Enlarge / Artist’s rendition of an Activision staffer on the lookout for Modern Warfare II players without linked phone numbers on their accounts. Players who want access to this month’s release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II will have to link a unique, text-capable phone number to their Battle.net account. That’s according to a…
Enlarge / The Roofnest tent is quick to deploy and keeps you off the ground. (credit: Tim Stevens) I’ve had a fascination with rooftop tents ever since I first saw one years ago, probably perched up on some overlander SUV with knobby tires and a pristine shovel strapped on the side. Something about the idea of motoring…
Brandt Ranj / Popular Science. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Amazon’s Prime Early Access sale has officially begun, and while there’re great deals to be had on everything from wireless chargers to 3D Printers, Amazon saved some of the deepest discounts for its own…
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Information is power, and you can get more of a handle on your health or the health of your pet with genetic testing. Fortunately, it’s easy to get a snapshot with some saliva and an at-home DNA test. Some…
Honda said on Tuesday it is spending $700 million to retool three of its Ohio plants to build electric vehicles as it aims to phase out gas engines by 2040. Batteries for the electric vehicles from Honda and its Acura division will be supplied by a joint venture with LG Energy Solutions. The automaker confirmed…
Adding on a partner is no joke. Well, at least if you want it to be equal. NextView Ventures announces today that it has raised a $200 million venture fund, its largest to date, split between an early stage vehicle, at $135 million, and opportunity vehicle, at $65 million. The fund also brings Stephanie Palmeri,…
Shortly after the COVID pandemic hit, inspiration struck Ryan Abernathey and Joe Hamman. The pair had been watching the “mass mobilization” of the epidemiology research community, Abernathey said. “Joe and I were both thinking at the time, ‘We wanted to be part of something with that level of intensity and urgency around climate change.’” Abernathey…
Foxglove, a startup building an infrastructure stack for robotics, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Eclipse with participation from Amplify Partners and angel investors including Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt. The proceeds bring Foxglove’s total raised to $18.7 million, which CEO Adrian Macneil says is being put…
Elenas estimates that 11 million women in Latin America sell consumer items via catalogs and door-to-door sales methods. It is digitizing that process so they can more easily sell from home. Founder and CEO Zach Oschin started the Colombia-based social commerce company in 2018 (and participated in our Latin American Startup Battlefield that year) to…
Mark Zuckerberg will make his impassioned pleas that the metaverse is a real thing and a valid Next Big Business for Meta (neé The Facebook) on Tuesday. The annual Meta Connect developer conference kicks off with a keynote starting at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT, which is followed immediately by a more technical…