Here are the 11 female-led podcasts you should be listening to

Criminal 40% off TNW Conference! Phoebe Judges voice is incomparably smooth. Alejandro Tauber Listen to it here. Besides that,Invisibilia covering many topics in (social) psychology and neurology has some amazing stories. Georgina Ustik and Cara Curtis Serial An investigative journalism podcast hosted and produced by Sarah Koenig. The third season explores the flaws of the justice system through revisiting sloppy cases. Fascinating stories and brilliant execution. Its funny, sharp, insightful, and, importantly, brilliant....

February 27, 2019 · 1 min · 150 words · Robert Robinson

Fender Play is an excellent guitar tutor for people with social anxiety

Paying a professional for lessons directly contributes to your local music community. And theFender Playapp makes it easier than any other solution Ive tried. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The first thing Fender Play gets right is the interface. Your path includes your instrument and the style of your choice. The instrument options are: And the style choices are: These can be changed at any time. I chose the acoustic guitar blues path it goes well with my cheap acoustic guitar and taste for whiskey....

February 26, 2019 · 2 min · 386 words · Bob Brown

Fujifilm X-T3 review: a camera too good to be true (and yet, it is)

Yes, the X-T3 is so good I wish I could keep it forever. Do camera reviews even matter? So in 2017 I decided to change that, and set out to buy my very first camera. But even after all that research, I still didnt feel comfortable settling on a final choice. In the same piece, Malik showed an example of a review that did precisely that. (like note that X-photographers are pretty much unpaid Fujifilm brand ambassadors....

February 26, 2019 · 2 min · 361 words · Ricardo Pacheco

Here are the 5 hottest startups in Austria

ByMarta Dawydzikand Andrea Hak Ahhh Austria. The birthplace of Mozart, ski resorts, schnitzel, and Schwarzenegger. But besides the snow and the food, Austria is also home to a young but vibrant startup scene. At the same time, this doesnt mean Austrias startups are staying put. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Today we highlight Austria. This solution comes in two forms, both using gamification. The first is a dongle for manual toothbrushes, while the second is a sonic integrated toothbrush....

February 26, 2019 · 2 min · 334 words · Tanya West

Who’s afraid of OpenAI’s big, bad text generator?

Apparently weve finally run out of real things to be scared of. Its kind of boring actually. Dont get us wrong, the text generator called GPT-2 is pretty cool. It can sometimes generate coherent blocks of text from a single phrase. Its whereabouts are unknown. Our top priority is to secure the theft and ensure it doesnt happen again. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission did not immediately release any information. Pretty cool, right?...

February 26, 2019 · 3 min · 430 words · Debra Jones

This app helps improve your writing by destroying it

Magnificent, isnt it? At its most fundamental,glass.leavesis a web app that allows you to manipulate text. In other words, glass.leaves is a tool that lets you experiment on your words. Yes, this is getting even more meta. 40% off TNW Conference! And, importantly, why? Well, it took what was a pretty normal intro to an article and made something completely different. There are a gamut of lovely phrases in there that previously didnt exists at all....

February 25, 2019 · 2 min · 376 words · David Brady

TNW’s unofficial MWC survival guide

I could be talking about a Thai prison, but Im not. This is Mobile World Congress, arguably the biggest event in the smartphone calendar. This is my first time covering the event. I usually make a point to avoid trade shows, simply because theyre always a bit miserable. Before I set out, I wanted to ensure I wasnt going in blind. I reached out to friends who were veterans of the event and asked for essential survival advice....

February 25, 2019 · 4 min · 668 words · Dennis Freeman

First look at the Huawei Mate X: attractive, powerful, and unspeakably pricey

After all, the Huawei Mate X, announced today, is a bit like a rare Picasso painting. For starters, its gorgeous. Not pretty thats a bit diminutive.Gorgeous. And yes, a bit like a Picasso, its arse-clenchingly expensive. The Mate X is theLe Reveof phones. But perhaps, given whats on offer, it can justify its steep asking price. The first is an 8-inch tablet mode. This is an almost perfect square, with an 8:7....

February 24, 2019 · 3 min · 467 words · Richard Glenn

Why tech giants are interested in regulating facial recognition

Last week, Amazon made the unexpected move of calling for regulation on facial recognition. Facial recognition is one of the fastest-growing areas of the artificial intelligence industry. It has drawn interest from both the public and private sector and is already worth billions of dollars. Amazons latest announcement comes as a break from its previous approach toward setting legal constraints on its technology. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

February 24, 2019 · 3 min · 483 words · Scott Rios

Designers have an obligation to make gaming accessible for people with disabilities

Anyone can play video games, right? Popular talking points include how video game audiencesare increasingly large and diverse. These control schemes are more intuitive, and far less reliant on players accumulating controller literacy. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The video game industry needs to improve in this area. And that depends on changing the assumptions made at a design level about who plays video games. Butrecentmedia reportssuggest that peopleliving with a disability face barriers to entry formed by inaccessible technologies....

February 23, 2019 · 2 min · 372 words · Matthew Santiago

Paradoxically, platforms like Uber and Deliveroo could be good for labor unions

Let me explain why. Tickets to TNW Conference 2022 are available now! The commotion around the gig economy is about the future. Organizations defending the interests of workers generally fear such developments. Trade unions in particular dread the fact that employees will become more vulnerable by the platformization of labor. Effort to have platform constructions checked in court have led to mixed outcomes. 40% off TNW Conference! Platforms might not be a curse, but a blessing for trade unions....

February 23, 2019 · 3 min · 451 words · William Hunter

13 ways to get customers to choose your app over the competition’s

Competition between apps can be fierce. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Zev Herman,Superior Lighting 2. Visualize why your argument will help convince people on the fence about your app to commit to it. Let your app speak for itself. Reuben Yonatan,GetVoIP 3. Of course, the first step is to have a great app in the first place. Ismael Wrixen,FE International 4. See if you’ve got the option to find a way to enhance this in your own app....

February 22, 2019 · 2 min · 317 words · Tammy Huff

5 things you should know about STOs

Last weekend Hard Fork flew Seattle to attend NEOs second ever developer conference. While there, I moderated a panel discussion aboutSecurity Token Offerings(STOs). Moderating a panel is actually a great way of learning about the topic being discussed. As the chair you get to ask questions, and get input from a range of backgrounds and perspectives. Indeed, this panel was no different. Panel members came from all over the globe, and have a broad range of involvement with STOs....

February 22, 2019 · 2 min · 423 words · Benjamin Dickson