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Crypto mining giant Bitmain is reportedly getting a new CEO as its IPO plan stalls
Jan 10, 5:36AM
Bitmain, the Chinese crypto miner maker, looks like it has reached an interesting point in its pathway to going public. There’s been little heard since the company filed to go public in Hong Kong in September, but now it appears that a new CEO has been hired and its two founders are leaving. That’s according […]
Banking startup N26 raises $300 million at $2.7 billion valuation
Jan 10, 5:01AM
Fintech startup N26 is raising a Series D round of $300 million. Following this new funding round, the company is now valued at $2.7 billion. Insight Venture Partners is leading the round with Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and a few existing investors also participating. N26 is building a retail bank from scratch. The company […]
Hulu redesign may drop the confusing screen called 'Lineup,' simplify navigation
Jan 10, 2:24AM
Hulu is preparing to update its streaming app in order to make its simpler to navigate to and discover content you want to watch. Some of the changes coming in the weeks ahead are smaller, but worthwhile tweaks – like adding buttons or re-arranging where menus sit. But the more notable change is that Hulu […]
Oil and gas giants Chevron and Occidental are backing tech to combat carbon emissions
Jan 10, 1:43AM
Carbon Engineering, a Canadian company developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and process it for use in enhanced oil recovery or in the creation of new synthetic fuels, has locked in financing from two big industry backers — Chevron and Occidental Petroleum — to bring its products to market. The undisclosed amount […]
Chamberlain Group acquires Lockitron and Tend for its myQ smart garage hub
Jan 10, 1:27AM
Chamberlain Group, which owns several security and access brands including the myQ smart garage hub, has added two new companies to its portfolio: connected door lock maker Lockitron and wi-fi home security camera startup Tend. In a press statement, Chamberlain Group CEO JoAnna Sohovich said Tend and Lockitron's produts will be integrated into myQ. "We […]
Astronomers spot more mysterious radio signals from far outside the galaxy
Jan 10, 1:01AM
Whenever some new “cosmic puzzle” crops up, you always have to be ready for the other shoe to drop. But just because something isn’t an alien message or Ringworld doesn’t mean it can’t be interesting science. Today’s shoe drop concerns “fast radio bursts” coming from a distant galaxy — but don’t expect a secret message […]
Hands-on with Ledger's Bluetooth crypto hardware wallet
Jan 10, 12:42AM
French startup Ledger unveiled a new hardware wallet at CES this week. While the device isn't going to ship until March, the company let me play with a prototype version of the device. The Ledger Nano X feels just like using the Nano S, but on mobile. When the company's previous hardware wallet first came […]
With SEC workers offline, the government shutdown could screw IPO-ready companies
Jan 10, 12:18AM
The weeks-long government shutdown may have lasting effects on the IPO market.
Hey, look, it's a hamster wheel for your cat
Jan 10, 12:07AM
Have a stationary lifestyle and a penchant for lasagna left your cat overweight and sluggish? Sure, kicking dogs off the sides of tables and mailing cats to Abu Dhabi are decent legwork, but what about the full-body workout your furry friend deserves? That, dear reader, is where The Little Cat comes in. This $1,800 hamster […]
The world's first 1-terabyte SDXC card is here
Jan 10, 12:04AM
Do you frequently record super-slow-motion 8K video? Do you want to back up your entire computer to your coin pocket? Then these measly 512-gigabyte SD cards probably aren’t cutting it. Fortunately, Lexar has a 1-terabyte card for you. Only $500! Terabyte cards have been promised for years — SanDisk said it was going to, but […]
AWS gives open source the middle finger
Jan 10, 12:00AM
AWS launched DocumentDB today, a new database offering that is compatible with the MongoDB API. The company describes DocumentDB as a “fast, scalable, and highly available document database that is designed to be compatible with your existing MongoDB applications and tools.” In effect, it’s a hosted drop-in replacement for MongoDB that doesn’t use any MongoDB […]
A simple bug makes it easy to spoof Google search results into spreading misinformation
Jan 09, 11:12PM
A bug that anyone can easily exploit in Google makes it easy to kick out manipulated search results that look entirely real. The search manipulation bug was documented by Wietze Beukema, a London-based security specialist, who warned that a malicious user could use this bug to generate misinformation. This is done by splicing together values […]
The state of seed
Jan 09, 10:54PM
Seed deal activity declined again in 2018, marking the fourth consecutive year in which deal count shrank and deal sizes swelled.
Twitter and NBA game streaming deal is about connecting with cord-cutters and younger fans
Jan 09, 10:13PM
Twitter is already working with the NBA to stream video of pre-game warm-ups, in-game and post-game highlights and post-game behind-the-scenes content. Now, the company will for the first time ever stream live NBA action — with a twist. In partnership with the NBA, Twitter will introduce an alternate camera angle view during the second half […]
Halo's second-gen brain stimulating headphones run $399
Jan 09, 9:54PM
Two and a half years after doing pushups onstage at Disrupt New York, Bay Area-based sports health company Halo Neuroscience is back with the second generation of its brain stimulating headphones. The biggest update to the spiky wearable this time around is a newfound focus on the headphone aspect of the product. The Halo Sport […]
E-scooter startup Bird is raising another $300M
Jan 09, 9:53PM
The scooter "unicorn" is said to be fundraising on a flat pre-money valuation of $2 billion.
This extra-large handheld Nintendo works (and feels) like the real thing
Jan 09, 9:25PM
Handheld retro gaming machines come and go, but few go so simply and effectively to the point as My Arcade's Retro Champ. You stick in your NES cartridge, hit the power button, and assuming you blew on it beforehand, it powers up. This one sets itself apart with a big ol' screen, Famicom compatibility, and a whopping 35-hour battery life.
Don't expect a new Nvidia Shield Tablet anytime soon
Jan 09, 8:32PM
The Shield TV, Nvidia’s Android TV streaming box, is still getting regular updates, but the Shield Tablet, which launched in 2014, was last refreshed in 2015 and officially discontinued last year, wasn’t quite the same success. As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said during a small press gathering at CES in Las Vegas today, the company […]
How Trump's government shutdown is harming cyber and national security
Jan 09, 6:54PM
It’s now 18 days since the U.S. government unceremoniously shut down because Congress couldn’t agree on a bill to fund a quarter of all federal departments — including paying their employees. But federal workers are starting to feel the pinch after not getting paid for two weeks, and this will have a knock-on effect to […]
Instagram now lets you regram your posts to multiple accounts
Jan 09, 6:52PM
Instagram is swaying the balance toward simplicity but away from originality. It’s adding the ability to publish feed posts to different accounts you control at the same time by toggling them on within the composer screen. An Instagram spokesperson confirms this option is becoming available to all iOS users, telling TechCrunch, “We are rolling out […]
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