While startups have been hot since the early 2000s, the last decade has seen many large corporations, long past the days of actually being considered startups, embrace the startup mentality. With “move fast and break things” being the prevailing wisdom in Silicon Valley over the past two decades, tech companies have sought to innovate faster
Read MorePhoto by Sam Mooy/Getty Images YouTube has been recommending and serving ads against videos that feature denial of or misinformation about climate change, according to a new report. The identified videos had 21.1 million views between them and might be suggested to users after a search for “climate change,” “global warming,” or the conspiracy theory
Read MoreIt’s not just land-based vehicle manufacturers trying to clean up their emissions with electric transport, water-based modes of travel are too. Take Ellen, the electric-powered ferry that sails the west Baltic sea, for example. Unlike Sony’s recent shock concept car announcement, Ellen is in action and was ready to welcome its first customer aboard late
Read MoreTwo proof-of-concept exploits published for the CurveBall (CVE-2020-0601) vulnerability. Proof-of-concept exploits published for the Microsoft-NSA crypto bug Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreOverhead of the Pioneer DJ DVM-V10 mixer. | Image: Pioneer DJ Pioneer DJ has announced a new professional gig mixer for gear-heads that want more control over how mixes and tracks sound while performing. Called the DVM-V10, it sports six channels (in comparison to the usual four), dual headphone inputs to seamlessly play back-to-back with
Read MoreOn Chinese social media, where diplomatic rows rarely break into view, people have watched with fascination as the two countries’ embassies trade barbs. The U.S. and Iran Are Trolling Each Other — in China Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreFinancial Times: A look at India’s food delivery market, where the prospect of continued cash-burn is forcing market leaders Swiggy and Zomato to explore other business areas — Every day, hundreds of thousands of scooter-riding couriers like Sarfaraz Mansuri wind through the congested streets of Indian cities … A look at India's food delivery market,
Read MoreDid you know that, according to CEO Tim Cook, Apple acquires a company every two to three weeks? It’s just added another startup to its long line of AI acquisitions. According to a report by GeekWire, the Cupertino-based company has made a deal with Xnor.ai, an edge-based AI startup, for $200 million. What is edge-based AI,
Read MorePlease step into my humble Mars mushroom room. NASA's Mars habitats could be made from a surprising material: fungi – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAin’t nuthin’ but a G thang — four new G thangs, to be exact. Strange, unknown objects found orbiting Milky Way's black hole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: As tech becomes the dominant force in the modern economy, Silicon Valley’s culture since 1970s of nimble startups successfully challenging incumbents is fading — Once upon a time, in the notorious start-up cradle, small was beautiful. — For decades, whole regions, nations even … As tech becomes the dominant
Read MoreAd tool made it possible for ads to be directed to users who searched for keywords such as “white supremacists” and “anti-gay,” the BBC found. Twitter reportedly allowed ads targeting neo-Nazis, other hate groups – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGMC now offers an AT4 version of all its vehicles. GMC Terrain gets the AT4 treatment – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreKim Hart / Axios: PitchBook: West Coast’s share of total US VC deal value dropped to 50.2% in 2019 vs. 62.3% in 2018; 78% of funding went to CA, NY, and MA, up from 75% in 2018 — Venture capital investment is seeping out from Silicon Valley to the rest of the country, but the
Read MoreThe edit button, a feature just about every avid Twitter user has wanted at some point, will probably never become a reality. At least, that’s what Jack Dorsey says in a new Wired video. Dorsey answers several questions from Twitter users in the video, and inevitably someone asks whether we’ll get an edit button in 2020.
Read MoreJoby Aviation, a California-based aerospace company that has been working on electric aircraft for over a decade, just closed its latest round of financing with $590 million in venture capital funding — and a major new partner. Toyota will work with Joby to design and build a fleet of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft
Read MoreChina has agreed to stronger intellectual property protections. But tariffs on more than $300 billion worth of goods still remain as do other unresolved trade issues. Trump's Phase 1 trade deal with China hasn't solved all of tech's issues – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, Google shared an updated timeline for when Chrome apps will stop working on all platforms. June 2022 is when they’ll be gone for good, but it depends on which platform you’re on (via 9to5Google). Previously, we knew that Chrome apps someday wouldn’t work on Windows, macOS, and
Read MorePhoto by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Donald Trump has been impeached, and his trial in the US Senate is expected to begin in earnest on January 21st. Don’t expect to see any Senators tweeting @ Trump from the proceedings, though — because they’ll have to leave their phones at the door. Tablets and laptops can’t
Read MoreGenesis’ first SUV will go on sale sometime in 2020. 2020 Genesis GV80 is a stylish, tech-rich SUV – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJon Fingas / Engadget: Fitbit confirms it has begun the rollout of blood oxygen monitoring feature to some of its wearables — Fitbit’s devices from recent years have blood oxygen monitoring (SpO2) hardware, but they haven’t used it — until now. Users on Reddit and elsewhere have noticed that their Versa … Fitbit confirms it
Read MoreA binary asteroid has been leaking dust into our atmosphere, but if it totally cracks up we could have problems. Asteroid that shot fireball at us 'could be dangerous to life on Earth' – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWe lost a warrior this week. On Monday night, my DualShock 4 controller, which has been my constant companion for almost six years, fell victim to a spilled water glass. But losing it has made me remember all the great games I played on my PlayStation 4, and just how much fun this generation of
Read MoreThe Schwartz was with social media this week, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cited the cult classic film. AOC got cult classic movie Spaceballs trending on Twitter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe agreement includes some wins for President Trump, but implementing and enforcing the deal could be difficult. What’s in (and Not in) the U.S.-China Trade Deal Source: NY Times Tech
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