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YC grad The Lobby raises $1.2M to help job seekers break into Wall Street
Sep 27, 1:46AM
The Lobby will use the funds to build out its finance job marketplace, which founder and CEO Deepak Chhugani says is like a "personalized Glassdoor."
Hands-on with Oculus Quest, Facebook's best shot at a mainstream VR device
Sep 27, 1:46AM
Most mobile VR headsets have left me with the impression of, “well… you have to start somewhere,” but after spending some time with Facebook’s newly-announced Oculus Quest, it’s clear that the standalone hardware is far less caged by its limitations and has a lot to offer as what is clearly the company’s most balanced consumer […]
UK cybersecurity firm Darktrace raises $50M, now valued at $1.65B
Sep 26, 11:00PM
U.K.-based cyber defense firm Darktrace has raised $50 million in its recent Series E round of funding, putting the company’s valuation at $1.65 billion. The company said Wednesday that the funding — led by Vitruvian Partners, with help from KKR and 1011 Ventures — will drive further international expansion. Darktrace is one of the largest […]
NASA's bold-ish plan for the next era takes us to the moon and Mars… eventually
Sep 26, 10:17PM
NASA has issued a report summarizing its official plans for exploring our solar system, and it makes for exciting reading — if you don’t mind that it comes with a dose of realism. Crewed missions to the moon’s surface; a semi-permanent base orbiting it; a Mars sample return mission; all these and more are there, […]
Facebook poisons the acquisition well
Sep 26, 10:12PM
Who should you sell your startup to? Facebook and the founders of its former acquisitions are making a strong case against getting bought by Mark Zuckerberg and Co. After a half-decade of being seen as one of the most respectful and desired acquirers, a series of scandals has destroyed the image of Facebook’s M&A division. That […]
Juul, the popular e-cig startup under growing FDA scrutiny, says removing flavors is 'on the table' among other things
Sep 26, 9:26PM
Juul has been on an incredible, and in some ways, nightmarish, ride this year. The three-year-old, San Francisco-based company has handily won 75 percent of the e-cigarette market in the U.S., thanks in large part to the sleek design of its nicotine vaporizer. It is reportedly on track to see at least $1 billion in […]
Amazon is opening a new brick-and-mortar store in NYC featuring its best sellers
Sep 26, 8:19PM
Amazon is expanding its brick-and-mortar footprint with a new kind of store, the company announced this afternoon. On Thursday, the retailer will open an “Amazon 4-Star” store in New York, where all the items it sells are rated 4 stars and above, are a top seller or are new and trending on Amazon. It’s effectively […]
At Oculus Connect keynote, original co-founders absent onstage
Sep 26, 7:37PM
As Facebook execs took to the stage during the opening keynote for the company’s VR-focused Oculus Connect 5 conference, one thing was clearly missing, the founding team that had built the virtual reality startup Facebook bought for $2 billion in 2014. None of the five original OculusVR co-founders took to the stage at the company’s […]
FCC cracks the whip on 5G deployment against protests of local governments
Sep 26, 7:27PM
The FCC is pushing for speedy deployment of 5G networks nationwide with an order adopted today that streamlines what it perceives as a patchwork of obstacles, needless costs, and contradictory regulations at the state level. But local governments say the federal agency is taking things too far.
Star Wars: Vader Immortal is a virtual reality series coming in 2019
Sep 26, 7:19PM
Few properties seem better suited to tap VR than Star Wars, if only because… you know, lightsabers. And Lucasfilm knows it. They’ve just announced Star Wars: Vader Immortal — a three-part, at-home experience that’ll launch on Oculus’ just announced standalone Quest headset. Alas, there’s not much to go on besides the name, a quick teaser […]
Farmer's Fridge wants to make eating healthy food as easy as getting money from an ATM
Sep 26, 7:00PM
Fast, healthy food is one of those concepts that just seems too good to be true. But Farmer’s Fridge, a Chicago-based startup that recently closed a $30 million Series C round led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, aims to make that a reality. Farmer’s Fridge retrofits vending machines to serve up healthy […]
Bipartisan bill seeks to elevate the federal CIO position
Sep 26, 6:57PM
On Wednesday, Texas Rep. Will Hurd and Illinois Rep. Robin Kelly introduced a bipartisan bill that would reorganize how IT is managed throughout the federal government. The bill, the Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018, would make a handful of changes with the intention of making the government run more smoothly and securely. Among those […]
Stripe is now valued at $20B after raising another $245M led by Tiger Global
Sep 26, 6:33PM
Payments startup Stripe has changed the landscape for how businesses can collect funds online by using a few lines of code, and today the company is announcing that it’s picked up more funding of its own. Stripe has raised $245 million, valuing the company at $20 billion. This is a big jump on its previous […]
Uber to pay $148 million in data breach settlement
Sep 26, 6:26PM
Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to settle a data breach that affected some 57 million customers in 2016. The agreement was with the attorneys general of all 50 states and the District of Columbia to resolve their legal inquiries on this matter, Uber’s chief legal officer Tony West said in a statement released Wednesday. The […]
Chegg resets 40 million user passwords after data breach
Sep 26, 6:18PM
Chegg, a technology giant specializing in textbook rental, has confirmed a data breach affecting some 40 million customers. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it will reset all user passwords after hackers gained access to the company’s customer database. That database includes users for Chegg’s website but also other […]
CollegeHumor unveils Dropout, a subscription service for comedy videos, comics and more
Sep 26, 6:05PM
CollegeHumor is getting into the subscription business with a new service called Dropout. Dropout is part of CH Media, the IAC -owned subsidiary that also includes Dorkly, Drawfree and CollegeHumor proper. It’s not just a subscription video service. Yes, there will be ad-free video series, many of them starring familiar faces from previous CollegeHumor shows, […]
Oculus Hybrid Apps let you use 2D & 3D software simultaneously in VR
Sep 26, 5:53PM
Oculus showed off the future of working in VR today. Rather than just splaying out 2D software on an infinite desktop, the new Oculus Hybrid Apps system lets you see both 2D screens and 3D models in VR at the same time. That means you could use a traditional image editing suite to change the […]
YouTube's VR app is coming to Oculus Go
Sep 26, 5:51PM
For a while, the best thing Google Daydream had going for it was YouTube, the platform has had a ton of 360 content on it but has been unavailable on Facebook’s Oculus Go headset. At the company’s Oculus Connect 5 keynote, the company announced that a YouTube VR app will soon be arriving on the […]
Soviet camera company Zenit is reborn!
Sep 26, 5:50PM
If you’re familiar with 20th century Soviet camera clones you’ll probably be familiar with Zenit. Created by Krasnogorsky Zavod, the Nikon/Leica clones were a fan favorite behind the Iron Curtain and, like the Lomo, was a beloved brand that just doesn’t get its due. The firm stopped making cameras in 2005 but in its long […]
Oculus mobile app will now let users remote install PC games
Sep 26, 5:44PM
Having to deal with using a PC is honestly the worst part about dealing with virtual reality. The same goes for having to wait for lengthy installs of big VR game downloads. Today at its Oculus Connect 5 keynote, the company announced that its mobile app for iOS and Android will now connect to the […]
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