Month: May 2020
South Korean cafe uses robotic baristas to comply with social distancing
With its COVID-19 outbreak seemingly contained, South Korea may offer the rest of the world a glimpse of what society could look like after the pandemic ends — and it may include robotic baristas. According to Reuters, a cafe in Daejeon, South Korea… Source
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GoBear raises $17 million to expand its consumer financial services for Asian markets
Singapore-based fintech startup GoBear has raised $17 million from returning investors Walvis Participaties, a Dutch venture capital firm, and Aegon N.V., a life insurance and asset management provider. The funding brings GoBear’s total funding so far to $97 million, and will be used to expand its consumer financial services platform,…
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You can now watch Quibi shows on a TV using AirPlay
Short-form mobile video service Quibi now supports Apple’s AirPlay protocol, which means you’ll be able to stream content from Quibi on your phone to AirPlay-enabled TVs and devices. Quibi is also “working hard” to have support for Chromecast available in June, according to Tom Conrad, chief product officer at Quibi.…
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Mercedes-Benz launches sales of its premium all-electric EQV van
Mercedes-Benz is now selling its EQV 300 all-electric premium van in Europe, the second EV to come out of the automaker’s initiative to produce a line of battery-powered models under its new EQ brand. A concept version of the EQV was first shown in March 2019. But unlike so many…
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MacOS Catalina update wrings more life from your MacBook’s battery
Apple is trying to squeeze more long-term usefulness out of your MacBook’s battery, much like it has with iPhones for a while. It just released a macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update (via 9to5Mac) whose centerpiece battery health management feature aims to… Source
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eBay is port scanning users’ PCs
When users visit eBay’s website from a Windows PC, the site runs a script that performs a local port scan of the device to detect if any remote support or remote access applications are running. As reported by BleepingComputer, many of the ports scanned by the online auction site are…
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