SpaceX launches the first part of its satellite internet network
The first part of SpaceX’s ambitious satellite internet network is in orbit. On Thursday evening, the spaceflight company deployed 60 of its Starlink satellites from its...
Reddit user allowed to remain anonymous following court ruling
A Reddit user who faced a legal fight to reveal their identity has been allowed to stay anonymous, a court has ruled. The user, who posts...
Online bank Simple makes things harder by removing bill pay
With a growing number of challenger banks taking on the U.S. market, one of the original startup banks, Simple — now owned by BBVA — has...
The U.S. Senate is coming after ‘loot boxes’
Gamers feel passionately about loot boxes, turns out some elected officials do too. A new Senate bill was formally introduced today with bipartisan support and it...
Lime’s founding CEO steps down as his co-founder takes control
In an all-hands meeting this afternoon, the scooter and bike-sharing phenom Lime announced co-founder and chief executive officer Toby Sun would transition out of the C-suite...
This is why self-driving cars suck at making unprotected left turns
Human or robot driver, left-hand turns in a car are tough. Unprotected turns? Even harder. Cruise, the self-driving car company backed by General Motors, put out...
Canopy’s upscale co-working business adds a new location in SF on the heels of strategic funding
Canopy, an upscale, profitable developer of co-working spaces, has expanded its footprint in San Francisco to a third location on the heels of a strategic financing...
Fake ‘drunk’ Nancy Pelosi video goes viral, and it wasn’t even that hard to make
Who needs deepfakes when you can just run a video at reduced speed? An edited clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, altered to make it look...
You can do it, robot! Watch the beefy, 4-legged HyQReal pull a plane
It’s not really clear just yet exactly what all these powerful, agile quadrupedal robots people are working on are going to do, exactly, but even so...
Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
Jeff Peters Contributor Share on Twitter Jeff Peters, PhD is a principal at Autotech Ventures, investing in transportation startups. He has published academic and media articles...
