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A brief history of YikYak — the anon platform making its return It’s back! How did it start? Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington, graduates of Furman University, South Carolina started this project as a hobby. In 2013, they officially released the app that let you create anonymous threads called “Yaks.” Users within five miles of the created Yak could participate in the discussion participate in the discussion. The idea was to let university students gossip about their peers....

A bunch of Bored Apes were stolen again, but don’t blame Web3 for it Scammers took over BAYC’s Instagram to post a fake airdrop Story byIvan Mehta Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag....

A cartoon project that really works 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....

A cartoon project that really works 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....

A chaotic intro to all this machine learning hoo-ha Everything you didn’t know to ask about ML Story byDale Markowitz Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week. Also tagged with Related Articles More TNW About TNW Tech bosses think nuclear fusion is the solution to AI’s energy demands – here’s what they’re missing Can OpenAI’s Strawberry program deceive humans? Discover TNW All Access How AI can help you make a computer game without knowing anything about coding Battle of the programming languages: Kotlin vs Java in the wake of AI