You did the right thing for the environment and your wallet and bought an electric vehicle. Congratulations! Welcome to a life of sustainable driving, lower car maintenance costs, and quiet engines. You’ll…
Study: Basic car automation is enough to make drivers more distracted
A study from an American insurance and road safety body has found that drivers become complacent when using vehicles equipped with even basic partial automation features. According to the Insurance Institute for…
TL;DR: This AI summarizes research papers so you don’t have to
Reading scientific papers is a tough job. It might contain language and sections that you might not understand, and not all of it would be interesting to you. My colleague Tristan is…
Cyberpunk 2077 teases ‘streamer mode’ that disables copyrighted music
Back in October, Twitch riled up its talent after the streaming service nuked an immense amount of content to cozy up to the RIAA, which had been inundating streamers with DMCA notices…
How bacteria from Earth may help us colonize space
As humans reach out into the solar system, it will be necessary to use resources available on other worlds. Carrying building supplies from Earth via rockets is both impractical and frightfully expensive….
10 embarrassing PR fails that show how NOT to pitch
It’s no secret it is hard for a startup to get coverage in top tier tech media. However, PRs learned to be creative and come up with tools and techniques which make…
Facebook patches a Messenger bug that allowed others to snoop on your calls
We often joke around that hackers or government agencies are listening to our calls. Facebook just patched a bug that would’ve allowed anyone to snoop on your calls on Messenger. The bug…
Pardon the Intrusion #31: Stop using “123456” as your password
Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the latest edition of Pardon The Intrusion, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter in which we explore the wild world of security. And the yearly ritual continues….
Microsoft Edge adds autofill coupon codes and more annotation tools
There are few worse first-world-problems than buying something online, only to find out there was a 10 percent coupon you missed out on. Now Microsoft is trying to make that a thing…
Researchers are developing robot swarms that turn into buildings, vehicles, and more
There are two schools of thought when it comes to building bridges. There’s the traditional way involving humans assembling materials to create a unique structure. And then there’s the way MIT and…