Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio ROK from IROKOtv to grow African film
French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount. Founded by Jason Njoku in 2010—and backed by...
Facebook Board Member Peter Thiel Calls Google ‘Treasonous’ and Says CIA Should Investigate
Billionaire Peter Thiel has called for a federal investigation into Google’s refusal to work with the U.S. military and says that the tech giant’s relationship with...
Sutro’s smart pool monitoring device arrives next month
Sutro’s device has changed a lot since the company appeared as a contestant in our Hardware Battlefield way back in 2015. But who hasn’t, really? The...
Cambridge Uni graphene spin-out bags $16M to get its first product to market
Cambridge, UK based graphene startup, Paragraf, has closed a £12.8 million (~$16M) Series A round of funding led by early stage VC Parkwalk. Also investing this...
Google employees take action to encourage women in computer science
When she was a teenager, Andrea Francke attended Schnupperstudium, or “Taster Week”—an event aimed at high-school girls to give them a taste of what it’s like...
Yandex-Uber JV MLU acquires regional rival Vezet for shares and $71.5M in cash
On-demand transportation giant Uber made its name in part by aggressively entering new markets on a path of organic growth, but in recent times, it has...
Hero Labs raises £2.5M for its ultrasonic device to monitor a property’s water use and prevent leaks
Hero Labs, a London-based startup that is developing “smart” technology to help prevent water leaks in U.K. properties, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding. The...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 07/15/19
This week we have three newcomers in our chart. Hellboy is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak,...
Weekly round-up: Project Lanai, Grails 4, Gradle 5.5.1 & more
Project Lanai aims to create a Metal-based rendering pipeline for Java 2D and OpenJFX Oracle and JetBrains engineers proposed to collaborate on a graphics rendering pipeline...
Geek Trivia: Apollo 11 Astronauts Used Their Signatures As What?
Apollo 11 Astronauts Used Their Signatures As What? International Goodwill Tokens Security Authenticators Zero Gravity Motor Skill Tests Life Insurance Think you know the answer? Source...
