1 May - Next Web / Tech Crunch

Tech conferences have a garbage plastic swag problem2 days agoTrade shows are great fun. The real joy, however, isn’t found in the talks and roundtables, but in the promotional swag doled out by company representatives. Last week, I went to the IP Expo Manchester security conference, where I spent about two hours wandering through the event’s endless stalls...

Huawei’s plans for an Android alternative are crazy, but necessary2 days agoHuawei’s had a terrible time dealing with the US in 2018, and things are said to have gotten a whole lot worse last week, when the Department of Justice reportedly began investigating the Chinese telecom and hardware giant for allegedly having violated the country’s sanctions against Iran. That c...

The next big Windows 10 update starts rolling out May 8. Here’s how to get it right nowa day agoJust as promised, the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, including new features like Timeline and Focus assist, is available starting today. But it won’t show up on your computer just yet. Although the update is technically available starting today, Microsoft won’t begin to roll out the OS automatical...

Researchers confirm tokens on Binance weren’t affected by ERC20 buga day agoLast week, a number of cryptocurrency exchange desks temporarily suspended trading after blockchain security company PeckShield discovered two critical vulnerabilities in multiple ERC20 tokens. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has however ensured that none of the ERC20 tokens...

Blockchain-powered Gagapay solves trust issues between companies and affiliate marketersabout 23 hours agoDigital advertising and marketing spend is tipped to finally equal that of traditional marketing by 2020 and will eventually surpass it. Marketers are only now fully harnessing the power and reach of digital marketing after a lot of teething problems that led to wasted budgets and missed targets....

Telegram is now banned in Iran, affecting 40 million usersabout 24 hours agoAfter being blocked in Russia last month, Telegram now finds its encrypted messaging service banned in Iran. The country’s judiciary arm has ordered Telegram’s site and app to be blocked by internet service providers across the country, citing national security concerns. That’ll affect some 40 mi...

Researchers are creating an antidote for alcohol poisoningabout 15 hours agoA team of researchers from universities in California and China is developing a pair of pills that break down alcohol in a person’s bloodstream. In a recently published white paper the group successfully demonstrated that it’s possible to speed up the sobriety process by aiding the liver in proce...

TNW’s Big Spam: Turn your friends into laborersabout 16 hours agoHappy Tuesday, you little gremlins. Tomorrow we have a TNW Answers session with “Have I Been Pwned?” creator and security expert Troy Hunt. You don’t need to wait til he’s online… ASK YOUR QUESTIONS NOW!!! Top trending tech news: 😮 Telegram is now banned in Iran (TNW) 😬 Twitter also sold data to ...

Instagram and WhatsApp are both getting group video calls soon21 minutes agoAt its F8 conference yesterday, Facebook announced that it’s bringing group video chats to both Instagram and WhatsApp in future updates. On Instagram, you’ll soon find a new camera icon in your Direct conversation screens; tapping it will initiate an instant video call, and you can minimize it t...

Facebook is finally giving users the option to clear their historyabout 7 hours agoMark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, today announced the site would introduce a feature which will grant users a measure of control over their data — specifically, giving them control over how much information from their history is shared without third-party apps. The feature, appropriately named “Clea...

Toast launches a new handheld device and kitchen display system for restaurantsabout 13 hours agoToast, the Boston-based technology developer for the restaurant industry, has launched a new handheld point-of-sale device and a kitchen display system to integrate the front and back of any restaurant. Using the devices, any waiter can become an expert on menu offerings at the touch of a button....

Entrepreneurs and VCs are a big part of Gold House’s inaugural list of 100 influential Asian Americaabout 13 hours agoGold House is a new nonprofit seeking to support Asian Americans in business and culture, and today it’s launching a tried-and-true initiative to bring big names together — a list. The A100 list names 100 of the most influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Not surprisingly, it’s got Ho...

Watch Facebook’s F8 keynote live right hereabout 13 hours agoFacebook is hosting its F8 developer conference in San Jose this week. The event comes at an interesting time for the company. In response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it made a couple of sudden changes to how developers can access some data on its platform. We expect Facebook co-founder a...

Facebook and Instagram Stories open to sharing from other appsabout 12 hours agoFacebook is recruiting help to make its Stories more interesting than Snapchat’s. Starting with Spotify, SoundCloud and GoPro, third-party apps can now let their users share to Facebook Stories and Instagram Stories. Rather than screenshotting, users will be able to hit a button to share a photo ...

Facebook is launching a new Groups tab and plug-inabout 12 hours agoFacebook is rolling out a new Groups tab and plugin, announced CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his opening keynote at Facebook’s F8 developer conference this morning. The addition of the new Groups tab on Facebook will make groups a more central part of the Facebook experience, the CEO explained. “In ...

Oculus TV is the VR set-top streaming box you never knew you neededabout 12 hours agoAlongside the launch of the Oculus Go headset today, Oculus announced that it is working on a new element of its in-headset experience that will appeal to users interested in binging TV inside VR. It’s called Oculus TV and the company hopes that it will evolve to become a quick-and-easy way for V...

Just 48 hours left until Disrupt SF 2018 price hikeabout 10 hours agoWe’re rounding the far turn and heading into the home stretch, folks. You have a mere 48 hours left to snag the best pricing available on passes to Disrupt San Francisco 2018, which takes place September 5-7 at Moscone Center West. Right now, you can save up to $1,800, but once the calendar click...

Facebook wants weird ‘VR memories’ to take you back to your childhoodabout 11 hours agoWhile Facebook execs had plenty of updates to share at Tuesday’s F8 keynote, there were far fewer announcements focused on the weird and experimental things that Facebook is trying to leverage AI and VR to do. That was, until the company made its last announcement for something it’s calling “VR m...

WhatsApp’s stories hit 450M users, stealing the globe from Snapchatabout 11 hours agoSnapchat neglected the international market in its early years, and now WhatsApp has snatched that growth opportunity. WhatsApp’s clone of Snapchat Stories, WhatsApp Status, now has 450 million daily active users. That’s compared to just 191 million daily users on all of Snapchat as of today’s di...

In-app purchases are coming to Facebook’s Instant Games on Android and the webabout 8 hours agoFacebook is adding support for in-app purchases to its Instant Games platform, the company announced during a session on gaming at its F8 developer conference this afternoon. The feature will allow game developers to add another form of monetization beyond advertising to their games on select pla...

Cisco is acquiring business intelligence startup Accompany for $270Mabout 8 hours agoCisco just announced an agreement to acquire Accompany, which uses artificial intelligence to build databases of people and relationships at companies. Founder and CEO Amy Chang has compared the product to a digital chief of staff or personal assistant, giving executives the context they need bef...

Eliot Peper’s Bandwidth is a riveting novel exploring the dark side of feeds and geopoliticsabout 8 hours agoThe feed is the greatest psychological and mental manipulation tool that has ever been invented. Every day, billions of people open apps and scroll through algorithmically selected content designed to emotively engage us. Through the feed, we enter an intellectual stupor, downloading information ...

Birchbox ownership changes hands after beauty business does recapabout 3 hours agoBeauty-in-a-box brand Birchbox has changed up its ownership structure. The New York-based startup, which has raised almost $90 million in funding from noted venture firms like Accel Partners and First Round Capital, has a new majority owner in hedge fund Viking Global, sources confirm to TechCrun...