7 catastrophic cryptocurrency trading blunders – and what you can learn from them

Here are seven cryptocurrency trading blunders you should absolutely avoid at all costs: 1. Frankie goes bankrupt FOMO is the main thing that fuels bad investments. Rule number one is to never invest more than youre willing to lose. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Investing all your money even in seemingly stable coins can be extremely risky. We saw this just months ago when Bitcoin hit anall-time highof $19,783 in December and subsequently burst....

October 25, 2018 · 2 min · 425 words · Victor Robbins PhD

Full moon patents: US Navy tube drones and Facebook doppelgängers

Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, yall. This October-ish roundup lands on the beautifulHunters Moon! Since mylast post, the US patent office issued over 21,220 patents and published over 23,486 patent applications. Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. The technology includes analyzing facial features of users images, including distinct regions, characteristic of faces, etc. Finally, each user is presented with a list of look-alike users and they may connect with each other....

October 25, 2018 · 2 min · 382 words · Ryan Whitehead

Dell’s XPS 15 with 4K display is the laptop for people who want it all

The unit we reviewed was a regular XPS 15 laptop, not the 2-in-1 version. But youll have a slightly less complete experience. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This thing is a beautiful beast. Aesthetically, it compares well to theLG Gram. Theyd be dead wrong. The XPS 15 can do it all. And it becomes pretty apparent this isnt your run-of-the-mill gadget once you open it up and power it on....

October 23, 2018 · 3 min · 457 words · Jennifer Davis

Miss the iPod? Get yourself one of these groovy music players

Streaming is great, but theres something wonderful about actually carrying your music with you. Because were lovely like that. Are you looking for an MP3 player to exercise with? 40% off TNW Conference! Lets start with its obvious flaw though: a dumb name. Yep, its listed as the SDMX28-016G-G46K. (Yes, Im aware this equipment is also called the Clip Jam). Still, it has some benefits. On top of that, its also water-resistant, durable, and has bluetooth capability....

October 23, 2018 · 2 min · 396 words · Michelle Fleming

The iPod is the greatest gadget ever – fight me

Come, pull up your chairs. The first version of the equipment was released on October 23, 2001 a full 17 years ago. That means if the iPod was born in the UK, it could now drive. This will also include a whole section about minidiscs, so strap yourself in. Alright so what do you mean by gadget? 40% off TNW Conference! Yep, but what kinda iPod are we talking about here?...

October 23, 2018 · 4 min · 726 words · Stacy Harris

Open floor plans should be killed with fire — or sound

The open office floor plan is kind of like socialism. Could we be the ones who will usher in the open office utopia? Who came up with this horrible idea? They envisioned an open office. The building was designed like an open plan factory, few walls, but many workers. The open workspace emerged out of this idea in 1950s Germany. 40% off TNW Conference! This created a modicum of privacy but did not solve theproblem of noise, to Propst horror....

October 22, 2018 · 2 min · 416 words · Kimberly Wilson

12 effective methods for testing tech before launch

Website and app development is a necessary facet in todays tech-based company culture. But as technological developments speed along, so too do the strings of potential bugs in new tech code. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. To diagnose problems, we use tools for click-and-scroll tracking as well as user session recording. Then we design based on data. Nick Chasinov,Teknicks 2. Alex Miller,Upgraded Points 3. Ask the user to perform tasks and see where they would naturally click/tap....

October 18, 2018 · 2 min · 356 words · Megan Brown

Q4 2018 internet report: Almost 4.2 billion humans are online

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Key numbers Lets get right to the good stuff. The total number of mobile subscriptions in use in October 2018 stands at 8.9 billion. There are a few potential reasons for this imbalance between stated gadget preferences and actual web traffic. Singapore topsOoklas fixed connection rankings with an average speed of 189 Mbps. Connections in six countries around the world now average more than 100 Mbps....

October 17, 2018 · 2 min · 249 words · Daniel Hunt

A woman won a Nobel Prize, but science is still sexist

One of the2018 Nobel Prizes in physicswent to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Female researchers have come a long way over the past century. Studies have shown those who persist in these careers face explicit and implicit barriers to advancement. But are things getting better in terms of equal representation? What still holds women back in the classroom, in the lab, in leadership and as award winners?...

October 16, 2018 · 2 min · 330 words · Daniel Jackson

Hands-on: Huawei’s Mate 20 Pro is the most ambitious phone in recent memory

Huawei could have just delivered theP20 Prothis year and left it at that. The Mate 20 Pro takes everything that was great about its predecessor and dials it up to 11. First, the specs: The phone comes with a few variants. It forgoes 3D face unlock and the in-display fingerprint sensor as well. The Mate 20Xhas a whopping 7.2-inch screen but also loses the fancier security methods. Oh, and it comes with a features a leather back....

October 16, 2018 · 2 min · 338 words · Madeline Mathews

6 reasons to invest in your 20s (when all you want to do is spend)

Youve probably heard this a thousand times. If you arent investing yet, you should start soon. The truth is, you should have already started. On average well go through at leastfour different jobsby the time were 32. 40% off TNW Conference! By 2020, self-employment is likely to triple to 42 million workers withmillennials making up 42 percent. This means we can now have our flan and eat it too. This means youll have to start building up your own retirement fund from scratch....

October 15, 2018 · 3 min · 439 words · Matthew Jones

Early Review: The Pixel 3 is a great phone that should’ve been better

The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL were arguably the best phones you could buy last year. ThePixel 3improves on its predecessors in every aspect except one: price. That depends on how much you care about the things only a Pixel can do. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. First up: I really dig the new design, somequibbles notchwithstanding. The two-tone glass on the rear looks and feels good....

October 15, 2018 · 3 min · 637 words · Benjamin Turner

Pixel 3 vs iPhone XS: Which camera is better?

Naturally, there were monumental expectations for what the Pixel 3s camera would be capable of. The selfies are richer in details than the iPhone XS. If you happen to like the skin smoothing effect, there is a face-enhancement mode in the Pixel too. As such, the Pixel 3s photos are much more vibrant and colorful. Meanwhile, the iPhone XS results are flatter. Apparently, camera shake can be a good thing....

October 15, 2018 · 2 min · 394 words · Cameron Allen