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How to recover your hacked Instagram account

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 5:41 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Basics


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. Previously, if your Instagram account was taken over by an attacker, recovering it would require wading through choppy customer support, or calling for assistance from white-hat hackers. Now, Instagram is rolling out new measures to help you get your account back more easily Here’s what you have to do in case your account gets hacked: Open the Instagram app, and go to the login page. Tap on ‘Need more help’. Enter the original email address and phone…

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MIT researchers taught robots to link senses like sight and touch

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 12:25 am
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


MIT researchers at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) have created a predictive AI that allows robots to link multiple senses in much the same way humans do. “While our sense of touch gives us a channel to feel the physical world, our eyes help us immediately understand the full picture of these tactile signals,” writes Rachel Gordon, of MIT CSAIL. In robots, this connection doesn’t exist. In an effort to bridge the gap, researchers developed a predictive AI capable of learning to “see by touching” and “feel by seeing,” a means of linking senses of sight and…

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Here’s why Minecraft: Story Mode episodes are $100 each on Xbox 360 right now

Jun18
by on June 18, 2019 at 12:12 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Something strange is happening with Minecraft: Story Mode. The game is currently on the verge of disappearing, at least from digital storefronts, but it’s reappeared on the Xbox 360’s digital storefron, and at an insanely high markup? So what’s going on? Unfortunately, the price is more of a last gasp designed to deter gamers from buying the dying game. The games were previously delisted from sale, given how the servers that support them will be shutting down in about a week. But according to the Minecraft: Story Mode Facebook page, taking it off the Xbox 360 store resulted in the users who already owned…

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