• Not ready to go public? That’s the perfect time to think about going public

    Not ready to go public? That’s the perfect time to think about going public
    The disastrous failure of WeWork’s non-IPO provided not just a dramatic crash-and-burn spectacle, but also a valuable cautionary tale about how not to do an IPO.  Even if your company is not ready to go public at the moment, if there may be an IPO in your future, things go more smoothly for companies that begin the work well in advance.  As a financial manager who consults for public and soon-to-be-public companies, I’ve worked with organizations traveling along a well-pla
  • To succeed professionally, you must nurture the right skills

    To succeed professionally, you must nurture the right skills
    The ability to constantly change and adapt will become increasingly important. For students, for people within corporates, and even for people working in tech. It’s not enough anymore to just learn a tech skill. We will have to also develop open and curious mindsets. Focus on transferable skills which will be relevant for the entirety of people‘s lives. And preferably do all of this in a fun and playful way. So that we will all be able to enjoy the journey that is life at its best.&
  • Reddit’s DataIsBeautiful is sick of bar chart races — so it’s banning them

    Reddit’s DataIsBeautiful is sick of bar chart races — so it’s banning them
    You can forget about reveling in dramatic bar chart races on Reddit‘s DataIsBeautiful community for the time being. The subreddit’s moderator team has announced it’s temporarily banning all race charts until the hype has cooled off. “The subreddit is currently experiencing a large surge in racing bar charts,” moderator AskLubich said. “To make matters more transparent, we are now announcing a moratorium on racing bar charts.” “Unfortunat
  • The greatest and best Cyber Weekend tech deals… in the world, ever

    The greatest and best Cyber Weekend tech deals… in the world, ever
    Yes, it’s that time of year again: Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Or, as the common vernacular now goes, CYBER WEEKEND. This international day of reckless spending is fun, but comes with an issue: what should you splash your cash on? Well, luckily, we’ve rounded up a big bunch of stuff for you to splurge on. Make sure you keep checking back though, as we’re going to keep adding cool deals to the list as we see them. So, enough patter, let’s get into some discounts.
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  • Your vote is for sale and Big Tech is selling it

    Your vote is for sale and Big Tech is selling it
    We live in an Age of Disinformation. The phenomenon has over the past few years, slowly, but surely risen to the top of the political agenda. Political campaigning — often verging on propaganda — has existed for centuries, so what’s changed. Why has the transition to a digital advertising space caused so much concern? What is it about this new way of communicating that has allowed the increase of lies and manipulation of the general public? The twin shocks of the Brexit r
  • India reportedly wants unrestricted access to non-personal data

    India reportedly wants unrestricted access to non-personal data
    The Indian government is planning to gain unrestricted access to non-personal data of people in India, according to a report by Tech2. Non-personal data is anonymized data which can’t be traced back to identify a person. For example, weather sensors without a specific location or e-Commerce data without personal identification. This comes on the heel of the data privacy bill, which is listed to be tabled in the winter session of parliament. Apart from access to non-personal data
  • Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are down — go back to work

    Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are down — go back to work
    Nope, it’s not just you. It appears Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are all down at the moment. The three platforms, which all belong to the Mark Zuckerberg empire, are experiencing down time, according to numerous reports on DownDetector. Among other things, users report being unable to reload their feeds, post stories, or make posts. It remains unclear what’s causing the issue, but it seems to be affecting numerous regions across the globe, including the US East Coast, Central
  • How this VR video game is transforming indoor cycle training

    How this VR video game is transforming indoor cycle training
    Welcome to Riding Nerdy, TNW’s fortnightly dive into bicycle-based tech, where we go into too much detail and geek out on all things related to pedal-powered gadgets. I need to make a confession. When it comes to cycling, I err on the side of old-school. Lots of cyclists these days pride themselves on having the latest tech, gadgets, equipment, and using the most progressive training regimes. Like much of the tech industry, manufacturers make money and stay in business by selling new iter
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  • Victims lose $4.4B to cryptocurrency crime in first 9 months of 2019

    Victims lose $4.4B to cryptocurrency crime in first 9 months of 2019
    It’s looking like a bumper year so far for cryptocurrency criminals. According to the latest CipherTrace report, losses from digital crime, in which cryptocurrency was the main haul, reached $4.4 billion over the first nine months of the year. It’s not even the end of the year yet, and this figure is already 150 percent up on the total money lost to cryptocurrency-related crime over the whole of 2018. Last year, just $1.7 billion was lost to digital currency crime. “The 150% i
  • 10 Deals at Early Black Friday and Cyber Monday Prices

    10 Deals at Early Black Friday and Cyber Monday Prices
    You don’t have to be outwardly thankful about saving up to 96 percent off with these cool gift options. But take a few moments to think kindly of the savvy marketers at TNW Deals putting literally hundreds of dollars back in your pocket ahead of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
  • Legendary Bitcoin contributor Hal Finney’s Twitter profile is safe — for now

    Legendary Bitcoin contributor Hal Finney’s Twitter profile is safe — for now
    Bitcoin fans can rest easy as Twitter has backpedalled on its plans to purge inactive accounts until it can figure out how to memorialize them. We’ve heard you on the impact that this would have on the accounts of the deceased. This was a miss on our part. We will not be removing any inactive accounts until we create a new way for people to memorialize accounts. — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) November 27, 2019 The furor was sparked yesterday, after Twitter announced its plans t
  • Sea levels are rising more than expected, according to scientists

    Sea levels are rising more than expected, according to scientists
    Sea levels rose 10 meters above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers a glimpse of what may happen under our current climate change trajectory. Our paper, published today in Nature Communications, shows that melting ice from Antarctica was the main driver of sea-level rise in the last interglacial period, which lasted about 10,000 years. Rising sea levels are one of the biggest challenges to humanity posed by climate change
  • Highly rated language learning app, Babbel, is on sale for Black Friday

    Highly rated language learning app, Babbel, is on sale for Black Friday
    Right now, you can join the millions of happy customers who have made Babbel the top-grossing language app in the world with subscription offers of up to 76 percent off their regular price from TNW Deals with promo code "BFSAVE40" at checkout.
  • Upbit hacker moves $51.7M Ethereum stash, labels themselves ‘1337’

    Upbit hacker moves $51.7M Ethereum stash, labels themselves ‘1337’
    The $51.7 million stash of Ethereum stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Upbit is on the move. Upbit’s hacker began transferring the funds out of their wallet approximately four hours ago. The transactions were generally divided into lots ranging from 10 ETH to 100,000 ETH. At pixel time, the hacker‘s first Ethereum wallet is now entirely empty, and the 342,000 ETH is now split between four different addresses. One analyst tracking the hacker believes they’ve begun looking for
  • HSBC will reportedly use blockchain to move $20B in digital assets

    HSBC will reportedly use blockchain to move $20B in digital assets
    Global bank HSBC is planning to track $20 billion worth of digital assets on a blockchain-based custody platform by March next year. According to Reuters, the platform, known as Digital Vault, will allow investors to get real-time access to records of securities purchased in private markets. HSBC’s platform will digitize paper records and leverage blockchain tech in a bid to maximize efficiency, reducing the time it takes for investors to make checks or queries on their holdings. While it
  • CHEAP: Save $25 on the AirPods by not buying them from the Apple Store

    CHEAP: Save $25 on the AirPods by not buying them from the Apple Store
    Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! You’re on Apple.com. You’re merely browsing, and you suddenly lay your eyes on the AirPods. “God, I really shouldn’t be blowing $159 on a pair of earbuds,” you think to yourself. But you’re too weak, the AirPods are already in your shopping cart. Now you’re entering your credit card details. STOP! Right now! Don’t do it. There’s a better deal —
  • Benefits of Online Reputation Management Software

    Benefits of Online Reputation Management Software
    There are several benefits of online reputation management software. Database The first benefit is that you are going to have the opportunity to build up a database of patients. The best part is that...
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  • Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey uses DuckDuckGo over Google

    Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey uses DuckDuckGo over Google
    Unlike the late 90s and early 00s, search engines currently aren’t at war with each other.. Google is a clear giant in the field and others orbit around it like small planets around the sun. While someone ‘Googling’ stuff is not surprising, it’s quite unusual when a big company’s CEO says they prefer some other search engine. In a big endorsement, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted he loves DuckDuckGo and it’s his default search engine. I love @DuckDuc
  • Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘After hitting a 6-month low, Bitcoin’s climbing again’

    Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘After hitting a 6-month low, Bitcoin’s climbing again’
    Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Hegel used to say: Shop ’till you drop! Bitcoin Price We closed the day, November 27 2019, at a price of $7,531. That’s a respectable 4.30 percent increase in 24 hours, or $310. It was the highest closing price in five days. We’re still 62 percent below Bitc
  • Moment’s new 14mm lens promises razor-sharp super-wide photos

    Moment’s new 14mm lens promises razor-sharp super-wide photos
    As much as I welcome multi-camera setups on modern smartphones, the trend does come with some caveats. Mainly, the ultrawide and/or telephoto sensors and lenses tend to kind of suck. Images from these cameras are often noticeably inferior to those taken with the primary shooter. In those cases, using a well-designed external lens can help, and few brands are as good at making them as Moment. The company this week announced the $120 Fisheye 14mm Lens, a bulbous metal-and-glass component that att
  • World champion Go player retires: AI ‘cannot be defeated’

    World champion Go player retires: AI ‘cannot be defeated’
    One of South Korea‘s most celebrated professional Go players, master Lee Se-dol, has retired, citing the futility of raging against the machines as a motivating factor. Speaking to reporters from the Yonhap News Agency in Seoul earlier this week, Se-dol said: With the debut of AI in Go games, I’ve realized that I’m not at the top even if I become the number one through frantic efforts. Even if I become the number one, there is an entity that cannot be defeated. Se-dol’s

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