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Fortnite Season 8 is now available, and it includes pirates, cannons and volcano lava
Feb 28, 10:06AM
Fortnite, the world’s most popular game right now with some 200 million players, has just announced that its much anticipated Season 8 is available. For those of you who don’t play Fortnite, the title takes on an episodic approach with new features, tools and maps released every few months. That keeps things fresh, gamers engaged […]
Here are the most in-demand programming jobs and languages, according to Hired
Feb 28, 8:05AM
Looking for a high-paying, in-demand job as a programmer? Learning to code for blockchain applications is the way to go, according to a survey from the job placement organization, Hired. In a survey of 98,000 developers on the company’s platform, Hired assessed the kinds of jobs that are most in-demand; the languages that companies are […]
Nigerian fintech firm TeamApt raises $5M, eyes global expansion
Feb 28, 8:05AM
Nigerian fintech startup TeamApt has raised $5.5 million in capital in a Series A round led by Quantum Capital Partners. The Lagos based firm will use the funds to expand its white label digital finance products and pivot to consumer finance with the launch of its AptPay banking app. Founded by Tosin Eniolorunda, TeamApt supplies […]
NetEase is the latest Chinese tech giant to lay off a big chunk of its staff
Feb 28, 8:02AM
NetEase, China’s second-biggest online games publisher with a growing ecommerce segment, is laying off a significant number of its employees, adding to a list of Chinese tech giants that have shed staff following the Lunar New Year. A NetEase employee who was recently let go confirmed with TechCrunch that the company had fired a large […]
New trailer for Dark Phoenix doesn't bode well for the X-Men
Feb 28, 7:49AM
The latest trailer is out for what could be the final installation in this iteration of the X-Men franchise — and things don’t look great (either for our heroes or for the franchise). The Dark Phoenix saga is one of the most famous (and well-loved) narrative arcs in the comic book series long history, and […]
Go-Jek's Get app officially launches in Thailand as Southeast Asia expansion continues
Feb 28, 5:18AM
Go-Jek is extending its reach in Southeast Asia after its Thailand-based unit made its official launch, which included the addition of a new food delivery service. Get, which is the name for Go-Jek business in Thailand, started out last year offering motorbike taxi on-demand services to a limited part of Thai capital city Bangkok, now […]
How Disney Built Star Wars, in real life
Feb 28, 5:11AM
>From the moment that Disney announced its acquisition of Lucasfilm, the question on every fan's mind was "when will they build Star Wars in real life?" While most assumed that they would do it eventually, they probably weren't aware that in 2013 even as work began on the first movie of the 'final' trilogy, work […]
Fortnite Season 8 is about to kick off — here's what to expect
Feb 28, 4:45AM
Fortnite Season 8 is almost here. There’s a lot we don’t know — most things, really — but the long wait will be over soon. If you can’t stand the anticipation or the requisite server downtime, we’re here to speculate so you’ll be mildly less bored. It worked for us. If Fortnite’s snowy Season 7 […]
Medium lowers its paywall for Twitter users
Feb 28, 1:35AM
If you’re not the paying sort, Medium has a mile-wide new hole in its paywall that might interest you. (But really, you should be the paying sort.) On Wednesday, Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams announced that Medium is tearing down its paywall for readers that visit the site through Twitter. In tweets, Williams […]
SoFi founder Mike Cagney's new company, Figure, just raised another $65 million
Feb 28, 12:11AM
Figure, a 13-month-old, San Francisco-based company that says it uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans online in as little as five days, has raised a whole lot of money in not a lot of time: $120 million to date, including $65 million in fresh funding from RPM Ventures and partners at DST Global, […]
Open-source communities fight over telco market
Feb 27, 11:36PM
When you think of MWC Barcelona, chances are you’re thinking about the newest smartphones and other mobile gadgets, but that’s only half the story. Actually, it’s probably far less than half the story because the majority of the business that’s done at MWC is enterprise telco business. Not too long ago, that business was all […]
A big ruling against Fox raises concerns of 'self-dealing' with Hulu
Feb 27, 10:17PM
An arbitrator has awarded $179 million in damages to the stars and creative team behind the Fox show “Bones.” As laid out in an in-depth Hollywood Reporter story, the ruling could have bigger implications for the streaming world, particularly as the major media companies are looking to launch their own streaming services, which will presumably […]
Box fourth quarter revenue up 20 percent, but stock down 22 percent after hours
Feb 27, 10:09PM
By most common sense measurements, Box had a pretty good earnings report today, reporting revenue up 20 percent year over year to $163.7 million. That doesn’t sound bad, yet Wall Street was not happy with the stock getting whacked, down more than 22 percent after hours as we went to press. It appears investors were […]
Verified Expert Lawyer: Andrew Erskine
Feb 27, 9:36PM
Andrew Erskine has developed his legal career along with the rise of the tech startup scene in Los Angeles. Today, as a partner at Orrick in its Santa Monica office, he works with companies large and small in the area and beyond. His approach: "The way that I practice and the philosophy I have is […]
US bans lithium batteries from cargo holds on passenger flights
Feb 27, 9:15PM
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration issued new rules designed to protect air passengers from the potential dangers of lithium ion batteries. The new interim final rule disallows lithium ion cells and batteries in the cargo area of passenger airplanes. The rule also sets new guidance for lithium ion […]
BlackBerry sues Twitter for patent infringement
Feb 27, 9:10PM
BlackBerry, the former smartphone maker, is suing Twitter for alleged patent infringement. If this sounds familiar, it may be because BlackBerry filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook last year. In its complaint, BlackBerry alleges Twitter has infringed and continues to infringe on six of its patents, which cover things like push notifications, silencing notifications […]
Netflix may be losing $192M per month from piracy, cord cutting study claims
Feb 27, 9:07PM
As many as 1 in 5 people today are mooching off of someone else’s account when streaming video from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Video, according to a new study from CordCutting.com. Of these, Netflix tends to be pirated for the longest period — 26 months, compared with 16 months for Amazon Prime Video or 11 […]
Star Trek: Discovery will return for a third season
Feb 27, 8:29PM
We’ve still barely caught up with the Red Angel, whatever it is, but CBS just confirmed that Star Trek: Discovery will be coming back for a third season. Discovery will also add Michelle Paradise as a co-showrunner alongside Alex Kurtzman, making her the fifth showrunner to come aboard the Discovery in its relatively short tenure […]
Presto raises $30M to bring its AI platform and tabletop ordering hardware to restaurant chains
Feb 27, 8:05PM
The “restaurant of the future” may elicit thoughts of a chrome diner with robot servers and an otherwise hefty amount of Tokyo futurist kitsch, but the fact is that the forthcoming sit-down dining experience may just end up looking a lot like ordering from a takeout app. Presto is working with restaurants to update the […]
OneWeb's first six global internet satellites are safely in orbit
Feb 27, 8:00PM
After four years and more than $2 billion in funding, OneWeb is ready to launch the first six satellites out of a planned constellation of 650 with which it plans to blanket the world in broadband. The Arianespace-operated Soyuz rocket will take off at 1:37 Pacific time from Guiana Space Center.
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