One of the most exciting things about Fantasian — a Final Fantasy-style roleplaying game that debuted on Apple Arcade earlier this year — was how it reunited two industry legends. Hironobu Sakaguchi served as the creative director of the handcrafted adventure, while longtime Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu returned for the soundtrack. Now, all of
Read MoreWhite House / Adam Schultz Last week, the White House declared war on anti-vaccine misinformation and Facebook’s moderation system. President Joe Biden said that Facebook and other social networks were “killing people” by hosting false information about vaccines, although he later softened the attack. Facebook disputed the accusation sharply, promoting its vaccine efforts. And yesterday,
Read MoreDepending on when you were born and how much TV your parents let you watch, your first introduction to paprika might have been through the Nick Jr. show Blue’s Clues. Born to Mr. Salt and Mrs. Pepper (so glad she kept her name), this baby spice was the youngest member of the Blue’s Clues household
Read MoreBoeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is secured atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Secured Atop an Atlas V Rocket Source: NASA
Read MoreNew project management tool coming to Outlook soon, Microsoft reveals. Microsoft's new collaboration tool wants to replace Google Workspace for good Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: Yapily, which offers an API to let enterprises connect to 1,500+ banks across Europe with open banking services, raises $51M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures — Fintech startup Yapily has raised a $51 million Series B funding round led by Sapphire Ventures. Yapily, which offers an API to let enterprises
Read MoreVikas SN / The Economic Times: Instagram is testing a new feature called Collab in India and the UK that lets users invite a public account as a collaborator on a post or a Reel — Bengaluru: With collaborations being a major part of how people create content on Instagram, the Facebook-owned platform is now
Read MoreLyft customers in Miami will be able hail a robotaxi from Argo AI, an AV startup backed by Ford and Volkswagen, by the end of the year, the companies announced Wednesday. Next year, riders in Austin, Texas, will be able to do the same. It’s the latest move to make more autonomous vehicles available for
Read MoreDan Taylor / Tech.eu: Paris-based Spendesk, which develops spend management software for SMBs, raises €100M Series C led by General Atlantic, bringing its total raised to €160M — Paris-based all-in-one expense claim management service Spendesk has raised €100 million in a Series C round, its largest to date. Paris-based Spendesk, which develops spend management software
Read More{$inline_image} Jon Porter / The Verge: Google Maps expands its crowdedness predictions to 10K+ transit agencies in 100 countries, and will show how crowded individual carriages are in NYC and Sydney — Expanding to ‘over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries’ — Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public
Read MoreAlongside Premiere Pro, speech to text is also here, touting fast captioning for your videos. Adobe brings Premiere Pro to Apple's M1 Macs Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreWhere available, users can report on how busy a transit option is. | Image: Google Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding. The number of cities covered is increasing from around 200 today, to “over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries,” the company says. As well as
Read MoreIn a pandemic-induced era of scarcity, a bit of automation can go a long way to obtaining the unobtainable. Want to Buy a PlayStation 5? Befriend a Bot. Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge To sell regulators on their $26 billion mega merger, T-Mobile and Sprint executives told anyone who’d listen that the deal would provide near-miraculous benefits. But economists warned that US telecom merger promises are historically meaningless, and the reduction in overall competitors would — sooner or later — result
Read MoreThe third-generation AirPods will reportedly have a shorter stem than current models (above). | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple will start production on updated AirPods next month, with plans to launch the third-generation earbuds later this year, according to a report from Nikkei. It’s the latest rumor regarding Apple’s product schedule,
Read MorePaul Benjamin Osterlund / Rest of World: Profile of Mehmet Aydın, a Turkish citizen who turned mobile game Farm Bank into an $80M Ponzi scheme; he surrendered on July 1 after three years on the run — Farm Bank let players make money, while supporting real farms. Then the CEO vanished with $80 million. —
Read MoreChristopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at gallium nitride chips, which could replace silicon chips in a growing range of electronics and be produced in conventional fabs, unlike graphene chips — Gallium, once an industrial-waste product, is transforming our increasingly electrified world A look at gallium nitride chips, which could replace silicon chips
Read MoreMichael Hytha / Bloomberg: Paycor, which makes HR management software for SMBs, raises $426M in an IPO, selling shares for $23, above its $18-$21 range, giving it a valuation of $3.9B — Software maker Paycor HCM Inc., backed by the private equity firm Apax Partners, raised $426 million in an initial public offering priced above
Read MoreThe DB11’s 4.0-liter V8 gets a little more power this year. Aston Martin's updated online configurator shows off new 2022 model year options – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreMehul Srivastava / Financial Times: Sources: NSO’s Pegasus software, which requires an export license because it is considered a weapon, has become a crucial part of Israel’s diplomatic outreach — Tech unicorn plays crucial part in state’s outreach as it woos countries such as the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Sources: NSO's Pegasus software, which
Read MoreBig Picture, the mode that converts Steam’s user interface into a more console-like design better suited to TVs and controllers than monitors and mice, may not be long for this world. According to austinp_valve, a Valve employee posting on the Steam community forums, the plan is for the new UI from the just-announced Steam Deck
Read MoreBen Schoon / 9to5Google: Google is shutting down Google Bookmarks on September 30, 2021, and clarifies Starred locations in Google Maps will not be deleted after Bookmarks shuts down — After 16 years of service, Google is about to shut down a service that isn’t very well known. On September 30, 2021 “Google Bookmarks” will
Read MoreMatthew Green / A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Apple and Google can do more to screw up the economics of NSO-style mass exploitation, and should be pressured to do so — This week a group of global newspapers is running a series of articles detailing abuses of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. If you haven’t
Read MoreTed Lasso was the slow burn hit of 2020, now it’s time for season 2. Ted Lasso season 2: Release date, how to watch, cast and everything to know – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreImage: Miles Three years ago, a startup called Miles launched a free app with the goal of becoming a sort of rewards program for all travel — with an emphasis on clean transportation. Cover enough ground by bike, bus, subway, or even on foot, and you’d be rewarded with “miles” (aka points) that could be
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