Thanks, electric eels, without you our batteries would suck Electric eels inspire the first battery and the future of battery tech Copying the eel’s electric organ Prior to Volta’s battery, the only way for people to generate electricity was to rub various materials together, typically silk on glass, and to capture the resulting static electricity. This was neither an easy nor practical way to generate useful electrical power. Volta knew electric fishes had an internal organ specifically devoted to generating electricity....

Thar’s gold in them domain names! Story byBoris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Boris is a serial entrepreneur who founded not only TNW, but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), and(show all)Boris is a serial entrepreneur who founded not onlyTNW, but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), andpr.co. Boris is very active on Twitter as@Borisand Instagram:@Boris. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

Thar’s gold in them domain names! Story byBoris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Boris is a serial entrepreneur who founded not only TNW, but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), and(show all)Boris is a serial entrepreneur who founded not onlyTNW, but also V3 Redirect Services (sold), HubHop Wireless Internet Provider (sold), andpr.co. Boris is very active on Twitter as@Borisand Instagram:@Boris. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

That Bored Apes company got a $4B valuation. Now they’re promising a metaverse So another metaverse? What the hell even is a Bored Ape Yacht Club? Yuga Labs’ marquee product, BAYC, a collection of digital ape avatars, has generated the most hype in the web3 world. There are a multitude of famous owners, with musicians like Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, and Diplo; Hollywood celebs like Gwyneth Paltrow and Paris Hilton; and athletes like Neymar, Serena Williams, and Steph Curry all owning some of the, uh, art....

That was one rocking conference! Story byErnst-Jan Pfauth Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He a(show all)Ernst-Jan Pfauth is the former Editor in Chief of Internet at NRC Handelsblad, as well as an acclaimed technology author and columnist. He also served as The Next Web’s blog’s first blogger and Editor in Chief, back in 2008....