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Lyft’s response may not be autonomous cars in active duty, but it is a lengthy, detailed treatise on how Lyft sees the future of transportation over the next ten years, as penned by Lyft co-founder and President John Zimmer. The Medium post from the Lyft exec articulates a vision of the future that would see most of the rides on Lyft’s network of cars handled autonomously by 2021.… Read More... →

Apple just released not one, not two but three new ads for its new devices — the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. They all tout new features, such as water resistance, low light camera performance and new fitness features. Let’s start with my favorite one. In “Midnight”, a young man goes for a night ride on his skateboard. He rides in the suburbs, sees a deer (!) at… Read More... →

16 сентября запустила продажи iPhone 7 и 7 Plus в странах «первой волны. Первые российские владельцы новых смартфонов рассказали vc.ru о своих впечатлениях.... →

Дайджест новостей Яндекса и Google за прошедшие семь дней... →

Южнокорейский производитель смартфонов и электроники Samsung Electronics продал принадлежащие ей пакеты акций в четырёх компаниях с целью высвободить деньги для дополнительных инвестиций в основной бизнес. Общая сумма выручки от продажи акций составила $888,85 млн, сообщает Reuters со ссылкой на представителя Samsung.... →

Акционер Twitter Inc. Дорис Шенвик подала в суд на компанию. По мнению истца, руководство сервиса ввело в заблуждение своих акционеров, не выполнив обещаний по ключевым показателям роста. Об этом сообщает Bloomberg.... →

On August 24th, a warm summer night, all of Europe was shaken when an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, hit central Italy. “The town [Amatrice] doesn’t exist anymore…..it’s all gone,” said Sergio Pirozzi, mayor of the small town of Amatrice during an interview immediately after the tragedy. More than 290 people died, and dozens more are still… Read More... →

Over the past few years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been the white-hot center of a flurry of activity. The IoT may well be The Next Big Thing, but maybe the attention around sensors is misplaced… What if we didn’t even need embedded sensors to allow things to gather data about their surrounding environment? What if material could be a sensor in and of itself? Read More... →

Brazil showed off its cultural brilliance, spirit and national pride during the recent Olympic Games in Rio. Despite a prolonged macroeconomic crisis, the world’s ninth largest economy is showing positive signs that it may roar back as an investment magnet and innovation powerhouse — especially driven by fast-growing tech sectors that have continued to deliver growth rates. Read More... →

I walked into a store and bought two today (there were plenty more around) so chances are you won’t have to resort to overpaying on eBay for a pre-order slot. After only a few hours playing with the Go, I already feel like it has a good chance of pulling me back into the game, at least for a little while, and the entire experience of using it is pretty painless. The Go Plus was easy to… Read More... →

Elon Musk just teased that one of SpaceX’s more future-focused projects might be more ambitious than previously thought. On Twitter, the SpaceX CEO revealed that the company’s Mars Colonial Transporter (MCT) will need a new name, since in fact, it “can go well beyond Mars.” Turns out MCT can go well beyond Mars, so will need a new name… — Elon Musk… Read More... →

The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, September 16, 2016. It’s multiple streaming networks and the Third UI as the Gang meanders from iOS 10 to Twitter’s Apple TV global network debut. Debate prep for the deep learners. @stevegillmor, @Borthwick, @kevinmarks, @kteare, @fradice Produced and directed by… Read More... →

Are tech IPOs coming back? That is an ever-present question in Silicon Valley during any lull in the flow of shining private companies that get anointed as public companies. And we certainly have been in a long lull. This year, just one venture-backed tech company, Twilio, has made it public, compared to an average of 37 per year between 2001 and 2015. But the comeback question isn’t… Read More... →

20th Century Fox is looking to get an injunction against Netflix to prevent it from luring away employees under contract, according to a new lawsuit filed with an LA court. Recent Netflix hires Tara Flynn and Marcos Waltenberg were apparently the proverbial straws that broke the camel’s back, as both ex-Fox employees had contracts signed that tied the to the studio through at least… Read More... →

Microsoft is going to close Skype’s London office, in a move that could impact the jobs of the nearly 400 people employed there. The company told the Financial Times that is will “unify some engineering positions,” but that it “will be entering into a consultation process to help those affected by the redundancies.” The London office is a key part of… Read More... →

Like most small products with a cult following, SCiO has its fans and detractors. Those detractors took to the Internet recently to complain that the handheld molecular scanner, which raised $2.5 million in 2014, still hasn’t shipped. The result? Negative press and plenty of Tweets. I asked SCiO’s creator, Dror Sharon, what was going on with the device and when it would ship and,… Read More... →

Германская компания RoadAds разработала e-ink-панели, которые крепятся на задней части грузового прицепа и показывают рекламный контент в зависимости от местоположения автомобиля. Проект создан в партнёрстве с автоконцерном Mercedes-Benz и компанией Visionect, пишет New Atlas.... →

Финансовый директор Google Рут Порат заставляет «креативные» подразделения компании умерить траты... →

Apple 7 сентября представила новые iPhone 7 и 7 Plus без отдельного разъёма для наушников — они подключаются через разъём Lightning. В тот же день в сети набрал популярность шуточный сайт студии Nicer, предлагавший владельцам старых версий смартфона провести недорогой апгрейд при помощи устройства Apple Plug. 14 сентября расположенная в небольшом городке на юго-востоке США студия раскрыла в своем блоге на Medium детали кампании. Редакция vc.ru публикует перевод материала.... →

Полный список возможных покупателей с доводами «за» и «против»... →