Monthly Archives: September 2022

Instacart’s grocery ‘smart cart’ shows how it’s about more than just deliveries

The Caper Cart has sensors that can detect what you put in it, plus a touch screen and built-in payment system for self-checkout. | Image: Instacart Instacart gig workers have a smartphone app with scanning tools at their disposal to fulfill delivery orders — but what if regular shoppers could also use them? The grocery…

Telemed abortion is expanding in parts of the US

Wisp is a reproductive health-focused telehealth company. | Image: Wisp Reproductive health-focused telemedicine company Wisp is expanding abortion pill access to six additional states, it announced Monday. The company launched abortion care in August with a program in California, and the service will now be available in Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New York, and Washington….

Rockstar confirms hack, says work on GTA VI will ‘continue as planned’

Image: Rockstar Rockstar has confirmed the Grand Theft Auto VI footage leaked online over the weekend was stolen from its network. The user who posted the gameplay, “teapotuberhacker,” claims they also carried out an attack on Uber that occurred last week, but it’s still unclear whether they’re actually connected. “We recently suffered a network intrusion…

The super-secret story behind the world’s only electric Motorola Corvette

Stashed somewhere in Illinois, the world’s only electric 1987 Chevy Corvette. Kevin Williams This article was originally featured on The Drive. Today’s onslaught of electric vehicles might feel like it’s coming out of nowhere, but really, it’s the culmination of years and years of research and development from a number of automakers. Go back a…

NEAR protocol spin-off Open Web Collective launches venture arm to invest in early-stage web3

Open Web Collective, a blockchain and web3 accelerator, has launched a new division called OWC Ventures to invest in early-stage crypto startups, the team exclusively told TechCrunch. The division is backed by Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group and the blockchain protocol NEAR (which OWC previously spun out from), Jeff Lavoie, head of investments at OWC…

Rockstar Games confirms GTA 6 footage leak

Rockstar Games has confirmed that it recently “suffered a network intrusion” that resulted in the massive leak of 90 videos of early development versions of Grand Theft Auto 6. The company said in an official statement on Monday morning that the intrusion resulted in “an unauthorized third party illegally” accessing and downloading “confidential information from…