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Huawei delays the foldable Mate X to avoid Samsung’s mistakes

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by on June 14, 2019 at 7:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


In the wake of Huawei’s US export ban, its easy to forget that the company was due to launch one of the first folding phones to hit the market. The $2,600 Mate X was set to go head-to-head with Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, but after the Korean giant delayed the device due to mishaps with early review units, Huawei says it wants to avoid the same mistakes. The Mate X was originally announced in February and rumored to launch in June, but a Huawei spokesperson told CNBC the launch will now take place in September. It’s worth noting Huawei had not…

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How to create a simple RSS feed reader on iOS

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 2:37 pm
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. Apple has announced that Shortcuts, a powerful automation app for the iPhone and iPad, will come pre-installed on iOS devices. This is great news because it’s an incredibly handy app — based on Workflow which Apple acquired in 2017 — let’s you combine multiple actions to perform a specific task. What kind of things, you ask? Well, you can for example make it easier to open your favorite Apple Music playlist, finding travel times to…

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WATCH: Craig Wright briefly forgets he ‘invented’ Bitcoin

Jun14
by on June 14, 2019 at 2:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Craig Wright appears to have briefly forgotten that he wrote the Bitcoin white paper while speaking at a recent conference in Toronto. Wright, lead brain behind alternative cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision, caused controversy earlier this year after suing community members who refused to acknowledge that he created Bitcoin under the Satoshi Nakamoto pseudonym. An eagle-eyed Twitter user shared a clip from Wright’s presentation, in which Wright (hilariously) says: There’s this whole section, I remember some white paper, um, back in 2008, had this section on how identity worked in Bitcoin. I remember reading it… probably when I wrote it… and there was this…

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Everything you need to know about your MacBook’s trackpad gestures

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by on June 14, 2019 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: 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. The trackpad of a MacBook is a wonderful thing. You can do a lot of stuff if you know the trackpad shortcuts off the top of your head. But with so many gestures, it can be a bit hard to remember all of them. So, here’s a nifty list for you to remember. MacBook trackpad gestures Right-click: Tap with two fingers. Scroll: Slide two fingers up or down. Zoom in/out: Pinch with two fingers to zoom…

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Chinese Bitcoin miner arrested for stealing electricity from oil well

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by on June 14, 2019 at 12:23 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Authorities in China have arrested a man after he reportedly stole electricity from an oil well to mine Bitcoin. The arrest was made after the police received a phone call from Daqing Oilfield, located in Haerken district (Tsitsihar, China) on May 28th. According to a local media report, the man laid an electricity cable through a fish pond to steal the power from the oil well. In order to verify the claims, the police used a drone to conduct an airborne investigation and eventually discovered a small metal mining rig containing 20 Bitcoin mining machines. Overall, the damage caused to the…

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