Windows 11 brought some welcome new features and a redesigned interface, but we haven’t gotten everything we wanted. Microsoft Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows 11, flaunts a redesigned interface with a more Mac-like aesthetic and some useful new features (including easier virtual desktop creation, widgets, Android app downloads and a more integrated Microsoft Teams experience),
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Embedded finance continues to be the engine driving the growth of fintech, with one group of companies building core banking, payments and other financial technology, and a much bigger group tapping that technology through APIs to build customer-facing businesses. Today, one of the bigger players on the core technology side — Global Processing Services —
MycoWorks, a company making a fungal-based biomaterial that can replace leather, brought in a fresh round of funding — $125 million in Series C financing — to fund a production plant for scaling the manufacture of its flagship product Reishi. CEO Matt Scullin says what his company is doing in terms of fabrics is different
Prepare to be mindblown by 2013’s Coherence. Amazon Prime Love watching psychologically twisted films that have you reading late-night Reddit theories about their endings? I have a request. Please stop endlessly scrolling on whatever streaming service you’ve been staring at, pop on Amazon Prime and watch 2013’s low-budget sci-fi flick Coherence ASAP — it’s free for subscribers, right now.
Aleksandra Korczynska Contributor Aleksandra Korczynska, the CMO of GetResponse, guides global SaaS marketing and growth. Driven by data analytics and growth hacking, she has crafted go-to-market strategies for global brands (ex-Uber) and tech startups alike. Sales stand and fall on leads, but attracting prospects and optimally converting them into buyers is an art that many
Wordle copycats get the boot. Power Language Daily online word game Wordle has exploded in popularity over the past month with hundreds of thousands of people playing. It’s no surprise clones of the game began appearing on Apple’s App Store, but it appears these copycats are being removed. Apple got rid of several Wordle clones from its
Coddy Trentuit (YouTube) A group made up of Forest of Illusion and other generous benefactors was eventually able to secure a copy of eSMART 2.0 for a whopping ¥300,000 (or around $2,600 USD). After ensuring the game’s preservation by backing up the cartridge’s data, Forest of Illusion sent eSMART 2.0 to Trentuit, who shared a
Good news for Wear OS southpaws: Google is adding the ability to rotate the screen on Wear OS watches 180 degrees. There is, however, a catch — you might have to upgrade to get the feature. The news was initially spotted on Reddit by journalist Mishaal Rahman and picked up by Android Central. In a
There’s no substitute for a great night’s sleep, which is always painfully apparent if you’re having a tough time getting one. Anxiety and insomnia can be frustrating, especially if you’ve tried other methods like white noise machines and sleep masks to no avail. If you’re looking for an alternative solution, a weighted blanket may be exactly what you need.
The run, which Tom says took four hours of real time to complete, had some ground rules: First, obviously, he couldn’t shoot any firearms—not just those with bullets, but energy weapons, too. “My original intention was to actually take the pistol all the way to the end,” Tom told Kotaku via email, but that proved
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: With the H-1B lottery
The seemingly indefatigable Nvidia Shield is getting another major Android update, with the new Shield Software Experience Upgrade 9.0 that adds Android 11 and a host of other upgrades. The new update is rolling out to all Shield set-top boxes, including the original model from 2015 — which originally ran Android 5.0 Lollipop when it
In February 2020, I found that that it was possible not only to mute conversations or other accounts on Twitter, but (courtesy of a tweet by @nonprofWHIT ) that you could also mute a specific word. And you could do it straight from a tweet. Now, Twitter has announced it is expanding this feature so
Boba Fett and Fennec Shand take a meeting outside Jabba’s palace. Lucasfilm The Book of Boba Fett continued its Tatooine adventure on Disney Plus Wednesday, as the third chapter of the seven-episode live-action Star Wars show hit the streaming service. It followed would-be crime boss Boba having a tense encounter with the Twins, a pair
The sign of a true entrepreneur is someone who can look around and go “wait a minute, there must be a better way.” That approach worked well for Outlines‘ founders, who are tackling the unsexy but pretty serious recycling issue of shower curtain liners. The company just closed a $1 million pre-seed lead by Social Impact
A JetBlue plane readies for take-off with downtown New York City in the background. James Martin/CNET The Federal Aviation Administration has released a list of airports that will have temporary buffer zones around them that will ban new 5G coverage set to go live later in January for a period of six months. In that
The upcoming “Levi Ackerman bundle” is named after the anime’s most popular character. The PlayStation blog goes into more detail as to what players can expect in the bundle, but people on Twitter don’t appear to share Sony’s excitement for the collab. “I just took +800 psychic damage.” “Weirdest collab i’ve seen in my life.”
If there’s one thing that venture capitalists have taught me, it’s that aligned incentives can kick ass. It’s a phrase you’ll hear often if you spend time with professional private market investors. But if I summon my collegiate years, the phrase is really just the economic principle that individuals respond to incentives, restated in a
At first, I tried to simulate a workplace that most closely resembled the situation in the United States today. I set the vaccinated population to 60%, the number of infected employees to 30%, and I guessed that maybe half were wearing masks. I also started out with 100 employees so that calculating percentages would be
French startup Back Market has raised another mega round of funding. In May, the company raised a $335 million Series D round. Today, the company is announcing a $510 million Series E round, which values the company at $5.7 billion. If you’re not familiar with Back Market, the company operates a marketplace of refurbished electronics
The best mattress for dedicated side sleepers should offer enough pressure relief for your hips and shoulders. Dedicated side sleepers should also consider factors like mattress firmness or whether motion transfer is reduced (the latter is key when sharing a bed). And for combination sleepers who want a firmer mattress that offers pressure relief and support,
IBM announced this morning that it has acquired Australian startup Envizi to add to its package of ESG (environmental, sustainability and governance) offerings to help measure environmental impact up and down the supply chain. The companies did not share the terms of the acquisition, but with Envizi Big Blue gets a platform for measuring, managing
Twig, a London-based fintech targeting Gen Z and younger Millennial consumers with an e-money account that gives them instant cash-outs on fashion and electronics they want to sell, has closed a $35 million Series A round of funding. The investment is led by UK-based fintech specialist, Fasanara Capital, with additional backing from a number of
It seems the ban was because Disguised Toast watched “hours and hours” of anime without adding any of his own commentary. This has been dubbed the “TV Meta” within Twitch, in which streamers big and small watch and react to film and television while live on their channels. Everyone’s doing it, from Pokimane to Félix
A judge appointed by the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Google must turn over some 180 documents related to an internal campaign to fight union organizing efforts by employees. Dubbed Project Vivian, a Google attorney described the ongoing effort between 2018 and 2020 as a way to “engage employees more positively and convince
French startup Doctolib is expected to close the acquisition of Tanker today based on regulatory filings. Doctolib is a French unicorn that develops a software-as-a-service product to help doctors and medical workers with admin tasks. In particular, Doctolib acts as a booking platform that connects doctors with patients. 300,000 health professionals pay for the service
The original RTX 3080 came with 10GB of memory. Lori Grunin/CNET Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled a new version of its GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card with 12GB of memory, a 2GB bump over the 10GB version of the RTX 3080 that came out in 2020. The upgraded 12GB RTX 3080 will be available starting today
1 of 57 DC 2022 is the year of sequels (again) 2022 is a big year at the box office, as pandemic-delayed sequels and blockbusters get crunched into theaters at last. We’ll see not one but two Batmans, plus multiple multiverses as DC and Marvel unleash their latest flicks starring Batman, Thor, Doctor Strange and
When asked how many costumes she has, Enako replied, “I wonder. I’ve never counted them, but I think around 400 to 500 [costumes].” Advertisement With that many costumes, you must be organized. This is a good way to keep track of the outfits, too. Screenshot: ビジネスドライブ/YouTube Advertisement Each container has a photo of the contents,
A study by McKinsey & Company on general e-commerce activities in Africa says consumer spending will reach over $2 trillion in the next three years. Much of this spending falls under the importation of products, primarily influenced by consumer demand and the positioning of major e-commerce platforms in Africa. Afrikrea, an Ivorian startup founded in
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