Month: June 2020

It will even launch key satellites three years ahead of time. The modern space race is heating up, and the European Union is acutely aware that it needs to keep pace. Space chief Thierry Breton told Reuters in an interview that the EU is accelerating its plans in light of rapid progress by private companies like SpaceX as well as China’s successes. … Continue reading EU will speed up its spaceflight plans in response to SpaceX and China Continue Reading →

Amazon  announced Friday that it will acquire Zoox, a self-driving startup founded in 2014 that has raised nearly $1 billion in funding and which aims to develop autonomous driving technology, including vehicles, for the purposes of providing a full-stack solution for ride-hailing. Zoox  will continue to exist as a standalone business, according to Amazon’s announcement, with current CEO … Continue reading Amazon to acquire autonomous driving startup Zoox Continue Reading →

Amazon  announced Friday that it will acquire Zoox, a self-driving startup founded in 2014 that has raised nearly $1 billion in funding and which aims to develop autonomous driving technology, including vehicles, for the purposes of providing a full-stack solution for ride-hailing. Zoox  will continue to exist as a standalone business, according to Amazon’s announcement, with current CEO … Continue reading Amazon to acquire autonomous driving startup Zoox Continue Reading →

As other retailers begin the slow, cautious move to reopen, Microsoft has announced that it will be permanently shutting down the vast majority of its retail stores. There are some exceptions, including flagships in urban hubs including London, New York City, Sydney and its own campus in Redmond, Washington, but the remainder of the locations … Continue reading Microsoft is closing all of its retail stores for good Continue Reading →

You might have been considering — or have already started — picking up a new hobby this year, particularly one you can do at home. Podcasting seems to be a popular option, and RODE is a company that has done more to cater specifically to this audience than just about any other audio company out … Continue reading With feature updates and new accessories, the RODECaster Pro is a podcaster’s dream come true Continue Reading →

Housing has been constructed for millennia, and while clearly our modern abodes are ever so slightly better than the elk tents we used to live in, the construction techniques behind housing today haven’t progressed all that much. What has progressed are prices — it’s more expensive than ever to build a modern unit, and that’s just for housing — … Continue reading YC-backed Tango Builder wants to use aerospace engineering to build a house Continue Reading →

https://youtu.be/KU6KogxG5BE  SpaceX  has scrubbed the Starlink mission for today — it’s unclear when it’ll be reset for, but likely after the planned June 30 GPS satellite launch SpaceX has planned next. SpaceX is launching yet another Starlink mission – its fourth in a month – on Thursday afternoon at 4:18 p.m. EDT (1:18 p.m. PDT). The … Continue reading Watch SpaceX launch 57 more Starlink satellites with its fourth launch in under a month Continue Reading →

Byju’s is in advanced stages of talks to acquire Doubtnut, a two-year-old education learning app, as the Indian edtech giant looks to expand its reach in smaller cities and towns in the world’s second-largest internet market. Three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch that the acquisition offer from nine-year-old Byju’s values the younger startup between $125 … Continue reading Indian edtech giant Byju’s in talks to acquire Doubtnut for more than $125M Continue Reading →

Advertiser momentum against Facebook’s  content and monetization policies continues to grow. Last night, Verizon (which owns TechCrunch) said it will be pausing advertising on Facebook and Instagram “until Facebook can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable and is consistent with what we’ve done with YouTube and other partners.” Then today, it was joined by consumer goods giant Unilever,  which said … Continue reading Unilever and Verizon are the latest companies to pull their advertising from Facebook Continue Reading →

When Apple confirmed it had acquired Fleetsmith, a mobile device management vendor, on Wednesday, it seemed like a straightforward purchase, but Fleetsmith customers quickly learned a key piece of functionality had stopped working  — and many weren’t happy about it. Apple  systems administrators began complaining on social media on the morning of the acquisition announcement that the company was no longer … Continue reading Fleetsmith customers unhappy with loss of third-party app support after Apple acquisition Continue Reading →