The IT Crowd US Pilot (2007) [video]
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Larry Page’s flying car startup Kitty Hawk is shutting down
Heaviside was Kitty Hawk’s last eVTOL in development. | Image: Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk, the ambitious “flying car” startup funded by Google co-founder Larry Page, is winding down, which the company confirmed in a brief post on LinkedIn earlier today. According to a report from Insider, sources inside the company said Kitty Hawk had already … Read more
NASA loads Artemis I rocket with fuel in major troubleshooting test
At the base of the Space Launch System, repair crews work to replace a seal on September 8th, 2022. | Photo by NASA / Chad Siwik Today, NASA got its next-generation Moon rocket all tanked up with nowhere to go. Liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen fuel were loaded into the Space Launch System (SLS) today … Read more
Daily Crunch: Moonlighters eclipsed — Wipro lets go of 300 employees who were working for its rivals
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Due to excessively poor judgment, today’s Christine and Haje show is brought to you by Haje and Christine. Meanwhile, mark your calendar for September 23 at 10:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. EDT when … Read more
SEC Wants to ‘Remake the Law,’ Rather Than ‘Apply it,’ Says Ripple General Counsel
After two years of ongoing litigation, Stuart Alderoty, general counsel at Ripple, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover” to discuss why it could mark “the beginning of the end,” as the SEC’s efforts to identify any contract of investment appear to have fallen short.
Did Neanderthals make art?
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Iran to begin ‘crypto rial’ CBDC trial despite possible lack of infrastructure: Report
The crypto rial has been in preparation for years; its introduction comes on the heels of the country’s introduction of cryptocurrency for foreign trade.
Bird board backs new scooter boss
Micromobility company Bird is boosting its president, Shane Torchiana, to CEO status in a “long-planned” shakeup that sees founding chief executive Travis VanderZanden further stripped of power. Bird’s board also announced two other appointments: Former Archer Aviation chief financial officer Ben Lu has joined as Bird’s new CFO, taking over the role from Yibo Ling, … Read more
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Market Wrap: Cryptos Decline as FOMC Delivers Expected Rate Hike
Expect the price of bitcoin and other riskier assets to bob and weave on the waves of macroeconomic uncertainty. Market Wrap is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter diving into what happened in today’s crypto markets.
La Unión Europea finaliza el reglamento de la normativa cripto bajo la ley MiCA
Un borrador del texto que se filtró muestra que las normas podrían aplicarse a stablecoins algorítmicas y NFTs fraccionados, según revisiones hechas por CoinDesk.
What blocks compassion?
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El Salvador Buys Back $565M Worth of Bonds, Plans to Launch New Offering in 8 Weeks
The bond repurchase is seen as an attempt by El Salvador to dispel rumors of a potential default on its debt.
Amazon Comprehend Targeted Sentiment adds synchronous support
Earlier this year, Amazon Comprehend, a natural language processing (NLP) service that uses machine learning (ML) to discover insights from text, launched the Targeted Sentiment feature. With Targeted Sentiment, you can identify groups of mentions (co-reference groups) corresponding to a single real-world entity or attribute, provide the sentiment associated with each entity mention, and offer … Read more
La Reserva Federal de EE. UU. eleva tasas al nivel más alto desde 2007 y bitcoin cae por debajo de US$19K
Es la tercera vez consecutiva que los miembros del Comité Federal de Mercado Abierto suben las tasas en 75 puntos básicos, lo que indica cuán graves se han vuelto las presiones inflacionarias en Estados Unidos.
Kitty Hawk, the electric aircraft moonshot backed by Larry Page, is shutting down
Kitty Hawk, the electric aviation startup founded and led by the “godfather of self-driving cars” Sebastian Thrun and backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is shutting down. The company said in a tweet and on a post in LinkedIn that it was winding down operations. “We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk. We’re … Read more
Materials startup Novoloop brings its upcycled outsole to On’s new running shoe
Making sneakers is a dirty business; one that’s heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Shoe companies have experimented with various ways to reduce their footprints, from uppers made of recycled plastic to midsoles made of foam derived from sugarcane. Now, there’s a new approach — upcycling. Materials startup Novoloop and running-shoe manufacturer On will announce a … Read more
Kia, Hyundai sued after viral TikTok causes rise in thefts
Things I learned on TikTok: The hole in a pasta spoon is one serving of spaghetti. What to do when a debt collector comes knocking. How to hot wire a Kia using a USB cord and a screwdriver. Oh yes, you read that right. A trending TikTok challenge publicizing a technique for stealing certain makes … Read more
Google’s making it even easier to remove your personal info from search
The Verge Google’s “Results about you” tool, meant to simplify the process of removing search results that contain personally identifying information, is starting to roll out to some users, according to a report from 9to5Google. Google announced the feature earlier this year during its I/O conference, saying that it’d be coming to the Google app. … Read more
NyQuil chicken isn’t actually a TikTok trend
It’s about time that we learn the difference between what’s a viral trend, and what’s just one person posting a meme that goes viral. For the sake of humanity, let’s count our lucky stars: NyQuil chicken is not a real threat to public health. But this week, the FDA issued a warning about what the … Read more
Jerome Powell is prolonging our economic agony
Jerome Powell is lengthening economic pain by refusing to raise interest rates at the necessary pace. It’s time to rip off the band-aid.
Japanese banking giant Nomura launches digital ecosystem VC arm
“Staying at the forefront of digital innovation is a key priority for Nomura,” said president and group CEO of Nomura Holdings Kentaro Okuda.
TikTok’s BeReal clone app is gaining traction outside the US
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok Now, a standalone BeReal copycat app, is now available in markets outside the US, TechCrunch reports. The TikTok Now feature was first announced last week and is built into the TikTok app for US users. The app has gained traction in the days following its release on … Read more