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Holy Sheet: Apply Einstein’s ‘8th wonder of the world’ to your money in Google Sheets
2020-07-10

“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it earns it… he who doesn’t… pays it,” Albert Einstein once said. For those who aren’t financial gurus, allow me to put this quote in layman’s terms: everyone who’s able to save up a little, and is patient enough, can get wealthy....

Facebook’s proposed emoji illustrates yet another glaring blindspot on race
2020-07-10

Breaking with Unicode’s guidelines could reinforce a whole new set of stereotypes. Facebook is at odds with a lot of groups these days—from Congress to Media Matters to people who just dislike hate speech. Now it’s diverging from Unicode, the universal standard bearer for emoji.Read Full Story

How to mute notifications while mirroring your phone screen
2020-07-10

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. As gyms and sports complexes have been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, I’ve started to work out at home using various fitness apps. But I find it cumbersome to look at...

Dataminr helped police surveil BLM protestors using their tweets
2020-07-10

AI startup Dataminr helped law enforcement surveil the ongoing protests against police violence by analyzing tweets about the demonstrations, the Intercept reports. The company accessed the data through Twitter‘s “firehouse,” a real-time stream of all tweets on the platform that’s rarely provided to tech...

Facebook fuck-up is crashing tons of iOS apps, including Spotify and Tinder
2020-07-10

Nope, it’s not just you: a bunch of your favorite apps are crashing on iOS — and it seems Facebook is to blame. A swathe of popular services, including Spotify, Pinterest, Twitter, Viber, Venmo, Tinder, and even Apple’s App Store, are experiencing technical difficulties. The exact number of affected users is...

Google’s director of talent explains how to write a killer résumé
2020-02-04

Here’s what to do to make yours stand out from the pack, says Google’s director of talent and outreach, Kyle Ewing. Last year, Google received more applications than any other year—nearly 3.3 million. It’s no surprise that a lot of people want to work at Google, but what’s...

Watch: Samsung ‘Galaxy Z Flip’ allegedly revealed in leaked video
2020-02-03

The Galaxy Z Flip is Samsung’s second attempt at a foldable phone. Its first, the Galaxy Fold, folded vertically and had a disastrous launch last year. Samsung’s newest smartphone, and one that is likely to be among the hottest of 2020, has allegedly leaked in a video. The video was posted to Twitter by...

Instagram’s decision to hide photoshopped images is a disservice to art
2020-01-15

In a controversial turn of events, Instagram has begun hiding photoshopped images on its platform — even in the case of creative uses. San Francisco-based photographer Toby Harriman was scrolling through his Instagram feed when he suddenly spotted a post flagged for “False Information,” PetaPixel writes. It was...

The iconic white T-shirt gets a 21st-century redesign
2020-01-15

Instagrammers rejoice: A face filter for your clothes is here. Instagram is well-known as the social media playground for fashion influencers. Most of the activity to date is seen with apparel designs the person is actually wearing, though—showing off a new purchase or favorite look. #ootd’s...

Low-CO2 food labeling will be the next ‘low fat’ craze
2020-01-15

Meat substitute Quorn is about to start labeling the carbon footprint of its foods. This could change the way we shop forever. Cheeseburgers may be delicious, but they have a terrible environmental footprint. Look away from the 660 gallons of water that a single, third-of-a-pound beef patty takes to produce, and...

Bitcoin sextortionists target Google Nest cameras in latest campaign
2020-01-15

Bitcoin-hungry criminals are targeting owners of Google Nest home security cameras in their latest sextortion campaign, Computer Weekly reports. Email cybersecurity company Mimecast says the campaign mostly targeted individuals in the US earlier this month. Kiri Addison, Mimecasts’s head of data science overwatch,...

Microsoft is rolling out its Chromium-based Edge browser today
2020-01-15

Microsoft is set to begin rolling out its new Chromium engine-based Edge browser to Windows 10 users today. The updated Edge browser brings support for Chrome extensions, user profiles, and faster web browsing. Once the update starts rolling out, all Windows users will eventually have to switch to the updated Edge...

Jeff Bezos says Amazon will invest $1 billion in small businesses in India
2020-01-15

At a company event in New Delhi today, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the ecommerce giant is investing $1 billion to digitize small businesses in India. He added the company aims to export goods worth $10 billion by 2025 via the country’s ‘Make in India‘ program. The news comes just after the Competition...

Instagram brings DMs to web — over 6 years after they arrived on mobile
2020-01-14

Starting today, Instagram will be rolling out its Direct messaging system to its desktop site, meaning you can finally keep up with your conversations from your browser. After the feature has been in testing for what seems like forever, it’s good to see confirmation that it is actually on the way. For those of you...

Let’s hope these key tech issues aren’t ignored on tonight’s less-diverse debate stage
2020-01-14

Startup adviser and former Facebook counsel Bärí Williams wants the potential impact of automation on the working class, including black and brown people, to be addressed tonight. The boom and potential bust of the tech sector have taught us many things in recent years. First, every idea that includes an app...

It is time to stop caring about Trump’s typos
2020-01-14

Late-night hosts and Twitterers alike can’t resist making a meal out of every Trump typo. Here’s why they should. Nobody knows how covfefe happened or what it meant. The best guesses generally were “the president fell asleep mid-tweet” and “nothing.”Read Full Story

Dive into a trove of France’s most famous art, now available for free
2020-01-14

Paris Musées has digitized hundreds of thousands of paintings, photographs, and manuscripts for the public to enjoy—and use for commercial or noncommercial purposes. As it operates today, the World Wide Web exists as a bit of a misnomer. After all, news publications are obscured by paywalls, and Twitter...

Indian court demands data relating to university violence from WhatsApp, Google
2020-01-14

In a ruling today, the Delhi High Court has asked Google and WhatsApp to store and provide data to the police relating to attacks on students by masked goons at Jawaharlal Nehru University. On January 5, a bunch of masked attackers entered the New Delhi-based university and attacked students with rods and destroyed...

It actually happened — Akon just founded his own crypto city in Africa
2020-01-14

Akon really did it. He’s founded his own fucking city — Akon City — and cryptocurrency is reportedly set to power it. This is supposedly real. According to the rap star’s Twitter feed, an agreement between Akon and the country of Senegal has been finalized, which means that Akon City is officially here....

Vantablack is the world’s blackest black. Get ready to see it everywhere
2020-01-14

The floodgates are opening! The world will soon be full of products coated in the darkest color on the planet. Luxury watch brands are known for encasing timepieces in rare, beautiful materials, including diamonds, gold, and titanium. But a new product by Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie features a far newer...

Two ways social networks could control toxic content
2020-01-14

Ron Porat, CTO of L1ght, discusses why platforms are failing to keep their sites free of hate speech, harassment, and other inappropriate content and how to fix it. From headlines about YouTube allowing racist and homophobic harassment in the comments section to revelations that GIPHY is playing host to child...

Grindr is sharing users’ sexual orientation and location data, says study
2020-01-14

The data includes a Grindr user’s location, age, gender, and sexual orientation, which malicious individuals or parties could then use to identify and target LGBTQ people. The LGBTQ dating app Grindr has been caught sharing users’ sensitive data with thousands of ad partners, reports Bloomberg....

Get ready for Vantablack, the world’s blackest black, to be everywhere
2020-01-14

The floodgates are opening! The world will soon be full of products coated in the darkest color on the planet. Luxury watch brands are known for encasing timepieces in rare, beautiful materials, including diamonds, gold, and titanium. But a new product by Swiss watchmaker H. Moser & Cie features a far newer...

Vegan fast-food options: From Taco Bell to McDonald’s, Americans are at least searching
2020-01-14

A new analysis of Google data shows searches in the United States with major fast-food chains alongside words like “vegan” and “vegetarian” are on the rise. Many fast-food chains have been slow to embrace the needs of vegan diners. Even when they do offer plant-based options, the results...

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