Month: May 2020

Inside the first American spacecraft to take humans to orbit since the Space Shuttle, launching today, are, well, humans. And those humans are wearing brand new spacesuits that are also making a historic debut. Ahead of today’s launch (which you can watch here), NASA and SpaceX gave a fresh look at the new suits, which … Continue reading Up close with the fresh new spacesuits astronauts will soon wear in orbit for the first time Continue Reading →

SmartRent, which provides smart home automation for property owners, managers, developers, and residents, today announced that it has raised $60 million. CEO Lucas Haldeman said the funding will enable the company’s next phase of growth as it expands its portfolio of offerings. According to Statista, revenue from the smart home market is anticipated to climb 18.3% from 2020 … Continue reading SmartRent raises $60 million to manage connected buildings Continue Reading →

The app will let you create short music videos using other people’s posts Facebook’s experimental app division has a new product out today called Collab that promises to deliver a new approach to collaborative music making. The app, launching as an invite-only beta on iOS, is from Facebook’s NPE division (short for new product experimentation). If it already in … Continue reading Facebook’s latest TikTok-inspired app is a music-making platform called Collab Continue Reading →

PS4 Pro or PS4? Which Sony console is the best for you? When it comes to the current generation of PlayStation consoles you have two choices: the old but reliant PS4, or the more powerful, but more expensive, PS4 Pro. It’s a tough decision, particularly if you’re not sure what exact improvements Sony has made to … Continue reading PS4 Pro vs PS4: what’s the difference? Continue Reading →

When Docker sold off its enterprise division to Mirantis last fall, that didn’t mark the end of the company. In fact, Docker still exists and has refocused as a cloud-native developer tools vendor. Today it announced an expanded partnership with Microsoft around simplifying running Docker containers in Azure. As its new mission suggests, it involves tighter integration between Docker  and a couple of … Continue reading Docker expands relationship with Microsoft to ease developer experience across platforms Continue Reading →

Will we have another budget hit in our hands? AMD has been making headlines lately, especially with the rumored next-generation AMD Ryzen 4000 ‘Renoir’ details being leaked not too long ago. Now, it looks like the manufacturer could also be hard at work in its budget GPU department as well. A leaked CompuBench benchmark from late 2019, recently shared … Continue reading AMD Radeon RX 5300 leak suggests Team Red may release another budget contender soon Continue Reading →

Kentik, the company once known as CloudHelix, today announced that it has raised a $23.5 million growth funding round led by Vistara Capital Partners, with existing investors August Capital, Third Point Ventures, DCVC and Tahoma Ventures also participating. With this round, Kentik  has now raised a total of $61.7 million. The company’s platform allows enterprises to monitor … Continue reading Kentik raises $23.5M for its network intelligence platform Continue Reading →

Rivian  is hiring an insurance agency data manager, a job posting that suggests the all-electric automaker is planning to offer its own insurance to customers. The job was first posted by RivianForums, which also reached out to TechCrunch with the tip. Roadshow/CNET also reported about this new position. Rivian wouldn’t provide more details about its plans, but did confirm … Continue reading Rivian is building an in-house insurance agency Continue Reading →

https://youtu.be/rjb9FdVdX5I UPDATE: SpaceX  and NASA made the call to scrub the launch today since there were a couple of weather issues that prevented the attempt from taking place. The next window for the launch is Saturday, May 30 at 3:22 PM EDT (12:22 PM PDT). SpaceX  is set to mark a huge milestone in its own company history, … Continue reading SpaceX’s first astronaut launch is scrubbed due to weather – next attempt set for Saturday Continue Reading →

Cortex-A78 CPU and Mali-G78 GPU will deliver better battery life, performance, graphics and 5G. Arm has unveiled its next generation mobile CPU the Cortex-A78 and GPU the Mali-G78 which will be used to power the flagship smartphones of 2021. The UK-based company provides the chip designs that Qualcomm, Huawei, Samsung and other chipmakers license and then … Continue reading Arm reveals the hardware that will power the smartphones of 2021 Continue Reading →