolve around multi-tasking and optimizing apps... Read more âș
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Itâs been a rough week for Facebook, just like the previous week, and the week before that. The revelations from leaked documents and Frances Haugenâs testimonies have plunged the company into a crisis â and a new name isnât gonna solve its problems. We dug out our crystal ball to predict whatâs next for the social media giant. A regulatory backlash The Facebook Files heightened calls for lawmakers to regulate... Read more âș
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A team of US government scientists working with NASA recently published a science article outlining a new âframeworkâ for reporting scientific findings in the search for extraterrestrial life. The proposed guidelines would create a âconfidence scaleâ in order to âset reasonable expectationsâ about NASAâs endeavors to track down evidence of alien life. Per the teamâs article: The search for such evidence is often framed as an all-or-nothing proposition: either a... Read more âș
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The Facebook transformation weâve all been waiting for has finally arrived. No, Mark Zuckerberg hasnât resigned. And no, the company hasnât been broken up. Itâs a lot more significant than that. Facebook has changed the name of its holding company! Zuckerberg announced at Facebook Connect on Thursday that the company shall now be known as⊠drum roll please⊠Meta I must admit, Iâm disappointed. I had high hopes that Facebook... Read more âș
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Men and women who are seeking relationships online are asked to indicate what they want in a relationship, whether they are seeking âjust friends,â âuncommitted relationshipsâ or âlong-term leading to marriage.â Thereâs an art to creating profiles, including uploading photographs to prompt a potential mate to indicate interest. People can describe themselves and their ideal relationship in a wide variety of ways, sometimes less than honestly, including exaggerating characteristics that... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Prima 1080p HD Pocket Projector can cast a bright HD quality image at up to 200 inches across for all your viewing needs. Itâs also now under $200. The word projector used to mean something very different. If you grew up in the 20th century, projectors were either almost room-sized beasts that dominated moviehouses â or they were those reel-to-reel 16mm dinosaurs that AV kids scooted from classroom... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Google Ads Marketing Bootcamp Bundle breaks down all the tactics for using the worldâs largest digital ad network to reach more customers and raise your brand profile. Consumers make more than 160 billion searches on Google each month. Thatâs almost 84,000 searches every second of every day. Google Ads alone reach a network of more than 2 million websites and apps, with the Google Display Network reaching 90... Read more âș
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It must be hard being Elon Musk. Yep, everyoneâs favourite Space Karen is crying into his Giga bier and fiddling with his flame thrower in angst. Heâs aimed his ire at a proposal before the US Senate to tax Musk and his wealthiest friends. Specifically, these billionaires would fall subject to the 23.8% capital gains tax on the increased value of unsold assets like stocks and bonds. Elon has plenty... Read more âș
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