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Samsung will reportedly revive the Galaxy Note 7 with a Korea-only ‘Fandom Edition’

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Samsung is reportedly gearing to revive the Galaxy Note 7, its disastrous 2016 smartphone that was recalled after battery problems caused units to catch fire, with the limited release of a new model. The company hinted a few [...]

Sign up for PragueCrunch V now!

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Almost every year my buddy Jack Deneut has helped set up PragueCrunch, our kind-of-semi-annual celebration of Czech startups. And it’s happening again this year! The event is on July 13, 2017 at Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden. You can [...]

These are the autonomous trucks that Google’s Waymo is testing

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Alphabet/Google’s self-driving car division Waymo disclosed earlier this month that it is working on (semi-)autonomous trucks, and now we have our first look at the vehicles in question. Jalopnik published a number of photos of a Waymo branded [...]

The latest in the Binary Capital blowup — and what it means for startup investing

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Binary Capital, the San Francisco-based early stage fund whose cofounder, Justin Caldbeck, resigned this past Sunday, is shutting down for all practical purposes. A source tells Bloomberg that the young firm, which had closed its second fund last [...]

Apple Music’s first new personalized playlist wants you to Chill

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

This week Apple is beginning to roll out the first new personalized playlist under Apple Music’s ‘For You’ section. The playlist, entitled ‘Chill’ is muxed based on editorial curation and algorithmic interpretation of your musical tastes. A small [...]

Crunch Report | A bad day for cybersecurity

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Today’s Stories A massive new ransomware attack is spreading around the globe Target’s next-day essentials delivery service opens to customers in pilot test Cloudflare launches app development platform, announces $100M investment fund Uber now lets you request a [...]

Cannabis delivery startup Eaze confirms theft of some user data from service provider

June 28th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

An anonymous source tipped off Crunchbase News that Eaze, the Series B-stage cannabis delivery startup with over $24 million in venture funding, has experienced a security incident. Some of its user data may have been stolen by a [...]

Andy Rubin-backed AR hardware startup CastAR reportedly shuts down

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

An augmented reality headset startup founded by former Valve employees and funded by Android co-creator Andy Rubin’s Playground Global is shutting down after it failed to receive further investment. CastAR was building a headset device that projected holographic [...]

Magic Wormhole is a clever way to send files easily and securely

June 27th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

If you need to transfer a couple hundred megs to a coworker or friend across the country, you aren’t short on options. In fact, options are thick on the ground, and all have their own issues. Don’t you [...]