Month: April 2024
TikTok faces a ban in the US, Tesla profits drop and healthcare data leaks
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering this week’s noteworthy happenings in tech. TikTok’s fate in the U.S. looks uncertain after President Joe Biden signed a bill that included a deadline for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to divest itself of TikTok within nine months or face a ban on distributing it … Read more
Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say
President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday that could ban TikTok – for real this time. After so many false starts and stops, some creator economy founders and their clients are rolling their eyes. They’ve been through this before. “I think two years ago, this would have been devastating,” Karat Financial co-founder and co-CEO … Read more
Keep Out – WebGL Game
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The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge I paid a lot of money for the privilege of getting an Apple Vision Pro brand-new in February. All-in, with optical inserts and taxes, I financed a little over $3,900 for the 256GB version of the headset. A day or so ago, I made a mistake that I’m … Read more
This 360 treadmill could make Disney’s metaverse a physical playground
YouTuber and Ultimate star MKBHD tested the device using a game controller, his legs, and the Force.
VMware outsourcing their support
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Investors won’t give you the real reason they are passing on your startup
“When an investor passes on you, they will not tell you the real reason,” said Tom Blomfield, group partner at Y Combinator. “At seed stage, frankly, no one knows what’s going to fucking happen. The future is so uncertain. All they’re judging is the perceived quality of the founder. When they pass, what they’re thinking … Read more
Have a look at this Terminator 2 fan restoration project
Still one of the coolest shots in all of sci-fi, even in orange. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Terminator 2: Judgment Day was — and is, for some — the standard-bearer for bombastic tentpole action films after it was released in 1991, but many of its fans have been less than enthusiastic about … Read more
Einsum for Tensor Manipulation
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Mastering Maps in Go: Everything You Need to Know
A map (also known as an associative array, hash table, hash map, hash set, dict) is an essential data structure for solving different algorithmic problems during day-to-day work, on programming contests, or during job interviews. Therefore, it’s essential to understand which features maps provide to you as a developer: the operations supported by them, the … Read more
Apple reportedly courting OpenAI to develop AI features for iPhone
The Cupertino company is also considering a partnership with Google.
Bose’s excellent QC Ultra Earbuds are matching their all-time low
The QuietComfort Ultra offer the best noise cancellation you can get in a pair of wireless earbuds, full stop. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge If the bar for noise-canceling earbuds seems high right now, that’s because Bose and Sony seem to raise it with every addition to their respective lineups. The QuietComfort … Read more
The Noonification: What Is E-Waste Hacking? (4/27/2024)
How are you, hacker? 🪐What’s happening in tech this week: The Noonification by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our top 5 stories of the day, every day at noon your local time! Set email preference here. ## From Science Fiction to Reality: The Promise of Neurocomputing and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) By … Read more
Deal Dive: Givebutter is turning a profit making tech for nonprofits
Givebutter recently raised $50 million for its CRM platform for nonprofits as startups building tech for that industry gain momentum. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
From Science Fiction to Reality: The Promise of Neurocomputing and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs)
A time is coming when your thoughts will be the only activity you need to get things done. Have you ever been so caught up with work, you don’t want to move a muscle? You are not willing to use your voice because you feel the ideas will escape once you do. So, what do … Read more