The emergence of DAOs has brought forth a powerful mechanism to manage blockchain protocols and presents a novel opportunity for individuals to get directly involved with a passion project on many different levels. Individuals now have the opportunity to be a part of a community that collectively operates a protocol of interest as well as the chance to get paid for meaningful contributions that push the project forward. So letâs... Read more âș
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The battle for the best programming language is raging. But who will make it out on top? Just kidding, theyâre all great, but we did check our database of job postings from over 6,000 tech companies across the globe to see which languages were most in-demand from employers. So, whether youâre a seasoned programmer with years of experience and a few languages under your belt, or youâre just starting out... Read more âș
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Something horrible keeps happening: I upgraded to watchOS 8 and now a computer shouts at me while Iâm working out. Iâll be running or doing yoga and, out of nowhere, a disembodied voice will tell me how far Iâve gone or that Iâve closed my exercise ring. Itâs haunting. Look, thereâs nothing wrong this new feature per se â itâs just not for me. Voice Feedback (which is what itâs... Read more âș
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There is a new culture arising between (wo)man and machine. The digital afterlife â avatars we created throughout the years, photos and accounts we accumulated, contacts and messages we exchanged â is challenging our assumptions about life and death. The new frontiers we try to establish between the real and the virtual, between past memory, current experience, and futuristic vision are blurry. Who owns all the data we leave behind?... Read more âș
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WordPress is hands down the most popular CMS out there. Since it started in 2003, itâs accumulated a market share of 39% of websites on the internet. BBC America, the Washington Post, Walt Disney World, the government of Sweden, and, hell, even your favorite news source (TNW by the way) all use WordPress to build their websites. But, while the CMS system is powering the websites of so many businesses... Read more âș
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Amazonâs Astro robot was certainly the most eye-catching announcement of the last night. However, the ecommerce giant also launched a new version of its Halo fitness band, along with health-related services, including workout and nutrition guidance. The new $80 Halo View has an AMOLED screen to display time, notifications, and fitness stats. While thatâs the biggest upgrade from last yearâs screen-less Halo band, Amazon has also dropped the always listening... Read more âș
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Ever since Amazon introduced Alexa to the world and invested heavily in its personal assistant AI, it seemed we all knew where the company was eventually heading: personal robots. That moment has finally arrived. The company today announced Astro, its oft-rumored home robot. Although itâs pricey at an initial cost of $999.99, it has the potential of being the first real mainstream home assistant robot (as opposed to, say, a... Read more âș
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Did you know Neural is taking the stage on Sept 30 and Oct 1? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! A team of researchers from the University of Glasgow in the UK have created an AI-powered system for identifying which diseases will make the leap from the animal kingdom to causing human infections. This... Read more âș
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Did you know Neural is taking the stage on Sept 30 and Oct 1? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of AI during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! Samson and Delilah is among the most famous works by Peter Paul Rubens, one of the most influential artists of the 17th century. The painting depicts an Old Testament story in which the warrior... Read more âș
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Twitter has gone down today for many users, who are reporting issues logging into the serviceâs website. The Downdetector website said itâs been receiving reports of problems since 11:49AM EDT. Users have reported seeing error messages suggesting that they refresh the page, but the recommendation seems to have had little effect. The issues logged by Downdetector about been pretty evenly split between the website and log-in. The Twitter app, however,... Read more âș
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Did you know SHIFT is taking the stage on Sept 30 and Oct 1? Together with an amazing line-up of experts, we will explore the future of mobility during TNW Conference 2021. Secure your ticket now! This year, the NewMotion EV Driver Survey questioned over 10,000 respondents from five key European markets (Germany, the Netherlands, France, UK, and Belgium) to identify fresh insights into the electric vehicle driving and charging... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Lifetime Language Learning Bundle ft. uTalk and xFyro lets you learn two new languages, all while hearing it in crystal clarity. Sometimes, itâs best to just try and erase every possible reason for procrastinating or not moving forward on a project all in one fell swoop. Like saying to yourself that the reason you havenât started learning Italian yet is because those headphones youâve got are really crummy... Read more âș
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Since the pandemic started, all software companies have been launching collaborative tools to help remote teams. Dropbox is announcing a few such features today, including a video/screen capture, video collaborations, and a tool for adding digital creations to shopping listings. Dropboxâs new screen and video capture tool is simply called Capture, and itâs launching today in beta. It lets you record your screen, and even provide video commentary with it,... Read more âș
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Why does every developer think they are writing perfectly understandable code? Why is that same developer unable to decipher someone elseâs code, lest maintain it? Because theyâre all writing sloppy code that works. That is, code that works now but that is not very expandable or versatile due to its messiness. Except for Computer Scientists â they write beautiful code that doesnât work. Reason 1: For Computer Scientists, coding is... Read more âș
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In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg kicked off the project to merge Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, and WhatsApp. Last year, the company started unifying Instagram and Messenger by allowing you to message contacts across both networks. But this is just the beginning of the work, and the final aim for the social network is to let you reach your friends across networks from any of the apps. I spoke to Loredana Crisan,... Read more âș
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With Japan riding the crest of its postwar economic miracle, Sony chairman Akio Morita and Japanâs Minister of Transport ShintarĆ Ishihara unleashed a manifesto. The document, published in 1989, contained a prophecy that propelled it to domestic bestseller status, and into the concerned hands of officials at the CIA. At the time, the authors noted, the American and Soviet superpowers had become âdependent on the initiative of the Japanese peopleâ... Read more âș
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I used to be a sumo wrestler in Japan. Yup, Iâm not kidding. I lived in Tokyo, in a house with 30 of the strongest sumo wrestlers in the world. We did everything together: lived, trained, and ate. My time in the sumo house has taught me a lot. Not only how to become a good sumo wrestler â or how to gain 11 kilos in six weeks â but... Read more âș
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Join Lauren Razavi onstage at TNW 2021 as she moderates a panel on âHustle Culture and the Burnout Generation.â As borders closed and remote work boomed, the rules of the game changed overnight. For digital nomads, this brought unexpected challenges â and new opportunities. Closed borders, national lockdowns, travel restrictions, fewer and more expensive flights. It sure seems like a bad time to be a digital nomad. Yet in the... Read more âș
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Last year, companies like IBM, Oracle, and Walmart were vying to buy TikTok, after the Trump administration threatened to ban the short video app. However, the most prominent and likely firm to acquire the app was Microsoft. The company registered interest in TikTok for the first time in August 2020. But as we know, no deal was finalized. A year later, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shed some light on... Read more âș
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Itâs no secret the tech industry often doesnât fully represent the people it attempts to serve. Tech companies can often be homogenous, and many of those who leave the industry can end up feeling excluded by workplace cultures that donât feel inclusive. And yet, paradoxically, there are more spots open for technical jobs than there are people to fill them. Itâs a clear sign the tech industry can do more... Read more âș
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