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MasterClass is mastering scale as a media business
Sep 12, 1:17AM
MasterClass' $80M Series D announced last week marks a triumph in validating the potential venture-scale of content businesses in an era when many are founded with equal parts tech and media DNA. The platform for online video courses on topics from film directing to tennis taught by iconic figures in each field (like Martin Scorsese […]
Walmart is now selling bitcoins for $1
Sep 12, 12:59AM
Walmart is now selling bitcoin for $1. But in a new spin on the volatile and ever-changing world of cryptocurrency, this digital currency is made of chocolate. Frankford bitcoins, are 1.42 ounces of milk chocolate wrapped in gold-colored foil made by Frankford Candy. They’re reminiscent of the regular old foil-wrapped milk chocolate coins of yesteryear. […]
Comma.ai's George Hotz ousts George Hotz as CEO
Sep 11, 11:32PM
Comma.ai’s board, of which founder George Hotz is the only member, is making changes at the autonomous driving startup: Hotz is no longer CEO of the company. A new CEO, who Hotz declined to name, is expected to be announced Friday via the company’s Medium blog. He confirmed that the CEO is indeed a human […]
What not to expect from Apple's hardware event
Sep 11, 11:26PM
Tomorrow's the big day. You've no doubt heard all the rumors by now, but for those who need a little help getting up to speed, check out the rumor roundup we ran last week. As ever, though, it's important to lower expectations as much as possible, so as to not wallow in one's own inevitable […]
Lively raises $6.5M to bring its comfortable and inclusive lingerie to brick-and-mortar stores
Sep 11, 11:11PM
Roy Raymond opened a little store called Victoria’s Secret, now one of the most popular lingerie businesses in the world, because he was embarrassed to buy lingerie for his wife in department stores. The brand was founded on the premise that men needed a safe space to buy lingerie for women and women needed a […]
Amazon will start selling real, large Christmas trees
Sep 11, 9:30PM
Sorry Santa Claus, Jeff Bezos is your Father Christmas now. Amazon, in its ongoing quest to utterly dominate the holiday season, has announced plans to start shipping real, live Christmas trees, come November. That news comes courtesy of The Associated Press, which notes that the seven-foot-tall Douglas firs and Norfolk Island pines will be sent […]
What would a blockchain patent war look like?
Sep 11, 9:00PM
Blockchain is perhaps the most hyped technology of the past five years. The technology that allows us to create trustless immutable shared ledgers promises to bring transparency and honesty to commerce by disintermediating and decentralizing functions that rely on trusted third parties today. The promise and the potential are almost as big as the hype.
Plex Cloud will shut down November 30 due to technical challenges
Sep 11, 8:50PM
Plex today announced it’s shutting down its troubled Plex Cloud service, via a forum post that hasn’t found its way over to the company’s official blog — likely a choice the company made in order to downplay the news, or avoid media scrutiny. Plex Cloud, launched in fall 2016, was meant to serve as a […]
Gawker is relaunching in early 2019
Sep 11, 8:37PM
After a two-year hiatus, Gawker is coming back. Peter Thiel, be damned. Bustle-owner Bryan Goldberg, who paid $1.35 million for rights to the defunct gossip site in a bankruptcy auction in July, wrote in a memo to Bustle staff Tuesday that Gawker would relaunch next year with Amanda Hale, the former chief revenue officer of […]
Safe artificial intelligence requires cultural intelligence
Sep 11, 8:30PM
Knowledge, to paraphrase British journalist Miles Kington, is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is knowing there's a norm against putting it in a fruit salad.
Apple's autonomous vehicle fleet swells 27% in four months
Sep 11, 7:48PM
Apple keeps adding autonomous vehicles to its test fleet in California, boosting its ranks 27 percent since May, according to records from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The company now has 70 autonomous vehicles permitted to test on public roads, Mac Reports first reported. The permits, which are issued by CA DMV, require a safety driver […]
Ebay's HeadGaze lets motor-impaired users navigate the site with head movements
Sep 11, 6:48PM
The sophisticated head-tracking system like the one built into the iPhone X may have been intended for AR and security purposes, but it may also turn out to be very useful for people with disabilities. A proof of concept app from an eBay intern shows how someone with very little motor function can navigate the site with nothing but head movements.
Twilio's contact center products just got more analytical with Ytica acquisition
Sep 11, 6:15PM
Twilio, a company best known for supplying a communications APIs for developers has a product called Twilio Flex for building sophisticated customer service applications on top of Twilio’s APIs. Today, it announced it was acquiring Ytica (pronounced Why-tica) to provide an operational and analytical layer on top of the customer service solution. The companies would […]
The best security and privacy features in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave
Sep 11, 5:36PM
September is Apple hardware season, where we expect new iPhones, a new Apple Watch and more. But what makes the good stuff run is the software within. First revealed earlier this year at the company’s annual WWDC developer event in June, iOS 12 and macOS Mojave focus on a running theme: security and privacy for […]
Dropbox may be adding an e-signature feature, user survey indicates
Sep 11, 5:32PM
A recent user survey sent out by Dropbox confirms the company is considering the addition of an electronic signature feature to its Dropbox Professional product, which it refers to simply as “E-Signature from Dropbox.” The point of the survey is to solicit feedback about how likely users are to use such a product, how often, […]
This tech (scarily) lets video change reality
Sep 11, 5:09PM
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a method to turn one video into the style of another. While this might be a little unclear at first, take a look at the video below. In it, the researchers have taken an entire clip from John Oliver and made it look like Stephen Colbert said it. […]
Paysend announces global account to compete with Revolut
Sep 11, 5:04PM
Meet Paysend's global account, a new way to hold, spend and send money in multiple currencies using a mobile app and a card. It looks a lot like Revolut's basic features. But the company is trying to provide a more focused and robust experience from day one. "We are quite different from both a technical […]
The Winklevoss stablecoin is one small step toward crypto acceptance
Sep 11, 5:02PM
A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency pegged 1-to-1 with another “stable” currency. In most cases, these coins are pegged to the US dollar and, as such, allow for true transfers of actual fiat currencies between parties using the blockchain. If you’re nodding off right now thinking about this, I would posit that these moves, however minor […]
This unique vacuum-extraction coffee maker is Colombia's own
Sep 11, 4:46PM
If you had a cup of coffee this morning, there's a good chance those beans came from Colombia, which has been growing and selling them for centuries. But the country hasn't produced any coffee makers — until now, anyway.
PayPal debuts Funds Now, instant payouts for sellers on its platform
Sep 11, 4:21PM
PayPal, now with 19.5 million businesses and 250 million customers using its payment rails to sell and buy goods and services, is today taking the wraps off a new feature that it hopes will bring more transactions to its platform. The company is launching Funds Now, instant payouts to businesses using PayPal for their transactions. […]
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