“Tik-a-Tok-a-Who?”, was Adele’s response to her management’s suggestion to promote her music to younger audiences on Tiktok, the video-sharing platform owned by Chinese company ByteDance. “If everyone’s making music for the TikTok,…
Month: December 2021
3 easy ways to remove backgrounds from images
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. You might have noticed that we…
The curious case of the Ubiquiti employee-whistleblower-hacker
I wish I was a crime podcast host right now — it’d be my favorite way to tell this tantalizing story about a tech worker hacking his own company, demanding a ransom,…
Big tech wants to compete with banks? Let them deal with AI ethics first
With their competitive advantage in emerging technologies like AI and machine learning, big tech companies have been moving into and disrupting traditional industries, from Airbnb’s impact on the hospitality industry to Uber’s…
Tesla quietly launches an electric ATV for kids — just in time for the holidays?
We know that Tesla had plans to release an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), called Cyberquad. But before adults can ride one, the company decided to roll out a pint-sized version for kids. The…
Reddit’s new real-time features make me yearn for slower days
Reddit is about to get more rapid — just as I was yearning for social media to slow down. The company has launched a range of real-time animations and notification features that…
This amazing new physics theory made me believe time travel is possible
There’s a lot of discussion about “time” in the world of quantum physics. At the micro level, where waves and particles can behave the same, time tends to be much more malleable…
Lufthansa’s posh plane can’t match the halcyon days of luxury aviation
Lufthansa Technik recently shared a teaser for their latest luxury plane cabin. It’s called the EXPLORER and is the brainchild of the VIP and Special Mission division. This division makes luxury cabins…
How Formula E’s Gen3 achieves twice the efficiency of an ICE race car
The Formula E Championship debuted in 2014 and has since then proved that electric vehicles can send shivers down our spine in suspenseful races — just like their Earth-kill forebears. Formula E…
How on Earth is Elon Musk’s SpaceX facing bankruptcy?
The richest person in the world is worried about money. Elon Musk, whose net worth is estimated at $310 billion, says his space company faces the threat of going bust. In an…