Month: May 2020
Investors cozy up to LA-based Ettitude’s bamboo bedding and sleep wear with $1.6 million
Ettitude, the Los Angeles-based, direct-to-consumer startup making sustainable bedding and sleepwear from bamboo fibers, has raised a sustainably sized round that should keep the company going even in the face of an economic recession. Co-founded by the Melbourne, Australia native Phoebe Yu and serial entrepreneur Kat Dey, ettitude sells high-end…
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Watch Sony’s ‘Ghost of Tsushima’ State of Play special here at 4PM ET
Sony’s PS4 may be on its way out, but the forthcoming samurai adventure Ghost of Tsushima means it’s set to have a pretty magnificent swansong. And today, we’ll get an extended peek of its gameplay thanks to PlayStation’s latest episode of State of P… Source
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Apple’s AR glasses won’t launch in 2020, but they just got closer to reality
Apple just took a very real leap in the world of virtual reality and augmented reality, acquiring VR content startup NextVR. It’s also one small step for Apple AR glasses. NextVR should help Apple’s long-suspected efforts to release an AR/VR product, according to Bloomberg. The startup held content-licensing deals with…
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Senate passes surveillance bill without ban on web history snooping
The Senate has voted to reauthorize the USA Freedom Act, bringing the surveillance bill closer to becoming law. The USA Freedom Reauthorization Act restores government powers that expired in March with Section 215 of the Patriot Act. While the Senate adopted an amendment to expand oversight, it shot down a…
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Scener now lets you co-watch HBO or Netflix in a ‘virtual theater’ with up to 20 people
Scener, a browser extension that allows users to co-watch Netflix — similar to the newly popular Netflix Party Chrome add-on — is expanding to support HBO NOW and HBO GO. The additions come alongside a full relaunch of Scener, which is reinventing its product for the coronavirus era as a…
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Apple buys virtual reality company NextVR
In one of its more interesting acquisitions in recent memory, Apple has purchased NextVR. The company confirmed the deal to CNBC. NextVR is best known for its past work with the NBA. The two had worked together to produce and broadcast basketball gam… Source
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