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Here's how to make editing text on iPhones a gajillion times easier
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. We've all been there before — you're trying to text someone on your shiny pretty iPhone, and you make a spelling mistake. Or autocorrect ...
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Don’t post your kid online
As we set out on a two-hour drive, my pregnant girlfriend told me she didn’t want anyone, including ourselves, to share pictures of our child on social media. I was completely opposed, and we got into a heated argument. The argument lasted most of the ride home. I didn’t understand ...
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This nifty free tool limits incoming email to 3 times per day
While we cannot always control how much email we get, we can spend less time checking our inbox.
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Apple's emojified execs sure look awful as humans
Today's World Emoji Day. To celebrate this stupid holiday I turned Apple's executive staff – who had some poor corporate artist turn them into emoji – back into humans. Why? Maybe to protest the both the creation of idiotic holidays and the subsequent corporate takeover ...
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Tim Draper wore Bitcoin tie on Fox News and Reddit can't shut up about it
Tim Draper, American venture capital investor and a known name in the cryptocurrency industry, showed up on Fox News last ...
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There’s no way this AI powered ‘smart garden’ will be used to grow weed
At no point has technology ever been used for anything shady. Social media, smartphones and video game chat channels all show that humanity can, in fact, be trusted. This is why I’m absolutely certain there’s no chance whatsoever that people will use ‘smart gardens’ to grow ...
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This site guesses exactly who you are based on just 15 questions
Inti de Ceukelaire, the ethical hacker from 'Oilsjt' in Belgium, is back again. De Ceukelaire has built a tool that can pretty reliably tell who you are after answering 15 questions on his new site 'Oilsjt Analytica,' a cheeky reference to Cambridge Analytica's recent Facebook scandal. I ...
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Hey #deletefacebook, here's how to stop being tracked as an ex-user
After a stormy couple of months, lots of people seem to be fed up with Facebook. The self-explanatory hashtag #deletefacebook is all over Twitter, another company that makes its money primarily by selling your data. Not here to judge though, just to inform. There could be one thing ...
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The first Vatican hackathon made a lot of sense, actually
I'm generally not a fan of institutionalized religion. But that doesn’t mean it can’t put its vast resources – however ...
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Electric clocks in Europe have been running slow for over a month
Have you noticed your clocks are lagging? It's not an anomaly in the spacetime continuum, fortunately. The European Network ...
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10 ways my robot vacuum cleaner is a way better version of my cat
In at least ten ways, having a robot vacuum cleaner is like having a more useful cat. Ever since I got sent the DEEBOT N79S, ...
