A new startup is setting out to help companies build and harness communities around their products, enabling them to side-step multiple disparate tools and manage everything in a single platform. Founded out of the Czech Republic in 2021, Talkbase launched out of stealth just a couple of weeks back, backed by $2 million in pre-seed funding…
Soldiers conduct military exercise in Moscow, Russia, on September 1, 2022. Russian Defense Ministry / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted a partial military mobilization in September. The Guardian reported that Russia is undersupplying or insufficiently supplying the new troops. “Soon they’ll make us buy our own grenades,” a draftee said…
Donald Trump was banned from Twitter two days after the January 6 Capitol riot. Alex Brandon/AP Donald Trump, his company, and his three oldest children are being sued in a class action lawsuit. The suit claims that Trump defrauded investors into backing ACN, an MLM telecommunications company. The company’s flagship product was a “videophone” that…
The Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu was released today, providing users with a new desktop user environment to improve enterprise productivity.Read MoreRead More
Nick Barclay / The Verge TikTok is strongly pushing back against a Forbes report alleging that its parent company wanted to use the video app to “monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens.” In a series of tweets, TikTok accused Forbes of leaving off a vital part of its statement, which says that…
Image: Bethesda If you played The Elder Scrolls Online using Google’s now-doomed Stadia cloud gaming service, I have some good news. Bethesda is making good on its promise to let people port their ESO accounts over to Windows and Mac, including all their progress, characters, purchased content, achievements, and inventory items. According to several members…
Enlarge / Home security cameras are some of the first devices to be considered for a security “nutrition label” that could launch in spring 2023. (credit: Getty Images) The White House issued a statement today that said, essentially, it hosted a big meeting on Wednesday, with big names, and that some kind of security label…
When Uils launched in 2021, it was a car rental service for rideshare drivers. But after the founders realized that many rideshare drivers don’t have access to credit, particularly in Latin America, the Buenos Aires-based company pivoted to fintech, offering financial services to drivers through a behavioral scoring engine based entirely on a person’s driving…
General Motors unveiled Thursday an all-electric GMC Sierra Denali pickup truck, the latest model in the automaker’s march towards a global annual sales target of 1 million electric vehicles by 2025. The GMC Sierra Denali EV isn’t the first electric truck or SUV on GM’s new Ultium platform. It’s actually the brand’s third battery-electric truck,…
President Joe Biden motions while boarding Air Force One at Los Angeles International Airport after attending the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 11, 2022. AP Photo/Evan Vucci A federal judge struck down a lawsuit filed by six states seeking to challenge student-debt relief. It was regarded as one of the…