This morning, Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON), the tech-enabled stationary bicycle and fitness content streaming company, raised $1.2 billion in its NASDAQ initial public offering. Despite dropping more than 10% in its first day of trading — ultimately closing down 11% at $25.84 per share — the IPO was a bona fide success. Peloton, once denied (over
Month: September 2019
The XBoxConsole exclusives such as Halo, Forza, and Gears of War provide both casual and die-hard gamers with experiences they can’t find anywhere else. With exclusive games such as Battlefield V, Anthem, Fallout 76, and Forza Horizon 4, you’ll want the best possible platform to play them on — and the Xbox One can deliver.
More than two-dozen Android photo-editing and fashion apps in the Google Play Store were found to contain malware, cybersecurity firm Symantec said. In total, the company uncovered 25 malicious apps in the Play Store, which were downloaded more than 2 million times. Symantec reported the malicious apps to Google on September 2 and all the
Dedicated Fandango VR app now available on Oculus standalone headsets. Day One of Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA featured a bunch of exciting announcements for both the Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S headsets. Hidden within this pile of breaking news was the launch of FandangoNow, a dedicated VR app for the Oculus
It’s been a busy couple of months for smart speakers – Amazon released a bunch just this week, including updated versions of its existing Echo hardware and a new Echo Studio with premium sound. Sonos also introduced its first portable speaker with Bluetooth support, the Sonos Move, and in August launched its collaboration collection with
Amazon Alexa is already capable of identifying different voices to give personalized responses to different users in the household, thanks to the added support for voice profiles two years ago. Now, those same personalization capabilities will be offered to Alexa Skill developers, Amazon has announced. Alongside Amazon’s big rollout of new consumer devices on Wednesday,
The climate crisis continues to be just that… a crisis. And it’s spurring people across the country (and globe) to take action, particularly when it comes to their own lifestyle. Lauren Singer is one such person. After studying Environmental Science and Politics at NYU, she started a blog called Trash Is For Tossers to make
Roxy Mathew Koll and Raghu MurtuguddeSep 26, 2019 18:04:03 IST Editor’s Note: This story is the second in a two-part series on a key report released by the United Nations on 25 September, the IPCC Special Report on Oceans and Cryosphere. Part One discusses the effects of climate change on glaciers, high mountains and the world’s Third Pole, and projections for
As any CFO can attest, corporate finance is extraordinarily complicated. From tax preparation, to financial controls, to cash flow estimation and more, the finance department of any major company often has to turnaround sophisticated analyses with extreme attention to detail — and quick. Most of the time, businesses outsource at least part of those financial
Range anxiety took on an entirely new meaning when Jesse Hartman, a police officer in Fremont, California, embarked on a high-speed chase in a Tesla Model S patrol car with six miles of driving left in its battery pack. Officers blamed the incident on human error, not on Tesla’s technology, or on the charger they
Kevin Feige, the superstar producer behind the Marvel cinematic universe, will bring his talents to an upcoming Star Wars movie. Feige, the head of Marvel Studios, will work with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy to develop a “wave” of Star Wars projects, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “With the close of the Skywalker Saga, Kathy is
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2018.Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez (AP) Facebook claims to be doing a lot to fight hate speech. But Facebook has also cashed nearly $1.6 million in ad money from organizations designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center between May 2018 and Sept. 17, 2019, according to a Wednesday
As is now typical just ahead of the holidays, Amazon just inundated us with a whole new lineup of hardware devices, including new Echo smart speakers and screens, at its Alexa event today, plus other smart home and connected devices from its brands Ring and eero. There were also a slew of surprises, like Alexa
An Indian SaaS startup, which is increasingly courting clients from outside of the country, just raised a significant amount of capital to expand its business. Hyderabad-based Darwinbox, which operates a cloud-based human resource management platform, said on Thursday it has raised $15 million in a new financing round. The Series B round — which moves
Getty Images Increasingly pervasive and sophisticated threats to online privacy and digital security require serious defense systems. Piecemeal security solutions are only as strong as the weakest link, which why a comprehensive threat protection system such as Norton Antivirus Plus is your best defense. As we approach the end of the year, a peak period
Riley Young/Digital Trends The latest Apple AirPods are now at their best price on Amazon ever after the retail giant dropped $30 off its original price. There has been no better time to upgrade from the wired EarPods. Jump on this AirPods deal to save on the best true wireless earbuds for your Apple iPhone
The historic WWII FPS shooter makes a surprise appearance at OC6. Back at Oculus Connect 4 in 2017, it was revealed that Oculus Studios would be teaming up with veteran developer Respawn Entertainment [Titanfall 2, Apex Legends] on a new VR game exclusively for the Oculus platform. Today we learned that title is a new
Facebook wants to create a 3D map of the Earth by crowd-sourcing geo-tagged images. After months of speculation, Facebook today confirmed that Facebook Reality Lab is, in fact, developing a pair of dedicated AR glasses. While little information about the headset itself was provided during the announcement, the company went into detail regarding LiveMaps, a
Amazon is launching multilingual mode for its Alexa-supporting devices, the company announced today at its Devices event in Seattle. The new multilingual mode will initially be available in the U.S., where it’ll work with English and Spanish; Canada, where it’ll offer French and English support, and Hindi and English in India. These bilingual modes will
tech2 News StaffSep 25, 2019 22:27:42 IST Ahead of the global debut for the OnePlus TV in India tomorrow, MediaTek has released its new chipset called the MT5670 which has been specially designed for smart TVs. The OnePlus TV will be debuting with this chipset as per various leaks. MediaTek chips. Representational image. The MT5670 has four Cortex-A53
[embedded content] From drones to four-legged robots like Boston Dynamics’ Spot to fish-inspired swimming robots, there’s no shortage of interesting approaches being taken to robotics locomotion in 2019. But one of the biggest potential leaps forward is the development of machines that are able to transition from one kind of movement to another. That’s something
“Make their metrics your metrics” is one of Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen’s mantras. Sometimes that means building free software for your clients. It can be frustrating aligning your fates with a fellow business if they operate on email, phone, and fax like much of the freight forwarding industry that gets pallets of good across the
Fidel, the U.K.-headquartered startup that offers an API to let developers build functionality, such as rewards, on top of the major card payment networks, has raised $18 million in Series A funding. The pretty sizeable round is co-led by U.S.-based fintech funds Nyca Partners and QED Investors. Also participating are Citi Ventures, Commerce VC, Elefund,
Former Comscore CEO Serge Matta, 2015.Photo: Mike Pont (Getty Images for AWXII) Data analytics firm Comscore and its former CEO, Serge Matta, was charged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations of widespread fraud at the company and have settled for over $5 million, the agency announced on Tuesday. According to the SEC,
Previous Next Legions of electric car startups have sprung up with hopes of repeating the success of Tesla, but Canoo (formerly known as EVelozcity) is trying something different. Instead of building a luxury car with science-fiction performance figures and a high price tag, Canoo’s electric car — also called Canoo — looks like a futuristic
The smart home team at Digital Trends has spent more than 2,200 hours testing smart speakers, smart displays, and smart home hubs. Our pick for the best smart display is the Google Nest Hub Max, which has a well-designed interface, built-in features that enhance the user experience, and a 10-inch HD display screen. If the
Previous Next The Aston Martin DBX will be a very different kind of vehicle for the storied British automaker, but it will use a familiar engine. Aston’s first SUV, the DBX, will use the same 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 as the Aston Martin DB11 and Vantage. But the SUV will have more power than either of
[embedded content] Sennheiser’s new flagship headphones, the third generation of its popular Momentum Wireless series, have been generating a lot of buzz since they debuted at IFA 2019 in Berlin in early September. Given the current state of wireless noise-canceling headphones, many (including us) were quick to ask: How do Sennheiser’s latest pair of cans
VC firm Target Global has just announced it’s expanding its European network by adding a local office in Barcelona, Spain — building on its existing presence in Berlin and London, plus Tel Aviv and Moscow. The firm has €700 million under management and a broad investment range that covers SaaS, marketplaces, fintech and insurtech, as
The Oculus Quest app will allow users to turn any game into a calorie-tracked fitness experience. The first time I worked up a sweat in VR, it was entirely accidental. I was playing a fantasy hack-and-slash, and the core battle mechanic required players to duck oncoming sword swings every few seconds. I played for about
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