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The conflict in Ukraine proves cyber-attacks are now weapons of war
Your car is a computer on wheels — and its code can be hacked
Scientists say humans are part of a ‘planetary intelligence’
Snowden was right: Pandemic surveillance is here to stay
Your brain might be a quantum computer that hallucinates math
Samsung’s switch to Google Messages finally gives me hope for RCS
The DeLorean is returning as an EV — and I want more classic car comebacks
Elon Musk jumps the shark
Tech Crunch
Actual, which renders company ESG data in a SimCity-like platform, raises $5M seed
a day ago –
Trying to deal with the huge amount of data associated with how
companies are going to transition to a “net zero” economy is an uphill
task. The interface of numbers would tax even the geekiest of CEOs. What
if it could all be rendered visually, but also accurately? That’s the
germ of the idea be...
Metriport helps you take your quantified self to the next increment
a day ago –
Along comes Metriport, which aggregates all of your
quantified-self data in one place, and adds clever features like mood
tracking, medicine tracking and journaling. All your data lives locally
on your device to protect your privacy, and the app can find
correlations in your data to help you beco...
Voltron Data grabs $110M to build startup based on Apache Arrow project
a day ago –
Voltron Data was launched last year by former employees from
NVidia, Ursa Computing, BlazingSQL and the co-founder of Apache Arrow.
The group came together to build a company on top of Arrow to help
companies that don’t want to deal with the headaches of managing an open
source project on their o...
How to grow your organic traffic with earned media
a day ago –
Earned media carries a ton of value, but not everyone
understands how to measure its impact or grasp its full effect on your
organic growth.
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E ousts the Tesla Model 3 as Consumer Reports’ top EV
a day ago –
Tesla's Model 3 has been Consumer Reports' top EV choice for the
past two years, but the has declared a new champion: Ford's Mustang
Mach-E has ousted the Model 3 as its EV Top Pick.
Twitter now lets you pin up to 6 DM conversations
a day ago –
Twitter is slowly continuing to enhance its direct messaging
interface amid a tidal wave of product updates over the last year. The
company announced today that it will now enable users to pin six
conversations to the top of their DM inbox for easy access. The feature
is available on iOS, Android...
Coatue backs Kubecost’s goal to supply data to millions of Kubernetes developers
15 hours ago –
Kubecost set out to provide the real-time cost visibility and
insights required to continuously monitor and reduce millions of dollars
in Kubernetes-related cloud costs.
SafeBoda bets on super app to boost recovery from pandemic slump
15 hours ago –
Powered by 25,000 motorcycle taxis at the start of 2020,
SafeBoda was at its peak, ferrying thousands of pillion passengers in
cities across Uganda and Nigeria. And then the COVID pandemic hit,
throwing everything into a spin. Containment measures like work from
home directives meant a slump in b...
Portuguese VC Shilling tops up its Founders Fund, hitting $59M in capital to deploy
15 hours ago –
Further evidence of the booming Portuguese tech ecosystem is
emerging today with the news that venture capital firm Shilling is
topping up its “Founders Fund” to €52 million ($59 million), with €22
million ($23 million) more than the primary announcement last April.
Significantly for Europe, wher...
Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year
9 hours ago –
Cruise plans to expand the self-driving delivery pilot it has
with Walmart in Arizona, the company’s senior government affairs manager
said in a recent public meeting with state legislators. The autonomous
vehicle company, which is a subsidiary of GM, is mostly focused on
testing — and eventually...
The average person doesn’t have a chance with the smart home
10 hours ago –
If you’ve been shopping for a major appliance lately, you might
have noticed that everything — from ovens to fridges, TVs, dishwashers
and microwaves — is equipped with Wi-Fi connectivity. It’s so popular
these days that it’s increasingly difficult to buy appliances without
smart features onboard...
Meta axes a head of global community development after he appears on video in underage sex sting
11 hours ago –
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has confirmed to
TechCrunch that Jeren A. Miles, who had been a manager of global
community development, is no longer employed by the company after a
video went viral on YouTube, which was then reposted on Reddit and other
sites, featuring him in a sting oper...
Better.com loses more senior execs as employees brace for another mass layoff
2 hours ago –
Things are getting worse at Better. More executives have
resigned from Better.com nearly three months after the online mortgage
lender laid off 900 employees via Zoom and as the company prepares for
more layoffs, according to multiple sources familiar with the internal
happenings at the company. ...
The Verge
Crunchyroll now has something Netflix doesn’t: a Switch app
a day ago –
Crunchyroll has come to the Nintendo Switch just in time for
those of you waiting to binge all of Demon Slayer season 2 on the go.
There’s a new way to watch anime Crunchyroll now available on
@NintendoAmerica Switch ✨ LEARN MORE: https://t.co/peIQjWAAje
pic.twitter.com/vCaEhmnSSE— Crunchyro...
a day ago –
Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge
Consumer Reports is swapping the Tesla Model 3 for the Ford Mustang
Mach-E as its new top electric vehicle pick for 2022. The designation is
sure to give Ford a morale boost as it seeks to outpace Tesla in the
race to become the number one EV manufacturer ...
This Xbox Series X bundle is available at GameStop for PowerUp Pro members
14 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
If you’re a member of GameStop’s PowerUp Pro Rewards program, you can
grab an Xbox Series X bundle if you head down to your local GameStop.
This exclusively in-store event begins when their doors open, and while
some GameStop stores don’t open until...
15 hours ago –
The Felicity Ace burning in the middle of the Atlantic. |
Photo: Portuguese Navy
A massive, abandoned cargo ship is burning in the Atlantic with 3,965
Volkswagen Group vehicles on board, about a quarter of them from
Porsche, according to Bloomberg. Porsche estimates that 1,100 of its
vehi...
The launch of Trump’s Twitter clone is reportedly delayed until March
9 hours ago –
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images
Former President Donald Trump’s upcoming social network, called Truth
Social, is currently listed on the App Store with an “expected” February
21st launch date (Presidents’ Day), but The New York Times reports that
the release has been pushed to March.
Ba...
Skype users in the US can now make 911 calls from their computers
3 hours ago –
Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Skype announced this week that its US users can use it to dial 911
from their home computer, and that its software can share their location
with emergency services if needed. The US is the latest addition to the
list of regions with Skype eme...
Twitter and Google blocked ads from a medical journal about health and racism
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