All Kinds of Limbo: a beautifully-choreographed volumetric performance for the ages. The 2020 Sundance Film Festival has brought us some of the most interesting VR and AR projects we’ve ever seen on the festival circuit. From an aquatic VR experience that had us lying face-down in a pool to a multiperson mixed reality piece that
Month: January 2020
NASA has awarded Maxar an estimated $142 million contract to demonstrate in-orbit spacecraft refueling and assembly of new components using a custom robotic platform in space. The space infrastructure dexterous robot, or SPIDER, program will be part of NASA’s Restore-L mission to demonstrate automation of proposed orbital tasks like reconfiguring or repairing a satellite or
Kyle Lomeli Contributor Kyle Lomeli is the CTO and a founding engineer at CarGurus.com. Online commerce accounted for nearly $518 billion in revenue in the United States alone last year. The growing number of online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay will command 40% of the global retail market in 2020. As the number of digital
Legacy, a male fertility startup, has just raised a fresh, $3.5 million in funding from Bill Maris’s San Diego-based venture firm, Section 32, along with Y Combinator and Bain Capital Ventures, which led a $1.5 million seed round for the Boston startup last year. We talked earlier today with Legacy’s founder and CEO Khaled Kteily
Asus may not be the biggest PC maker around, but its efforts in rolling out laptops with great all-around capabilities has made it one of the best brands in the industry. The company also takes pride in its broad selection of laptops, ranging from budget-friendly Chromebooks and productivity-focused 2-in-1s to ultra-portable ZenBooks and high-end gaming
Shares of One Medical are worth $19.50 this morning after the venture-backed unicorn priced its IPO at $14 per share last night. The company opened at $18 before rising further, according to Yahoo Finance data. At its current price, One Medical is worth about 40% more than its IPO price, a strong debut for the
tech2 News StaffJan 31, 2020 21:05:14 IST Since a coronavirus outbreak is becoming more and more serious every day with an increase in the number of deaths and infected people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today officially declared it as a global emergency. Google is also playing its role in the same in making people aware
Ameya DalviJan 31, 2020 20:55:29 IST The sub-Rs 20,000 phones are steadily inching towards the features and performance levels of budget flagship phones. It is pleasantly surprising to see the kind of specs and processing power that buyers can get in this budget these days. From last generation flagship processors to sharp Super AMOLED displays
YouTuber Josh Pieters has revealed that he pranked far right British commentator Katie Hopkins by flying her to Prague and presenting her with a fake award. Hopkins, who is frequently retweeted by President Trump and was recently suspended on Twitter, was awarded with the Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy, abbreviated as C.U.N.T. And if
Amazon revealed on Thursday that it now has 150 million Prime members globally. The figure marks an increase of 50 million sign-ups since April 2018, though the leap can be partly attributed to the service launching in Brazil in September 2019, which Amazon says is now its fastest-growing market. The e-commerce behemoth has been investing
With cases of the coronavirus continuing to appear in more countries around the world, Google has added official safety advice and other relevant information to the top of its search results for people keen to find out more about the outbreak. Google announced the move on Thursday, January 30, after the World Health Organization (WHO)
Insticator, a startup helping publishers add to their content elements like polls, quizzes and suggested story widgets, has made its first acquisition — a commenting platform called Squawk-It. Insticator CEO Zack Dugow said his platform benefits online publishers by keeping audiences engaged and bringing in new ad revenue (which is split between Insticator and the
In 1998, the startup company Illumina launched a revolution in the life sciences industry by developing technology to slash the costs of identifying and mapping genetic material. Now, a little over 20 years later, Mammoth Biosciences is hoping to do the same thing for gene editing tools. The company, co-founded by Jennifer Doudna, who did some
Mark Zuckerburg reveals interesting new sales figures during a Q4 2019 earnings call. If you were one of the poor souls desperately trying to purchase an Oculus Quest this holiday season, you know better than anyone how difficult it’s been to locate a headset whose price hasn’t been inflated hundreds-of-dollars by third-party sellers. It’s clear
[embedded content] Now that Warner Bros. Pictures has found success with Aquaman, Wonder Woman, and Shazam!, the outlook is a little brighter for Birds of Prey, the live-action feature that brings back Suicide Squad actress Margot Robbie as the deranged Harley Quinn. Otherwise known as Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),
After the recent controversy surrounding Ring and its smart devices, the company rolled out a new Control Center to help customers manage their privacy and security settings from a single dashboard. In the blog post announcing this Control Center, Ring says “We believe that privacy, safety, and user control are more than just ideas.” The
It may have taken more than a year, but Nintendo launched its official online service in 2018. The apt-titled Nintendo Switch Online is comparable to PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live in that its primary function is to grant access to online multiplayer. A subscription to the service, however, also nets you a library of select
Warcraft III: Reforged is officially out in the world, taking players on a trip down memory lane. However, what should have been a light nostalgic moment has quickly spiraled into another controversy for Blizzard, which has been no stranger to fan outcry in the past year. The latest round of scrutiny comes after Blizzard released
[embedded content] Despite being nearly three years old, the Nintendo Switch continues its dominance in the video game realm. During its latest financial report, Nintendo revealed it has sold more than 50 million consoles, putting it ahead of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and almost quadrupling the lifetime sales of the Wii U. Nintendo’s total
Take on endless waves of Freddies in one of the campaigns scariest locations, the Old Dutchman Mine. This past December, popular VR zombie shooter Arizona Sunshine made its way to the Oculus Quest, offering standalone users the chance to mow down hordes of undead flesh-eaters across a handful of captivating locations without the need of
On the same day that a Mississippi family is suing Amazon -owned smart camera maker Ring for not doing enough to prevent hackers from spying on their kids, the company has rolled out its previously announced “control center,” which it hopes will make you forget about its verifiably “awful” security practices. In a blog post
Photo: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo) I have a never-ending list of quests to find the perfect every day carry accessories, which includes a drawn out hunt for the ideal water bottle. At CES earlier this month I spent a week with Matador’s new squishy, packable water bottle and while it’s not my holy grail of hydration,
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. As One Medical looks to become the first venture-backed company to price its IPO in 2020 this afternoon and Casper aims to price its own shares next Wednesday, the market is gearing up for a
Those hoping to upgrade from the nearly 2-year-old Surface Book 2 might soon finally have what they’ve been waiting for. Recent leaks reveal that Microsoft could be working on a powerful Surface Book 3 model. Although its authenticity can not be verified, Twitter user @_rogame, known for previous hardware leaks, recently revealed alleged 3D Mark
If you think about Lenovo, the ThinkPad series might be the first to pop in your head, and for obvious reasons. Lenovo’s premium laptop line offers some of the best typing experiences on any portable system, as well as immense processing power, making ThinkPads a preferred machine in businesses across the globe. Unfortunately, they cost
The European parliament has voted overwhelmingly for tougher action to reduce e-waste, calling for the Commission to come up with beefed up rules by July 2020. Specifically, the parliament wants the Commission to adopt the delegated act foreseen in the 2014 Radio Equipment Directive by that deadline — or else table a legislative measure by the
Maze wants to reinvent usability tests by letting you turn design prototypes into tests in just a few clicks. It could become the equivalent of a developing test suite for developers, but this time for designers — it could be something that you run before shipping an update to make sure everything works fine. The
Medical facilities are becoming increasingly interested in drone delivery as a way to quickly move important samples and supplies between nearby hospitals and laboratories. UPS and drone company Matternet is one such partnership that’s exploring the space, with the pair already conducting test deliveries of blood for transfusions and other medical samples between facilities in
As the Chinese authorities battle to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Tesla revealed on Monday it has been ordered to suspend operations at its recently opened car factory in Shanghai. The Shanghai government has ordered Tesla and all other private companies in the city to close their doors until February 9. Utility firms and companies related
“Hang on, you guys. I feel it in my chakras.”Image: The CW There’s something very DC/CW-niverse-y about the idea that Arrow—the show that started it all as a grounded and (occasionally) self-serious comic book adaptation—got the inspiration for its very last scene from someone who was mid-tranquil-state. You could almost say it appeared as a vision. Advertisement
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