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Native Instruments today announced several updates to its lineup of DJ/production gear and software. From quality of life upgrades to a new DAW integration that could revolutionize the way producers work, it’s going to be an exciting year for everyone in the company’s music ecosystem. First up, the aforementioned revolutionary DAW integration. Native Instruments is updating its Maschine and Komplete Kontrol software with full Sounds.com support. Sounds.com integration It means you’ll be able to seamlessly... Читать дальше...

Did you hear about the Meizu Zero? Chillingly described as “holeless,” the device has made headlines for, uh, having no holes. This means no headphone jack, no speaker grills, and no slot for a SIM card. If you’re interested in details about the phone in general, we covered it here, but this piece has a different aim. We want answers. Specifically, we want answers to these two questions : is the Meizu Zero feasible and is it the future of phones? The quick answers? Yes and sort of. So, is the Meizu Zero possible? Читать дальше...

Blockchains are everywhere, we get it. But did you know blockchain is now powering a little toy train? Dutch hacker/dad Roeland P Lanparty has turned his son’s LEGO Duplo toy into a literal STEEM train. It’s been modified to be driven by mining the STEEM cryptocurrency. Even cooler, the number of transactions in each block has an effect on its speed. The bigger the size of the blocks, the faster it goes. If less people are using the blockchain, it will go slower. But wait, it gets better. Lanparty is an active STEEM miner... Читать дальше...

The Tamagotchi is the ultimate ’90s toy and, at the time, it felt revolutionary. Here was a pocket-sized gadget that contained an entire life form. And, you know what? It’s back. As about twenty years have passed between now and then, it seemed wrong to do a normal review. In that time I’ve grown, so I wanted to do something deeper, something more important. What could keeping a virtual creature alive teach me about existence? To find out, we made a video about it. But what if you don’t want to watch moving pictures? Читать дальше...

It’s the iPhone we all thought Apple would make someday: a device with no buttons, no ports, no headphone jack, not even a SIM card tray. After the company killed the headphone jack, it seemed just a matter of time until it released a phone was that was seemed to be “a single sheet of glass,” as Jony Ive once put it. Apple may still make that phone one day, but it won’t be the first. That honor goes to Meizu. The Meizu Zero has none of those oh-so-2018 distractions. It’s just a block of ceramic with... Читать дальше...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (cryptoassets) have caused regulators many headaches in recent years. In the latest twist in crypto’s regulation saga, the UK’s financial watchdog has launched a consultation on existing guidance around cryptoassets amid fears that companies could be putting consumers at risk by offering unauthorized services. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the US equivalent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), launched its consultation after the UK Cryptoasset... Читать дальше...

If you’ve got the creativity to devise a cool game scenario, but you’re a little shaky on whether you’ve got the technical chops to make it happen, the 2019 Game Dev and Design Mega Mastery Bundle ($39, over 90 percent off from TNW Deals) can help shore up your tech knowledge and even get you building a number of fun game projects.

There are a multitude of options when it comes to deciding where and how to store your cryptocurrency and the security keys that make it all possible. You could store your coins in hardware wallets, software wallets, on the exchange you bought them from, or use some other custodial service to look after them for you. All have their pros and cons, but with Dutch bank, ABN AMRO’s latest news, there looks to be a new kid on the block. Earlier this week, ABN AMRO appeared to confirm via Twitter that... Читать дальше...

Markets for illicit drugs are constantly evolving to increase profits and reduce risks to suppliers in response to law enforcement tactics. New technologies have been taken up with enthusiasm: from the use of pagers and mobile phones in the 1990s, to the more recent growth of online pharmacies and drug cryptomarkets, which host large numbers of illicit drug vendors operating in the hidden portion of the internet known as the “dark net”. The most recent trend – which, until now, has only been recognized... Читать дальше...

Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. In previous Hard Fork basics articles we’ve mentioned something called “blockchain layers.” Things like the Lightning Network, or even side chains are considered to be second layer protocols – they operate on top of, or alongside the protocol layer of a given blockchain. However, blockchain has more than two layers, in fact, it can be split down to as many as five layers. Читать дальше...

January 2017 was special in many ways; important to note, it was the first time I ever boarded an airplane, but also it was the time I underwent a grueling visa experience. Armed with notarized documents, among them, a promissory 6-month work contract, particulars of my record of employment (hint; a startup), curriculum vitae, birth certificate, and academic certificates — I set off for the Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). In case you’re wondering why I had to fly over 3,000km from Uganda to the DRC... Читать дальше...

Last night, several people on Twitter and Reddit based in China complained that Microsoft’s Bing search engine was inaccessible; hours later, the company confirmed that the search engine was indeed blocked across the country. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a company spokesperson told TNW in an email statement. What’s intriguing is that even hours after the block, there’s no word from Chinese authorities about the reason for Bing being banned nationwide ... Читать дальше...

Dell had a fantastic showing in 2018 when it came to laptops. The excellent XPS 13 and 15 were among the best laptops we reviewed all year, and our hands-on with the Alienware-branded M15 left us salivating over the winter break. We’re back now and ready to reveal our full review after spending months with one of the most interesting updates to Alienware‘s laptop lineup in a while. I use the word ‘interesting’ because the M15 represents a departure from what we’ve come to know and love about Alienware computers ... Читать дальше...

Ask tech enthusiasts about the best wireless speakers, and chances are you’ll get the same set of answers: the Sonos Play:5, Google Home Max, and, Apple HomePod. These are the tech industry stalwarts, and truly solid speakers, but ones designed with convenience as an equal priority as sound quality. Ask the audio enthusiasts and one answer will likely reign: KEF’s LS50W. Launched in 2016 as a wireless upgrade to the LS50 – already an audiophile favorite – it has become the defacto standard among high-end wireless speakers. Читать дальше...

The threads start as they would anywhere else online: a contentious topic, the type that adds fuel to debate before engulfing an entire comment field in flames. “Just like anorexics are forcibly hospitalized and made to gain weight, overweight people should be hospitalized and forced to lose weight,” one thread reads. For those who ignore the internet‘s number one rule — “never read the comments” — you know that this is the sort of statement that precedes an orgy of insults and abuse. When rationality does make an appearance ... Читать дальше...