UK tech accelerator Founders Factory is joining forces with a European counterpart to launch the Founders Factory Sustainability Seed program. Launched in partnership with G-Force (the G is for Green) based out of Bratislava, Slovakia, the program will look to invest in and accelerate climate-tech startups. The program will invest in entrepreneurs with startups that
Read MoreIt’s perhaps unsurprising that we don’t see much in the way of woodworking here at Hackaday; after all, this is a plastics and metal community if there ever was one. But that doesn’t mean you’ll never come across a situation where a dead tree needs to be cut or shaped to your will, so we
Read MoreIf you’re in the market for a set of AirPods Pro right now, you’re in luck as today’s Labor Day AirPods Pro deal is offering one of their best prices in history. At both Amazon and Best Buy, you can snag a set for just $179.99 thanks to a $69 direct price drop. The deal
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple will reportedly announce Apple Watch Series 7 this month, despite rumors of delays. A new report says the watches might ship in small quantities while some models might not be available straight away. There have been recent reports that the new Apple Watch design is causing manufacturing problems for
Read MoreBarcelona-based gaming video platform Gamestry has snatched up $5 million in seed funding, led by Goodwater Capital, Target Global and Kibo Ventures — turning investors’ heads with a 175x growth rate over the past 12 months. While the (for now) Spanish-language gaming video platform launched a few years back, in 2018, last year the founders
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 series update hub! Here you’ll find all the latest information on software updates for Samsung’s latest clamshell foldable phone. We’ll tell you the current software versions for the device and give you a heads up when new updates are rolling out.
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Barcelona-based Factorial, which develops HR software for SMBs, raises $80M led by Tiger Global, sources say at a $530M valuation — Factorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used …
Read MoreCredit: Eric Zeman / Android Authority A new German government proposal calls on smartphone brands to offer seven years of security updates. This is two years longer than the EU’s own stated proposals. Samsung has led the way for Android smartphone updates in recent times, promising three years of OS updates as well as four
Read MoreYou’ve likely seen many tutorials on making silicone parts using 3D printed molds online. The vast majority of these methods use a simple pour method to fill the mold. This relies on careful degassing and gentle pouring to reduce the presence of bubbles in the final result. [Jan Mrázek] has been working on an alternative
Read MoreDukaan, a one-year-old Bangalore-based startup that enables merchants to set up online stores and sell products digitally, said on Monday it has raised $11 million in a new financing round as it looks to broaden its offerings and deepen footprints in the South Asian market. The new financing round, a Pre-Series A, was led by
Read MoreCredit: Pricebaba Key specs of the entire Vivo X70 series have leaked. The tip provides juicy camera, SoC, and power details for the three phones. Vivo is set to announce the X70 series on September 9. The Vivo X70 series is launching later this week, but a new leak seemingly reveals the three phones’ core
Read MoreFactorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used by much bigger companies, is today announcing some funding to bulk up its own position: the company has raised $80 million, funding that it will be using
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Read MoreWelcome to the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on updates to the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. We’ll detail the current software versions for each device and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out. Samsung usually pushes out updates to the entire
Read MoreWill Netflix’s nostalgic hit Stranger Things be back for a fourth series anytime soon? We could pull out a Ouija board and ask the spirits, but we’d much rather ask closer to the source, i.e. a spirit in the upside down. And you know that the best way to do that is with LEDs —
Read MoreHomage, the caregiving-focused startup, has raised a $30 million Series C led by Sheares Healthcare Group, which is wholly-owned by investment firm Temasek. Other participants included new investors DG Daiwa Ventures and Sagana Capital, and returning backers East Ventures (Growth), HealthXCapital, SeedPlus, Trihill Capital and Alternate Ventures. The new funding will be used to develop
Read MoreMercedes-Benz introduced a slew of electric vehicles ahead of the IAA Mobility show in Germany, including its first AMG-branded high-performance EV, a sedan and a G-Class SUV concept — all part of the company’s bid to become an electric-only automaker by the end of the decade. Mercedes has already started producing the all-electric EQS, a
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / The Record: Researchers uncover BrakTooth, 16 flaws in Bluetooth firmware in SoC boards used in billions of devices from 11 top vendors that can allow remote code execution — A team of security researchers has published details this week about a suite of 16 vulnerabilities that impact the Bluetooth software stack …
Read MoreQuantum Machines, an Israeli startup that is building the classical hardware and software infrastructure to help run quantum machines, announced a $50 million Series B investment today. Today’s round was led by Red Dot Capital Partners with help from Exor, Claridge Israel, Samsung NEXT, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management, LP, as well as TLV Partners,
Read MoreGood news from Jezero crater as the Mars rover Perseverance manages to accomplish for the first time what it was sent to do: collect and cache core samples from rocks. Space buffs will no doubt recall that Perseverance’s first attempt at core sampling didn’t go as planned — the rock that planetary scientists selected ended
Read MoreIt was curious enough that OLIO, a UK startup with an app that lets users post a photo of unwanted food and share it with the local neighborhood, picked up $6 million in Series A funding back in 2018. Many outside observers wondered what was going on with this simple app, which looked on first
Read MoreMike Butcher / TechCrunch: Food sharing app OLIO raises $43M Series B led by VNV Global, as the startup tries to tackle food waste, with Tesco adding 2.7K stores to the service in 2020 — It was curious enough that OLIO, a UK startup with an app that lets users post a photo of unwanted
Read MoreVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles, a standalone VW brand responsible for the development and sales of light commercial vehicles, and Argo AI, an autonomous driving technology company, unveiled the first version of the ID Buzz AD (Autonomous Driving) on Sunday. The two companies shared plans to test and commercially scale the jointly developed, fully-electric self-driving van over
Read MoreToday, Amazon Web Services is a mainstay in the cloud infrastructure services market, a $60 billion juggernaut of a business. But in 2008, it was still new, working to keep its head above water and handle growing demand for its cloud servers. In fact, 15 years ago last week, the company launched Amazon EC2 in
Read MoreKathryn Dill / Wall Street Journal: Harvard study details how automated hiring systems, now used by 99% of Fortune 500 companies, exclude 10M+ qualified workers in the US from hiring discussions — Automated-hiring systems are excluding many people from job discussions at a time when additional employees are desperately needed
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