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• This Dutch town uses high-tech streetlights to keep its bats happy

  Have you ever heard of a bat-friendly city? Me neither. But the Dutch town of Zuidhoek-Nieuwkoop is claiming to be the first ...

  • Guðrun í Jákupsstovu

• Comcast ditched its throttling system, but don't celebrate just yet

  Comcast is reversing course on a throttling system first deployed in 2008 as a means to deter heavy internet users from exceeding their monthly data allotment. As reflected in a June 11, 2018 update to our Xfinity Internet Broadband Disclosures, the congestion management system ...

  • Bryan Clark

• What’s really behind the EU law that would 'ban memes' – and how to stop it before June 20

  With only a few days to go until the crucial vote in the European Parliament, more and more people are becoming aware of the looming plans for “censorship machines” and a “link tax” in the EU. (Catch up on these plans here.) People are realizing: Our freedom to upload media ...

  • Julia Reda

• Intel will take on Nvidia and AMD with dedicated GPUs of its own starting in 2020

  Nvidia or AMD. For as long as I can remember, those have been the only two choices a gamer could count on. Yes, I know AMD bought ATI a while back, but it's always been Green vs Red. Then Intel's Blue announced it was joining the fray late last year, finally enabling RGB gaming ...

  • Napier Lopez

• The psychology of DJing and the future of music at TNW2018

  Some claim that we're in the 'golden age' of music, with more accessibility than ever before. But what happens next? With technology like blockchain creeping into the picture, how do we ensure that we stay golden? At the Music Summit track at TNW Conference, our lineup of musicians ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Facebook’s data should be a public resource

  Vess Popov, an expert in big data and psychometrics, spoke at Brain Bar in Budapest on the future of data. In his talk he shared his concern that platforms like Facebook are becoming more closed off. Their research is more secretive than ever and less of it is making its way to the ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Your future office will be riddled with sensors and that’s okay

  With the help of data analytics, a wide array of sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT), connected buildings are what all ...

  • Joost Mollen

• Review: This iHoment digital picture frame is the father's day gift I deserve

  The iHoment digital picture frame combines ease-of-use with video chat and voice control. We checked one out to decide if ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Ovie's Smarterware is like Tupperware that tracks when your food will go bad

  We've ll been there. You buy $100 worth of groceries, only to have some of it go bad because you forgot about it in the back ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Sandbox VR lets you kill zombies with friends for your next party

  You've heard it before: VR is almost certainly the future of gaming, but the technology just isn't there yet for mass appeal. ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Inside Reddit's new website and AI: Design tech trends from TNW2018

  The future of design is uncertain, with technology gradually blurring the lines of ownership and creativity. So how do we ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Oculus founder Palmer Luckey wants to build a virtual border wall

  Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is working on a plan to use AI and VR to spot those attempting to cross the border between the ...

  • Bryan Clark