eBay announced that it will be acquiring predictive analytics startup SalesPredict in a move designed to improve its “artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science efforts.” Although financial terms of the deal were not revealed, it’s said that an undisclosed number … | Continue reading
Alien-Gläubige haben es schon immer gewusst: Der rote Planet wird natürlich trotzdem von grünen Männchen bewohnt - man muss sich nur mal die Mühe machen, ihre Spuren zu entdecken! Und genau das hat die Teleskop-Kamera HiRISE... | Continue reading
Several retailers have released images of what PlayStation VR game box art looks like with amusing warnings letting folks know what games require a host of VR peripherals.The ones that only offer PSVR as an option simply say "PlayStation VR Compatible" at the top. However, the Pl … | Continue reading
Imagine ordering a drink. Usually, you’re in a crowded bar screaming over the music or at a restaurant with clinking silverware. But today, thanks to an integration from Minibar, Amazon Echo owners can now order the alcohol, beer, or wine of their choice from the comfort of their … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go is a paradox, a bland and repetitive game that nonetheless delivers the series' tacit fantasy better than any entry in its 20-year history. The game lacks the strategy and story of its predecessors, relies on internet connection that regularly fails, and the game itsel … | Continue reading
This weekend was pretty surreal for people who follow the mobile gaming scene, as Pokemon Go [Free] seems to be hitting harder than Flappy Bird. Crazier, yet, as of this writing, it isn't even available in most places of the world yet. If you weren't around for the Flappy Bird ph … | Continue reading
Our analysis of the bitcoin price on an intraday basis is becoming relatively monotonous. We define a range in the morning, look to trade that range throughout the session that follows, be that intrarange or on a breakout strategy, and then evaluate the day’s trading come evening … | Continue reading
A new smartphone app that has fans chasing Pokémon characters through real-life city streets has become an unexpected hit. Photo: Pokémon Go | Continue reading
I’m angry right now. Angry that it’s 2016 and Android smartphone performance can still be awful. Furious that we’re approaching the 10th anniversary of the iPhone and Apple’s competitors still don’t get why its phone is so popular. But most of all, I’m irate that Motorola’s once- … | Continue reading
In a push to market its Lord of the Rings-based “Shadow of Mordor,” Warner Brothers failed to adequately disclose that it had paid some influential video game players up to tens of thousands of dollars to create gushing, promotional videos for the new title. That finding was disc … | Continue reading
Paktor, a dating app that rivals Tinder in Southeast Asia, is pushing itself in more global markets. The Singapore-based startup just swiped right on $10 million in fresh capital after raising a round of funding to expand into Japan and South Korea as part of a wider global push. … | Continue reading
Nintendo makes amazing games. For the last three decades, that fact hasn’t really been in question. But as of late, the company’s audience has been severely limited by hardware. The tiny install base of the Wii U means that gems like Splatoon have seen relatively limited success, … | Continue reading
Express Drive, the car-rental service that is jointly run by GM and Lyft, is coming to California and Colorado. Since launching in Chicago in March, the car-rental program aimed at Lyft drivers, has expanded to Baltimore, Washington, DC, and Boston. Now it will launch in San Fran … | Continue reading
A top finance regulator Belgium has issued a warning about OneCoin. | Continue reading
An image published by Nowhereelse.fr today offers what might be the clearest look yet at Apple's next iPhone — if you believe the photo is legitimate, anyway. It seems to have been taken outside in the real world somewhere, which perhaps lends a bit of credibility to what we're s … | Continue reading
There are plenty of great weather apps out there, so we'd like to know - which one is your favorite? | Continue reading
Pokémon Go is bigger than Tinder. Think about that for a moment! There are more people roaming the streets right now, catching invisible Pokémon, than there are folk swiping left and right in the name of fleeting romance. Incredible.Perhaps the best thing to come out of this game … | Continue reading
HANG TIME BIG CITY — The NBA world learned today that San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan is officially retiring after a career that spanned 19 seasons. Hailed by many as the greatest power forward of all-time, Duncan leaves behind a towering legacy of accomplishments accumulate … | Continue reading
Russia’s online and mobile games market amounted to 51.9 billion rubles in 2015, or $830 million at the average exchange rate, up 2 percent from the previous year. The estimate comes from Mail.ru Group, a major, LSE-listed Russian internet group with leading positions in this ind … | Continue reading
In a world of me-too handsets, Motorola hasn’t had much trouble setting itself apart. Often times that comes in the form of some specific but important feature like crazy battery life or an ultra-tough exterior, but the company does a good job with the plain-old-garden-variety ha … | Continue reading
Samsung and several partners have developed a new socket design that will be able to accept both UFS and microSD cards. | Continue reading
Social media has played a starring role in the 2016 election. Check out 9 of the most jaw-dropping election moments, as told by social media. | Continue reading
It's hard to think of a game with a more infamous reputation than Lichdom Battlemage. It launched on consoles in April with an average frame-rate under 15fp… | Continue reading
Walmart today announced its plan for taking on Amazon’s Prime Day. Amazon’s annual sales holiday kicks off tomorrow, promising a host of online deals and discounts across a variety of categories, including electronics, toys, household items, apparel, and more. Walmart now says it … | Continue reading
It must be 1996 again, because the Pokémon craze is back. It's been less than a week since Pokémon Go's release, and there are more memes, weird news, and accidental discoveries (like the game leading people to strip clubs and churches, for instance) than you can throw a Pokéball … | Continue reading
Die japanische Instant-Nudelsuppe Ramen gilt als eine der allerwichtigste Erfindungen des Landes im 20. Jahrhundert. Es gibt kaum ein asiatisches Land, dass keine eigene Ramen hat. Hierzulande werden sie von Schulkindern gerne roh und trocken gegessen.... | Continue reading
Amazon is building a greenhouse in downtown Seattle that's meant to be a refuge for office employees. The greenhouse, constructed as a trio of spheres, will house more than 3,000 species of plants, many of which are endangered, The New York Times reports.In addition to the plants … | Continue reading
British startup Revolut wants to make it easier to spend and send money in all kinds of currencies around the world. It’s not TransferWise, it’s not Number26 — Revolut sits between all these things. And the company is raising a $10 million Series A (£7.75 million) with Balderton … | Continue reading
BetaList features the newest startups. Today, we take a closer look at Peek which provides fun, private live streaming with friends & family. Submit your startup to get featured too. What is Peek? Peek is a new app for fun, private live streaming with friends & family. In contras … | Continue reading
Welcome to another weekly roundup of all news Hearthstone [Free]. This week hasn't been a barn burner, so don't expect any mind-blowing stories; still, there are some interesting things to talk about, like more and more people talking about Wild compared to a few weeks ago and th … | Continue reading
Do you enjoy rolling up your sleeves and want to help put on the best startup show in tech? If so, you should definitely sign up to be a TechCrunch Work Exchange Volunteer at Disrupt SF 2016.TechCrunch is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications to the Work Exchan … | Continue reading
The past isn't dead. It isn't even past. — William Faulkner My Irish heritage has always been a source of pride, as it is for 33.... | Continue reading
No wheels used to mean no way to be a driver for a car-sharing service, but GM and Lyft’s Express Drive is one way around that limitation. The program sees GM offer all-in vehicle rentals to Lyft on a sliding fee scale depending on usage. Now, it’s expanding to California and Col … | Continue reading
Verizon today issued a press release announcing that it has finalized its 5G radio specifications. The leading US carrier describes this as a "key milestone" in the long journey to 5G, which will offer data speeds far beyond what 4G / LTE give us now. "Consumers will experience g … | Continue reading
The iPhone 6 and 6S's most hated feature (aside from starting with 16GB of internal storage and the ugly antenna lines) is the protruding camera lens bump.Fans hoping for Apple to flatten it down so the entire phone is flush on the back again will likely be disappointed when the … | Continue reading
We’ve got four Transformers already produced and one in the works for next year, which makes me wonder, when will the madness end? Can Michael Bay ever be stopped? Apparently not as the new Transformers: The Last Knight is only the beginning of a new era of filmmaking for the Ba … | Continue reading
5700 l Cola, ein Swimmingpool, spielsüchtige Jungs und eine Drohne. Fertig ist ein Gartenexperiment der anspruchsvolleren Sorte. Stundenlang wurde Flasche für Flasche der Pool mit Cola aufgefüllt. Wollte nicht jeder mal wissen wie es ist,... | Continue reading
Now that Pokemon Go [Free] has been out in the wild for a little bit and the servers seem to have settled down, one of the more interesting facets that newcomers are starting to realize is the distinct lack of any in-game guides or tutorials. This is especially true for the game’ … | Continue reading
The Civilization 6 theme will be composed by Christopher Tin, the only composer to receive a Grammy award for a video game soundtrack.Baba Yetu, the theme f… | Continue reading
Twitter is expanding upon its live-streaming plans yet again. This morning, Twitter and CBS News announced a new partnership that will see the social media service offering a live stream of the news network’s coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Twitter … | Continue reading
Elon Musk took to his Twitter account Sunday morning, teasing a second installment of his “top secret” blueprint. What could the billionaire be referring to? Well, upon making the tweet, one of his 4.39 million Twitter followers responded by saying, “I already put in my 2 cents o … | Continue reading
Careful C4D blog readers might do a double take this month — and not just because you think you’re having a “90210” flashback (more on that later). Yes, we have featured Steve Voith before, but not as a C4D Staffer. We knew and loved Steve as a fellow content marketer (and shared … | Continue reading
Twitter and politics go hand in hand, but the latest announcement by the company is still a bit of a surprise: Twitter will livestream both the Republican and Democratic national conventions as they happen over the coming weeks, through a partnership with CBS News. You’ll be able … | Continue reading
While Pokemon Go [Free] is seeing such explosive growth in the USA that the servers can barely keep up, most of the world can't even play it yet without some minor hoops to jump through as it's not available on many other App Store regions yet. Of course, if you're willing to fol … | Continue reading
Japanese investors are gobbling up Nintendo stock faster than cave-wandering Pokémon trainers catch Zubats. Nintendo’s shares in Japan closed up at 24.5 percent on Monday at 20,260 yen ($199.70) per share, according to CNBC. Nintendo’s stock previously rose 9 percent on Friday. P … | Continue reading
A possible price point has leaked for Samsung's next plus sized phablet. Suffice to say, if it pans out, the Note 7 will be the most expensive one to date. | Continue reading
When will Pokémon Go be released in Europe, Asia and the rest of the world? According to sources cited by Wall Street Journal, it will be “within a few days.” | Continue reading