The sighs of relief are palpable. Uber can keep operating in London. With 3.6 million customers, 45,000 drivers, and a slew of reforms, changes and concessions already made to Transport for London (TfL), most observers expected Uber to win a reprieve – and they did. Uber passed the first of …
Read More »Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 accepted into YC, raises $1.2 million
When Nigerian logistics startup Kobo360 interviewed for Y-Combinator’s 2018 cohort a question stood out to founder Obi Ozor. “‘What’s holding you back from becoming a Unicorn?’ they asked. My answer was simple: ‘working capital,’” said Ozor. Kobo360 was accepted into YC’s 2018 class and gained some working capital in the form of …
Read More »Bastian Schweinsteiger Comments About Germany’s Performance
Bastian Schweinsteiger was stuck on the practice field while Germany crashed out of the World Cup in shocking fashion on Wednesday, unable to watch his former national team teammates and coaches in their historic defeat to South Korea as he trained with the Chicago Fire. The 2014 World Cup winner …
Read More »OnePlus Plans 5G Phone for 2019, Possible US Carrier Deals
OnePlus has managed to build itself a nice little niche in the budget-flagship part of the market with phones like the new OnePlus 6. However, all its phones have been sold direct to consumers as unlocked devices. Now, CEO and co-founder Pete Lau says the Chinese company is looking into …
Read More »AMD is Sending Ryzen, Radeon Care Packages to Developers
Last year, when AMD launched Ryzen, it quickly became clear that the company had a problem in certain games at lower resolutions. While the number of titles impacted was reasonably small, the advent of the new Ryzen architecture was also a bit of a liability where gaming is concerned — …
Read More »New WPA3 Security Standard Introduced for Routers and Devices
The WPA3 security standard is formally finished and ready for introduction according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, which developed the protocol. The new follow-up to WPA and WPA2 is intended to replace them with a standard that, well, hasn’t been cracked yet. There’s more to say on the topic, but that’s …
Read More »James Webb Space Telescope Launch Pushed Back to 2021
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has suffered numerous setbacks and delays, but it continues to inch ever closer to launch. The agency established an Independent Review Board (IRB) to analyze the project and recommend how to proceed. There’s good news and bad news on that front. The IRB says …
Read More »Astronomers Say Interstellar Visitor ‘Oumuamua Might be a Comet After All
Astronomers around the world were positively tickled last year when we detected our first interstellar object inside the solar system. The object was named ‘Oumuamua, a term of Hawaiian origin meaning “a messenger from afar arriving first.” Telescopes around the world turned to watch as our visitor rocketed off into …
Read More »Cassini Probe Detected Building Blocks of Life on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Scientists are busily working on a framework for assessing exoplanets for the presence of life, but what about extraterrestrial life a little closer to home? There are a few moons in the solar system that could conceivably support life. After analyzing data collected in the final days of the Cassini …
Read More »AT&T More Than Doubles Hidden Fee to Make $800 Million More Per Year
Many ATT mobile subscribers have noticed a small increase in their most recent bill. The carrier has more than doubled the “Administrative fee” from $0.76 to $1.99. That may be a piddling sum in the grand scheme of things, but remember that ATT has 64.5 million cellular customers. This fee …
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