Amazon, Hello Fresh, Stitch Fix. Click a button, and it’s there in three to five days—perhaps even one. Packages, packages, and more packages—goods from all over the world, delivered after just a couple of clicks. But this height of consumer convenience has been complicating urban life for years, giving rise to increased theft and traffic,…
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A Nikon DSLR camera on display at Paris Fashion Week in 2020. | Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Optics and imaging giant Nikon will stop making new single lens reflex cameras — once the technological mainstay of professional photography — according to a report from Nikkei. The death of SLR cameras has been coming for…
The app is coming to iOS and Android. | Image: Linktree Linktree, a popular “link in bio” service, is launching a mobile app on iOS and Android, the company announced on Tuesday. Previously, you’ve had to log into Linktree through a browser on desktop or your phone to manage your profile, but if you prefer…
Walmart said Tuesday it signed an agreement to buy 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles from Canoo, the electric vehicle startup-turned-SPAC that last quarter warned it may not have enough money to stay in business. Canoo wouldn’t share the financial terms of the deal. However, a spokesperson disclosed that these are binding pre-orders, beginning with Canoo’s branded…
TikTok has agreed to pause a controversial privacy policy update in Europe, which had been due to happen tomorrow, and would have meant the platform stopped asking users for their consent to be tracked to receive targeted advertising, TechCrunch has learned. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), TikTok’s lead privacy regulator for the European Union’s…
TL;DR: Through July 14, you can get a 3-in-1 Fast Wireless USB Charging Dock Station for iPhone for just $49.99 instead of $114 — that’s a 56% discount. If you need to replace a charging cable, why not replace three of them with a charging dock that’ll only take up one outlet? The 3-in-1 Fast…
Global venture capital firm Cathay Innovation has announced its third fund, targeting €1 billion ($1.05 billion) at a broad gamut of companies and technologies around the world. With Fund III, Cathay Innovation launches what will surely be one of the largest multi-stage VC funds to emerge from Europe, encompassing series A, B, and other later-stage startups….
TL;DR: Through July 14, you can get The 2022 Complete Arduino Pioneer Starter Kit & Course Bundle for just $89.99 instead of $199 — that’s a 54% discount. Are you ever too old for some fun with electronics? Arduino could be both the accessible starting point for the young future STEM student in your life,…
TL;DR: Through July 14, you can get a JBL Live Free NC+ True Wireless in-Ear Noise Cancelling Bluetooth Headphones for just $65.99 instead of $149 — that’s a discount of 55%. With so many options out there, it can take time to find the perfect pair of wireless earbuds for your needs. If you’re looking…
For a certain spate of Gen X’ers, watching Stranger Things is like traveling back in time for one last birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. Except now we’re adults and we can see it for the shambolic hall of animatronic horrors it truly was. Everything is slightly sticky and run-down, but it’s ours, and that’s…