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Let your new Roomba build a Doom level of your house with DOOMBA
Dec 26, 10:42PM
Some of you out there may be lucky enough to have received over the holidays a fancy new robot vacuum. Turns out it's even more useful than you'd think: in addition to cleaning your home, it can scan its surroundings and produce a Doom level of your home! Just the right thing to ring in the new year: Hell on Earth.
Fortnite players report queue issues as Epic experiences a 'minor service outage'
Dec 26, 9:09PM
Epic Games is having its own Christmas hangover. On Wednesday, a number of Fortnite players reported long queues that time out and problems logging in to Fortnite’s servers. The company is aware of the issue and tweeted that it’s investigating the cause behind the outage that some users are running into when they try to […]
SpaceX's Starship goes sci-fi shiny with stainless steel skin
Dec 26, 9:00PM
SpaceX’s futuristic Starship interplanetary craft may embody the golden age of sci-fi in more ways than one: in addition to (theoretically) taking passengers from planet to planet, it may sport a shiny stainless steel skin that makes it look like the pulp covers of old. Founder and CEO Elon Musk teased the possibility in a […]
Cyber breaches abound in 2019
Dec 26, 9:00PM
Cyber breaches have been a gigantic thorn in the global economy for years. But expect them to be even more rampant in the new year.
Nyca Partners' Hans Morris hunts for great fintech investments amid volatility
Dec 26, 9:00PM
Hans Morris is a name to know in fintech, and as finance and tech sectors prepare for tougher time next year, he has some incisive thoughts to share about the kinds of companies that will succeed (or not) in a financial downturn. The managing partner of investment firm Nyca Partners, Morris also serves as the […]
The 10 largest US venture rounds of 2018
Dec 26, 8:10PM
A look at the U.S. companies that brought in the largest VC fundings of the year.
A new solar technology could be the next big boost for renewable energy
Dec 26, 7:23PM
Across the globe, a clutch of companies from Oxford, England to Redwood City, Calif. are working to commercialize a new solar technology that could further boost the adoption of renewable energy generation. Earlier this year, Oxford PV, a startup working in tandem with Oxford University, received $3 million from the U.K. government to develop the technology, […]
Apple Music subscribers can now get their own 'year in review,' too, thanks to this app
Dec 26, 6:56PM
A new app offers Apple Music subscribers a way to look back at their favorite music of the year and other streaming highlights, similar to Spotify’s annual “Wrapped” feature. The app, from developer NoiseHub, is simply called “Music Year in Review,” and its sole purpose is to offer Apple Music customers their own set of […]
Cybersecurity 101: Five simple security guides for protecting your privacy
Dec 26, 6:34PM
With hundreds of millions of people home for the holidays, now is a better time than ever to spread good tidings and cheer, and — well, some much-needed security advice for all the family. Security sounds complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. Privacy is more important than ever. With an ever-changing and evolving landscape […]
As Bitcoin sinks, industry startups are forced to cut back
Dec 26, 6:03PM
Bitmain, Huobi, ConsenSys and Steemit are among the cryptocurrency startups to complete layoffs in the last month.
Alexa crashed on Christmas Day
Dec 26, 4:32PM
Amazon this morning said its Alexa devices were among the holiday season’s best-sellers, particularly the Echo and Echo Dot. But the influx of new users setting up their devices for the first time on Christmas Day appeared to be more than Alexa could handle. The service crashed briefly on Christmas, as thousands of new Alexa […]
Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday, 'tens of millions' of new Prime subscribers
Dec 26, 3:17PM
Amazon had another record-breaking holiday season, the retailer announced this morning. The company says it added “tens of millions” of people who signed up for Prime memberships, both paid and on a trial basis. Its worldwide customers also shopped and ordered more items than ever before, including “millions more Amazon devices” compared with this time […]
See you in Las Vegas during CES
Dec 26, 12:31PM
We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We're looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups, so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened up their space to us and 200 of you all to hold a meetup and pitch-off. The […]
Researchers are putting fish into augmented reality tanks
Dec 26, 11:19AM
Researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, while testing the “station keeping” functions of the glass knifefish, have created an augmented reality system that tricks the animal’s electric sensing organs in real time. The fish keeps itself hidden by moving inside of its various holes/homes and the researchers wanted to understand what kind of […]
Tencent-backed homework app jumps to $3B valuation after raising $300M
Dec 26, 9:05AM
Academic exams are a big deal in China, as they determine the kind of universities, high schools and elementary schools that students get into and, to some degree, the future that awaits them. Parents are thus willing to invest generously to help their children get ahead in school. One startup capitalizing on this is Yuanfudao, […]
Two years later, I still miss the headphone port
Dec 26, 1:16AM
Bluetooth? Whoops, forgot to charge them. Or whoops, they're trying to pair with my laptop, which is turned off and in my backpack. Dongle? Whoops, left it on my other pair of headphones at work.
Amid plummeting stocks and political uncertainty, VCs urge their portfolios to prepare for winter
Dec 26, 12:28AM
The warning signs are flashing faster and more furiously now, and investors are increasingly urging their startups to take notice. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average enduring a Christmas Eve rout of historic proportions, and other indices entering bear market territory, the long-predicted end of the latest bull market is upon the technology industry. Stock […]
We finally started taking screen time seriously in 2018
Dec 25, 10:27PM
At the beginning of this year, I was using my iPhone to browse new titles on Amazon when I saw the cover of "How to Break Up With Your Phone" by Catherine Price. I downloaded it on Kindle because I genuinely wanted to reduce my smartphone use, but also because I thought it would be […]
Cybersecurity 101: Why you need to use a password manager
Dec 25, 7:11PM
If you thought passwords will soon be dead, think again. They're here to stay — for now. Passwords are cumbersome and hard to remember — and just when you did, you're told to change it again. And sometimes passwords can be guessed and are easily hackable. Nobody likes passwords but they're a fact of life. […]
Cybersecurity 101: Two-factor authentication can save you from hackers
Dec 25, 7:10PM
If you find passwords annoying, you might not like two-factor authentication much. But security experts say it’s one of the best ways to protect your online accounts. Simply put, two-factor authentication adds a second step in your usual log-in process. Once you enter your username and password, you’ll be prompted to enter a code sent […]
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