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Minecraft Earth is live, so get tapping
Nov 12, 10:51PM
Microsoft’s big experiment in real-world augmented reality gaming, Minecraft Earth, is live now for players in North America, the U.K. and a number of other areas. The pocket-size AR game lets you collect blocks and critters wherever you go, undertake little adventures with friends and, of course, build sweet castles. I played an early version […]
Twitch publicly launches its free broadcasting software, Twitch Studio
Nov 12, 9:32PM
Twitch today publicly launched Twitch Studio, its new software designed to help new streamers get started broadcasting. The idea behind the app is to make it simple for someone new to the space to get started, by offering a quick setup process and other tools to make the stream both look and sound more professional […]
HBO's former CEO said to be in talks with Apple TV+ for an exclusive production deal
Nov 12, 8:54PM
The man who oversaw the creation of some of HBO’s most highly praised “prestige TV” could soon be making shows for Apple TV+, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Richard Plepler, who was HBO’s chairman and CEO up until he parted ways with the company last February following its acquisition by […]
A US federal court finds suspicionless searches of phones at the border is illegal
Nov 12, 8:41PM
A federal court in Boston has ruled that the government is not allowed to search travelers’ phones or other electronic devices at the U.S. border without first having reasonable suspicion of a crime. That’s a significant victory for civil liberties advocates, who say the government’s own rules allowing its border agents to search electronic devices […]
Elon Musk picks Berlin for Tesla's Europe Gigafactory
Nov 12, 8:14PM
Elon Musk said Tuesday during an awards ceremony in Germany that Tesla’s European gigafactory will be built in the Berlin area. Musk was onstage to receive a Golden Steering Wheel Award given by BILD. “There’s not enough time tonight to tell all the details,” Musk said during an onstage interview with Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert […]
MACLUNKEY! The Han/Greedo scene has an inexplicable change on Disney+ because George Lucas will never stop changing it
Nov 12, 7:42PM
Who shot first? Han? Greedo? Who cares. MACLUNKEY! Disney+ launched this morning, and with it comes a mostly inexplicable change to one of cinema’s most debated scenes — the encounter between Han and Greedo at the Mos Eisley cantina. For reasons unknown to anyone but George Lucas right now, a super brief but newly inserted […]
Review: Samsung's Space Monitor is handsome and minimal — if you have the desk for it
Nov 12, 7:18PM
When Samsung announced the Space Monitor, I knew in an instant that it was going to be something I had to try out in person. Now that I've had time to do so, I'm happy to say it's much as advertised, a streamlined and solid monitor with a smart new design — but not necessarily one for everybody.
UCLA now has the first zero-emission, all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab
Nov 12, 6:46PM
Electrification in the automotive industry isn’t just about consumer cars: There are plenty of commercial and specialist vehicles that are prime candidates for EVs, including in the healthcare industry. Take the new UCLA mobile surgical lab developed by Winnebago, for instance — it’s a zero-emission, all-electric vehicle that will move back and forth between two […]
The AI stack that's changing retail personalization
Nov 12, 6:22PM
While brands and retailers are sitting on enormous amounts of data, only a handful are actually leveraging it to its full potential.
A new 'Zombieload' flaw hits Intel's newest Cascade Lake chips
Nov 12, 6:00PM
Time to reset your “days since last major chip vulnerability” counter back to zero. Security researchers have found another flaw in Intel processors — this time it’s a new variant of the Zombieload attack they discovered earlier this year, but targeting Intel’s latest family of chips, Cascade Lake. Intel calls the vulnerability Transactional Asynchronous Abort, […]
Facebook wants you to pay people on Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp with Facebook Pay
Nov 12, 5:56PM
Square. Venmo. PayPal. Apple Pay. Google Pay. There’s really no shortage of ways to give people money via your phone, but that — nor growing calls that the company is already getting too damned big — isn’t stopping Facebook. Facebook just announced Facebook Pay, a single payment system that ties into all of the things […]
Facebook says a bug caused its iPhone app's inadvertent camera access
Nov 12, 5:48PM
Facebook has faced a barrage of concern over an apparent bug that resulted in the social media giant’s iPhone app exposing the camera as users scroll through their feed. A tweet over the weekend blew up after Joshua Maddux tweeted a screen recording of the Facebook app on his iPhone. He noticed that the camera […]
Google's CallJoy phone agent for small businesses gets smarter, more conversational
Nov 12, 5:46PM
Earlier this year, Google’s in-house incubator launched CallJoy, a virtual customer service phone agent for small businesses that could block spammers, answer calls, provide callers with basic business information and redirect to SMS other requests, like appointment booking or to-go orders. Today, CallJoy is rolling out its first major update, which now enables the computer […]
The case against Grace Hopper Celebration
Nov 12, 5:32PM
Are we breaking down barriers, or simply congratulating ourselves for reaching the upper echelons of women who have vaulted them? Are we pushing to change toxic systems, or asking women to change themselves to navigate them?
Where LA's top consumer VCs are looking to invest
Nov 12, 5:32PM
>From a geographical perspective, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles startup ecosystems are no longer separated by a few hundred miles. Top-tier VCs from SF visit LA regularly, and entrepreneurs raise from investors upstate and downstate in one process. Anecdotally, as an LA resident of 4 years, there's been a palpable uptick of […]
Pan-African e-tailer Jumia grows 3Q revenue, e-payments and losses
Nov 12, 5:23PM
Pan-African e-commerce startup Jumia released its third-quarter financial results today. The numbers and presentation reflected some of the same past trends, with a dash of new, and nary a mention of a declining share price. The results Jumia — with online goods and service verticals in 14 countries — posted third-quarter revenue growth of 19% […]
Formlabs is making a 3D printer just for dentists
Nov 12, 5:18PM
Back at CES this year, we talked with 3D-printer maker Formlabs about its early experimentation in using its printers to make dentures faster and more affordably than existing alternatives. A few months later, the company is going deep on the concept. They’re releasing a 3D printer meant specifically for dental use, opening up a whole […]
Work collaboration startup Notion Labs cozies up to Silicon Valley's top accelerators
Nov 12, 5:05PM
Startups building work software for other startups have been a huge focus of investment in Silicon Valley as eager VCs hope to grab a piece of the next Slack. Notion Labs, a profitable work tools startup that recently hit a reported $800 million valuation, isn’t making it easy for VC firms to give them money, […]
New York's Boldstart Ventures has raised $157 million across two funds to back nascent enterprise startups
Nov 12, 4:30PM
Eight years after raising a $1.5 million proof-of-concept fund, Boldstart Ventures, a New York-based venture firm whose portfolio companies have been enjoying some serious momentum lately, just closed two new funds with $157 million in capital commitments. One fund is a $112 million seed and early-stage vehicle — the fourth of its kind. Boldstart also […]
New 5G flaws can track phone locations and spoof emergency alerts
Nov 12, 4:30PM
5G is faster and more secure than 4G. But new research shows it also has vulnerabilities that could put phone users at risk. Security researchers at Purdue University and the University of Iowa have found close to a dozen vulnerabilities, which they say can be used to track a victim’s real-time location, spoof emergency alerts […]
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