Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Lyft will seek to raise around $2B at a valuation of up to $23B as it starts its IPO roadshow this week — Lyft plans to peg its valuation at between $21 billion and $23 billion when the ride-hailing service kicks off the roadshow to market its initial
Read MoreCadillac’s starting the slow social-media tease for the car today. 2020 Cadillac CT5 sedan to debut at New York Auto Show – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreConcept artist Aleksi Briclot releases early iterations of what Brie Larson’s superhero could have looked like. Captain Marvel's early suit concepts are way different to the comic – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLike other stiletto snakes, this new species can inject venom into prey without even opening its mouth. Scientists found a new venomous snake that can strike sideways – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Season 1 finale is out of this world… and might offer a hint of Episode 9. Star Wars Resistance Episode 20: No Escape (Part 2) brings Season 1 to a thrilling end – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe mobile battle royale game was banned in the state of Gujarat on March 6, with at least 16 arrests being made thus far. PUBG players in India are being arrested just for playing the game – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMany of us have fond memories of our introduction to electronics through the “200-in-1” sets that Radio Shack once sold, or even the more recent “Snap Circuits”-style kits. Most of eventually us move beyond these kits to design our circuits; still, there’s something to be said for modular designs. This complete amateur radio transceiver is
Read MoreThe tech company, about to have a showcase event on its campus, is expected to reveal details about a dozen or more programs ready to go or almost done. Apple’s Big Spending Plan to Challenge Netflix Takes Shape Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAmy X. Wang / Rolling Stone: As Garageband turns 15, artists discuss how they have used the app as it has evolved, and Apple shows off its studio where the pre-installed sounds are made — A secret recording studio on Apple’s Cupertino campus has made the beats of some of your favorite hits for the
Read MoreNo Doubt’s lead singer tweets her approval of Brie Larson’s Carpool Karaoke rendition of the song that featured on the Captain Marvel soundtrack. Captain Marvel belts out 'Just a Girl' and Gwen Stefani approves – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAlex Koppelman / CNN: Social media took effective action when faced with a deluge of ISIS content years ago; big tech should take equally-large, public steps against white supremacy — New York (CNN Business)Among the many tragedies of the massacre at two New Zealand mosques on Friday is a bitter irony … Social media took
Read MoreJon Evans / TechCrunch: Why Cosmos, designed as a hub to connect other blockchains to one another, may become one of the most important blockchains, if it works as intended — Last week the Cosmos Network launched, which I believe to be a major event. Yes, it’s a blockchain initiative — but definitely not just
Read MoreHis invention — the Tenji block — changed the way the visually impaired interact with the world. Google Doodle pays tribute to Japanese inventor Seiichi Miyake – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere’s now an official Raspberry Pi keyboard and mouse. The mouse is a mouse clad in pink and white plastic, but the Pi keyboard has some stuff going for it. It’s small, which is what you want for a Pi keyboard, and it has a built-in USB hub. Even Apple got that idea right with the
Read MoreFeeling hot, hot, hot. Elon Musk shows off fiery SpaceX Starship heatshield test – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreReview: This might sting a bit. Elizabeth Holmes built her startup Theranos on lies, but the fraud exposes bigger problems. Theranos documentary The Inventor diagnoses Silicon Valley schadenfreude – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHenry Vilar / FinTech Futures: Pagantis, which uses AI to analyze fraud and credit risk, will offer credit services to e-commerce sites in Italy, France, and Portugal, and raises €65 Series B — Pagantis, a Madrid-based fintech that offers funding on e-commerce sites, has closed a €65 million Series B funding round in debt and
Read MoreMatthew Rosenberg / New York Times: Aleksandr Kogan, an academic who shared Facebook user data his quiz app collected with Cambridge Analytica, sues Facebook for defamation — WASHINGTON — The academic who helped Cambridge Analytica vacuum up private information from tens of millions of Facebook profiles sued the social media giant … Aleksandr Kogan, an
Read MoreAlison Griswold / Quartz: Juno is reportedly looking for a buyer at a nominal price as its CEO says ridership in February fell 30% from January due to NYC’s new ride-hailing regulations — Juno, the New York ride-hail company that promised to treat drivers well, is seeking a buyer. Juno is reportedly looking for a
Read MoreThe modern keyboard enthusiast is blessed with innumerable choices when it comes to typing hardware. There are keyboards designed specifically for gaming, fast typing, ergonomics, and all manner of other criteria. [iot4c] undertook their own build for no other reason than nostalgia – which sounds plenty fun to us. An Arduino Leonardo is pressed into
Read MoreZack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Medical records management software provider Meditab had an unsecured fax server, leaking thousands of faxes, with info like doctor’s notes on patients, daily — A health tech company was leaking thousands of doctor’s notes, medical records, and prescriptions daily after a security lapse left a server without a password. Medical records
Read MoreA solid elevator pitch can be the difference between a successful startup launch or a lost opportunity. Even though it’s not the be-all-end-all, it’d be nice to have your pitch perfected in case you ever run into a potential investor. To make the most out of every opportunity, I’ve created a step-by-step guide for perfecting
Read MoreAntitrust is the nuclear bomb of regulatory moves, but at a moment when nearly everything in America seems contentious, proposals to break up internet giants are gaining support. Trusting in Antitrust: Actions Against Big Tech Are Now Palatable Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAndrew Liptak / The Verge: The Internet Archive and the ArchiveTeam say they are working to preserve public Google+ posts before the platform shuts down in April — Google’s social network shuts down in April — Google is set to begin deleting data from its beleaguered social network, Google+ in April … The Internet Archive
Read MoreBrian Gallagher / Nautilus: Q&A with James Evans, a computational scientist, and Misha Teplitskiy, a post-doc fellow at Harvard, on filter bubbles and political diversity on Wikipedia — A lesson in how to break out of filter bubbles. — In 2013, James Evans, a University of Chicago sociologist and computational scientist … Q&A with James
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