Okay, European startup fans. You’ve procrastinated long enough. Tomorrow, we’ll be releasing a batch of 50 pairs of tickets to Disrupt Berlin 2017, but in order to take advantage of this limited-time 2-4-1 opportunity, you’ll need to sign up today. Read More
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The TSA took somebody’s rainbow knives, and Instagram commenters were on point with their sharp responses.
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Samsung is reportedly gearing to revive the Galaxy Note 7, its disastrous 2016 smartphone that was recalled after battery problems caused units to catch fire, with the limited release of a new model. The company hinted a few months ago that it planned to make such a move, but now we have more details. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Note 7 FE (that stands for ‘Fandom… Read More
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Berlin-based GoEuro, the well-funded European travel planner platform, is looking to the Far East for business growth, announcing today that it’s inked a distribution partnership with Chinese travel booking platform, Qunar. Its hope: to capture some of the spending power of Chinese tourists wanting to take less well traveled routes around Europe. Read More
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Alphabet/Google’s self-driving car division Waymo disclosed earlier this month that it is working on (semi-)autonomous trucks, and now we have our first look at the vehicles in question. Jalopnik published a number of photos of a Waymo branded truck kitted out with a radar, lidar and ultrasonic radars. Waymo is, of course, not alone in exploring autonomous trucking. The company took Uber… Read More
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Almost every year my buddy Jack Deneut has helped set up PragueCrunch, our kind-of-semi-annual celebration of Czech startups. And it’s happening again this year! The event is on July 13, 2017 at Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden. You can RSVP here. We’ll have Kozel and Gambrinus beer all night and traditional Czech pub food for purchase at the venue. Startups will have 90 seconds to… Read More
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The massive ransomware attack has reached Australia, sending things really wonky at the chocolate factory. Ahhhhh fudge.
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Amazon released a new update to Echo devices and the Alexa app that allows users to drop in on one another or use the speakers as a household intercom.
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Qualcomm’s new fingerprint sensors are the first to sit beneath a smartphone’s display. They detect gestures, too, and can read heart rate in real time. The company expects them to ship in 2018.
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 450, the newest flagship in the chip maker’s mid-tier 400 series, performs 30 percent better than its year-old predecessor. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
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