Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images / Apple) Here’s the situation: I have a Mac, I need a desktop mail client, and I want it to work as seamlessly as possible with Gmail. Just a small slice of Gmail’s Vim-inspired keyboard shortcuts. (credit: Kevin Purdy) Gmail has been my primary personal email provider since…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Enlarge (credit: Isaac Bowen / Flickr) Google’s journey toward Chrome’s “Manifest V3” has been happening for four years now, and if the company’s new timeline holds up, we’ll all be forced to switch to it in year 5. “Manifest V3” is the rather unintuitive name for the next version of Chrome’s extension platform. The update…
Joué Music Instruments’ Joué Play MIDI controller brings color and customization via swappable silicone mat control surfaces. Adam Douglas We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Every MIDI controller is the same, right? You’ve got some piano-style keys, a few buttons … maybe some knobs. No…
Why are you in such a rush there, Cassie?. Oregon State University It may still trail the fastest humans on the planet, but Cassie proved it’s no slouch, either. Earlier this week, Oregon State University’s College of Engineering and its spinout company, Agility Robotics, released a video shot earlier this year showcasing their bipedal robot…
The demand for some services can be so high, it can insulate their providers against the vagaries of the market. During an economic downturn, consumers don’t cut back on pet food or toilet paper. Similarly, everyone needs insurance. Between 2016 and 2022, insurtech startups received around $43 billion in funding, and despite the downturn, most…
Jason Schoettler Contributor Share on Twitter Jason Schoettler is co-founder and managing partner of Calibrate Ventures. Raising a Series B for any startup is challenging right now, with many VCs pulling back on investments — funding for Series B rounds across all sectors fell 55% in August compared to a year earlier, for example. But…
Between recent drama around gambling and its controversial decision to take a bigger slice of the subscription revenue pie, it’s been a dramatic couple of weeks for Twitch. Now, the company says it’s testing one new way for streamers to bring in cash from their most committed followers in the form of “elevated chats,” which…
Facebook and Instagram have completed their NFT rollout across both apps for all users in the U.S. On Thursday, Meta announced that all users in the U.S. can connect their digital wallets to Facebook and Instagram to share and cross-post their NFTs. This comes as one of the final steps of the official NFT rollout…
Google is changing the payment model for Colaboratory, its Python-writing code system. Informally known as Colab, the platform is designed for users to write and execute Python code from within your browser, and is marketed to all types of users including students, data scientists, and AI researchers. The company boasts that zero configuration is needed…
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Scott J. Applewhite/AP Congress has moved to avert a government shutdown just hours before it would have begun. President Biden is expected to sign the bill into law before the midnight deadline. The legislation also contains funding for Ukraine, disaster relief, and heating assistance. House Democrats and ten…