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TNW2019 Daily: The latest headlines

Apr15
by on April 15, 2019 at 3:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


With only 24 days left to go until TNW Conference, our tech festival in Amsterdam, we’re announcing updates every day. In case you don’t follow us on Twitter to hear the latest news, I’ve rounded up the biggest highlights of the past week! What’s the 411? We announced Guy Kawasaki, Apple’s original marketer in the ’80s, as the opening keynote for TNW2019! Check out the schedule to learn more Looking for your dream job? The House of Talent is your chance to get exclusive 1-1 meetings with the top digital brands, including Booking.com and Nike. Sign up now! We’re launching…

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These phones give you the most battery life per dollar

Apr15
by on April 15, 2019 at 2:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Phones have improved in pretty much every way over the past 20 years. Well, apart from in one area: battery life. Yep, the days when you could expect your phone to last you a week without a full charge are long gone. Now, you’re lucky if you get a full 24 hours out of one. There are phones (like this Energizer unit) that have huge batteries, but these normally come at a high price. Here at TNW, we’re not about that. So, to help you out, we’ve done some detective work and found the phones that’ll give you the most…

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BitcoinSV delisted by Binance amid Craig Wright controversy

Apr15
by on April 15, 2019 at 2:54 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Binance has announced it will delist controversial cryptocurrency Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BitcoinSV). The confirmation came via a blog post, in which it detailed its processes for ensuring projects meet its “high level of standards”. “Based on our most recent reviews, we have decided to delist and cease trading on all trading pairs for the following coin on 2019/04/22 at 10:00 AM UTC,” wrote Binance, before naming BitcoinSV as the only project to be delisted. Binance explained factors including quality of development activity and public communication, evidence of unethical and fraudulent conduct, and contribution to a healthy and sustainable cryptocurrency ecosystem were…

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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden’s top political party

Apr15
by on April 15, 2019 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Hackers have defaced the Twitter account of Sweden’s governing party with hate speech and declared they would replace the Swedish krona with Bitcoin. The strange tweets began early this morning, when the “Socialdemokraterna” account reportedly changed its name to “Bitcoindemokraterna,” and promised its leader’s would resign come morning, confirmed Expressen. It even added a tiny Bitcoin logo to its display picture. “During the night, our Twitter account was hijacked. Tweets and messages sent from the account during the night have not been sent by [us …],” said Socialdemokraterna. Attackers posted more than a dozen tweets over the course of several…

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Video: We forced the R2D2 builders association to reveal its raison d’etre

Apr15
by on April 15, 2019 at 1:27 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


This video is part of our series on Lille’s Maker Faire. To stay up-to-date on releases (and to find out more), check out our master post here. Despite science’s continual advances, there are mysteries we’ve still never solved. You know, things like what went on at the Dyatlov Pass? What’s the deal with the Great Attractor? And, most pressingly, why does R2D2 builders association exist? On our trip to Lille, we tried to solve one of these questions. Specifically, the last one. Check out the video above to see if we got to the core of the matter and revealed some pure, true…

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