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NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet will have a 4K TV instead of a forward window
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
NASA’s X-59 QueSST experimental quiet supersonic aircraft will have a cockpit like no other — featuring a big 4K screen where you’d normally ha...
Apple Watch’s own built-in apps can be deleted in watchOS 6
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Good news for Apple Watch owners who don’t want to clutter up their Watch with unused apps. With the release of the new watchOS 6 operating system ...
The Geesaa automates (but overcomplicates) pourover coffee
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Making pourover coffee is a cherished ritual of mine on most mornings. But there are times I wish I could have a single cup of pourover without fussin...
ThinkGeek.com to close, replaced as a section of GameStop
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sad news for anyone who loves geeky goods and top-notch April Fools’ jokes: ThinkGeek.com, the 20 year old online retailer known for selling more ge...
Fiverr shares climb 90% in first day of trading
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Freelance marketplace Fiverr had a good first day on the New York Stock Exchange. The company priced its IPO at $21 per share last night, raising arou...
Walmart Grocery is now offering a $98 per year ‘Delivery Unlimited’ subscription
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Walmart is taking aim at Instacart, Target’s Shipt, and Amazon Prime Now/Whole Foods with a new grocery delivery subscription service called simply...
Millions of Venmo transactions scraped in warning over privacy settings
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A computer science student has scraped seven million Venmo transactions to prove that users’ public activity can still be easily obtained, a year a...
Lightspeed Venture Partners doubles its growth practice
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lightspeed Venture Partners, a firm behind the likes of BetterUp, Aurora, Goop and dozens of others, will allocate more capital to mature companies wi...
Chewy founder Ryan Cohen on its fast-approaching IPO: “It’s like seeing my baby graduate”
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ask any venture capitalist about the most important ingredient to success in startups, and they’ll tell you it centers on founders who can persuade ...
Google leaks its own phone
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Details of the Pixel 4 have been swirling around this week, so Google has decided to just leak the design of its next phone via its official Twitter ...
Elon Musk: There is not a demand problem for the Tesla Model 3
12 Jun 2019
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Elon Musk: There is not a demand problem for the Tesla Model 3 Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s opening comments at the annual shareholder’s meeting went str...
Everyone loves pizza, including VCs
12 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders? Big reve...
Vive Pro Eye launches in US, costs four times as much as Rift S
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Vive Pro Eye launches in US, costs four times as much as Rift S HTC had the hottest VR headset out of the gate in 2016, but the thinning margins on co...
Answers to your burning questions about how ‘Sign In with Apple’ works
11 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
One of the bigger security announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week is Apple’s new requirement that app developers mus...
Xiaomi recalls some of its popular M365 scooter model
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Xiamoi recently discovered a safety issue with the M365 electric scooter where a screw could become loose in the folding apparatus. That would then ca...
Uber’s COO and chief marketing officer are out
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Uber’s chief operating officer Barney Harford and chief marketing officer Rebecca Messina are stepping down as part of an organizational shakeup p...
What to expect from E3 2019
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
E3 2019 is shaping up to be a bit of an in-between year. Nintendo Switch sales have finally started slowing, but the company’s a ways off from its ...
Destiny 2 goes free to play and gains cross-saving on all platforms
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bungie aims to fortify the popular but flagging Destiny 2 with an expanded free-to-play plan and universal cross-platform saving, the company announc...
YouTube’s bully problems prove that community doesn’t scale
06 Jun 2019
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Drew Olanoff Contributor Editor’s note: Drew is a geek who first worked at AOL when he was 16 years old and went on to become a senior writer ...
Grow Mobility, the micromobility startup formerly known as Grin, merges with payment system Flinto
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Grow Mobility, the entity that consists of electric scooter startup Grin, and bike and scooter-share startup Yellow, has merged with payments startup ...
Security stays hot as Imperva grabs Distil Networks
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Last week four security companies changed hands. The shopping spree continued this week with CDN company Imperva announcing it was buying bot mitigati...
Brooklyn and Queens are now flush with 1,000 of Revel’s shared electric mopeds
04 Jun 2019
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Brooklyn and Queens are now flush with 1,000 of Revel’s shared electric mopeds Revel Transit has released 1,000 of its shared electric mopeds onto t...
Teams autonomously mapping the depths take home millions in Ocean Discovery Xprize
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a whole lot of ocean on this planet, and we don’t have much of an idea what’s at the bottom of most of it. That could change with the cr...
‘Gato Roboto’ and ‘Dig Dog’ put pixelated pets to work in gleeful gaming homages
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing inspiration from games of yore but with dog and cat protagonists that signal light adventures rather than grim, dark ones, Gato Roboto and Dig...
Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for ‘wormable’ BlueKeep bug appear
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft has issued its second advisory this month urging users to update their systems to prevent a re-run of attacks similar to WannaCry. The softw...
What to expect from Apple’s WWDC 2019
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Last year’s WWDC was a rare step away from hardware for the company, without a single device announcement. In fact, Apple’s gadget lines have lar...
LEGO celebrates Apollo 11 with a lovely, bricky Lunar Lander
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing is approaching, and there will be no shortage of fanfare — so why shouldn’t LEGO get...
The Crunchbase Unicorn Leaderboard is back, now with a record herd of 452 unicorns
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We are very pleased to announce that the new and improved Crunchbase Unicorn Leaderboardre-launched today after nearly a year’s absence from TechCru...
Go chat yourself with Facebook’s new Portal companion app
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ignoring calls that it’s creepy, Facebook is forging onward with its Portal smart display. Today Facebook quietly launched iOS and Android Portal a...
Zero raises $20 million from NEA and others for a credit card that works like debit
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Zero raises $20 million from NEA and others for a credit card that works like debit Just ahead of the launch of the Apple Card, a startup that has its...
Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women When Ezra first launched about six months ago, the company was using magne...
Instagram’s vertical IGTV surrenders to landscape status quo
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A year ago Instagram made a bold bet with the launch of IGTV: That it could invent and popularize a new medium of long-form vertical videos. Landscap...
SpaceX reveals more Starlink info after launch of first 60 satellites
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Last night’s successful Starlink launch was a big one for SpaceX — its heaviest payload ever, weighed down by 60 communications satellites that wi...
WikiLeaks’ Assange charged under the Espionage Act in a ‘major test case’ for press freedom
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Assange, founder of whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, has been charged with more than a dozen additional charges by U.S. federal prosecutors, in...
The U.S. Senate is coming after ‘loot boxes’
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gamers feel passionately about loot boxes, turns out some elected officials do too. A new Senate bill was formally introduced today with bipartisan su...
My desk doesn’t deserve the $600 Dyson Lightcycle lamp
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Like many of you, I’m assuming, my desk was purchased at Ikea and is the center of my life. Such as it is, the desk is littered with bits of cracker...
Seven years later, the OUYA is dead for real
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Remember the OUYA? As a cheap Android-powered game console, it was pitched as being able to “open the last closed platform: the TV”. It was one of...
Future Family launches a $200 membership for fertility coaching
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Future Family is a startup aiming to make fertility services like IVF and egg freezing more accessible. They work with doctors and clinics to make the...
Apple announces new MacBook Pros with a keyboard fix, oh, and more powerful processors
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Apple is updating its 15” MacBook Pro with new 8-core and 6-core processors and its 13” MacBook Pro with Touch Bar with 8th gen quad-core processo...
Why is Facebook doing robotics research?
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a bit strange to hear that the world’s leading social network is pursuing research in robotics rather than, say, making search useful, but Fa...
Minecraft Earth makes the whole real world your very own blocky realm
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When your game tops a hundred million players, your thoughts naturally turn to doubling that number. That’s the case with the creators, or rather st...
Rivian debuts a pull-out kitchen for its electric pickup trick
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes you need scrambled eggs. And with that thought, toady at the Overland Expo in Flagstaff, AZ, Rivian announced a major accessory for its elec...
Clutter has picked up Omni’s storage business; Omni to focus on rentals
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the heels of Clutter announcing a large growth roundof $200 million earlier this year, the storage startup is cleaning up the competitive field. Te...
Asus’ $499 ZenFone 6 has a flip-up camera and a giant battery
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Premium smartphone manufacturers have moved the needle on pricing, but 2019 may well go down as a kind of golden age for budget flagships. Apple, Goog...
TikTok tops the iOS App Store for the fifth quarter in a row
17 May 2019
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TikTok tops the iOS App Store for the fifth quarter in a row Despite a $5.7 million FTC fine and changes to restrict its use by under 13-year-olds, Ti...
Oh no, there’s A.I. whiskey now
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Forget all those whiskey brands from musicians and celebs — there’s A.I. whiskey now. Microsoft this week announced it has teamed up with Finnish ...
Jeff Bezos personally dumps a truckload of dirt on FedEx’s future
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon want to be plenty of things, the most predictable of which is its ambitions to control America’s shipping backbone. The company’s efforts ...
Stocks gain back some ground as investors assess the trade war’s impact
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks had their best trading day in a while on Tuesday as investors took a break from selling to assess the actual effects of the trade war with Chin...
After year-long lockout, Twitter is finally giving people their accounts back
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter is finally allowing a number of locked users to regain control of their accounts once again. Around a year after Europe’s new privacy laws ...
Jeff Bezos aims Blue Origin at the Moon
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today at a packed event blocks from the White House, Jeff Bezos took the stage in front of select members of the media, executives, government officia...
Virgin Galactic is ‘coming home’ to Spaceport America in New Mexico
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Aspiring space tourism outfit Virgin Galactic has just announced its readiness to shift its operations to New Mexico’s Spaceport America, from whic...
Blue Moon Brewing is capitalizing on Bezos’ news with a lunar lander keg
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Every so often, a big corporation manages to play the news cycle just right. Generally such things aren’t recommended and can fairly easily backfire...
Uber’s first day as a public company didn’t go so well
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ouch. Yikes. Oof. Sigh. Those are some of the friendlier phrases I imagine came out of the mouths of bankers, investors, executives and really anyone ...
Uber prices IPO at $45 per share, raises $8.1B
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Uber has set its initial public offering at $45 per share, per reports, raising $8.1 billion in the process. The price, which falls at the low end of...
Singapore passes controversial ‘fake news’ law which critics fear will stifle free speech
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Singapore has passed a controversial bill that could equip the government with extensive powers to police online media and free speech. The bill was f...
Trump’s China tariffs are getting a major increase on Friday
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The stock market has already seen some wild fluctuations this week in anticipation of the latest volley in a trade war ramping up between the U.S. and...
Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Google today announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. “Android development will beco...
The headphone jack is back for the Google Pixel 3a
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hello old friend. I knew you would be back. I didn’t know how or when, but I knew we would be reunited again. It turns out all it would take was a c...
A glitch is breaking all Firefox extensions
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you just open Firefox only to find all of your extensions disabled and/or otherwise not working? You’re not alone, and it’s nothing you did. R...
Uber and Lyft drivers are striking ahead of Uber’s IPO
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With Uber expected to make its debut on the public market by Friday, May 10, on-demand ride-hailing drivers are planning to strike on Wednesday. The ...
Sonic the Hedgehog director says character is getting makeover after backlash
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2006, New Line Cinema added five days of reshoots for Snakes on a Plane, six months after principal filming had wrapped. The new shoots helped chan...
Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Coinbase, the $8 billion-valued crypto exchange, has lost its CTO after Balaji Srinivasan announced his departure from the company. Srinivasan became...
Early Uber advisor Bradley Tusk looks back — and forward — as its IPO fast approaches
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bradley Tusk’s story is well-known by now. A political operative who managed Michael Bloomberg’s successful third mayoral campaign, Tusk soon turn...
What to expect from Google I/O 2019
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Developer season has begun! Next week, Google will be putting on a big party at the pointy outdoor amphitheater in Mountain View. It’s shaping up t...
Once a major name in smartphones, LG Mobile is now irrelevant — and still losing money
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Once a major name in smartphones, LG Mobile is now irrelevant — and still losing money LG was once a stalwart of the smartphone industry — remembe...
Fanduel is now charging inactive users $3 per month for not playing
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You expect to lose money gambling, but you don’t really expect to lose it abstaining from gambling. But if you’re Fanduel user who hasn’t made a...
Ready or not, the first Sonic the Hedgehog trailer is here
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ready or not, the first Sonic the Hedgehog trailer is here It’s been 28 years since Sonic the Hedgehog first arrived on home gaming consoles. In som...
Review: Oculus Quest could be the Nintendo Switch of VR
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook has bet a lot on its VR dream. The industry has become the butt of a few jokes in the past couple years as hype has deflated, but there’s b...
The Google Assistant can now tell you a story on your phone
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Google Assistant can now tell you a story on your phone For the last year or so, you could ask the Google Assistant on your Google Home device to ...
Elon Musk, SEC agree to guidelines on Twitter use
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla,Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement Friday that will give the CEO freedom to use Twitter —within ce...
Samantha Bee: Canadian, comedian, and defender of the free press
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The only job named in and protected by the U.S. constitution is journalism. But when it’s under attack from fake news, misinformation, and the suppo...
Twitter makes ‘likes’ easier to use in its twttr prototype app. (Nobody tell Jack.)
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the one hand, you’ve got Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey lamenting the “like” button’s existence, and threatening to just kill the thing off entir...
Uber will reportedly seek up to $90 billion valuation in IPO
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Uber is reportedly looking to sell shares between $44 to $50, aiming to raise $8 to $10 billion in the offering. This would value the company between...
Apple patches iOS App Store bug that was preventing app downloads
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Apple is rolling out a fix for an App Store bug that was preventing users from downloading new iOS apps or app updates. The issue, which impacted an u...
Snapchat revives growth in Q1 beat with 190M users as share price spikes
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Snapchat appears to have turned the corner after a year of flat or negative user growth thanks to a strong Q1 2019 earnings report. It reached 190 mil...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a very silly movie, but it ends in exactly the right way
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
With just a few days until the release of “Avengers: Endgame,” Marvel fans everywhere are probably wondering A) Who dies?? and B) Will this actual...
You can now take your Amazon returns to all Kohl’s stores
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s one thing to be able to get everything delivered to your doorstep, it’s another to then have to actually have to leave your home, brace the e...
A week with the Samsung Galaxy Fold
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I know, I know. I will say this about the Galaxy Fold, however: it’s been a hell of a conversation piece. I’ve had a LOT of dialogues with strange...
‘Anyone relying on lidar is doomed,’ Elon Musk says
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today at Tesla’s first Autonomy Day event, Elon Musk took questions from the press but didn’t have time for questions about lidar. Historically, h...
Notes from the Samsung Galaxy Fold: day four
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Apologies for skipping day three. This kept me extremely busy yesterday. Though the Galaxy Fold remained a constant companion. Before you ask (or afte...
Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty, ending his legal case
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to two counts of creating and selling a powerful banking malware, ending a long and protracted ...
Netflix says it’s testing a shuffle feature for when you don’t know what to watch
22 Apr 2019
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Netflix is testing a new feature that can help you start streaming when you don’t know what to watch. The company confirmed it’s testing a shuffle...
Pinterest is up more than 25% in its first day of trading
19 Apr 2019
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Pinterest is up more than 25% in its first day of trading Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) is a public company. Ben Silbermann’s virtual pinboard rose 25 perc...
Samsung responds to reviewer complaints about its Galaxy Fold phone
19 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Samsung has issued a statement about its new, folding phone as early photos of tech reviewers with their shiny new toys were replaced on social media ...
Amazon China to close local marketplace and place more focus on cross-border
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon has finally given up the fight with Chinese online shopping giants to capture the domestic market. On Thursday, the Seattle-based ecommerce co...
Xbox One does away with discs in new $249 All-Digital Edition
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Discs! What are they good for? Well, they’re nice if you don’t want to be tied to an online-only ecosystem. But if you don’t mind that, Microsof...
Netflix added 9.6M subscribers in Q1, with revenue of $4.5B
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix just released its earnings letter for the first quarter of 2019. The company says it saw growth of 9.6 million paying subscribers, up 16 perc...
Get ready for a new era of personalized entertainment
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jarno M. Koponen Contributor Jarno M. Koponen is working on intelligent systems and human-centered personalization. He currently is product le...
Uber files for IPO
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Uber has filed its S-1, setting the stage for the transportation company to go public next month. This comes less than one month after competitor Lyft...
Unicorns, undercorns and horses: A guide to the nonsense
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been more than a half-decade sinceAileen LeeofCowboy Ventureskicked off the unicorn craze. Noting in awell-read post for TechCrunchthat an inte...
Did you fly a drone over Fenway Park? The FAA would like a chat
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Drones are great. But they are also flying machines that can do lots of stupid and dangerous things. Like, for instance, fly over a major league baseb...
Vector, Virgin and a mystery team will compete in DARPA’s $34M launch challenge
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
DARPA wants to be able to launch anywhere, any time, and several times in a row. Is that too much to ask? Not for Vector Space, Virgin Orbit, and an ...
How to stop robocalls spamming your phone
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
No matter what your politics, beliefs, or even your sports team, we can all agree on one thing: robocalls are the scourge of modern times. These unsol...
Sharp goes clamshell with its folding phone concept
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The beauty of the foldable is 2019 is that there’s no consensus yet on the “right” way to do things. We’ve seen a number of different takes on...
Review: The $299 Echo Link Amp adds Alexa to any speaker
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Echo Link Amp is designed to give Echo owners options. Instead of settling for the sound from a couple of Echo speakers, this amp lets owners use ...
Flying taxis could be more efficient than gas and electric cars on long-distance trips
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Flying cars definitely sound cool, but whether they’re actually a good idea is up for debate. Fortunately they do seem to have some surefire benefit...
Nintendo is bringing Zelda and Mario into virtual reality
10 Apr 2019
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Nintendo’s Labo VR kit may just be a little cardboard experiment, but Nintendo is taking a chance on throwing its most beloved titles into the head...
Apple Music cuts prices in India
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This morning, The WSJ reported Apple’s streaming music service overtook Spotify in paid subscribers in the U.S., and now it hopes to do the same in ...
GPS Rollover is today. Here’s why devices might get wacky
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Global Positioning System time epoch is ending and another one is beginning, an event that could affect your devices or any equipment or legacy sy...
The Google Assistant on Android gets more visual responses
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
About half a year ago, Google gave the Assistant on phones a major visual refresh. Today, the company is following up with a couple of small but welc...