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Russia’s new internet chief reportedly owned a torrent site with nearly 1.3m members
2016-01-19

Vladamir Putin’s recently appointed internet advisor Herman Klimenko used to run a torrent-sharing website in Russia that plays (...)

There are a whole lot of people looking for naughty Minecraft videos on Pornhub
2016-01-18

Given Minecraft’s popularity, it’s probably not all that surprising that people out there are taking to one of the world’s largest (...)

Why you may want to include password retrieval instructions in your will
2016-01-19

CBC reports that when 72-year old widow Peggy Bush wanted to retrieve her late husband’s Apple ID password to play card games on (...)

‘Today in Black Twitter’ magnifies the voices of African-American culture online
2016-01-14

There are a scant few social media circles that have had the far-reaching impact and daily presence that “Black Twitter” has. (...)

Crashlytics’ Answers now available for Mac apps, supporting tvOS in beta
2016-01-14

Two months after its launch as a stand-alone kit, Answers is now available for OS X Apps. So if you’re looking for the same insights (...)

‘Today in Black Twitter’ captures and magnifies the voices of African-American culture online
2016-01-14

There are a scant few social media circles that have had the far-reaching impact and daily presence that “Black Twitter” has. (...)

Watch Michigan Tech’s ‘Robotic Falcon’ snatch this drone out of mid-air
2016-01-13

A team of researchers at Michigan Tech are seeking to make the skies a bit safer by catching nefarious drones hell-bent on causing (...)

Microsoft’s speedy Chakra JavaScript engine is now open source
2016-01-13

Following Microsoft announcing it would open-source its Chakra JavaScript engine late last year, the company has done exactly that, (...)

Facebook has just 24 hours to find the 11 million people it says support Free Basics in India
2016-01-13

The Indian regulator consulting on the future of services like Free Basics has released an update outlining its communications with (...)

No, Apple isn’t working on a tool to make it easier to go from iOS to Android
2016-01-11

Over the weekend, a rumor that Apple was at work on a tool that would allow users to switch from iOS to Android surfaced. Turns out, (...)

Xcode 7.3 beta has better code completion and support for alternative Swift toolchains
2016-01-11

In addition to a new iOS beta, Apple has also released an Xcode beta which has features like better code completion and support for (...)

Lenovo is killing off Motorola, will brand phones as ‘Moto by Lenovo’
2016-01-07

Lenovo, which purchased Motorola from Google in 2014 for just north of $3 billion, will be phasing the brand out. Future high end (...)

Huawei unveils a new line of blinged-out smartwatches to woo fashionistas
2016-01-05

At CES today, Huawei announced two new smartwatch models named ‘Elegant’ and ‘Jewel.’ Huawei has been hot in the smartwatch (...)

Take a look at the last Canvas art of 2015
2015-12-31

If you are a reader of our website, then you probably already know about our Canvas Ads. Introduced earlier this year, these fancy (...)

Oculus delays ‘Touch’ shipment to second half of 2016
2015-12-31

If you were one of many customers anxiously awaiting the hand controls meant to give you a virtual sense of touch to accompany the (...)

Marketing the TNW Way #6: What tools do we use?
2015-12-29

In this series of blog posts, I’ve enjoyed shedding some light onto how we approach marketing at The Next Web through Web analytics, (...)

The ArcaBoard is a hoverboard that actually hovers over any surface
2015-12-24

Hoverboards have had something of a renaissance this year. Segways-that-don’t-actually-hover have become a pop culture punchline, (...)

Save 25% on Dragon – the world’s leading dictation software
2015-12-23

Most people can talk faster than they can type, so why not use your voice to quickly dictate and edit documents? Dragon 5 for Mac (...)

Apple and Ericsson bury the hatchet with a new 7-year patent deal
2015-12-21

Telecom infrastructure firm Ericsson has entered a worldwide patent cross-licensing agreement with Apple, ending all infringement (...)

Tim Cook won’t pay for Apple’s offshore billions until tax laws catch up with the ‘digital age’
2015-12-19

Apple has tens of billions in offshore profits that the US government can’t tax and CEO Tim Cook is defiant against critics that (...)

Steam and Minecraft servers to be targeted by hackers this Christmas
2015-12-19

If you’re finding it difficult to get on Steam or Minecraft this Christmas, that may be because digital vigilantes SkidNP have (...)

Report: FAA drone registry will be public, searchable and contain name and address information
2015-12-18

On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to launch its online drone registry in an attempt to gather identifying (...)

Save yourself from gift wrap and give something thoughtful to your loved ones
2015-12-18

What makes Christmas the most wonderful time of the year? It’s on everybody’s mind, but nobody likes to say it out loud. It is (...)

Facebook video players now run on HTML5, continuing Flash’s impending extinction
2015-12-18

Many tech giants are working to finally kill off Adobe Flash — largely due to the format’s vast bugs and security flaws. And, (...)

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