Kevin Rose on health apps, crypto and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact

Kevin Rose on health apps, crypto and how founders get through this time with their sanity intact

Kevin Rose has been in the spotlight since co-founding the early social news aggregation site Digg in late 2004. A genial whiz kid turned serial entrepreneur, he has since become as well-known for launching a whole lot of slickly designed products, some of them out 

With pandemic-era acquisitions, big tech is back in the antitrust crosshairs

With pandemic-era acquisitions, big tech is back in the antitrust crosshairs

With many major sectors totally frozen and reeling from losses, tech’s biggest players are proving themselves to be the exception to the rule yet again. On Friday, Facebook confirmed its plans to buy Giphy, a popular gif search engine, in a deal believed to be 

NASA’s ‘Artemis Accords’ set forth new and old rules for outer space cooperation

NASA’s ‘Artemis Accords’ set forth new and old rules for outer space cooperation

NASA’s plan to return to the Moon is ambitious enough on its own, but the agency is aiming to modernize international cooperation in space in the process. Today it published a summary of the “Artemis Accords,” a new set of voluntary guidelines that partner nations 

Tesla scouts head to Tulsa, Austin as hunt for Cybertruck gigafactory location nears end

Tesla scouts head to Tulsa, Austin as hunt for Cybertruck gigafactory location nears end

Tesla officials visited two sites in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week to search for a location for its future and fifth gigafactory that will produce its all-electric Cybertruck and Model Y crossover, a source familiar with the situation told TechCrunch. Company representatives also visited Austin. A 

Košarkaši Radničkog osigurali plasman u KLS

Košarkaši Radničkog osigurali plasman u KLS

Pobedom na gostovanju ekipi Pirota – 94:75 (25:15, 29:22, 20:17, 20:21), košarkaši Radničkog su četiri kola pre kraja takmičenja u Drugoj ligi Srbije osigurali plasman u viši rang takmičenja, Košarkašku ligu Srbije. Već je prva četvrtina dala jasne smernice u kom pravcu će se ovaj 

Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s Space Force starring The Office’s Steve Carell

Watch the first trailer for Netflix’s Space Force starring The Office’s Steve Carell

Netflix has released the first trailer for its series Space Force, which is a parodic take on the newest branch of the U.S. armed forces. The project was announced pretty shortly after the space-focused military branch was made official, so it’s actually pretty impressive to 

Cockroach Labs scores $86.6M Series D as scalable database resonates

Cockroach Labs scores $86.6M Series D as scalable database resonates

Cockroach Labs, the NYC enterprise database company, announced an $86.6 million Series D funding round today. The company was in no mood to talk valuations, but was happy to have a big chunk of money to help build on its recent success and ride out 

7 VCs discuss how COVID-19 is changing the media startup landscape

7 VCs discuss how COVID-19 is changing the media startup landscape

The world has changed dramatically since May 2019 when we last surveyed venture capitalists about the trends they were seeing in media, entertainment and gaming. Since then, COVID-19 and the resulting physical distancing measures have created plenty of demand for companies helping to inform and 

China launches next-gen crew capsule for demo flight via new Long March 5B rocket

China launches next-gen crew capsule for demo flight via new Long March 5B rocket

China has launched a demonstration mission of its next-generation crew spacecraft, using the Long March 5B rocket. This is the first launch for that new rocket, an iteration of China’s Long March launcher that will also be used to take up the sections and components 

Orca Security raises $20M Series A for its multi-cloud security platform

Orca Security raises $20M Series A for its multi-cloud security platform

Orca Security, an Israeli cloud security firm that focuses on giving enterprises better visibility into their multi-cloud deployments on AWS, Azure and GCP, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A round led by GGV Capital. YL Ventures and Silicon Valley CISO