Panel Mania: ‘Cannonball’ by Kelsey Wroten
Kelsey Wroten’s new graphic novel, Cannonball, is by turns a satirical social portrait of a queer, binge-drinking, abrasively ambitious young writer and a hilarious meditation on...
Latest stable release: Electron 5.0.0 improves JavaScript performance
The popular Electron framework enters a new phase. Its latest stable release, Electron v5.0.0, arrived on April 23, 2019. Electron is a framework based on Node.js and...
LaLiga & Rights Alliance Win Dynamic Football Piracy Blocking Order
Movies, TV shows, and music have all proven popular with online pirates for years but with fast Internet connections now widespread, streaming live television is on...
Wheely raises $15 million for its luxury ride-hailing app
London-based startup Wheely has raised a $15 million Series B round led by Concentric with Oleg Tscheltzoff, Misha Sokolov and other investors also participating. The company...
RosieReality, a Swiss startup using AR to get kids interested in robotics and programming, scores £2.2M seed
RosieReality, a startup out of Zürich developing consumer augmented reality experiences, has raised $2.2 million in seed funding led by RedAlpine. Other backers include Shasta Ventures,...
FT parent Nikkei confirms it has acquired new media startup Deal Street Asia
It’s official: Nikkei, the Japanese media firm that owns the FT, has confirmed that it has acquired Singapore-based new media startup Deal Street Asia. (The Nikkei...
JavaScript ecosystem survey concludes React is most popular framework
How does the JavaScript community fare in 2019? Results from npm’s annual JavaScript ecosystem survey reveal developers’ use cases, methodologies, and opinions about the programming language....
Facebook says it filed a US lawsuit to shut down a follower-buying service in New Zealand
Facebook is cracking down on services that promise to help Instagram users buy themselves a large following on the photo app. The social network said today...
Geek Trivia: Nintendo’s Only Foray Into Breakfast Cereal Featured Which Characters?
Nintendo’s Only Foray Into Breakfast Cereal Featured Which Characters? Princess Toadstool and Toad Super Mario and Link Samus and Metroid Mario and Donkey Kong Think you...
Mueller Prosecutors: Trump Did Obstruct Justice
Privately, two prosecutors who were then employed in the special counsel’s office told other Justice Department officials that had it not been for the unique nature...
