Virtual reality is an isolating experience. You power it up, strap the headset on and just sort of drift off into your own world. But maybe that doesn’t...
Test.ai nabs $11M Series A led by Google to put bots to work testing apps
For developers, the process of determining whether every new update is going to botch some core functionality can take up a lot of time and resources,...
Gusto raises $140 million to go after small business payroll and benefits with more gusto
Gusto, which sells payroll, benefits and human resources management and monitoring services to small businesses, has raised $140 million in its latest...
Ancestry and 23andMe Agree to New Rules to Make You Feel Safer Handing Over Your DNA
Some of the top genomic-testing companies have agreed to abide by a new set of guidelines when sharing consumers’ DNA information with law enforcement...
California's Death Valley Will Have the Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth
July has been one for extreme heat around the world, but every locale pales in comparison to what’s going on at Death Valley in California. Already one...
The World’s Largest King Penguin Colony Is Catastrophically Shrinking—and We Don’t Know Why
The last time scientists visited Ile aux Cochons in 1982, an island that is part of an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, the king penguin population...
Facebook really doesn’t want users to go to a fake Unite the Right counter-protest next week
According to COO Sheryl Sandberg, getting ahead of an event called “No Unite the Right 2, DC” is the reason behind Facebook’s decision to disclose new...
Just How Far Can You Push an Electric Car Battery?
It weighs 440 pounds, it endures temperatures up to 140 degrees, and it’s been on a four-year stint that amounts to the same distance as going to the...
The Perfect Nerf Knock-Offs
Nerf ranks up there with Lego, Hot Wheels, and Barbie, as one of the most recognizable brands in the toy industry, but can you have just as much fun...
Actually Appear In Your Own Vacation Photos With This Flexible Tripod Deal
You know when you ask someone to take a picture of you and your family on vacation, and you quickly learn that almost nobody understands how to take...
Google partners with news orgs to show more data in its search results
Google today announced that it is working with a number of news organizations to surface more data from their data journalism projects in its search results....
Waymo partners with Phoenix to connect people to public transit
Waymo, the former Google self-driving project that spun out to become a business under Alphabet, is launching program in Phoenix next month that will...
Topher Grace Made a 2-Hour Cut of The Hobbit Trilogy, and the World Deserves to See It
Actor Topher Grace, otherwise known as that guy who’s not playing Venom anymore, has an interesting hobby of editing down giant trilogies into single...
The Original Murderous Digital Assistant Is Now a Bluetooth Speaker
HAL 9000 is the original suspicious digital assistant. Before we invite Alexa, Google, and Siri into our lives to surveil our every action there was...
Just 24 hours until prices go up for Disrupt SF 2018 passes
A lot can happen in 24 hours. Just ask Jack Bauer, the hard-charging protagonist from the TV drama series 24. Seriously, he had to save the world every...
Facebook has found evidence of influence campaigns targeting U.S. midterms
In a newsroom post Tuesday, Facebook revealed that it has detected evidence of “coordinated inauthentic behavior” designed to influence U.S. politics...
The Istio service mesh hits version 1.0
Istio, the service mesh for microservices from Google, IBM, Lyft, Red Hat and many other players in the open source community, launched version 1.0 of...
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Autonomous-aviation startup Xwing takes flight with $4 million in funding
Marc Piette had a revelation as he buzzed in and out of the Palo Alto Airport in pursuit of his pilot’s license. Instead of freedom, he saw restraint....
How a U.S. Military Contractor Wanted to Use Jetpacks in the Vietnam War
When you think of jetpacks, your first thought is probably an image of some fun, care-free piece of pop culture like The Jetsons or James Bond. Or maybe...
I, for one, welcome our robotic ukulele overlords
It is unclear where the UkuRobot came from and where it will go once it is done with humanity but I fear that it is up to no good. Look at this robot:...
Everything old is new again as demand response comes to real estate with Blueprint Power
Real estate developers and their properties are getting an opportunity to cash in on power management and surplus energy production thanks to a new company...
One extra week to apply to Startup Battlefield MENA 2018
If there’s one truth that applies to early-stage startup founders, it’s that there never seems to be enough time to get it all done. We feel your struggle....
Mammoth Biosciences raises $23 million for its CRISPR-based disease detection engine
Mammoth Biosciences, the biotech company that grew out of a close relationship with CRISPR legend Jennifer Doudna, has raised $23 million in a sturdy...
Crypto exchange Binance buys Trust Wallet in first acquisition deal
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange based on volume, has made its first acquisition after it snapped up mobile wallet company Trust Wallet.
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