48-hours only: Early-bird prices for Disrupt Berlin 2018
Das ist super geil — this is awesome! Early-bird prices for Disrupt Berlin 2018 passes have returned to the roost. But you need to act fast,...
Urban Massage re-brands to ‘Urban’ as it launches wellness services beyond massage
Urban Massage, the London-headquartered startup that lets you book a vetted massage therapist “on-demand”, is expanding into new wellness services in addition to changing its name....
Google is closing its Schaft robotics unit after failing to find a buyer
Sad news for anyone into giant robots: Google parent Alphabet is closing down Schaft, its secretive unit that develops bipedal robots aimed at helping out in disaster...
Legrand acquires smart home startup Netatmo
French hardware startup Netatmo got acquired by the biggest manufacturer of switches and sockets in the world, Legrand. Terms of the deal are undisclosed. Legrand and...
Geek Trivia: What Was The First Console Video Game To Save A Player’s Progress?
What Was The First Console Video Game To Save A Player’s Progress? Kirby’s Adventure Dragon Warrior The Legend of Zelda Final Fantasy Think you know the...
Study Finds Weird Interstellar Object ‘Oumuamua Is Indeed a Smol Boi
Scientists have learned more about ‘Oumuamua, the hunk of matter that is the first known interstellar object to ever be detected by scientists within the boundary...
Raccoons Suspected of Having Rabies Were Actually Just Drunk as Hell
Following recent reports that two masked perpetrators were raising alarm in a town in West Virginia, police say they have reason to believe the troublemakers had...
Welcome to the awkward future of the open office
I have seen the future — in fact, I have worn it. It’s big and awkward kind of digs into the top of your head with...
George Soros Foundation Calls Facebook ‘Vile,’ ‘Reprehensible’ for Pushing Conspiracy Theories
The Open Society Foundations (OSF), a international philanthropic and grantmaking organization, has responded to a bombshell report that senior management at Facebook including Chief Operating Officer...
New York politicians push back on Amazon HQ2 plans
Amazon’s HQ2 process was bound to polarize (though I do enjoy a good dueling op-ed on these pages) no matter how it landed. But the decision...
