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Chinese bike-sharing startup Ofo just raised $866 million
2018-03-13

The massive haul is the largest investment in a single funding round for a bike-sharing startup, reports CNBC. The funding round was led by Chinese internet giant Alibaba. Ofo says it currently has 200 million users around the world and operates in 250 cities in 21 countries. It will use its latest round of funding...

Google’s cofounder has revealed his flying car
2018-03-13

Google cofounder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page has revealed Cora, the first flying car to come out of Kitty Hawk, a startup Page invested in in 2016, reports CNBC. Cora is fully autonomous and can travel at a speed up to 93 mph. It’s all-electric engine can see Cora fly for just over 60 miles … Continue...

Facebook looks to launch news programs on its Watch video platform
2018-03-13

The company is working with around 10 existing news publishers to try out various national news show formats that would fit with its Watch program, says Axios. The social media giant is reportedly in touch with both traditional and digital-first news publishers to test daily video news features. Facebook plans to...

UN: Facebook is a “beast” of dissension and conflict
2018-03-13

UN investigators have blamed Facebook for playing a role in the possible genocide in Myanmar by disseminating hate speech, reports the Guardian. Over 650,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled the country following the murder of their people by Myanmar security forces. Marzuki Darusman, chairman of the UN Independent...

Women filed 238 discrimination and harassment complaints against Microsoft
2018-03-13

The complaints were filed between 2010 and 2016 and only included women in technical jobs working in the U.S., reports Reuters. The number of complaints were made public due to a pending lawsuit alleging Microsoft was systematically denying pay raises and promotions to women. The suit is seeking class-action status...

Amazon’s workers in Spain are striking over pay
2018-03-13

More than one thousand Amazon workers in Spain have called a two-day strike, reports Reuters. The strike has been called by Spain’s largest union, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO). The union says Amazon has been aiming to cut wages, block salary increases, and reduce holiday and weekend pay. The two-day strike...

Chinese bike-sharing start-up Ofo just raised $866 million
2018-03-13

The massive haul is the largest investment in a single funding round for a bike-sharing startup, reports CNBC. The funding round was led by Chinese internet giant Alibaba. Ofo says it currently has 200 million users around the world and operates in 250 cities in 21 countries.It will use its latest round of fund to...

Larry Page’s self-flying air taxis to take off in 3 years
2018-03-13

Kitty Hawk, an aeronautics firm funded by Alphabet CEO and Google co-founder Larry Page, is inching closer to its plans of creating Uber for flights: it’s unveiled Cora, a fully electric self-flying air taxi that can cover 100 km (62 miles) on a single charge – and you’ll soon be able to hail one with your...

Austin package explosions: Police chief issues warning to residents after third bomb
2018-03-12

Police in Austin are warning residents not to open suspicious packages after a third explosion rocked the Texas capital this month. In each case, the blasts occurred after people picked up packages outside residences. Austin police chief Brian Manley said via Twitter than residents should immediately call 911 if they...

TNW’s Big Spam: If Monday were a face, I’d punch it
2018-03-12

Top trending tech news: 😬 A judge advised Trump to mute his Twitter critics (BBC) 🔈 London’s mayor warned big tech on hate speech (BBC) 🎮 Warner Bros.’s Westworld game opened pre-registration (TechCrunch) What we’re talking about: The FBI is cracking down on BlackBerrys customized for drug...

Google now previews Stack Overflow answers directly in Search
2018-03-12

Google is making it easier for developers to find the best answers to questions submitted on Stack Overflow: the company has started displaying previews for answers directly in Search. This means that you can easily scan through the most popular answers to Stack Overflow submissions without having to load the page....

People searching for Lorde tour dates on Google will now hear from her directly
2018-03-12

Google just unveiled a new feature where searching for a musician will unearth a comment from the artist themselves. “When you look up one of these musicians, you’ll find updates from them in their Search results,” Google explains in a blog post outlining the feature. “There,...

YouTube TV price hike: Hurry up, curious cord-cutters, unless you want to pay more
2018-03-12

The clock is ticking, cord-cutters. YouTube’s cable-like subscription service is getting a price bump, but there’s still time to save a little money if you were thinking about signing up for the service. The Google-owned video site is raising the price of YouTube TV to $40 a month, up from $35 a month....

Former Google Recruiter: This Is How To Improve Your Interviews
2018-03-12

You expect candidates to be prepared, but it’s a two-way street. Here are six ways companies can improve their interview process. I worked in recruitment at Google for six years, and like all companies we wanted the best talent. We believed that we were only as good as our next hire. But we also realized that...

The Latest XPrize Is For Building Remote-Controlled Humanoid Robots
2018-03-12

From caring for distant parents to entering burning buildings, there are lots of ways that people might use robot avatars to be in places they can’t go themselves. The X Prize Foundation is offering $8 million if someone can build one by 2021. Imagine that your parents are aging and need help doing chores...

Designing Wakanda: An interview with Black Panther’s production designer
2018-03-12

Note: This article contains a few spoilers from the Black Panther movie. When this article was originally published, Black Panther was on the second day of its opening weekend in Chinese cinemas. Before opening in China on Friday, the Marvel Studios movie directed by Ryan Coogler had already grossed well over $900...

Here’s how you access the super creepy data Facebook has on you
2018-03-12

Since 2010, Facebook allows you to download an archive file of all your interactions with the network. It’s a 5-click easy process that your grandmother can do (more details below). Inside the .zip, lies an ‘index.html’ page that acts as a portal to your personal data. Visually, it looks like an ad-free...

Cycle Media Revolves Around Culture
2018-03-12

The next-gen marketing conglomerate’s modern sensibility for making media and engaging with culture and brands put it among 2018’s Most Innovative Companies. When the Houston Rockets–L.A. Clippers matchup on Martin Luther King Day in January erupted into a bizarre fight scene after the game, NBA...

Senator Chuck Schumer: The world would be a “worse place” without Amazon
2018-03-12

The minority leader in the U.S. Senate made the comment when he discussed the state of tech and tech companies standing in the public eye on the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher (via Recode). While Schumer says he supports legislation requiring transparency in political ads on platforms like...

The Latest X-Prize Is For Building Remote-Controlled Humanoid Robots
2018-03-12

From caring for distant parents to entering burning buildings, there are lots of ways that people might use robot avatars to be in places they can’t go themselves. The X Prize Foundation is offering $8 million if someone can build one by 2021. Imagine that your parents are aging and need help doing chores...

You can now delete embarrassing WhatsApp messages an hour after you send them
2018-03-12

Back in October, WhatsApp introduced its “delete for everyone” feature that allowed senders to delete unread messages up to seven minutes after they sent them–saving users the world over from embarrassing drunk text messages. Now WABetaInfo has noticed that WhatsApp has extended that time limited...

Twitter is for soccer. Facebook is for baseball
2018-03-12

Twitter has scored a mini-coup over its social media competitor by nabbing the rights to stream Major League Soccer games for three years, reports Variety. The deal will allow Twitter to live stream at least 24 MLS games and other content throughout the year. That’s surely a gut punch to Facebook, who had MLS...

Android Wear may soon be renamed ‘Wear OS’
2018-03-12

In a post published over the weekend, Redditor H3x0n pointed to a new name and logo for Google’s Android Wear platform as they set up a smartwatch for use with their phone – which leads us to believe that the company may soon rebrand it with the label ‘Wear OS.’ H3x0n’s post included a screenshot that shows...

20 Great Resources to Learn Graphic Design
2018-03-12

Want to become a graphic designer? Teach yourself with these 20 great resources to learn graphic design, quick fast!

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