Month: April 2021
Uber will let you book a vaccine appointment through its app
You can now book a vaccine appointment — and a ride to that appointment — in the Uber app. The new feature is part of a host of product news that Uber announced today under the rubric “go anywhere, get anything.” With more people getting vaccinated, the company is banking…
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Pixar’s next movie is taking a summer vacation to the charming Italian coast Luca
The announcement of a new Pixar movie almost always enthralls fans of the beloved animation studio. Now, four months from the release of the Oscar-winning Soul, and ahead of its latest short 22 vs Earth arriving on Friday, Pixar has released the official trailer for its newest feature film. Luca,…
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How Shopify aims to level the playing field with its machine learning-driven model of lending
Shopify is widely known for giving independent merchants a platform to start, run, market and manage their businesses. But over the past 5 years, the company has been steadily growing another part of its own business: Shopify Capital. Through this arm, the Canadian commerce giant revealed today that it has…
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Samsung’s Galaxy Book Odyssey introduces Nvidia’s new RTX 3050 Ti
Samsung is announcing its new Galaxy Book Odyssey gaming laptop today, complete with Nvidia’s unannounced GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and 3050 graphics cards. The 15.6-inch (1080p) gaming laptop starts at $1,399 and will ship with Intel’s 11th Gen Core H i5 or i7 processors, up to 32GB of RAM, and…
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Motorola Edge 2 leaked alongside three other Edge phones Motorola Edge
The Motorola Edge and Motorola Edge Plus were announced in April 2020, and now a year later it looks like the Motorola Edge 2 could be on the way – as well as three other Motorola Edge models. Evan Blass (a leaker with a great track record) tweeted the names…
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How Pixar created Luca’s adorable, transforming sea monsters
Luca, the next feature film from Pixar, is a coming-of-age story about a pair of unassuming young boys who carry a big secret, as they’re actually sea monsters. Luca and Alberto appear as human on land, where they explore a quaint Italian seaside village. Normally, though, they’re iguana-like sea creatures…
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