Month: February 2020
Seven Websites Hosting Terrorist Content Are Banned In Australia
After an Australian man livestreamed himself in March 2019 murdering 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, the horrific footage went viral online. The Australian government scrambled to shut it down and in the months following the shooting more than 40 websites hosting the footage were voluntarily blocked…
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Profitability expectations ding Lyft despite better-than-expected growth
The market has tightened expectations for ride-hailing companies Alex Wilhelm 8 hours Hello and welcome back to our regular look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. This afternoon we’re digging into Lyft’s earnings results, unpacking the company’s performance, the market’s expectations and why shares in…
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SpaceX hires ex-NASA human spaceflight expert and shows off Crew Dragon set to carry astronauts
SpaceX is gearing up for its historic first human spaceflight, with a crewed demonstration mission of its Crew Dragon spacecraft tentatively set for May 7 (though that date is flexible right now). The company on Tuesday showed a clip of the completed Crew Dragon spacecraft that will carry astronauts Bob…
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Flipboard will soon share short videos alongside the news for $3 a month
News aggregator app Flipboard is launching a new ad-free curated video service called Flipboard TV that will come preinstalled on Samsung’s new Galaxy S20 phones and cost $3 a month. The service will be exclusive to the S20 for three months, and then roll out to all the other places…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip hands-on: This is more like it
The buyer beware adage is never more true than among early adopters. It was price, however, that made the Galaxy Fold such a difficult pill to swallow. When it was finally released to the public after numerous delays, the device came swaddled in warnings. It was a long list, and…
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Nvidia’s GeForce Now is losing all Activision Blizzard games, a bad sign for cloud gaming
Nvidia’s GeForce Now feels like one of the very best ways to get a free taste of cloud gaming, but it’s got a gigantic catch — it lets you play PC games you already own only if the game publisher allows it. Today, Nvidia is revealing that Activision Blizzard is…
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