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- 2020 will mark the death of the chatbot as we know it 5 days ago – Most of us have had the misfortune of interacting with a badly configured chatbot. Whether to return faulty clothes or complain about an incorrect phone bill, we are often left feeling even more frustrated than we were beforehand. Many businesses viewed these chatbots as a cheap panacea to all c...
- 2019 was a huge year for quantum computing 5 days ago – 2019 was the biggest year for quantum computing since, well, ever. It’s the year IBM put a quantum computer in a box and Google claimed its Bristlecone system reached quantum supremacy. But perhaps most exciting was the incredible research happening in universities and think-tanks around the glob...
- How the digital revolution can tackle the climate crisis 4 days ago – Life has changed almost beyond recognition in the last few decades. Artificial intelligence (AI) has substituted entire job fields – intelligent software can now review legal documents, a job which was previously only carried out by lawyers. Machine learning means technical systems can pull toget...
- Here’s a lossless music player that blows away your iPhone 4 days ago – The AP80 got a lot of attention when it hit Kickstarter as part of the rise in next generation Hi-Fi portable music devices. Because for all their wonders, smartphones don’t really do high fidelity music all that well, if at all.
- Here’s how law enforcement catches cryptocurrency criminals 2 days ago – When Satoshi Nakamoto first created Bitcoin, they probably had no idea that it would go on to become the dark web’s favorite cryptocurrency — or that it would, in fact, pave the way for other coins that would eventually be used to fulfill other illicit purposes. The links between cryptocurrency a...Here’s how law enforcement catches cryptocurrency criminals 2 days ago – When Satoshi Nakamoto first created Bitcoin, they probably had no idea that it would go on to become the dark web’s favorite cryptocurrency — or that it would, in fact, pave the way for other coins that would eventually be used to fulfill other illicit purposes. The links between cryptocurrency a...
- We forced an actual designer to review our writers’ DIY article images 2 days ago – Here at TNW we do something most other large tech sites don’t: get our writers to create their own article images. If you take a quick glance at other big news outlets, you’ll see the majority of images have a very stock photo feel to them. But not at TNW. Here, we’re all about DIY article images...
- 3 security steps you should take to protect your company from fraud a day ago – Fraud is one of the most prominent threats facing the UK economy, costing a reported £130 billion each year. Due to the relentless activities of cyber criminals, businesses, and consumers alike are suffering from the devastating effects of fraud. In the first half of 2019, there were over 1.3 mil...
- Why your organization needs to adopt a DataOps approach in 2020 a day ago – I’m confident 2020 will be remembered as the year DataOps came of age, as companies are discovering the need to maximize the inherent business value of their data. DataOps adds the observations that are needed in all aspects of data management that keeps tracks of data moving at speed across the ...
- How cognitive psychologists can improve crime scene forensic 34 minutes ago – When a jury decides the fate of a person, they do so based on the evidence presented to them in the courtroom. Evidence obtained from forensic analysis, such as DNA analysis, is often interpreted as strong evidence by jurors. This perception of forensic evidence is enhanced by popular TV shows li...
- 5 expectant bike tech trends to expect in 2020 5 hours ago – Welcome to Riding Nerdy, TNW’s fortnightly dive into bicycle-based tech, where we go into too much detail and geek out on all things related to pedal-powered gadgets. The new year is here, while we might only just be done with saying goodbye to 2019 and the last decade, there’s an exciting year a...
Tech Crunch
- Gift Guide: 13 last-minute subscription gifts for the people you totally didn’t forget 5 days ago – WHOOPS. You forgot to buy a gift for someone on your list. Maybe you've been too busy at work. Maybe you just found out that the cousins are coming after all. It happens. What can you do?
- SpaceX achieves key safety milestone for crewed flight with 10th parachute test 5 days ago – SpaceX is closing out the year with an achievement that should help it keep on track to fly astronauts on board one of its spacecraft next year. The Elon Musk-led space company finished its tenth consecutive successful parachute system test yesterday, an important safety system milestone that sho...
- Daily Crunch: Boeing names a new CEO 5 days ago – The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Boeing CEO out following 737 Max fiasco, will be replaced by current board chairman Boeing’s CEO Dennis...
- Chinese apps are losing their hold on India 4 days ago – Apps from Chinese developers have been gaining popularity on Indian app stores for some time. Last year, as many as 44 of the top 100 Android apps in India were developed by Chinese firms. But things have changed this year as local developers put on a fight. According to app analytics and marketi...
- Daily Crunch: Travis Kalanick is leaving Uber’s board 4 days ago – The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Uber founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the company’s board of directors Uber founder and former CEO Tr...
- Pyka and its autonomous, electric crop-spraying drone land $11M seed round 4 days ago – Modern agriculture involves fields of mind-boggling size, and spraying them efficiently is a serious operational challenge. Pyka is taking on the largely human-powered spray business with an autonomous winged craft and, crucially, regulatory approval. Just as we’ve seen with DroneSeed, this type ...
- Russia starts testing its own internal internet 2 days ago – Russia has begun testing a national internet system that would function as an alternative to the broader web, according to local news reports. Exactly what stage the country has reached is unclear, but certainly the goal of a resilient — and perhaps more easily controlled — internet is being purs...
- The FAA proposes remote ID technology for drones 2 days ago – The Federal Aviation Administration this week issued proposed rules for the remote identification of drones in the U.S. The “next exciting step in safe drone integration” (their words) aims to offer a kind of license plate analog to identify the some 1.5 million drones currently registered with t...
- VCs from Accel and SoftBank talk Europe’s startup scene, what they expect in 2020, and the future of SoftBank 2 days ago – If you haven’t noticed, Europe’s startup scene is in full bloom, with more than $30 billion deployed in startups across the continent over the last 12 months and more than 20 countries now home to a so-called unicorn company. Investors around the globe are jumping into the pool, too. Consider tha...
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- TechCrunch’s Favorite Things of 2019 a day ago – Each year the TechCrunch staff gathers together to make a big ol’ list of our Favorite Things from that year. As always, we’re keeping the definition of “thing” very… open. Maybe it’s a physical thing. Maybe it’s a thing you listen to, or watch. Maybe it’s a thought, or a genre, or a mode. We […]
- Animated, interactive digital books may help kids learn better a day ago – Digital books may have a few advantages over ordinary ones when it comes to kids remembering their contents, according to a new study. Animations, especially ones keyed to verbal interactions, can significantly improve recall of story details — but they have to be done right. The research, from p...
- After IPOs and acquisitions, a look at Utah’s biggest venture rounds of 2019 a day ago – Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. This morning we’re dialing into some late-stage venture activity in Utah. Why? Because Utah has become a hotbed of startup activity, yielding both IPOs and huge acquisitions. And...
- Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Witcher’ shows off big muscles and bigger monsters an hour ago – It’s easy to see “The Witcher” as Netflix’s answer to “Game of Thrones,” thanks to its impressive special effects and its big movie star lead (Henry Cavill, previously best known as Superman in the recent DC films) — not to mention its willingness to put blood, guts and naked female bodies on-scr...
- All the high-tech, powerful vehicles TechCrunch reviewed in 2019 3 hours ago – TechCrunch occasionally reviews cars. Why? Vehicles are some of the most complex, technical consumer electronics available. It’s always been that way. Vehicles, especially those available for the consumer, are the culmination of bleeding-edge advancements in computing, manufacturing, and material...
- Startups Weekly: 2019’s dead startups 8 hours ago – In this week's newsletter: Munchery, Scaled Inference, Unicorn and the other startups that folded this year.
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- Disney is finally selling a cute Baby Yoda plush, but it won’t arrive anytime soon 4 days ago – Disney is finally selling a proper, officially licensed Baby Yoda plush toy just in time for the holidays; the only problem is customers won’t actually get it until early next year. The plushie is one of the cuter official pieces of Mandalorian merchandise Disney has introduced over the last few...
- The 8 best Apple Arcade games for your new iPhone or iPad 2 days ago – Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The world of iPhone and iPad games changed dramatically in September with the launch of Apple Arcade. The subscription is an incredible deal: for $4.99 a month, or $49.99 per year, you get unlimited access to more than 100 titles from some of the big...
- Go read this Atlantic report about why the battery of the future might come from the ocean 2 days ago – Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images There’s no getting around it: a more sustainable future will be a battery-powered one. Without batteries to store energy, renewables are about as reliable as the weather. Still, building the batteries we’ll need to sl...
- Go read this Atlantic report about why the battery of the future might come from the ocean 2 days ago – Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images There’s no getting around it: a more sustainable future will be a battery-powered one. Without batteries to store energy, renewables are about as reliable as the weather. Still, building the batteries we’ll need to sl...
- Anker unveils first MFi certified iPhone 11 flash, shipping next month for $49.99 a day ago – Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Popular USB charging company Anker has an all-new iPhone accessory that should elevate your mobile photography game in the lighting department. It’s an LED flash that connects to the iPhone 11 via the Lightning connector.
- The Mandalorian shows why Star Wars should be smaller 5 hours ago – Two months ago, just before The Mandalorian was about to premiere on Disney+, I made a joke to some friends: wouldn’t it be funny if this show was better than Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker? I thought it was unlikely, but possible: ending a trilogy well is hard, and The Mandalorian didn’t have ...