Fancy zippers and webbing don’t add up to a great bag.
Source: Wired
The universe can welcome yet another entrant into the space race, and yet another company into Richard Branson’s portfolio.. TechCrunch has learned that Branson’s Virgin Orbit has quietly created VOX Space, a wholly owned subsidiary of its space freight business, that will focus on servicing government contracts from the U.S. and its political allies. For Virgin Orbit, the creation… Read More
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum have created as much excitement among a new generation of investors and speculators in this century as tulip bulbs meant for a past generation of prospectors, with about the same level of nuance of understanding. To help separate the wheat from the chaff of today’s investment harvest, TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin welcomes two of the founding figures… Read More
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The rumors had it right: Sony is rebooting its robot dog, Aibo, announcing a new four-legged companion AI-powered bot incoming with the same brand name but more rounded corners and visible facial features for extra kawaii, including a pair of expressive, puppy-dog eyes. Read More
Source: TechCrunch
The Focal Sib Evo Dolby Atmos 5.1.2 surround kit offers great looks and decent performance, but audio quality, especially from the sub, falls short of competitors.
Source: CNET
Google’s Geoff Hinton helped catalyze the current AI boom and says he knows how to make machines smarter at understanding the world.
Source: Wired
A provocative design concept from the studio Teague asks questions about burgeoning tech.
Source: Wired
TV is getting old, and video games can only take you so far. The future of entertainment is inside a virtual-reality headset, where we’ll conquer fears, solve crimes, have adventures, and escape reality.
The post Why binge watch when you can binge experience? TV is about to seem old-school appeared first on Digital Trends.
Source: Digital trends
Nearly three years on from Microsoft unveiling its HoloLens augmented reality headsets, the company today announced a major expansion of its availability: 29 more markets in Europe, nearly tripling the total number of countries where you can buy the device up to 39. The news shows that while we don’t have a firm number of how many units have been sold, we do know that Microsoft is… Read More
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Grab is best known for rivaling Uber in Southeast Asia, but today the company took a major step into becoming a fintech player, too.
That’s because the ride-sharing firm, which recently raised $2 billion from SoftBank and China’s Didi Chuxing, rolled out support for its GrabPay service among third-party merchants for the first time today.
Grab is present in seven markets across… Read More
Source: TechCrunch