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Opera launches a 'gaming browser' with Twitch integration

Jun 11, 3:00PM

"You're probably asking, 'what is a gaming browser?' " Opera PM Maciek Kocemba says in the opening of the Opera GX introduction video. Fair enough. My first thought when the Norwegian browser company mentioned the concept to me was something akin Google Stadia, with remote game streaming. Turns out a gaming browser — in this […]


GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO

Jun 11, 3:00PM

It’s been just over a year since Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion, but the company has grown in that time, and today it announced that it has hired former Bitnami COO and cofounder, Erica Brescia to be its COO. Brescia handled COO duties at Bitnami from its founding in 2011 until it was sold […]


Over 100 Goodwill stores are bringing their inventory to OfferUp

Jun 11, 2:54PM

Goodwill and mobile marketplace app OfferUp have announced a new partnership focused on bringing Goodwill’s secondhand inventory to the millions of OfferUp shoppers, for both local pickup and delivery. The deal sees over 100 Goodwill stores listing their inventory in OfferUp in New York, New Jersey, San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties, South Florida, […]


Uber and AT&T team up for always-on connectivity for Uber Copter and Uber Air

Jun 11, 2:18PM

Uber is partnering with mobile network operator AT&T on the always-on connectivity it’ll require for its aerial transportation service network. The on-demand mobility company announced the team-up at its annual Elevate Summit, which brings together a number of key players working toward making affordable, accessible in-city aerial transit a reality. Uber said that it’s already […]


Misfits Market raises $16.5 million for their 'ugly' produce subscription box

Jun 11, 2:02PM

As grocery shopping moves online, one piece of the puzzle hasn’t been directly addressed: fresh fruits and vegetables. That also happens to be a category in which there is a ton of food waste, with a good deal of fruits and veggies never making it out of the grocery store to begin with. Misfits Market […]


Colombian point-of-sale lender ADDI nabs $12.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz

Jun 11, 2:00PM

Andreessen Horowitz <3 Latin American startups. Latin America is the only region outside of the U.S. where the venture firm is routinely investing capital, and it just made another commitment, doubling down on its early-stage support for the point-of-sale lending startup ADDI. ADDI picked up $12.5 million in new financing in April of this year […]


Amazon Restaurants in US is shutting down

Jun 11, 1:59PM

Following November’s closure of Amazon’s restaurant delivery business in London, the company is now shutting down operations in the U.S. The service, which was launched back in fall 2015, was designed to give Prime members another perk — a way to order meals, not just products and groceries — through the e-commerce giant. But the […]


Uber envisions Uber Air will one day be cheaper than owning a car

Jun 11, 1:59PM

Uber has big dreams for Uber Air, the flying taxi service it’s wanting to launch in 2023. At the third annual Uber Elevate, head of Elevate Eric Allison said the company expects Uber Air to be cheaper than driving a car. It surely won’t be that way on day one, but once Uber deploys fully […]


Embraer's new EmbraerX eVTOL concept is accessible, autonomous and courteous

Jun 11, 1:56PM

Short-distance commuter air travel has come a long way in the past few years – at least when it comes to concepts. The latest vision of how we’ll get around in the city skies of the (near?) future from Embraer evolves some of what we’ve already seen, and highlights a few things that make clear […]


Relativity is building a 3D printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi

Jun 11, 1:26PM

The future of rocket manufacturing has touched down in Mississippi. At NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center, nestled in Hancock County, Miss. right on the border of Louisiana, the Los Angeles-based 3D printed spacecraft manufacturer, Relativity Space, is planning a massive $59 million expansion to make a permanent manufacturing hub in this bucolic corner of […]


Europe publishes common drone rules, giving operators a year to prepare

Jun 11, 1:25PM

Europe has today published common rules for the use of drones. The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) says the regulations, which will apply universally across the region, are intended to help drone operators of all stripes have a clear understanding of what is and is not allowed. Having a common set of rules will […]


Uber adds another air taxi vehicle partner to the mix

Jun 11, 1:22PM

In order to make Uber Air a reality, Uber needs vehicle partners to actually develop these electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles. Today at flying taxi conference Uber Elevate, Uber unveiled its newest partner, Jaunt Air Mobility. "Jaunt Air Mobility has assembled a highly talented team of experienced engineers with a long history of designing […]


Welcome's new app will do your travel planning for you

Jun 11, 1:13PM

Welcome is a new app that CEO Matthew Rosenberg said is designed for a more spontaneous approach to traveling. “What we're going after is these millennials [and] Gen Z travelers who feel comfortable going in the moment,” Rosenberg told me. “Eighty-five percent of people aren’t even looking at activities before they arrive.” So instead of […]


Lyft deploys its pink-wheeled bikes and rebrands Ford GoBike as Bay Wheels

Jun 11, 1:00PM

Lyft is ditching Ford’s branding for its own with the launch of its new pink-wheeled pedal-assist bikes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Instead of Ford GoBike, these bikes will now be known as Bay Wheels with Lyft’s branding prominently displayed. Eventually, all of the bikes in the Ford GoBike fleet will become Bay Wheels. […]


Transit city navigation app seeks to solve bad public transit ETAs with machine learning

Jun 11, 1:00PM

Transit, a company that has spent its entire life trying to make it easier to get around cities, is unveiling a new machine-learning powered estimated time of arrival prediction feature to help address one of the most annoying things about taking public transit: not knowing when the next bus is going to arrive. Montreal-based Transit […]


ZeroDown is constructing a new path to home ownership

Jun 11, 1:00PM

Part real estate fund, part tech startup, ZeroDown wants to make it easier to buy a home in the Bay Area.


Brex valued at $2.6B with new cash from Kleiner Perkins

Jun 11, 1:00PM

Brex CEO Henrique Dubugras details the fintech startup's latest round.


Watch Nintendo unveil a bunch of games at its E3 Direct

Jun 11, 1:00PM

Microsoft kicked things off on Sunday, and while Sony's sitting this one out, Nintendo's up to its old tricks. The company is once again skipping whole in-person thing in favor of its livestreamed Nintendo direct. We don't expect any major hardware news for the show this year, but there's some possibility that the company may […]


Charging an electric car in America is about to get a little less painful

Jun 11, 1:00PM

As electric vehicle charging infrastructure grows, a nagging complexity has popped up. Each electric vehicle charging networks has its own system with memberships. For an EV owner, that translates into a handful, or more, of standalone apps or  RFID dongles used to activate and pay for charging. ChargePoint and Electrify America have reached an agreement […]


Tesla's shareholder meeting: How to watch and what to expect

Jun 11, 12:45PM

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expected to take the stage Tuesday for the company’s annual shareholder meeting following a volatile year that saw swings between profitability and wider-than-expected losses, production goals met and deliveries milestones missed, and a securities fraud charge, and subsequent settlement, with the SEC. The board, like the company it governs, has […]



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