Friday, March 19, 2021

19 March - Technology - NextWeb / Tech Crunch / The Verge

  • Watch AI Eminem diss the patriarchy in new music video 2 days ago  –  Eminem has an illustrious history of rap battles, but his controversial insults can infuriate sensitive listeners. In recent weeks, a TikTok campaign called for Em to be “canceled”  for glorifying violence against women in his single “Love the Way You Lie.” Inevitably, Marshall Mathers fired back...
  • NASA spotted a snake-like exoplanet that shed and regrew its own atmosphere
  • Learn to profitably run ads on Facebook with this comprehensive training for less than $4 per course
  • This AI-powered tool is how you create the iron-clad resume for landing the job of your dreams
  • What does it cost to charge an EV? We show you the math
  • What’s GaN? And why’s it the next big thing in charging?
  • College esports are booming — but women are being left out
  • Closing roads near schools cuts NO2 levels by 23% in London
  • Uber will finally pay UK drivers minimum wage — but there’s
    • 4 reasons your hi-fi setup needs a subwoofer 2 days ago  –  It’s easy for audio enthusiasts to succumb to GAS, or the Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Once you listen to a decent pair of speakers, you want to try the next best thing, and then something else, and then the cycle perpetuates itself. Yet one of the biggest updates you can do to your hi-fi system wi...
  • The portable monitor is perfect for on-the-go work or play. And it’s under $200 2 days ago  –  TLDR: The UPERFECT Portable Monitor offers brilliant 1080p HD resolution viewing and a host of connection ports to make viewing easy anywhere you go. There are times when a smartphone just won’t do. While its power and versatility are unquestionable, it’s created to be a device you can slip into ...
  • Conquering Google SEO is huge for any business. This training can help you make it work for you
  • What to expect from Apple’s upcoming iPad upgrades
  • Jersey City to expand on-demand transport after shift in commuting habits
  • 3 tips on how you, a founder, can become more adaptable
  • Wake up Volvo, MG already made the world’s first electric station wagon
  • Microsoft PowerPoint’s AI-powered coach will hone your presentation skills everywhere
  • The 5 best fictional AIs in gaming
  • Android 12’s second developer preview finally adds a one-
    • Facebook is budding to build a kid-friendly Instagram 20 hours ago  –  Facebook has had many problems in dealing with content moderation when it comes to children on Instagram. The EU even started a probe last year into the social network’s data storage practices for kids. To tackle all these problems, the company is now looking to build a special version for users ...
  • Twitter will soon let you watch YouTube videos without leaving its app a day ago  –  Twitter plays videos on its mobile apps fine if they’re directly uploaded to the platform. However, if someone posts a YouTube link, it’ll redirect you to a browser or the YouTube app. Now, the social network is introducing a feature that’ll let you watch these videos without leaving the app. Twi...
  • After Trump ban, Twitter is polling users on how to moderate world leaders
  • Beware of biased vaccine distribution algorithms
  • Facebook’s making a wearable that uses your nerve signals to control AR environments
  • Mars rover captures mysterious ‘scratching noise’ during drive across the red planet
  • A lightning strike may have helped spark life on earth — here’s how
  • Why you can’t base business decisions on numbers alone
  • Report: UK rips out EV subsidy for cars over £35,000
  • Google profits from spreading fake news — here’s how
    • Digital vaccine passports could deny people services due to algorithmic decisions, experts warn 9 hours ago  –  Digital vaccine passports could provide a path back to our pre-pandemic lives, but the route of return is an ethical minefield. China, Israel, and Bahrain have already begun rolling out digital vaccine certificates. On Wednesday, the EU announced its plan to join them. In theory, the passes can p...
  • Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger are down (Update: they’re back) 10 hours ago  –  Update (7:30 PM CET): The services seem to be returning to normal now. Hope you enjoyed the break. Our original report follows. WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger have gone down for users around the world. Thousands of users have reported problems accessing the Facebook-owned apps to out...
  • Watch Toyota’s souped-up electric Radical destroy the Nürburgring
  • How will drunk driving laws adapt to self-driving cars?
  • Build your own Android apps with this Packt Publishing eBooks and video training package
  • Audioheads! You need a pair of open-back, planar magnetic headphones
  • Xiaomi Mi 11: Come for the specs, stay for the design
  • 3.7 billion year-old rocks from Greenland may hold secrets of life on Earth
  • My team experimented with ‘no screen mornings’ — it worked wonders
  • US automotive safety body is investigating 27 Tesla crashe

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  • NFT marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million from a16z a day ago  –  OpenSea has been one of a handful of NFT marketplaces to explode in popularity in recent weeks as collectors wade into the trading of nonfungible tokens on the blockchain. While new startups have been popping up everyday, platforms that launched in crypto’s earlier times are receiving rampant att...
  • Rivian to install more than 10,000 EV chargers by end of 2023 a day ago  –  Rivian, the EV startup backed by Amazon, Cox Automotive and T. Rowe Price, plans to install more than 10,000 chargers by the end of 2023. The network will have a dual purpose: quickly power its electric vehicle models with fast chargers installed along highways and provide Level 2 chargers at fur...
  • Introducing Startup Alley+ at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 a day ago  –  Determined early-stage startup founders (are there really any other kind?) always keep a sharp eye out for advantages that help them build better and faster. Well, heads up folks because this is a brand-new opportunity like no other, and it takes place at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-2...
  • Quest for prosthetic retinas progresses toward human trials, with a VR assist
  • Data shows how few Google Play developers will pay the higher 30% commission after policy change
  • MaaS transit: The business of mobility as a service
  • Slapdash raises $3.7M seed to ship a workplace apps command bar
  • Twitter begins testing a way to watch YouTube videos from the home timeline on iOS
  • Kuda raises $25M more led by Valar to become the neobank for ‘every African on the planet’
  • Co-founded by a leader of SpaceX’s missions operations, E
  • Betting on China’s driverless future, Toyota, Bosch, Daimler jump on board Momenta’s $500M round a day ago  –  Across the street from Suzhou North, a high-speed railway station in a historic city near Shanghai, a futuristic M-shaped building easily catches the eye of anyone passing by. It houses the headquarters of the five-year-old Chinese autonomous driving startup, Momenta. Like other major Chinese cit...
  • Gillmor Gang: Clubhouse Style a day ago  –  Let’s stipulate the storm of user media (social audio, newsletters, live streaming) is evidence of something real and lasting. When this citizen media migrates to small business and the enterprise, we see that as confirmation, validation. Most of these efforts are in the investment phase, where s...
  • Fortify raises a $20M Series B for its composite manufacturing 3D printer a day ago  –  There’s been quite a bit of movement in the additive manufacturing space in recent months. If I had to pinpoint a reason, I would say that — much like robotics (another space I follow fairly closely) — the category has gotten a boost in interest from the pandemic. Medical applications are underst...
  • Ford to build some F-150 trucks without certain parts due to global chip shortage
  • Fort raises $13M for its robotics safety software
  • MrBeast’s management company, Night Media, has a new venture fund that’s backed by creators
  • Daily Crunch: YouTube’s TikTok rival launches in the US
  • Substack faces backlash over the writers it supports with big advances
  • Snowflake gave up its dual-class shares. Should you?
  • NASA and SpaceX sign a special info sharing agreement to
  • New markets emerge for carbon accounting businesses as cities like LA push proposals 13 hours ago  –  Earlier this month, Los Angeles became the latest city to task its various departments with prepping a feasibility study for deploying new software and monitoring technologies to better account for its carbon footprint. LA’s city council initiative, led by council member Paul Koretz, follows a pu...
  • SpaceX nears final assembly of its first massive testing rocket booster for Starship 14 hours ago  –  SpaceX has completed what’s known as the “stacking” of its first Super Heavy prototype, the extremely large next-generation first-stage rocket booster that it will eventually use to propel its Starship spacecraft to orbit and beyond. The Super Heavy Booster is about 220 feet tall — which is rough...
  • India asks court to block WhatsApp’s policy update, says new change violates laws 14 hours ago  –  As WhatsApp spends months to address users’ concerns and confusion about its planned policy update, there is evidently one entity it hasn’t had much luck making inroads with: The government of India. The Indian government alleged on Friday that WhatsApp’s planned privacy update, which goes into e...
  • Forget medicine, in the future you might get prescribed apps
  • Survey: Share feedback on Extra Crunch
  • Brazilian startup Tractian gets the Y Combinator seal of approval for its equipment monitoring tech
  • Nordetect’s system to monitor soil and water for indoor agriculture raises seed funding
  • Blackstone just closed its inaugural growth equity fund, and it’s a doozy
  • Nigeria’s Termii raises $1.4M seed led by Future Africa and Kepple Africa Ventures
  • Backed by YC, Vendease is building Amazon Prime for rest
  • Instagram and WhatsApp hit by outage 10 hours ago  –  Instagram and WhatsApp experienced an apparent outage on Friday. It began around 1:40 p.m. ET and lasted for more than half an hour. WhatsApp was unable to connect to the server, and messages were not being delivered. It’s not clear if the issue also affected Facebook Messenger, which last year r...
  • Social+ payments: Why fintechs need social features 10 hours ago  –  The shift toward social+ is not going anywhere, and the fintech vertical is no exception. The good news is the social+finance trend is still in its infancy, which means there are opportunities to gain a first-mover advantage by acting now.
  • Uber under pressure over facial recognition checks for drivers 11 hours ago  –  Uber’s use of facial recognition technology for a driver identity system is being challenged in the U.K., where the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU) and Worker Info Exchange (WIE) have called for Microsoft to suspend the ride-hailing giant’s use of B2B facial recognition after finding mult...
  • Cloud infrastructure spending passed on-prem data centers in 2020
  • Attend Disrupt 2021 for less than $100
  • Fetcher raises $6.5M to automate parts of the recruiting process
  • Brian Brackeen returns as an advisor to facial recognition startup Kairos following his ouster as CEO
  • Hear how Poshmark went from Series A to the public markets with Manish Chandra and Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha
  • Timing your bootstrap with Calendly’s Tope Awotona and OpenView’s Blake Bartlett at TC Early Stage
  • AI fintech products are operating at scale and investor inter

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  • Daily Crunch: Facebook shows off a wrist-based interface 6 hours ago  –  Facebook develops a new way to interact with AR, Uber’s facial recognition policy faces scrutiny and SpaceX’s Starship rocket booster hits a major milestone. This is your Daily Crunch for March 19, 2021. The big story: Facebook shows off wrist-based interface This project comes out of Facebook Re...
  • Deep science: AI is in the air, water, soil and steel 6 hours ago  –  This column aims to collect some of the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in but not limited to artificial intelligence — and explain why they matter.
  • Extra Crunch roundup: AI eats fintech, fundraising visas, no-code transition tips, more 6 hours ago  –  Most American retail banks are designed the same way: Customers must pass several desks set aside for loan and mortgage officers before they can talk to a customer representative. I only step inside a bank a few times each year, but even pre-pandemic, I can’t remember the last time I saw someone ...
  • Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days
  • It’s time to abandon business intelligence tools
  • Facebook showcases wrist-worn AR interface concept
  • Sidekick Browser wants to be a productivity-honed ‘work OS’ on Chromium
  • The lightning-fast Series A (that was 3 years in the making)
  • Superpedestrian positions itself as the go-to partner for cities with new e-scooter safety upgrades
  • 5 trends in the boardrooms of high-growth private companie

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  • Cricut completely unravels subscription plans that would limit its crafting machines a day ago  –  Image: Cricut Cricut has announced in a new blog post that its automated cutting and printing craft machine will no longer require a subscription for unlimited uploads next year. The company took a step back when it announced it would postpone the change until 2022. But now Cricut CEO Ash...
  • Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13
  • OnePlus CEO announces there will be a third, less-expensive phone called the OnePlus 9R
  • Among Us’ new Airship map launches on March 31st
  • Congress tries to get the FTC in fighting shape
  • A streamer is staying live for as long as people keep subscribing
    A streamer is staying live for as long as people keep subscribing a day ago  –  Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren has been live since March 14th, and today marked the fourth continuous day of his broadcast. The reason? Every time someone subscribes to his channel, it adds 10 seconds to the amount of time he plans to remain live. In other words: Ahgren is running an uncapped suba...
  • Intel teaser hints long-awaited Xe HPG gaming GPUs may be revealed on March 26th
  • NASA’s future Moon rocket completes critical hot-fire test
  • Sony’s big PlayStation game giveaway is the perfect way to hide a precarious position
  • Sony is now part-owner of Evo, the most prestigious fightin
  • Super Nintendo World is sensory overload 14 hours ago  –  Nintendo’s theme park is finally open Continue reading…
  • Samsung’s high-end Galaxy Buds Pro are $30 off at Woot
  • The OnePlus Watch gets an early reveal ahead of March 23rd announcement
  • MatPat looks at YouTube’s biggest changes over the last decade — and what lies ahead
  • Gamescom plans ‘hybrid’ event for summer, focusing on superfans (but ignoring superspreaders)
     15 hours ago  –  Photo by Franziska Krug/Getty Images for game - Verband der deutschen Games-Branche Video game fair Gamescom is planning to hold a “hybrid event” combining in-person and digital activities later this summer, despite uncertainty surrounding the ongoing pandemic and the risk the trade show ...
  • How to find out if you’re getting the third stimulus payment
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a brief respite in a post-Thanos world
  • ‘Anti-capitalist’ Verkada hacker charged by US government with attacks on dozens of companies
  • NFL significantly expands streaming deals as Amazon nabs Thursday Night exclusive
  • Inexplicably, YouTube says extremely racist Steven Crowd

  • Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger have recovered from a major outage 9 hours ago  –  Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Facebook has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other Facebook services on Friday, according to a statement shared with The Telegraph’s Margi Murphy. “Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to ...
  • OnePlus is spoiling its 9 and 9 Pro keynote with early reveals, and here’s the TL;DR
  • Astell & Kern’s new USB-C DAC promises hi-fi audio for phones without headphone jacks
  • Fontemon is a playable Minnesota-themed Pokémon parody somehow crammed into a font
  • Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.2 patch promises to tone down omniscient teleporting cops and pinball driving
  • Xbox Series X is available at Best Buy [UPDATE: Sold Out]
  • Gotham Knights is delayed until 2022
  • ChilledCow puts channel name out to pasture with a rebrand to ‘Lofi Girl’
  • Vaio Z (2021) review: carbon tax
  • Acer TravelMate P6 review: a suitable business partner
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