Photo: Getty Images Despite surging traffic and readership as coronavirus keeps people in their homes and on the internet, the media layoffs and pay cuts just keep coming. Now, here to save journalism in its hour of need, Google has launched the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to “deliver urgent aid to thousands of small, medium
Month: April 2020
OnePlus has graduated from Flagship Killer school by releasing a flagship phone with a flagship price. The new OnePlus 8 Pro is the best OnePlus phone you can get, with the powerful Snapdragon 865, a quad-lens camera, and a killer matte glass body. OnePlus originally showed us what a cut-price phone with flagship specs could
Airwallex, a Melbourne-based cross-border financial startup that achieved “unicorn” status last year, announced today that it has raised a $160 million Series D. The round included ANZi Ventures, the investment arm of ANZ Bank, and Salesforce Ventures, along with returning investors DST Global, Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, Hillhouse Capital and Horizons Ventures. Founded in 2015,
Available now on SteamVR for a discounted price of $16.99 (for a limited time only). Today marks the early access launch of Virtual Battlegrounds, a tactical VR battle royale from developer CyberDream in which a group of 24 players duke it out across a massive 4km by 4km island until only one player—or team—is left
There was a time when radar detectors and dashcams were seen as being “shady”, only to be used by people with no regard for traffic laws. Since that time, the companies that make the devices have been working hard to make their use more mainstream and acceptable. One of the latest examples of radar detection
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the manufacture of the Coventor ventilator, a new hardware design first developed by the University of Minnesota. The project sought to create a ventilator that could provide the same level of life-saving care as existing ventilator models, but with a much lower cost to help ramp
Microsoft is embarking on a new sustainability initiative as part of its overall approach to support environmental protection measures, with a project it calls the ‘Planetary Computer.’ This will actually be a computing endeavor that uses aggregated global environmental data collected from a number of sources as its input, and that will seek to employe
VSCO, the popular photo editing app and Instagram rival, is the latest company to undergo layoffs attributed to the COVID-19 crisis, which has put a strain on venture-backed startups. According to a report from NPR, which was then confirmed by VSCO co-founder and CEO Joel Flory on LinkedIn, the company is laying off around 30%
After three relatively underwhelming superhero movies, Warner Bros. Pictures finally struck gold with 2017’s Wonder Woman, a critical and commercial hit that broke a long list of box office records on its way to becoming one of the most successful superhero movies of all time. Its sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, finally has a trailer, and we have what
The last gadgets we all thought would be at near out-of-stock levels during a pandemic are webcams. It’s hard to imagine, but that’s our current reality. Shopping online may not yield as many offerings, since many of the established name brands are out of stock — leaving only suspect alternatives. So, what are your options?
OverdriveApr 15, 2020 18:16:12 IST The whole world is going through a critical time with the Coronavirus pandemic affecting everyone from all walks of life. This includes the automobile industry as well, both the manufacturers and the ancillary suppliers. However, we expect the situation to improve in the coming months. And if it does indeed,
Credit Kudos, a U.K. fintech using open banking to provide more accurate credit scoring, has raised £5 million in Series A funding. Leading the round is AlbionVC, which is joined by TriplePoint, Plug & Play Ventures, Ascension Ventures’ Fair by Design fund, and Entrepreneur First (EF). In addition, a number of fintech angels participated. They
Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Donald Trump announced the White House would implement an immediate hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, making good on threats earlier this month to punish the UN health organization in the middle of the novel coronavirus pandemic. News of the freeze comes as confirmed
Like a few other brand names, Photoshop is a trademark which is now so common that it has become the catch-all term for any kind of digital image editing. It even has the unique honor of having been made into a verb in modern parlance, with people commonly referring to pictures having been “Photoshopped.” That
Like it or not, most of your human interaction probably takes place in front of a camera now. As social-distancing rules have shuttered workplaces, theaters, and bars across the world, homebound people are flocking to apps like Zoom and FaceTime to work from home, watch movies together, and remotely share a cold one. But good
Adriel is a South Korean startup bringing automated ad tools to small businesses — and in recent months, it’s been expanding into the United States and the United Kingdom. This might seem like exactly the wrong time to be growing an ad-buying platform, since we’re at the beginning of what’s likely to be a tremendous
When you think about wearable tech, chances are that your mind goes to a device like the Apple Watch long before it does the Band-Aid-style smart patch developed by Epicore Biosystems. But the company, which spun out of Northwestern University’s Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics and professor John A. Rogers’ laboratory, has been hard at
Interested in ichthyology or curious about crustaceans? Skype a Scientist lets you bring experts into your home (virtually) to answer all your questions — for free. Dr. Sarah McAnulty is a squid biologist and executive director of Skype a Scientist. She started the program in 2017 as a way to connect classrooms with scientists, but
Discover and play indie VR/AR content without having to make a single download. XR experiences in general, have proven themselves to be an amazing tool for everything from workforce training and digital marketing to product visualization, entertainment, and immersive online education. Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR
Reports state the next installment will feature a first-person perspective and the return of RE7 protagonist Ethan Winters. According to a series of new leaks making the rounds online, Capcom’s next installment to their legendary survival horror series Resident Evil will feature VR support for Playstation VR. According to the Japanese video game new publication
The student loan crisis has crescendoed to even worse heights. As universities shut down across the country due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and employment opportunities dim with the rapidly decelerating economy, today’s students and postgrads need better tools than ever to navigate their finances. Unfortunately, student loans in the United States are extraordinarily complicated,
FP TrendingApr 14, 2020 20:12:51 IST Tata Sky Broadband has revealed that it will be placing Fair Usage Policy (FUP) limits on its unlimited data plans. According to the company’s website, unlimited data plans will soon come with a FUP limit of 1,500 GB per month. Representational image. Reuters Once a user crosses this limit,
Truphone, a UK-based startup that provides voice and data services for phones, tablets and IoT hardware by way of eSIM software integrated directly into the devices, has raised another round of funding to continue expanding its business. The company, which told TechCrunch today that it counts Apple as a key partner, has raised another £30
Undated propaganda photo of dictator Kim Jong Un published by North Korea’s DPRK TodayPhoto: DPRK Today North Korea test-fired multiple short-range missiles early Tuesday morning, according to several reports, serving as a great reminder that there are plenty of other things that could destroy humanity beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Nuclear war between the U.S. and
Do you feel like someone is always watching you and tracking where you are? If you do, then you are probably correct. Apps on your smartphone often include tracking that follows what you do and where you go. If you want a bit more privacy, there is a way to turn off tracking. We’ll help
If you are like most people, your smartphone is probably a fixture in your daily life. However, despite its usefulness, it is hard to deny that the cost of service can get rather high. When you feel like you are paying too much for your cellular service, you can opt to use a Mobile Virtual
A startup that created a dedicated gadget to help ensure the safety of electrical industry workers has turned their talents to addressing the need for similar workplace protections in the face of another threat: COVID-19. Vancouver-based Proxxi is launching Halo, a wrist-worn wearable device that can provide a vibration notification to alert someone of the
Google is reportedly on the verge of stepping up their hardware game in a way that follows the example set by Apple, with custom-designed silicon powering future smartphones. Axios reports that Google is readying its own in-house processors for use in future Pixel devices, including both phones and eventually Chromebooks, too. Google’s efforts around its
As the coronavirus crisis continues, hiring data is emerging that paints a mixed picture for U.K. tech, which, in the preceding months and years has been stuck on a growth trajectory of up and to the right. That appears to have changed almost over night. According to numbers shared exclusively with TechCrunch from job sites
tech2 News StaffApr 14, 2020 11:25:07 IST Oppo launched its Oppo Ace2 in China with 65 W wired SuperVOOC fast charging and 40 W Air VOOC wireless fast charging support. The smartphone also comes with 5G connectivity and sports a 90 Hz refresh rate display. The smartphone is a successor of Oppo Reno Ace that
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