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Cobalt-free batteries are here, so why are we still mining the mineral?
Tech industry groups are watering down attempts at privacy regulation, one state at a time
The 5 best websites to build your online portfolio… and get hired
Machine learning has an alarming threat: undetectable backdoors
OpenAI punished dev who used GPT-3 to ‘resurrect’ the dead — was this fair?
How to stop annoying cookie pop-ups from ruining your browsing
Google takes on OpenAI with flashy text-to-image generator
The UAE’s AI minister wants ‘murder’ in the metaverse to be a real crime
Watch with envy as this hoverboard soars over Paris
DuckDuckGo faces widespread backlash over tracking deal with Microsoft
New research highlights roundabouts as a cycling safety hazard
Tech Crunch
Meta consolidates its privacy policy to appease regulators
a day ago –
In an effort to make its notoriously dense user agreements less
labyrinthine, Meta has rewritten and redesigned how that information is
presented. The company insists that the changes are in form, not
function, bolding some lines, adding subheaders and illustrations
instead of presenting that inf...
Perhaps faster delivery times were a poor choice from a unit-economics perspective
a day ago –
Not every q-commerce company will fail. But startups that raised
huge sums of money to build super-rapid consumer delivery models are
laying off staff, attempting to merge and otherwise stay alive.
TikTok partners with Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi and more to make it easier for brands to reach users
a day ago –
TikTok is extending its Marketing Partner Program to add new
content marketing partners, the company told TechCrunch. The expansion
will allow marketers to manage their TikTok accounts without leaving
their third-party content marketing platforms. The short-form video app
is partnering with Sprou...
Twitter investors sue Elon Musk over acquisition shenanigans
a day ago –
The world’s richest man isn’t above trying to get a discount,
apparently. In a new lawsuit, Twitter shareholders are suing Elon Musk,
alleging that he manipulated the price of the company’s stock for his
own benefit in the course of agreeing to buy the company. The lawsuit
represents a group of T...
Lab, crab and robotic rehab
a day ago –
I was in Berkeley a couple of months back, helping TechCrunch
get its proverbial ducks in a row before our first big climate event
(coming in a few weeks, folks). Professor Ken Goldberg, who’s helped
play a big role in a number of our robotics events, kindly gave me a
tour of BAIR, the Berkeley […]
Think they have better data on things that have not happened ? 'Yet' is presumptive. Climate Fiction Special ?
Instagram is currently down for some users
a day ago –
If you’re having problems accessing Instagram today, you’re not
alone. The social media giant is currently experiencing some problems,
according to reports on third-party web monitoring service Downdetector.
The website indicates that issues began at around 12:30 p.m. EDT.
NetBlocks, which tracks...
After buying Bungie, Sony goes all in on live service games
a day ago –
After buying Bungie earlier this year, Sony is moving fast to
integrate the company’s expertise into its broader vision. In an
investor presentation Thursday, Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim
Ryan outlined a near future for the company that focuses heavily on
continually updated online game...
Canon takes another stab at the mirrorless market, with R7 and R10
a day ago –
Camera giant Canon has had an impressive SLR camera lineup since
the mid-’70s and has made a successful transition from film-based SLR
cameras to the digital realm. The company has been less successful in
the mirrorless space but recently picked up the sales numbers. The
company claims that it to...
Rivian hires a new COO amid other leadership and organizational shifts
6 hours ago –
Rivian has hired a new chief operating officer to lead the
restructuring and alignment of its operations, the automaker said
Thursday. Frank Klein will join the company on June 1 as Rivian’s new
COO to oversee the automaker’s production, manufacturing engineering and
supply chain. The automaker a...
Snapchat rolls out new ‘Shared Stories’ feature to make it easier to share memories
6 hours ago –
Snapchat is rolling out a new “Shared Stories” feature that is
designed to make it easier for users on the app to collaborate and share
memories. The feature is a new iteration of the app’s “Custom Stories”
feature, which allows users to create a story and add friends to view
and contribute to it...
What’s the TAM for paid newsletters?
6 hours ago –
While Substack was correct that it had identified a niche worth
exploiting, it may not be a market slice that is amenable to
venture-speed revenue expansion.
Lidar exposes the remnants of an overgrown ancient civilization in the Amazon
an hour ago –
It’s Friday and the world is falling apart, so let’s just take a
short mental health break with some interesting news out of the field
of archaeology, where tech is enabling some fascinating new discoveries.
A new lidar-powered analysis of land in the Amazon basin has provided
evidence of a previ...
As crypto becomes more mainstream, can it stay decentralized?
2 hours ago –
Decentralization can mean different things to different people,
but most in the web3 community agree that it is one of the key factors
to what makes crypto, well, crypto.
Elon Musk says Starlink has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique
2 hours ago –
Elon Musk announced in a tweet on Friday that Starlink, the
satellite internet service launched by SpaceX, his space exploration
company, has been approved in Nigeria and Mozambique. This news is
coming three days after Musk answered a tweet about the service launch
in Africa. “Yes, first countri...
The Verge
The HP Envy x360 2-in-1 is on sale for its lowest price ever at HP
a day ago –
The HP Envy x360 is one of our favorite 2-in-1 laptops. |
Photography by Monica Chin / The Verge
With Memorial Day right around the corner, many retailers are putting
some awesome deals into effect early. For instance, the HP Envy x360 13
convertible laptop is currently available for $854...
Willow, the sequel to Willow, gets a trailer featuring Willow
a day ago –
Disney
Once upon a time, Ron Howard and George Lucas wanted to try and
replicate the success of Star Wars by creating a whole new fantasy,
Willow. The film came out in 1988, and while I personally have very
important and fond memories of the movie, I am a rarity. The film only
did okay at...
Wouldn’t life be more fun if charging bricks looked like tiny Macintosh computers?
11 hours ago –
The Retro 35 charger. | Image: Shargeek / Indiegogo
Accessory-maker Shargeek has launched an Indiegogo to fund a 35W USB-C
charger shaped like a tiny Apple Macintosh computer. The page for the
Retro 35’s crowdfunding campaign is very careful not to mention the name
of Apple’s classic comp...
a day ago –
Aloy could be on her way to Netflix.
Sony is continuing to go all in on turning its flagship video games
into TV shows and movies — according to Variety, the company announced
that it’s making a show based on Horizon Zero Dawn with Netflix at an
event for investors. Sony is also working o...
Hacker accesses a Verizon employee database and tries to ransom the data for $250,000
5 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Verizon is dealing with an incident where a hacker captured a database
containing company employee data, including the full names of workers
as well as their ID numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Motherboard reported that the database is l...
5 hours ago –
Bose’s QuietComfort 45 are the most comfortable
noise-canceling headphones and are currently available at an all-time
low. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
If you’re planning on flying this summer, a good pair of
noise-canceling headphones that can help you tune out fellow passengers
li...
Nintendo’s N64 emulation woes continue with Kirby bug, but a fix is coming
21 minutes ago –
The game launched on Nintendo Switch Online last week. | Image:
Nintendo
Nintendo has promised to fix an annoying bug that’s cropped up in
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, a Nintendo 64 game that’s available via
Nintendo’s Online Expansion Pack subscription. According to
NintendoLife, the bu...
4 hours ago –
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Analogue Pocket’s long-awaited 1.1 update will finally be arriving in
July, Analogue announced in a short blog post on Friday.
The Analogue Pocket OS v1.1 release will include beta versions of the
Library, Memories, and FPGA development features, accordi...
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