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Google/Amazon deal sends YouTube to FireTV and Prime Video to Chromecast (finally)

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 5:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google


After a stand-off that’s lasted years, Google and Amazon have made peace and finally agreed to put their streaming apps on each other’s platforms. Yes, that means Prime is coming to Chromecasts, while YouTube will finally be available on Fire TVs. The two companies announced today they’d come to a detente. Google will bring the YouTube app to Amazon’s Fire TV devices and smart TVs, along with YouTube TV and Kids later this year. Amazon, meanwhile, will add Chromecast streaming support to the Prime Video app. It’s a welcome, if surprising handshake, given the feud between the two has lasted…

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TNW2019 Daily: Build your own conference schedule

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 2:51 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


In yesterday’s daily TNW Conference newsletter, I shared a Day 1 sample itinerary of unmissable keynotes. With only 21 days left until TNW2019 kicks off, let’s explore what your second day could look like! Want to tailor your day to certain tracks or other preferences? Check out the official schedule to build your own. 10:00 – Ankiti Bose, Growth Quarters Ankiti Bose is the co-founder of Zilingo, an ecommerce fashion platform. She’s set to become the first Indian female co-founder and CEO of a unicorn. TNW2019’s Growth Quarters track will showcase the success stories of top entrepreneurs and leaders. If…

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Flying cars could cut emissions, replace planes, and reduce traffic – but not soon enough

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 1:35 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


When Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was released 50 years ago, flying cars were a flight of fancy. Now, these futuristic vehicles are entering the outer fringes of reality. According to a new study published in Nature, for some journeys flying cars could eventually be greener than even electric road cars, cutting emissions while also reducing traffic on increasingly busy roads. However, gaps in necessary technology and practical uncertainties beyond the cars’ promising physics mean that they may not arrive in time to be a large-scale solution to the energy crisis and congestion – if at all. How to make a…

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TikTok Watch: High-schoolers are trolling teachers by using their first names

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 1:11 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


Welcome to TikTok Watch. You know, 2019’s version of Vine. This new series unearths the latest TikTok trends, so you don’t have to. Let’s face it, if you signed up, it’d just make you feel really old. When I was in school, a long time ago, teachers were called ‘sir’ or ‘miss.’ Never, under any circumstances, were we permitted to address them by their first names. It was a cardinal transgression, guaranteed to earn the offender a stern bollocking and almost certainly an after-school detention. Fast forward to 2019, and what was once an unpardonable sin is now the latest…

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Report: Cryptocurrency ransomware payments up 90%, thanks to Ryuk

Apr18
by on April 18, 2019 at 1:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Ransomware attacks are still doing the rounds and one in particular appears to be gaining pace. Cryptocurrency payments made to ransomware attackers increased nearly 90 percent in Q1 2019 over the previous quarter, according to ransomware support firm Coveware’s latest report. In the first quarter of the year, the average daily ransom being paid to attackers rose to $12,762 from $6,733 in Q4 2018. According to the report, an increase in expensive infections is responsible for the jump. As ever, Bitcoin remains the most popular payment method for ransomware; 98 percent of attacks ask for the cryptocurrency as payment. Coveware…

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