What Can Be Done About the Global Housing Crisis? Plenty
The lack of homes in major cities is endemic, but solutions exist—providing countries can muster the political capital.
Read MoreThe lack of homes in major cities is endemic, but solutions exist—providing countries can muster the political capital.
Read MoreThe electric bike that everyone I know has purchased is now a couple hundred dollars off.
Read MoreThe autonomous aircraft have shuttled blood to rural, mountainous areas for years. A new analysis proves they’re faster than driving.
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Read MoreSiri is your digital assistant, and she can make managing your hectic schedule easier than ever! Some people may see Siri as just voice commands on Apple devices, especially on your favorite iPhone, but she’s more than that. Siri is your personal digital assistant, and she can help you manage your crazy schedule. We all
Read MoreIn the words of Maya Angelou, “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but has not solved one yet.” While it’s normal to occasionally have hateful feelings, holding on to this feeling for too long can be unhealthy to the mind and body. Because of this, there aren’t too many things
Read MoreAdding a few smart home gadgets can help you automate your day-to-day life in useful ways, but they aren’t as foolproof as a good old-fashioned light switch. People who invested in Insteon’s smart home gear are learning that the hard way today, as the company has apparently killed its cloud service without warning. With the
Read MoreApple is fighting against strong pressure over its App Store and iOS business model. What you need to know A new report reveals Apple spent some $2.5 million in lobbying to open 2022. That’s up 34% on the previous quarter and a record quarterly high. Apple discussed dozens of issues including antitrust matters and legislation
Read MoreThe Boring Company’s plan to revolutionize transport is best summarized as “Teslas in tunnels.” | Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images The Boring Company has raised a new round of funding worth $675 million, with Elon Musk’s grand plan to “solve traffic” with tunnels now valued at $5.675 billion. In a blog post announcing the
Read MoreChris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Seattle-based Convoy, which connects shippers and freight brokers to 400K+ trucks via its app, raises a $160M Series E and $100M in debt at a $3.8B valuation — The past couple of years exposed many flaws in the global and domestic supply chains—and investors have taken note that it is
Read MoreDan Taylor / Tech.eu: Swedish startup Instabox, an automated parcel locker service for e-commerce, raises $190M led by Verdane, bringing its total funding to $327M — Like clockwork, Instabox is back with another announcement, this time a $190 million raise at a $1+ billion valuation.
Read MoreAstronomers have learned an almost unfathomable amount about stars in recent decades, but the heavens still manage to surprise us on occasion. A team of scientists using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope have discovered a completely new type of stellar explosion, which has been labeled a “micronova.” As the name implies, a micronova
Read More“The controversial practice of targeting users online based on their religion, gender or sexual preferences will be banned under the Digital Services Act, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions.” What you need to know The EU is set to unveil a massive new law on Friday. It will force large companies like
Read MoreWarning messages shown to a child when sexually explicit imagery is detected. | Image: Apple Apple’s “communication safety in Messages” feature, which is designed to automatically blur images containing nudity sent to children using the company’s messaging service, is now rolling out to additional countries. After launching in the US last year, the feature is
Read MoreHoverboards were a popular trend with the youths and in-crowd a few years ago, and now that the fad has largely died out there are plenty of them sitting unused in closets and basements around the world. That only means opportunities to put the parts from these unique transportation devices into other builds. A more
Read More“Apple Maps is the best way to explore and navigate the world, all while protecting your privacy. We are excited to bring this experience to even more users with today’s rollout in Singapore” What you need to know Apple Maps has been updated in two new locations. All-new maps are now available in both Singapore
Read MoreRyan Weeks / The Block: Binance begins enforcing tougher KYC checks on Russian users with holdings exceeding €10,000, following further EU sanctions — Crypto exchange Binance is enforcing tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for Russian users after the latest wave of European Union sanctions.
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Netflix hit the headlines this week after it announced a drop of 200,000 subscribers and a crackdown on password sharing. This decline looks like a drop in the ocean compared to its 200 million global subscribers, but Netflix has also reacted by announcing the addition of a cheaper, ad-supported
Read MoreImage: Sony Sony has pushed back the release date of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse’s sequel, the films’ official Twitter account has confirmed. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now scheduled for release on June 2nd, 2023, rather than October 7th this year. Sony originally said its Spider-verse sequel would arrive on April 8th 2022. It’s not
Read MoreSaeed Azhar / Reuters: Saudi Arabia-based Foodics, which offers restaurant management software including a cloud POS system, raises a $170M Series C — FOODICS, a cloud-based technology firm serving restaurants in the Middle East, has raised $170 million from investors led by tech investor Prosus and Sanabil Investments …
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Update: April 21, 2022 (12:28 AM ET): Verizon customers across the US are reporting that their service is down. There are multiple complaints on Twitter saying that people are unable to make and receive calls. Some Verizon users are also unable to send text messages. The outage seems to
Read More[Nick Poole] has an interesting idea for a new tool, one that has the simple goal of making accurate part counts of SMT reels as easy as pulling tape through a device. That device is the BeanCounter, an upcoming small handheld unit of his own design that counts parts as quickly as one can pull
Read MoreGoogle has changed some developer policies that will kill call recording apps for good. The changes won’t affect the native call recording functionality that comes pre-installed on some phones. However, third-party call recording apps on the Google Play Store won’t be able to function after May 11. Google recently made some changes to its Play
Read MoreApoorva Mittal / The Economic Times: Singapore-based Rario, a cricket NFTs marketplace that holds NFT rights to six international leagues and over 900 cricketers, raises $120M led by Dream Capital — Mumbai: Cricket non-fungible tokens (NFTs) platform Rario has raised $120 million, led by Dream Capital, the corporate venture capital and M&A arm of Dream
Read MoreAnnie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon unveils Buy with Prime, which lets third-party merchants use Amazon’s shipping and logistics network to fulfill orders on their own sites — – Buy with Prime enables third party retailers to take advantage of Amazon’s vast shipping and fulfillment network for orders placed on their own site.
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