As fashion has its metaverse moment, one app looks to bridge real and virtual worlds for sneakerheads – TechCrunch
by Jonathan Shieber | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Fashion is having its moment in the metaverse. A riot of luxury labels, music, and games are vying for attention in the virtual world. And as physical events and the entertainment industry that depends on them shuts down, virtual things have come to epitomize...
Minnesota’s ‘Essential’ Churches – WSJ
by The Editor | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Tim Walz has seen the light. Or at least the First Amendment. On Wednesday evening, we broke the news that Catholic and Lutheran leaders in Minnesota, working with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, had sent a letter to the Minnesota Governor saying they...
A blow to US-listed Chinese firms and TikTok’s new global face – TechCrunch
by Rita Liao | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what they mean to people in the rest of the world. It’s been a tumultuous week for Chinese tech firms abroad: Huawei’s mounting pressure from...
‘Twisted light’ lasers, prosthetic vision advances and robot-trained dogs – TechCrunch
by Devin Coldewey | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world of tech and startups. In this edition: a new type of laser...
Now’s The Perfect Time to Start Using a Password Manager
by Alan Henry | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Odds are that you, like the rest of us, are spending more time in front of a computer than you used to. You’re probably not looking for another addition to your digital to-do list, but allow me to make one humble recommendation: Get started with a password...
Hertz files for bankruptcy, hailing “self-driving” scooters, Memorial Day travel – TechCrunch
by Kirsten Korosec | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hi and welcome back to The Station. Memorial Day is this coming Monday, a holiday meant to honor...
The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories
by Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly issuing alerts to wireless telecom providers and law enforcement agencies about potential attacks on cell towers and telecommunications workers by 5G/coronavirus conspiracy theorists. The DHS warned that there...
Living and working in a worsening world – TechCrunch
by Jon Evans | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010. More posts by this contributor Why are people who cite...
The Eerily Dark Willis Tower Tops This Week’s Internet News Roundup
by Graeme McMillan | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
Spring, if you've been quarantined inside and haven't noticed, has sprung. The sun is out, the weather is warming up, and Michigan has lost two dams, flooding large areas of the state even as President Trump made vague threats about withholding funding to the...
Informal Transit Is Crucial for Some. Can It Weather Covid-19?
by Flavie Halais | May 24, 2020 | News | 0 Comments
In Kenya's capital Nairobi, business as usual has begun to return to the central commercial district, as pedestrians throng crowded streets where hawkers sell their wares—at least until a government mandated curfew forces everyone to rush home by 7 pm. To get...
