Month: February 2020
The world’s largest 8K display has no bezel at all
Samsung Electronics is set to showcase a whole new range of QLED 8K smart displays at the Integrated Systems Europe event which starts today in Amsterdam. Top of the list is arguably the aptly named Wall for Business, which will be available in sizes ranging from 219-inch to a jaw…
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Netflix stops with the teasers and finally gives us a full Altered Carbon 2 trailer
Just last week, Netflix served up its first teaser for the long-awaited second season of Altered Carbon (now titled Altered Carbon 2), and while it did succeed in hyping us up, it only offered fleeting glimpses of actual footage from the show. Now, Netflix has followed up that teaser with…
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Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem
It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from Israel. As YL Ventures’ Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber wrote last month, investments in Israeli cybersecurity startups increased to $1.4 billion last year, with average seed rounds of $4.7 million, up 30.5% from 2018. I…
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Tuesday Capital teams up with design powerhouse Frog to grab startups’ attention — and keep it
In a day and age when everyone seems to have their own seed-stage venture fund, it’s hard to stand out. But Tuesday Capital, the San Francisco-based outfit formerly known as CrunchFund, thinks it has found a way. Today, the firm announced a new partner in Frog, the renowned design firm…
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For The Last Year, YouTube Has Been Cracking Down On Hoaxes And Lies. Coronavirus Rumors Are Still Going Viral There.
youtube.com A video by the US Military Times YouTube channel promoting the hoax that the coronavirus is a bioweapon. If you search “coronavirus” or “Wuhan” on YouTube — even in incognito mode, which removes customization from the search results — you’ll see high-quality content from verified news providers. But that…
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Nintendo’s latest SNES games for Switch include two US debuts
Nintendo isn’t just playing the hits when it comes to adding NES and SNES games to its Switch Online service. The latest additions are some pretty deep cuts, including two SNES titles that were never before released in the US. The SNES titles are Pop’n Twinbee, the sixth entry in…
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