Free eBooks
News
Category
Goto Page
-
Loren Grush
On January 18th, SpaceX is launching one of its last big flight tests for NASA, one that could ultimately pave the way for the company to fly people to space later this year. For this flight, SpaceX will test out the emergency escape system on its new passenger spacecraft — and will probably destroy a Falcon 9 rocket in the process.
-
Sam Byford
Netflix has acquired the rights to 21 feature films from the beloved Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli for all regions outside the US, Canada, and Japan. The company will add the movies to its library in waves starting on February 1st.
-
Sam Byford
Epic Games has just released an update for the iOS version of Fortnite that unlocks a 120 frames per second mode for the latest (2018) iPad Pro. This mode makes the most of the screen’s high refresh rate to deliver ultra-smooth performance.
-
-
James Vincent
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has called for new regulations in the world of AI, highlighting the dangers posed by technology like facial recognition and deepfakes, while stressing that any legislation must balance “potential harms ... with social opportunities.” Pichai said that international alignment on these issues were needed, but ultimately advocates for a cautious approach.
-
Michael Moore
While it can be difficult to devote enough time to finish the main quest line of an open-world game like Assassin’s Creed or Infamous, never mind the additional stuff. The Touryst on Nintendo Switch scratches that itch, only in a much shorter time frame.
-
Jacob Kastrenakes
Watch this week’s new trailers from Marvel, Sony, AMC, Netflix, and more, including a new Netflix show co-hosted by Queer Eye’s Tan France.
-
-
Jon Porter
Instagram is removing the IGTV shortcut button from the top right corner of the app’s home screen. IGTV is Instagram’s long-form video service launched in 2018.
-
Cameron Faulkner
The European Commission’s recent statement on its common charger initiative to reduce proprietary chargers isn’t as targeted on Apple’s cable as several publications have reported. It’s about wall chargers, not the Lightning port.
-
Jon Porter
Over 600 US law enforcement agencies have started using a new facial recognition system from Clearview AI. It built a database using billions of images scraped from the web.
-
-
Thomas Ricker
Tae-moon Roh is the new chief of Samsung’s mobile division, taking over for DJ Koh. Roh is described as an engineering maven who’s meticulous about phone features. Roh joined Samsung in 1997 and has been a key player in the research and development of the Galaxy device lineup.
-
Darrell Etherington
Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. We’re off and running with good milestones achieved for NASA’s commercial crew program, which means it’s more likely than ever we’ll actually see astronauts launch f…
-
Manish Singh
Google has inked a deal with India’s third-largest telecom operator as the American giant looks to grow its cloud customer base in the key overseas market that is increasingly emerging as a new cloud battleground for AWS and Microsoft . Google Cloud announced on Monday that the new partnership, eff…
-
Romain Dillet
A couple of weeks ago, France’s digital minister Cédric O announced some changes when it comes to stock options in France. President Emmanuel Macron is going to talk about the new policy today ahead of the World Economic Forum. While I don’t want to be too technical, here’s a quick overview of the …
-
Jake Bright
The Catalyst Fund has gained $15 million in new support from JP Morgan and UK Aid and will back 30 fintech startups in Africa, Asia, and Latin America over the next three years. The Boston based accelerator provides mentorship and non-equity funding to early-stage tech ventures focused on driving f…
-
Steve O'Hear
Tink, the European open banking platform, is disclosing €90 million in new funding, just 11 months after the Sweden-headquartered company announced a €56 million round of funding. Co-leading this new round is Dawn Capital, HMI Capital and Insight Partners. The round also includes the incumbent post…
-
Manish Singh
Samsung, which once led India’s smartphone market, is investing $500 million in its India operations to set up a manufacturing plant at the outskirts of New Delhi to produce displays. The company disclosed the investment and its plan in a filing to the local regulator earlier this month. The South …
-
-
Jonathan Shieber
The roughly 300,000 marchers that filled the streets of downtown Los Angeles for the third annual Women’s March received more than just an opportunity to hear from some of the state’s high powered politicians, they were also part of a new experiment from local March organizers in bringi…
-
Rita Liao
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. The spotlight this week is back on Tencent, which has made some interesting moves in gaming and content publishing. There will be…
News Powered by newsapi.org
