House Democrats are staging a sit-in today in an effort to push their Republican colleagues to vote for a gun control bill that would exclude suspected terrorists from purchasing automatic weapons. Led by Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, the Representatives sat down on the chamber floor, chanting “No bill, no break,” and calling for a vote. […]
Samsung keeps pulling back the old football for stateside consumers when it comes to the Gear 360. Shortly after it was first introduced back in February at Mobile World Congress, the company noted that the U.S. would not be among the first markets to get their hands on the VR camera. Several months later, the 360 […]
Quick note to say we’re extending applications for our Berlin Meet Up + Pitch Off which is taking place next month — so you now have until June 25 to fill out this form for the chance to pitch your startup on stage and impress our panel of judges. We’ll have around 10 startups pitching at the event, […]
I first tried on a prototype of the Basslet wearable subwoofer at SXSW 2016. Built by a Berlin startup called Lofelt and headed by CEO/cofounder Daniel Büttner and CTO/cofounder Gwydion ap Dafydd (ex-Ableton and Native Instruments leaders respectively) the Basslet has a strange appeal that I didn’t expect I would like and that I recognized as missing the […]
There’s been a lot of speculation as to whether Google will end up building its own phone. Google CEO Sundar Pichai had sort of an answer on stage at Vox Media’s Code Conference: “Our plan is still to work with OEMs to make phones.” That’s not entirely a yes or a no, but for the most […]
In May, Microsoft officials said they’d soon deliver new SharePoint mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows. Yesterday evening, the first of those deliverables, the SharePoint mobile app for iOS, showed up in Apple’s app store. The SharePoint mobile app, which works on iPhones and iPads, is free. It connects to both SharePoint Online and […]
Whoa. We got our hands on a sneak peek of Hasselblad’s major announcement one day early. Thanks to a source, we now know that the camera will be the Hasselblad X1D, the world’s first medium format mirrorless camera. Want to see something mind-bending? Here’s a simple optical illusion that will literally change the way you […]
Quick diagnosis of bloodborne diseases can very much be a matter of life and death, but bouncing results off a hospital can take hours or days — so the National Institutes of Health and Cornell University are working on a device called the FeverPhone that could cut that time to as little as 15 minutes. […]
The explosion of tech companies setting up headquarters in major cities has encroached on the homeless population. Like San Francisco, the tech industry is growing rapidly in Seattle, and we too have the same dilemma. But unlike San Francisco, we have the opportunity to get ahead of this issue and truly make a difference. Read […]
Documents published by a hacker using the name “Guccifer 2.0” are shedding light on ties between tech industry lobbyists and Congress. Guccifer 2.0 claims to have stolen the documents from the Democratic National Committee, which announced last week that it was a victim of a breach. The documents leaked by Guccifer 2.0 purportedly include opposition research […]