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Facebook and Google are eating your TV
2018-03-16

Bad news for network television: 2017 seems to have been the first year where digital advertising significantly eroded the growth of traditional TV advertising. That is to say, Google and Facebook—commanding most of the marketplace—grew their ad businesses to new heights last year, as TV ad dollars fell...

The Best Mentors Ask These 8 Questions
2018-03-16

An essential part of being a good mentor is asking the right questions. Here’s a cheat sheet to get you started. It’s hard to deny that good mentors are important. The best workplaces have formal programs to develop mentoring relationships. LinkedIn has even launched a feature to help you find one. And...

The McFly project wants to launch flying taxis on the blockchain in Nairobi
2018-03-16

The McFly project has announced that they are in the process of setting up infrastructure for their autonomous flying car taxi service in Nairobi, Kenya. Nairobi will be part of the 23 cities around the world where the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) urban flying taxis service is hoping to initially launch....

Chinese hackers are hitting U.S. firms over the South China Sea
2018-03-16

The hackers are targeting U.S. engineering and defense companies with links to the disputed South China Sea, reports Bloomberg. Cybersecurity firm FireEye issued a warning about the hacks after it found evidence that the Chinese cyber-espionage group known as TEMP.Periscope appeared to be fishing for data that would...

TheSkimm just raised another $12 million
2018-03-16

The company delivers a daily newsletter to subscribers and is beloved by millennials. Revenue has reportedly more than doubled year-over-year since 2016, says TechCrunch, no doubt helping to garner the extra cash injection. The $12 million funding round is led by GV (Google Ventures) and also includes investment from...

Spotify’s IPO is set for April 3
2018-03-16

But the music streaming giant will forgo standard IPO traditions, reports CNBC. Its nontraditional public listing won’t feature underwriters or a lock-up period like traditional IPOs. When the stock goes live on the New York Stock Exchange on April 3, it will trade under the symbol SPOT. The company’s...

10 Genius Tech Ideas National Geographic Thinks Could Change The World
2018-03-16

The 10 finalists of the organization’s Chasing Genius contest cover everything from using AI to monitor water quality to helping people use Facebook to donate to charity. “Genius lives in all of us.” So says National Geographic‘s Chasing Genius platform, a community that the media company...

Facebook’s latest Android app helps you find and pay for public Wi-Fi
2018-03-16

Facebook has quietly launched an Android app for its Express Wi-Fi initiative, which lets users log on to public Wi-Fi networks hosted by local partners, for a nominal fee. The company began testing the service in India back in 2015, and rolled it out across 700 hotspots there last May, and it also became available in...

Understanding quantum computers: The basics
2018-03-15

Theoretical physics isn’t the easiest field in science to translate into laymen’s terms. Until recently it’s solely been the domain of geniuses like the late Stephen Hawking and fictional characters such as The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper. As companies like Google, IBM, and Intel work to build quantum...

Google Ventures wants to help TheSkimm give young feminists even more to skim
2018-03-15

TheSkimm, a popular email newsletter for millennial women, has raised a $12 million round of funding led by Google Ventures, Recode reports. The newsletter, which is more or less a euphemistic news digest for millennials, boasts a subscriber base of seven million—the number of readers who open it once a...

Elon Musk Tried To Buy “The Onion,” And Now They’re Owning Him On Twitter
2018-03-15

Elon Musk is creating a satirical news site after failing to buy “The Onion.” And if you thought they’d let that slide, you’ve never read “The Onion.” It was a story so satirically ludicrous, it might as well have been in The Onion. And now, of course, it is.Read Full Story

Google Maps gets more inclusive with wheelchair-accessible routes in six cities
2018-03-15

Google has finally figured out a way to make one of its most popular services more useful to the estimated 2.2 million people in the United States who depend on a wheelchair to get around. Today, the company said it is adding “wheelchair accessible” routes to Google Maps, which will help people find...

How Techies Are Helping Aid Groups Tackle The Global Refugee Crisis
2018-03-15

Advancements in mobile technology are connecting refugees with jobs and resources–and helping aid groups to better manage their on-the-ground work. It’s a question we quietly ask ourselves every time we fire up Twitter or read the news: Are things really this bad? For the ongoing worldwide refugee...

Google is rebranding Android Wear because a third of new users have iPhones
2018-03-15

Google’s smartwatch platform has a new name. Instead of Android Wear, it’s now called Wear OS by Google. The explanation for the rebrand is simple enough: Android Wear has supported the iPhone since 2015–albeit without some of Android’s notification actions–and Google says a third of...

BitGrail will refund $195M worth of stolen Nano – but only if you promise not to sue
2018-03-15

Back in February, Italy-based cryptocurrency exchange desk BitGrail reported that hackers had made off with $195 million worth of Nano (XRB) coins. But it seems not all hope is lost for duped investors: the exchange desk has revealed its intentions to issue refunds to affected customers in the near future. Founder...

Google rebrands Android Wear as Wear OS to attract more iPhone users
2018-03-15

A few days ago, rumors started floating around that Google would rebrand Android Wear. While we expected that change would happen at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, it turns out the company had a faster timeline. As of today, Android Wear is now ‘Wear OS’. Though Google doesn’t say so...

TNW’s Big Spam: CHEGH-chew jaj-VAM jaj-KAK... we mean it...
2018-03-15

Our TNW Answers session with Adeo Ressi is starting RIGHT NOW!!! HAVE YOU ASKED YOUR QUESTION YET??? Top trending tech news: 💍 This jewelry site leaked personal info of 1.3M users (TNW) 😬 YouTube prankster was jailed for shooting boyfriend dead (BBC) 🇬🇧 Facebook-WhatsApp data plan was blocked in the...

How To Update Your LinkedIn Without Making Your Boss Suspicious
2018-03-15

Updating your LinkedIn profile is something you should be doing regularly. Here’s how you can do it without raising alarm bells at work. Updating your LinkedIn profile can be a major stress point if you feel like it could alarm your boss or cause tension at work. However, the truth of the matter is that you...

Uber will share its London ride data with the public
2018-03-15

The company has announced it will make its anonymized ride data for London, including past travel conditions and how journey times are impacted by road closures and other events, with the public in an effort to get its London license renewed, reports Reuters. Announcing the move, Uber’s Head of UK Cities, Fred...

Leaked documents reveal Amazon Prime Video numbers
2018-03-15

The company has been notoriously secretive about any kind of data about its Amazon Prime Video service, but now documents leaked to Reuters reveal some numbers for the first time. The documents revealed: That Prime Video content drew more than 5 million people worldwide to its Prime shipping service. In the U.S.,...

These Gaza Students Designed A School Where They Could Feel Safe
2018-03-15

The Jamal Abdul Nasser School is designed to serve as a physical sanctuary for kids too used to bombing and violence. When plans began to rebuild a school in Gaza that was destroyed by Israeli bombs in 2014, the foundation funding the new school decided to involve some extra designers: the students.Read Full Story

The latest Firefox browser is big on privacy
2018-03-15

Specifically, Firefox 59 blocks untrusted websites from being able to access your computer’s camera, microphone, and location data, reports TechRepublic. The update is a boon to users concerned about their privacy being hijacked by websites that are designed to literally hear and see you without your knowledge....

Toys R Us is closing or selling all of its U.S. stores
2018-03-15

Those stores total more than 800, reports CNBC. There may be hope for 200 of those stores, however. Toys R Us says those stores may remain open–if they can find a buyer. The store closures come as the company is struggling under $5 billion in debt and struggled to pay its loans. The closings aren’t...

This Chrome extension enables two-factor authentication logins by watching you type
2018-03-15

Two-factor authentication is a great way to protect your online accounts, but it can be a tad cumbersome: you need to have your phone handy so you can either receive a one-time password via SMS (which frequently fails me), or set up an app like Google Authenticator to generate codes offline. The folks at New...

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