Apple releases iOS 11.3 with new Animojis

Apple just released an iOS update for your iPhone and iPad. 11.3 introduces a ton of bug fixes but also a bunch of new features. If you forgot about Animjois, today is your lucky day as Apple is adding four new Animojis — a dragon, a bear, a lion and a skull. But that’s not […]

Google Play audiobooks get Smart Resume, bookmarks and Assistant routines support

Google Play Audiobooks is getting a major update today that adds a number of new features to the service that were sorely missing when it launched earlier this year. None of these are groundbreaking, but they’ll help Google reach feature parity with some of its competitors while injecting a bit of its proprietary smarts into […]

Twitter makes it easier to share the right part of a live video with launch of ‘Timestamps’

Twitter today is introducing a new feature that will make it easier to share a key moment from a live video, so those viewing the tweet don’t have to scroll to the part of the broadcast you want to talk about. The feature, called “Timestamps,” is something Twitter says it built in response to existing […]

Here’s Cambridge Analytica’s plan for voters’ Facebook data

More details have emerged about how Facebook data on millions of US voters was handled after it was obtained in 2014 by UK political consultancy Cambridge Analytica for building psychographic profiles of Americans to target election messages for the Trump campaign. The dataset — of more than 50M Facebook users — is at the center […]

Tesla will probably miss Model 3 production targets, analyst Gene Munster says

Analyst Gene Munster is predicting Tesla will likely miss its Model 3 production targets, Bloomberg reports. In an interview with Bloomberg, Munster said investors expected to see Tesla produce 2,500 to 3,000 cars per week, but it’ll more likely be 1,500 to 2,000 a week. Despite this predicted miss, Munster says he’s still optimistic about Tesla […]

Senior living services startup raises $4.5 million, partners with Lyft

Cubigo, a tech startup aimed at addressing the senior living market, recently closed a $4.5 million Series A round led by Urbain Vandeurzen with participation from Transvision. Cubigo is also rolling out its services in five senior living communities in Florida, California and Ohio. Across those five communities, Cubigo’s platform will reach 100,000 residents. To […]

Polish bank begins using a blockchain-based document management system

A blockchain company called Coinfirm has announced a partnership with PKO BP, a major Polish bank, to provide blockchain-based document verification using a tool called Trudatum. The project is a an actual implementation of one of the primary benefits of blockchain-based tools, namely its ability to permanently and immutably store data. This announcement brings blockchain […]

Facebook starts fact checking photos/videos, blocks millions of fake accounts per day

Facebook has begun letting partners fact check photos and videos beyond news articles, and proactively review stories before Facebook asks them. Facebook is also now preemptively blocking the creation of millions of fake accounts per day. Facebook revealed this news on a conference call with journalists [Update: and later a blog post] about its efforts […]

Wild Type raises $3.5M to reinvent meat for the 21st century

Food security is one of the grand problems facing the planet this century. The UN has estimated that food supplies need to increase by 50 percent to cover the population growth expected over the coming decades, while climate change is expected to cut crop yields by a quarter. Nearly a billion people today lack sufficient […]

Excel is getting smarter

Excel is the workhorse of many industries and if you love your spreadsheets, the following news will likely make you unreasonably happy: Excel is getting smarter, thanks to a fresh infusion of artificial intelligence. As we previously reported, the Excel team has spent the last few months adding new machine learning-powered features to the application […]

RED reveals a 5K camera sensor designed for outer space

In a bit of a surprise, RED Camera unveiled its most light-sensitive Super 35 sensor to date for the Epic-W cinema camera. The 5K Gemini sensor, much like the one on Panasonic's GH5s, has a dual-ISO mode that lets you choose between dynamic range and...

Twitter makes it easy to share the best part of live videos

When you want to show your Twitter followers a specific part of a live video, you have no choice but to tell them what time to skip to. Now, Twitter has rolled out a new feature called "Timestamps," which gives you a way to share live videos that sta...

Apple Music puts all its music videos in one place

In January, Apple released a rundown of some of the features that would be released with iOS 11.3, a list that included Apple Music becoming a "home for music videos." Well now, ahead of the iOS 11.3 launch, Apple has incorporated a section in Apple...

Jaguar’s all-electric I-Pace is quick, agile and stylish

Jaguar introduced its low-slung pure electric crossover way back in 2016 at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Since then, it keeps popping up at car events while the automaker slowly doles out information on it. While we wait for the vehicle to make its way...

'Westworld' season two trailer offers our first glimpse of Shogunworld

Fans have been theorizing where Westworld would go after the shocking finale to its first season. Now we have a longer look at what will go down starting April 22nd. The latest trailer hints that there's more than just the western-themed park at play...

'Not Tonight' makes you a bouncer in post-Brexit Britain

In exactly 12 months, Britain will leave the European Union. It's a troubling time for the island state as politicians squabble over exit conditions and citizens grapple with a deep divide in their economic, societal and cultural values. For many, th...

Amazon may launch a bank account aimed at teens, says report

Amazon has been in discussions with banks to create a product aimed at teens and other younger users who don’t have their own credit cards, or an interest in applying for one, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly has held early stage talks with banks including JP Morgan Chase and Capital […]

Here’s what makes me ignore a pitch

While you’re immersed in the flow of the day, an article idea springs forward into your mind — it’s brilliant! You know just the outlet to send it to! You quickly write up your pitch. Hit send. Wait… and get no response. As a blogger and writer, I see the characteristics of bad pitches on a daily basis in my inbox. I often don’t even need to open the email to know that it’s one to be ignored. I sometimes forgive awkward subject lines and the odd typos. For many writers and editors, though, the amount of daily pitches overwhelms…

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Google's piracy filter nixes 'Kodi' from autocomplete search results

Google has made an effort in recent years to bury any content that might infringe upon copyrights or promote piracy. Now, according to TorrentFreak, the company has banned "Kodi" from its autocomplete feature. Now, if users type "Kodi" into a Google...

Introducing the TechCrunch Disrupt SF ’18 Virtual Hackathon

We’ve told you that TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018 is going to be the biggest, most ambitious Disrupt ever — and we’re serious. So serious, in fact, that we’re super-sizing the Hackathon, taking it online and making it global. Now thousands of the world’s most talented developers, programmers, hackers and tech makers can participate and […]

Facebook may have kept the videos you recorded but never pubished

Mark Zuckerberg's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad 2018 keeps getting worse. As people have begun downloading their Facebook data, they've found something unsettling: videos they recorded, but never published on the site. Recently, a Select/All...

Windows chief out as Microsoft reorganizes its business

Microsoft is reorganizing itself to be better-equipped for the future, according to an email sent to employees by CEO Satya Nadella. One casualty of the change is Terry Myerson, who has headed up the company's Windows business for the last five years...

TNW’s Big Spam: Our fork is hard

We’re a little late today… because we’re launching Hardfork, a brand new TNW-powered blog all about cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and the people behind them. ENJOY! Top trending tech news: 👍 Facebook is blocking third-party data brokers (TNW)🤫 They’re also testing a private comment feature (TNW) 🇬🇧 In-N-Out Burger is suing a YouTube prankster (BBC) What we’re talking about: Autoplaying video ads are coming to LinkedIn. Gee, thanks. The Instagram account @garyjanetti reimagines Prince Geoge as the shadiest baby ever. Many things about Donnie worry us — his visage resembling the shade of Nacho Cheese Dorito dust, for example — but the president’s obsession with Amazon might be the most worrisome. This developer created an…

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Pinterest Adds New 'People You Follow' Tab to Your Feed

The new "following" tab shows you pins from people you follow in reverse-chronological order.

Introducing Hard Fork: a new cryptocurrency and blockchain blog by TNW

One consequence of the ever-changing nature of technology is that we – as a media outlet – have to evolve with it. This often means broadening our horizons to include new paradigms and topics that might have once existed exclusively on the margins of the tech scene. Today we are proud to announce that The Next Web is branching out to launch our very first media sub-brand: Hard Fork. Far from its humble origins in Bitcoin and Satoshi Nakamoto’s promise to divorce the individual from the tight grip of the banking system, blockchain has grown to become one of the most…

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TNW is launching Hard Fork: A blog all about blockchain and cryptocurrency

Today, we’re launching Hard Fork: a brand new TNW-powered blog all about cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and the people behind them. You might have noticed the uptick in our articles about blockchain-related topics in the past months. This wasn’t simply because of the cryptocurrency mania that was sweeping the world – although that was admittedly exciting – but because the space was just rife with great stories. There were huge – and obvious – scams that left people penniless, but somehow still convinced their fortune would turn. There were charismatic blockchain creators that developed cult-like followings of dogmatic believers. There were makers…

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