How many times have you been summoned into a client escalation meeting only to find out that no one on the team was willing to take accountability for their mistake? It doesn’t take much to figure out why employees may be reluctant to take the blame for a mistake that could potentially cost the business a client and kill revenue streams — but if your team is playing hot potato,... 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. If you’re about to search for some scandalous terms, the incognito mode in Chrome (or any other browser) is your best friend. Just keep in mind that switching on incognito mode doesn’t mean all your data is private. But if you forgot to turn... Read more ›
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Let’s face it: Smartwatches for Android haven’t been really great. I used to be all in on smartwatches, but after constant disappointment as an Android user, I gave up on the idea altogether. Wear OS devices are usually too bulky, slow, and/or have sucky battery life. And while Samsung largely addressed the battery life problem by going with its own Tizen OS devices, app support for Galaxy Watches has been... Read more ›
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One of the coolest announcements at Google I/O this year was also one we did not expect: Google is working on holographic video calls — or something a lot like that — through a system called Project Starline. Project Starline aims to make video calls more natural by using a large display that shows life-size, 3D images of participants. It’s not just 3D like a 3D movie, but rather it... Read more ›
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Google has unveiled a creepily human-like language model called LaMDA that CEO Sundar Pichai says “can converse on any topic.” During a demo at Google I/O 2021 on Wednesday, Pichai showcased how LaMDA can enable new ways of conversing with data, like chatting to Pluto about life in outer space or asking a paper airplane about its worst travel experiences. Credit: GooglePluto likes to brag. Pichai said LaMDA generates a... Read more ›
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Google today detailed Android 12, the upcoming version of the mobile operating system at its virtual developer conference Google IO. Here are the best features coming to your phones with this software upgrade: A new design lanague called “Material You” to create your own combiation of colors and shapes across the operating system. The changes you make will refelect in how fonts, widgets, and icons will show up acorss the... Read more ›
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Google introduced new features for password protection at its virtual developer conference Google IO today. One of the most notable features was sending alerts for your compromised credentials and let you change them quickly through Chrome. The company’s password manager — built into Chrome and Android — will automatically send you an alert when one of your saved passwords is part of a data breach. But that’s not all: the... Read more ›
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How are stars made? Why do they form in clusters? Why does it take so long? Why are some stars larger than others? Finding the answers to these questions is no small challenge. It takes millions of years to make a star. That means we can’t just stake some cameras out in space and wait to compile the time-lapse footage. Basically, we have no way of watching actual stars grow... Read more ›
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China launched Tianhe-1, the first and main module of a permanent orbiting space station called Tiangong (Heavenly Palace 天 宫), on April 29. Two additional science modules (Wentian and Mengtian) will follow in 2022 in a series of missions that will complete the station and allow it to start operations. While the station is not China’s first – the country has already launched two – the modular design is new.... Read more ›
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TLDR: The Ninja Dragon Vortex 9 RC Quadcopter Drone is highly portable, is packed with flight features and includes a 4K camera for absolutely brilliant aerial images and video. Whether they’re delivering everything from medication to insoles, whether they’re mapping for construction, capturing video for filmmakers, or just letting a pilot get their thrill on, drones are filling our skies. As of January, there were nearly 1.8 million drone crafts... Read more ›
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TLDR: This amazingly precise robotic arm is a perfect tool for up-and-coming engineers, designed to teach the principles of manufacturing robotics right from your desktop. Let’s get something out of the way quickly here. While there are any number of both fun and educational tinkerer sets to choose from out there, most are fundamentally toys. Oh sure, the lessons they offer and some of the functions they serve are certainly... Read more ›
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What would you do if you were one of the richest people on earth? I imagine you’d generously donate all your money to charity — which is probably why you’re reading about Elon Musk rather than living like him. The Tesla tycoon briefly topped the Bloomberg Billionaires Index earlier this year, although he’s since slipped down to third place, behind space rival Jeff Bezos and LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault. Still,... Read more ›
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According to the latest data from the German Association of Automotive industry (VDA) and Schimdt Automotive Research, Germany has reached an impressive milestone. For the first time, one in five cars produced in the country are now plug-ins! During March, 74,000 of the total 373,900 passenger cars produced were xEVs, meaning all vehicles capable of charging with an external cable (BEVs, PHEVs). In fact, BEV and PHEVs scored their highest... Read more ›
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China is one of the biggest markets in the world for Apple’s products. In its recent quarterly results, the company registered a whopping $17.7 billion in iPhone sales in the region. However, this stellar business performance comes at a cost of user privacy and ceding control over its own ecosystem. According to a new report from The New York Times, Apple gave in to China’s multiple demands, including custom hardware... Read more ›
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Tesla’s relationship with cryptocurrencies has been a stop-start rollercoaster. In February, the electric vehicle manufacturer announced it had purchased US$1.5 billion (£1.1 billion) of Bitcoin and planned to accept the cryptocurrency in future as a means of payment from its customers. The price of the largest cryptocurrency surged that day from just over US$39,000 to US$46,000, on its way to an all-time high of almost US$65,000 in April – and... Read more ›
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Hummers are heavy. Electric cars are heavy. What happens when you put the two together? Well, they have an obnoxiously heavy baby. But seriously, I didn’t quite believe it when I first saw it. According to GM Trucks, the upcoming GMC Hummer EV will weigh 9,046 lbs, that’s just over 4,000 kgs. Ranger Rovers, which everyone knows are massive, weigh around 2,500 kgs. The electric Hummer is likely to be... Read more ›
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The International Transport Forum (ITF) presented its latest projections at the global summit of transport ministers, and they don’t look encouraging for the planet’s environmental goals. Specifically, global transport activity is expected to more than double by 2050, while traffic emissions will rise by 16% compared to 2015. And that’s even if existing commitments to cut down carbon emissions are carried out. Based on projections from 2015, today urban mobility... Read more ›
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There’s no universally agreed-upon definition of a “deep tech” startup, but in my experience, they’re usually product-centered businesses whose vision is set out by technical founders that focus on scientific and engineering innovations. That means their culture is usually all about the product, with founders and core teams rarely having any interest in, or giving thought to, their marketing and sales strategy. While this focus can be a strength in... Read more ›
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Following Red Dress Day on May 5, a day aimed to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), Indigenous activists and supporters of the campaign found posts about MMIWG had disappeared from their Instagram accounts. In response, Instagram released a tweet saying that this was “a widespread global technical issue not related to any particular topic,” followed by an apology explaining that the platform “experienced a... Read more ›
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Apple took the music world by storm last night with its new lossless tier announcement. The company is offering high-fidelity music streaming for all Apple Music subscribers for free. The iPhone maker will offer lossless quality in three tiers. CD-quality (16-bit depth/44.1KHz sampling rate), 24-bit depth/48KHz, 24-bit depth/192KHz sampling rate. [Read: What’s bit depth? And how does it impact music?] If you’re an Apple fan, you’d expect that its $550... Read more ›
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