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How to watch Apple’s March event live

Mar25
by on March 25, 2019 at 5:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web


Apple is set to unveil its new streaming video platform today, and we’ve already heard a lot about what’s in store over the past few months. It’s expected to launch its service with plenty of original content – about a billion dollars’ worth – alongside movies and TV series from the likes of HBO and Showtime. The unveiling will take place on September 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park premises in Cupertino. The best place to follow along is right here on TNW, where we’ll cover the announcements as they happen. If you want to tune…

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Why your ecommerce business needs to start as an affiliate site

Mar24
by on March 24, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


There is a lot of risk involved in starting an ecommerce business. For one, most would-be merchants don’t know what products will sell well and what products won’t. And being unable to move inventory can be extremely costly — especially if you have a new business with little to no brand recognition. However, if you start with an affiliate site with impartial reviews of your future competitors, merchants, and products, you can quickly learn which products are popular with customers and position yourself to make significant profits from your own private labels (i.e. products that are manufactured by one company…

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AIs are being trained on racist data – and it’s starting to show

Mar24
by on March 24, 2019 at 4:24 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, syndication


Machine learning algorithms process vast quantities of data and spot correlations, trends and anomalies, at levels far beyond even the brightest human mind. But as human intelligence relies on accurate information, so too do machines. Algorithms need training data to learn from. This training data is created, selected, collated and annotated by humans. And therein lies the problem. Bias is a part of life, and something that not a single person on the planet is free from. There are, of course, varying degrees of bias – from the tendency to be drawn towards the familiar, through to the most potent…

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