One day, Annabel Angwenyi was running errands in Nairobi, Kenya when her car refused to start. She called her usual mechanic, but he was busy helping another customer on the opposite side of town. She knew there must be another mechanic close by, but because many local businesses don’t have an online presence, she had…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Mouse embryos recently generated from stem cells in a lab show more brain development than any synthetic mouse embryos created previously. While other researchers had created mouse embryos from stem cells, none reached the point where the entire brain, including the anterior portion at the front, began to develop, according to the researchers from the…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Tesla is demanding that an advocacy group remove videos of its vehicles running over child-sized mannequins, escalating the debate over the safety of the company’s Full Self-Driving software. Tesla sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Dawn Project, an anti-Tesla group fronted by software developer Dan O’Dowd. In it,…
Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts, David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves, Justin H. Min as Ben Hargreeves, and Aidan Gallagher as Number Five. | Image: Netflix Though Netflix has picked up The Umbrella Academy for a fourth season that will continue the story of the Hargreeves family, the next chapter will be the series’ last. Netflix…
MyFitnessPal’s planned change comes after new ownership in late 2020 and a recent app redesign. | Image: MyFitnessPal The popular nutrition and weight loss app MyFitnessPal is moving its free barcode scanning feature behind the paywall. For years, users with free accounts have been able to use this tool to scan food barcodes for easy…
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Google-owned navigation service Waze is shutting down its six-year-old carpooling service, citing shifting commuting patterns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in September, the company will begin the process of winding down its carpooling service, which had been available in the US, Brazil, and Israel….
Start the school year right with these fun Virtual Field Trips! Find creative ways to connect students to the real world through Virtual Field Trips that introduce them to present challenges, future possibilities, and potential career pathways. Register for our two new Virtual Field Trips debuting this September, and check out a few others that…
With a foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4 opens up to reveal a bold and beautiful 7.6-inch screen. Mike Epstein For most of us, myself included, the folding display technology at the heart of Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold4 is the stuff of wonders. Despite the fact that this is the fourth…
PayPal is expanding further into the charitable donations business with this morning’s launch of support for Grant Payments, the company has announced. The new product has been created in partnership with National Philanthropic Trust (NPT) and Vanguard Charitable and allows Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) sponsors, community foundations and other grantmakers to move their donations electronically through…
India’s Ministry of Corporate Affairs has asked Byju’s to explain why it hasn’t filed its audited financials for the year ending March 2021, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. Edtech giant Byju’s, which is India’s most valuable startup with a valuation of $22 billion, has missed the deadline to file its audited results by 17 months. The…