Month: March 2021
PS5, RTX 3070, and RTX 3080 pop up in Newegg Shuffle PS5 internal storage concern
Update: This Shuffle is over, but check back during the week for more offerings from Newegg. Newegg nearly snuck a Shuffle past us on March 23 by running it in a smaller window from 1pm to 3pm EDT, but you still have time to enter your name for a chance…
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Master & Dynamic launches MW08 true wireless earbuds Master & Dynamic MW08
Master & Dynamic has announced the launch of its new MW08 True Wireless Earphones, the follow-up product to the MW07 Plus wireless earbuds with features including hybrid active noise cancellation and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. Active noise cancellation (or ANC for short) reduces background noise for a clearer listening experience: speakers…
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Pre-seed round funding is under scrutiny: Is VC pandemic posturing here to stay?
Russ Heddleston Contributor Russ is the co-founder and CEO of DocSend. He was previously a product manager at Facebook, where he arrived via the acquisition of his startup Pursuit.com, and has held roles at Dropbox, Greystripe and Trulia. Follow him here: @rheddleston and @docsend More posts by this contributor What…
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The Black Shark 4 is a high-end gaming phone that doesn’t look like one
Xiaomi’s Black Shark brand has announced its fourth series of gaming phones, the Black Shark 4 and 4 Pro. They improve on the previous series in most of the ways you’d expect them to. There’s a faster processor, moving up to the Snapdragon 870 in the standard Black Shark 4…
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Grogu never stops eating, and now there’s a toy to match his appetite
If you’ve watched even just an episode of The Mandalorian, you know this: Grogu is always hungry. The little guy, previously known as Baby Yoda, is constantly snacking, whether it’s on endangered frog eggs or newly spawned spider monsters. Sometimes, he just needs a nice cup of bone broth to…
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Most African YC-backed startups in today’s batch are focused on fintech
In Africa, Y Combinator is known to be a major backer of most of the continent’s well-known startups. Two of the most talked-about in the last two quarters — Flutterwave and Paystack — are YC-backed. Their successes (Flutterwave’s billion-dollar valuation and Paystack’s rare exit to Stripe) have greatly increased YC’s appeal…
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