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Black holes: what we think we know, we don’t
United dragged by Twitter over greenwashing with its ‘100% sustainable fuel’ flight
Review: The Lectric XP 2.0 fat-tire folding ebike is a huge bargain
How on Earth is Elon Musk’s SpaceX facing bankruptcy?
Windows 11’s Start menu kinda sucks — these 5 changes could help
Real Musk fanboys travel to their funeral in a Tesla hearse
Astrocolonialism: Big tech is stealing the night sky from humans
This amazing new physics theory made me believe time travel is possible
Tech Crunch
GM delays production of new Chevy Bolt EVs until end of January
2 days ago –
General Motors will continue to delay production of new
Chevrolet Bolt EVs at the company’s Orion assembly plant in Michigan
“through the week of Jan. 24, 2022,” the company said in a statement
emailed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The automaker said it would instead
“continue to focus on battery mo...
Dear Sophie: What are the latest rules for H-1B visas?
2 days ago –
I have been applying for positions in the U.S., and one company
says that if they hire me and get me an H-1B visa, the filing fees and
cost will be taken out of my paycheck. Is that allowed?
Actuator is go!
2 days ago –
Today’s the big day! After months of toiling away in roundups,
Actuator is finally graduating to your inbox as the latest addition to
the TechCrunch newsletter family. I’ve written 40 of these things since
our quiet, pre-name test launch back in February (we called ourselves
“Robotics Roundup” fo...
2 days ago –
Religion-based apps, tools and communities aren’t brand new,
including to investors. Pray.com, for example, an LA-based app for daily
prayer and bedtime Bible stories that was founded in 2016, has raised
at least $34 million from investors, including Kleiner Perkins. Ministry
Brands, a nine-year-...
China’s ride-hailing giant is delisting from the New York Stock Exchange
2 days ago –
China’s ride-hailing behemoth Didi has begun the procedure of
delisting from the New York Stock Exchange and applying to list in Hong
Kong instead, the company announced via a Weibo post on Friday morning.
The decision came days after Bloomberg reported the Chinese government
had asked Didi to de...
Our new hybrid lives: Tactile virtual experiences and hardware that lives with us
2 days ago –
It’s time we started thinking about our devices as objects to
keep and care for, repairing and refurbishing things like phones and
computers to keep up with the latest advancements.
Judging by the future, not the past, Stride takes steps to turn student finance upside down
2 days ago –
If you’re trying to get a mortgage or an auto loan, banks will
put on their judging glasses and look into your past. Makes sense; it’s a
reasonably reliable indicator as to whether you’ll be able to repay
your loans or not. Student financing is a little different. Sure, your
past plays a role, bu...
First we SPAC, then we take down AWS
a day ago –
The plan is simple: First, we create a knockoff of a popular
digital service. Second, we cry political persecution. Third, we raise a
bunch of money with a SPAC. And then, we take on AWS.
Facebook Messenger is testing a new ‘Split Payments’ feature in the US
a day ago –
Facebook Messenger announced today that it’s starting to test
out a new “Split Payments” feature that introduces a way for users to
share the cost of bills and expenses through the app. The company says
the new feature is a “free and fast” way to handle finances through
Messenger. The new feature...
Square’s Better.com name Block is Butter-y smooth
2 days ago –
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business
of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
It’s Friday, which means the whole crew was aboard for this particular
episode. We had Grace and Chris behind the scenes, and Mary Ann, Natasha
and Alex on the m...
Daily Crunch: Oura Ring offers a smaller wearable for tracking fitness data
a day ago –
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most
important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Gift Guide: 10 great cameras for when a smartphone lens just isn’t enough
a day ago –
As we wade into the second pandemic-era holiday season, there's
no better time to throw yourself headlong into a new hobby. Or that's
what you should tell your loved ones when you gift them one of the
cameras on our list of photography gift ideas this year.
New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal begins restructuring as two execs step down
a day ago –
Earlier this week, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey
stepped down from his role. He appointed CTO Parag Agrawal as new CEO,
effective immediately. Agrawal, who joined Twitter as an engineer in
2011, already announced a major reorganization of the company today, per
an internal email obtained...
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This year's re:Invent felt more like Amazon was checking boxes
and filling in holes in the product road map. Maybe that's what we all
needed.
Why the founder-friendly era needs a ‘VP of Nothing’
7 hours ago –
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends.
This Week in Apps: Apple and Google’s best apps of the year, Amazon Appstore fails, Twitter’s new CEO
7 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 continues to grow, with a record
218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020.
Consumers last year...
The Polestar Precept is a cypher for the EV automaker’s future
8 hours ago –
Polestar will spend the next three years executing a lofty
electric vehicle launch schedule that will culminate with the Precept
concept, a “Rosetta Stone” of sorts that provides a physical
representation of the company’s future. Polestar, the former Volvo
company that spun out to become its own ...
The Verge
All 53,000 attendees of Anime NYC urged to get tested after one got Omicron
2 days ago –
Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images
Were you one of the 53,000 attendees of the Anime NYC 2021 convention
in New York City, or know someone who did? New York City authorities and
Anime NYC organizers are urging every single attendee, exhibitor,
artist, and staff member to get test...
US State Department phones were reportedly hacked by NSO spyware
a day ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
At least nine employees of the US State Department working in or with
Uganda had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by NSO Group,
according to a report from Reuters. The Wall Street Journal has
corroborated the story, putting the number of US an...
US State Department phones were reportedly hacked by NSO spyware
a day ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
At least nine employees of the US State Department working in or with
Uganda had their iPhones hacked with spyware made by NSO Group,
according to a report from Reuters. The Wall Street Journal has
corroborated the story, putting the number of US an...
It’s the last Bandcamp Friday of 2021
a day ago –
Photo by Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty
Images
In March 2020, Bandcamp started a promotion where it would forego
taking a revenue share from sales artists made on its platform,
providing some additional support to performers with suddenly limited
opportunities due to th...
a day ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Twitter’s new CEO is reorganizing the company, with two top executives
being removed as part of the shakeup. A regulatory document explains
that Twitter is restructuring its Consumer, Revenue, and Core Tech
divisions under individual leaders in an a...
The first trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) teases a stunning animated sequel
an hour ago –
The first trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to the
animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse just dropped, revealing both
the title — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) — and the
surprise that the upcoming adventures of Miles Morales will actually be a
two-part affair.