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The International Space Station is getting a new printer
Apr 02, 5:34PM
This story has it all: space, printers. HP’s Envy ISS, a printer designed for the extremely narrow use case of zero gravity, is hitching a ride on today's Space-X CSR 14 rocket launch. The printer, which is based on the company's regular-gravity OfficeJet 5740 is (as its name implies) destined for the International Space Station, which […]
Microsoft launches entry-level software development and AI courses
Apr 02, 5:28PM
Microsoft today launched two new courses in its online education program for developers: an entry-level software development class and an AI course for more advanced developers who want to expand their knowledge of machine learning. It’s no secret that there aren’t enough data scientists and machine learning developers available to fulfill the current demand. It’s […]
Utah education technology unicorn Pluralsight files for IPO
Apr 02, 5:23PM
In an unusual move, Pluralsight has announced that it filed confidentially for IPO. Companies typically stay quiet until they make the filings public, unless reporters break the news first. But it’s no surprise to those who have been following Utah’s tech scene that Pluralsight is planning to list on the stock market this year. The […]
NTSB is 'unhappy' about Tesla publicly disclosing details of fatal crash
Apr 02, 5:19PM
Tesla provided some more details on Friday about the fatal crash involving one of its Model X vehicles, but the National Transportation Safety Board isn’t particularly happy about that, The Washington Post first reported. “In each of our investigations involving a Tesla vehicle, Tesla has been extremely cooperative on assisting with the vehicle data,” NTSB spokesperson […]
Facebook shows off a new avatar system, but it's still just for VR
Apr 02, 5:01PM
Facebook is continuing to drive updates to their little-used virtual reality Spaces app where users can explore 360 content and chat with other users in VR. Today, FB showcased some big new changes to the avatar system in Spaces that switches up the visual style quite a bit. The avatar system is a lot more […]
WTF are CDRs? (other than a potential trillion-dollar market)
Apr 02, 4:26PM
Over the past few days, the Chinese government announced the potential creation of a new trillion-dollar investment market, and it isn't an April Fools’ joke. China's tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent are some of the most valuable in the world, and upcoming potential IPOs by the next generation of startups like Xiaomi are causes […]
ESPN's streaming service, ESPN+, to launch April 12
Apr 02, 4:07PM
ESPN’s new streaming service, ESPN+, was already expected to arrive this spring. Now we have the launch date: April 12, 2018. The service will cost subscribers $4.99 per month, and offer streaming access to live sports, original content, and on-demand programming delivered a redesigned and personalized ESPN app, as well as ESPN.com In August 2017, […]
Microsoft launches 2 new Azure regions in Australia
Apr 02, 3:42PM
Microsoft continues its steady pace of opening up new data centers and launching new regions for its Azure cloud. Today, the company announced the launch of two new regions in Australia. To deliver these new regions, Azure Australia Central and Central 2, Microsoft entered a strategic partnership with Canberra Data Centers and unsurprisingly, the regions […]
Activist investors Elliott snag 10.3 percent stake in Commvault
Apr 02, 3:15PM
Elliott Management, an investment firm long known for its activist streak, set it sights on Commvault today, purchasing a 10.3 percent stake and nominating four Elliott-friendly members to the company’s board of directors. It likely means that Elliott is ready to push the company to change direction and cut costs, if it sticks to its […]
Music app Genius launches its own take on Stories, aided by YouTube
Apr 02, 2:50PM
Genius, the big database of song lyrics and musical knowledge, is today launching its own version of “stories,” the Snapchat and Instagram-like short form sharing format that’s been rapidly spreading to a number of sites and apps, including Facebook, Messenger, Skype, and even Google. Genius’ “Song Stories,” as the new product is called, combine Genius […]
82Labs raises $8M to create a better hangover recovery drink
Apr 02, 2:45PM
While taking some time off to travel before his next gig, Sisun Lee spent a lot of time in Korea — where he found himself drinking alcohol pretty much every night and then getting rolling the next morning, regardless of hangover status. He also found that there were popular local herbal hangover drinks that everyone […]
Tesla is now worth less than Ford
Apr 02, 2:20PM
Tesla’s stock price is falling and in doing so, has retreated on milestones it set last year. As of publication, the company’s value is less than Ford’s for the first time in a year. At current levels, Tesla’s market cap is $42.063 billion while Ford is trading at $43.588. It was a year ago tomorrow that […]
Walmart brings its partnership with JD.com into the food business
Apr 02, 2:14PM
Walmart is bringing its partnership with JD.com into its grocery business. The Chinese physical store will stock products that customers can also buy through its Walmart’s virtual storefront on the Chinese electronic marketplace, JD.com, according to a report in Reuters. Walmart first partnered with JD.com two years ago as both companies struggled to overcome the […]
Tesla makes Autopilot easier to use in the Model 3
Apr 02, 2:00PM
The Model 3 now has a new way to control Autopilot. The company recently sent out an update that moved the controls from the center infotainment stack to the steering wheeling. Previously, drivers had to use the large screen to change Autopilot’s speed and cruise distance and in doing so, required drivers to take their […]
Shorter, skippable ads will be coming to YouTube
Apr 02, 1:54PM
YouTube today is introducing a new way for advertisers to maximize reach from their shorter ads. The change arrives around two years after YouTube’s introduction of the six-second bumper, which the company says advertisers have learned how to best use to raise brand awareness, despite having only a few seconds to tell their story. Now, […]
Alexa users can now donate to charity with their voice
Apr 02, 1:33PM
Just in time to be too late for your 2017 taxes, Amazon's added a new skill for Alexa that lets users donate with their voice. The command is pretty much as you'd expect — say, "Alexa, donate $20 to the American Cancer Society" and the smart assistant will pull that money from your associated account. […]
Zuckerberg fires back at Tim Cook, opens up about fake news
Apr 02, 1:23PM
Zuckerberg has been on a bit of a publicity tour following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and a generally tough year for the social media behemoth. This morning, an interview with Zuck was published on Vox’s The Ezra Klein Show. In it, the Facebook CEO waded through some of the company’s most pressing issues, including how […]
Publishing blockchain startup, Po.et hires VP of engineering
Apr 02, 1:00PM
Po.et a startup that wants to put publishing permissions on the blockchain and build a marketplace on top of it, announced today that it was bringing on Eric Elliott as the VP of engineering. Today’s announcement comes on the heels that the company had hired Jarrod Dicker as CEO in February. Dicker was previously vice president of innovation […]
SiFive gets $50.6M to help companies get their custom chip designs out the door
Apr 02, 1:00PM
With the race to next-generation silicon in full swing, the waterfall of venture money flowing into custom silicon startups is already showing an enormous amount of potential for some more flexible hardware for an increasingly changing technology landscape — and Naveed Sherwani hopes to tap that for everyone else. That’s the premise of SiFive, a […]
Atlassian's two-year cloud journey
Apr 02, 11:51AM
A couple of years ago, Dropbox shocked a lot of people when it decided to mostly drop the public cloud, and built its own datacenters. More recently, Atlassian did the opposite, closing most of its datacenters and moving to the cloud. Companies make these choices for a variety of reasons. When Atlassian CTO Sri Viswanath […]
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