Ninth-Gen iPad Still Available for Same $329 Starting Price

Following the announcement of the 10th-generation iPad, the ninth-generation model remains available from Apple for the same $329 starting price. The 64GB and 256GB ninth-generation iPad models continue to be available for $329 and $479, respectively. They are still offered in the same Silver and Space Gray color options, meaning that there has been no…

Makersite lands $18M to help companies manage product supply chains

In 2018, Neil D’Souza, a software engineer by trade and previously the VP of product development at Thinkstep, came to the realization that his ten-plus-year effort to solve enterprise product challenges in the areas of sustainability, compliance and risk were having little impact. The way he saw it, they took too long, which minimized their…

Trump knew his letters to Kim Jong Un were classified and ‘so top secret’: Bob Woodward

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Former US President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the South and North Korea on June 30, 2019 in Panmunjom, South Korea. Dong-A Ilbo via Getty Images/Getty Images) Trump told journalist Bob Woodward in 2020 that the letters he wrote to Kim were “so top secret.”In his…

Egypt’s Nexta to launch “next-gen banking” app with fresh $5M

Nexta, an Egyptian startup that plans to launch its banking app in the coming months, has secured a $5 million investment from eFinance Group, a state-owned provider of digital payments solutions. This news follows the $2 million pre-seed round Nexta announced this March, which Egyptian early-stage VC Disruptech led. Last year, Nexta obtained a provisional…

Ships are circling off southwestern Spain as they wait to offload liquefied natural gas, and it shows the next complication in Europe’s natural-gas crisis

There is strong demand for LNG in Europe. VCG/Getty Images Ships are lingering in Spanish waters because they are unable to unload LNG, Kpler told Insider. LNG storage tanks in Spain are filling up fast. Spain has the largest LNG terminal network in Europe.  Europe has already imported more LNG so far in 2022 than…

Ikea is trialing driverless truck deliveries in Texas

Ikea has teamed up with Kodiak Robotics, a company that’s working on self-driving technology for long-haul trucking, to test driverless deliveries from its warehouses. Since August this year, an autonomous heavy-duty Kodiak truck has been delivering furniture from an Ikea distribution center near Houston to a retail store near Dallas every single day. While the…

DuckDuckGo browser for Mac beta has one trick YouTube won’t like – but you will

DuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused web browser is now available for download via an open beta to all Mac users. It’s still all about keeping your personal details private but does mix in some intriguing new features, as well. For the past several months, the company has been steadily working on a desktop version of the DuckDuckGo browser….

Netflix wants to get into cloud gaming (oh, and it’s making 55 more games)

Netflix is thinking about launching a cloud gaming service. The streaming giant, which has been toying with gaming by releasing a few mobile games, made clear it’s considering going beyond iOS and Android to reach people on their PCs and TVs. Ironically, Google recently announced it’s giving up on its cloud gaming effort, Stadia. Nevertheless,…