Geek Trivia: A Clever 1960s Prank Convinced Swedes They Could Watch TV In Color With?
A Clever 1960s Prank Convinced Swedes They Could Watch TV In Color With? Pantyhose Film Negatives Wax Paper Bacon Grease Think you know the answer? Source...
The trendy five: Beat the heat with our favorite July 2019 repos
Every month, we go over the GitHub trending page for any cool repos that stand out from the crowd. We choose five of the most innovative, interesting, and...
Top 10 Java stories of July: 5 alternatives to JavaScript, OpenJDK Mobile is back & more
1. 5 alternatives to JavaScript for front-end development Our most popular article in July was far and away Matthew Davis’ look at five alternative options for...
Didi Chuxing and oil giant BP team up to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China
Ride-sharing and transportation platform Didi Chuxing announced today that it has formed a joint venture with BP, the British gas, oil and energy supermajor. to build...
Lyft Yanks 1,000 Electric Bikes in San Francisco After Two Battery Fires
Lyft has yanked over a thousand electric bikes from rental availability in San Francisco after at least two e-bikes experienced battery fires in the past few...
Education software maker Pearson says data breach affected thousands of accounts in the U.S.
Pearson, the London-based educational software maker, said today that thousands of school and university accounts, mostly in the United States, were affected by a data breach....
The “world’s largest internet restaurant company” quietly raised $125 million this month
In May, venture capitalist Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital warned in a Financial Times column that Amazon’s recent $575 million investment in the London-based delivery service...
Revolut launches stock trading in limited release
Fintech startup Revolut is launching its stock trading feature today. It’s a Robinhood-like feature that lets you buy and sell shares without any commission. For now,...
Calling all hardware startups! Apply to Hardware Battlefield @ TC Shenzhen
Got hardware? Well then, listen up, because our search continues for boundary-pushing, early-stage hardware startups to join us in Shenzhen, China for an epic opportunity; launch...
Joe Biden flubbed his website during debate, so of course someone bought the domain
At the end of CNN’s second Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday night, all the candidates ended their closing statements with their websites. Except Joe Biden, who...
