The Next Web
- Polestar challenges itself to make an entirely carbon neutral car by 2030 4 days ago – Last year, on World EV day, Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath declared that “Electric cars are not clean.” With its latest announcement, it seems the startup EV maker is keen to address that fact. Today, as part of its first annual review, Polestar has declared its ambition to make a car that’s entir...
- Amid the live audio app boom, Clubhouse is reportedly seeking funding with a $4B valuation 4 days ago – Since Clubhouse became the new social media darling in just a few short months, live audio features and platforms have garnered a lot of interest in the tech community. The company now wants to raise more money, which should help it stay ahead of the competition. According to a report from Bloomb...
- Quantum computers will win the next world war 3 days ago – What would happen if an AI gained control of the US military’s nuclear stash and decided to preemptively win World War 3 before any perceived enemy nations could react? Fans of cinema from the 1980s may recognize that query as the plot to the classic science-fiction film “Wargames” starring a you...Quantum computers will win the next world war 3 days ago – What would happen if an AI gained control of the US military’s nuclear stash and decided to preemptively win World War 3 before any perceived enemy nations could react? Fans of cinema from the 1980s may recognize that query as the plot to the classic science-fiction film “Wargames” starring a you...
- Coded Bias director Shalini Kantayya: ‘Data rights are civil rights’ 3 days ago – In 2015, MIT researcher Joy Buolamwini was developing a device called the Aspire Mirror. Onlookers would stare into a webcam and then see a reflection on their face of something that inspires them. At least, that was the plan. But Buolamwini quickly noticed that the facial recognition software wa...
- Should countries ever respond to cyberattacks with physical force? 3 days ago – In conventional warfare, it’s accepted that if a state finds itself under attack, it’s entitled to respond – either with defensive force, or with a counterattack. But it’s less clear how countries should respond to cyberattacks: state-backed hacks which often have dangerous real-world implication...
- 85% of cars sold in Norway last month were electric 3 days ago – Get a load of this. Norway, that EV loving country of Salmon slappers, has pretty much moved on entirely from gasoline cars. According to sales figures for last month, 85% of new cars sold were battery electric, or plug-in hybrid. Drilling down into those numbers a little more, BEVs come out on t...
- Google has a secret blocklist that hides YouTube hate videos from advertisers — but it’s full of holes 2 days ago – This story is the first of two parts. If you want to find YouTube videos related to “KKK” to advertise on, Google Ads will block you. But the company failed to block dozens of other hate and White nationalist terms and slogans, an investigation by The Markup has found. Using a list of 86 hate-rel...
- A closer look at Boston’s free public transport trial 2 days ago – This article was originally published by Christopher Carey 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...
- Master coding, design, and GoSkills Unlimited’s entire catalogue for under $100 14 hours ago – TLDR: With a year of GoSkills Unlimited Online Courses, learners can pick up training in web development, finance, project management, soft skills, and a whole lot more. The sunsets in the West, Alabama dominates college football, and one day, you will die. These are all certainties in life that ...
- Physicists working with Microsoft think the universe is a self-learning computer a day ago – A team of theoretical physicists working with Microsoft today published an amazing pre-print research paper describing the universe as a self-learning system of evolutionary laws. In other words: We live inside a computer that learns. The big idea: Bostrom’s Simulation Argument has been a hot top...
Tech Crunch
- Crypto trading on Robinhood spiked to 9.5M customers in first quarter 2 days ago – It’s been a big year for crypto, and Robinhood shared some stats today providing more evidence that the crypto boom is more than just hype — at least for now. In a blog, Christine Brown, Robinhood’s head of crypto operations, revealed that in the first quarter of 2021, 9.5 million of its customer...
- Nigeria’s SEC warns investment platforms to stop trading ‘unregistered’ foreign securities 2 days ago – In a circular released by Nigeria’s capital market regulator SEC today, investment platforms providing access to foreign securities might be treading on dangerous grounds. According to the SEC regulations that have just been brought to light, these platforms are trading foreign securities not reg...
- Epic cries monopoly as Apple details secret ‘Project Liberty’ effort to provoke ‘Fortnite’ ban 2 days ago – The Epic v. Apple lawsuit alleging monopolistic practices by the latter will begin next month, and today the main arguments of each company were published, having been trimmed down somewhat at the court’s discretion. With the basic facts agreed upon, the two companies will go to battle over what ...
- SnackMagic picks up $15M to expand from build-your-own snack boxes into a wider gifting marketplace 2 days ago – The office shut-down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year spurred huge investment in digital transformation and a wave of tech companies helping with that, but there were some distinct losers in the shift, too — specifically those whose business models were predicated on serving the ve...
- Elior acquires food delivery startup Nestor 2 days ago – Corporate catering company Elior has acquired French startup Nestor for an undisclosed amount. Nestor originally started with a simple idea to differentiate itself from food delivery giants, such as Deliveroo, Uber Eats and others. Every day, the startup offered a single menu for lunch. If you li...
- SoftBank Vision Fund 2 invests $160M in media localization provider Iyuno-SDI Group 2 days ago – Iyuno-SDI Group, a provider of translated subtitles and other media localization services, announced today it has raised $160 million in funding from SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The company said this makes the fund one of its largest shareholders. Iyuno-SDI Group was formed after Iyuno Media Group co...
- Cleo Capital is targeting $20 million for Fund II 2 days ago – Cleo Capital, a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Sarah Kunst, is raising up to $20 million for its second fund, according to a source familiar with the matter. A recent SEC filing shows that Cleo Capital has already raised $6.7 million of that goal, bringing total assets under management t...
- Amazon defeats warehouse union push, RWDSU challenges results 2 days ago – Efforts to unionize Amazon’s Bessemer, Alabama warehouse were defeated by a wide margin in the second day of vote counting. More than half of the 3,215 votes cast broke in favor of the retailer. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which would have served as the workers’ union, had t...
- Mortgage is suddenly sexy as SoftBank pumps $500M in Better.com at a $6B valuation 2 days ago – Digital mortgage lender Better.com has raised a $500 million round from Japanese investment conglomerate SoftBank that values the company at $6 billion. The financing is notable for a few reasons. For one, that new $6 billion valuation is up 50% from the $4 billion it was valued at last November ...
- Job postings hint at winners of NYC and London e-scooter pilots a day ago – A batch of job listings along with some Twitter whisperings suggests that scooter companies such as Lime and Superpedestrian are gearing up to operate in London and New York City — two of the last remaining frontiers of shared-scooter services. A review of job listings, company websites and Linke...
- No-code publishing platform Shorthand raises $8M a day ago – Shorthand, the Australian startup behind a no-code platform that allows publishers and brands to create multimedia stories, has raised $10 million Australian (just under $8 million U.S.) from Fortitude Investment Partners. CEO Ricky Robinson told me via email that this is Shorthand’s first instit...
- How we dodged risks and raised millions for our open-source machine language startup a day ago – Open-source startups hoping to secure funding must be aware of these risks when crafting business models to attract investment.
- How one founder identified a huge healthcare gap and acquired the skills necessary to address it 10 hours ago – Our new podcast Found is now available, and the first episode features guest Iman Abuzeid, co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health. Abuzeid’s story of founding and building Incredible Health, a career platform for healthcare professionals focusing specifically on nurses, is all about a focused en...How one founder identified a huge healthcare gap and acquired the skills necessary to address it 10 hours ago – Our new podcast Found is now available, and the first episode features guest Iman Abuzeid, co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health. Abuzeid’s story of founding and building Incredible Health, a career platform for healthcare professionals focusing specifically on nurses, is all about a focused en...
- This Week in Apps: Facebook’s other Clubhouse rival, Apple details ATT, App Store trial nears 13 hours ago – Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year...
- China gets serious about antitrust, fines Alibaba $2.75B a day ago – Chinese regulators have hit Alibaba with a record fine of 18 billion yuan (about $2.75 billion) for violating anti-monopoly rules as the country seeks to rein in the power of its largest internet conglomerates. In November, China proposed sweeping antitrust regulations targeting its interent econ...
The Verge
- Grab a full year of PlayStation Plus for only $27 2 days ago – PlayStation Plus is available for both PS4 and PS5 owners. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you managed to get your hands on a PS5 — or you own a PS4 — and you want to renew your PlayStation Plus membership, Eneba is offering a great deal, with an added discount to readers of The V...
- Some Pixel 5 users can’t stream Netflix in HD because of a DRM issue a day ago – Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Some Pixel 5 owners are apparently experiencing a bug with Google’s Widevine DRM platform that’s causing their phones to only play back Netflix videos in standard definition, instead of the usual HD and HDR10 quality that they should be. Google...
- a day ago – HP HP has announced an update to its Chromebook x360 14c, its premium convertible Chromebook aimed at students and remote workers: the laptop now includes Intel’s latest 11th Gen processors. Configurations start at $649.99 and will be available for purchase this month. You can configure t...
- Apple’s big podcasting move is creating shows to promote TV Plus a day ago – Illustration by William Joel / The Verge The podcasting world’s been waiting and watching for Apple to debut a full-blown revenue-producing podcast business. Spotify and other tech giants have been making moves in the space — signing exclusivity deals, acquiring companies, and generally t...
- Epic antitrust case versus Apple in Australia gets three-month stay 14 hours ago – Image by Epic Games An Australian judge has ruled that Epic’s lawsuit against Apple in Australia will be temporarily suspended as the two sides prepare for a trial in the US, Gizmodo Australia reported. Apple had asked for a permanent stay of the case in Australia, arguing that the US and...
- a day ago – Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A mobile carrier allowed anyone with one of its customers phone numbers to access their personal information, including name, address, phone number, and text and call history, according to a report by Ars Technica. The carrier, Q Link Wireless, clai...
- China fines Alibaba $2.8 billion after antitrust investigation 6 hours ago – Photo by Fang Dongxu/VCG via Getty Images China has hit Alibaba, one of the country’s biggest online retailers, with a record $2.8 billion (18.2 billion yuan) fine, after an investigation found the ecommerce giant violated China’s anti-monopoly law, The New York Times reported. The fine, ...
- 11 hours ago – Image: Microsoft Age of Empires games have always taken place against a historical backdrop, but Microsoft and Relic Entertainment want to take things even further with Age of Empires IV. The game will feature narrated documentaries throughout the campaigns, time period-accurate language ...
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