Do you want to design something to match existing threads on a bottle, or a cap? It turns out there’s an easier way than reaching tiredly for the calipers and channeling one’s inner reverse-engineer. Bottle cap threads — whose industry term is the neck finish — aren’t arbitrary things; they are highly standardized, and [Noupoi]
Read MoreChristopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: An overview of how data-driven tech and analytics are reshaping Hollywood’s creative development process and market research during the pandemic — Coronavirus and the era of stay-at-home binge-watching is accelerating the entertainment industry’s reliance on analytics and data to target … An overview of how data-driven tech and analytics
Read MoreJake Slobe / Clay and Milk: Iowa-based Growers Edge, which provides a range of data-driven fintech and analytics tools for the agricultural industry, has closed $40M Series B — Growers Edge has announced the close of a $40 million Series B round of financing to accelerate the development of its financial technology products … Iowa-based
Read MoreWhether it was as an impulsive youth or an impatient adult, there’s probably few among us who haven’t broken a telescopic antenna or two over the years. It doesn’t take much to put a bend in the thin walled tubing, and after that, all bets are off. So [The Amateur Engineer] couldn’t really be too
Read MoreAroon Deep / MediaNama: Zomato says its FY 2020 revenue was $394M, up 105% YoY, and EBITDA loss reached $293M vs. $277M in FY 2019, as Zomato Gold/Pro had 1.7M subscribers as of March — “While FY19 saw hyper-competition between four well-funded food delivery players, FY20 ended with a two player market structure … Zomato
Read MoreElise Reuter / MedCity News: Evidation Health, whose tech helps aggregate health data from wearables and other sources for virtual clinical trials, raises $45M Series D led by B Capital — Evidation Health, a startup that provides technology for virtual clinical trials, raised $45 million in series D funding. Evidation Health, whose tech helps aggregate
Read MoreArjun Kharpal / CNBC: China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC, a key player in the country’s semiconductor ambitions, kicked off a $6.6B share sale on Tuesday in Shanghai — – SMIC, China’s biggest chipmaker, kicked off a major 46.28 billion yuan ($6.6 billion) share sale on Tuesday. — The contract semiconductor manufacturer … China's biggest chipmaker SMIC,
Read MoreLeah Rosenbaum / Forbes: Telemedicine service Doctor on Demand raises $75M Series D led by General Atlantic, bringing the total raised to $240M — Although many industries have suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic, telemedicine is one sector that isn’t slowing down. The demand for virtual doctor’s appointments … Telemedicine service Doctor on Demand raises M
Read MoreMasvidal finally gets his title fight against Usman at UFC 251. UFC 251 Usman vs. Masvidal: Start time, how to watch online and full fight card – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new study from West Virginia University (WVU) Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) uses a wearable device and artificial intelligence (AI) to predict COVID-19 up to 3 days before symptoms occur. The study has been an impressive undertaking involving over 1000 health care workers and frontline workers in hospitals across New York, Philadelphia, Nashville, and other
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Paris-based video game company Ubisoft announced Saturday that several high-level company officers are leaving amid allegations of abuse and harassment. The departures of chief creative officer Serge Hascoët, global head of HR Cécile Cornet, and Yannis Mallat, managing director of Ubisoft’s Canadian studios, “come following the initiation of
Read MoreJason Koebler / VICE: A look at the gray market around repairing ventilators, where technicians use homemade dongles and software secretly shared within the community — As COVID-19 surges, hospitals and independent biomedical technicians have turned to a global grey-market for hardware and software … A look at the gray market around repairing ventilators, where
Read MoreFoam is certainly an indispensable raw material for various craft and construction projects. Any serious sculptor however, inevitably grows tired of grinding through a foam block using a simple preheated utensil. The next step up, is to assemble a simple but thoroughly effective hot wire cutting contraption, formed out of a thin guitar wire held
Read MoreThe latest software update to the Fitbit Charge 4 gives two big upgrades including dynamic GPS, and a “smart wake” option. First reported by 9to5Google, the new features are now rolling out to all users. Dynamic GPS allows you to connect with the GPS in your phone if it’s in range, which may help with
Read MoreAs it tries to catch up with the popular features offered by some of its younger competitors, Cisco’s Webex has unveiled virtual backgrounds for its videoconferences. Users can either apply a “blur” effect to mask their background or replace with one of Webex’s preset background images. Zoom, the most popular videoconferencing app of the moment,
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Mozilla suspends Firefox Send file-sharing service after reports malware operators use it to host and send links with malicious payloads to potential victims — Mozilla has temporarily suspended the Firefox Send file-sharing service while it adds a Report Abuse mechanism. Mozilla suspends Firefox Send file-sharing service after reports malware operators use
Read MoreBats use echolocation to see objects in front of them. They emit an ultrasonic pulse around 20 kHz (and up to 100 kHz) and then sense the pulses as they reflect off an object and back to the bat. It’s the same type of mechanism used by ultrasonic proximity sensors for object-avoidance. Humans (except perhaps
Read MoreChristopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer claims asking studios to make games for Xbox Series X that will also work on Xbox One at launch won’t hinder the potential of Series X — “Held back is a meme that gets created by people who are too caught up in device competition” Microsoft's Phil Spencer
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Linux team approves new terminology to replace terms like “master/slave” and “blacklist/whitelist” for new Linux kernel source code and associated documentation — Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts stamp on proposal to use neutral language in kernel code and documentation. Linux team approves new terminology to replace terms like "master/slave" and "blacklist/whitelist"
Read MoreLet’s face it, robots are cool. They’re also going to run the world some day, and hopefully, at that time they will take pity on their poor soft fleshy creators (a.k.a. robotics developers) and help us build a space utopia filled with plenty. I’m joking of course, but only sort of. In my ambition to have some
Read MoreWe don’t know if aerodynamics is really a subject for dummies, per se, but if you are interested in flying or building drones and model aircraft, [Jenny Ma’s] new video that you can see below will help you get an easy introduction to some key concepts. (Embedded below.) The show starts with coverage of lift, thrust,
Read MoreGen Z and millennial users have found community on the app, particularly during the last few isolating months. And for some of them, it’s their livelihood. TikTok Users Respond to Potential Ban Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreYou need to be an Amazon Prime customer to use the discount code, which lets you watch Mrs. Maisel in glorious 4K. Snag a Fire TV Stick 4K for an all-time low – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe first launch of a big batch of satellites equipped with shades to reduce their brightness was set to blast off soon. SpaceX launch of 57 Starlink satellites that wear sun visors delayed again – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe online retail giant had cited the app’s “security risks,” without offering specifics. Amazon says it sent warning about TikTok app to employees by mistake – CNET Source: CNet
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