(Nintendo screenshot) Nintendo announced a new Splatoon game on its first major news show in over a year, a new character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a new entry in its Mario Golf series, and more. Under normal circumstances, Nintendo publishes much of its game news through biannual, pre-recorded press conferences it calls Nintendo Directs. … Read more
If you’ve ever tried getting on the bus in San Francisco and found that Apple Pay isn’t an option (unlike New York, Beijing, and many other major cities), good news! It changes. Apple has announced that support for Clipper (the payment system for BART, Muni, Caltrain, AC Transit and a number of other transit agencies … Read more
School attendance has never been as dependent on technology as it is today. Classrooms have become virtual, parents have become more engaged, and teachers have become more familiar with video conferencing platforms than ever. Google today announced a range of educational tools designed to improve existing learning products and make it easier for students and … Read more
Zillow Surfing just got an upgrade. The Zillow Group launched a new feature for their virtual tour on Wednesday that uses machine learning to merge different media content with an interactive floor plan. The idea is to make it easier for home buyers to get a feel for a property without visiting them in person. … Read more
After the Swedish cloud communications company Sinch raised $ 690 million from SoftBank for acquisitions in December, it implemented its strategy in this department. Today the company announced that it is acquiring Inteliquent, a US voice communications connectivity provider currently owned by private equity firm GTCR, for $ 1.14 billion in cash. To fund the … Read more
This week, Apple TV + debuts in season two of its space racing series For All Mankind, while AMC + premieres a new episode of The Walking Dead well ahead of its debut on the Linear Channel. There is also a Steven Universe game ported from cell phone to console …
The new Google Dell Chromebook Enterprise devices. (Google photo) New numbers show that 2020 was the first year Chromebooks outbid Macs and saw impressive market share gains at the expense of Windows. Computers powered by Google’s Chrome OS have already sold Apple’s computers in individual quarters, but 2020 was the first full year in which … Read more
Metropolis is a new Los Angeles-based startup looking to compete with BMW’s ParkMobile for part of the automated parking management market. Upgrading ParkMobile’s license plate-based service with a computer vision-based system that detects cars entering and leaving garages has been Metropolis’ mission since founder and CEO Alex Israel founded the company in 2017. Israel, a … Read more
When the Ioniq 5 crossover is fully revealed next week, it will be Hyundai’s first electric vehicle built on the Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP). The platform has a dead battery that Hyundai uses to optimize the interior, which is shown in this short teaser. The center console is a little different from what you may … Read more
Bill Gates’ new book, “How to Avoid Climate Catastrophe,” is out Tuesday. He spoke to GeekWire prior to the release. (John Keatley photo) Breakthrough Energy Ventures hit the headlines last month with news that the fund raised an additional $ 1 billion to invest in promising, scalable solutions to climate change. At the same time … Read more