Spotify is expanding its newly launched audiobooks service outside the U.S., the company announced today. The service will now become available in other English-speaking markets, including the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, allowing users to access Spotify’s catalog of audiobook titles from the streaming app. The company first launched support for audiobooks in the…
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Biologically inspired soft robots make a lot of sense in a lot of different scenarios, but as with any class of technology, they have their limitations. Among other things, these compliant structures can struggle to move at the same speed as their more rigid counterparts. To help speed up swimming, a team of researchers at…
Yesterday this column discussed a tranche of data from Carta detailing an evolving venture capital market. We argued that the collected information showed the existence of a Series C “crunch,” or a bottleneck in the capital ladder that startups climb. Because there have been “crunches” at various stages before, the fact that Series Cs are…
Are you ready — and as excited as we are — to hear and learn from the brightest minds envisioning, building, investing and committing to forging and securing humanity’s future in space? Spend December 6 with us and the world’s leading space aces at TC Sessions: Space in Los Angeles. Be in the room: Buy…
Researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms are working on an ambitious project, designing robots that effectively self-assemble. The team admits that the goal of an autonomous self-building robot is still “years away,” but the work has thus far demonstrated positive results. At the system’s center are voxels (a term borrowed from computer graphics),…
PayPal-owned Venmo is today rolling out two changes to its peer-to-peer payments app, including the ability to donate to charities through Venmo as well as a redesigned money-sending experience. The latter aims to make it easier to see how much you’re sending and who you’re sending to, while also improving the ability to either pay…
SAVE $150: As of Nov. 22, the Dyson V12 Detect cordless vacuum is for sale at $499.99. That’s a savings of 23%. As Doctor Evil discovered, lasers make everything better. Dyson’s engineers had the same thought when they put a laser on their most popular cordless upright vacuum: Designed to highlight microscopic pieces of debris…
“Only leaving the house to get groceries. Nobody outside of my home to talk to or spend time with.” This is how one anonymous woman responded to the question, “What does loneliness feel like to you?” As part of a survey done by Peanut, a community app for women at different stages of motherhood and…
Save up to $80: The 9th-Gen Apple iPad is available for $269 on Best Buy and Target through Nov. 22, which is $60 lower than its MSRP and its joint-lowest ever price. Its 256GB version is on sale at Walmart for $399 — also a record low. It’s Thanksgiving week, and with that comes a…
Save $500: As of Nov. 22, the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the Apple M1 Pro chip is on sale for $1999 at Best Buy. That’s a savings of 20%. MacBook Pros have become standard laptops for people in creative industries. With Apple software such as GarageBand, iMovie, and more, it’s no wonder fans always find…