Month: September 2021
First trailer for Netflix’s Red Notice crams in massive star power and big action Red Notice
If you’ve ever wanted to see Wonder Woman take on Black Adam and Deadpool in a single movie, Netflix’s new heist film Red Notice might be as close as you’ll ever get. The film stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as John Hartley, an FBI agent who’s hot on the trail…
Read MoreFirefly launches its first rocket, but loses the launch craft to an explosion mid-flight
Firefly launched its first rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, and on board it carried a number of payloads with an intended destination of low Earth orbit. The rocket took off as planned, and seemed to be doing fairly well during the initial portion of the launch, before…
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DoorDash workers protest outside CEO Tony Xu’s home demanding better pay, tip transparency and PPE
California DoorDash workers protested outside of the home of DoorDash CEO Tony Xu on Thursday, prompted by a recent California Superior Court Judge ruling calling 2020’s Proposition 22 unconstitutional. Prop 22, which was passed last November in California, would allow app-based companies like DoorDash, Uber and Lyft to continue classifying…
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Bangkok-based insurtech Sunday banks $45M Series B from investors like Tencent
Sunday, an insurtech startup based in Bangkok, announced it has raised a $45 million Series B. Investors include Tencent, SCB 10X, Vertex Growth, Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, Quona Capital, Aflac Ventures and Z Venture Capital. The company says the round was oversubscribed, and that it doubled its revenue…
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Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset might rely on a nearby iPhone or Mac for processing
Apple’s rumored AR/VR headset is designed to rely on another device, and may have to offload more processor-heavy tasks to a connected iPhone or Mac, according to a report from The Information. Apple is reportedly working on a custom chip for the headset, an SoC that’s intentionally missing capabilities found…
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Tableau launches new enterprise plans, big data tools Tabluea Platform Update
The cloud analytics firm Tableau has unveiled a number of new data and analytics platform capabilities in addition to new enterprise subscription plans designed to help customers’ digital transformation efforts. The Salesforce-owned company aims to empower everyone in an organization by giving them access to trusted and governed data at…
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