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Saturday, January 13, 2018

The secret to avoiding CES cynicism is never really going

I’ve been going to CES for almost ten years now, and it amazes me that really, nothing has changed. The same people are saying the same things on the same stages, selling the same people the same junk with… well, slightly different numbers attached. But this year I had a great time and found some amazing companies — because I avoided at all costs actually stepping foot on… Read More

http://ift.tt/2D5N3ky The secret to avoiding CES cynicism is never really going http://ift.tt/2EGY3S2

Irish startup SoapBox Labs is on a mission to create what it calls “the world’s most accurate and accessible speech technology for children”, tech it plans to offer to third-party hardware and app developers. These span educational apps that support reading and language development, children’s voice-control for IoT devices in the home, smart toys, and AR/VR experiences. Read More

http://ift.tt/2FzMixG Irish startup SoapBox Labs is building speech recognition tech for kids http://ift.tt/2CWIjtv

Hulu on Friday released the first images of the next season of The Handmaid’s Tale, announcing that the next season will be released in April. Unfortunately, they weren’t any more specific than that. Another lingering question is whether or not Hulu will continue on with its weekly release of episodes for Season 2. In the first season, Hulu released the first three episodes at… Read More

http://ift.tt/2r1pVy7 Hulu announces April release date for The Handmaid’s Tale http://ift.tt/2CY7iwu

Yesojo’s Nintendo Switch projector dock is a dream accessory

{rss:content:encoded} Yesojo’s Nintendo Switch projector dock is a dream accessory http://ift.tt/2CVqoDy http://ift.tt/2FwZh3a January 12, 2018 at 08:43PM

The Yesojo Nintendo Switch projector dock got a lot of attention when we covered the launch of its crowdfunding campaign last year, but at CES, it was on display and working, with the company ready to ship to its early backers. We got to spend some time with the portable projector, which gives your Switch a high-resolution screen you can take with you anywhere – and we came away very… Read More

Just a few weeks ago I was in Utah for the holidays, spending time with the many family members my husband and I both have there. At one family gathering, a cousin began talking about how he bought a brand new home and sold his own home all without a real estate agent on a site called Homie. It seemed legally risky but he told me that Homie had blown up in the area over the past year, promising… Read More

http://ift.tt/2CVgime Peer-to-peer real estate marketplace Homie wants to replace your realtor with a bot http://ift.tt/2DooSuv

Facebook shares fell around 5% on Friday following the news that the company would retool its News Feed to boost social interactions over stories from publishers. Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on Thursday evening in a post on his own Facebook page to expected investor skittishness. “I want to be clear: by making these changes, I expect the time people spend on Facebook and some… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2lVGhF6 Facebook stock dips after the platform deprioritizes publishers Taylor Hatmaker http://ift.tt/2mmXcy0
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Confusingly jamming Stories in between private messages has sparked backlash amongst the first users of Snapchat’s sweeping redesign. In the few countries including the U.K., Australia, and Canada where the redesign is widely available, 83 percent of App Store reviews (1,941) for the update are negative with one or two stars, according to data provided to TechCrunch by mobile analytics… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2fwIoxk Snapchat’s big redesign bashed in 83% of user reviews Josh Constine http://ift.tt/2mu8qlb
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Snapchat’s big redesign bashed in 83% of user reviews

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Nuheara’s voice amplifying earbuds offer customizable hearing profiles

Nuheara’s new IQBuds Boost headphones exist in a a strange sort of in-between spot. Like the rest of the company’s line, they’re clearly one of countless devices looking to compete in the crowded world of bluetooth earbuds. Like the standard IQBuds before them, however, they’re also designed to boost hearing. But the Boosts are an attempt to be even more, offering… Read More

http://ift.tt/2mxDOzB Nuheara’s voice amplifying earbuds offer customizable hearing profiles http://ift.tt/2mrwJAr

As we noted earlier this week, the mere fact that Blocks was able to bring its modular smartwatch system to market feels like a minor miracle. The company appears to have not taken the easy route in any respect. It could have launched an Android Wear device, but instead opted to skin a scaled down version of stock Android. And then there’s the modules — the company compares… Read More

http://ift.tt/2CSy2yw Blocks hopes to court enterprise customers with its modular smartwatch http://ift.tt/2mm7EG7

Facebook is making a huge change to its News Feed algorithm to prioritize friends and posts that spark comments between them at the expense of public content, news outlets, and importantly, the total time spent and ads you see on the social network. CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook today, “I’m changing the goal I give our product teams from focusing on helping you find… Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2CTnoaO Facebook reranks feed to favor well-being/discussion, not time spent/publishers Josh Constine http://ift.tt/2EzLSGz
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Facebook reranks feed to favor well-being/discussion, not time spent/publishers

{rss:content:encoded} Facebook reranks feed to favor well-being/discussion, not time spent/publishers http://ift.tt/2EzLSGz http://ift.tt/2CTnoaO January 12, 2018 at 01:31AM

The SUV has a lot of strong features, including a max range of 323 miles for the upgraded version, and a starting price of just $45,000. But the real jaw-dropping feature is a 49-inch display that covers the entire dash, providing a multifunctional information and entertainment interface in a way quite unlike anything else out there in the automotive world. It’s not the only display in… Read More

http://ift.tt/2mtEA0g Here’s what it’s like to ride in Byton’s new Concept SUV http://ift.tt/2D2QqrF

Y Combinator is pulling the curtains off of a new experiment, YC Bio. The idea is to fund early-stage life-sciences companies that are still in the lab phase, YC President Sam Altman wrote on the YC blog today. YC Bio’s first area of focus will be on healthspan and age-related disease. “We think there’s an enormous opportunity to help people live healthier for longer, and that… Read More

http://ift.tt/2wHIOUe Y Combinator is launching a biotech track http://ift.tt/2mtKYEL

Meet Kuzzle, an all-in-one backend solution for connected devices and beyond. The French startup is giving you a scalable solution so that you don’t have to develop everything from scratch yourself. Think about it as Firebase but for different use cases. Before Kuzzle, the French company had been working on all sorts of web and digital projects since 2001. They realized that they kept… Read More

http://ift.tt/2iFnkmU Kuzzle is building the backend for the internet of things http://ift.tt/2D3mmw8

Startup Closetbox recently raised a $7.3 million Series A round, bringing its total amount of funding to $19.8 million. Closetbox, of course, has competitors like fellow startups Makespace and Omni, as well as larger companies like Pods and Public Storage. Closetbox offers “full-service storage,” which means it has professional movers come to your house to do any heavy lifting and… Read More

http://ift.tt/2AQulri Storage startup Closetbox raises $7.3 million Series A round http://ift.tt/2D1NTyS

There are a number of services that let you sell your used watches or simply purchase new watches but few have the funding war chest of Chronext. This online services lets you buy and sell fancy watches for a fraction of the price and, as evidenced by their performance and the performance of competitor Crown and Caliber, it looks like that market is heating up. Created by Philipp Man and… Read More

http://ift.tt/2msKoXS Chronext raises $34 million to bring nice watches to your bare wrist http://ift.tt/2mtFnOK

Codeless development platforms are at once a blessing and a curse. If they’re complete enough to be powerful they are too difficult for beginners and if they’re simple enough for beginners they’re useless for serious work. Zeroqode, a one-stop-shop for codeless creation, aims to make the difficult easy and the easy more powerful. Created by Levon Terteryan and Vlad Larin,… Read More

http://ift.tt/2DjL7lo Zeroqode will usher us into a codeless future http://ift.tt/2EyXVnr

Alphabet, the umbrella corporation of Google, Inc. etc., has quietly acquired a UK-based startup called Redux, reports Bloomberg. Redux was founded in 2013 out of Cambridge, and built technology that uses vibrations to turn surfaces of phones or tablets into speakers or provide haptic feedback. The acquisition is reflected on Crunchbase, and in confirmed transfer of shares within U.K.… Read More

http://ift.tt/1VHSAj8 Google acquired Redux, a U.K. startup focused on audio and haptics http://ift.tt/2APvZJB

Austria’s Supreme Court is referring a legal challenge over the extent of Facebook’s responsibility to remove hate speech postings to Europe’s top court for an opinion. The case has clear implications for freedom of speech online. Read More

from Social – TechCrunch http://ift.tt/2rY7yt6 ECJ to rule on whether Facebook needs to hunt for hate speech Natasha Lomas http://ift.tt/2Exs3Q2
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Recent Sphero spinoff Misty Robotics brought a decidedly non-consumer-focused device to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week. The Misty I Developer Edition is the first baby step for a startup with even grander ambitions than the one that gave birth to it. In June, the company announced a $11.5 million Series A led by Venrock and Foundry Group to aide in its plans to build a… Read More

http://ift.tt/2qVHaAZ Sphero spinoff Misty Robotics launches a robot for programmers http://ift.tt/2mqPnYZ

Lisbon-headquartered Unbabel, a startup that has developed what it describes as an “AI-powered, human-refined” translation platform that makes it more cost effective to conduct business globally, has raised $23 million in Series B funding. Read More

http://ift.tt/2mgUuu0 Unbabel raises $23M for its ‘AI-powered, human-refined’ translation platform http://ift.tt/2msfPSb

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