A few months after Super Meat Boy Forever finally hit the Epic Games Store and Nintendo Switch, it’s coming to PlayStation and Xbox. Team Meat is bringing the game to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X / S on April 16. It costs $ 20. The long-awaited sequel landed on PC and Switch … Read more
The Hans Rosling Center for Population Health at the University of Washington in Seattle. (Kevin Scott Photos) A lot can change in the landscape in a year when social isolation is the norm. The University of Washington has completed the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health, and photos show a notable addition to the Seattle … Read more
Elon Musk’s Neuralink, one of his many companies and the only one currently focused on mind control (we are aware of this), has released a new blog post and video detailing some of his recent updates – including how his hardware is used to enable a monkey to play pong only with its brain. In … Read more
Microsoft released the first 64-bit version of Windows in the early hours of the morning. In 2007 it came out with OneDrive. Despite this history, the Windows version of the file sync app is only now making the leap to 64-bit, with Microsoft announcing a new client preview. In an announcement from Windows guru Paul … Read more
An example of a GeekWire virtual office created with Spot. (Spot Photos) New financing: Spot, a year-old company led by the founders of billion dollar startup Outreach, has raised $ 1.7 million. Company background: GeekWire spotted Spot back in June when it was in stealth mode. The 7-person startup creates software that creates a virtual … Read more
While Nigeria and Kenya have been at the forefront of African fintech innovation, activities are beginning to take shape in Egypt beautiful. There is currently a burgeoning fintech startup ecosystem in Egypt. Today fintech startup Paymob announced that it has completed a Series A round valued at $ 18.5 million. In July 2020, Paymob raised … Read more
This week LG confirmed it was pulling out of the cellular industry, but what about the phones it is already making? The company just announced that “all premium LG smartphones currently in use will receive up to three iterations of Android operating system updates from the year of purchase”. The three OS update warranty applies … Read more
Icosavax creates virus-like particles using technology licensed from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design. (Icosavax photo) New financing: At a moment when everyone is talking about vaccines, a Seattle-based biotech company taking an unusual approach to vaccine production raised $ 100 million in a Series B round. The startup creates computerized, virus-like particles … Read more
Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at strengthening the efforts of Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) led and focused on color founders. The motivation behind the project is straightforward. ESOs “are facing record demand, resources are depleted and are chronically underestimated, underestimated and underfunded,” say the organizations. The resource … Read more
Fujifilm’s Instax Mini 40 is an instant camera, similar to last year’s Instax Mini 11, but with a new retro look and a $ 30 higher price tag. It’s as easy to use as the previous Polaroids (once you put the film in), with just two buttons, a built-in flash, and a “pop-out” close-up lens. … Read more