Whenever I unbox new wireless headphones for review, the first thing I do is connect them to a charger so I can have a nice long listening session the next day. But rather than connect a charger to theUrbanista Los Angeles‘ USB-C port, I simply set the headphones near a window. By the time I actually listened to them, they’d been topped up by nothing other than the power of the sun....
Being something of a social media nut, I tend to go gaga over any new tools, studies or services that pop up online. So gaga, in fact, that when a Twitter follower of mine mentioned something about a free social media book hitting Kindle stands online, I just had to grab it. It’s calledZarrella’s Hierarchy of Contagiousness: The Science, Design, and Engineering of Contagious Ideas. To my delight, it happens to be written by one of my favorite social media experts online,Dan Zarrella— a figure whose research I’ve previouslyreferenced in articles here on The Next Web, and whose work I currently follow with fascination....
Last Friday was quite a doozy in the cybersecurity world: a Russia-linked REvil ransomware gang is believed to be behinda massive ‘supply chain’ attackthat crippled hundreds of businesses across the US and elsewhere. Now, the groupwants $70 million in exchange for a tool to decrypt the filesthey’ve locked on victims’ networks. The Record’s Catalin Cimpanu reported that REvil has claimed responsibility for the attack andput out the call for the enormous ransom....
It’s no secret here at The Next Web that I think cats are pretty funny. In real life, I really dislike cats. I preferpuppiesandgiant bunny rabbits. But I’m slowly coming around, thanks to my roommate’s new kitty, which she namedWendy Sparklehorse. (N.B. my roommate is not a 13-year old girl.) So on this sunny Friday afternoon, I stumbled upon a series of cat-friendly funny photoshop jobs onLaughing Squid, and felt the need to share with you here....
AI-based face replacing apps are fun and they let you reimagine photos and songs in a different way. One of those apps, Reface (previously known as Doublicat) is introducinga new featurethat will let you animate old paintings, and even add your face in them. There have been a few apps that offer similar functionality. For instance,Deep Nostalgiaallows you to resurrect old photos into animated GIFs, andWomboturns your selfies into lip sync videos with music....
