Gillmor Gang: Hope Springs The Gillmor Gang — Doc Searls, Denis Pombriant, Keith Teare, Frank Radice, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Sunday, August 13, 2017. The battle for the center screen — Facebook Watch, Disney v Netflix, Twitter turns the tables on cable news. And way […]
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Microsoft Azure launches two new regions in Australia
Microsoft Azure launches two new regions in Australia Microsoft today announced the launch of two new Azure regions in Australia. These two new regions will complement Microsoft’s existing two region on the continent and bring the total number of global Azure regions to 42. The plan […]
Watch SpaceX’s CRS-12 Dragon resupply rocket launch live right here
Watch SpaceX’s CRS-12 Dragon resupply rocket launch live right here [embedded content] SpaceX is launching a Dragon spacecraft using a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, with a launch window set for 12:31 PM EDT (9:31 PM PDT). The mission is CRS-12, the twelfth commercial resupply mission […]
Uber brings in-app tipping to the UK Uber is launching its in-app tipping feature for drivers in the U.K. Starting tomorrow, Uber passengers will be able to tip their driver using the app for rides and/or food via UberEATS.
GoDaddy tells white supremacist site Daily Stormer to find a new domain provider White supremacist site the Daily Stormer needs to find another domain provider after getting the boot from…
Female founders take charge in Vietnam
Female founders take charge in Vietnam Will Greene Contributor Will Greene runs Tigermine, a consultancy that supports science and tech innovation in Asia. The first time Huong Tran pitched a group of Vietnamese investors on Epomi, a beauty retail startup she founded in 2014, she was […]
Google updates its Cloud Speech API with support for more languages, word-level timestamps Google’s Cloud Speech API, which has allowed developers to use Google’s services to transcribe spoken words into text since its launch in 2016, is getting a major update today.
Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, is reportedly planning an IPO Rovio, the Finnish company behind Angry Birds, is planning to go public “as early as next month,” …
Shonda Rhimes is bringing her award-winning talents to Netflix Shonda Rhimes is coming to Netflix. The writer/producer whose television empire spans from West Coast hospitals…
Twitter users are calling out participants in the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies
Twitter users are calling out participants in the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies As the nation recovers from yesterday’s tragic violence caused by pro-nazi and white supremacist rallies that took place in Charlottesville, Va., Twitter users have been mobilizing to identify the participants in the weekend’s events. […]