Wolfgang Rückerl Contributor Share on Twitter Wolfgang Rückerl is the co-founder and CEO of Istari Vision and Entity. These days, a blockchain startup founder should expect to navigate challenging waters. Even in the best of times, founders must both prepare for a bull market and be ready for possibly bearish territory. Having a solid roadmap,…
If all goes to plan, Florida’s Space Coast could see two separate lunar missions take off in November. Japanese startup ispace said Wednesday it is targeting a launch window of November 9-15 for its first lunar lander mission. Separately, NASA set a trio of possible November launch dates for Artemis I, the first in a…
Microsoft introduced a deluge of upgraded Surface products during a virtual keynote this morning. Detailed in a blog post penned by Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, the Laptop 5 gets top billing here. The devoted touchscreen notebook arrives in 13.5- and 15-inch models, powered by Intel Evo, which the company claims will make it “50%…
Drones are lovely for all sorts of things, including shooting incredible 700-shot gigapixel images over Burning Man, for example. But they can also be used for nefarious purposes, carrying explosives or scaring the bejesus out of the Secret Service as they are trying to protect the prez. Dedrone has had a series of antidrone tools…
Small displays like smartwatches and AR/VR applications are about to get a lot better, at least if Porotech has anything to do with it. Whereas regular LED displays have their red, green, and blue pixels side-by-side, in separate pixels, Porotech’s DynamicPixelTuning (DPT) tech promises to make every pixel capable of outputting all colors. The theory…
There’s never a boring day in decentralized finance, but today’s news reads like a crypto-infused episode of Seinfeld. On Tuesday, a hacker stole roughly $112 million from cryptocurrency exchange Mango Markets, which lives on the Solana crypto platform. They did it by purchasing a large amount of MNGO tokens on the exchange on two separate…
Much of the hype surrounding Amazon‘s inaugural Prime Early Access Sale has involved Peloton Bikes, the LG C1 OLED TVs, Shark robot vacuums, and the second-generation AirPods Pro, which is 100% valid. It’s weird to see such great discounts on big-ticket items outside of Black Friday. But hey, maybe you’re not the type to randomly…
It’s that beautiful time of year when every big tech company launches a new lineup of products at the same time. Microsoft is no exception. The company unveiled a suite of new Surface products at an event on Wednesday. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that they mostly include Windows-based touchscreen-enabled devices. No need…
Microsoft is jumping on the AI art bandwagon. At its 2022 Surface event on Wednesday, Microsoft announced the latest addition to its 365 suite of creative tools: Microsoft Designer. This is a new app that, as the name suggests, is meant for graphic design, specifically creating attractive-looking images for social media or digital postcards quickly….
The Orionid meteor shower has arrived, and during its peak from Oct. 21 through Oct. 22, you might just get a spectacular view. The moon will, thankfully, not be outshining the Orionids this year during their peak, and there’ll be plenty of activity before and after the night of Oct. 21 and 22, with the…