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• Google tracks nearly all your online (and some of your offline) purchases -- see it for yourself, here

  For years Google has been keeping track of nearly every online purchase we’ve made. A CNBC report today reveals that, thanks to purchase receipts sent to personal Gmail accounts, the company has amassed a mountain of purchasing data on each of us, including offline spending, in ...

  • Bryan Clark

• Get 50% off your TNW2020 tickets

  Last week, we celebrated the 14th edition of TNW Conference. More than 15,000 people visited from across the globe to discuss the future of tech. Without a doubt, it was the greatest edition we’ve organized. We had a stronger lineup than ever before, including speakers like ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Over 650,000 Game of Thrones fans sign petition to remake Season 8

  Game of Thrones Season 8 has been... controversial. The final season for one of the most popular shows on the planet is its worst rated season on IMDb by a considerable margin. At the time of writing, episodes 3, 4, and 5, are the three worst rated episodes in the show's history. ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Mad scientist builds a robot to beat the crap out of him in a VR fighting game

  Since the 80s, fighting games have been a raucous good time, a way to blow off some steam while digitally beating an AI opponent to smithereens. In the VR world though, these same characters might one day fight back — physically. James Bruton, a robotics engineer and YouTube ...

  • Bryan Clark

• The new Motorola Razr looks tiny when folded, according to this video

  We've known for a while Motorola is planning on reviving its Razr brand, jumping on the folding phone bandwagon with its own take on the concept that far removed from Huawei or Samsung's. Though we've leaked materials showing what the phone will look like when open, a video posted ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Zalando's Director of Engineering on AI and the future of fashion

  Last week's TNW Conference featured an amazing lineup of speakers, all sharing their unique knowledge and insights into the future of tech. A prominent theme this year was machine learning and artificial intelligence -- namely, how industries can harness its power. Stacia Carr, ...

  • Ailsa Sherrington

• Designing products for people with disabilities has never been so important

  Google and Microsoft have designed a variety of assistive tools and services that allows differently abled people lead a ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• White House launches social media survey to collect Conservative tears

  The Trump administration on Wednesday launched a new tool where pissed off Conservatives can whine about social media bias. So long as they’re legal citizens, anyway. For Conservatives like Trump, a man who rose to prominence on the backs of the social networks he’s now convinced ...

  • Bryan Clark

• DJI's new Osmo Action camera takes the fight to GoPro

  When it comes to consumer gear for filming sports and action, two products immediately come to mind: GoPro's action cameras ...

  • Napier Lopez

• President Trump expected to sign executive order effectively barring Huawei from the United States

  President Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week that would ban US companies from using equipment from firms ...

  • Bryan Clark

• First Impressions: The OnePlus 7 Pro doesn't hold back

  The OnePlus 7 is here. It starts at $669 in the US, goes on sale May 17, and it might just be the phone that brings OnePlus ...

  • Napier Lopez

• 6 surprising ways robots (and their anuses) are helping people live and work

  How many times in the past week do you think your life was affected by a robot? Unless you have a robot vacuum cleaner, you ...

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