The $1.2 trillion spending package to invest in America’s infrastructure, includes $65 billion in funding for high-speed broadband. Bipartisan infrastructure deal moves ahead in Senate – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEngineer and YouTuber Mark Rober has created a robot that can make domino murals at lightning speed, and has shown it off with a video of it arranging 100,000 dominoes into a Super Mario Bros.-themed mural in just over 24 hours. Rober says it would take a team of seven humans a week to do
Read MoreRep. Kathy Castor plans to introduce the bill as lawmakers increasingly call for greater protection for kids online. New bill would update decades-old law governing children’s privacy online, add protection for teens Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy are perfect strangers, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine begins its last season. Hulu August 2021: Everything new coming this month – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere are this week’s highlights. HBO Max: 10 of the best movies to see this week – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: Cairo and Dubai-based Swvl, a bus-hailing and ridesharing provider in emerging markets, plans to go public in the US in a SPAC merger at a valuation of ~$1.5B — Cairo and Dubai-based ride-sharing company Swvl plans to go public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital,
Read MorePhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Samsung Electronics has released its second-quarter earnings, reporting 20 percent higher revenue and 54 percent higher operating profit year-on-year despite its mobile division taking a hit due to component shortages. The company made an operating profit of 12.57 trillion won (~$10.97 billion) off 63.67 trillion won (~$55.56 billion)
Read MoreIf confirmed, the finding would push back our earliest evidence of animal life by about 350 million years. 890 million-year-old fossil could be earliest animal life yet discovered – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSeason 2 of Batwoman arrives this week. HBO Max: The 20 best TV shows to watch this week – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe Economic Times: Filing: Ixigo, an Indian online travel app with 250M+ users, raises $53M led by Singapore’s GIC; source: Ixigo is targeting a $750M+ valuation for its IPO in Q4 — Online travel app Ixigo has raised $53 million (Rs 395 crore) from investors led by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC … Filing: Ixigo,
Read More{$inline_image} Tiernan Ray / ZDNet: OpenAI introduces Triton 1.0, an open-source programming language for writing GPU code for neural networks, and claims it is easier to write than Nvidia’s CUDA — SEO: Python-like language promises to be easier to write than native CUDA and specialized GPU code but has performance comparable … OpenAI introduces Triton
Read MoreTiernan Ray / ZDNet: OpenAI introduces Triton 1.0, an open-source programming language for writing GPU code for neural networks, and claims it is easier to write than Nvidia’s CUDA — SEO: Python-like language promises to be easier to write than native CUDA and specialized GPU code but has performance comparable … OpenAI introduces Triton 1.0,
Read MoreJames Gunn’s 2021 take on the DC comics supervillain squad is cinematic trash poetry. The Suicide Squad review: A gory, glorious and deranged delight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreQuiet month, but still some unmissable stuff on Prime Video this August. Prime Video: Everything coming in August 2021 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreYou can get your own version of the Bane-style mask, but it’ll cost you. Here's why Team USA's face masks make them look like Batman villains – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: Japan-based sneaker reselling platform SODA raises $56.4M Series C led by SoftBank Ventures Asia; also acquires its rival Monokabu to gain 80% of marketshare — Just half a year after leading SODA’s Series B, SoftBank Ventures Asia is raising its bet on the Tokyo-based sneaker resell platform. Japan-based sneaker reselling platform
Read MoreThe stock trading app is set to start trading as a public company on Thursday. Robinhood Prices Its I.P.O. at a Share Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreShares in the stock-trading app priced at the low end of the expected range. Robinhood IPO prices shares at , for B valuation – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} AlleyWatch: Suzy, a SaaS provider for companies to conduct on-demand DTC market research, raises $50M Series D led by H.I.G. Capital, bringing its total raised to $104.1M — Market research has been driving strategic decisions for companies for decades. However, the tools and models … Suzy, a SaaS provider for companies to conduct on-demand
Read MoreMacBook Air (late-2020). With multiple configurations and various models to choose from, including some equipped with Apple’s new M1 processor, finding a deal on a MacBook or Mac Mini is not all that difficult. We’ll run through discounts currently available for the latest MacBook models as well as any deals to be had on the
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix will require the casts and some crew on its productions in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a measure that comes as the Delta variant continues to spread across the country. Deadline first reported that the streaming giant recently notified its production teams that it would
Read MoreGoogle and Facebook to require vaccinations for in-office employees, paving the way for rivals to follow Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreAmazon’s Kindle e-readers with built-in 3G will begin to lose the ability to connect to the internet on their own in the US in December, according to an email sent to customers on Wednesday. The change is due to mobile carriers transitioning from older 2G and 3G networking technology to newer 4G and 5G networks.
Read More“This change eliminates an enormous burden on researchers, emotionally and administratively, to correct the record.” Transgender researchers get a win on name changes – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Google and Facebook to require vaccines for in-office employees, paving the way for rivals to follow Source: Washington Post Tech
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