Grab, the largest company rivaling Uber in Southeast Asia, has confirmed that it has raised $750 million in fresh capital. This is the company’s Series F round, and it was led by existing investor SoftBank with participation from undisclosed existing and new backers, Grab said. R … | Continue reading
Since its advent in 2009, bitcoin’s decentralized, broker-less and secure mechanism to send money across the world has steadily risen in popularity and adoption. Of equal — if not greater — importance is the blockchain, the technology that supports the cryptocurrency, the distrib … | Continue reading
We’ve been hearing about Google’s upcoming Pixel phones for a very long time now, and finally, we know when they will be unveiled: October 4th. | Continue reading
Burberry has created a Faebook Messenger bot that shows off threads that will be on the runway in the coming days as part of London Fashion Week. Tommy Hilfiger also used a Facebook Messenger bot last week to launch a new fashion collection. Though the bot is able to accomplish s … | Continue reading
The U.S. government revealed its much-anticipated Federal Automated Vehicles policy on Monday evening, detailing its 15-point Safety Assessment to be rolled out fully on Tuesday, which is designed to give manufacturers hoping to build and ship self-driving vehicles proper expecta … | Continue reading
Never trust an internet mob. They almost never mean what they say. Ark: Survival Evolved, the sci-fi dinosaur-hunting mutliplayer game for Xbox One and PC, has seen steady growth in both its total number of players and the average amount of time people are spending on the game, a … | Continue reading
We first got a glimpse of HTC’s soon-to-be-unveiled midranger the Desire 10 Lifestyle back in early August. Now it's back in more photos. | Continue reading
Google just sent out invites for an event in San Francisco on October 4th. Rumor has it that the company will reveal its next smartphones at the event. While the invite itself only features Google’s own logo, the company also just posted a teaser video and site that both strongly … | Continue reading
Insider, a unified online marketing platform out of Turkey, has secured a $2.2 million Series A round of financing, bringing its total funding since launching in 2012 to $3.3 million. That may not sound a lot, but it’s a lot for the region and considering it’s targeting a global … | Continue reading
The Obama administration is weighing in on self-driving cars with a new set of rules for car and tech companies that are expected to bring federal regulations up to date with technology. The U.S. Department of Transportation is set to release a new set of guidelines for driverles … | Continue reading
Google today tweeted out an indication that it will unveil new devices on October 4. People have been expected Google to show new mobile devices — at least — on that date, and the smartphone-shaped outline in the tweet confirms that. October is coming. #madebygoogle https://t.co/ … | Continue reading
Google has teased that it will be holding an event on October 4th, where it will likely unveil its latest smartphones (which may or may not be released under the Nexus brand). The company uploaded a short teaser video to YouTube that shows the date, as well as a rectangle in the … | Continue reading
I’ve never flown a drone before, so of course I crashed the GoPro Karma. Okay, "crashed" might be a strong word for it — I broke a rotor when I landed the quadcopter too close to a rock. Other than that, my first flight was a blast.GoPro’s been teasing Karma since May of 2015, an … | Continue reading
Clearly we love our Android devices, but we thought it would be fun to get really nitpicky and discuss the things about our favorite OS that still bug us. | Continue reading
After analyzing over 18 million reviews, independent analysis confirmed that Amazon ratings are heavily influenced by incentivized reviews. Incentivized reviews, in this case, means a discounted (or free) product received in exchange for an Amazon review. Sellers incentives for r … | Continue reading
So far, manufacturers of self-driving cars have operated in uncharted waters, with regulations governing the rules of the road varying from state-to-state. Now the federal government is stepping in with a major new effort to bring order to the chaos.On Tuesday, the federal govern … | Continue reading
Dragon’s Tale is a role-play gambling Bitcoin Casino offering players the chance to discover a whole new approach to gambling. The gambling site stands out not only for its originality but also for its wonderful 3D virtual interface. It is currently the only Bitcoin Casino offeri … | Continue reading
Airbnb is facing a further squeeze on its activities in Barcelona, the Catalonian capital that’s hugely popular with tourists — ramping up tension with local communities dealing with inflating rents and rowdy behavior by visitors facilitated by the rapid rise of sharing economy p … | Continue reading
Google is expected to unveil its new smartphones a couple week from now, but an early look at them appears to have slipped out. Android Police caught two different leaks today. The first, inexplicably, comes from what's supposed to be a Nest commercial that aired in the Netherlan … | Continue reading
Investors are valuing seed-stage startups at the highest levels ever, according new report published by the private deals database Pitchbook. According to its analysis, the pre-money valuation for a seed stage company reached $5.9 million in the first half of this year, an 11 per … | Continue reading
How do you write mind-blowing content about deodorant? Very carefully. In this post, I walk through my ideation process, and where I get my content ideas. | Continue reading
A federal judge in New York has ruled that bitcoin constitutes a form of money.Source | Continue reading
GUEST: Elon Musk’s company SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origins have grabbed the headlines in the space race, both of them building rockets and spacecraft. But there is fascinating backstory on how this race and the private space industry came into existence. It is the tale of a … | Continue reading
After finding out details on pricing and spotting the phone in a Nest ad, Android Police completed the trifecta today by snagging some actual photos of the devices themselves. The images show the phones in an aluminum finish with the fingerprint sensor in the top right of the rea … | Continue reading
ARM is beefing up its safety technology for the ARM Cortex-R52, a processor designed for self-driving vehicles. The Cambridge, England-based company was recently acquired by Japan’s SoftBank for $31 billion. And now it is expanding its chip designs to include a processor with the … | Continue reading
When Apple launched its iBeacon protocol at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in 2013 it laid the foundation for an entire new industry — the proximity industry. Three years later, close to 500 proximity companies operate globally, and between 6 and 7 million beacons are … | Continue reading
It was announced on the second day of the month, and, well, here it is: The wireless version of Bower & Wilkins’ P7 headphones. Well, how are they? As great as I’d hoped, but there are some changes that were made that seem out of place. But rest assured: Despite being tailored to … | Continue reading
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is blaming poor immigrant screening for a trio of recent attacks in the U.S over the weekend. Photo: AP | Continue reading
Google has just disclosed that it has snatched up the team behind API.AI. API.AI provides tools to developers to help them build conversational, Siri-esque bots. As humans, we’re pretty good at communication. If someone says “the girl saw a man with the binoculars,” we can genera … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-EEB-2016-2017Pillar: Industrial LeadershipOpening Date: Deadline: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016Latest information: The submission session is now available for: EEB-05-2017(IA), EEB-06-2017(RIA), EEB-07-2017(IA … | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-SC1-2016-2017Pillar: Societal ChallengesOpening Date: Deadline: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016Latest information: The submission session is now available for: SC1-PM-15-2017(RIA), SC1-HCO-17-2017(CSA) | Continue reading
Olympus’ flagship E-M1 series is getting a refresh with the new Mark II model. While Olympus has made strides towards proving mirrorless cameras as professional tools, they still generally lagged behind DSLR’s in overall capture rates and assertive focus. So speed is the name of … | Continue reading
First released in April, Apple’s iconic paper bag is already beloved by millions throughout the world. But now, the bag is coming under fire.Apple’s patent application for its (really very good!) bag was published earlier this week and is already drawing hurtful and unwarranted m … | Continue reading
It’s not just gigantic search engines that are looking to acquire tech and talent around emerging areas like speech recognition. Even design and craft marketplaces can use a little machine learning and artificial intelligence to make their wheels turn a little better. Today, the … | Continue reading
Maybe there have been times you’ve thought about how fun it’d be to own a robot that can scale fences, climb stairs, and open doors. This thought probably would have come to you while watching a Boston Dynamics video, like the one with the robot giraffe. Or the one involving the … | Continue reading
Men dominate Japanese game development, but at least one publisher is getting proactive about altering that stereotype. Street Fighter publisher Capcom released an annual report about the state of its business this month, and the company took a moment in that document to discuss … | Continue reading
Although far from being plagued with issues, OnePlus 3 owners have been frustrated with a slew of smaller bugs. This OxygenOS fixes a bucketload of them. | Continue reading
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PRESS RELEASE: RealtyShares, a leading online marketplace for real estate investing, today announced that it has raised more than $200 million in capital from its network of investors for residential and commercial real estate projects across the ... | Continue reading
If you’re a seasoned content marketer, no doubt you will understand the importance of including high quality video content in your content marketing strategy. But does your brand have a strategy for where to host your video, as well as what your video should be? The two big play … | Continue reading
How does Garmin's jack-of-all-trades fitness watch hold up against the competition? Find out in our full Garmin vívoactive HR review! | Continue reading
Another day, another machine learning acquisition. Today Etsy announced it’s buying Blackbird Technologies, a startup that developed search and recommendation tech for ecommerce companies using machine learning and artificial intelligence. Reached by VentureBeat, an Etsy spokespe … | Continue reading
If you use off-brand ink in your HP printer, you might have started having some issues last week. That's because a firmware update appears to have added DRM that disables third-party ink cartridges in some HP printers. According to Ars Technica, HP claimed that the update was mea … | Continue reading
If you keep adding to your collection of half-read books, Google Play Books' new Discover feature might help you find titles that better suit your fancy. | Continue reading
Still torn about the iPhone 7 not having a headphone jack? Make your own. As TechRax shows us, it works.All you need for this DIY is a drill with a 3.5mm bit, a vice to hold your device in place, and a very steady hand. And maybe a forgiving wallet if you mess it up.Introducing B … | Continue reading
GUEST: I am a Uber power user, meaning I use Uber as my primary means of transport. In the morning I use UberPool to get from home to office and in the evening from office to home. I do this six days a week. Here is what my trip-booking experience looks like: Wait for the app to … | Continue reading
Don’t settle for acceptable performance from your Android device. Get exceptional performance by taking full advantage of your Android’s RAM and processing power with some of the optimization methods we’ve compiled for you. | Continue reading
Done. Deal.Walmart announced on Monday that its monster $3.3 billion acquisition of e-commerce startup Jet.com is official. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon broke the news with a photo posted to Instagram on Monday. Startup-y!In a blog post, McMillon explained the deal by saying, “Walma … | Continue reading