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Moms deserve better than dinner at a restaurant in a shopping mall for Mother’s Day. Give them the heads of their enemies instead, with a day of co-op gaming. Trust us: they’ll prefer it over a dozen wilted gas station roses. It doesn’t matter if the most important mom in your life is yourself, your birth mother, the person who raised you, your kids’ mom, that one person who lovingly nags everyone in your group, or a single dad doing it all: there’s a pretty good chance they’re into video games. Nearly half of the US population are gamers. Читать дальше...

Wacom just shrunk its most advanced drawing tablet. The company today revealed the Intuos Pro small, bringing the most popular professional drawing tablet to a much more portable package. Bonus: at $249, it’s a lot cheaper than the Medium ($379) and Large ($499) options as well. The tablet offers almost everything you’d find on its larger siblings. It supports Wacom’s Pro Pen 2 and Pro Pen 3D with 8,192 levels of sensitivity, tilt recognition, and low latency. The caveats are that the tablet only... Читать дальше...

During her keynote at TNW’s 2019 conference today, Dropbox‘s Carmen Pop was quick to denote the differences between diversity and inclusion, and how both companies and individuals can promote both in Silicon Valley. Pop, who is Dropbox‘s Chief of Staff at Global Channel, spoke of what it means for her, a woman who’s worked in tech for 10 years, to see so many stories about the lack of diversity in tech. As she puts it, tech needs not just diversity — though that’s definitely something companies should strive for... Читать дальше...

The idea of a “biodegradable” plastic suggests a material that would degrade to little or nothing over a period of time, posing less of a hazard to wildlife and the environment. This is the sort of claim often made by plastic manufacturers, yet recent research has revealed supposedly biodegradable plastic bags still intact after three years spent either at sea or buried underground. So un-degraded were these bags that they were still able to hold more than two kilos of shopping. The study’s authors... Читать дальше...

Kaspar Korjus, the Founding Managing Director of Estonia’s e-Residency program, shared his futuristic vision on how to get nation states to digitize with attendees of TNW2019 today. The private sector has set the pace for technological transformation, and Korjus thinks it’s time for nation states to catch up. “We’ve given governments millions of dollars to digitize, but they always seem to fail,” Korjus said. But what if they didn’t? Having been part of Estonia’s pioneering digitalization of government services... Читать дальше...

Simon Kemp is a global thought leader in digital marketing, CEO of Kepios, and the author of Hootsuite and We Are Social’s renowned Global Digital reports. In his talk ‘Don’t believe the hype: what people are really doing online’ at TNW2019 he explained how the imminent “social media apocalypse” that’s been proclaimed news stories is far from being true. Actually, it’s the exact opposite. What happened to #DeleteFacebook? Well according to Kemp, not much. Facebook’s numbers have grown steadily since its massive privacy blunders... Читать дальше...

Good afternoon from day one of TNW’s annual tech extravaganza, taking place in Amsterdam’s trendy NDSM Wharf. The sun is shining. The beers are cold. People are having fun. All things considered, it’s pretty bloody lovely. Even if you’re not here, you can still take watch the festivities, and it’s all thanks to our livestream. Any minute now, our dulcet-toned Aussie crypto reporter David Canellis will start probing eToro founder Yoni Assia about all things decentralized. Oh, and Kristian Nairn will be there. Читать дальше...

Emma Harman, Managing Director EMEA for Whaler, a company that connects businesses to creators; and John Hegarty, founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH), a creative agency, talked about how technology aids brands and creators at TNW2019 conference today. Hegarty said that 90 percent of content around us was crap, but noted technology was really helping creators and influencers who are trying to make a difference. He added that great brands try and create a movement that changes the world, and companies... Читать дальше...

Welcome to the first day of TNW Conference 2019, our flagship technology festival in Amsterdam. We’re live at the eToro Studio, where we’re chatting about the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain with some of the industry’s leading experts. Up next is Anton Mozgovy, founder of decentralized fintech startup Humaniq. To catch his talk, tune in to the eToro Studio at 16:00PM (CEST) sharp by following this link. We’ll wrap up today’s eToro Studio livestream with a chat with Sergio Pereira, founder of TechHQ, at 16:20 PM (CEST). Читать дальше...

Slack‘s VP of customer experience, Ali Rayl, took to the stage earlier today at TNW2019 to explore how technology is reshaping the way we work, and how we should deal with it. Rayl takes a rather dystopian look at the business market: “companies will die,” she said. With technology, age-old industries like that of taxis are being disrupted. Uber now replaces black cabs, Airbnb disrupted travel. For a business to have any chance of succeeding in a modern world where “technology disrupts,” it needs to find its hedgehog. Читать дальше...

We’re coming to you live from day one of TNW 2019, our flagship conference in Amsterdam. Up next is Marsha Krouwel, Hearst Magazines’ publishing group director and Lead Scout and Advisory Board Member. Krouwels’ talk at TNW2019 discusses how both founders and investors can close the gap in funding for female-led startups. According to Pitchbook, only 1.6 percent of investment money went to female-founded startups from 2010  to 2018. Just 6.8 percent of invested money went to diverse teams — meaning... Читать дальше...

At TNW2019, National Geographic’s Executive Vice President Emanuele Madeddu spoke about the importance of brands being purpose-focused in a bid to survive in today’s challenging business and media environment. Brands are constantly competing for consumers’ time and it’s not surprising that they trial new and innovate ways to retain and attract audiences. This said, Madeddu believes a company‘s purpose, which is crucial for its long-term survival, shouldn’t suffer as a result. Madeddu explained that in National Geographic’s case... Читать дальше...

Speaking at TNW 2019 conference in Amsterdam today, Juha-Matti (Jussi) Liukkonen, Director of Space & New Technologies at Reaktor, said that small-sized satellites can be key for sustainable business by providing connectivity and data to companies.  Liukkonen mentioned three key industries that can benefit through data provided by nanosatellites: Shipping spends $100 billion on fuel every year. By getting live data about weather and routes during a ship’s voyage, the industry could save up to 10 percent in fuel. Читать дальше...

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Microsoft‘s attempt to kill the password is going ahead with full steam. The company has announced that Windows Hello, the passwordless authentication method that allows Windows 10 users to sign in to their devices using biometric information, is now a FIDO2 certified authenticator, joining the list of hardware-based security keys like Yubico’s YubiKey. Passwordless authentication leverages the FIDO U2F (Universal 2nd Factor) open standard, making it easy for users of such hardware to seamlessly... Читать дальше...

We’re coming at you live from TNW2019 on day one where author James Bridle is about to take to the main stage to talk about the topics in his latest book, the New Dark Age. Join us to watch James Bridle’s talk now. Instead of a Utopian future driven by technology, we seem to be entering a new dark age characterized by unforeseen events. The ideal of distributing more information ever more widely has not led us to greater understanding, but instead seems to be fostering social divisions, distrust, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Читать дальше...

Welcome to the first day of TNW Conference 2019, our flagship technology festival in Amsterdam. We’re about to kick off our livestream at the eToro Studio, where we’ll be chatting about the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain with some of the industry’s leading experts. Joining us first is Simona Pop, co-founder of decentralized freelance collaboration platform Bounties Network. Tune in to the eToro Studio for our chat with her at 14:00PM (CEST) sharp by following this link: Up next are: 14:20PM (CEST)... Читать дальше...

Today, on the TNW Conference Main Stage, we are delighted to help launch the 2019 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) with Startup Genome. Produced in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network; the #GSER2019 is the world’s most comprehensive and widely-read research on startups. The GSER is based on data from thousands of startup founders and research on millions of companies — supplemented with data from partners Crunchbase, Dealroom, and Orb Intelligence. In #GSER2019 are key insights for founders... Читать дальше...

We’re coming at you live from TNW2019 on day one where Reddit’s Chief Technical Officer, Chris Slowe, is about to take to the stage. Slowe, also the Founding Engineer of Reddit, will take attendees behind the scenes to see the technology that makes online communities possible. He will explore three key pillars: helping people discover and join communities, empowering community moderation, and providing a performative and efficient infrastructure. Join us on the Sprint stage to watch Slowe’s talk live. Читать дальше...

When I first joined the blockchain space as a PR guy a few years ago, my focus was almost entirely centered on press coverage on high profile business publications. Sure thing, most of my clients simply would not buy anything but Forbes, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur features. Frankly said, I myself was thinking that it’s probably the most effective way to cut through the incredible noise of all those countless blockchain projects. God have I been wrong. Enter the crypto PR theater One of the... Читать дальше...

I read Rami Sass’ recent piece here on Podium about how cyber insurance is overhyped. While he raised great questions about the current pricing models and fear-driven tactics used to sell coverage, I wanted to share a different perspective and address his concerns. Insurance exists because of insecurity in the world — health insurance in case you get sick, car insurance in case of an accident, homeowners insurance in case of a fire. The biggest insecurity businesses face today is cyber risk — phishing attacks... Читать дальше...

The balance of power between startup founder and venture capital investor has changed – and the rules of the courtship reversed. Falling software costs and better management mean Software as a Service (SaaS) startups are accessing less funding, keeping their capital and more often finding success on their own. This is good news for startups as they are independently building the engine of their companies and only accessing funding to purchase fuel to run it. The shifting fortunes of investors means... Читать дальше...

Taylor Jackson is a pioneer, of sorts. The adult actress, to our knowledge, is the first to shoot a pornographic scene in a moving vehicle without a human driver. And much like other pioneers her actions will inspire some while leading others to reenact an event that could, quite possibly, end in death. Jackson recently shot a pornographic scene where she and a man in the driver’s seat engaged in various sex acts while riding in a Tesla, on Autopilot. As dumb as it was, Jackson isn’t the problem; Elon Musk is. Читать дальше...

American government officials have finally taken their shot at video game lootboxes. Specifically, Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri announced his intention to introduce the “The Protecting Children from Abusive Games Act” to the US Senate. This is the culmination of slow-burning anti-lootbox sentiment that’s bubbled up from the gaming community over the course of the last year-and-a-half. Ever since games like Battlefront II and Middle Earth: Shadow of War took lootboxes and in-game purchases from... Читать дальше...

Elon Musk, the PT Barnum of tech, is currently getting a ration of ridicule from some of the world’s foremost leading AI experts over his ridiculous claim that Tesla will field a million fully autonomous cars by 2020. If there are a million Tesla robo-taxis functioning on the road in 2020, I will eat them. Perhaps @rodneyabrooks will eat half with me? https://t.co/NEVnU4Jjgy — Kai-Fu Lee (@kaifulee) May 8, 2019 Musk, as his oddly sycophantic followers are prone to point out every time he’s criticized, is a big-picture kind of guy. Читать дальше...