Panic sells 20,000+ Playdate handhelds in under 20 minutes
As we’ve known for about a week, today was the day Panic’s charming/whacky/curious/all-of-the-above Playdate gaming device (and its crank!) went up for pre-order. The buzz around the little retro-inspired handheld seemed strong — but would that translate into actual sales?
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Fortnite’s mystery ‘superstar’ virtual music tour kicks off next week
Epic Games is teasing the biggest in-game event since Travis Scott psychedelically stomped through Fortnite’s virtual meadows.
The mysterious new event, which Fortnite-maker Epic is calling the “Rift Tour,” will kick off on Friday, August 6 and run through Sunday, August 8. In the
Tenderly raises $15.3M to help Ethereum developers ship decentralized apps faster
Blockchain infrastructure startups are heating up as industry fervor brings more developers and users to a space that still feels extremely young despite a heavy institutional embrace of the crypto space in 2021.
The latest crypto startup to court the attention of venture capitalists is Tenderly, w
Colombia’s Merqueo bags $50M to expand its online grocery delivery service across Latin America
Merqueo, which operates a full-stack, on-demand delivery service in Latin America, has landed $50 million in a Series C round of funding.
IDC Ventures, Digital Bridge and IDB Invest co-led the round, which also included participation from MGM Innova Group, Celtic House Venture Partners, Palm Drive
Uber will offer free Rosetta Stone language courses to drivers
Uber wants to overcome the language barriers you’ll sometimes encounter when hailing a ride. The Verge says Uber has partnered with Rosetta Stone to offer free language lessons through its Driver app. Both Uber and Uber Eats drivers can use the feature to learn any of Rosetta Stone’s 24
True ‘shift left and extend right’ security requires empowered developers
DevOps is fundamentally about collaboration and agility. Unfortunately, when we add security and compliance to the picture, the message gets distorted.
The term “DevSecOps” has come into fashion the past few years with the intention of seamlessly integrating security and compliance into the Dev
Old Amazon Kindle devices will soon lose 3G access
If you have an older Amazon Kindle with 3G internet, take note that you may not be able to wirelessly access and download new content anymore starting in December. As The Verge reports, Amazon has sent out emails to owners with old Kindles, telling them that previous-generation devices will lose in
Amazon’s Fire TV Cube now supports Zoom calls on your TV
Late last year, Amazon launched support for two-way calling that worked with its Fire TV Cube devices. The feature allowed consumers to make and receive calls from their connected TV to any other Alexa device with a screen. Today, the company is expanding this system to enable support for two-way c
Early-stage founders: Beat the clock & buy a $79 Founder pass to TC Disrupt 2021
If you're an early-stage founder, you'd be wise to make technewss Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23) your must-attend virtual destination. It's the OG of tech startup conferences, draws more than 10,000 attendees from around the world and features some of the most gifted, visionary minds a
Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus’ $100M debt, equity round
La Haus, which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including $50 million in equity and $50 million in debt financing.
The new capital was obtained as an extension to the company's Series B, the first t
Facebook’s next product will be its long-awaited Ray-Ban smart glasses
Facebook’s booming business is dominated by digital ads, but it also has hardware ambitions beyond VR. During the company’s latest earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said its next product release would be a pair of smart glasses from Ray-Ban.
“The glasses have their iconic form
They're programmed to work hard and play hard
Industrial robotics are big and heavy — and in some cases, legitimately dangerous. They're also extremely difficult to train — particularly if you plan to implement them for tasks outside of their purpose-built intentions.
There's huge opportunity for the right AI/software company to co
Craft Aerospace’s novel take on VTOL aircraft could upend local air travel
Air taxis may still be pie in the sky, but there’s more than one way to move the air travel industry forward. Craft Aerospace, with $3.5M in funding, aims to do so with a totally new vertical takeoff and landing aircraft that it believes could make city-to-city hops simpler, faster, cheaper a
PayPal’s new ‘super app,’ to include messaging, is ready to launch
PayPal’s plan to morph itself into a “super app” has been given a go for launch.
According to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, speaking to investors during this week’s second-quarter earnings call, the initial version of PayPal’s new consumer digital wallet app is now “c