‘To Get Things More Real’: An Interview with Ira Glass
Claudia Dreifus: Who were some of your influences in those early years? Ira Glass: Roland Barthes. At college, we were assigned Barthes’s S/Z , which made...
Stock trading app Robinhood gets UK broker license
Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based stock trading app that was recently valued by investors at $7.6 billion, has received regulatory approval in the U.K., breaking cover on...
Google and Twitter are using AMD’s new EPYC Rome processors in their datacenters
AMD announced that Google and Twitter are among the companies now using EPYC Rome processors during a launch event for the 7nm chips today. The release...
Report: Apple Has Activated Software Locks on iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Repairs
Apple has activated a “dormant software lock” that effectively kneecaps third-party replacement batteries on some newer models of iPhone, according to a report from iFixIt on...
Fluoride Linked to Worse Kidney Function in Teens, but Don’t Flip Out
There are few things that can set off the paranoid-minded faster than talking about fluoride in the drinking water. But a new study out Thursday cautiously...
Africa’s top mobile phone seller Transsion to list in Chinese IPO
Chinese mobile-phone and device maker Transsion will list in an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Transsion confirmed to TechCrunch. The company—which has a robust Africa sales...
Instagram Boots Ad Partner HYP3R for Reportedly Scraping Huge Amounts of User Data
Instagram has banned one of its owner Facebook’s official marketing partners, San Francisco-based HYP3R, after “a combination of configuration errors and lax oversight” on its behalf...
Earbuds lets audiences stream the playlists of athletes, entertainers and each other
Earbuds, a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. The...
The Powerful Women of Pop Culture Get Their Own Portrait Show
When Louisiana-based artist Ashly Lovett decided to do a gallery show based on the women of pop culture, narrowing down the options wasn’t easy. Read more…...
Postmates lands first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco
On-demand delivery business Postmates says it’s been granted the first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations in the city of San Francisco. According to San Francisco Public...
