These Roland BOSS pedals make you sound like a guitar god

Learning to play guitar is a lot of fun (and easier than ever), but somewhere around my 500th attempt at the main riff from “Black Sunshine” I got frustrated. I was playing the right notes, but it didn’t sound like White Zombie. In fact nothing I played sounded right – that is, until I added some Roland effects pedals to my practice sessions. Effects pedals allow you to change your guitar‘s tone with a stomp of your foot. This makes it simple to change from the crunchy sound of a heavy metal verse to the clean tones used in wailing…

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CHEAP: Get a ridiculously good Dyson cordless vacuum for 61 percent off

Corded vacuum cleaners suck (I’m sorry). The cables snag. Your range is limited to the nearest available wall socket. They’re often bulky and cumbersome. And, if you’re as hopelessly clumsy as I am, you’re perennially tripping on the wires. Lugging my ancient Vax to the top of my home’s landing area always feels somewhat dangerous, as though I’m Dyson with death (absolutely 100 percent not sorry). It’s for that reason why, if I lived in the states, I’d grab this Dyson V7 Motorhead cordless vacuum cleaner, which is currently on sale at Newegg for $154.99. That’s $245 (61 percent) less…

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Xbox enshrines wholesome ‘trash talk’ in its community standards

Microsoft changed the wording of its standards, explicitly banning offensive trash talk on its services and offering less crass alternatives. It sounds hokey at first — the examples of player banter sound so calculatedly good-natured they’ll make your teeth ache at first glance — but considering how often players can’t seem to tell the difference between trash talk and harassment, it’s an instruction some will need. The changes to Xbox‘s community standards were first spotted by eagle-eyed Redditors. The strictures on trash talk are in the fourth section, “Keep Your Content Clean,” where Microsoft outlines its desire to keep the platform accessible…

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ASUS made a souped-up gaming phone… so I used it to play Snake

With phones getting endlessly more powerful, it sometimes feel like a pointless arms race. Like, what do we need all that juice for? Faster scrolling on Instagram? 3D GIFS? Fucking Animoji? Well, with its beefed up ROG phone, ASUS has an answer: gaming. Muscular mobiles should be for gaming. I first covered Asus’ ROG phone over the Summer of 2018. Then, recently, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a review unit for a few weeks. While I was messing about with it, I was struck by something: yeah, a phone this powerful can play modern, 3D games easily, but…

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TNW2019 Daily: Working parent? We got you

We’re exactly one week away from TNW Conference! As we get closer to the event, I’d like to share some practical resources for you to use on May 9 and 10. TNW2019 tips and tricks Make your life easier by downloading the official TNW2019 app. Get in touch with attendees, network with companies, and build your personal schedule! Working parent? Get free onsite daycare for your kids (six months to 12 years old) during the conference. Also, there’s a dedicated space in the first aid tent for breastfeeding mothers Find the first aid tent and directions to TNW2019 on our…

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Want a blockchain job in big tech? This course might help you land one

What do Facebook, Visa, Shell, IBM, and EY have in common (other than being stupid rich)? They’re all hiring blockchain talent. Indeed, blockchain jobs are popping up all over the place these days. If you ever thought about learning the ins and outs of distributed ledger tech, now might be a good time – and we’ve got an idea where you can start. The University of California, Berkeley is currently running a “Blockchain Technology” online course on EdX. Among other things, the course will familiarize you with various consensus mechanisms (like Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work or Ethereum’s upcoming Proof-of-Stake), the concept of tokenomics, and…

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1 million crypto-jacking attempts blocked daily, despite Coinhive’s demise

The cryptocurrency mining script Coinhive may have shut down earlier this year, but crypto-jackers are still active across the internet. Many devices originally infected with Coinhive are also still trying to illicitly mine cryptocurrency. According to new figures from Malwarebytes, the cybersecurity firm blocked over 200,000 requests to connect to the Coinhive network the day after it shut down on March 8. Domain requests have since tailed off to an average of 50,000 per day over the past week. Malwarebytes is also blocking over 1 million cryptocurrency mining requests per day from Coinhive competitor CoinLoot. Late last year, reports suggested…

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