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Patrick Stewart is returning to the role of Jean-Luc Picard for a new Star Trek series
Aug 04, 9:19PM
Did you ever think Patrick Stewart would return to the role of Jean-Luc Picard? Neither did he. But he will! Sir Pat Stew himself just announced the news on Instagram, timed to line up with an on-stage announcement at the Star Trek Las Vegas 2018 convention: I will always be very proud to have been […]
India may become next restricted market for U.S. cloud providers
Aug 04, 7:34PM
Data sovereignty is on the rise across the world. Laws and regulations increasingly require that citizen data be stored in local data centers, and often restricts movement of that data outside of a country's borders. The European Union's GDPR policy is one example, although it's relatively porous. China's relatively new cloud computing law is much […]
Boston-area startups are on pace to overtake NYC venture totals
Aug 04, 5:10PM
Boston has regained its longstanding place as the second-largest U.S. startup funding hub. After years of trailing New York City in total annual venture investment, Massachusetts is taking the lead in 2018.
What we know about the Note 9
Aug 04, 4:29PM
Some companies keep products a closely guarded secret, like they were nuclear codes or ingredients to a popular cola. Others seem less concerned about the whole thing, as long as it keeps people talking. Based on all we've seen from the Galaxy Note 9 to date, it seems that Samsung falls firmly into the latter […]
Virus shuts down factories of major iPhone component manufacturer TSMC
Aug 04, 3:45PM
Apple touts the cybersecurity of its iPhone, but less can be said for the exclusive manufacturer who makes the processor for the iPhone. Semiconductor foundry TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, was hit by a virus late Friday night, which forced it to shut down several factories according to Debbie Wu at Bloomberg. The virus […]
Washington hit China hard on tech influence this week
Aug 04, 2:41PM
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, Washington moved rapidly this past week to fend off the increasing transcendence of China's tech industry, with Congress passing expanded national security controls over M&A transactions and the Trump administration heaping more pressure on China with threats of increased tariffs. We've been following the reforms to CFIUS — the Committee […]
The greedy ways Apple got to $1 trillion
Aug 04, 1:02PM
For being the richest company ever with $243 billion in cash, Apple sure cuts corners in the stingiest ways. The hardware giant became the first trillion-dollar company this week. Yet it’s tough to reconcile Apple earning $11 billion in profit per quarter with it still screwing us over on cords and keyboards. The “it just […]
Facebook Dating will be a feature, not an app; here's a peek
Aug 03, 10:25PM
Facebook Dating doesn’t plan to launch a standalone dating app, which should temper expectations about how deeply it’s diving into Tinder and Match Group’s territory. The feature will be based inside Facebook’s main app, alongside its many other utilities buried beyond the home screen. It’s not ready for the public yet, but company employees are […]
Rentlogic lands millions to grade NYC real estate for renters and landlords
Aug 03, 10:25PM
A company called Rentlogic has raised $2.4 million to take the guesswork out of determining whether that cheap, beautiful New York apartment is actually a deathtrap wrapped in a brownstone's clothing. Renting in New York is murder already, but using Rentlogic, apartment hunters can figure out if their new housing situation could actually kill them (or put them […]
EA apologizes for 'unfortunate mistake' of cutting Colin Kaepernick reference from 'Madden'
Aug 03, 9:30PM
EA became the subject of online scrutiny this week when it was discovered that the gaming giant deleted a reference to Colin Kaepernick on the soundtrack for Madden 19. The former 49ers quarterback was name-checked by rapper Big Sean on a verse of the YG song "Big Bank," only to have the mention deleted. The […]
Kin expands its celebrity-driven 'neighborhood' model for online video
Aug 03, 8:53PM
Digital media company Kin has announced a slate of new video series from singer/actress Jordin Sparks, Bachelorette JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers (who successfully proposed to Fletcher over on the series). The company also revealed more details about its programming with Vanessa Lachey (who had already signed on with her husband Nick). She’ll be hosting a […]
GameFly to shutter streaming service this month
Aug 03, 8:35PM
GameFly, the video game rental company, will be shutting down its streaming service at the end of the month, Variety reported earlier this week. This closure comes just over three years after the streaming service launched in 2015. GameFly, the no-console streaming service for gamers, offered packages for $7 and $10 per month that gave users unlimited access […]
Sagewise pitches a service to verify claims and arbitrate disputes over blockchain transactions
Aug 03, 7:51PM
Sometimes smart contracts can be pretty dumb. All of the benefits of a cryptographically secured, publicly verified, anonymized transaction system can be erased by errant code, malicious actors or poorly defined parameters of an executable agreement. Hoping to beat back the tide of bad contracts, bad code and bad actors, Sagewise, a new Los Angeles-based startup, […]
JetLenses aims to save you a bunch of money on your contacts
Aug 03, 7:23PM
A Y Combinator-backed startup, JetLenses, is taking on the major contact lens e-commerce sites, like 1-800-Contacts, Lens.com, and other online ordering systems offered by major retailers, such as Walmart. The startup’s goal is to bring down the cost of prescription products by automating the overhead associated with these businesses, in areas like prescription verification, order […]
NASA names first astronauts for the inaugural commercial flights to the ISS
Aug 03, 6:35PM
NASA has announced the names of the first astronauts who’ll fly to the International Space Station on American-made, commercial spacecraft. The crews will fly to the space station on rockets built by NASA commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX. “Today, our country's dreams of greater achievements in space are within our grasp,” said NASA administrator Jim […]
Volunteer at Disrupt SF 2018 for free admission
Aug 03, 5:00PM
Forking over your cold, hard cash isn't the only way you can score a ticket to Disrupt San Francisco 2018 on September 5-7. We're looking for volunteers willing to trade their time to help us produce our biggest, most ambitious Disrupt conference ever. And what do you get in return? One complimentary Innovator Pass that gives […]
Andreessen-funded dYdX plans 'short Ethereum' token for haters
Aug 03, 4:38PM
Crypto skeptics rejoice! A new way to short the cryptocurrency market is coming from dYdX, a decentralized financial derivatives startup. In two months it will launch its protocol for creating short and leverage positions for Ethereum and other ERC20 tokens that allow investors to amp up their bets for or against these currencies. To get […]
Fanatics exec chairman Michael Rubin to speak at Disrupt SF 2018
Aug 03, 4:30PM
Even as the wealth of Jeff Bezos balloons and Amazon eats everyone’s online retail lunch, there are still a few other e-commerce entrepreneurs faring rather well. In 2011, eBay purchased GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, at the same time divesting wholly from the sports merchandise business in Fanatics and significantly from the sites ShopRunner and Rue […]
Foundry Group quietly announces a big fat $750 million fund
Aug 03, 3:25PM
Foundry Group, the Boulder, Colo.-based venture firm co-founded 11 years ago by startup whisperer Brad Feld, has raised a $750 million seventh fund to target early-stage and growth-stage companies, as well as to invest in other venture funds. It sounds like — and is — a lot of money, though the firm notes that it encompasses all of its […]
Insurance app Lemonade looks set to drop lawsuit against Germany's Wefox
Aug 03, 3:20PM
Lemonade, the New York-based insurance platform, looks set to drop the lawsuit it filed against German company ONE Insurance, its parent company Wefox, and Wefox founder Julian Teicke. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court Southern District of NY, alleged that Wefox reverse engineered Lemonade to create ONE, infringed Lemonade's intellectual property, violated the […]
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