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Read MoreThis November, some of the most interesting thinkers, technologists, and artists in the world will convene to discuss how tech is shaping our future.
Read MoreBest answer: Yes, all previous Apple Watch bands are compatible with the Apple Watch Series 7. A slightly new design, but the bands stay the same. Although it wasn’t the redesign many thought it would be, the Apple Watch Series 7 looks slightly different from last year’s model. Yes, the screen is bigger. The Apple
Read MoreWhat you need to know Both iPhone 13 and iPad mini 6 have Apple’s A15 chip inside, but the latter has a lower clock speed. Early benchmarks show a slight performance difference, but it won’t be an issue for users. It’s slower on paper, but this thing will still be quick. Apple announced its new
Read MoreHarry Alford Contributor Share on Twitter Harry Alford is a business development manager at Coinbase Cloud, formerly Bison Trails, where he leads sales and business development efforts for key protocols and engagements with major financial institutions, funds, exchanges and custodians. Web 1.0 was the static web, and Web 2.0 is the social web, but Web
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Morning Show season two premieres tomorrow. A new recap video reminds us all of what happened in the first season. Season two begins tomorrow! As if the iPhone 13 pre-orders going live wasn’t enough for one Friday, Apple TV+ will also see the premiere of The Morning Show season
Read Moretoby fox The next chapter of Deltarune is coming and I am beyond excited. In a surprise announcement, Toby Fox, creator of the Undertale series, revealed Deltarune Chapter 2 will be released on Mac and PC on September 17th. The news came on September 15th during a livestream of Deltarune Chapter 1 put on to
Read MoreGreg Kumparak / TechCrunch: Whatnot, a livestreaming service for buying and selling collectibles, raises $150M Series C at a $1.5B valuation, its third fundraising round in 2021 — Whatnot, a live streaming shopping platform for collectors to buy and sell things like rare Pokémon cards and Funko Pops …
Read MoreJonathan Stringfield Contributor Share on Twitter Jonathan Stringfield, PhD, is VP and Global Head of Business Marketing, Measurement and Insights at Activision Blizzard Media and Esports. The speed at which gaming has proliferated is matched only by the pace of new buzzwords inundating the ecosystem. Marketers and decision makers, already suffering from FOMO about opportunities
Read MoreCharge your extra Joy-Cons in style. If you’re a Nintendo Switch owner who either has several people in your home or who loves hosting game nights, then chances are you have some extra Joy-Cons lying around. The Nintendo Switch is set up so that it can charge two Joy-Cons at a time when docked. However,
Read MoreRhamphorhynchus phyllurus. (Image: Ryan Somma/FunkMonk, CC BY-SA 2.0)Pterosaurs are an interesting bunch. They are the first vertebrates that took flight, and they share a number of traits with birds despite not being directly related to them. Pterosaurs aren’t actually dinosaurs, despite the fact that dinosaurs and pterosaurs had a large temporal overlap. Both they and
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Tiger Global led not one but two big funding rounds, announcing its role in a $26 million Series A for Ambi and an additional $50 million for Locus Robotics. The firm has been so active in investing of late, that neither one of these companies cracked Alex’s coveted “Today’s Tiger round” in our
Read MoreAPIs are the grease turning the gears and wheels for many organizations’ IT systems today, but as APIs grow in number and use, tracking how they work (or don’t work) together can become complex and potentially critical if something goes awry. Now, a startup that has built an innovative way to help with this is
Read MoreIt’s coming down to the wire folks. TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 — our flagship global event — takes over the internet on September 21-23. More than 10,000 people will attend to learn about the latest tech and investment trends from iconic leaders, founders and VCs. They’ll network and connect to build game-changing startups. Time to get
Read MoreFiberplane, an Amsterdam-based early stage startup that is building collaborative notebooks for SREs (site reliability engineers) to collaborate around an incident in a similar manner to group editing in a Google Doc, announced a € 7.5M (approximately $8.8 million USD) seed round today. The round was co-led by Crane Venture Partners and Notion Capital with
Read MoreRedditor [No-Championship-8520] aka [Eric Potempa] has come up with an interesting DIY take on the Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) process currently owned and developed by Carbon Inc. The usual resin 3D printer you may be familiar with is quite a simple machine. The machine has only one axis, which is the vertically moving build
Read MoreReuters: Facebook says it will use the same tactics that it uses to remove bot networks to target real-user accounts engaging in tactics like mass reporting — Facebook (FB.O) is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Nimble has announced the Spotlight iPhone 13 case range. All of the new Spotlight cases are made from recycled plastic and silicone. Made from 72% recycled plastic. With the new iPhone 13 handsets set to go up for pre-order tomorrow and hit Apple Stores next week, it’s never too early
Read MoreThe art of pitching is perhaps the most important art that a founder learns on their journey to unicorn status and beyond. And like any art, it helps to get some critical feedback along the way from the judges on the other side of the table. That’s why every Disrupt, we host Pitch Deck Teardown,
Read MoreFord said Thursday it will invest another $250 million and add 450 jobs to increase production capacity of its upcoming F-150 Lightning to 80,000 all-electric trucks annually. The announcement comes after receiving more than 150,000 pre-orders for the all-electric pickup truck. The additional funds and jobs will be spread out across its new Rouge Electric
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Elodie Games, which makes cross-play, co-op games that run on PCs, mobile devices, and consoles, raises $32.5M Series A led by Galaxy Interactive and a16z — A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. — Elodie Games has raised $32.5 million …
Read MoreFacebook today is announcing the launch of new products and features for business owners, following the threat to its ad targeting business driven by Apple’s new privacy features, which now allow mobile users to opt out of being tracked across their iOS apps. The social networking giant has repeatedly argued that Apple’s changes would impact
Read MoreMicrosoft is launching its next perpetual version of Microsoft Office for commercial customers today, and promising an Office 2021 consumer release on October 5th. Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) for Windows and Mac will be available for commercial and government users today, providing a locked-in time release of Office that doesn’t require a
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Read MoreWhatnot, a live streaming shopping platform for collectors to buy and sell things like rare Pokémon cards and Funko Pops, has closed a $150M Series C — its third round of fundraising in 2021 alone. This round pins Whatnot’s valuation at $1.5B, earning it a spot on the ever-growing list of unicorns. So what’s a
Read MoreAs companies process ever-increasing amounts of data, moving it in real time is a huge challenge for organizations. Confluent is a streaming data platform built on top of the open source Apache Kafka project that’s been designed to process massive numbers of events. To discuss this, and more, Confluent CEO and co-founder Jay Kreps will
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