Zola, the online wedding registry for engaged couples, has confirmed that it raised $25 million in Series C funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to Re/code.We first reported on the round in late November, at which time sources said the company was valued at $200 … | Continue reading
For the first time, ordinary people can hail a vehicle and take a trip on a self-driving car, if you're lucky enough to be picked up by one. The post Starting today, San Francisco residents can hail a self-driving Uber appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Smartphone. Smart watch. Smart TV. We expect intelligence from all of our personal electronics—but our homes are largely behind the curve. We leave notes on the refrigerator for each other and prematurely return home to check whether we closed the garage door, so why don’t we jus … | Continue reading
Dropbox today released its latest diversity report, showing a slight increase in overall representation of underrepresented minorities at the company. Dropbox is now 3% black, up from 2% black last year, and 6% Latino, up from 5% last year. Regarding senior leadership roles, Drop … | Continue reading
You know what it’s like… you’ve just bought the cutest little outfit for the tiniest person in your family, and they promptly go and grow out of it. If that sounds familiar, Runchkins might just be about to become your most favoritest startup. The concept is simple: You buy cloth … | Continue reading
REVIEW: Astro has proven once again why it is the go-to headset brand for so many gamers. The company has launched the third generation of its Astro A50 wireless headset. This is a $300 audio system that comes with a base station and works with either the PC and Xbox One or PC an … | Continue reading
The last thing anyone expected from virtual reality was the ability to create things that can live in the real world, but that's exactly what Oculus delivered last week with the release of Oculus Medium. Although we've shown how the app allows you to sculpt in VR — in the same ve … | Continue reading
Yahoo has suffered another hack. The company disclosed today that it has discovered a breach of more than one billion user accounts that occurred in August 2013. The breach is separate and distinct from the theft of data from 500 million accounts that Yahoo reported this Septembe … | Continue reading
ATMs are arguably one of the most convenient inventions around. No matter where you are or what you’re doing, you can walk into a store or bank somewhere and withdraw cash without the long transaction process invoked by a teller. It’s a simple system, yet somehow manages to make … | Continue reading
Women who receive abortions experience less short-term anxiety and low self-esteem than women who are denied them, according to a new study. This is consistent with previous findings that the vast majority of women who receive abortions feel relief. And it’s another nail in the c … | Continue reading
The official privacy policy for Evernote was recently updated, stating that some of its employees have the right to access notes posted by customers. | Continue reading
If you're in San Francisco looking for a ride, you might be among the first to be picked up by an autonomous vehicle.Uber is rolling out self-driving cars in the city Starting Wednesday, making it the second location in the company's autonomous initiative. Pittsburgh, home to the … | Continue reading
Do you have a second generation Apple Watch? Did you think you had a watchOS update waiting for you, only to have nothing show up when you went to grab it?Don’t worry: you’re not crazy, nor alone. Apple has pulled the release of watchOS 3.1.1 following reports that the update was … | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said the questionnaire sent last week to the Energy Department asking for the names of employees working on climate change was not authorized, according to Reuters. The questionnaire raised alarm for singling out climate scientists, … | Continue reading
Christmas card writing sucks (or so I'm told — I’ve going to be honest and admit that I’ve never actually written a Christmas card in my life). But, you know what would make things better? Robots. Robots make everything better! And the only way to improve on a card-writing robot, … | Continue reading
Eirus House is a single-family house designed by Dan and Hila Israelevitz Architects. Located in Irus, Israel, the house is meant to serve ... | Continue reading
More than a year after its total privacy meltdown, Ashley Madison will settle up. After news emerged that the company was subject to an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, the company now faces a $17.5 million settlement as a result of the multi-state investigation. Lu … | Continue reading
Ecopark Penthouse designed by iHouse is a residential project located in Hung Yen Province, Vietnam. A Penthouse full of light and green ... | Continue reading
Tsawwassen Beach House is a residential project completed by Frits de Vries Architect. Located on the beachfront in Tsawwassen, BC | Continue reading
Nightingale Lane House is a semi-detached house redefined by London-based Inter Urban Studios. A young couple purchased an un-modernised ... | Continue reading
People often squint slightly when I ask them “have you thought about animating it?” I think it’s because, in their mind, they immediately imagine animating a video is going to involve a Toy Story-sized budget. But that isn’t the case at all. For starters, the word animation cover … | Continue reading
Yesterday, Google tentatively agreed to a series of changes in the way it collects data from Gmail, as part of a proposed settlement in Northern California District Court. If the court approves the settlement, Google will eliminate any collection of advertising data before an ema … | Continue reading
From rocket gardens to tumbleweeds, here are some of the most imaginative holiday trees in the United States | Continue reading
Twitter, President-elect Donald Trump’s media platform of choice, was reportedly left out of today’s big Trump tech roundtable because of a failed deal over sponsored emoji. Politico reports that a source says Twitter was “bounced” from the meeting because it had refused to appro … | Continue reading
Periscope is slipping beneath the waves. It’s steadily dropped from #23 on the overall iOS app charts in January to #441 this weekend. Now Twitter is pulling Periscope’s live streaming abilities into its own app, something it should have done from the start. Read More | Continue reading
Can Lenovo continue their hot streak in India with the latest addition to the popular K Note series? We find out, in this Lenovo Vibe K5 Note review! | Continue reading
Scientists at Sichuan Revotek and the Regenerative Medicine Research Center of West China Hospital at Sichuan University have successfully embedded 3D-printed blood vessels into simian test subjects. The vessels, which are made of stem cell-based organic material, were a major br … | Continue reading
An experimental online community was ahead of its time, then the internet passed it by Continue reading… | Continue reading
Trump Tower was buzzing with excitement on Wednesday afternoon as Silicon Valley giant after giant made their way through the golden lobby to meet with the president-elect.Though much of the meeting is being kept under wraps, video of the meeting room and a short introduction was … | Continue reading
PMPs are becoming an increasingly vital part of the tech business landscape, and what's surprising is that many of them don't even have degrees. | Continue reading
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a list of 145 films that will be eligible for this year’s Oscar for Best Original Score. That list doesn’t include Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Arrival, which has an original score by Jóhann Jóhannsson. The decision t … | Continue reading
In a year that has proven to have a mind of its own, America received another rattling of the cages just this past weekend, and the implications could not be more distressing. The United States of America’s presidential election and its congressional races were likely tampered wi … | Continue reading
Only a year ago, it seemed that Google or Uber could be morphing into full-service car companies, and we were all waiting for a primer on the Apple car. But that’s old news.If 2016 has shown us anything about the emerging tech-car industry, it’s that carmakers and tech companies … | Continue reading
Here’s a moral quandary for you: do you consider yourself a good person? The breakdown of what makes someone “good” or “bad is complicated: do you base it on their kindness? Their impact on the world at large? Whether or not they’ve ever eaten the last of the office cereal and th … | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump hosted some of the technology industry’s top leaders at Trump Tower in New York today, and told them to contact him directly if he could help them with their problems. “Anything we can do to help this go along, and we’re going to be there for you,” Tr … | Continue reading
Like everyone else, the FBI has had a tough 2016. Between their court battle with Apple and director James Comey's controversial role in the presidential election, it's been a wild ride — but is that any excuse for lame ass tweets?This week, the intelligence service launched a pu … | Continue reading
Tesla’s are saving lives, even without the use of Autopilot. Case in point, this YouTube clip from three days ago that shows the Automatic Emergency Braking system (AEB) in action. You might also know this as rear collision avoidance, and it’s designed to prevent a rear-end colli … | Continue reading
The holidays are upon us and I’m holding another micro-meetup as part of the NYSG at Houston Hall on December 21 at 7pm. This is another meet and greet event for networking and some light pitching/drinking so come on out with your demo and your pitch memorized. These are very inf … | Continue reading
Selling the future when you’re still grasping at it yourself can be a tough game. Mixed reality startup Magic Leap’s VP of Public Relations and Government Affairs Andy Fouché has left the company to join a stealth startup led by Andy Rubin, Recode reports. This comes just over a … | Continue reading
Microsoft's latest update fixes a problem in their previous update -- one that knocked at least some users offline. If you've been having problems with connectivity, you'll want to grab the latest update (provided you've got an alternate PC and a spare thumb drive, anyway). The p … | Continue reading
If you've ever live streamed on Twitter via Periscope, you know it's a nightmare. A new mobile update will make it much easier to go live on Twitter. | Continue reading
If you’ve ever live streamed through Twitter, you know it’s a nightmare. Even though Twitter has owned live video app Periscope for two years, the platforms are still very disjointed. There’s a lot to complain about,...read moreThe post Now You Can #GoLive Right On Twitter appear … | Continue reading
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One of the most fun parts of using the Oculus Rift is almost hidden in plain sight, and it's called Oculus Avatars. The company rolled out fully customizable Avatars last week, but amid all the excitement around the Touch controllers and apps like Medium and Quill, some may have … | Continue reading
$700 or more is an awful lot to spend on a flagship phone when powerful alternatives cost half the price. Are flagships just turning into a status symbol? | Continue reading
The death of Flash continues to move forward, and now Microsoft is taking its swing at the aging internet standard. The next release of Microsoft Edge will now default to HTML5 content if available, while Flash will be blocked by default. Users will instead be presented an option … | Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump met with some of the most prominent executives from the tech industry today at Trump Tower, with investor Peter Thiel and Vice President-elect Mike Pence at his side. Trump opened the meeting with CEOs from Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and others … | Continue reading