Month: May 2020
Boosted was developing two bikes and a super-powered electric skateboard
Sam Sheffer, a tech YouTuber and former staffer at The Verge, posted a video on Friday revealing some unreleased products from the now-defunct electric skateboard startup Boosted, whose assets have been acquired by scooter company Lime and most of the company’s remaining inventory was obtained by a retailer in San…
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Fortnite is hosting a Diplo concert in its new party mode
Fortnite’s new no-guns “party royale” mode just launched on Wednesday, and the new map will play host to its first live concert tonight at 9PM ET. DJ and producer Diplo will be performing a live Major Lazer set, and actor and performer Jordan Fisher will also be part of the…
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Otonomo raises $46 million to expand its automotive data marketplace
New vehicles today can produce a treasure trove of data. Without the proper tools, that data will sit undisturbed, rendering it worthless. A number of companies have sprung up to help automakers manage and use data generated from connected cars. Israeli startup Otonomo is one such player that jumped on…
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The Hottest Facebook Group Of The Coronavirus Pandemic Is One Where Everyone Pretends To Be Ants
The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of people around the world to stay at home, social-distancing and self-quarantining to curb the spread of the virus. Spending our days this way has inspired a huge uptick in online engagement — users are flocking to chatrooms and videoconferencing apps, trying to find…
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The Rental Housing Industry Is On The Edge Of Disaster. Tenants And Landlords Await A Bailout.
Mike Segar / Reuters It’s the start of May and the second time rent is due since the coronavirus shut down the economy. And it’s a problem for an increasingly large number of Americans — including a disproportionate number who were lower-income workers and people of color — who have…
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Was Elon’s Tesla Twitter meltdown illegal? An investigation
Elon Musk welcomes you to Meltdown May. He is its mascot. Today, Musk tweeted he’d sell “almost all” his physical possessions. Well, all right. Then, he tweeted that Tesla’s share price was too high, sending its shares down. Then he tweeted part of “The Star Spangled Banner,” America’s difficult-to-sing national…
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