Fitbit’s new kid smartwatch is a little Wiimote, a little Tamagachi
The watch features a variety of different 3D games, unlocking more play time the more kids move.
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The Download: AI-enhanced cybercrime, and secure AI assistants
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse. Just as software engineers are using artificial intelligence to help write code and check for bugs, hackers are using these tools…
From Viggle to MidJourney, Discord is an unlikely foundation for the GenAI boom
In the video, a crowd is roaring at a packed summer music festival. As a beat starts playing over the speakers, the performer finally walks on stage: it’s the Joker. Clad in his red suit, green hair and signature face paint, the Joker pumps his fist and dances across the stage, hopping down a runway […]
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Germany’s financial regulator ends anti-money laundering cap on N26 signups after $10M fine
After the Wirecard scandal, Germany’s financial regulator BaFin started to look more closely at young fintech startups that wanted to grow at a rapid pace — it’s better to be safe than sorry. In particular, N26, a Berlin-based banking startup that raised hundreds of millions of euros and quickly became a unicorn, has had a […]
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Turn Your Car into a Remote Workspace for Just $300, Now Through May 31
If working from anywhere includes your car, you can transform your ride into a comfortable living space with this easily assembled pop-up cabin.
Stop Doing These 3 Things on Social Media, says Gary Vaynerchuk
Want to get the right attention? Here are three social strategies to stop — and three ones to start.
JFrog and GitHub team up to closely integrate their source code and binary platforms
Among other things, this includes the ability to trace code from source to binary packages across both platforms, single sign-on support and unified project structures.
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Tech startup Odyssey goes on journey to help states implement school choice programs
The company’s public fund disbursement and e-commerce platform makes accepting school tuition and enabling educational enrichment more accessible.
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Kinnect’s new app aims to help families record and store generational memories
A new startup called Kinnect aims to help people privately save generational memories, traditions, recipes, and more. The company’s app, launched this month, lets people create invite-only spaces where they can share images, videos, audio, text, and more with their entire family. Kinnect was founded in May 2023 by Omar Alvarez, an entrepreneur who has […]
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The Download: the minerals powering our economy, and Chinese companies’ identity crisis
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Quartz, cobalt, and the waste we leave behind It is easy to convince ourselves that we now live in a dematerialized ethereal world, ruled by digital startups, artificial intelligence, and financial services. Yet…
Spotify hikes subscription price in France by 1.2% to match new music-streaming tax
Spotify has hiked its premium subscription in France by an eye-watering €0.13, in response to a new music-streaming tax.
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