Players of the once-popular live game show app HQ Trivia are still waiting for their prize money one week after the company announced its plan to shut down. Digital Trends reached out to over a dozen HQ Trivia players via Twitter direct message and found not one had received money they won while playing the
Month: February 2020
Welcome to Reel News, our weekly segment looking at what’s coming out in theaters and what’s worth your money this weekend. Join Erin Keeney and Riley Winn as they take a look at Brahms: The Boy II, Greed, and The Night Clerk. First u,p we have Brahms: The Boy II, a follow-up to 2016’s The
Anirudh RegidiFeb 22, 2020 02:34:05 IST Streaming games in 2020 couldn’t be easier. With the proliferation of cheap, capable hardware, and free software like OBS, and virtually infinite bandwidth, there really is no barrier to entry. That being said, while it is easy to stream, raising the bar for quality is a much harder proposition.
‘Project 4’ will utilize the same physics-driven game mechanics featured in Boneworks. This past September VR developer Stress Level Zero (Boneworks, Hover Junkers, Duck Season) announced it was working on a brand new VR game for the Oculus Quest. Referred to as ‘Project 4,’ we still know next to nothing about this mysterious new title
Tyler Haney, the founder and chief executive of activewear label Outdoor Voices, has stepped down, according to the Business of Fashion. We’ve reached out to Haney directly, as well as board members from the venture firms that have backed the company, including General Catalyst and Forerunner Ventures, and we hope to update this story accordingly.
A few days ago, Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado and Matt Bornstein published an interesting piece digging into the world of artificial intelligence (AI) startups, and, more specifically, how those companies perform as businesses. Core to the argument presented is that while founders and investors are wagering “that AI businesses will resemble traditional software companies,” the
DSP Concepts — a startup whose Audio Weaver software is used by companies as varied as Tesla, Porsche, GoPro and Braun Audio — is announcing that it’s raised $14.5 million in Series B funding. The startup goal, as explained to me by CEO Chin Beckmann and CTO Paul Beckmann (yep, they’re a husband-and-wife founding team),
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a fun combination of early-stage and late-stage news, with companies as young as seed-stage and as old as PE-worthy joining our list of topics. Danny and Alex were back on hand to chat once again.
House cleaning, although necessary, is probably one of our least favorite things to do, and it can really eat up your free time. While it’s impossible to neglect all these chores, you can at least lessen the load with a little robot vacuum to help you out. This workhorse has the built-in smart tech and
Security researchers from the firm Check Point have discovered two families of malware in apps on the Google Play Store: a new family called Haken and the resurgence of an older family called Joker. Both families are “clicker” malware, meaning they take over users’ devices and fraudulently mimic clicks on ads. They can also access
The coronavirus outbreak could result in at least a 3.3% drop — and as high as a 9% dip — in the volume of PCs that will ship globally this year, research firm Canalys reported Thursday evening in its revised projections to clients. PC shipments will be down between 10.1% to 20.6% in Q1 2020,
Robert Kadlec, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at HHS, who reportedly argued against the CDC’s recommendations, seen on a panel in Washington D.C. on February 18, 2020.Photo: Getty Images The U.S. State Department overruled the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), choosing to bring 14 Americans who were infected
Nandini YadavFeb 21, 2020 17:10:30 IST Snapchat has launched two brand new lenses on the platform, and I truly believe no other lens in the past has been as fun. The cat lens came a little close though. There are two lenses — The Floor is Lava and The Floor is Wet — called Ground Segmentation lenses, transform the ground beneath.
Rumors Verizon wasn’t keen to continue stocking Google Pixel smartphones have been squashed by the carrier. In a statement Verizon says: “There’s no truth to this story. Verizon continues to work with Google and looks forward to the new portfolio of devices.” This makes it clear Verizon wants to continue its long-standing partnership with Google,
Tier, the European e-scooter rentals startup that operates in 55 cities across 11 countries, has topped up its funding for the second time in four months. The Berlin-based company has extended its Series B round to over $100 million, up from $60 million disclosed in October. The additional capital is a mix of equity and
tech2 News StaffFeb 21, 2020 13:59:58 IST Reliance Jio has announced a new prepaid plan for its subscribers with an almost year-long validity. As per the company website, this plan will cost you Rs 2,121 and will offer 1.5 GB data per day. In addition to this, buyers will get Jio to Jio unlimited calling and
Electriphi, a provider of charging management and fleet monitoring software for electric vehicles, has joined the scrum of startups looking to provide services to the growing number of electric vehicle fleets in the U.S. The San Francisco-based company has just raised $3.5 million in seed funding from investors, including Wireframe Ventures, the Urban Innovation Fund
We’ve been dropping into the Australian startup scene increasingly over the years as the ecosystem has been building at an increasingly faster pace, most notably at our own TechCrunch Battlefield Australia in 2017. Further evidence that the scene is growing has come recently in the shape of the Pause Fest conference in Melbourne. This event
VAL and Oculus are offering cash money to the world’s best Pistol Whippers. Since the launch of Cloudhead Games highly anticipated VR shooter Pistol Whip, gamers have been hard at work mowing down waves of low poly bad guys to the beat of a thumping EDM soundtrack. Its fast-paced action has you shooting, pistol-whipping, and
The first season of The Mandalorian was a massive hit for Disney, but just how much of a technical achievement it was might get overlooked amid all of the Baby Yoda fervor. Fortunately, visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic released a making-of video that does a nice job of illustrating the series’ unique approach to
As more and more people are opting for online-only services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video over traditional cable and satellite TV subscriptions, –a practice colloquially known as “cutting the cord” — streaming is quickly becoming the standard for how we enjoy content. With even newer streaming services like ESPN+, Hulu, and Sling, sports
A new Federal Communications Commission filing suggests that Lenovo may have a new, self-emptying robot vacuum in the works. Although Lenovo is not explicitly mentioned within the FCC application, several of the photos depict a white robotic vacuum cleaner with Lenovo branding across its top. What’s more interesting is that the label is branded with
“The Mandalorian” was a pretty good show. On that most people seem to agree. But while a successful live-action Star Wars TV series is important in its own right, the way this particular show was made represents a far greater change, perhaps the most important since the green screen. The cutting edge tech (literally) behind
A handful of new headsets and swappable faceplates breathes new life into HTC’s lineup of modular VR hardware. When HTC released its Vive Cosmos back in October last year, it came with some much-needed improvements to the original HTC Vive design; a flip-up visor, all-new RGB LCD panels, a wide tracking FOV, and a revolutionary
In an effort to undo decades of building design and urban planning that’s made spaces inaccessible to those with mobility challenges, 62-year old Rita Ebel is spending part of her golden years building wheelchair ramps out of colorful Lego bricks in an effort to improve the small German town she calls home in several different
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Tesla’s Model 3 is among the top 10 choices for car buyers in 2020, according to Consumer Reports. The nonprofit organization released its “Top Picks” of the year on Thursday, and it included Tesla’s most affordable vehicle alongside cars from automakers including Toyota, Subaru, Honda, Kia and Lexus. The Model 3 was chosen as one
It’s been just over a year since the premiere of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, and with filming on the second season concluded, fans are finally getting a peek at what season 2 will bring for the show’s dysfunctional family of superheroes. Netflix released a series of posters on Twitter featuring each of the show’s main
The first hint of pricing for Intel’s upcoming 10th generation of Comet Lake CPUs suggests that the new generation could be more expensive than the last across the board. Listings for a number of entry-level and midrange 10th-gen CPUs have appeared on Czech and Slovakian digital stores, and the prices are between 2 and 15
Nandini YadavFeb 20, 2020 21:00:31 IST Samsung Galaxy Z Flip is the first clamshell design foldable phone that I’ve managed to get my grubby hands on, and I have to say, I felt super greedy when I looked at that mirror purple variant. I wanted to flick that flipping’ phone and run. Morals be damned!
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