Month: November 2019

Can we get a fanfare of trumpets, please? The time has come to introduce you to our TC Top Picks for Disrupt Berlin 2019. The ingenuity and creativity reflected in the international startup community can’t be overstated, and narrowing the field from the hundreds of applications we received was no easy task. The program showcases
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Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) Over a year after it was first announced, Disney+ is finally here and full of cartoons, superheroes, and space wizards for you to gawk at. Last week, Gizmodo got a chance to check out the new streaming service app in its final form and speak with the team behind Disney+’s launch.
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Here at Digital Trends, we regularly test and review appliances both large and small. We’ve formally tested more than 100 appliances from more than 50 different brands covering a broad range of kitchen products — in addition to informal testing on dozens of additional appliances. We also completed informal testing on dozens of other kitchen
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A new report pushes the rumored launch date of Apple’s AR device by two years; hints at a second, sleeker device.  This past October, TF International Securities analyst and veteran Apple researcher Ming-Chi Kuo released a report stating that Apple’s long-rumored AR headset will launch during the second quarter of 2020 and that the company
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An expensive experiment in global distribution has been abandoned by Adidas, which has announced that will close its robotic “Speedfactories” in Atlanta and Ansbach, Germany, within 6 months. The company sugar-coated the news with a promise to repurpose the technology used at its existing human-powered factories in Asia. The factories were established in 2016 (Ansbach)
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The iconic 70’s character makes an appearance at this year’s Infinity Festival in Hollywood.  This weekend the second annual Infinity Festival opened its doors at the Goya Film Studios in the heart of Hollywood, offering guests the chance to attend a killer lineup of panels lead by Hollywood storytelling professionals and go hands-on with groundbreaking
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tech2 News StaffNov 11, 2019 21:33:24 IST SpaceX successfully launched a fresh batch of Starlink satellites and deployed them into their intended target orbit. The space rocket company blasted off 60 mini-satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. SpaceX Starlink logo on the Falcon 9 fairing. Image credit: Ken Kremer/SpaceUpClose In the previous launch, 60 satellites
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Camera-trap photo of silver-backed chevrotain (Tragulus versicolor).Image: SIE/GWC/Leibniz-IZW/NCNP Using dozens of motion-activated camera traps, conservationists in Vietnam have captured photographic evidence of the silver-backed chevrotain—an impossibly adorable deer-like creature that hadn’t been seen since 1990. “In an age of mass extinctions, confirming the survival of lost species provides rare second chances for biodiversity conservation,” opens
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After revolutionizing the television landscape with its streaming service, Netflix began unveiling its original shows in 2013, with House of Cards becoming the company’s first hit single of sorts. More popular shows soon followed, and today the company is only gaining momentum. The current stable of Netflix Originals includes a massive number of scripted and
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Frontier Car Group, the Berlin-based startup building used-car marketplaces targeting high-growth, emerging markets, has picked up another significant round of funding from a strategic backer also focusing on the same geographical opportunity. Today, OLX, the online classifieds division Prosus (the digital division of Naspers that listed earlier this year in Europe) announced that it would
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Voi Technology, the “micro-mobility” startup that operates an e-scooter service in a 38 cities across 10 European countries, has raised an $85 million in Series B funding. Backing the round is a mixture of existing and new investors. They include Balderton Capital, Creandum, Project A, JME Ventures, Raine Ventures, Kreos Capital, Inbox Capital, Rider Global,
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Just one afternoon with the mixed reality headset and I’m already in love. It’s finally here! Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 has officially begun shipping to pre-order customers at the cost of $3,500. So, what exactly can users expect from this anticipated follow-up to the original 2016 device? Everything about the MR device has been greatly improved
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