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A milestone in gaming: Grand Theft Auto IV breaks 500 million barrier in first week Story byPatrick de Laive Patrick de Laive is an experienced entrepreneur and daddy of Bo and Denne. He is co-founder of TNW and sporadicly invests in startups. He is(show all)Patrick de Laive is an experienced entrepreneur and daddy of Bo and Denne. He is co-founder ofTNWand sporadicly invests in startups. He is a frequently asked speaker at (tech) events across the globe....

A new ‘baby Jupiter’ is offering fresh clues about planet formation It’s currently in the formation process How do planets form? For many years scientists thought they understood this process by studying the one example we had access to our own Solar System. However, the discovery of planets around distant stars in the 1990s made it clear that the picture was much more complicated than we knew. In new research, we have spotted a hot, Jupiter-like gas giant in the process of forming around a star about 500 light-years from Earth....

A peek into the tech behind WhatsApp’s new multi-device feature Rolling out to a select number of users What’s the challenge for secure multi-device communication? Having multiple devices connected to an account for a chat app is not new. Telegram, for instance, uses its cloud to let you use the app on multiple devices independently. However, these messages are not protected by end-to-end encryption — a marquee feature for WhatsApp....

A peek into the tech behind WhatsApp’s new multi-device feature Rolling out to a select number of users What’s the challenge for secure multi-device communication? Having multiple devices connected to an account for a chat app is not new. Telegram, for instance, uses its cloud to let you use the app on multiple devices independently. However, these messages are not protected by end-to-end encryption — a marquee feature for WhatsApp....

A plant-based filet mignon gave me a taste of a meatless future Don’t have a cow, man What’s beef? Juicy Marbles shipped me a sample from the startup’s homeland of Slovenia. After sprinkling salt on the steaks, I fried them until the crust was golden brown. If you want to try my secret recipe, the magic is revealed in the video below: I sliced up the fake steak and shoved a forkful in my mouth....