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Watch Microsoft unveil the HoloLens 2 live right here
Feb 24, 10:03AM
Microsoft is set to announce a brand new hardware device at MWC in Barcelona — the new HoloLens headset. The conference starts at 6:00 PM CET (5:00 AM GMT, 12:00 PM ET, 9:00 AM PT). If you've ever tried the HoloLens, you know that this it is a magical device. But Microsoft quickly realized that it […]
Watch Xiaomi announce new 5G and foldable phones live right here
Feb 24, 9:26AM
It's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which means that Xiaomi is about to announce a lot of phones. The conference starts at 10:30 AM CET (9:30 AM GMT, 4:30 AM EST). Rumor has it that the company will unveil a phone that supports 5G network. Xiaomi has already showed this phone at various events over […]
Here are the first leaked images of Microsoft's new HoloLens
Feb 24, 8:20AM
Microsoft is scheduled to hold a major press conference at MWC Barcelona later today. With Satya Nadella and Alex Kipman in attendance, the expectation has long been that the company would use the event to show off the next version of its HoloLens mixed reality headset. Just hours before the event, though, Twitter user WalkingCat […]
Watch Huawei's MWC conference live right here
Feb 24, 8:01AM
While Huawei isn't going to show the P30 at Mobile World Congress, the company says it is going to "reveal the unprecedented". Like other manufacturers, Huawei has been trying some new designs. The conference starts at 2:00 PM CET (1:00 PM GMT, 8:00 AM EST). Huawei doesn't unveil its flagship devices at MWC anymore. The […]
Watch HMD unveil Nokia phones live right here
Feb 24, 8:01AM
HMD is holding a press conference at MWC in Barcelona to showcase some Nokia-branded phones. The conference starts at 4:00 PM CET (3:00 PM GMT, 10:00 AM EST). HMD licenses the Nokia brand so that the company can release smartphones under the Nokia brand. It isn't the company we used to know and love, but […]
Amazon Air cargo plane operated by Atlas crashes in Texas, killing 3 on board
Feb 23, 11:24PM
An Atlas cargo plane flying on behalf of Amazon Air — Amazon’s own freight delivery service that competes with FedEx and UPS, among others — has crashed outside Houston, Texas, killing three people on board. Amazon and Atlas both confirmed the accident with short statements. Neither provided any details on the nature of the accident. […]
Group of employees calls for end to Microsoft's $480M HoloLens military contract
Feb 23, 8:31PM
More than 100 Microsoft employees have signed a letter sent to CEO Satya Nadella and President Brad Smith criticizing the company’s plans to build HoloLens AR tech for the military, the organizing group said Friday. The development is part of a $480 million military contract that Microsoft won this past November. The group’s letter demands […]
ICANN warns of "ongoing and significant" attacks against internet's DNS infrastructure
Feb 23, 7:31PM
The internet’s address book keeper has warned of an “ongoing and significant risk” to key parts of the domain name system infrastructure, following months of increased attacks. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, issued the notice late Friday, saying DNS, which converts numerical internet addresses to domain names, has been the victim […]
Patreon's future and potential exits
Feb 23, 6:22PM
Through the Extra Crunch EC-1 on Patreon, I dove into Patreon's founding story, product roadmap, business model and metrics, underlying thesis, and competitive threats. The six-year-old company last valued around $450 million and likely to soon hit $1 billion is the leading platform for artists to run membership businesses for their superfans. As a conclusion […]
Airbnb, Automattic and Pinterest top rank of most acquisitive unicorns
Feb 23, 5:30PM
It takes a lot more than a good idea and the right timing to build a billion-dollar company. Talent, focus, operational effectiveness and a healthy dose of luck all play a part.
Oppo announces 5G and 10x lossless zoom handsets
Feb 23, 1:58PM
Saturday afternoon is a rough time for a press conference — particularly with the official kickoff of Mobile World Congress still a few days away. That said, there are certain advantages to being an early bird. Chief among them is the ability to claim firsts — namely having the first 5G handset of the show. […]
Startups Weekly: Flexport, Clutter and SoftBank's blood money
Feb 23, 1:00PM
Plus, Pinterest is going public too, Lyft's IPO is imminent and London is home to the largest pre-seed fund ever.
YouTube demonetizes anti-vaccination videos
Feb 23, 3:20AM
YouTube will demonetize channels that promote anti-vaccination views, after a report by BuzzFeed News found ads, including from health companies, running before anti-vax videos. The platform will also place a new information panel that links to the Wikipedia entry on "vaccine hesitancy" before anti-vax videos. Information panels (part of YouTube's efforts to combat misinformation) about […]
Briq, the next building block in tech's reconstruction of the construction business, raises $3 million
Feb 22, 11:00PM
Bassem Hamdy has been in the construction business for a long time. He spent the last few years at the construction software business Procore, now a $3 billion company developing technology for the construction industry, and now Hamdy is ready to unveil his next act as chief executive and co-founder of Briq, a new software […]
Twitter co-founder Ev Williams to step down from the company's board
Feb 22, 10:22PM
Ev Wiliams is stepping down from Twitter's board of directors effective at the end of the month, according to documents submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.
Latchel wants to make maintenance easier for landlords and property managers
Feb 22, 9:37PM
Relationships between landlords and their tenants don’t need to be fraught ones. With Y Combinator -backed Latchel, landlords and property managers can access a 24/7 maintenance service that takes requests from tenants and deploys the right professional to fix the things that need fixing. “At first we thought of doing a high-tech property management system,” Latchel founder […]
Elon Musk finally hosted meme review with the co-creator of Rick and Morty
Feb 22, 9:09PM
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been teasing — and his fan base has been making pleas — to host a meme review. And after tweeted hints, meme review has arrived via YouTube star PewDiePie. Musk tweeted last month a photo and a question “Host meme review?” Host meme review? pic.twitter.com/k2SFtIUh1k — Elon Musk […]
Apple confirms its plans to close retail stores in the patent troll-favored Eastern District of Texas
Feb 22, 8:47PM
Apple has confirmed its plans to close retail stores in the Eastern District of Texas — a move that will allow the company to better protect itself from patent infringement lawsuits, according to Apple news sites 9to5Mac and MacRumors, which broke the news of the stores’ closures. Apple says that the impacted retail employees will […]
Report: Zoom, the video conferencing company, may be a public company as early as April
Feb 22, 8:22PM
The video conferencing company Zoom is aiming to file a public S-1 by the end of March, according to a new report in Business Insider that adds the company could go public as soon as April. Business Insider reported last month that Zoom had filed confidentially with the SEC to go public, just months after […]
Fortnite goes big on esports for 2019 with $100 million prize pool
Feb 22, 8:11PM
Epic Games, maker of the ultra popular Battle Royale game Fortnite, is putting up another $100 million in prize cash for competitive tournaments in 2019. The company made waves in the esports world last year, announcing a $100 million prize pool for the 2018 competitive year, dwarfing every other competitive title in one fell swoop. […]
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