Image: Vizio Vizio was once the de facto recommendation for TV shoppers looking to spend under $1,000 on a new set. But over the last several years, companies like TCL and Hisense have made their presence felt in the mid-range price segment that was long Vizio’s specialty — and sometimes with better performance. It didn’t…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
These colors combine to spell out the event’s date. | Image: Samsung In a trio of images posted to its official Twitter account, Samsung Mobile appears to have confirmed the date of its next Unpacked event as August 10th, 2022. The first image presents a grid of letters, numbers, and symbols, while the second shows…
Sex is a good place for skin-to-skin transmission. Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russel Renger / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and public health experts are all on the same page: Monkeypox can infect anyone. The virus, which usually causes a fever and…
Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund (CAIF), a Pan-African fund launched via a partnership between AfricInvest, a multi-asset investment platform in Africa and Cathay Innovation, a European-born but global-focused venture capital firm, has achieved a final close of €110 million. Just last week, Cathay Innovation announced that it was targeting to raise €1 billion for its third fund…
Opendoor opened the door, so to speak, to the idea of applying technology to the concept of house flipping to both scale the opportunity and make it considerably more efficient. And while its share price is being hammered at the moment in a wider downturn for tech stocks overall, it’s a strong enough concept that…
Animoca Brands, the Hong Kong-based gaming company and the investor behind web3 big names like The Sandbox, Sky Mavis, Dapper Labs, and OpenSea, just got a talent boost. Alan Lau, former CEO and chairman at Tencent’s in-house insurance agency WeSure, has joined Animoca as its chief business officer, Lau’s LinkedIn page shows. Animoca, which got…
TL;DR: As of July 19, you can get the 8-in-1 Maglight Mini Super Bright Utility Flashlight for just $17.99 instead of $29 — that’s a 40% discount. How often do you need a flashlight when you couldn’t be farther from one? Granted, there’s the light on your phone, but even most iPhone flashlights can only…
TL;DR: As of July 19, you can get The 2022 Complete Renewable Energy Engineer Preparation Bundle for just $49.99 instead of $2,400 — that’s a 97% discount. The United States’ recent commitment to renewable energy sources is more evidence that the renewable industry is more than a way to conserve environmental resources. As the demand…
TL;DR: As of July 19, you can get The 2022 Ultimate Microsoft Excel & Power BI Certification Bundle for just $34.99 instead of $1800 — that’s a 98% discount. Excel is an incredibly useful program with a vast array of applications across industries and professions, but it isn’t exactly pretty. You can add color to…
TL;DR: As of July 19, you can get a Magsafe Compatible Qi Wireless Charger for just $16.99 instead of $39 — that’s a 57% discount. Wireless charging doesn’t have to be limited to leaving your phone on a stationary charging pad. With the MagSafe Compatible Qi Wireless Charger, you get a magnetically-aligned wireless charger mounted…