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. Masks are now part of our daily lives now because of the coronavirus pandemic. But that meant you couldn’t unlock your iPhone using Face ID while wearing a mask — until now. Apple’s latest iOS 14.5 update will let you unlock your iPhone while... Read more ›
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There are few apps that lock iPhone users into Apple’s ecosystem quite like iMessage. For us Android users, it can lead to a frustrating experience when trying to communicate without our iPhone-toting friends, often leading to lost messages and a lack of feature compatibility. As it turns out, in an alternate universe iMessage may have been available on Android years ago. As reported by The Verge, Apple senior vice president... Read more ›
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Apple only just released its new iMacs featuring the acclaimed M1 ARM-based processor, but according to a report from Nikkei, the company plans to launch M2 as soon as July. Nikkei’s sources suggest M2 could launch this summer “for use in MacBooks that are scheduled to go on sale in the second half of this year.” Notably, Apple is hosting WWDC from June 7 to 11, so the timing could... Read more ›
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Electric bikes are an essential part of a greener future, but they are not without their caveats compared to good old acoustic bikes. They’re usually heavy, for one. They’re generally thief magnets because they’re so easy to spot in the wild. And they cost a ton too. I’ve tested lightweight and stealthy ebikes, and I’ve tested affordable models, but never anything that quite combines all these factors. The Ride1Up Roadster... Read more ›
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I spent a weekend without internet and now I think humans will be extinct in 40 years. That’s not the sexiest lede I’ve ever written, but it is provocative. It shouldn’t be. Most of us aren’t humans anyway. So, the idea that our few remaining homo-sapien ancestors will be the last of their kind shouldn’t surprise anyone. Let me backtrack a bit before anyone confuses this with a conspiracy theory... Read more ›
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This article was written by Francois Mottet, Head of Product Strategy at Flowbird on The Urban Mobility Daily, the content site of the Urban Mobility Company, a Paris-based company which is moving the business of mobility forward through physical and virtual events and services. Join their community of 10K+ global mobility professionals by signing up for the Urban Mobility Weekly newsletter. Read the original article here and follow them on... Read more ›
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Paradox Interactive’s “World of Darkness,” an IP including Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse, is apparently headed to the small screen, the big screen, and maybe even more. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, the World of Darkness is getting its own film and television universe. Per the THR report, Christine Boyer and Eric Heisserer are set to develop a “shared universe” for the World of Darkness’... Read more ›
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Brain-computer interfaces have been a lotta hype since Elon Musk announced his plan to implant microchips are everyone’s brains. We’ll probably be waiting years until Musk’s minions get FDA approval to drill into our skulls. But in the meantime, a growing list of companies are offering less invasive BCIs. The latest entry to the market comes from Neurable. The Boston-based startup today unveiled a pair of headphones — called Enten... Read more ›
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Incompetent isn’t a word you’d normally use to describe one of the most financially successful human beings in history, but here we are. Yes, I’m talking about billionaire business magnate Elon Musk. On the one hand, Musk has a brilliant once-in-a-generation intellect. He’s the architect and driving force behind several incredibly successful tech companies ranging from PayPal to SpaceX. Musk is the epitome of a big-picture person with the vision... Read more ›
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British sports car maker Lotus is adding navigation tech from What3words to give drivers another option to find their way to their destination. It’s starting by putting it in its $2.8 million (£2 million) all-electric supercar, the Evija. Lotus is integrating What3words’ word-based navigation tool into its app, which will allow drivers to set a 3×3 meter square piece of earth as their destination. The app will then take care... Read more ›
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Spotify today launched a paid subscription podcast platform, a week after Apple unveiled plans for a similar service. The new product gives creators a way to monetize their content. They can access the feature through Anchor, Spotify‘s podcast creation tool. After marking episodes as subscriber-only, they can publish them to Spotify and other platforms. Creators initially won’t have to pay the streaming giant to use the service, although they will... Read more ›
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Spotify today launched a paid subscription podcast platform, a week after Apple unveiled plans for a similar service. The new product gives creators a way to monetize their content. They can access the feature through Anchor, Spotify‘s podcast creation tool. After marking episodes as subscriber-only, they can publish them to Spotify and other platforms. Creators initially won’t have to pay the streaming giant to use the service, although they will... Read more ›
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TLDR: The Complete Mobile and App Development Bundle features nine courses with training in crafting cool new apps for both Android and iOS users. If you want to find out who you know isn’t telling you the truth, run this little test with them. Ask them how they spent most of their time last year during pandemic lockdowns and home restrictions. If they say anything other than playing with apps... Read more ›
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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. Telegram rolled out a bunch of new features last night with its latest update, including more payment options and two new web versions. But since Clubhouse and real-time talking has become all the rage, Telegram introduced new additions to its Voice Chat feature. Earlier,... Read more ›
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The long-simmering space rivalry between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos is heating up. Bezos’s aerospace firm, Blue Origin, turned up the temperature on Monday, by filing a protest against NASA’s choice of Musk’s SpaceX for a mission to the Moon. Earlier this month, NASA awarded SpaceX a $2.9 billion contract to build a lunar lander. Blue Origin and defense contractor Duentics had also submitted proposals for the project. NASA had... Read more ›
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Antimatter is believed to play a huge part in the story of our universe. It’s the counterpart to matter: identical in every way – with protons, neutrons and electrons – but with an opposite electric charge. According to our best understanding of the laws of physics, the universe of today should be equally populated by both matter and antimatter. Yet, as far as we can tell, it’s not. Antimatter is... Read more ›
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Egypt is fast becoming one of the most promising arenas for innovative startups — with a growing community of young, tech-minded entrepreneurs, international investors are sitting up and taking notice. The country has one of the fastest-growing startup scenes in the MENA region and is becoming a global competitor. According to a report from Startup Genome, Egypt is in the top ten global ecosystems with affordable talentand has a total... Read more ›
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The words “if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another” were originally published in 1814 in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. At the time, the words were printed using revolutionary steam-powered printers that could roll through over a thousand sheets of paper an hour. Since the early 2000s, it’s been possible to read all of Jane Austen’s works online, including Mansfield Park. But as of this year, the... Read more ›
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Vivo is a phone company that isn’t shy to try out new camera tech in its handsets. Last year, it debuted the X50 series with gimbal stabilization, and this year it included a 50-megapixel sensor of 1/1.31-inch size in the X60 Pro+. For its latest trick, the company has introduced a 44-megapixel camera in the front with optical image stabilization (OIS). This selfie camera in the V21 phone is able... Read more ›
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Last month, the streets of Austin, Texas bustled with live DJs, flying drones, and bands performing inside flower shops. The virtual streets of Austin, that is. For the second year in a row, South by Southwest went digital. This time, it featured an immersive recreation of downtown Austin in which attendees could strap on a pair of Oculus Quest headset to drink virtual beer, peruse a crypto-art gallery, and pop... Read more ›
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