Archivo del Autor: Belen De Leon

Benchmark sues former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick

 Benchmark, the Silicon Valley venture firm and early investor in Uber, has sued former CEO Travis Kalanick. In a Delaware Chancery Court filing, originally identified by Axios’ Dan Primack, the suit alleges that Kalanick committed fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. Both Kalanick and Benchmark hold Uber board seats. Accusing Kalanick of being “selfish”… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

100-year-old Antarctic fruitcake looks (almost) edible – CNET

An undead fruitcake rises from the darkness of history and impresses the Antarctic Heritage Trust with its immortality.
Source: CNET

BMW's electric scooter is coming to the US, but it won't be cheap – Roadshow

It’s about 36 percent more expensive than BMW’s cheapest scooter.
Source: CNET

Acer Predator XB272 gaming monitor review

Welcome to the future, where monitors are so fast we can’t actually show you how fast they are. During our Acer Predator XB272 review, we were constantly struggling to find ways to put its impossibly fast 240Hz refresh rate into words.

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Source: Digital trends

Backblaze’s unlimited backup service increases upload and restore speeds, adds file sharing and more

 Backblaze is one of the few unlimited backup services standing — in part because of its prowess in securing its own hard drives and building its own cloud services. Today, the company launched version 5.0 of its service and desktop clients. This new version introduces faster backups and restores, as well as improved browsing speed, image previews on the restore page and a new file… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

8 ways to fix Snapchat

 Snap’s cool factor is wearing off. It needs new ways to entertain teens and score ad dollars. That means challenging some of its deepest-held philosophies about who Snapchat is for and how it works. From changing its feed to seducing influencers to fighting Facebook, here’s what we think Snap needs to do. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Corsair Neutron NX500 SSD burns with speed, but doesn’t scorch your PC

Corsair introduced its fastest solid state disk to date, the Neutron NX500. It slides into one of the open PCI Express slots in your PC. It has a starting price of $320, but the storage speed increase may be worth it.

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Source: Digital trends

Google's CEO Must Answer These Questions About That Memo

More than 5,400 Google employees have weighed in on queries Sundar Pichai should tackle related to controversial diversity memo.
Source: Wired

Maxine Waters Is More Than the Sum of Her Memes

By projecting loose cultural sentiments onto Waters’s public-facing persona, the internet has occluded the gravity of her work.
Source: Wired

Consumer Reports pulls Microsoft Surface tablet and laptop recommendations

Microsoft’s Surface family suffered a major blow Thursday, as Consumer Reports not only pulled its recommendation for all Surface-branded products, but moves them into the dreaded “not recommended” category.

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Source: Digital trends