The company said previously the feature was only available on Android. However, it’s rolling out to iOS and desktop users starting today. So you might see that appear on top of your feed anytime now. These topics are based on your viewing history and personalized recommendations. YouTube has also added support for French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages for this feature. The company says this topic bar will also show up for the “Up Next” section as well while browsing for videos....

An ice bong for vapes. Ain’t technology grand? [Read: Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked] But before we get to the potatoes, let’s talk about the meat. The Arc GT costs $229.99 putting it squarely at the mid-high end of the market where it bumps up against the likes of the Davinci IQ and the Pax 3. In the looks department, I would normally pan the fact that it only comes in black because I think the tech world is saturated in melancholy darkness....

Face-muting is ok Communicating remotely isn’t new. For ages, we corresponded by mail. Then we added telegraphs, which increased the speed of communication. Then came telephones, which allowed us to communicate beyond cables. Fax, email, instant message—the communication options continued to grow. We didn’t see each other’s faces, yet business still thrived. Video calls are great for a lot of things, like screen sharing and picking up on non-verbal cues. But it doesn’t mean we always have to stare each other in the face....

“Binance and Huobi lead all exchanges in illicit Bitcoin received by a significant margin,” said cryptocurrency analysis unit Chainalysis. “That may come as a surprise given that Binance and Huobi are two of the largest exchanges operating, and are subject to KYC regulations.” [Read: Greece suspends extradition of alleged launderer for Bitcoin ‘stolen’ from Mt Gox] Chainalysis found more than 300,000 individual accounts on those exchanges had touched Bitcoin sent from “criminal sources” last year, and manually identified a list of the top 100 “rogue” over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency brokers they believe to be money launderers....

Then you have specs. While companies like Huawei, Samsung, and OnePlus brandish what’s under the hood of their handsets as a marketing tactic, Apple have quietly tried to remove themselves from this arm’s race. I mean, how many of our relatives or friends genuinely care about camera megapixels, processors, or display technology? They just want a phone that works and works well — the reason many of them choose Apple devices in the first place....

This might still sound futuristic, but they’re actually already walking among us, and many more of us could become cyborgs in the coming years, if plans by people like Elon Musk pan out. It’s going to take a while to adjust to this coming reality, both practically (in terms of legislation) and ideologically (we’re all familiar with dystopian depictions of half-human, half-machine abominations). There is one area, however, that’ll probably be particularly difficult to get to play nice with cyborgs: religion....

— Mike Camerlengo (@MCamerlengo) October 19, 2019 As thousands of podcasts are uploaded to streaming platforms every day, searching for a new series or episode isn’t an easy job — you’ll find yourself wading through the mediocre, the over-enthusiastic, and the unrelatable shows. So, to save you the hassle of finding your next go-to podcasts, TNW’s editorial team have hand-picked their favorite series and episodes of the year. We’ve got a show breaking down the elements of a pop song, traveling the world to learn about crypto, a witty weekly round-up of current affairs, and more....

Survival for an automotive company in the 21st century appears to be centered on two interrelated critical paths—forging profitable alliances with other automakers and developing new zero-emission products. This past week German automaker BMW made announcements touching on both areas: BMW CEO Oliver Zipse told Reuters he expected the alliance with Toyota to continue. So far, that relationship has produced the Toyota Supra sports car (with a BMW engine and suspension in a Toyota-designed body) and promises future fuel cell vehicles....

Working from home or not having the right work setup in the office can wreak havoc on your physical health, causing a lot of stiffness and pain. With this in mind, here are three easy neck stretches that I’ve found helpful — just do them at your desk and they’ll leave you feeling better in no time. [Read: 5 easy stretch routines to make working from home more bearable]...

A modern-day web application contains a considerably high number of JS files because of our tendency to use more and more dynamic features in the application. While the added features are great for the users, managing these modules along with other third-party dependencies used in the application, without additional support, could become quite a headache for developers. For example, you’ll have to manually control the order each script is executed on the browser....

As a marketing professional with a hands-on experience in B2B and B2C, I have observed many startups that make a lot of marketing mistakes right from the start. While these companies were from various industries, ranging from ecommerce to digital health, they often share common pitfalls. Learning about these missteps can help you better navigate your business activity and guide your team during the uncertainty associated with the early days of the startup’s scaling — so let’s take a closer look....

I was also high as shit when I watched it in the cinema. “There’s no way Cats could possibly be better than it already is,” I said to myself in the mirror around three weeks ago — something I had been doing daily since I saw the movie. But then, something magnificent happened: News of a ‘Cats butthole cut’ surfaced. [Read: Please, won’t someone let me buy a kettlebell?] Yes, my feline anus loving friends, if a random tweet is to be believed — and I see no reason why I should stop trusting random shit on the internet — a Cats butthole cut exists: Being hit with this was what I imagine it feels like to become a Jellicle Cat: excitement, nausea, repulsion, and a deep and utterly overwhelming horniness....

In 2020, high-tech products represented approximately 20% of total exports from the European Union by value, with other major sectors including pharmaceuticals, telecoms, aerospace, and armaments. Enjoying annual growth rates upward of 10% before the semiconductor shortage and employing more than 3.5 million workers, high-tech is the fastest-growing European industry by far. Considering the importance and apparent vulnerability of the sector, the EU is scrambling to implement initiatives to encourage domestic chip manufacturing and reboot innovation at home....

I couldn’t name the latest and most anticipated video games, I thought COD (Call of Duty) was a fishing game for an embarrassing amount of time, and, when playing Grand Theft Auto, I work as a legitimate taxi driver and don’t kill anyone. But there’s one gaming thing I’m absolutely sure of: the Nintendo Wii was way ahead of its time. All the way back in 2006, Nintendo was one of the first companies to make video games more interesting to people of all types — and not just boys....

While making Twitter free for all “within the bounds of the law” seems like a way to ensure free speech in theory, in practice, this action would actually serve to suppress the speech of Twitter’s most vulnerable users. My team’s research into online harassment shows that when platforms fail to moderate effectively, the most marginalized people may withdraw from posting to social media as a way to keep themselves safe....

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one form of highly-energetic explosion in deep space. Thought to be caused by small, massive objects, although the exact nature of these objects is still in question. The energy released by eruptions of these objects can outshine the entire galaxies in which they reside, but these events fade in a small fraction of a second. The 180916.J0158+65 FRB has now been repeating for 500 days....

As part of a Nissan support initiative, driving in fully autonomous mode, the Leaf drove from the company’s technical center in Cranfield, just outside Milton Keynes in southern England, to its factory in Sunderland, way up north, Reuters reports. [Read: Tesla’s Autopilot dangerously fooled by drone mounted projectors] According to the report, this is the longest, most complex journey ever taken by a fully autonomous vehicle in the country. For a human, driving from Cranfield to Sunderland would be pretty stressful: it would include stop-start city driving, motorways, and probably a bit of countryside motoring on unmarked unfamiliar roads....

The release follows an official announcement at Adobe’s MAX event last year. To be clear, the company will likely officially announce its available later this week, but the app link is live on the App store. The app is free to download and use for 30 days, but you’ll need a Creative Cloud subscription to continue using it after that. If you already have a subscription for Adobe’s desktop apps that covers Photoshop, you should be good to go — you just need to log in with your paid account credentials....

The attackers targeted iOS and macOS users with zero-day vulnerabilities in Chrome and Safari browsers that bypassed built-in security protections to show potential victims intrusive pop-up ads, and redirect users to malicious sites. Cybersecurity firm Confiant has been extensively tracking the group — dubbed “eGobbler” — a name inspired by the Thanksgiving holiday, when researchers spotted their malvertising campaigns for the first time last year. Blink — the rendering engine that powers Google Chrome — is also a fork of WebKit....

According to a report by Bloomberg, the company has already started discussing possible solutions to limit tracking. However, the final solution might not be as harsh as Apple’s, and it might give some leverage to publishers for ad targeting. [Read: How much does it cost to buy, own, and run an EV? It’s not as much as you think] Ad publishers were not really happy about the iPhone maker’s decision as they had to drastically change their practices....