Friday, March 23, 2018

Walmart's future could include drone assistants and smart carts

Walmart is envisioning a high-tech future for its stores, based on the patents it recently filed. In fact, the devices it's considering sound like they'd be perfect for use in cashier-less stores similar to Amazon's, including a smart cart that can h...

Verge cryptocurrency asks users for $3M to reveal a ‘potential partnership’


This can only happen in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Privacy-oriented digital currency Verge has taken to Twitter to ask its users to donate 75,000,000 XVG (approximately $3 million) so it can reveal a mysterious, “potential partnership” next week. For the record, this is completely unheard of – and borderline risible. At the very least, it is a tremendously bold move to ask your users to pay you to reveal a partnership. “In line with our mission to empower people to bring blockchain transactions into everyday life, we are thrilled to announce efforts to establish the largest cryptocurrency collaboration…

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Musicians, actors and influencers plan social media takeover to support #MarchForOurLives

Some of the biggest names in music, movies and social media are plotting an Instagram takeover in support of Saturday’s #MarchForOurLives. At noon Pacific today, celebrities including Snoop Dogg, A$AP Ferg, Bebe Rexha, Julia Michaels, Maroon 5, Imagine Dragons, The Chainsmokers and more will post the following message across their social media channels. Protect kids, not […]

Craiglist blocks personal ads to protest anti sex-trafficking law

The passing of the controversial, ham-handed Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA-FOSTA) has prompted Craigslist to close its personals section. The bill is designed to punish websites with criminal sanctions if they are seen to be facilitating s...

“A shot of whiskey,” according to Boris


This week I saw an awful video of a young politician just starting out who had a blackout the moment he needed to present his new political party. It’s both hilarious and painful to watch. It’s in Dutch but that doesn’t matter. His body language speaks for itself. Now, I’ve seen hundreds of presentations from nervous speakers, both young and old, at our many events around the world. I’ve seen people stutter, sweat, get angry or confused, and have felt their frustration as their moment to shine turned into one of embarrassment. At one of our events, the founder and CEO of a billion-dollar company…

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Equity Podcast: Facebook says ‘oops’ and Dropbox with a wave of enterprise IPOs

Welcome to “Equity,” TechCrunch’s venture capital and tech business podcast. For this week, we talked about the wave of enterprise IPOs. And we were joined by Dharmesh Thakker, general partner at Battery Ventures. He was the perfect guest because he specializes in enterprise and Battery is pretty good at it.  We also talked about Facebook’s […]

Uber’s Fatal Crash, a Model 3 Review, and More Car News

Plus, Elon Musk gets a nice Tesla compensation package, and everything else you missed this week.

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Should you blow into your video game cartridges?


Blowing into cartridges. The practice has basically been around as long as video games have existed — almost like a magic formula. Cartridge isn’t working? Blow into it, and it’ll work again. But does it actually help? Circuit Breaker reporter Chaim Gartenberg reports. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: https://goo.gl/94XbKx Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Read More: http://www.theverge.com

OptiTrack Active VR makes for a more mobile zombiepocalypse

My biggest qualm with many home VR experiences involves how I move about in-game. Using a controller for locomotion -- whether its a Doom VR-style teleportation mechanism or using a thumbstick a la Farpoint VR -- dramatically reduces the immersiv...

Saga is the thinking person’s cryptocurrency

As we enter the third age of crypto – the first being Satoshi’s White Paper phase and the second being the exchange phase – we find ourselves in a maze of twisty tokens, all different. Enter Saga. Created by Israeli VC Ido Sadeh Man and investor Moshe Hogeg, Saga a token connected to a cash […]

Nissan targets sales of 1 million EVs annually by 2022

Nissan is hoping to achieve a target of selling 1 million electrified vehicles across its portfolio by its fiscal 2022, the automaker announced today. The target is part of its overarching strategic mid-term plan leading up to 2022. To be included in the sales total, models sold by Nissan need to either be pure electric […]

Apple may launch cheaper iPad during next week’s education event


If you’re expecting Apple to launch a new, more affordable laptop during next week’s education-themed launch event, you’re going to be disappointed. Bloomberg is reporting that alongside a slew of education software, Apple will launch a cheaper iPad. This isn’t much of a surprise, based on what we’ve heard from the rumor mill. Earlier this month, Taiwanese publication Digitimes said that Apple planned on launching a cheaper 9.7-inch tablet computer during the second quarter of 2018. Bloomberg didn’t say how much this would cost, but earlier rumors have priced it around the $259 mark. That would allow Apple to flex…

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Telegram chalks up 200M MAUs for its messaging app

Another usage milestone for messaging platform Telegram: It’s announced passing 200M monthly active users “within the last 30 days”. The platform passed 100M MAUs back in February 2016, when it held a lavish party at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona to celebrate the metric. At the time it said it was adding 350k new […]

Apple could be announcing a new cheap iPad

According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple could be unveiling a new version of its entry-level iPad at its event next week. The company is holding a press event on March 27 in Chicago. And the only thing that we know is that the event is going to be focused on the education market. […]

Eliminating Tuberculosis across Inuit Nunangat by 2030; at least a 50% reduction by 2025

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by bacteria that is spread through the air when someone with contagious TB coughs, sneezes, sings or talks. It mainly affects the lungs and airways but can also affect other parts of the body.

Apple is reportedly launching low-cost iPads for schools

Apple is set to unveil a new low-cost iPad model for educators and students next week, according to Bloomberg's noted Apple reporter Mark Gurman. It's reportedly also working on an educational MacBook model, but won't unveil that until later on. Noth...

3 painless ways to cut your costs in IT — immediately


While you’re likely already doing your best to keep your company’s expenses down, it seems that sooner or later, many IT-managers will experience that dreaded moment when the boss comes in, saying that you need to find a way to cut costs — immediately. As valuable as technology can be in today’s workplace, there’s no denying that it can also prove rather costly. When you work in IT, you’re at the forefront of any debates regarding the cost and effectiveness of the technologies used at your company. So what can you do to cut costs and make your boss happy?…

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Facebook hit with shareholder lawsuits over data misuse crisis

The lawsuits are piling up against Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse and political ad targeting scandal. According to SF Gate the company has been hit with four suits in federal courts so far this week following fresh revelations about how Facebook’s app permissions were abused to surreptitiously suck out vast amounts […]

How a Boise, Idaho Company Thrives in the Global Chip Business

Micron Technology is the only remaining US maker of DRAM, the short-term memory chips found in computers and smartphones.

Red Bull built an underground eSports bar in London

London's Red Bull Gaming Sphere has everything you would expect from an eSports venue: neon-strewn PCs, large TVs, chunky headsets and the latest Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft consoles. But this isn't a stadium designed to compete with the Gfinity Are...

Atlanta government computers hit by ransomware

The last victim affected by ransomware is the city government of Atlanta, GA. The ninth-largest metro area in the US isn't able to do things like process payments or provide access to courthouse information because some systems are locked down. Durin...

This gambling platform forked its own blockchain to beat the competition


If you enjoy gambling and paid attention to the blockchain betting revolution, you may soon part ways with your bookie. As the online gambling market heads towards $60 billion in revenues by 2020, the competition among blockchain gambling operators to create the most innovative experience is getting intense.For the dozens of new blockchain gambling operators, differentiation increasingly comes down to technology. Game innovation, speed, and fairness are important advantages. However, according to decentralized gambling exchange LetBet, all three of these features are limitations of the Ethereum blockchain. To solve this problem, LetBet has developed its own blockchain: “Libertas Chain.” It…

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