Author: Tech Support

    • Profile of Vishal Garg, CEO of Better.com, who is fighting lawsuits that accuse him of fraud and misappropriation of funds at previous business ventures (David Jeans/Forbes)

    David Jeans / Forbes: Profile of Vishal Garg, CEO of Better.com, who is fighting lawsuits that accuse him of fraud and misappropriation of funds at previous business ventures  —  The $4 billion fintech startup is hurtling towards an IPO.  But its volatile leader is fighting multiple lawsuits that could complicate his ambitions. Profile of Vishal

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    • The Apple TV remote has yet another alternate option that includes buttons

    Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI) has introduced its version of the notoriously unpopular Apple TV remote “specifically developed and designed” for cable, satellite, and MVPD (multichannel video program distributor) customers, the company announced. The remote uses Bluetooth low energy or infrared to connect with the box, has a microphone

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    • CAIS, an alternative investment service that also offers an AI-powered training system for independent financial advisors, raises $50M Series B from Eldridge (FinSMEs)

    FinSMEs: CAIS, an alternative investment service that also offers an AI-powered training system for independent financial advisors, raises $50M Series B from Eldridge  —  Cais, a NYC-based alternative investment platform, raised $50M in Series B equity funding.  —  Eldridge made the investment … CAIS, an alternative investment service that also offers an AI-powered training system

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    • GoDaddy confirms some of its staff fell for a social engineering scam, after hackers changed the email and DNS records for a number of crypto trading platforms (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

    Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: GoDaddy confirms some of its staff fell for a social engineering scam, after hackers changed the email and DNS records for a number of crypto trading platforms  —  Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. GoDaddy confirms some of its

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    • Fourteen states and DC released their contact tracing apps so far, with CA and others to follow, but adoption has been uneven due to politicization of COVID-19 (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

    Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: Fourteen states and DC released their contact tracing apps so far, with CA and others to follow, but adoption has been uneven due to politicization of COVID-19  —  Exposure notification technology, now available to more Americans, shows promise  —  Covid-19 contact-tracing apps from Apple Inc … Fourteen states and

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    • Saturday's Best Deals: TCL 50" 4K Smart TV, BarkBox Monthly Subscription Box, Succulents & Plants, SodaStream Kit, Fenty Poutsicle Lipsticks, and Dyson V10 Absolute

    A 50-inch TCL 4K smart LED tv and a SodaStream sparkling water making kit lead Saturday’s best deals. Read more… Saturday's Best Deals: TCL 50" 4K Smart TV, BarkBox Monthly Subscription Box, Succulents & Plants, SodaStream Kit, Fenty Poutsicle Lipsticks, and Dyson V10 Absolute Source: Life Hacker

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    • Canvas, which develops machine learning-powered robots for installing drywall at construction sites, emerges from stealth with $19M in funding (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)

    Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: Canvas, which develops machine learning-powered robots for installing drywall at construction sites, emerges from stealth with $19M in funding  —  Canvas, a company that uses machine learning to install drywall at construction sites, emerged from stealth today. Canvas, which develops machine learning-powered robots for installing drywall at construction sites, emerges from

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    Why You Need to Finish

    Mike and I were talking about an interesting smart-glasses hack on the podcast. This was one of those projects where, even if you don’t need a pair of glasses with LEDs on them to help you navigate around, you just couldn’t help but marvel at a lot of the little design choices made throughout. For

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    • Giving thanks during a pandemic

    A volunteer in Los Angeles distributes food to people financially hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. | Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Celebrating Thanksgiving during a pandemic is weird. It’s more stress, more risk calculations, more staying away from people you’d normally draw close to. It feels sucky and dark and I know there’s

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