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Scientists claim humans could safely fly to Mars (if they’re back within four years)
The researchers modeled radiation risks
Read More »TikTok’s parent company acquires VR headset maker Pico
A major player in the Chinese VR market
Read More »Tiger Global in talks to make Apna India’s fastest unicorn
Apna, a 21-month-old startup that is helping millions of blue- and gray-collar workers in India upskill themselves, find communities and land jobs, is inching closer to becoming the fastest tech firm in the world’s second-largest internet market to become a unicorn. Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to …
Read More »Apple buys classical music streaming service Primephonic
A standalone Apple Music classical app will be released in 2022
Read More »Paradox announces first new expansion for Surviving Mars since 2019
It's been 84 years...
Read More »UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play
Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up smaller third-party merchants on Amazon’s Marketplace, has raised another big round of funding to double down on that strategy. The London startup has picked up $200 million, money that it will mainly be …
Read More »Invest at PayPal could compete with Robinhood and Square’s retail stock trading
A recently added exec reveals PayPal’s interest in stock trading
Read More »A popular smart home security system can be remotely disarmed, researchers say
A cybersecurity company says a popular smart home security system has a pair of vulnerabilities that can be exploited to disarm the system altogether. Rapid7 found the vulnerabilities in the Fortress S03, a home security system that relies on Wi-Fi to connect cameras, motion sensors, and sirens to the internet, …
Read More »You’ll have to tell Instagram your birthday to keep using the app
Instagram really, really wants to know your birthday
Read More »LinkedIn is scrapping its Stories feature to work on short-form video
What do LinkedIn and Twitter have in common? They both introduced ephemeral story features that were pretty fleeting. LinkedIn announced today that it will suspend its Stories feature on September 30 and begin working on a different way to add short-form videos to the platform. LinkedIn announced the upcoming change …
Read More »Apple sets debut date for The Problem with Jon Stewart
It will premiere on Apple TV Plus on September 30th
Read More »CryptoPunks creator inks representation deal with major Hollywood talent agency
One of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies is getting into the NFT game. Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, just signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) in a representation deal that will bring one of the earliest and most iconic NFT projects into the entertainment and branding worlds. “I would say …
Read More »HBO Max and YouTube are now on Spectrum TV
They’ll also be accessible through the Spectrum Guide
Read More »Chrome 94 beta tests some next-gen tech for gaming in your browser
Making what’s possible today even faster and easier
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