5G alone won’t be enough to justify buying an iPhone this year
This week, Apple will announce this year’s new iPhones. We’re expecting there to be four of them: the iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12, and a smaller…
Agility of small businesses during COVID-19 puts big pressure on corporates
Like so many small businesses, a craft beer brewery close to me here in Northern California could have gone belly up when the COVID-19 crisis forced the closure of its…
How your city will transform as mobility tech catches on
Parking prices, congestion charges, fuel stations – the costs and diversions one never had to face on their way to work in the age of horse and carriage. The switch…
Give me a remote or give me death: a tale of the new Chromecast
This is adapted from Plugged In, TNW’s bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it (and our other great newsletters) here. Autumn — the most distinguished of seasons —…
Facebook Tweaked Its Rules, but You Can Still Target Voters
Facebook said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend political advertising after Election Day, November 3. It’s the latest in a series of moves by the social media giant to limit…
New York Is Trying Targeted Lockdowns. Will It Curb Covid?
New York—unlike Meyers’ home state, she notes, and most of the US—is currently in the stage of containing flare-ups, and there are advantages. It’s possible to hurl resources at a…
The Delightful, Painful Nostalgia of Radio Archives
Hyper-personalized, algorithmic music services promise to deliver the exact music you want, exactly when you want it. But radio, with its illusion of serendipity and its DJ-driven commentary, is a…
His Writing Radicalized Young Hackers. Now He Wants to Redeem Them
Set the first and last books in Cory Doctorow’s epic, three-book Little Brother cypherpunk saga side-by-side, and they read a bit like a creative writing master class on telling two…
Apple iPhone 12 Event (2020): How to Watch, What to Expect
Every fall, like clockwork, a new iPhone is birthed unto the world. Apple invites us all to join its executives at the company’s campus in Cupertino, California, for the big…
Move over the S20 FE: the Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus is down to Rs 49,999 null
The Flipkart Big Billion days sale and Amazon Great India Festival sale are scheduled to take off later this week. As always, both the e-commerce players have already started teasing…