What you need to know An iPhone saved the day when the team behind Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings were filming. Director Destin Daniel Cretton oversaw part of the movie’s filming via iPhone right from a hospital after his wife gave birth. Does that make iPhone an Avenger now? When you
Read MoreAI is everywhere in tech, and you can bet it will be a vital topic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. It’s the driving force behind just about everything from rockets, robotics and customer service to deep science and autonomous vehicles. It’s even changing the game for dystopian fiction writers. As always, every Disrupt
Read MorePeanut, a social networking app for women, initially found traction connecting women in the earlier stages of their motherhood journey. But over the years, the network expanded to support women through other life stages. Now, that will include menopause, as well — a life stage that will impact nearly half the world’s population at some
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple Watch Solo Loop bands have been around for a year now and some aren’t doing so great. A Reddit thread is full of people reporting that their bands have torn already. The one-piece band is now a two-piece one for some people. Apple’s Apple Watch Solo Loop has been
Read MoreAnti-abortion group Texas Right to Life exposed the personal information of hundreds of job applicants after a website bug allowed anyone to access their resumes, which were stored in an unprotected directory on its website. A security researcher told TechCrunch that the group’s main website, built largely in WordPress, was not properly protecting the file
Read More“Seven years post-launch, new PYMNTS data shows that 93.9% of consumers with Apple Pay activated on their iPhones do not use it in-store to pay for purchases.” What you need to know A new survey claims that nearly 94% of customers don’t use Apple Pay in the U.S. New figures from PYMNTS claim that only
Read MoreNick Psyhogeos Contributor Share on Twitter Nick Psyhogeos is the co-founder of Fork, a startup with an AI solution that discovers career pathways to optimize the placement and growth of talent in the jobs of tomorrow. Managers are occasionally evaluated by their team’s occupational wellness — the sometimes-hazy calculation that rates employees’ professional and personal
Read MoreIf Apple isn’t delaying Apple Watch Series 7 announcement, getting one could be a case of being lucky rather than good. The rumors surrounding Apple Watch Series 7 are beginning to solidify, and we’re hearing more about what we should expect from the next big thing in Apple wearables. But instead of hearing all about
Read MoreEmulate Inc., a biotech company focused on developing “organ-on-a-chip” technology, closed an $82 million Series E round on Tuesday. This latest round is intended to formulate a massive investment in a “roadmap” for developing model organ systems created to fit drugmakers’ needs and bring the idea of an organ-on-a-chip into use in the lab. An
Read MoreChris Metinko / Crunchbase News: A look at Microsoft’s M12 venture arm: 107 investments in total, focused on financial returns rather than acquisitions, expansion into seed rounds, and more — From the outside, M12’s mission likely seems simple to most: Invest money from the second-most valuable technology company in the world …
Read MoreGreat mobile cameras are built from solid imaging hardware, traditional imaging algorithms, and increasingly important AI Engines to convert those digital 1s and 0s into great-looking snaps. The latter is advancing in leaps and bounds thanks to the growing power of machine learning and computational photography. AI technologies are helping smartphones produce professional-quality photos with
Read MoreMobileye, the Intel-owned company that specializes in chips for vision-based autonomous vehicles, announced that it will launch a robotaxi service in Germany in 2022. It’s the latest big move by a company seeking to buck the trend in AV development by becoming both a supplier of autonomous driving technology as well as a fleet operator
Read MoreIt’s been clear since Pat Gelsinger returned to Intel that he intended to change the company. It’s now becoming clear exactly how. In a far-reaching interview with Pierre Ferragu and Intel’s CFO, George Davis (video embedded below), Gelsinger shared details on what he believes the future holds for Intel, as well as how the company
Read MoreThe Realme Book is the first laptop from the house of BBK Electronics. The conglomerate’s most tenacious brand has been releasing a ton of phones since its inception, but this product marks Realme’s debut in the laptop space. The Realme Book is a productivity-focused laptop that enters a crowded market segment and comes with some
Read MoreMathematician Ian Stewart explains the twisty history of combinatorial optimization.
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Read MoreTom Bihn’s Paradigm is a perfect little small backpack for your everyday essentials. Tom Bihn is a bag brand that has a cult-like following, and for good reason. While these bags may not suit everyone’s aesthetic tastes, they are some of the toughest and most durable bags you may come across, lasting years at a
Read MoreA good display is key to just about any smartphone on the market. After all, it’s what you’ll spend hours looking at every single day, so you’re bound to notice if something isn’t quite right. Luckily for all of us, OnePlus has kept the need for an excellent display near and dear to its heart
Read MoreFinancial Times: Crypto adoption is accelerating in the developing world, especially in regions with a history of financial instability, like sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific — In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, a software coder bills her client in London and is paid in bitcoin …
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Today’s premium smartphones generally have at least three types of rear camera aboard, namely the main camera, ultra-wide, and telephoto/periscope snapper. This allows for plenty of flexibility, giving users a camera for almost every occasion. We’ve also seen flagship phones adding a fourth camera to the mix, but it
Read MoreNicholas Quah, Ashley Carman, and Nilay Patel Vox Media today announced it’s entering an agreement to acquire Hot Pod, the preeminent publication covering the podcasting industry, founded by Nicholas Quah in 2014. At Vox Media, Hot Pod will become part of The Verge, with Quah deepening his long-running relationship with New York and Vulture as
Read MoreAs developers look for ways to simplify how they create software, serverless solutions, which enable them to write code without worrying about the underlying infrastructure required to run their applications, is becoming increasingly popular. DigitalOcean announced today that it is enhancing its existing offering in this area with the acquisition of serverless startup Nimbella. The
Read MoreJoanna Ossinger / Bloomberg: Crypto exchange Bitso says it is the core service provider for El Salvador’s Chivo wallet and will work with Silvergate Bank to facilitate USD transactions — Crypto platform Bitso said it’s a core service provider for Chivo, the Bitcoin wallet developed by El Salvador’s government …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has been granted a patent that could allow for an all-glass iMac. The patent describes a computer that is made from one continuous piece of glass. Imagine trying to keep that clean. Apple has today been granted a new patent for what appears to be an iMac with a
Read MorePrevious reports indicated the new laptops might be delayed. What you need to know Apple is reportedly planning new mini-LED MacBook Pro models for this year. Previous reports suggested they might be delayed. A new report claims they are in fact on schedule. A new report claims that Apple’s mini-LED MacBook Pro might actually be
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