Splunk acquires cloud monitoring service SignalFx for $1.05B
Splunk, the publicly traded data processing and analytics company, today announced that it has acquired SignalFx for a total price of about $1.05 billion. Approximately 60%...
Porsche invests in ‘low visibility’ sensor startup TriEye
Porsche’s venture arm has acquired a minority stake in TriEye, an Israeli startup that’s working on a sensor technology to help vehicle driver-assistance and self-driving systems...
THX’s New Deep Note Trailer Brings Back All the Movie Theater Feels
Do you remember how disappointed you were, years ago, when you got to the theater only to find out the THX showing of the movie you...
Buy Three of Our Readers’ Favorite Pillows, Get a Fourth Free
Casper makes our readers’ favorite pillows, but they rarely get discounts outside of bundle deals that require you to buy a mattress. Well, you know what?...
Peak Design’s Travel Duffel 35L is as simple or as powerful as you need it to be
A good, solid duffel bag is a mainstay for many travelers — especially those who like packing up a car for a weekend away, or frequent...
YC is doubling down on these investment theses in its most recent batch
Nearly 200 startups have just graduated from the prestigious San Francisco startup accelerator Y Combinator . The flock of companies are now free to proceed company-building...
Dog Racing Died Without A Funeral
SARASOTA, FLORIDA — The sun hadn’t yet risen over the Sarasota Kennel Club, and Deb Linn was wrist deep in 100 pounds of bloody meat. She...
YouTube Decides It’s a Good Time to Get Its Shit Together
Following the fiasco over YouTube’s serving ads to kids, the company may be readying to end targeted ads on videos aimed at children—a move that, when...
4 Wild Gene Roddenberry Sci-Fi TV Projects That Had Nothing to Do With Star Trek
He’s first and foremost the Star Trek guy, but the creative mind of Gene Roddenberry—born this week in 1921—also ventured far beyond the voyages of the...
Omniverse Fears Criminal Investigation Into Alleged IPTV Piracy
In February, several major Hollywood studios filed a lawsuit against Omniverse One World Television. Under the flag of anti-piracy group ACE, the companies accused Omniverse and its owner Jason DeMeo...
