Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘When They See Us’ is difficult-but-essential viewing
“When They See Us,” a new miniseries on Netflix, can be so infuriating that it’s hard to watch — especially its first hour, which depicts the...
Ocean Bacteria Colonize Your Skin After Just 10 Minutes of Swimming
If sharks and sunburns don’t scare you at the beach, perhaps this will: According to preliminary research out this week, it only takes a 10-minute swim...
Volkswagen’s electric race car set another speed record. Can it do that again?
Volkwagen’s electric race car took on one of the toughest courses in the world — and set a record. The VW ID.R with two electric motors...
Bill Gates on making “one of the greatest mistakes of all time”
At a recent event hosted for founders by the venture firm Village Global, one of its most prominent investors, Bill Gates, sat down with Eventbrite cofounder...
The New Service Wars Are Here to Empty Your Wallet
Canon versus Nikon. Dell versus HP. Microsoft versus Apple. Tech companies have been battling over their piece of the pie for years, that ain’t new. But...
Report: US Carried Out Cyber Attacks on Iranian Assets Tied to Revolutionary Guard Corps
Donald Trump called off a military strike on undisclosed Iranian assets this week after reports Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a RQ-4A Global Hawk surveillance drone,...
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds levels of gas on Mars that could suggest possibility of life
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected high levels of methane output during its mission on the Martian surface, the New York Times reports. The discovery, found during...
Walmart’s using AI cameras to catch thieves
Think nobody’s going to notice if you don’t scan that gallon of milk at the self-checkout register? Think again. According to Business Insider, Walmart’s using new...
Ray Dalio, Niantic, Adobe, Dropbox, remote work, Northzone, and Slack
Ray Dalio on the Extra Crunch stage at Disrupt SF 2019 This year at Disrupt SF, we will be hosting a special Extra Crunch stage focused...
Toys ‘R’ Us stores are coming back in time for the holidays
Toys ‘R’ Us will rise again! After breaking everyone’s hearts with its store closures in 2018, Toys ‘R’ Us will reportedly re-open for business (albeit in...
