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Former Salesforce science boss founds You.com to take on Google Search
4 days ago –
A new challenger enters the arena! Richard Socher, the former
Chief Scientist at Salesforce, today dropped the figurative bomb when he
announced the launch of You.com, a site he says will compete directly
with Google Search. https://t.co/2tfrBwhwOc Let's build a new internet
together. — Richard S...
Cyberpunk 2077 reportedly causes seizures, CDPR says it’s looking into it
4 days ago –
If you, like a vast swath of the gaming community, are looking
forward to the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 (now that it appears to finally,
mercifully be dropping out of the figurative womb this week), you might
want to be careful if you also suffer from epilepsy or a seizure
disorder with photosensit...
This VPN-email security duo can protect you online for a year for under $45
3 days ago –
TLDR: The Premium Privacy Bundle Ft. ZenMate VPN and StartMail
helps you protect your online activity and your emails with iron-clad
security measures for one year. The numbers surrounding the true cost of
identity theft are staggering. It costs the U.S. mortgage industry $1
billion every year, a...
Jupiter and Saturn will be the closest they’ve been in 800 years — here’s how to spot them on Dec. 21
3 days ago –
The holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth
will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and
Saturn. On December 21, the two largest planets in our solar system will
appear just one-tenth of a degree apart, or one-fifth of the diameter
of a full Moon. This is t...
Hyundai bought Boston Dynamics for nearly $1B — now build a walking car!
2 days ago –
At the start of last November, reports surfaced that Korean
carmaker Hyundai was in talks to buy Boston Dynamics, the company that
makes those robot dogs that will probably lead the charge when the
machines rise up. Now, various reports confirm that a deal has been
reached, and it will see Hyunda...
No, replacing the AirPods Max battery in the UK won’t cost £309
2 days ago –
There’s not much going on in my life right now. That’s probably
why these past few days have morphed into my personal AirPods Max week.
We had the announcement on Tuesday, some analysis about its case
yesterday, and today? Well, it’s all about the AirPods Max battery,
girl. Yeah, I’m fine? Why ar...
Visa and MasterCard block Pornhub payments over allegations of illegal content
a day ago –
Following a disturbing piece in the New York Times last week
about Pornhub hosting unlawful content depicting rape and child sexual
abuse, Visa and MasterCard have stopped allowing their cards to be used
for payments on the site — meaning you currently can’t subscribe to
Pornhub Premium, renew yo...
Windows 10 Insiders get x64 emulation on ARM PCs
2 days ago –
Just a little later than expected, Microsoft has announced it is
rolling out x64 emulation for Windows 10 on ARM PCs. The feature is
arriving for Windows Insiders on the Dev channel first. It addresses one
of the biggest roadblocks for PCs running on ARM architecture, like the
Surface Pro X. Ther...
Why the fight for the Moon will take place here on Earth
44 minutes ago –
When it comes to the Moon, everyone wants the same things. Not
in the sense of having shared goals, but in the sense that all players
target the same strategic sites – state agencies and the private sector
alike. That’s because, whether you want to do science or make money, you
will need things s...
I like Cyberpunk 2077, but it really should not be this broken
15 hours ago –
After so many years of waiting, Cyberpunk 2077 has finally
graced us with its presence. While its story and world are real
delights, it’s hard to look past this game’s many technical problems —
or to not wonder how many of them there were before if this is the
finished version they chose to give ...
Tech Crunch
Despite limitations, 3D and AR are creating new realities in retail
2 days ago –
“Within the next five years, I think we're going to see that
having AR and 3D on your dot-com and beyond will be mandatory.”
Uber wants drivers and delivery workers to get priority access to COVID-19 vaccine
2 days ago –
Given how reliant many people have become on rideshare drivers
and especially delivery workers during the pandemic, Uber is pushing for
them to get priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Today, Uber CEO
Dara Khosrowshahi sent a letter to all 50 governors asking them to
prioritize giving drivers...
Announcing the final agenda for TC Sessions: Space 2020
2 days ago –
TC Sessions: Space is happening this December 16 and 17 — our
first-ever dedicated space event. This is a live, virtual two-day
conference featuring the most important people in the space industry,
across public, private and defense. We’re thrilled to be hosting NASA’s
head of the Human Spaceflig...
Customer support startup Gorgias raises $25M
2 days ago –
Gorgias announced today that it has raised $25 million in Series
B funding, bringing the startup’s pre-money valuation to $300 million.
When the company raised its Series A just over a year ago, CEO Romain
Lapeyre (who founded Gorgias with CTO Alex Plugaru) told me that it
works with e-commerce b...
Gift Guide: 8 DIY and crafting gifts to help your friends make more stuff and learn new skills
2 days ago –
Crafting and DIY tools are wonderful gifts right now. We're all
stuck inside and, for many of us, the days are sort of blurring
together. Why not help your friends and family learn to make stuff? And
if they already know how to make stuff, why not help them make more
stuff?
Do the celebrities help the startups or do the startups help the celebrities?
2 days ago –
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture
capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers
behind the headlines. What a week, yeah? Instead of the news cycle
slowing as the year races to a close, things are still as hot as ever.
We have funding rounds big and sm...
Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers
a day ago –
Open banking platforms, where services that might not have
previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs,
has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and
today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round
of funding to […]
Cosmos Video — a ‘Club Penguin for adults’ to socialise and work — raises $2.6M from LocalGlobe
a day ago –
All over the world startups are piling into the space marked
“virtual interaction and collaboration”. What if a startup created a
sort of “Club Penguin for adults”? Step forward Cosmos Video, which has a
virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and
socialize together. It has n...
Massachusetts governor won’t sign police reform bill with facial recognition ban
2 days ago –
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has returned a police
reform bill back to the state legislature, asking lawmakers to strike
out several provisions — including one for a statewide ban on police and
public authorities using facial recognition technology, the first of
its kind in the United Sta...
FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days
12 hours ago –
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the New York Times first reported on
Friday night, and later supported by The Wall Street Journal. This EUA
follows a recommendation ...
Daily Crunch: Hyundai acquires 80% stake in Boston Robotics
15 hours ago –
Hyundai takes a controlling stake in an iconic robotics company,
Twitter acquires a screen-sharing startup and we round up some
security-themed gift ideas. This is your Daily Crunch for December 11,
2020. The big story: Hyundai acquires 80% stake in Boston Robotics
Boston Robotics is behind a num...
Oracle is headed to Texas now, too
16 hours ago –
Austinites, watch out; another tech company is headed into town.
Just days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed during an interview that
he has moved to Texas, and less than two weeks after HP Enterprise, a
spin-out of the iconic Silicon Valley company Hewlett-Packard, announced
that it is separate...
The Verge
Marvel’s Hawkeye TV show will debut on Disney Plus next fall
2 days ago –
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Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye TV series, which features Jeremy Renner
reprising his role as Clint Barton and Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop,
will premiere on Disney Plus next fall.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige confirmed the news during Disney’s big
investor day eve...
2 days ago –
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was supposed to be Marvel
Studios’ first big Disney Plus original series, but after ongoing delays
and reshoots, the show will now premiere in March. Here’s a first look
at what to expect.
The show, which has six episodes, had yet to receive a proper teaser
tra...
Dune director Denis Villeneuve blasts AT&T and Warner Bros. for ‘hijacking’ films
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is going to be coming to HBO Max on the same
date as its theater release, and the director is not happy. He’s written
an article for Variety blasting Warner Brothers and AT&T, saying
that the the move to release movies on...
2 days ago –
Microsoft Flight Simulator was always planned to come to Xbox
consoles as well as PCs, and now Microsoft has finally given a timeframe
for its release. It’ll launch at some point in summer 2021 and will be
available on Game Pass from day one.
Notably, it sounds like the title won’t be coming to ...
Contact tracing apps promised big and didn’t deliver
a day ago –
Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images
Emphasizing privacy makes data collection difficult
Continue reading…
a day ago –
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Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, the new VR-only title from Respawn
Entertainment, can’t get by on authenticity alone. It has the weaponry
and set dressing players have come to expect from a first-person shooter
set during WWII. But for a console shooter making the jump to VR, it’s
so...
Watch the first six minutes of Tenet now, from home, on YouTube
18 hours ago –
Christopher Nolan recently went on a very public tirade about
the importance of movies, including his, being seen on the big screen —
but if anyone’s interested in watching Tenet’s opening prologue, they
can do so now on YouTube.
Warner Bros. has posted the film’s first six minutes on YouTube ah...
21 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
You may have never heard of the company X-Mode Social, but its code
may be in some of the apps on your phone, tracking and selling your
location data. Now, Google and Apple are trying to put a stop to it.
According to a Wall Street Journal article, ...
You can still get free Stadia hardware when you buy Cyberpunk 2077
an hour ago –
Image: CD Projekt Red
It’s a different kind of Cyber week. Cyber Monday is in the past, but
the anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 game has finally launched, and it’s
almost impossible to avoid seeing buzz about it online. One of this
week’s best deals is aimed right at people who don’t have a co...
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