Friday, December 31, 2021

31 December - Technology - T N W - Tech Crunch / The Verge

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We ranked 3 types of EV batteries to find the most efficient and sustainable one

Could electric velomobiles change micromobility? Meet the Kinner Car

I secured a $100K pre-seed investment in 30 min with nothing but an idea

Delusional Elon Musk claims Tesla Robot will be ‘like C3PO or R2D2’

Scientists created a biological quantum circuit in grisly experiment with tardigrades

Will we still worry about the damn chip shortage in 2022?

Tech Crunch

  • WTF is .xyz? 4 days ago  –  If you’ve visited a crypto company’s website recently, you’ve probably visited a URL ending in “.xyz” instead of its cheugier counterpart, .com. From fintech Block, formerly known as Square, to venture firm Paradigm, to blockchain startups like Mirror, .xyz has become the go-to URL ending for man...
  • Europe’s antitrust policy shouldn’t ignore China  4 days ago  –  The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics.
  • How to be one of the ‘haves’ of SaaS 4 days ago  –  The flow of capital in SaaS is becoming increasingly bifurcated. There are the "haves" (public companies with revenue growth of over 30%) and the "have nots" (everyone else) of B2B software.
  • Daily Crunch: 11 tech companies that closed in 2021
  • Kimberly Bryant’s suspension surfaces ongoing tensions at Black Girls Code
  • Dutch regulator orders App Store changes, China’s app numbers decline, 2021’s new million-dollar publishers
  • What are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an investment manager?
  • Micromobility in 2022: Refined, mature and packed full of tech
  • Indian neobank Jupiter raises $86 million to launch lending and wealth management services
  • Hallow, a religious app for Catholics, talks the talk as religio
  • Mercedes, BMW, more join list of companies opting-out of an in-person CES a day ago  –  Two more auto giants have added their names to the growing list of big companies opting out of an in-person CES with less than a week remaining before kickoff. Yesterday, Mercedes confirmed that it would be skipping the physical event. “As the health and safety of our customers, partners, employe...
  • The year the tide turned on ransomware a day ago  –  This year was rife with ransomware. 2021 witnessed the attack on IT software company Kaseya that knocked 1,500 organizations offline, the CD Projekt Red hack that saw threat actors make off with source code for games including Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, and several high-profile attacks tar...
  • Voyant raises $15M to scale production of its tiny, inexpensive lidar tech a day ago  –  The future of lidar is uncertain unless, as Voyant hopes to do, its price and size are reduced to fractions of their current values. As long as lidars are sandwich-sized devices that cost thousands, they won’t be ubiquitous — so Voyant has raised some cash to bring its smaller, cheaper, more easi...
  • The best tech of CES 2012
  • Not every creator economy startup is built for creators
  • Yukai Engineering’s cute stuffed animal robot will nibble on your finger
  • African tech took center stage in 2021
  • Tech-led biofuel startup Koko Networks launches new consumer goods business in Kenya
  • We need to pay more attention to ‘age-tech’
  • Daily Crunch: Using public roads, trucking startup TuSimpl

    • The Verge

  • James Webb Space Telescope’s fuel expected to last more than 10 years 2 days ago  –  James Webb Space Telescope Following the revolutionary and successful launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, into space on Christmas day, NASA announced some unexpected news about the telescope’s future: its science mission is likely to last “significantly more” than 10 years ...
  • 2021 was the year clean energy finally faced its mining problem
  • This Apple Watch Series 7 sale arrived just in time for New Year’s resolutions
  • Scientists find unexpected trove of life forms beneath Antarctic ice shelf
  • The Book of Boba Fett’s first chapter has a lot of blank pages
  • Solar recycling is broken, but there’s a plan to fix it
  • CES 2022 will introduce HDMI 2.1a, another confusing new spec
  • 10 Apple Arcade games for your new iPhone or iPad
  • You’ll see even more Roku TV Ready soundbars in 2022
  • You must never press the original Razr’s forbidden internet
  • Why Theranos failed, but other researchers might not 2 days ago  –  Jurors are still deliberating over the fate of Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of defunct biotech company Theranos. They’re deciding if she intentionally misled investors, patients, and doctors about what her company’s blood testing technology could do. Because despite big promises, the tech the co...
  • Tesla recalls nearly half a million Model 3 and Model S cars
  • Sony’s photo-focused Xperia 1 III is down to its best price yet
  • 11 great apps for your new Windows 11 PC
  • Tom Brady says the next sideline Surface he yeets will cost him
     2 days ago  –  Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers watches from the sidelines during the 2nd quarter of the game against the New Orleans Saints | Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images On the Sunday Night Football stage, December 19th, Tom Brady and the Buccaneers were swept for the second consecutive...
  • A vehicle burned at Canoo’s headquarters after a battery test
  • Fortnite servers were down for five hours, but now the game is back online
  • Here are the best Kindle deals right now
  • The best after-Christmas deals from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, and more
  • The Xiaomi 12 Pro’s main camera is absolutely massive
  • BMW, IBM, Panasonic, and Mercedes to skip planned in-person events at CES 2022 a day ago  –  Attendees walk through the Las Vegas Convention Center January 10, 2020 on the final day of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) | Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images BMW has announced it will no longer be showing up in person for media events at CES 2022 — the giant electronics ...
  • Google pulls back the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro December update to fix dropped calls
  • Wondercise Studio wants to replace Zoom for connected fitness classes
  • Here are the best AirPods deals you can get right now
  • NYC orders nearly 200 Mustang Mach-Es for police and first responders
  • Amazon has PS5 consoles in stock again (update: sold out)
  • I refuse to care about the quality of my webcam
  • CES 2022 in-person exhibitor list continues to shrink: BMW cancels media events and Mercedes is out
  • Samsung says its foldable shipments increased four-fold in 2021
  • 12 great apps ready for your new 2021 Mac 
  • Merry Christmas! Santander Claus made a $176 million payment mistake 4 hours ago  –  Photo by HUSSEIN FALEH/AFP via Getty Images Some tens of thousands of people woke up on Christmas Day to doubled wages and a higher-than-expected bank balance after Santander did an oopsie, depositing £130 million ($176 million) into accounts held by its UK customers. Santander would now ...
  • CES 2022 will close a day early because of COVID concerns
  • Biden administration will continue ISS cooperation through 2030
  • Colorado fires close out a year of disastrous drought
  • A program for cheaper internet for low-income Americans launches today
  • The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work
  • 2021: A year in art on The Verge
  • Apple’s latest iPad is back down to its best price at Amazon
  • 10 great games to play on your new VR headset
    10 great games to play on your new VR headset 13 hours ago  –  Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge The best games you can play on the Vive, Rift, or Quest 2 Continue reading…
  • Apple investigates Indian iPhone plant after workers strike
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