Author: Zach_Wilson
One day left for early-bird tickets to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020
No one ever wants to pay more, and that’s as true for well-financed companies as it is for early-stage startup founders on a shoe-string budget. So if you love robots and machine learning, why spend more on your ticket to TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2020? Prices go up on…
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What Pokémon can teach us about conservation and climate change
There’s a moment in the live-action movie Detective Pikachu when the ground beneath our heroes’ feet is crumbling. As they slip and slide, Pikachu, voiced by Ryan Reynolds, yells to no one in particular, “At this point, how can you not believe in climate change?” It’s a good quip —…
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The Witcher animated movie on Netflix won’t be about Geralt
Last week, Netflix confirmed that an animated Witcher movie was in the works, which rumors have suggested will be released ahead of The Witcher season 2. This week, an official synopsis has been revealed on the streaming service, which explains that the movie will focus on Geralt’s mentor, Vesemir. Here’s…
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SoftBank wants its on-demand portfolio to stop losing so much money
SoftBank wants its competing portfolio companies to stop losing so much money and, in some cases, to merge. That’s the news out from the Financial Times today, which reported that Uber and DoorDash discussed merging last year. The talks didn’t wind up in a deal. The two companies, each heavily…
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Windows 10X could jazz up your foldable desktop with dynamic wallpaper
Windows 10X is set to introduce some extra visual oomph to the desktop, allowing for the use of dynamic wallpapers. In other words, these will be desktop backgrounds which change to reflect the current time of day (or indeed night) going by your device’s clock. This development was spotted by…
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AT&T tried to buy out the streaming wars — and customers are paying for it
Over the past five years, AT&T has spent hundreds of billions of dollars preparing for the streaming wars, going on a spree of mergers and acquisitions to build a juggernaut that could stand against companies like Netflix, Apple, and Amazon. But as this week’s earnings showed, it’s not working quite…
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