Friday, February 05, 2021

5 February - Technology - NextWeb / Tech Crunch / The Verge

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  • How to check your Google Meet video quality before joining a call 3 days ago  –  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. We’ve all been there, especially during the age of coronavirus. We think we have our computers perfectly set up for a video call, only to find out we’re using ...
  • Jeff Bezos will no longer be the CEO of Amazon in Q3 2021 3 days ago  –  Amazon today announced that CEO and founder Jeff Bezos would transition out of his leadership role with the company and into an executive board position. Per a company memo first spotted by CNBC, Amazon intends Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy to be Bezos’ replacement. The timing of the transit...
  • Boston Dynamics’ terrifying robot dog now has an arm and a self-charging dock
  • Shopify and drop shipping go hand in hand. This training can show you how
  • Become a sentient AI on the run from your evil ex in this ‘radically inclusive’ management game
  • Sony patents AI that adjusts gameplay difficulty when you’re struggling
  • Coventry will host the ‘world’s smallest airport’ for autonomous drones
  • UK risks leaving its EV drivers out of juice, unless it installs chargers 5 times faster
  • Happy 20th birthday to my beloved VLC — the finest software known to mankind
  • Tesla IS going to recall cars over dodgy memory chips —
  • New global program aims to get 1,000 cities to take climate action by 2030 2 days ago  –  This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Ci...
  • Amazon’s search algorithm spreads vaccine disinformation, study finds 2 days ago  –  Amazon’s reputation for spreading health misinformation has led critics to call it “a dystopian bookstore.” Their concerns have escalated since COVID-19 unleashed a wave of anti-vaccination zealots. According to a new study from the University of Washington, the world’s leading online retailer is...
  • Want to buy a MINI with a leather interior? Sorry mate, that’s no longer going to be an option
  • This 18-course, 132-hour mega-bundle can turn you into an ethical hacker
  • Virgin Orbit launched a rocket from a plane — here’s how
  • What’s a heat pump and why do EVs use them?
  • Spotify searches don’t sync across devices — and it’s ridiculous
  • 5 tips for leaders on how to take stock and get businesses ready for 2021
  • This Indian state’s police force will block passport applications over ‘anti-national’ social media posts
  • Surface Pro X long-term review: Excellent, if it’s not your 
  • Canada refuses to learn what an ebike is — and it’s gonna cause problems a day ago  –  With the proliferation of ebikes and other micromobility devices, Canada has decided it’s high time to take a look at how it regulates the tech. Reviewing regulations to bring them up to date for new tech sounds like a good thing, but in this case Canada is kind of missing the point. It could mak...
  • Remote onboarding isn’t going away — so here’s how to perfect it a day ago  –  Most of us are all too familiar with how expensive it is to find and hire new employees. And losing a new hire weeks or months after they join your team is even more costly.  To increase retention, human resource departments invest incredible time and resources into their onboarding strategies. B...
  • How Viber achieved profitability by NOT following the WhatsApp model
  • Wait, what!? Tesla’s dangerous butterfly steering wheel is actually legal in the UK
  • As Clubhouse gets a boost from Elon Musk, its audio partner’s shares are soaring
  • How playing the hardest games I could find helped me take back my mental health
  • AI detects 1,210 new potential gravitational lenses in the search for dark matter
  • Scientists invented an AI to detect racist people
  • Watch: Singer uses Deepfake AI to transform into Bowie, Trump, and Zuckerberg
  • How the US is setting itself up for a future of electric vehicl
  • With 19 courses and over 460 hours of content, here’s all the CompTIA certification training you need 30 minutes ago  –  TLDR: The Complete 2021 CompTIA Certification Training Bundle includes 19 courses with training that can lead to full CompTIA accreditation in a handful of key IT disciplines. If you want to work as a singer, a prospective boss is guaranteed to ask you to sing. If you want to work as a writer, yo...
  • Gaseous mix up: Scientists thought there could be life on Venus, but there’s not 30 minutes ago  –  In September 2020, astronomers announced the possible detection of phosphine on Venus. On our own world, phosphine is mostly produced by life, and the detection of this gas in the atmosphere of Venus could have been an intriguing hint of alien lifeforms. However, a new study from the University o...
  • Google engineers quit after the company fired its star AI ethics researcher
  • Can’t keep up with the Apple Car rumors? Here’s what you need to know
  • Xiaomi’s portless concept phone is a gorgeous nightmare
  • Growth hacking isn’t just a buzzword — let these 20K+ new users be your inspiration
  • VW’s ID.6 images leaked months ahead of official reveal — and they look… fine
  • After Apple, Google might also block trackers on Android that help target ads
  • Here’s what we know about Apple’s rumored $3,000 VR headset
  • IBM rolls out an all-new Elite Hybrid Cloud Build team for 

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  • A growing number of startups are creating APIs to assess and offset corporate carbon emissions a day ago  –  It was only a matter of time before application programming interfaces came for the carbon credit offsets — the voluntary programs that allow companies to cancel out their greenhouse gas emissions (on paper) by financing renewable energy projects or carbon sequestration projects globally. Massive...
  • Joompay launches its bill-splitting payment app across Europe to take on Transferwise and others a day ago  –  Joompay, a startup with an iOS and Android app similar to Venmo and TransferWise, has now launched in Europe after obtaining a Luxembourg Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license. The app allows people to send and receive money with anyone, instantly and for free. However, it enters a crowded m...
  • 23andMe set to go public via a Virgin Group SPAC merger a day ago  –  Genetics testing and genome research company 23andMe is set to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition corp (SPAC) VG Acquisition Corp, a vehicle set up by Richard Branson and his company Virgin Group. The transaction is expected to result in 23andMe having around $984 million in ...
  • Brazil’s Monkey nabs $6M Series A for financial marketplace
  • Aflorithmic nabs $1.3M for AI-driven personalized audio-as-a-service
  • Former Paytm execs team up to chase gold in India
  • BigChange raises $102M for a platform to help manage service fleets
  • ManoMano’s sales are growing rapidly for its home improvement e-commerce platform
  • This insurtech alleges its venture backer founded and funded a copycat: a founder’s “nightmare”
  • Will Carbon and Shahry usher in a wave of buy now, pay
  • Rad Power Bikes raises $150 million as electric bike sales boom a day ago  –  Electric bike sales boomed in 2020, a phenomenon driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it delivered consumers’ daily lives. Now, Rad Power Bikes is reaping those rewards and using them to double its workforce and scale globally. The Seattle-based startup said Thursday it has raised $...
  • Upstart gaming studio Mountaintop starts its climb with $5.5M seed from friends and family a day ago  –  Mountaintop, a sort of supergroup game development studio founded by veterans from a multitude of other major companies in the industry, has collected a $5.5 seed round from friends and family, and announced that their first title will be a PvP shooter. The company emerged last summer, headed by ...
  • The cloud infrastructure market hit $129B in 2020 a day ago  –  The cloud infrastructure market in 2020 reflected society itself, with the richest companies getting richer and the ones at the bottom of the market getting poorer. It grew to $129 billion for the year, according to data from Synergy Research Group. That’s up from around $97 billion in 2019. Syne...
  • Iteratively raises $5.4M to help companies build data pipelines they can trust
  • Extra Crunch is now hiring for reporter, editor and project manager positions
  • Space Cargo Unlimited looks to space to make wine grape vines more resistant to climate change
  • Leafly and Jane partner to build a better online cannabis shopping experience
  • Okta launches its new open-source design system with a focus on accessibility
  • Microsoft launches Viva, its new take on the old intranet
  • Tovala, the smart oven and meal kit service, heats up with
  • Venmo to gain crypto, budgeting, savings and Honey integrations this year 21 hours ago  –  The Venmo mobile payments app is going to look very different in 2021 as it inches closer to neobank territory with expansions into budgeting, saving and cryptocurrency, said Venmo parent company PayPal, during its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday. The company also plans to put its $4 billion...
  • Barclays adds itemised digital receipts to its banking app in partnership with fintech Flux 21 hours ago  –  Flux, the London fintech that has built a technology platform for banks and merchants to power itemised digital receipts and more, has seen its lengthy pilot with Barclays bear fruit. Announced formally today — but actually quietly rolled out a few months ago — Flux-powered digital receipts are n...
  • AI Dungeon-maker Latitude raises $3.3M to build games with ‘infinite’ story possibilities a day ago  –  Latitude, a startup building games with “infinite storylines” generated by artificial intelligence, is announcing that it has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. The idea of an AI-generated story might make you think of hilariously nonsensical experiments like “Sunspring,” but Latitude’s first t...
  • Metalenz reimagines the camera in 2D and raises $10M to ship it
  • Andreessen Horowitz could make the carbon offset API Patch its latest climate bet
  • Google Cloud launches Apigee X, the next generation of its API management platform
  • HubSpot acquires media startup The Hustle
  • Accel backs Mexican startup Flink’s effort to bring consumer investing to Latin America
  • Google to offer heart and respiratory rate measurements using just your smartphone’s camera
  • Class adds $30 million to its balance sheet for a Zoom-frie
  • A lake house architect, a Miami VC and a homeowner walk into a wine bar 16 hours ago  –  Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s biggest tech happenings. The good news is that we managed to fit it all into a single epi...
  • Biden Commerce nominee Raimondo sees no reason to remove Huawei from entity list 16 hours ago  –  Huawei’s status in the U.S. has been one of many question marks hovering over the newly minted Biden administration. The smartphone maker was one of a number of Chinese companies added to the Department of Commerce’s “entity list” during Trump’s four years in office. Gina Raimondo, Joe Biden’s no...
  • New antitrust reform bill charts one possible path for regulating big tech 17 hours ago  –  As Democrats settle into control of both chambers of Congress, signs of the party’s legislative priorities are starting to manifest. So far, lawmakers’ interest in reimagining tech’s regulatory landscape appears to be alive and well. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is out with a new proposal for antitr...
  • Infinitus emerges from stealth with $21.4M for ‘voice RPA’ aimed at healthcare companies
  • Carta’s startup liquidity service CartaX conducts first transactions on its own cap table
  • Twitter expands Google Cloud partnership to ‘learn more from data, move faster’
  • Health tech startup Bold raises $7 million in seed funding for senior-focused fitness programs
  • Why one Databricks investor thinks the company may be undervalued
  • 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising
  • Moka.care is a European mental healthcare solution for e

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  • Facebook blocked in Myanmar after users protest military coup a day ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Myanmar’s government has blocked access to Facebook in the country, after users turned to the company’s services to protest this week’s military coup. In a statement given to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook confirmed that the country’s telecoms pr...
  • HP’s Spectre x360 14 review: the best 2-in-1 you can buy
  • What’s on your desk, Cameron Faulkner?
  • I love my weird Belkin wireless charging tree thing
  • YouTube ends support for old 2012 Apple TV, but you can still use AirPlay
  • Amazon’s new CEO says it’s not done making video games, despite problems
  • Bang & Olufsen wants its new Beosound Level to outlast your average connected speaker
  • If Twitter’s dark mode has recently changed for you, you’re not alone
  • Amazon Alexa can now help find a COVID test or ruin your morning with Minions
  • Don’t buy Teslas during a production ramp, Elon Musk sa
  • Scientists want to know if vaccinated people can still become COVID-19 long-haulers a day ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Data from multiple COVID-19 vaccines makes it clear that the shots protect against the most severe outcomes of the disease: hospitalization and death. But it’s still unclear how well the vaccines will reduce the risk of chronic, long-term symptoms, ...
  • Pixel phones will be able to read your heart rate with their cameras
  • Logitech’s Brio, the holy grail of webcams, is $40 off right now
  • Rad Power Bikes raises $150 million to grow its electric bike empire
  • Apple’s rumored VR headset could cost $3,000, feature 8K displays and over a dozen cameras
  • Clearview’s facial recognition tech is illegal mass surveillance, Canada privacy commissioners say
  • The electric Mustang Mach-E takes Ford in a whole new direction
  • If you’re starting an online class, check to make sure your professor is alive
  • Lego is making a Sonic Mania-themed set inspired by a fan creation
  • Microsoft launches Viva, a bet on the future of remote work
  • Genetic testing firm 23andMe is going public via a SPAC backed by Richard Branson 18 hours ago  –  Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Home DNA-testing company 23andMe will go public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) backed by Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, the companies announced Thursday. “We have always believed that healthcare needs to be driven by the ...
  • Chrome is blocking popular extension The Great Suspender, but there’s a way to recover your tabs
  • Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter team up to crack down on hackers who steal rare usernames
  • The next victim of the global microchip shortage is Ford’s most profitable truck, the F-150
  • Apple patent application imagines charging cables that might not fray so easily
  • Two Google engineers quit over firing of ethical AI leader Timnit Gebru
  • Walmart will have PS5 and Xbox Series X / S available online at 3PM ET today
  • Democrats call on FCC to expand remote learning connectivity
  • Amazon reportedly requiring 10-hour overnight shifts for some workers
  • Bezos’ climate fund faces a reckoning with Amazon’s poll
  • Ford is more than doubling its investment in electric and autonomous vehicles to $29 billion 15 hours ago  –  Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge The automaker had previously committed to spend $11.5 billion on electrifying its vehicle lineup through 2...
  • Pinterest had a giant fourth quarter thanks to a strong holiday season
  • Even you can afford Serena Williams’ gamer chair
  • Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 aren’t launching this year
  • The latest GameStop stock dip looks like the end of the line
  • Google union files labor board charge against contract company
  • Niagara is a minimalist Android launcher I wish I’d had on my bus commute
  • Snap says its TikTok competitor already has 100 million monthly users
  • Google is weighing an anti-tracking feature for Android, following Apple’s lead
  • Smartmatic sues Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, and others over
  • Listen to this amazing remaster of Super Mario World’s soundtrack an hour ago  –  Image: Nintendo Fans are remastering the soundtrack to Super Mario World, creating uncompressed versions of the original tracks that were never possible on the Super Nintendo hardware. The Super Mario World Restored project is ongoing, but you can already listen to nine tracks from the or...
  • Peloton is spending millions to fix its months-long shipping delays
  • How Alix Diaconis creates video for The Verge
  • GoldenEye’s canceled Xbox 360 remake leaks online, and it’s playable
  • Chrome 88 update includes important security fix for zero-day vulnerability
  • Xiaomi’s new concept phone has a waterfall display on all four edges
  • Baltimore’s spy planes will fly no more
  • Razer’s Huntsman V2 Analog is the latest keyboard built to mimic a controller’s joysticks
  • Razer built a Thunderbolt 4 dock stuffed with ports and Chroma RGB lights
  • Apple’s new betas let you try its Watch-based solution for
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