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LG’s next flagship is getting a 3D front-facing camera
a day ago –
LG’s never been much on waiting for a big show to announce its
latest offering. Mobile World Congress is still weeks away, and the
company just dropped what’s likely to be the biggest new feature of its
upcoming flagship, the G8 ThinQ. Clunky naming conventions aside, the
handset once again finds...
Google Fiber pulls out of Louisville
a day ago –
It wasn’t that long ago that cities across the U.S. were vying
for Google Fiber, the company’s high-speed internet service. Since the
launch of the project in Kansas City in 2012, Google Fiber launched in
about a dozen more cities, most recently Huntsville, San Antonio and
Louisville in 2017. But...
Food delivery service Postmates confidentially files to go public
a day ago –
The 8-year-old business is backed by Spark Capital, Founders Fund, Uncork Capital, Slow Ventures and more.
NASA releases the ‘last light’ image taken by Kepler before it retired last year
15 hours ago –
NASA has released the final view taken by Kepler in September,
shortly before the space telescope was retired after nearly a decade of
unprecedented discoveries about the universe beyond our solar system.
“It bookends the moment of intense excitement nine and a half years
earlier when the spacecr...
Google makes it easier for cheap phones and smart devices to encrypt your data
18 hours ago –
Encryption is an important part of the whole securing-your-data
package, but it's easy to underestimate the amount of complexity it adds
to any service or device. One part of that is the amount of processing
encryption takes — an amount that could be impractical on small or
low-end devices. Googl...
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself
19 hours ago –
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he is being blackmailed with nude
selfies by AMI, owner of the National Enquirer and reportedly protector
of the President's reputation, over claims the publisher has acted as a
political operative. The events feel almost as if they have been
arranged by cosmic forces a...
Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself
19 hours ago –
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he is being blackmailed with nude
selfies by AMI, owner of the National Enquirer and reportedly protector
of the President's reputation, over claims the publisher has acted as a
political operative. The events feel almost as if they have been
arranged by cosmic forces a...
‘Amazon Live’ is the retailer’s latest effort to take on QVC with live-streamed video
7 minutes ago –
Amazon is taking on QVC with the launch of Amazon Live, which
features live-streamed video shows from Amazon talent as well as those
from brands that broadcast their own live streams through a new
app, Amazon Live Creator. On the live shows, hosts talk about and
demonstrate products available for...
One of Tesla’s biggest investors upped its stake by more than $30M
13 minutes ago –
Baillie Gifford & Co., the second-biggest shareholder
of Tesla stock and the , has increased its stake in the electric
automaker and energy storage company. A regulator filing posted Friday
shows Baillie increased its stake in Tesla from 7.64 percent at the end
of the third quarter to 7.71 p...
OakNorth raises $440 million from SoftBank and Clermont
an hour ago –
British startup OakNorth has raised a $440 million funding round
from SoftBank’s Vision Fund as well as the Clermont Group. The company
is creating a digital bank and focuses on loans for small and medium
enterprises and the technology behind those loans. Today’s funding round
is the biggest fund...
Toyota finally caves and announces cars with Android Auto compatibility
a day ago –
One of the last major holdouts in adding Android Auto
compatibility has finally caved. Toyota announced on Thursday that the
2020 models of the 4Runner, Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia will feature
Android Auto. The 2018 Aygo and the 2019 Yaris (in Europe) will also get
Android Auto.
Toyota was one ...
Apple hid a bunch of futuristic ideas in this HomePod patent
21 hours ago –
Apple had an idea for a future HomePod that would offer an emoji
version of Siri and LED lights that could display a variety of useful
information, starting with the weather. In a 2017 patent application
that was made publicly available in late January, Apple threw a bunch of
increasingly far-out...
Twitter was the spark that ignited the Bezos bombshell
6 hours ago –
Jeff Bezos’ highly personal blog post last night was a bombshell
in many ways: it served as a middle finger to blackmailing bullies, it
accused one of America’s biggest tabloids of extortion, and it escalated
his conflict with the country’s president. But what stood out to me,
precisely by virtue...
With shiny new badges, Virgin Galactic pilots join elite group of commercial astronauts
3 hours ago –
Only four have received the designation
Continue reading…
Amazon reportedly reconsidering New York headquarters after widespread backlash
40 minutes ago –
Amazon’s proposed 25,000-employee office in Queens, New York,
may not go forward after all, according to a report from The Washington
Post. Citing local opposition from activist groups and politicians, two
sources tell the Post that the company is reexamining the deal and
mulling over whether to ...
The enlightening doc Horror Noire lays out black history through black horror films
an hour ago –
“Black history is black horror,” novelist and scholar
Tananarive Due says toward the beginning of Xavier Burgin’s new
documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. In line with Due’s
insight, the film isn’t just about black horror films, it’s about the
way the horror genre reflects and con...
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