- 300M-user Imgur launches Melee, a gaming meme app
- GM, LG Chem to invest $2.3 billion in EV battery joint ventureGM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said Thursday morning that the automaker is forming a joint venture with LG Chem to mass produce battery cells for its electric vehicles. The two companies said ... read more
- GV spinout Plexo Capital closes $42.5 million fundPlexo Capital, the fund founded by former GV Partner Lo Toney, has closed its first fund of $42.5 million. The plan is to invest in both startups and emerging VC funds, with 60% to ... read more
- Imgur launches Melee, a dedicated gaming section trying to rival Twitch ClipsImage: Imgur Twitch’s clips feature is one of the best ways for streamers to have their finest gaming moments go viral, and now, photo-sharing site Imgur is trying to get in on the action with ... read more
- How to wipe your MacBook, iMac, Mac Pro, or Mac miniPhoto by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge If you own an older Mac computer, wiping the hard drive to prep it for sale is simple. But for newer models, including the iMac Pro, the 2018 ... read more
- The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Deconstructing Sony’s video game console is a mind-bending trip into carbon-intensive global electronics Continue reading… ... read more
- Sony RX100 Mark VII review: almost vloggerSony’s latest RX100 adds some long requested features, but it still isn’t the perfect vlogging rig Continue reading… ... read more
- SpaceX nears milestone on key crew launch system test
- Auld Lang Syne And Good-Bye To These Shows In 2020Such is the nature of TV today: Shows come and go frequently and in great numbers -- at all times of the year too. ... read more
- How Sony bought, and squandered, the future of gamingPlayStation Now had the keys to the cloud gaming kingdom, but Sony barely stuck a toe in the door Continue reading… ... read more
- Samsung Ads’ Scott Takes Outcome Promise To CESWith Thanksgiving coming and going, the holiday season looming and the end of the year in sight, the digital industry’s minds turn to… the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). In recent years, the annual January shindig ... read more
- Watch SpaceX launch a new ‘robot hotel’ and more to the Space Station live
- Ogury Raises $50 Million On A Mission To Help Apps Embrace User ConsentMobile data company Ogury raised $50 million in Series C funding on Thursday with an eye on international expansion and consumer privacy-related R&D. The round, led by existing investor Idinvest Partners, brings the company’s total ... read more
- Mobile ad tech firm Ogury raises $50mWhile it might feel like ad tech has been in a perpetual “winter is coming” state of anxiety for some time, there are still pockets of interest for companies offering specific services. In-app advertising is ... read more
- Most of the largest US voting districts are vulnerable to email spoofingOnly 5% of the largest voting counties in the U.S. are protected against email impersonation and phishing attacks, seen as a key attack method by hackers who officials say want to disrupt the upcoming presidential ... read more
- Will Streaming And Media Concentration Lead To Another Vast Wasteland?It's time to revisit the former FCC chairman Newton Minow's warning that tv networks had all but abandoned programming in the public interest due to commercialization. ... read more
- In 2020, Qualcomm’s slower chips may be more important than its best onesQualcomm’s annual Hawaiian press event to announce its products for the coming year is happening. It‘s there in part because Qualcomm needs something equally convenient for Asian and American attendees and also because the company ... read more
- Craigslist, founded 24 years ago, is finally getting its first official appCraigslist’s iOS app looks and feels like a straight copy of the website. There’s something about the brutal simplicity of Craigslist that’s always suggested an admirable caution. But even then you’d have to admit ... read more
- Why Alphabet’s days could be numbered under its new CEOGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai speaks before signing the White Houses Pledge To Americas Workers at El Centro Community College on October 3rd in Dallas | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The tech world has gone ... read more
- Google explains how Nest Hubs know to display what’s importantCommute feature will soon adjust with proximity. | GIF: Google Last month we learned that Google was rolling out ultrasound sensing to its Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays. The technology adjusts the ... read more
- Kashmiri WhatsApp accounts are being automatically deactivated because of India’s internet shutdownIndian policemen inspecting the site of a blast in Srinagar in Kashmir. | Photo credit should read Idrees Abbas / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images On Wednesday, reports on social media appeared ... read more
- Check out the prizes for TC Hackathon at Disrupt BerlinWe’ve got a packed house for the TC Hackathon that kicks off at Disrupt Berlin 2019 in just six days. We may have limited the number of participants to 500 people, but there’s no limit ... read more
- Flipkart leads $60M investment in logistics startup Shadowfax
- Beauty, drama, and Shane Dawson dominated YouTube’s Trending page in 2019Theo Wargo/WireImage It’s best to think of YouTube as a series of independent communities living on the same platform — what’s popular to one group might not even be on another community’s radar. There ... read more
- Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ tweet was ‘a life sentence without parole,’ testifies caverDay two of the defamation trial was Musk in the morning, Unsworth in the afternoon Continue reading… ... read more