This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How Twitter’s “Teacher Li” became the central hub of China protest information As protests against rigid covid control measures in China engulfed social media in the past week, one Twitter account has emerged…
Lead character Jacob in The Callisto Protocol. | Image: Krafton The game, led by Dead Space creator Glen Schofield, takes an old-school approach to survival horror. And it works… except when it becomes painfully frustrating. Continue reading… Read More
Enlarge / The Terran 1 rocket is shown in Relativity Space’s hangar in Florida. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Welcome to Edition 5.19 of the Rocket Report! Back from the Thanksgiving holiday, there is a lot of news to get to this week, including a report card on the SLS rocket’s performance (excellent) and some wild and…
Enlarge / Ferrari has ditched the V8 for its latest mid-engined supercar, the 296 GTS. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Ferrari provided flights from DC to Bologna and back, plus three nights in a hotel, so we could meet the 499P and drive the 296 GTS. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. IMOLA, ITALY—Time is running…
Stack Commerce We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Tick-tock—the holiday season is quickly approaching. Yet, what do you get a family member that is difficult to shop for? Giving the gift of travel is quintessential for those who always say they don’t…
It’s the Best of What’s New. L3Harris The past year has been marked by serious challenges, from the ongoing climate emergency, a subsequent increase in extreme forest fire frequency, and the devastating war in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. But we’ve also seen true innovation in the field of crisis response. More exact location systems will…
Michael Dombrowski Contributor Share on Twitter Michael Dombrowski is the corporate treasury adviser at Rho. He is an SEC-registered investment adviser specializing in fixed-income investments and corporate cash management. Liquidity is your company’s lifeline. With it, you have a fighting chance of achieving your vision, but when you’re out of money, you’re on the course…
Just four days stand between you and a deep space exploratory mission right here on planet Earth. We’re talking about TechCrunch Sessions: Space, of course, which lifts off on December 6 in Los Angeles. There’s still time to join, learn from and network with the leading minds and makers building the new space economy. Get…
Smoodi wants to see its smoothies in the hands of, well, everyone, and a new infusion of capital and distribution partnership has the startup well on its way. Incubated out of Harvard’s Innovation Lab in 2018, CEO Pascal Kriesche and Morgan Abraham call their company a “healthy smoothie store-in-a-box” that is essentially a robot that…
It looks like we might not have to wait much longer to see Apple’s first foray into virtual reality. There are multiple headsets in production, which will run on the newly-christened ‘xrOS’, according to a new article on Bloomberg from well-known Apple reporter Mark Gurman. xrOS is claimed to replace the previous ‘realityOS’ (or just…