The Amazon’s Choice badges customers turn to for endorsed or recommended products were found sometimes to be fake or even unsafe. An investigation published by the Wall Street Journal reveals that the Amazon’s Choice badge can be attached to products that make false claims, have safety concerns, or are even manipulated by the sellers. The
Month: December 2019
A long time ago, in our very own galaxy, there was just the Star Wars movie franchise — no television shows, animated series, or tie-in projects. More Star Wars News George Lucas’ sci-fi saga has expanded in some big ways in recent years, with various spinoff films, TV shows (both animated and live-action), and new
American automotive technology startup Rivian has raised $1.3 billion in new funding, the company announced today. The new investment is the fourth round of capital announced by the company in 2019 alone, following prior announcements of $700 million led by Amazon, $500 million from Ford (which includes a collaboration on electric vehicle technology) and $350
MasterCard announced today that it is acquiring RiskRecon, a Salt Lake City startup that uses publicly available data to build security assessments of organizations. The companies did not share the purchase price. It’s become increasingly important for financial services companies like MasterCard to help customers navigate cyber security and RiskRecon will give customers an objective
Eddy Travels, an AI-powered travel assistant bot which can understand text and voice messages, has closed a pre-seed round of around $500,000 led by Techstars Toronto, Practica Capital and Open Circle Capital VC funds from Lithuania, with angel investors from the US, Canada, UK. Launched a year ago in November 2018, Eddy Travels claims to
Tushar BurmanDec 23, 2019 18:29:26 IST I’m a big fan of automobiles. Not so much of the screens they use inside them these days. You see, despite the automobile being developed over the last three centuries, The last 15 years have shown just how out of their depth carmakers can be. Sure, cars are getting
HomeLane, a Bangalore-based startup that helps people manage home renovations and interior design, today announced it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its proprietary technology. The financing round, dubbed Series D, was led by Evolvence India Fund (EIF), Pidilite Group and FJ Labs. Existing investors Accel Partners,
tech2 News StaffDec 23, 2019 15:49:06 IST Just like every year, Mobile World Congress is scheduled to be held in February next year. Vivo has reportedly confirmed the date as well by sending out invitations for this tech gala. As per a report by GSMArena, Vivo has sent them an invite stating that MWC 2020
Photo: Getty While, yes, your messaging apps are indeed spying on you, to argue that they were developed specifically for that purpose might seem like a stretch. But life is stranger than fiction in the year of our lord 2019, and now you can thank ToTok for making your worst dystopian surveillance state nightmares come
From asymmetrical party games to epic sci-fi RPGs, 2019 was one hell of a year for VR gaming. The final days of 2019 are almost upon us, marking the end of arguably the biggest year for VR gaming so far. With the release of incredible hardware such as the Oculus Quest, the Oculus Rift S,
Some of the CGI isn’t… awful. Image: Universal Cats, Tom Hooper’s memetic hazard of a musical, is receiving unprecedented treatment from its distributors at Universal. As shared by the Hollywood Reporter, the company is sending theaters an updated version of the Ozymandias-like monument to hubris and toxoplasmosis. This new version of the film, according to
Sagar DharaDec 22, 2019 09:50:10 IST The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded its 25th Conference of Parties (COP25) meeting in Madrid on 14 November 2019. The sole agenda: tackling the ongoing (and quickly-progressing) climate crisis. After nearly a fortnight of deliberation by representatives of nearly 200 nations, COP25 ended with an unsatisfying conclusion. There
The Resident Evil 3 remake, which was formally revealed in this year’s PlayStation State of Play after a series of leaks, will feature a variety of changes compared to the 1999 classic, according to Famitsu’s interview with the game’s producers. In the interview, according to a translation by Dual Shockers, producers Masao Kawada and Peter
The high-end 2020 iPhones will reportedly replace the optical image stabilization used in iPhone 11 cameras with sensor-shift technology, which may enable the feature for Apple’s ultra-wide lens. Optical image stabilization is currently available for the wide lens, which is found in the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, and for
A multi-generational, laughter-evoking and joy-centric take on what virtual reality experiences to try this holiday season. Did you give (or receive! yay!) your first virtual reality headset this holiday? Or maybe you are considering buying virtual reality for a friend or loved one? Or maybe you’re looking for some new, fun, joy-filled content? The 2019
Apple has reportedly hired a secret team to work toward using satellite technology to beam data to the company’s devices, as more tech companies look to the stars for their next projects. The team is said to be composed of a dozen engineers with expertise from the satellite, aerospace, and antenna design industries, Bloomberg reported,
Starkiller Base. Image: Disney/Lucasfilm For many years, Star Wars nerds everywhere have understood time in a specific way. Now, thanks to the newest Star Wars Visual Dictionary, that might change. And it’s giving me a headache. Every Star Wars movie release comes with a whole host of supplementary material, including the Visual Dictionaries, these wonderful
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Edition is the best tablet for most kids. Amazon’s parental controls are second to none, you get a year of appropriate curated content, and a protective bumper and worry-free warranty. It’s a terrific package that’s by far the easiest option for parents of young children, but we do have some
Thanks to its clean design and powerful internals, the Google Pixelbook remains one of the best Chromebooks on the market today, and a capable Windows or Mac replacement. It’s been more than two years since the Pixelbook went on sale, however, and we recently saw the announcement and release of the Pixelbook Go instead. Since
Windows computers are rarely quicker and easier to use than the day they ship from the factory. Over time, the accumulation of files, misconfigured settings, and other factors slow down performance and impacts programs. If you find that your applications don’t run the way you expect, and opening and saving files take longer than usual,
The central zone of our galaxy hosts the Milky Way’s largest, densest collection of giant molecular clouds, the raw material for making tens of millions of stars. This image combines archival infrared (blue), radio (red) and new microwave observations (green) from the Goddard-developed GISMO instrument. The composite image reveals emission from cold dust, areas of
The best monitor for photo editing is one that’s large and has a great resolution, but most importantly has as-near-perfect color accuracy as possible — leading us to choose the BenQ SW271 as the best around. Many of the most prominent sales pitch features of monitors focus on gaming. They highlight displays’ refresh rates, frame syncing
There are only three days till Christmas, but if you’re shopping for gifts on Amazon, you still have time to order and receive shipments before the holiday. There are several good reasons to take advantage of the last-minute deals on Amazon devices. As of this posting, many Amazon Echo smart speakers and smart displays, Ring
Nearly 100 million photos are uploaded to Instagram every day, making it the world’s most popular photo-sharing app. Sometimes, though, you don’t want to upload to Insta, you want to save photos that are already there. Maybe you took a photo with the Instagram in-app camera and didn’t save a copy to your phone, for
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool, but it’s not a magic wand. Applying the technology requires thought and dedication, especially with legacy industries like law and insurance, which are being taken on in this way by Luminance and Omnius respectively. The companies’ founders, Emily Foges and Sofie Quidenus-Wahlforss, spoke with great insight on this on
Every once in a while on VC Twitter, a comment or statement seems so outlandish, so completely outrageous, that it must be — certainly has to be — false. Such as it was for Primary Ventures investor Jason Shuman, who commented on the recent prices for pitch deck advice in the Valley today: Founder friend
TikTok may be the fastest-growing social network in the history of the internet, but it is also quickly becoming the fastest-growing security threat and thorn in the side of U.S. China hawks. The latest, according to a notice published by the U.S. Navy this past week and reported on by Reuters and the South China
tech2 News StaffDec 21, 2019 16:15:18 IST A new report suggests that Apple is developing satellite technology that will be used to beam data and internet services to its devices. Representational image. Image: Reuters The details come from a Bloomberg report stating that the Cupertino-based giant has a secret team of engineers working on the
tech2 News StaffDec 21, 2019 14:10:12 IST Just like every year, OnePlus is expected to launch its upcoming smartphone lineup in Q3 next year. This time, it is being expected that the company will launch a “Lite” variant as well. In simple words, we might see OnePlus 8, OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 8 Lite
Photo: Joe Raedle (Getty) As part of a push to bolster deportation efforts, the Trump administration took steps this month to blur the lines between ICE and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), an agency responsible for unaccompanied migrant children, according to six current and former administration officials who spoke with the Washington Post. Led
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