A user is an agent, either a human agent (end-user) or software agent, who uses a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified by a username (also user name). Other terms for username include login name, screen name (also screenname), nickname (also nick), or handle, which is derived from the identical Citizen's Band radio term.
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Researchers discover huge security holes in Amazon's 'skills' for Alexa
You might want to place a moratorium on using Alexa's 'skills' until Amazon can sort out some gaping privacy holes in its ...
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How to shift your AI focus from accuracy to value
“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” This is a famous quote from 20th century statistical thinker, George E.P. ...
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Digital trends 2021: Every single stat marketers need to know
If you’re looking for the latest digital insights and social media stats, you’ll find them all in our new Digital 2021 ...
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What this simple TikTok prank taught me about work
Our co-workers, clients, and users are wise, smart, and intelligent people. But even the smartest people have blind spots ...
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How to delete your LinkedIn account
Ready to take yourself off of LinkedIn? We'll show you how to delete, or temporarily deactivate your account.
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Product design: Here's how you can build a customer journey map
Sprint: Did you know we have an online conference about product design coming up? SPRINT will cover how designers and product ...
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Chrome will soon block ads that unnecessarily tax your CPU and battery
Google is making some changes so Chrome users won't have to endure annoying ads that tax their CPU and drain their battery ...
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These 4 types of website visitors will get you higher conversion rates
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring how technology will shape the ever-evolving marketing ...
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What designers can learn from Candy Crush's brilliant UX
One of the best ways to improve as a designer is to study the greats. There’s no doubt that Candy Crush is one of ...
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6 common misconceptions about UX/UI designers
Here are a few of the reactions and questions my colleages and I get about our jobs, hope it helps shed a light on what we ...
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Designing for cognitive accessibility: Where to begin
Designing with accessibility in mind is not as difficult as you think. Here are some quick steps to guide you through the ...
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Designers should understand users make most decisions without rational thinking
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring new design trends this year? Check out the full ...
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Fuck this — you'll soon get push notification ads on iOS
Yep, Apple's updated App Store guidelines allow developers to send you push notifications ads on iOS. Stop the world, I want ...
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Robinhood offers traders $15 for going down as markets gained $1.1T
The markets bounced hard on Monday, following their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis, but Robinhood users were ...
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Guess what chumps? A 14.1-inch MacBook Pro is coming
There's a rumor floating around that a 14.1-inch MacBook Pro is on the way — a device that'll replace the current 13-inch ...
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Coronavirus proves great for Boku's bottom line, as payments jump 30%
The threat of coronavirus might have investors and consumers rattled, but something tells me mobile payments service Boku ...
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The sustainability of wearables will depend on how we use them
Did you know TNW Conference has a track fully dedicated to exploring how tech can help achieve the global Sustainable Development ...
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German fintech N26 to leave UK — because Brexit
Skeptcism surrounds N26's claim that Brexit-themed red tape has forced it to close up shop in the UK, despite only launching ...
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Don't be fooled: Blockchains are not miracle security solutions
Blockchains are neither security holes nor miracle security solutions. They must be considered within their ecosystem and ...
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Digital trends 2020: Every single stat you need to know about the internet
Trying to engage with your customers online? Then read this
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The EU’s dull-ass fight with Apple over the Lightning connector sucks
Well, it looks official: The EU is going to fight Apple over the Lightning connector. And you know what? They all suck. And ...
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The single glass sheet iMac patent gives me hope Apple will focus on design again
Apple filed a patent for a single glass sheet iMac, giving me hope that the company will once again put design at the forefront ...
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Dodgy Google Chrome extension reportedly causes $16K crypto theft
A malicious Google Chrome extension has reportedly cost one user Ledger user around $16,000 worth of the cryptocurrency Zcash. ...
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Crypto exchange Poloniex forces users to change passwords after data leak
Cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex is forcing its users to reset passwords after a list of email addresses and passwords was ...
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Teen SIM-swapper allegedly stole $1M, bought custom jewelry with Bitcoin
A 19-year-old SIM-swapper has been charged for allegedly stealing more than $1 million in cryptocurrency.
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Alleged SIM-swapper stole crypto to buy rap music, sports cars, and bling
An alleged cryptocurrency SIM-swapper has reportedly used his stolen funds to buy several high-end cars, diamond jewelry, ...
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Why designers need to look beyond 2 genders
Something I’ve been ruminating on for a long time is our lack of gender options when users register for products and services. ...
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Bitcoin ransomware hacker must pay $356K or spend 2 more years in prison
A jailed hacker responsible for distributing highly effective Bitcoin-demanding ransomware campaigns has been ordered to ...
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From the iPhone 4 to the S7, these are TNW's most beloved phones of the 2010s
The 2010s were a crazy time for phones, and in this piece we reveal the devices that meant the most to us over the last ten ...
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'There are definitely registered sex offenders' using Tinder, PlentyofFish, OkCupid says Match Group rep
A recent investigation found more than 150 instances of sexual assault involving dating apps. Approximately 10 percent involved ...
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All I want for Christmas: A custom username for each subreddit
Reddit is unveiling our shameful and nerdy hobbies, I beg Santa Claus to fix it as soon as possible!
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3D configurators aren’t a gimmick — they’re the future of shopping
Creating an ultra-realistic, 3D digital model that allows a user to configure an item to their specifications isn't just ...
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Hackers inject 'coin-stealing' malware into official Monero cryptocurrency wallet
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero has warned users that hackers compromised its official website after a coin stealer. ...
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Design challenges in the age of AI, and how to overcome them
Design is an ever-evolving field. So much so that it’s hard to keep track of design job titles. Originally, product designers ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX doxes users in mass email blunder
BitMEX has inadvertently doxed its users after someone at the company forgot to use blind copy (bcc) on a mass email, revealing, ...
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Fake Russian Tor browser purloins $40,000 in Bitcoin from dark web shoppers
There's a malicious version of the Tor browser going round – the program used to access the dark web – and it's stealing ...
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Hundreds charged after takedown of child exploitation site which made $730K in Bitcoin
US prosecutors say the online marketplace was operated by Jong Woo Son, who is currently serving an 18-month jail sentence ...
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7 things we learned after getting sweaty with Nintendo's 'Ring Fit Adventure'
We got our grubby little mitts on Nintendo's new fitness game for the Switch, 'Ring Fit Adventure.' Here are 7 things we ...
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Report: Blockchain app transaction volume down nearly 40%
According to Dapp.com, blockchain app usage is way down quarter-on-quarter, with gambling cryptocurrency still the primary ...
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Here’s how to hide and report comments on Facebook
Instead of deleting or deactivating your Facebook account, you can control what comments you see by deleting, hiding, or ...
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You'll soon be able to tell your Google Assistant to forget search history
Google announced multiple enhancements to some of its products to better protect your data — including the ability to manage ...
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The sad and peculiar case of Satowallet’s alleged $1M cryptocurrency exit scam
Users of cryptocurrency wallet Satowallet have been unable to access their funds for quite some time, and now the CEO has ...
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Zcash network urged to update nodes immediately to push 'important security fix'
If you're running a Zcash node, you had better go download the latest software and update right now to avoid exposing the ...
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Web advertising 5 times more profitable than crypto-jacking, research says
New academic research has found that crypto-jacking is way less efficient at generating website revenue when compared to ...
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Binance offering up to $290,000 bounty to catch cryptocurrency KYC extortionist
An unknown individual has been terrorizing cryptocurrency exchange Binance and its users by attempting to extort 300 Bitcoin ...
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This cryptocurrency stealing malware was blocked more than 360,000 times over the past year
According to the latest figures from cybersecurity firm Avast, a cryptocurrency stealing malware has been blocked more than ...
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SpankChain launches SpankPay so users can pay for porn with Bitcoin
Adult content platform SpankChain has launched SpankPay, a cryptocurrency payments platform.
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Embodying taller avatars in VR can make us more confident in real life
The high immersive capacity of virtual reality is often acknowledged as its main virtue when compared to other media and ...
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Here's how anonymized personal data should be used to create better services
Ask anyone their opinion on companies using their data and the response will almost always be negative. It’s not surprising; ...
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No, you don't own your apps — here's why it feels like you do
Possessions are going out of fashion. An endless stream of media reports claim millennials – that amorphous mass of people ...
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Ethereum lagged in active dapp users in Q2, but its price doubled - here's what happened
Vitalik Buterin's Ethereum had one of the best quarters it's had in a while, despite this, it still lags behind TRON in terms ...
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MyDashWallet was compromised for 2 MONTHS — users, move your cryptocurrency
Hackers have targeted DASH cryptocurrency users, after web wallet MyDashWallet was found compromised for two whole months. ...
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How big biased datasets make social inequalities worse
At almost every point in our day, we interact with digital technologies which collect our data. From the moment our smart ...
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Humans and AI will work better when they start learning from each other
In the age of big data and breathtaking advances of artificial intelligence, social infrastructure promotes digital engagement ...
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Ethereum still loved by dapp developers, but trails behind in active users
There's a huge number of dapps running on Ethereum, more than any other blockchain, but platforms on other networks have ...
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Here's how gamification can help your business understand your users
Today’s operations require more comprehensive stores of information, most of which deals expressly in the human behavior ...
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3 easy ways to remove backgrounds from images
In this guide, we're going to take a look at some of the methods we use for removing backgrounds from images so you too can ...
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A blockchain payment system can empower refugees – if they participate in its design
In Lebanon, around 350,000 Syrian refugees don’t have access to enough safe and nutritious food. To stem the crisis, the ...
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Hackers breach cryptocurrency exchange Bitrue for $4.2M in Ripple and Cardano
Another day, and another cryptocurrency exchange hack. This time it's Bitrue to the sum of $4.5 million worth of cryptocurrency. ...
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Alibaba is nudging users to be more ethical with its in-app minigames
Four years ago, in a move designed to explore the viability of new offline sales models, Alibaba ran a little experiment. ...
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Here's how digital forensics experts track down hackers
As society becomes increasingly data driven, the importance of ensuring this data’s security and fidelity grows exponentially. ...
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Bitfinex denies role in spooky transfer of $1.37 million in stolen Bitcoin
A bunch of Bitcoin tied to 2016's epic Bitfinex hack had been moved, but Bitfinex says it had nothing to do with it. So who ...
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Trying to quit your phone addiction? There's an app for that
We’re squandering increasing amounts of time distracted by our phones. And that’s taking a serious toll on our mental ...
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Cryptopia needs $2M to keep a database alive – or users might never recover their tokens
An Arizona-based web company demanded $2 million from embattled cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia to keep hosting critical ...
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This tiny flashing kit can break your bad online security habits
The number of cyber attacks is estimated to have risen by 67% over the last five years, with the majority of these data breaches ...
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The most compelling tech tools to assist the visually impaired
In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, here's a look at some of the most innovative apps and solutions helping ...
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RIP Cryptopia, the seminal exchange that supported over 500 shitcoins
Cryptopia was (in)famous for supporting trade for an intense amount of cryptocurrency projects - it had over 1,000 pairs ...
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Reddit’s CTO: Designers should know these two things
At TNW2019, Reddit’s Chief Technical Officer, Chris Slowe, shared some behind-the-scenes insights into what makes the message ...
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The GitHub extortion victims are outsmarting their Bitcoin scammers
Blackmailers wiping GitHub repositories and withholding code to extort Bitcoin from their victims haven't made enough to ...
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Satoshi's Treasure to add side quests on top of $1 million Bitcoin prize
One Satoshi's Treasure player has taken it upon himself to help others work together to claim the keys to $1 million worth ...
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The SETI screensaver shows us what the internet could've been
When I was twelve years old, I became obsessed with a screen saver. The screen saver pictured above, to be precise; you ...
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Japan finance regulator raids cryptocurrency exchanges in money laundering sweep
Japan's financial watchdog has reportedly raided two major cryptocurrency exchanges, juuust to make sure everything is up ...
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Blockchain governance is boring, butt one developer solved it with assplay
There's a new way to make blockchain bearable: replace every mention of "governance" with "assplay" across the internet. ...
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Mozilla rolls out new automated crypto-jacking filtering in Firefox
Mozilla's Firefox beta has new automated protections against illicit, in-browser cryptocurrency mining (cryptojacking) and ...
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Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant are changing how we interact with the world by doing it for us
Innovation shapes our daily experiences, offering us the chance to seize the convenience offered by modern technology. Since ...
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Payment options in apps can be designed better
Let’s start with a simple thought: What was the last meal that you had? How did you decide to eat a certain dish as opposed ...
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Bitcoin wallet Electrum hit by DoS attack from 140,000-strong botnet
A sophisticated botnet is attacking popular cryptocurrency wallet Electrum, apparently to push users into installing malware, ...
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9 design ideas for the future of digital dating
Whether you are a gen-Z, millennial or a recently separated 40-something, chances are you have heard of or used Tinder enough ...
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New Android malware targets 32 cryptocurrency apps and 100 international banks
Meet "Gustuff," the new Trojan horse virus that's out to steal your cryptocurrency (and your fiat!) from your online accounts. ...
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The rise of the ubiquitous voice assistant
Apple, Amazon, and Google have done a great job educating users that voice is here! Voice recognition has been getting better ...
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A comprehensive (and honest) list of UX clichés
“You are not your user” A reminder that you are not designing the product for people like yourself. Often used ...
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PSA: MetaMask reveals your Ethereum address to sites you visit, here’s how to hide it
There's a setting disabled by popular Ethereum service MetaMask by default, and its putting the privacy of cryptocurrency ...
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PSA: Don't use this fake Wasabi wallet to 'store' your Bitcoin
Watch out! Wasabi, the popular anonymizing cryptocurrency wallet, has been been duped by scammers in an apparent bid to steal ...
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Cryptocurrency platform Augur can't fix 'invalid market' scam without huge update
Decentralized betting protocol Augur is dealing with fraudsters gaming the system, but there's not much its devs can do about ...
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Tokyo crypto-cops nab their first cryptocurrency hacker: the $134K Monacoin thief
An 18-year-old was charged with stealing $134K (¥15M) worth of cryptocurrency, marking the first time local cops have ...
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Tech companies need to do more to fight child abuse content
YouTube has, yet again, failed to protect children online. Recent investigations by Wired and video blogger Matt Watson have ...
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Facebook has apparently lost 15 million US users since 2017, but it's still winning big elsewhere
Edison Research noted last week that according to a survey, Facebook has an estimated 15 million fewer users in the US today ...
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Cryptocurrency exchange WEX/BTC-e tied to Bitcoin ransomware hackers, report
PricewaterhouseCoopers has made a connection between the SamSam ransomware hackers and infamous cryptocurrency exchange WEX ...
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Twitter's cryptocurrency scam bots are back with a fresh new look
More cryptocurrency scam bots have been spotted in the wild (Twitter), but these look way better than previous incarnations ...
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The VR revolution is already here -- and it isn’t gaming
The people saying VR is an over-hyped technology might be fixating on the gaming aspect of virtual reality a bit too much. ...
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Uganda loses 5 million internet users as a result of Social Media Tax
Half-way through 2018, Uganda introduced a Social Media (OTT) tax which required Ugandans to pay a tax if they wanted to ...
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[Best of 2019] How I got banned for life from Airbnb
A few months ago, I received a cryptic message from Airbnb that sounded like something straight out of the Black Mirror ...
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Here's why icons are sexist
Icons, which may seem like a small part of the digital landscape, reveal larger issues of unconscious bias in tech ...
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Human-centered design should consider all humans
I remember listening carefully to the presentation on the redesign, trying hard to bite my tongue and keep my comments until ...
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We tagged Amsterdam Central Station with LONG BITCOIN SHORT THE BANKERS
There's a new augmented reality platform that lets you digitally graffiti anywhere in the world for a small Bitcoin fee, ...
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Calling people 'users' is unethical and outdated
I've worked in UX for the better part of a decade. From now on, I plan to remove the word “user” and any associated terms—like ...
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Facebook and YouTube aren't even trying to enforce the Alex Jones ban
After Alex Jones was effectively banned from the internet — or at least his major distribution channels — last August, ...
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China is forcing blockchain devs to dox users, censor content
The Chinese government is forcing blockchain companies to censor content, store users' identity data and share it with authorities. ...
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Google twists Samourai Wallet's arm to disable privacy features
Samourai Wallet, a bitcoin wallet provider, is temporarily disabling some of its privacy-related features following a request ...
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12 tactics for engaging and retaining your mobile app users
As more and more businesses create stand-alone branded mobile apps, competition for user attention is fiercer than ...
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The web really isn’t worldwide – accessibility depends on where you are
What the internet looks like to users in the U.S. can be quite different from the online experience of people in other countries. ...
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6 things to keep in mind when designing voice UI
When we hear the word ‘interface,’ many of us think about graphical user interface (or GUI). The vast majority of digital ...
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Depressing lessons 2018's endless data breaches taught us
In the days after Facebook's September announcement about a bug that may have compromised 90 million users – yes, that ...
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Google+ to shut down early after second major security incident
After another data leak, its second such leak in a year, Google today announced it was shutting down its beleaguered social ...
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Google+ will die 4 months sooner thanks to new bug affecting 52 million users
After announcing in October it would be shuttering Google+, its little-loved social media site, Google today announced that, ...
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Here’s how a second-hand game market for digital copies should work
What if we did have a secondary market for digital copies of video games? How would it work, what would it look like, and ...
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Tumblr's new algorithm is flagging innocent posts as NSFW
Tumblr's recent controversial announcement on purging all pornographic and NSFW content from its platform has also resulted ...
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Comparison: Is Astro's A50 gaming headset worth $200 more than Logitech's G433?
Perhaps the best part about Logitech, these days, is the number of products on offer at differing price points. After the ...
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Motion design looks hard, but it doesn't have to be
Motion helps make UIs expressive and easy to use. Despite having so much potential, motion is perhaps the least understood ...
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How you can teach AI to speak Welsh (and other minority languages)
Pioneering smart home technologies and voice assistants don’t, as a rule, speak Welsh – although the Welsh government ...
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How social media dilutes scientific discoveries into clickbait
Scienceploitation is embodied in especially egregious “click-bait” headlines. For example, equating a glass of red wine ...
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This study shows why people fall for fake online profiles
The first step in online propaganda and misinformation campaigns is a fake social media profile. According to this study, ...
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How apps like Fitbit, Waze, and Duolingo use gamification in their design
Here's how designers can enhance their products the right way using a gamification system like Fitbit, Waze, and Duolingo. ...
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Basic lessons in arbitrage for new cryptocurrency traders
Arbitrage is super simple, and has been utilized for decades on the stock market. Here's how the concept is being applied ...
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25 of our favorite Mac apps (2018 Edition)
It's that time of year again, a time to look back and reflect on the best new apps and the trusted, reliable applications ...
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Your startup can’t beat Goliaths with tech — you’ll need empathy and vision
If you’ve decided to disrupt – to look at old and unfriendly ways of doing things – then you picked a fight with the ...
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What GoDaddy is doing wrong about privacy — here’s what it should do
GoDaddy asks users to pay for privacy protection. It's distasteful that a large domain registrar would charge a fee for a ...
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9 tips to edit and post photos on Instagram like a pro
There are millions of photos shared by Instagram users. You definitely don’t want your followers to miss your photos in ...
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Amazon officially joins the blockchain party
Amazon is now officially part of the party after launching two new blockchain oriented services, Amazon Managed Blockchain ...
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Experts warn AI could hardwire sexism into our future
From Apple's Siri to Amazon's Alexa, voice recognition and AI assistants are typically female by default. Technology isn't ...
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7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users
Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...
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Yes, GPS apps make you worse at navigating – but that’s OK
Many of us have had the experience of arriving in an unfamiliar city and needing to get to a specific destination – whether ...
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We’ve got 99 problems — does your app solve one?
Everyone knows that apps fail. No one wants to build a mobile app that gets one thousand downloads and then capsizes into ...
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The frustratingly simple techniques of ‘human hacking’ — and how to fight them
Technology has changed the meaning of how we interpret security and privacy in this digital millennium with tools that can ...
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Google’s underrated Discover feature can change how we surf the web
In October, Google made an important change to its mobile homepage. In place of the traditional page, with a search bar and ...
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Here's how to find your old embarrassing tweets
Twitter doesn’t allow you to simply scroll to the bottom of your personal feed — it only shows your last 3,200 tweets. ...
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Facebook hack proves we need new user authentication methods
Facebook's recent security hack that possibly affected 90 million users has exposed the fundamental flaws that our authentication ...
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Genies makes realistic looking Bitmoji that can be used in other apps
Genies has launched their new Android and iOS mobile app that lets users create a digital version of themselves that looks ...
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If Facebook's new auto-comment feature isn't rock bottom, it has to be close
It's been two tumultuous years. Still, it's highly unlikely we've witnessed the moment Facebook hit bottom. A new feature, ...
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The ultimate guide to Instagram for small ecommerce brands
There are various features and functionalities you can trial to make your business stand out on the platform as well, such ...
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Report: Microsoft’s enterprise products covertly gather personal data on users
Microsoft collects and stores personal data about the behavior of individual users of its enterprise offerings on a large ...
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Be My Eyes app lets you lend your eyes to a blind person in real time
The free app, Be My Eyes, connects blind and visually-impaired people with sighted volunteers who “lend their eyes” to ...
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Deep dive into Latin America's last-mile delivery startups
The last-mile delivery apps servicing the $2 trillion USD e-commerce market has global attention. Delivering products, groceries, ...
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Why your app idea is just 'meh' and won't succeed
You heard me correctly, I said “meh.” I’m not talking about the "meh" used to ironically describe something beautiful/awe-inspiring; ...
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We’re living in digital serfdom — trading privacy for convenience
Think for a second: compared to your grandparents and parents, what do you actually own outright? Why own when you can ...
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Fake e-cigarette liquid is putting vapers at risk — scanning technology could prevent it
The technology created to prevent the distribution of fake e-cigarette liquid works by firing near-infrared light at a sample. ...
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Here are the lesser-known scientists the UK should put on the new £50 note
The Bank of England has opened nominations for the new face of the £50 note and it could be Stephen Hawking, but these scientists ...
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What Chinese travel sites taught me about UI
Dorking around on travel sites is my weird little self-soothing, time-wasting extravagance. I don’t know what’s so exciting ...
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Anonymous hacked 70 Gabon government websites to protest dictatorship
Anonymous has claimed responsibility for defacing and a widespread DDoS attack on Gabon's government websites over the dictatorship ...
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Our lack of interest in data ethics will come back to haunt us
When was the last time you saw a creepy ad on Facebook, which seemed to know about a product you were discussing with a coworker? ...
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Get more cats on your Instagram feed by cheating the algorithm
If you’re anything like me, a blue-eyed tabby cat coquettishly peering at the camera from under its lashes makes you want ...
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The new space race is all about satellites: Pros and cons of each orbit
For most people, satellites probably bring to mind things like weather forecasts, GPS, or satellite TV broadcasting. Other ...
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Spotify is giving away free Google Home Mini speakers to some paid subscribers
Spotify today announced a partnership with Google that doles out free hardware to certain paid subscribers. As of today, ...
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Facebook Ad Library: Only 3 'Brexit' ads for whole month. Yeah, right!
Facebook may well look back on 2018 as its annus horribilis. From the Cambridge Analytica scandal in March, to a data breach ...
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Surprise – Apple's Mac Mini has a new color and higher specs
At today's New York event, Apple has announced a new version of its Mac Mini. The desktop computer will now come in a Space ...
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Here’s how face recognition tech can be GDPR compliant
Ah, face recognition, that nifty little feature that's already making the still new fingerprint scanners (kind of) obsolete. ...
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Is Tim Cook the champion of privacy?
Today’s ceaseless data scandals have everyone talking about privacy, especially insofar as our favorite digital devices ...
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3 handy features in Google For Jobs to measure your hiring campaign’s success
Google For Jobs has made a great impact on the jobs market ever since it was released by the search giant in June 2017. There's ...
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Facebook fined 0.001% of its 2017 revenue for Cambridge Analytica scandal
UK watchdog just fined Facebook £500,000 for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but the amount is unlikely to affect the social ...
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Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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Tim Cook supports EU’s strict privacy laws — but thinks taxes are 'crap'
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, gave a keynote at ICDPPC where he called for better data policies in tech and lauded EU's GDPR. Unfortunately, ...
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Dead Facebook users could outnumber the living by 2069
Within the next 50 years, Facebook could feel more like a place for the dead than the living, according to academics from ...
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How blockchain technology can — and can't — prevent sexual assault
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information ...
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The 7 deadly sins of email security
Email is one of the most fundamental forms of business communication today. Not many of us can imagine our lives without ...
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6 reasons why municipalities are getting hammered by cyberattacks
More and more municipalities are becoming victims of hacks. For example in the US, the first half of 2018 has seen many major ...
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Q4 2018 internet report: Almost 4.2 billion humans are online
The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast ...
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Ecommerce is ignoring people with disabilities — here’s how it should change
It might sound complicated or costly, but considering accessibility from the outset of the design process adds little in ...
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China’s ‘barrage videos’ are chaotic af — and say a lot about loneliness
China's barrage videos reveal a lot about the population's psyche regarding loneliness. These videos show live comments that ...
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The free internet makes us the product — we need to stop it
The bad headlines continue to stack up for Facebook this year: from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, to the New York Times ...
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Facebook is using your personal data, here’s why it’s fine
When the Cambridge Analytica scandal came out, it did more than just shake up Facebook, it stirred the conversation about ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...
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Here's how to keep advertisers from using your phone number on Facebook
A Gizmodo report on Wednesday detailed the latest in a long series of Facebook privacy blunders. The report said, and Facebook ...
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Tattoodo wants to be the Booking.com of getting inked
Tattoodo has launched a platform that will allow people from across the world to find and book their next tattoo online.
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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?
A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our social timelines and newsfeeds. Do you miss the days of chronological ...
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Without coaching our privacy, does Google even have a business?
Google is on a seemingly-ceaseless crusade to turn every one of its users into an open book that it can exploit for valuable ...
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This iOS 12 Shortcut automatically activates your iPhone camera during a police stop
Mobile phones are the great equalizer. Residing in each of our pocket's is a device that shifts the balance of power, if ...
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Full moon patents: Alphabet isn’t giving up on Google Glass
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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Instagram is testing a 'regram' feature to natively repost content
On Twitter there's the retweet button. Facebook has the share icon. On Instagram, nothing. To date, users have had to ...
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Google to kill Inbox early next year
According to a report by Fast Company, Google is giving its popular bundled email client service, Inbox the axe early next ...
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EU’s decision on Copyright Reform tomorrow could be a turning point for the web
The EU Parliament is having a final vote on Copyright Reform on September 12. The decision will greatly affect the final ...
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Apple's move to shake up the newspaper industry offers little upside
Apple is making a play at the publishing business. In March, the company acquired Texture, a subscription-based magazine ...
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Twitter CEO's comments will ignite the right, context be damned
Stripped of context, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's comments sound a bit like an admission. Speaking to members of congress, Dorsey ...
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Sturgeon Moon patents: One-blink ordering and energy harvesting airports
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That's why we're disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about ...
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Major cryptocurrency exchange delists Bitcoin Gold following $18M hack
A major cryptocurrency exchange is delisting Bitcoin Gold after a series of debilitating heists amounting to over $20 million ...
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Google releases tools for probing Ethereum's blockchain
Google has added Ethereum support to its BigQuery database tool, giving us a new method of analyzing data stored on its blockchain. ...
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Google and Mastercard are secretly tracking your offline purchases
Google has quietly been providing select advertisers a "stockpile" of offline credit card transaction data. After a four ...
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Both Yahoo and AOL are scanning customer emails to attract advertisers
Oath, the advertising arm of Verizon -- which owns both Yahoo and AOL -- has been pitching advertisers a service that would allow them to peer into the email accounts of more than 200 million people. The service benefits advertisers by allowing them to identify and segment potential ...
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Samsung's new tech further blurs the line between banks and blockchain
Samsung SDS has created a blockchain-powered signature system for banks that lets users verify their identity just once every ...
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Zuckerberg (not Mark) signs on to advise a major cryptocurrency exchange
Randi Zuckerberg has featured prominently in Huobi’s announcement of its new “expert advisory team,” alongside controversial ...
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PSA: Major EOS bug makes it possible to steal valuable resources directly from users
EOS has another major vulnerability: this one allows for valuable network resources to be effectively stolen from user accounts ...
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EU suggests law to stop Cambridge Analytica-style election meddling
The European Commission is currently working on a proposal which will impose fines on political parties using Cambridge Analytica-style ...
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Mt. Gox preps to return $1B in stolen cryptocurrency to victims
Victims of cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox can now file claims to have lost funds repaid - a sum totaling over one billion ...
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North Korean hackers are targeting cryptocurrency traders with fake software
Kaspersky Labs has discovered a North Korean hacking crew is targeting cryptocurrency traders by trojanizing exchange software. ...
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Cryptocurrency media outlets banned from WeChat for spreading hype
Several prominent media outlets in China have had their WeChat accounts permanently frozen for hyping cryptocurrency too ...
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Verizon throttled fire department's 'unlimited' plan during deadly blaze
As wildfires raged out of control in Northern California this summer, the firefighters responsible for managing them learned ...
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EOS community fights back against 'whales' controlling its blockchain
The EOS community is anxious that its blockchain is being controlled by 'whales', with a petition being drafted seeking limits ...
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Playboy sues blockchain startup for screwing its cryptocurrency porno payment plan
Playboy is suing a blockchain startup, claiming its been stiffed on a deal to pay users for watching adult content with cryptocurrency. ...
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Over 50k people have blocked Twitter's biggest advertisers over the Alex Jones debacle (and you can too)
Alex Jones can't win these days. As the unofficial mascot of conspiracy theorists everywhere, Jones -- the man who answers ...
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Browser mining is generating over $250K worth of cryptocurrency every month
Academic research has discovered that embedded cryptocurrecy miner CoinHive is generating $250K worth of Monero every month. ...
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Twitter is now recommending users follow cryptocurrency scambots
Despite constant pressure to ban them, Twitter has been recommending users follow obvious cryptocurrency scambots impersonating ...
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BitConnect is getting delisted from the last cryptocurrency exchange that still trades it
The last exchange to offer trading pairs in the controversial cryptocurrency will delist BitConnect's worthless token come ...
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Apple runs into another embarrassing issue with the new MacBook Pro
A series of embarrassing gaffes in Cupertino are leading many to question whether Apple has lost its eye for detail. Just ...
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Internal Facebook note reveals clever 'psychological trick' to attract teenage users
Always on the lookout for novel ways to attract teens, Facebook purchased viral polling app TBH last October. The app fell ...
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Coinbase is giving USers immediate deposits and higher cryptocurrency trading limits
A new Coinbase update will allow US users to purchase and trade $25,000 worth of cryptocurrency every day - seven times the ...
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Bug in cryptocurrency platform Augur meant users could be duped into losing money
A massive vulnerability has been discovered in the decentralized betting platform Augur, which allowed all data shown in ...
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Research: More than 56% of all cryptocurrency crime happens in the US
Investigations reveal account information of 720 cryptocurrency exchange users has been stolen, a 369 percent increase from ...
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200,000 routers in Brazil were secretly hijacked to mine cryptocurrency
Brazil has been hit by an elaborate cryptocurrency mining attack that infected hundreds of thousands of routers across the ...
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Millions of webstores can now accept cryptocurrency through Coinbase
The new plugin enables WooCommerce webstores to accept cryptocurrencies through a user-controlled Coinbase wallet without ...
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Everything you need to know about Reddit's recent security 'incident'
Reddit recently learned that a hacker managed to access multiple employee accounts and walk away with "some" current email ...
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Open thread: Should Twitter users automatically delete old tweets?
After multiple baseball players were forced to apologize this month for old tweets containing racist and homophobic slurs, ...
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Binance's first official acquisition is a mobile cryptocurrency wallet
Binance announced it has acquired a mobile wallet solution in an effort to improve “the centralized architecture” of ...
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Strava modularizes its old subscription model for more versatility
Strava – the running and cycling app – has a new subscription model that modularizes its old one, giving more choice ...
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Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet
An ad-hoc collective of security researchers and hackers has revealed that the Bitfi cryptocurrency wallet is full of spyware ...
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A hands-on approach to designing for kids
This article aims to share a series of advices, stemming from lessons learned from designing for kids over a period of 12 ...
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MoviePass never had a chance
Subscription movie service MoviePass offered anyone willing to shell out $10 a month -- less than the price of a single movie ...
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Google bans cryptocurrency mining apps from the Play Store
All cryptocurrency miners are now banned from Google's Play store. The new ruling came with new updates to Google’s Developer ...
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It’s time to confront Amazon's secret monopolies
At 3 PM ET on July 16, tens of millions of shoppers flocked to Amazon to celebrate the cornucopia of capitalism known as ...
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Google’s AR design guidelines: baby steps — but a good starting point
When Google and Apple announced their mobile augmented reality (AR) platforms last summer, they rocked the 3D world. Almost ...
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This is how you can personalize marketing campaigns — without violating GDPR
GDPR -- no other four letters are giving tech companies a bigger headache this year. So many articles have been written about ...
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Facebook’s ad interactions drop 20% — here’s everything you need to know
As I mentioned in my last post, the data in my new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot – produced in partnership with We Are ...
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This decentralized Reddit copycat lets you buy upvotes with Bitcoin
ThunderMessage is a decentralized take on Reddit powered by the new Lightning Network - where votes are funded by Bitcoin. ...
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Report: Facebook ad clicks tumble, but the internet keeps on growing
The new 2018 Q3 Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social shows that there was plenty of change in ...
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Etherscan rushes to plug vulnerabilities following strange hacking attempts overnight
The most widely used Ethereum blockchain explorer, Etherscan, quickly patched vulnerabilities overnight after a set of strange ...
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Paying for a service doesn’t guarantee it won’t sell your data
In the wake of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal and congressional hearings, there’s a palpable sense that the pressure ...
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How cryptography enables online shopping, cloud tech, and the blockchain
What do the Gallic Wars and online shopping have in common? The answer, believe it or not, is cryptography. Cryptography ...
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One year after massive takedowns, dark web marketplaces are thriving
The past year has been one of the most tumultuous for the dark web, as massive law enforcement efforts have untangled and ...
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Coindar is the nifty cryptocurrency trading tool that every investor should use
Coindar is a cryptocurrency calendar for your desktop with a direct line to the developers of blockchain projects - which ...
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Mining cryptocurrency has become fashionable for charities - but does it work?
Change.org has taken notice of other global charities and launched their own, embedded, online cryptocurrency mining portal. ...
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Human interaction keeps crumbling as Bitmoji become your Tinder wingman
Tinder is testing a feature that allows user's to send Bitmoji within the dating app. It's a way to break the ice but it ...
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Shillingham United XI: A dream team of footballers backing crappy cryptocurrencies
We’ve decided to put together a dream team of the most popular footballers to have lent their reputation to shady cryptocurrency ...
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Japanese chat giant Line launches its cryptocurrency exchange – but not in Japan
Japanese messaging giant Line has finally opened their new cryptocurrency exchange – everywhere except Japan and North ...
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Here’s what Sirin Labs’ $1,000 blockchain phone looks like
Remember Sirin Labs – the Israeli manufacturer that built the $16,000 Solarin smartphone nobody wanted? The company is ...
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Opera is expanding its suite of cryptocurrency tools with a built-in wallet
Opera is preparing to give Android users a built-in Crypto Wallet, the latest in its suite of tools for cryptocurrencies. ...
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PSA: MyEtherWallet compromised in hack, urges users to move tokens now
Popular Ethereum interface and defacto token wallet MyEtherWallet (MEW) has been caught up yet another goddamn hack, this ...
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I tested this kid-friendly phone to see if it could protect me from pervs
Being a kid in today's world is tough. When I had a rough time at school, it generally stayed there. Yeah, there were chatrooms, ...
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Marketing the TNW Way #19: Site speed, a publishers dilemma
How do we optimize for site speed at TNW? What do we look at, how do we measure improvements and what's next for TNW in measuring ...
