Month: February 2020
Alphabet winds down energy kite division
Alphabet is ending its work on Makani, a project that tried to generate power using wind turbines attached to kites, Makani’s CEO has announced. Despite successfully demonstrating a flight off the coast of Norway last year, the CEO said that business and technology challenges meant that “the road to commercialization…
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Online learning marketplace Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse
The internet has, for better or worse, become the default platform for people seeking information, and today one of the companies leveraging that to deliver educational content has raised some funding to fuel its next stage of growth. Udemy, which provides a marketplace offering some 150,000 different online learning courses…
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Foldable phones can’t catch a break, mainly because they keep breaking
Soon, I swear to you, we will stop talking about folding phones so much in this space. We’re just about finished, as I’ll be working with our video team for the review of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip today — expect it later this week. A quick thanks to everybody…
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Spotify makes it easier to sing along on your phone with real-time lyrics
A growing number of Spotify users are reporting that they have access to song lyrics that are synchronized to the tracks they’re listening to. Spotify tested this feature with a small number of people towards the end of last year, bringing its services in line with both Apple Music and…
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Google Docs can now predict what you’re going to type next
Google Docs has received a major update that could tempt you to ditch your regular word processor for good. Autocorrect is now rolling out to all users, and Smart Compose is arriving for anyone with a G Suite subscription, helping you work faster by guessing what you’re going to type…
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This Man’s Facebook Page Was The First To Be Blocked Under Singapore’s Fake News Law
In a first, Facebook has blocked access to a Facebook page for Singaporean users, due to a government order under the country’s controversial fake news law. A Facebook spokesperson announced last night that it would restrict access to the States Times Review Facebook page, but hit out against the Singaporean…
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