Month: July 2021
Nium crosses $1B valuation with $200M Riverwood Capital-led round
Business-to-business payments platform Nium announced Monday that it raised more than $200 million in Series D funding and saw its valuation rise above $1 billion. The company, now Singapore-based but shifting to the Bay Area, touted the investment as making it “the first B2B payments unicorn from Southeast Asia.” Riverwood…
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Tesla delays Semi truck to 2022; Cybertruck back-burnered for Model Y
Tesla is pushing the launch of its electric Semi truck program to 2022 due to supply chain challenges and the limited availability of battery cells, the company said in its second-quarter earnings report Monday. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has warned about battery supply constraints before and the effect it might…
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Flip 3 image and specs leak online ahead of Unpacked Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2
Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3 leaks have gone from steady trickle to full-blown torrent as we head towards Samsung’s Unpacked event on August 11, with nearly every aspect of the upcoming foldables having already been revealed unofficially. The latest reveal comes from reliable leaker Evan Blass, who…
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Samsung’s Odyssey Neo G9 is a high-end TV disguised as a 49-inch curved gaming monitor
Samsung’s follow-up to the excellent Odyssey G9 curved gaming monitor is nearly here: the 49-inch Odyssey Neo G9 will cost a staggering $2,499.99 when it goes on preorder starting Thursday, July 29th. That’s nearly $1,000 more than the original, but this isn’t just a simple bump. The new Neo G9…
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Lucasfilm hires the YouTube deepfaker who put its Luke, Leia and Tarkin cameos to shame
I recently re-watched Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It mostly held up — except for Lucasfilm’s attempt to bring Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia and Peter Cushing’s Grand Moff Tarkin back to the big screen using CGI. That’s something that only bugged me the tiniest bit the first time I…
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Apple releases iOS 14.7.1 to fix Apple Watch unlocking and a zero-day exploit
Last week iOS 14.7 appeared, adding features including support for Apple’s magnetic battery pack. Unfortunately, the update also interrupted the “Unlock with iPhone” feature that Apple Watch wearers used for easy access to their wristwear. Now, another update is going out to fix that. However, even if you don’t have…
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