Friday, February 11, 2022

11 February - Technology - T N W / Tech Crunch / The Verge

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The autonomous Black Hawk helicopter is a terrifying glimpse into the future

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Meta has BILLION$ of reasons not to leave the EU

Autonomous taxis are safer than Tesla’s ‘self-driving’ tech

Everything Samsung announced at its Galaxy S22 event

Apple’s ‘Tap to Pay’ feature shows how damn smart the company is

Tech Crunch

  • Zoox robotaxis are already mingling with the public on semi-private test courses a day ago  –  Zoox has built dozens of custom-built electric robotaxis and is testing them in one or more “semi-private courses” in California, according to the company’s co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson. “We have dozens of them — not hundreds yet, but it’s very far into the double digits, said Levinson, refe...
  • Remote work and events startup twine acquires YC-backed Glimpse to launch on Zoom a day ago  –  Twine, a company that provides networking tools for virtual events and remote teams, will soon bring its services to Zoom thanks to its just-closed acquisition of the Y Combinator-backed startup, Glimpse, which had developed a “speed matching” platform designed for virtual events. Glimpse’s idea ...
  • If crypto companies are going to spend this much money, can we at least get an 11th F1 team? a day ago  –  It's time for a bold blockchain company to succeed where so many others have failed: building a new F1 team. Admit it, it's brilliant.
  • Insify is modernizing insurance, but this time for SMEs
  • Neo.Tax raises $10M to help startups access R&D tax credits
  • Looks like we’ll get to test the impact of rising interest rates on tech stocks
  • Maze, Egregor and Sekhmet ransomware decryption keys published
  • Tinder introduces a way for members to go on virtual ‘blind dates’
  • To rival TikTok and Instagram, YouTube plans to double down on more creator tools, including NFTs, live shopping and more video effects
  • Odys Aviation, formerly Craft Aerospace, raises $12M for
  • Disney+ outshines Netflix with 11.8M new subscribers in Q1 and strong forecast a day ago  –  Disney+ added 11.8 million new subscribers last quarter to reach 129.8 million subscribers, Disney announced as part of its Q1 2022 earnings release, and said it’s still on track to reach 230 to 260 million subscribers by 2024. The company’s quarter beat projections after only adding 2 million su...
  • OnlyFans of NFTs will like this profile picture update a day ago  –  Who’d you think was going to follow Twitter by making NFT profile pictures a thing? If you guessed OnlyFans — the NSFW creator monetization platform that’s strangely trying to clean up its image despite making bank — you win! Until you remember that OnlyFans is doing NFT profile pictures now, whi...
  • Super Bowl, Spot a day ago  –  Funny how these things arrive in fits and starts. Last week’s newsletter left me stumbling to cram everything into the allotted column space. Things are considerably more quiet this week, which can only mean that we’re heading for another deluge. Hey robotics world, if you could spread out the ne...
  • And just like that, Peloton is experiencing a correction
    a day ago  –  In a world of public markets, predictable futures and activist investors, failing to plan rigorously for a post-pandemic world seems borderline irresponsible.
  • After Zambia, Kenya explores possibility of a digital currency
  • The first developer preview of Android 13 has arrived
  • Apple to address AirTag stalking problem with upcoming features
  • Lung-health startup Respira Labs inhales $2.8M to help respiration patients breathe easier
  • Inside Dark Bay, the spinning LED volume at the heart of Netflix’s upcoming ‘1899’
  • Pearpop introduces dynamic NFTs that gain value as a soci
  • How much is a pitch deck really worth? 8 hours ago  –  Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We had the full crew aboard today for our live taping, headed by our killer production team Grace and Chris, and hosting crew Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex. Overal...
  • Can an AI be properly considered an inventor? 8 hours ago  –  We are at the very beginnings of a long period of change in the interplay of technology and the law in terms of intellectual property, but it is equally clear to me that the play has started to move.
  • RedRoute wants answering customer service calls to be as easy as using ‘Alexa’ 10 hours ago  –  It takes as little as 30 minutes to get RedRoute set up, and customers can try the software with zero upfront costs.
  • Agot AI gives restaurants computer vision to see where food orders go wrong
  • Chasing Cruise and Waymo, Chinese AV company AutoX plans to begin testing in San Francisco
  • UK’s CMA accepts Google’s post-cookie pledges, will ‘closely monitor’ Privacy Sandbox plan
  • Mdundo eyes more telco partnerships after music streaming revenue growth from Tanzania, Nigeria deals
  • Atommerce wants to scale its mental health platform with $16.7M funding
  • What’s driving China’s autonomous vehicle frenzy?
  • Researchers warn that social media may be ‘fundamentally
  • ( Should we mention anonymous 'experts' are no Hell for reliability either ? ) 

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  • SSD prices could spike after Western Digital loses 6.5 billion gigabytes of NAND chips 11 hours ago  –  Image: Western Digital Western Digital says it has lost at least 6.5 exabytes (6.5 billion gigabytes) of flash storage due to contamination issues at its NAND production facilities. The contamination could see the price of NAND — the main component of SSDs — spike up to 10 percent, accord...
  • Yep, Android 13’s dessert codename is ‘Tiramisu’ after all
  • Google’s Privacy Sandbox ad-tracking overhaul clears major regulatory hurdle
  • Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement
  • Tinder’s new Blind Date feature wants you to judge matches based on personality
  • PSA: buy Horizon Forbidden West’s PS4 version to play it on PS5 for cheaper
  • Ford’s mobile app update hints at new driverless parking features
  • The New York Times runs Wordle now, and stats are getting m-e-s-s-y
  • MoviePass is officially coming back
  • How to activate and use Google Chat
  • Feds are still using ID.me to scan your face — and human reviewers can’t keep up 8 hours ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sources say staff at the company are stressed, overworked, and struggling to maintain standards Continue reading…
  • How to get rid of those irritating Meet, Chat, and Spaces tabs in mobile Gmail
  • Vergecast: Samsung’s Galaxy S22 Unpacked event, Microsoft’s open app store rules, and Peloton’s layoffs
  • Bored Ape Yacht Club members want to build an empire, starting with weed
  • I do not fear Jurassic World Dominion’s dinosaurs or its raptor-infested future
  • Big tech’s 2021 earnings were off the chart
  • Alienware X14 review: fast and thin, but far from perfect
  • Alienware’s thin, 14-inch X14 gaming laptop is now available
  • Artists are playing takedown whack-a-mole to fight counterfeit merch
    Artists are playing takedown whack-a-mole to fight counterfeit merch 10 hours ago  –  Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole ‘There are all sorts of obstacles that are thrown up in front of artists’ Continue reading…
  • Startup’s 5G Blackberry revival is reportedly no more
  • The man who got fired by his DAO 5 hours ago  –  Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images One of the many aspirations for “web3” is that you could potentially take certain messy, emotional human processes and clean them up by putting them on the blockchain. “Smart contracts” write their terms directly into code, an...
  • Engineers are building bridges with recycled wind turbine blades
  • The Canadian anti-vaccine mandate protests are causing automakers to cut production
  • The best Chromebook for 2022
  • How to back up your Gmail
  • Elon Musk is hopeful Texas site will clear approval for Starship’s first orbital launch
     6 hours ago  –  Starship stacked on top of the Super Heavy rocket | SpaceX SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he’s hopeful that his company’s launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, will receive regulatory approval to launch by March and that the first orbital launch of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket will take place ...
  • The excellent Asus Zephyrus G15 is back to its lowest price at Best Buy
  • Twitch policy update bans sex and hard drugs from usernames
  • Bigbug’s a charming nightmare about the internet of other people and their things
  • Peloton Tread review: the best treadmill by the most volatile c
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