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- Ford VP challenges Tesla’s Cybertruck, Musk says ‘bring it on’ 2 days ago – One of the more impressive demos from Tesla‘s Cybertruck unveil was a tug-of-war contest where it pulled a Ford F150 uphill. Effective of a clip as it was, many have doubted the contest, indicating the Cybertruck was helped by its higher weight, increased friction, or some other variable. Astroph...
- Battleborn, gaming’s perpetual also-ran, to shut down in 2021 2 days ago – The end of an era — albeit not a particularly eventful era: 2K Games today revealed it was starting to sunset its first-person hero shooter Battleborn. The game will officially go offline in 2021, but the features will start disappearing as early as this coming February. The developers revealed t...
- CHEAP: Yell ‘OK BOOMER’ and grab PlayStation 4 Pro Fortnite Neo bundle for just $299 a day ago – Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! The holidays are coming up. So there’s no better time to plant your bottom on a sofa and playing games for endless hours? A sweet deal that will let you that. The PlayStation Pro 4 1TB bundled with Fortnite Ne...( I'm tempted to do that - and I'm 71 ! That's bragging rights. )
- These 10 Black Friday deals all under $20 a day ago – From co-workers to neighbors to all those other casual acquaintances you see every day, there are probably plenty of people in your life who you’d like to gift with a little something this holiday season. Of course, once you’re buying presents for workmates, your kid’s teacher and the mailman, al...
- Microsoft reveals how it caught mutating Monero mining malware with machine learning 14 hours ago – Microsoft‘s antivirus and malware division recently opened the bonnet on a malicious mutating cryptocurrency miner. The Washington-based big tech firm revealed how machine learning was crucial in putting a stop to it spreading further. According to the Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protectio...
- The secret sauce of collaboration a day ago – Let’s face it, the world is full of huge problems, and big challenges require matching interwoven ambitious solutions. Cooperation is the cornerstone upon which great achievements are built, and that starts with people who can identify and build bridges between stakeholders, enabling collaboratio...
- Judge orders Telegram founder Pavel Durov to testify over its crypto ICO 11 hours ago – Telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov should testify in the US Securities Exchange Commission‘s (SEC) case against the company’s controversial digital token, a US federal judge has ruled. A document signed by District Judge P. Kevin Castel at the New York Southern District Court earlier this wee...
- This YUGE font generator lets you write like Trump 11 hours ago – “I WANT NOTHING. I WANT NOTHING,” US President Donald Trump wrote in a note addressing US Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s impeachment testimony. “I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO.” The note has since been elevated to the kingdom of memes, and thanks to this new font generator — you can keep on meme’ing. The t...This YUGE font generator lets you write like Trump 11 hours ago – “I WANT NOTHING. I WANT NOTHING,” US President Donald Trump wrote in a note addressing US Ambassador Gordon Sondland’s impeachment testimony. “I WANT NO QUID PRO QUO.” The note has since been elevated to the kingdom of memes, and thanks to this new font generator — you can keep on meme’ing. The t...
- Researcher uses AI to unravel the mystery of Shakespeare’s co-author 26 minutes ago – After all these years, someone might have figured out exactly how much Shakespeare worked on one of his last plays. It’s long been suspected that Shakespeare didn’t write the whole of Henry VIII, but now, thanks to machine learning, we could know just how much he outsourced to a playwright friend...
- Twitter delays deleting inactive accounts to decide how to respect dead users 2 hours ago – Yesterday, news broke that Twitter would begin to get rid of accounts that hadn’t been used in over six months, starting on December 11. While it makes some sense to purge Twitter of perfectly good usernames that are going unused, some users wondered what would happen with the accounts of the dec...
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- Ford says it has nothing to prove to Tesla in F-150 vs Cybertruck tow battle a day ago – It was the challenge heard around the electric vehicle world. And now it seems, the Ford F-150 versus Tesla Cybertruck tow battle that we were all ready for, probably won’t happen. A quick recap: Tesla CEO Elon Musk poked the figurative Dearborn, Michigan bear in the middle of the company’s Cyber...
- Google is giving away 3 months of Disney+ to new Chromebook owners a day ago – Google is hoping to juice holiday sales of Chromebooks by tacking on a subscription to the hot new streaming service, Disney+. The company on Monday announced it would give Chromebook buyers three, free months of Disney+ with the purchase of new devices. Specifically, the deal is valid for Chrome...
- Daily Crunch: Google fires employee activists a day ago – The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Google employee activist says she’s been fired Employee activist Rebecca Rivers (who was involved in a ...
- This debut venture firm, backed by an Argentine conglomerate, is investing $60 million in far-flung U.S. startups 20 hours ago – Nico Berardi considers himself to be a citizen of the world, with a penchant for travel and a wide range of interests. Unlike many other VCs, who’ve increasingly specialized as the market has grown more crowded, Berardi is nearly as wide-ranging in his approach to venture capital, too. Somewhat c...
- You can take my Dad’s tweets over my dead body 20 hours ago – Editor’s note: Drew is a geek who first worked at AOL when he was 16 years old and went on to become a senior writer at TechCrunch. He is now the VP of Communications for venture equity fund Scaleworks. There are a few ways that people use Twitter, but for the most part the ones who […]
- Netflix leases New York’s Paris Theatre a day ago – Netflix is expanding its theatrical presence by signing a long-term lease for The Paris Theatre, a historic single-screen venue in New York City. This follows reports that Netflix is also working to buy the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. And while these might seem like odd moves for a streaming...
- CrunchMatch means efficient networking at Disrupt Berlin 9 hours ago – Love it or hate it, networking is a necessary part of business — especially for early-stage startup founders searching for investors, customers and collaborators. When you head to Disrupt Berlin 2019 this December, you can relax a bit because we have a networking tool to help you make the most of...CrunchMatch means efficient networking at Disrupt Berlin 9 hours ago – Love it or hate it, networking is a necessary part of business — especially for early-stage startup founders searching for investors, customers and collaborators. When you head to Disrupt Berlin 2019 this December, you can relax a bit because we have a networking tool to help you make the most of...
- AWS expands DeepRacer league, announces car updates 9 hours ago – Last year at AWS re:invent, the company’s massive customer conference, Amazon launched a new miniature race car and a racing league, all designed to teach developers about machine learning in a fun way. Today, ahead of next week’s re:Invent conference, the company announced some enhancements incl...
- How food media brand Chefclub reached 1 billion organic views per month 9 hours ago – Chefclub hasn’t attracted a lot of headlines over the years as it has only raised $3.5 million. But it is slowly building a major media brand on social media platforms as it now competes directly with Tastemade and Tasty. Compared to more traditional recipe websites and brands, Chefclub focuses e...
- Daily Crunch: Twitter will delete dormant accounts 5 hours ago – The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Twitter will free up handles by deleting inactive accounts “As part of our commitment to serve the publ...
- Fabric’s new app helps parents with the hard stuff, including wills, life insurance & shared finances 6 hours ago – A new app called Fabric aims to make it simpler for parents to plan for their family’s long-term financial well-being. The goal is to offer parents a one-stop-shop that includes the ability to ability for term life insurance from their phone, create a free will in about five minutes, and collabor...
- Only a few 2020 US presidential candidates are using a basic email security feature 7 hours ago – Just one-third of the 2020 U.S. presidential candidates are using an email security feature that could prevent a similar attack that hobbled the Democrats during the 2016 election. Out of the 21 presidential candidates in the race according to Reuters, only seven Democrats are using and enforcing...
- Gift guide: Photography accessories for the shutterbug in your life 21 minutes ago – Looking for some gift ideas for the photographer in your life? Look no further. Though shooters amateur and professional tend to take care of their own needs pretty well, there are plenty of things you can given them that they’ll appreciate. But you might have to be ready to spend a bit — people ...
- Top mobility VCs discuss their current investment strategies 23 minutes ago – The mobility industry is rapidly shifting to readjust for an electric and autonomous future. Automotive companies are increasingly looking outside the manufacturing sector to fuel growth, and companies that used to bank on selling vehicles are now building mobility apps, scooters, and subscriptio...
- Simple Contacts has a new service letting users cheaply switch contact lens prescriptions an hour ago – Simple Contacts has launched a new service letting users try out new contact lenses for as little as $3. The company launched a little over three years ago as a way for contact lens wearers to slash their refill costs, has now expanded into a service that offers users a chance to try out differen...
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- Pi-rate radio: how to make your own FM station for less than $35 a day ago – Want to build your own radio station? All you need is a Raspberry Pi and a piece of wire Continue reading…
- Facebook’s only fact-checking service in the Netherlands just quit a day ago – Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Facebook is now operating without a third-party fact-checking service in the Netherlands. The company’s only partner, Dutch newspaper NU.nl, just quit over a dispute regarding the social network’s policy to allow politicians to run ads containing misinf...
- a day ago – There are many reasons why Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is good: challenging combat, interesting platforming and exploration, the extremely Star Wars-y sheen over the entire production, or the deep dive into a new area of the Star Wars lore. But what escalates Jedi: Fallen Order isn’t just the st...
- Acer’s Predator Triton 700 gaming laptop for $999 is a steal 19 hours ago – Acer is swooping in right before Black Friday with one of the best PC gaming laptop deals we’ve seen so far: its 2017 Predator Triton 700 is $2,000 off for a final price of $999.99. (Acer did not say when exactly the sale would go live, but we expect it to happen at some point on November 27th, s...
- a day ago – Facebook is acquiring Beat Games, the developer of popular (and excellent) virtual reality rhythm game Beat Saber. TechCrunch reported that Beat Games will keep operating independently, but it will become part of Oculus Studios, Facebook’s VR gaming group. In a blog post, Oculus content director ...
- YouTube, please give me back my old homepage 9 hours ago – YouTube rolled out a new layout for its homepage a couple of weeks ago, and I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s made using YouTube feel like an utter chore. Complaining about YouTube product updates is run-of-the-mill online. Little tweaks usher in frustrated sighs as people try to figure out h...
- 10 hours ago – Thanksgiving is almost here, and nothing goes quite as well with a weekend off from work and eating huge amounts of food like hours spent digesting on the couch, binge-watching movies and TV shows. Unfortunately, given the massive amount of content available on the myriad streaming platforms, ac...
- Orba is an all-in-one instrument and MIDI controller that fits in the palm of your hand 27 minutes ago – Image: Artiphon Nashville-based tech company Artiphon has a new music-making gadget up for backing on Kickstarter called Orba. The Orba is a small, handheld device that’s a synth, looper, and controller all in one. It’s shaped like a halved grapefruit, and mimics the gestures used on smartphon...
- an hour ago – Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge On Wednesday, the Justice Department announced an updated drone policy, intended to take the place of a 2015 policy guidance. The new policy maintains a lot of the same language and regulations, with a few key additions addressing concerns about cybersecurity ...