In our video series, Unwind with Boris, TNW CEO Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten talks shop with Dutch entrepreneurs and innovators. Check out this latest episode in which Niki Sie, the CEO, and…
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What are NFTs, and why are people paying millions of dollars for them?
A couple of days ago, the musician Grimes sold some animations she made with her brother Mac on a website called Nifty Gateway. Some were one-offs, while others were limited editions of…
Super shoes: Explaining athletics’ new performance-enhancing tech
In the 1960s, when traditional cinder athletics tracks were replaced by spongy, synthetic surfaces, endurance running experienced a revolution. Long-distance runners began clocking far faster times on the synthetic tracks, smashing multiple world…
How to generate buzz in a buzzless industry
One of the toughest challenges young startups face is getting the buzz they need to generate media attention, user interest, and VC backing. Even if you know your solution is set to…
Twitter is testing the next best thing to the edit button — an undo send feature
We’ve all been there, staring at a tweet where we made a huge typo. We’ve all also yelled, “Why wouldn’t you give us an edit button, Twitter?” while looking at our screens…
I’m not a gamer but I really want Razer’s smart glasses — for work
Razer‘s products are usually designed for gamers, and I, an Apple Arcade person, can’t claim to be one. I don’t sit on my gaming chair to fire up a custom PC to play the latest…
NASA figures we’ve got about a billion years before the sun kills us all
A team of researchers working with NASA have finally figured out when the sun’s going to burn off all the oxygen on our planet, thus destroying all life on Earth. By their…
Leak: Here’s our first look at the Sonos Roam, a $169 Bluetooth speaker
It’s no secret that Sonos is planning to announce something next week — the company sent virtual event invites to the press, and we’ll be tuning in. But it turns out we…
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 third-party access. According to a study published today by a…
Microsoft brings vertical tabs to Edge and Bing gets better at visual search
Microsoft is today announcing several updates for its Edge browser and Bing search engine, aimed at making your browsing experience a little more seamless — and differentiating themselves a bit from Google’s…