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. There are a lot of ways to calculate the number of days between two dates. You could use free online calculators. You could do it programmatically, with coding languages, if itâs needed for a product youâre building. But if you want a solution somewhere... Read more âș
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Iâm sure youâve already heard the news: John McAfee was found dead in his Barcelona prison cell. Catalonian authorities stated they believe McAfee took his own life. Things arenât that simple though. I mean, with John McAfee and the internet involved, how could they be? Already, there are conspiracy theories circulating â many of which were started by McAfee himself. He tweeted about suicide just a couple of months ago.... Read more âș
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Reliance Jio launched its phone in partnership with Google, called JioPhone Next in India today. The device was announced at the companyâs annual general meeting, that the 4G enabled phone has a customized version of Android. Jio said that the phone will have features such as voice assistant, translation in multiple languages, and AR. The JioPhone Next will be available to consumers sometime in September. Last year, when Google invested... Read more âș
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Bird has already established itself as a big player in the escooter industry, and is now joining the bikesharing market with its specially made Bird Bike. Itâs cool, itâs blue, and it can take you places. Yesterday, the company announced its âNew Smart Bikeshare Program,â which it plans to roll out in cities across North America and Europe. Credit: Bird Bird is adding ebikes to its ridesharing fleet Birdâs ebike... Read more âș
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My mother and my maternal grandfather had great artistic sense, and they painted many canvases over the years. Sadly, I never inherited those genes, and have had to rely on computers to make shapes and lines â like a talentless chump. If youâre anything like me, youâll love Nvidiaâs new Canvas AI. It turns your shaky strokes into beautiful landscapes. The company has released this new app for Windows users... Read more âș
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The iPod changed the way we enjoyed our favorite tunes on the go when it launched in 2001. And while there were loads of other MP3 players on the market then, none came close to matching Appleâs incredibly intuitive wheel interface. If you missed your chance to try it, or simply miss your beloved iPod, fire this one up in your mobile browser. Frontend developer Tanner Villareteâs clever creation resembles... Read more âș
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Marketing is all about hyperbole and superlatives, but marketing in the audio world is distinctly egregious. Iâm particularly irked when speakers claim to let you hear music âas the artist intendedâ without any substance to back that up. Genelec, a Finnish audio company, makes similar claims on its website, but it gets a pass from me. Not only does the company provide extensive measurements for each of its speakers online... Read more âș
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What if artificial intelligence technology and extraterrestrials are inextricably linked? Some experts believe aliens are waiting for us to develop more advanced AI before they reveal themselves. Others think aliens gave us our current AI technology. And still others theorize that space aliens are AIs. Letâs see how these ideas hold up to some very light scrutiny. Happy UFO Day The US government will be issuing an official report on... Read more âș
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Spider-Man 3 came out in 2007. It made a lot of money, but was a critical flop compared to the first two movies, and Sony then rebooted the franchise several times. But from the ashes of that movie rose one of the greatest social movements of the internet: Bully Maguire. The thing most people remember about Spider-Man 3 is âemo Spidermanâ â you know, that scene where Spidey gets a... Read more âș
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TLDR: The RoboKiller Spam Call and Text Blocker eliminates 90 percent of the spam phone calls and texts you receive â and now, itâs almost 50 percent off. Last month, Americans received an estimated 5.3 billion spam calls. While thatâs an insane number of needless wastes of time and stupid distractions, it actually represents a 5 percent decrease from the numbers posted in April. But donât cheer too loudly just... Read more âș
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Good news EV lovers: electric vehicles might actually catch on sooner than we think! In fact, their combined sales in the US, China, and Europe are expected to outpace all other engine sales by 2033, according to the latest analysis by the multinational professional services network EY. The latest predictions show that Europe will be the first to reach the new automotive era in 2028, when EV sales are expected... Read more âș
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Apple has long argued against having alternative app stores and allowing sideloaded apps on the iPhone. In its latest effort to convince you, the company has released a whitepaper describing the bad effects of sideloading and how the App Store is the best protection against them. The whitepaper also highlights the importance of the role of the App Store to protect your data and let you safely download apps. The... Read more âș
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What happened at the beginning of the universe, in the very first moments? The truth is, we donât really know because it takes huge amounts of energy and precision to recreate and understand the cosmos on such short timescales in the lab. But scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Switzerland arenât giving up. Now our LHCb experiment has measured one of the smallest differences in mass between... Read more âș
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As COVID-19 shut down offices across the world, major tech hubs with their elaborate office spaces shuttered. The entire industry began to wonder, âhow will it be possible to keep our unique culture alive over video conferences?â But now as we see real hope for going back to an in-person setting, the new burning question has become, âhow will we adjust and recreate culture and encourage attendance once itâs time... Read more âș
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It is all around us. Every day in our lives we are in contact with it. In fact, we are made from it: ancient stardust. All the atoms around us have witnessed the most violent explosions in the universe. Their journeys through space are the longest, roughest and loneliest voyages imaginable. The hydrogen in the water we drink is the lightest of all the elements, and it dates back to... Read more âș
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Microsoftâs bullish run has continued as the company entered the ultra-exclusive $2 trillion club. The company reached a $1 trillion market cap for the first time in 2019 â which means it took just two years to double that figure. In the last quarter, the company posted a record revenue of $41.7 billion with 19% year-on-year growth. Its profit for that quarter was $15.5 billion â a 44% jump from... Read more âș
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Thereâs always that ONE friend who posts screenshots of their tweets to Instagram to score some much-needed validation. If you donât have such friends, you probably are that friend. Now, Twitter is testing a way to share tweets directly to Instagram. The company announced last night that itâs rolling out this feature to its iOS app for now. When youâll hit the share button under a tweet, youâll see the... Read more âș
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Facebook has slowly but surely been looking for ways to monetize its investment in WhatsApp, adding new several features for businesses over the past few years. Now the company is turning it into a straight-up shopping hub â in a few countries, at least. Facebook introduced Shops in 2020 as a way to turn Facebook and Instagram pages into digital storefronts, with a particular emphasis on small businesses. The company... Read more âș
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For the first time, Tinder is letting users chat before they match. The app has launched a game called Hot Takes that connects potential spouses in a speed dating-style game thatâs now available every day from 6PM-midnight local time. Users will first be shown some multiple-choice questions, such as: âWhich of these is most pretentious? Bragging you donât have TikTok, natural wine, saying your found something first, or or Oxford... Read more âș
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2020 will forever be the year of COVID-19, but it has a different meaning for UFO enthusiasts. This marked the time when the Pentagonâs covert UFO operation became an above board government program. And on Friday June 25, it will publish its first report covering 120 UFO sightings. Does this means aliens exist? Disappointingly, the Pentagon will probably point to high-tech aircraft by Russia or China as an explanation. Still,... Read more âș
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