Lyft, the ride-sharing company, unveiled the prospectus for its initial public offering. It leads a wave of well-known tech start-ups that plan to go public this year. Before Lyft’s I.P.O., a Chance for Investors to Kick the Tires Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe horror anthology returns with Jimmi Simpson. Hulu unveils a new installment of Into the Dark – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe four-year-old company wants to expand beyond California this year. Volvo, BMW invest in child-care ride-sharing startup Zum – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreDean Takahashi / VentureBeat: ThunderCore raises $50M from Arrington XRP, Pantera, SV Angel, others for its blockchain platform that it claims can be 100X faster than Ethereum and Bitcoin — ThunderCore has raised $50 million to build a more nimble, cheaper, and faster blockchain platform. ThunderCore raises M from Arrington XRP, Pantera, SV Angel, others
Read MoreWe know you love the original art on Hackaday. Those fantastic illustrations are the work of Joe Kim, and he joins us as a guest on this week’s episode to talk about his background, what inspires him, and how he pulls it all off. This episode is still packed with hacks. Editors Mike Szczys and
Read MoreSara Salinas / CNBC: Lyft IPO: 2018 revenue of $2.2B up 100% YoY, gross bookings of $8.1B from 1B+ rides, loss of $911M, up 32% YoY, 39% market share in the US, up from 22% in 2017 — – Lyft announced in December it had confidentially filed for an IPO, but declined to add financial
Read MoreThe online retailer said it would consider parting with the ticket-sales service and its classifieds business as part of settlement with Elliott Management and Starboard Value. EBay to Consider Selling StubHub Amid Peace Deal With Activist Hedge Funds Source: NY Times Tech
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Read MoreLucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Hulu’s live online TV service has about 2M subscribers while YouTube TV has crossed 1M — – Analyst says their services shine versus Sling, DirecTV Now — Slicker, modern-looking interfaces give upstarts a leg up — Hulu and YouTube together have signed about 3 million subscribers … Sources: Hulu's live
Read MoreDan Seifert / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy S10+ review: great display and a versatile camera but the in-screen fingerprint scanner is unreliable and hole-punch design is worse than a notch — The 10th Galaxy S phone feels familiar, but is still excellent — Every year for the past decade, Samsung has released a steady beat
Read MoreLast year, we saw quite a bit of media attention paid to blockchain startups. They raised money from the public, then most of them vanished without a trace (or product). Ethics and legality of their fundraising model aside, a few of the ideas they presented might be worth revisiting one day. One idea in particular
Read MoreAfter all the anticipation, when 5G finally had its big moment — something brighter and shinier stole the show. Mate X, Galaxy Fold buzz: How foldables eclipsed 5G at MWC – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCryptocurrency in 2019 has been missing one key ingredient, Ethereum scambots on Twitter. The good news is: they’re back! Those pesky fraudsters are up to their usual shenanigans, but this time they’ve been given a fancy makeover (new year, new do?), complete with an impressively modern design. they’re back pic.twitter.com/FWL3yuq4mW — StopAndDecrypt (@StopAndDecrypt) March 1,
Read MoreThese two have more than a model number in common. Here’s how to pick the right one for you. Lenovo Yoga 730 vs. IdeaPad 730S: Can a laptop-tablet hybrid beat a clamshell? – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGavin J. Blair / Hollywood Reporter: In Japan, Disney and mobile carrier Docomo are launching a streaming service in March with the latest content from Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar, and Disney Studios — Content from all four Disney studios will be available next month in preparation for 5G. Japan’s other two main carriers are already partnered
Read MoreEricsson is working on an antenna that could be placed under carpets or hung on walls. Think coverage everywhere. The biggest 5G breakthrough may be this innocent, little plastic strip – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThat’s $250 off the price of last year’s flagship iPhone. Plus: A sweet Sam’s Club deal and a free one-year subscription to Hooked on Phonics. Get an unlocked iPhone X for 0 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe judge in the case sets a March 2020 trial date, according to the Associated Press. Huawei pleads not guilty to trade secret theft charges – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA global tech conference in Barcelona was the latest battleground for the White House campaign against the Chinese technology giant. Bits: The Week in Tech: How Can America Make the World Shun Huawei? Source: NY Times Tech
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Read MoreWhere’s Thanos? #SneakyThanos photo contest hides Avengers villain in pop culture moments – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAt MWC 2019, foldable phones eclipsed the shiny new 5G phones that won’t ship until later this year. First to 5G? Why the race for supersonic wireless speeds didn't matter – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThough “foldable phones” and “5G” were undeniably the top buzzwords at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, there was one minor trend that caught my eyes: “mining phones” – or put elsewise, phones that mine cryptocurrency. For the uninitiated, mining refers to the process of solving cryptographic puzzles to verify transactions on the
Read MoreSimon van Zuylen-Wood / Vanity Fair: Inside Facebook’s content policy team, which is made up of several dozen Facebook engineers, lawyers, and PR people, who decide what users can post — The company blew it on privacy and fake news. Can it do better against trolls and racists? An exclusive embed with Facebook’s shadow government.
Read MoreIt seems French President Emmanuel Macron wants to leverage the power of blockchain technology to make the agriculture industry more innovative, transparent, and put Europe in the “avant-garde of agricultural technology”. Macron, who is known for his advocacy of free market and self-proclaimed liberal policies, commented on blockchain’s potential during a speech at the International
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