Samsung wants to excite you by offering a device with a foldable screen. Too bad it’s tedious to use (and bulky in a pocket). Samsung Galaxy Z Flip Review: A Folding Phone That’s a Dud Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe use of virtual visits climbs as a way of safely treating patients and containing spread of the infection at hospitals, clinics and medical offices. Doctors and Patients Turn to Telemedicine in the Coronavirus Outbreak Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreAndrew Sabisky, a UK government adviser, recently resigned over comments supporting eugenics. Around the same time, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins – best known for his book The Selfish Gene – provoked controversy when tweeting that, while eugenics is morally deplorable, it “would work”. Eugenics can be described as the science and practice of improving
Read MoreLast night, Disney quietly uploaded its catalog of Disney+ original shows and movies to its Indian subsidiary Hotstar. Disney+ is set to launch officially in the country on March 29. The catalog includes shows such as The Mandalorian, Diary of a Future President, Marvel‘s Hero Project, and The World According to Jeff Goldblum. Hotstar’s Android and iOS apps (as
Read MorePhoto credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images E3 is the latest major event to be canceled in the wake of the new coronavirus, according to reports. Ars Technica and Bloomberg say that the Entertainment Software Association, which puts on the annual video game trade show, will soon announce the cancelation. One source
Read MoreBlaBlaCar, the 14-year-old French tech unicorn which has become synonymous with carpooling, has to date raised a staggering €396.4 million ($448.5 million) from investors including Accel Partners and Index Ventures. While things are going well for the business, Frédéric Mazzella, co-founder of BlaBlaCar, told Growth Quarters the journey wasn’t always smooth sailing. According to Mazzella,
Read MoreMaya Kosoff / Marker: How some high-profile direct-to-consumer startups have struggled to make their economics work amid rising customer acquisition costs — How venture capital became the most dangerous thing to happen to now-troubled DTCs like Outdoor Voices, Harry’s, and Casper How some high-profile direct-to-consumer startups have struggled to make their economics work amid rising
Read MoreNew Glenn is going to be much bigger than the rocket Jeff Bezos has been working on the past few years. Blue Origin's huge new rocket has a nose cone bigger than its current rocket – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreLatest COVID-19 updates: US cases tip over 1,000, Australia bans travel to Italy, and huge trade shows are canceled or postponed. Coronavirus updates: US cases top 1,000, E3 and CES Asia called off – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMove over Hugh Jackman, Nanjiani has abs worthy of any Marvel superhero. The Eternals' Kumail Nanjiani becomes Wolverine for Men's Health magazine – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmy Thomson / Bloomberg: Sources outline how SoftBank-backed Improbable has struggled to attract developers to SpatialOS, a game simulation platform that has only one game running on it — Three games using Improbable Worlds technology were pulled last year. The company says such failures aren’t unusual and has started efforts to develop its own games.
Read MoreThe AI technology can spot trends in mountains of data like tweets, blog posts and podcasts. IBM Debater AI tech now is a service any customer can use – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCES Asia 2020 is among the latest major tech conferences to be axed after organizers pulled the plug on Mobile World Congress, SXSW and many more. CES Asia is now postponed over coronavirus fears – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe world’s biggest gaming convention will be shelved for 2020, multiple sources told Ars Technica. E3 reportedly cancelled amid coronavirus spread – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe new factory will support Model Y production, too. Tesla Cybertruck Gigafactory will be in central US, Musk says – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA series of missed chances by the federal government to ensure more widespread testing came during the early days of the outbreak, when containment would have been easier. ‘It’s Just Everywhere Already’: How Delays in Testing Set Back the U.S. Coronavirus Response Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSuper-goth butterflies and their 3D secrets could help scientists create thinner Vantablack-like coatings. Ultra-black butterflies may inspire future 'blackest-black' materials – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Report: 83% of internet-connected medical imaging devices run on outdated operating systems, up 56% since 2018 due to the end of Windows 7 support in Jan. — Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 security division said medical equipment is outdated and vulnerable to hacker attacks and health care organizations … Report: 83%
Read MoreSome Star Trek actors also are on board, but William Shatner has a different idea. Spock's Vulcan salute as greeting reportedly spreads to Congress – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSlime mold may be one of Earth’s ‘simplest’ life forms, but they’re providing a new way to learn about the universe. Bizarre slime mold behavior used to map hidden web of dark matter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI’ve seen some weird stuff in my day, but I have to admit — I was not expecting the 2020 US Presidential election to deliver me a platformer game. But someone has apparently made just such a thing, and, bizarre controls aside, it’s actually kind of fun. The game in question is called “Super Bernie
Read MoreAndrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: Early look at Amazon’s Graviton2 Arm chip, expected to be publicly available in a few months, suggests better performance per dollar on EC2 than Intel chips — It’s been a year and a half since Amazon released their first-generation Graviton Arm-based processor core, publicly available in AWS EC2 as the so-called
Read MoreCharlotte Tucker / EU-Startups: DeepCrawl, a website crawler and SEO management platform, says it raised a €16.7M Series B led by Five Elms Capital and Beringea — Today DeepCrawl, a leading technical SEO cloud-based platform, announced it has raised €16.7 million in a Series B funding round led by Five Elms Capital and Beringea. DeepCrawl,
Read MorePhoto by Timothy Norris/Getty Images for Coachella The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been postponed until October due to coronavirus, festival organizer Goldenvoice announced Tuesday evening. The popular festival’s first weekend will now take place on October 9th, 10th, and 11th and the second weekend will take place on October 16th, 17th, and
Read MoreCNBC: Google temporarily bans all ads for medical face masks, following a similar move by Facebook on Friday — – Google said it will no longer allow any ads for medical face masks. — The company already had a policy prohibiting ad content that capitalizes off the coronavirus. Google temporarily bans all ads for medical
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