Here’s How You Can Get Disney+ for $4 a Month
There are still two and a half months before Disney launches its new streaming service, but if you are ready to commit to the platform, and...
Before Cranes, Ancient Greeks May Have Used This Ingenious Lifting Machine to Move Heavy Stones
Cranes first appeared in ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago, but new research suggests a primitive lifting machine—a kind of forerunner to the crane—was in use...
Fall movie preview: What to watch if you just wanna have fun
Welcome to our 2019 Fall Movie Preview. All week long we’re covering the films you need to know about as we head into the final months...
Ready, Set, Raise — the Y Combinator for female founders — announces second cohort
About one-fourth of the startups in Y Combinator’s summer batch had a female founder. Not the most disappointing statistic if you consider this: Companies with at...
Airship acquires A/B testing company Apptimize
Airship announced today that it has acquired Apptimize, an A/B testing company whose customers include Glassdoor, HotelTonight and The Wall Street Journal. Formerly known as Urban Airship,...
Peloton files publicly for IPO
Peloton, the well-funded maker of internet-connected stationary bikes and treadmills, has finally revealed documents for its upcoming initial public offering. The business previously submitted a confidential...
AR mapping startup 6D.ai expands platform as it exits beta
World-mapping computer vision startup 6D.ai is expanding support to new devices as its augmented reality platform exits beta. The SF startup launched its beta in October...
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks and astronaut Sally Ride get their own Barbies
Monday was Women’s Equality Day. It was also the day that Mattel, the company behind Barbie, released two new dolls: One honoring the Civil Rights activist...
I’ll Take This Custom Handheld Sega Dreamcast Over the Switch Lite Any Day
While everyone is oohing and aahing over the Nintendo Switch Lite today, I’d rather throw $200 at YouTube’s GmanModz to build me this fully functional Sega...
Popeyes is sold out of chicken sandwiches
We all helped Popeyes win the great chicken sandwich war, but at what cost? The fried chicken chain announced on social media Tuesday that its instantly...
