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CHEAP: Scream at the sky, time’s running out to save up to $250 on a MacBook

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 3:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Oh daaaamn, you best move quickly: Best Buy is running a limited time flash sale on MacBooks. At the time of writing, the deal has under 14 hours left, so if you’ve been on the hunt for a new Apple laptop, this is your chance. Yep, you can save up to $250 on a range of MacBooks, the benefits of which we probably don’t need to go into too much detail about, right? Almost everyone is familiar with the company’s famous computers. So, the offers.…

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Amazon is selling two new books supposedly authored by ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Everyone in the world of cryptocurrency knows the name Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin and author of its eponymous white paper. If you believe everything you see on the internet, it might seem as if Nakamoto is not yet done with their writing exploits. Over the past few weeks, two books allegedly written by none other than Satoshi Nakamoto have appeared on Amazon.com. According to a BitcoinTalk thread, they’re due to be released over the next month. One book, titled The Official Bitcoin Coloring Book claims to be 64 pages of zen-inducing, cryptocurrency coloring fun. It’s even printed…

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A quick and easy guide to writing a good CV

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:40 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. Resumes are important. They help showcase your experience, skills, and potential to possible employers. Do them right and you’ll land yourself an interview for your dream job. Get it wrong, and you’ll end up at the top of a pile of disregarded resumes. The fact of the matter is you need an awesome resume but don’t fret because it’s easily done and it shouldn’t take you too long. Firstly, don’t over complicate things. A resume should…

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The new Kindle Oasis’ adjustable hue makes night reading much easier

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


The new Kindle Oasis e-reader has been announced and it has a fancy new feature: a color adjustable backlight. Basically, rather than simply changing the brightness of the screen to help with evening reading, it can alter hue as the day progresses. Basically, it’ll turn from a cool blue during the day, to a warmer yellow color at night. Users can either change this themselves, or set the device to do so automatically. Our eyes will thank us. Amazon‘s Kindle Oasis is the premium version of the company’s range of e-readers, this means it’s normally the first to get exciting…

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Hackers exploit Mozilla Firefox bug reportedly affecting Coinbase users

Jun19
by on June 19, 2019 at 2:20 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Mozilla has warned hackers are exploiting a critical “zero-day” exploit in its Firefox browser — and cryptocurrency owners are most at-risk, ZDNet reports. Details of the bug are scarce, but Mozilla has described it as a “type confusion vulnerability” that could occur when interacting with JavaScript objects. “This can allow for an exploitable crash,” reads Mozilla’s latest patch note. “We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.” Samuel Groß, one of the security researchers who found and reported the bug, confirmed he did so way back on April 15 — over two months ago. “The first public fix then landed about…

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