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- Did New York lose anything with Amazon’s rejection? It’s complicated. a day ago – Now that Amazon has said that it’s taking its ball and going home rather than deal with mean, pushy New Yorkers, outside observers are giving off the sense that the city (and its local politicians) are losing out for their recalcitrance. They’re wrong. New York City is running at about a 4.3 perc...
- Boston and NY share high-tech losses as GE and Amazon bail on same day a day ago – Boston and New York have been sporting rivals for decades, constantly fighting over bragging rights across all four major sports, but today the two cities had something in common neither was probably hoping for. Both had major tech companies back out of massive deals on the same day. It turns out...
- DriveNets emerges from stealth with $110M for its cloud-based alternative to network routers a day ago – Software is eating the world, and today a startup that’s taking this maxim to the world of telecoms has raised a big round of funding as it comes out of stealth. DriveNets, a company out of Israel that builds cloud-based networking services that provide a cheaper and simpler alternative to the fu...
- StayTuned Digital helps video creators publish and measure everywhere a day ago – If you’re a video creator in 2019, you’re probably thinking about a long list of publishing destinations: YouTube, of course, but also Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and more. StayTuned Digital is a new startup trying to help video creators and publishers push their content to multiple pl...
- Postscript wants to be the Mailchimp for SMS a day ago – Email is certainly not dead, despite many such exclamations, but there’s no question that it’s a bloated, seeping hog of a platform on which it’s incredibly difficult for businesses to develop meaningful relationships with customers. Postscript, a startup launching out of Y Combinator’s latest cl...
- Everything you need to know about GM’s new electric bikes a day ago – General Motors announced last year it was getting into the electric bike business. But besides a crowdsourcing name competition and a few teasers, details were scant. Now, GM has given this new brand a name — ARĪV — as well as names for its two electric bikes, and some information about its go-to...
- Samsung’s new tablet sports Bixby 2.0 15 hours ago – Bixby’s been on a bunch of phones and several appliances. Until now, however, Samsung’s smart assistant has been largely MIA on the company’s tablets. Of course, I’ve never pretended to have the faintest idea of the company’s strategy here. Anyway, just ahead of MWC and its own Unpacked (S10) eve...
- Samsung is preparing to launch a sports smartwatch and AirPods-like earbuds 15 hours ago – Samsung’s newest product launch happens next week, but already the Korean tech giant has revealed its entire upcoming range of wearable devices that will seemingly be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S10. That’s because the company’s Galaxy Wearable’s app was uploaded today with support for a range ...
- ChargedUp picks up £1.2M seed to grow its mobile charging network across UK 19 hours ago – ChargedUp, a U.K. startup that offers a mobile charging network that takes inspiration from bike sharing, has closed £1.2 million in seed investment. Leading the round is Sir John Hegarty’s fund The Garage, and the ex-Innocent Smoothie founders fund JamJar. The funding will be used to grow the of...
- Twitter considering a tweet ‘clarifying’ function 12 hours ago – Clarification hasn’t always been Twitter’s strong suit. Fittingly, there’s a bit of confusion around the longstanding suggestion that the service could add an “edit” button in order to save users from silly typos and, well, much, much worse. At a Goldman Sachs event this week, Jack Dorsey clarifi...
- Amazon leads $700M round in electric automaker Rivian 12 hours ago – Rivian, the electric automaker that debuted its first two vehicles just three months ago, has raised $700 million in a round led by Amazon . The news follows a report earlier this week by Reuters that GM and Amazon were in talks to invest in the electric vehicle company. “We’re inspired by Rivian...
- Palmetto gets $20 million credit line for its solar and energy efficiency installation marketplace 12 hours ago – For homeowners that want to go green, but have trouble figuring out how to do it, Palmetto Clean Technologies has the answer. The company has an army of salespeople to pitch the benefits of solar power and energy efficiency, and will connect would-be clean energy consumers with financing options,...
- Coinbase users can now withdraw Bitcoin SV following BCH fork 13 hours ago – If you’re a Coinbase user, you may have seen some new tokens on your account. The Bitcoin Cash chain split into two different chains back in November. It means that if you held Bitcoin Cash on November 15, you became the lucky owner of Bitcoin SV and Bitcoin ABC. And Coinbase just started handing...
- Steve Jurvetson tells all: about his new $200 million fund, his new partner, his new shopping list, and more 2 hours ago – Steve Jurvetson is staging a comeback, disclosing today that his new San Francisco-based, early-stage venture firm Future Ventures, has raised $200 million for its debut fund. “It’s good to be back in the saddle again,” says Jurvetson, whose career was somewhat famously derailed in the fall of 20...Steve Jurvetson tells all: about his new $200 million fund, his new partner, his new shopping list, and more 2 hours ago – Steve Jurvetson is staging a comeback, disclosing today that his new San Francisco-based, early-stage venture firm Future Ventures, has raised $200 million for its debut fund. “It’s good to be back in the saddle again,” says Jurvetson, whose career was somewhat famously derailed in the fall of 20...
- Apple acquires talking Barbie voicetech startup PullString 6 hours ago – Apple has just bought up the talent it needs to make talking toys a part of Siri, HomePod, and its voice strategy. Apple has acquired PullString, also known as ToyTalk, according to Axios’ Dan Primack and Ina Fried. TechCrunch has received confirmation of the acquistion from sources with knowledg...
- Marriott now lets you check if you’re a victim of the Starwood hack 6 hours ago – Hotel chain giant Marriott will now let you check if you’re a victim of the Starwood hack. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has put in place “a mechanism to enable guests to look up individual passport numbers to see if they were included in the set of unencrypted passport numbers.” Th...
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- Pressure mounts on Facebook and Google to stop anti-vax conspiracy theories a day ago – As a measles outbreak continues to spread in Washington state, Facebook is “exploring additional measures” to fight false* anti-vaccine content on the platform, Bloomberg reports. The news comes on the heels of criticism from Representative Adam Schiff, who sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg a lett...* I wonder if they would know it if they saw it ? Most related content is at oldephartte.livejournal.com
- The latest Nintendo Switch bundle includes a $35 eShop gift card 15 hours ago – The Nintendo Switch probably won’t receive a price cut anytime soon, but the latest bundle is close enough thanks to its inclusion of some eShop cash to jumpstart your digital collection of games. Starting today at GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon, you’ll be able to find the console for its regular...
- Robot squeezes suspected nuclear fuel debris in Fukushima reactor 11 hours ago – A robot outfitted with remotely controlled pinchers poked at debris that’s suspected to contain molten nuclear fuel at the bottom of one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors, World Nuclear News reports. The poking and prodding is part of the ongoing cleanup effort at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power pl...Robot squeezes suspected nuclear fuel debris in Fukushima reactor 11 hours ago – A robot outfitted with remotely controlled pinchers poked at debris that’s suspected to contain molten nuclear fuel at the bottom of one of Fukushima’s nuclear reactors, World Nuclear News reports. The poking and prodding is part of the ongoing cleanup effort at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi power pl...
- The Dragon Prince season 2 delivers nonstop payoff on season 1’s worldbuilding 9 hours ago – Warning: some spoilers ahead for season 1 of The Dragon Prince. In “Half Moon Lies,” the second episode of season 2 of Netflix’s animated fantasy show The Dragon Prince, the writers set up a pretty classic rom-com conflict. The elf assassin Rayla (Paula Burrows) has a crush on the bookish prince ...
- Hasbro’s new Fortnite Nerf guns launch on March 22nd, with preorders starting today 3 hours ago – Hasbro, owner of the Nerf brand, today revealed its full lineup of Fortnite-themed Nerf products, including the previously announced AR-L Elite blaster modeled after the SCAR in Epic Games’ hit battle royale game. Prior to today, only the AR-L Elite was confirmed back when the line was first ann...
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