Revised Family Tree Identifies 14 Living Relatives of Leonardo Da Vinci
An extensive reworking of the family tree of Leonardo da Vinci connects an unbroken male line that extends from the artist’s grandfather to 14 living descendants—a...
Sharks of the Corn’s Trailer Is Propelled by Ultra Low-Budget Goofballery
From SRS Cinema, the distributor behind such titles as Dune World, Amityville Shark House, and Zillafoot (combining the powers of Godzilla and Bigfoot) comes another title...
NYPD’s ‘Shrek Bus’ Is Fake, Not a Bus, and Should Be Avoided at All Costs
Here’s a surprise gift from your dear friends at the NYPD: a “GAME TRUCK,” containing video game consoles, as spotted by WNYC/Gothamist reporter Gwynne Hogan. Take...
Yandex Self-Driving Group partners with GrubHub to bring robotic delivery to college campuses
Yandex Self-Driving Group, a unit of Yandex, the publicly-traded Russian tech giant, has announced a partnership with food delivery service GrubHub to be its multi-year robotic...
Nextdoor’s SPAC investor deck paints a picture of sizable scale and sticky users
The SPAC parade continues in this shortened week with news that community social network Nextdoor will go public via a blank-check company. The unicorn will merge...
Google’s Newest Nest Thermostat Is $42 off at Amazon
Launched late last year, Google’s Nest Thermostat is a simple and affordable alternative to the famous Learning Thermostat. You can now buy the Nest Thermostat for...
Good News, Oil Companies! Fox Is Launching a Weather Channel
We’ve reached the final boss level of climate irony. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the media tycoon whose News Corp. owns Fox...
Announcing the startups pitching at TC Early Stage
This Thursday and Friday, TechCrunch will host Early Stage – a virtual bootcamp for early stage founders. After the success of the spring event, on Friday,...
Monsterpocalypse Gives Us a Giant Radioactive Corgi, and More in Gaming News
Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This time around, we’ve got a $2,500 contest for families willing...
Don’t Update Your Chromebook Yet
Google pushed out a small Chrome OS update at the tail end of June, and now Chromebook users are seeing performance issues as a result. One...
