Month: September 2019

Ronan Glon/Digital Trends Front-wheel drive (FWD), rear-wheel drive (RWD), and four- or all-wheel drive (4WD or AWD): You’ve probably heard these terms kicked around before. They’re the three main types of engine and transmission layouts for motor vehicles, and they’re often used to classify and group cars. Further reading Not all layouts are created equal,
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According to Numerator, two-thirds of Thanksgiving weekend shoppers surveyed in 2018 planned to do “even more” shopping during Cyber Week. Cyber Week continues the focus on online shopping that kicks off on Cyber Monday, the sales event which began in 2005 as the digital equivalent of Black Friday. With online sales climbing each year, merchants
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Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty) Airbnb announced that it expects to become a publicly traded company next year, in a press release made in accordance with Rule 135 of the Securities Act of 1933. How do we know this? A company blog post entitled “Airbnb Announces Intention to Become a Publicly-Traded Company During 2020″ explains: Airbnb,
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Google today announced its largest package of renewable energy deals yet. Worth a total of 1,600-megawatts, the package includes 18 deals in the U.S., Chile and Europe. This brings Google’s current set of wind and solar agreements to about 5,500 megawatts (MW) and the company’s number of total renewables projects it’s involved in to 52.
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Experience three different stories set across three different dimensions. This week Cartoon Network Studios dropped the first trailer for its upcoming VR game, Cartoon Network Journeys VR. Developed by Cartoon Network Studios, Paper Crane Games, and TwinSky Games, the trippy cosmic adventure takes you on three different adventures set across three unique dimensions as you
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After reviewing more than 80 different models, it may come as a surprise that our pick for the best mirrorless camera is one from an entirely new system:  The Panasonic Lumix S1. This well-rounded camera has excellent still and video features, one of the most functional (if not portable) designs we’ve ever seen, and class-leading
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Impossible Foods You’ll soon be able to cook an Impossible Burger in your kitchen once the popular plant-based meat substitute reaches certain California grocery store shelves on Friday.  The brand will only be available at gourmet grocer Gelson’s Markets in California, but a nationwide rollout will follow. Later this month, the East Coast will join
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Arch Rao, the former head of product at Tesla who was behind the company’s Powerwall home energy storage is system, is back with a new company pitching energy management and efficiency for homes. SpanIO is looking to upgrade the electrical fusebox for homes with a digital system that integrates into the existing circuit breaker technology
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The Cabinet has approved a ban on vaping and e-cigarette devices in a controversial decision, announced by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a Cabinet session 18 September. The ban applies to the production, manufacturing, import-export, sale or distribution, storage and advertisement, Sitaraman said, without clarifying outright whether using an e-cigarette or vape is still legal. The ban, which is not
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Indonesia has one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in the world, but the logistics industry there is still very fragmented, creating headaches for both vendors and customers. Shipper is a startup with the ambitious goal of giving online sellers access to “Amazon-level logistics.” The company has raised $5 million in seed funding from Lightspeed Ventures,
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Photo: Getty A new profile of the freewheeling CEO of WeWork reads like a loosely adapted episode of Silicon Valley. The lengthy Wall Street Journal profile published Wednesday paints a rather comprehensive image of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, covering everything from his established taste for tequila parties to his aim of becoming the world’s first
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Raising climate awareness with 360-degree films and multi-sensory experiences.  EarthxInteractive, a subsidiary of EarthxFilm specializing in environmentally-conscious immersive storytelling, has announced a partnership with the United Nations and the City of New York to provide a series of climate-focused 360-degree films and immersive experiences for their annual Climate Week in NYC. From September 20 –
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Kilograph brings Michael Graves’ unrealized architectural designs to life in VR. Available now via Kilograph.com, Imagined Landscapes is an interactive VR experience that allows you to explore and contribute to a 3D recreation of Barranco de Veneguera, a proposed 3.5-mile resort located in the Canary Islands designed by legendary designer and illustrator Michael Graves.  During
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