Yandex-Uber JV MLU acquires regional rival Vezet for shares and $71.5M in cash
On-demand transportation giant Uber made its name in part by aggressively entering new markets on a path of organic growth, but in recent times, it has...
Hero Labs raises £2.5M for its ultrasonic device to monitor a property’s water use and prevent leaks
Hero Labs, a London-based startup that is developing “smart” technology to help prevent water leaks in U.K. properties, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding. The...
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 07/15/19
This week we have three newcomers in our chart. Hellboy is the most downloaded movie. The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak,...
Weekly round-up: Project Lanai, Grails 4, Gradle 5.5.1 & more
Project Lanai aims to create a Metal-based rendering pipeline for Java 2D and OpenJFX Oracle and JetBrains engineers proposed to collaborate on a graphics rendering pipeline...
The Magic of Iris Murdoch
It started about ten years ago when I was walking around in the west village with my girlfriend Jolie. In the Housing Works on West 10th...
Geek Trivia: Apollo 11 Astronauts Used Their Signatures As What?
Apollo 11 Astronauts Used Their Signatures As What? International Goodwill Tokens Security Authenticators Zero Gravity Motor Skill Tests Life Insurance Think you know the answer? Source...
Hellobike, survivor of China’s bike-sharing craze, goes electric
Just two years ago, investors were heavily pouring money into China’s dockless bike-sharing startups. Now that boom has busted with derelict bikes littering the streets of...
Understanding Russian Disinformation in U.S. Politics
I’m attending the “Summer Institute in Digital Literacy” (#digiURI) this week in Providence, Rhode Island. Although my flight landed too late for me to make the...
Poker Bots, Earthquake Scars, and What to See at SDCC 2019: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego is coming this week, which means our team will be on the ground, providing you with on-the-scene coverage of pop culture...
French Inventor Totes Rifle While Flying Turbine-Powered Flyboard at Bastille Day Celebrations
European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron were treated to a demonstration of the Flyboard Air, a sort of gas turbine-powered jetpack/hoverboard/flying platform originally invented by...
