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Maths has revealed how the COVID-19 vaccine should be distributed
3 days ago –
How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will
have massive health, social, and economic ramifications. So attention is
turning to vaccine supply chains and logistics. Designing how best to
vaccinate billions of people worldwide is complex. This is particularly
so for large countri...
Immortals Fenyx Rising is good clean derivative fun
3 days ago –
It’s a wonderful time for people who like open world games.
Thanks in large part to publisher Ubisoft releasing not one, not two,
but three big titles in the popular genre in little over a month. Watch
Dogs: Legion came out in late October but it didn’t grab me (read my
review here), Assassin’s C...
A North Carolina scientist says chocolate, tea fight COVID-19
2 days ago –
Coronavirus in Context is a weekly newsletter where we bring you
facts that matter about the COVID-19 pandemic and the technology trying
to stop its spread. You can subscribe here. Hola pandemic pals, Let’s
dive right in. I was researching for this newsletter this morning when I
came across this ...
Report: Samsung to kill the Galaxy Note in 2021 to focus on folding phones
2 days ago –
The Galaxy Note line is one of the most iconic among
smartphones. The original Galaxy Note was almost
single-handedly responsible for popularizing big-screened phones —
remember when phablets were a thing? — even if its 5.3-inch screen might
seem small by today’s standards. It is also one of the ...
These 3 companies are making the products you use everyday sustainable
2 minutes ago –
You may be a recycling freak, have an array of solar panels
decorating your roof, and only buy green label clothing — but is there
more you could be doing to tackle climate change? Techleap.nl’s latest
batch of Rise Programme participants are on a mission to help us speed
up our transition to a t...
Want your iPhone 12 to come with a charger? Go to Brazil
an hour ago –
In September, Apple said that it’ll stop shipping a power brick
with the Apple Watch. The next month, the company followed it up by
removing the wall charger from the iPhone 12 range. While consumers
around the world were not happy with the decision, there was nothing
they could do. However, a de...
Tech Crunch
Loon’s stratospheric balloons are now teaching themselves to fly better thanks to Google AI
a day ago –
Alphabet’s Loon has been using algorithmic processes to optimize
the flight of its stratospheric balloons for years now — and setting
records for time spent aloft as a result. But the company is now
deploying a new navigation system that has the potential to be much
better, and it’s using true re...
Loon’s stratospheric balloons are now teaching themselves to fly better thanks to Google AI
a day ago
AgentSync lands consecutive rounds as insurtech booms
a day ago –
This morning AgentSync, an insurtech startup focused on agent
compliance management, announced a new funding round worth $6.7 million.
The financing event, led by well-known SaaS founder David Sacks’ Craft
Ventures, included dollars from both Operator Collective and prior
investors. The new capit...
Google says its News Showcase will add free access to paywalled stories
a day ago –
Google News Showcase visitors will soon be able to read select
paywalled articles at no extra charge. That’s one of several
announcements that the search giant made today about News Showcase, the
program where it pays publishers (with $1 billion committed initially)
to license their content for a...
I’m obsessed with the Ford Mustang Mach-E physical touchscreen volume knob
20 hours ago –
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E features a giant touchscreen, and
at the bottom is a sizable knob for volume control. I love it. There,
stuck on a touchscreen, is a physical knob. Twist it! Spin it! There’s
even a resounding click as it twists. The knob works so much better than
a touchscreen slider...
Europe will push to work with the US on tech governance, post-Trump
20 hours ago –
The European Union said today that it wants to work with US
counterparts on a common approach to tech governance — including pushing
to standardize rules for applications of technologies like AI and
pushing big tech to be more responsible for what their platforms
amplify. EU lawmakers are anticip...
YouTube upgrades Premieres with trailers, themes and a live pre-show option
21 hours ago –
YouTube today is launching three new features designed to
improve its “Premieres” experience, including trailers, themes and live
stream “pre-shows” that later redirect to the main event. Premieres,
which first arrived in 2018, are designed to give creators the ability
to leverage the revenue-gen...
Trump’s odd new attack on Section 230 is probably doomed
15 hours ago –
Trump’s crusade against a key internet law known as Section 230
tends to pop up in unlikely places. His Twitter feed on Thanksgiving,
for one. Or at times you’d think the nation would be hearing from its
leader on the matter at hand: a worsening pandemic that’s killed nearly
270,000 people in the...
Twitter now supports hardware security keys for iPhones and Android
17 hours ago –
Twitter said Wednesday that accounts protected with a hardware
security key can now log in from their iPhone or Android device. The
social media giant rolled out support for hardware security keys in
2018, allowing users to add a physical security barrier to their
accounts in place of other two-f...
Helping big banks out-Affirm Affirm and out-Chime Chime gives Amount a $681 million valuation
17 hours ago –
Amount, a new service that helps traditional banks compete in a
digital world, has raised $81 million from none other than Goldman Sachs
as it looks to help legacy fintech players compete with their more
nimble digital counterparts. The company, which spun out from the
startup lending company Ava...
Google faces complaint from NLRB alleging surveillance of employees and other labor violations
11 hours ago –
The National Labor Relations Board today issued a complaint
against Google after investigating the firing of several employees last
November. The complaint alleges Google violated parts of the National
Labor Relations Act by surveilling employees, and generally interfered
with, restrained and coe...
Neuroglee gets $2.3 million to develop digital therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases
13 hours ago –
There are now about 50 million people with dementia globally, a
number the World Health Organization expects to triple by 2050.
Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia and caregivers are often
overwhelmed, without enough support. Neuroglee, a Singapore-based health
tech startup, wants to hel...
Govtech intelligence platform, The Atlas for Cities, bought by Government Executive Media Group
13 hours ago –
The Atlas for Cities, the 500 Startups-backed market
intelligence platform connecting tech companies with state and local
governments, has been acquired by the Growth Catalyst Partners-backed
publishing and market intelligence company Government Executive Media
Group. The San Diego-based company ...
Taking on the business scenario-planning giants, Pigment raises a $25.9M Series A led by Blossom Capital
an hour ago –
Realizing that modern, complex businesses can no longer be
adequately managed using spreadsheet-style programs, the founders of
Pigment decided there had to be a better solution. Their business
forecasting platform has now raised a substantial Series A of $25.9
million, led by Blossom Capital. Al...
AI construction startup Versatile raises a $20M Series A
an hour ago –
San Francisco-based construction startup Versatile is announcing
today that it has raised a $20 million Series A. The round was led by
Insight Partners and Entree Capital, along with existing investors
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, Root Ventures and Conductive
Ventures. The round follows $8....
Portugal’s Bizay – a customized products marketplace for SMBs – just raised a $38.6M C round
an hour ago –
Bizay, a marketplace for small-to-medium-sized businesses
allowing them to create highly customized products (such as
merchandise), has raised a $38.6 million (€32 million) funding round.
The Series C financing round was co-led by investors Indico Capital and
the European Investment Bank, with “s...
The Verge
Zoom and Among Us dominate Apple’s most downloaded charts in 2020
a day ago –
2020 was a year when people around the world were forced to find
new ways to connect, and that trend is clearly visible when you look at
the most downloaded apps on Apple hardware. Today the company revealed
the most popular apps on its platforms for the year, and two names in
particular stand ou...
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888 promises faster speeds, better cameras, and more powerful AI
a day ago –
Qualcomm teased the Snapdragon 888, its latest 5G-equipped
flagship smartphone processor, on the first day of its Snapdragon Tech
Summit. But at the day two keynote, the company provided all of the
details on the new chipset, which will be the brains powering almost
every major 2021 Android flags...
YouTube expands its Premieres feature with trailers and live redirects
20 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
YouTube is building on its Premieres feature — used for live-streaming
pre-recorded videos — by adding support for trailers, redirects from
live pre-shows, and customized countdown timers. The company says
there’s been an 85 percent growth in the da...
21 hours ago –
Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee voted to advance the
nomination of Nathan Simington, a Republican in favor of greater
government oversight of speech on the internet, to the Federal
Communications Commission. Simington’s nominat...
Living the full Cyberpunk 2077 lifestyle will cost you over $2,000 and your dignity
16 hours ago –
CD Projekt Red
We are eight days away from the release of Cyberpunk 2077, but with
all of the brand tie-ins for the upcoming role-playing game, you could
mistakenly think it was already out. Throughout the year, developer CD
Projekt Red has teamed up with multiple companies to create a sl...
Google Maps now lets you create Street View photos with just a phone
an hour ago –
Google Maps is getting a new update that lets you create Street
View photos using just a phone. Android users with ARCore-compatible
devices can now capture imagery and publish it to Google Street View in
certain areas. Google is allowing submissions initially in Toronto, New
York, Austin, Nigeri...
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