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At its F8 developer conference in San Francisco today, Facebook today is announcing that for the first time it’s making its “Save to Facebook” button — for adding content to a list of things to look at later — available for use on websites other than its own. Facebook introduced the Save button in 2014, […]... →

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has announced a set of partners for its livestreaming product. The company has opened up its live API, something that it plans on building out in the next five years. Introduced in August, Facebook Live is the social networking company’s response to Meerkat and Periscope. The company has said that it […]... →

Facebook will now allow businesses to deliver automated customer support, ecommerce guidance, content, and interactive experience through “Agents on Messenger”, Facebook’s term for chatbots. By providing utility through its huge developer and business ecosystem, Facebook could boost loyalty with Messenger, one-up SMS, and keep up chat competitors like Kik, Line and… Read More... →

Anyone who cares about display quality in their handheld devices has probably come across DisplayMate reviews, and the latest product to be evaluated by Ray Soneira is the new iPad Pro 9.7″. Spoiler: “It is by far the best performing mobile LCD display that we have ever tested.” Read More... →

If you can’t compete with Twitch’s viewership, you can try to beat them with quality. Esports streaming site Azubu announced a new HTML 5 viewer today: Everest. It enables viewers to watch 4K, 60 frames-per-second broadcasts of competitive gaming while using 80 percent less CPU than previous Azubu viewers. It doesn’t run on Flash, so you can […]... →

Some of the earliest Oculus Rift pre-orderers are facing further delays to get their hands on the long-awaited hardware. Read More... →

This is the new Tesla Model S. And it looks like a Model S, but slightly different — gone is the false grille. The new Model S features a Model X-like nose, in line with the recently announced Model 3. Instead, Tesla has opted for a subtle black T ‘moustache’ like on the Model X. Read More... →

Проект предполагает создание тысяч наноспутников, которые достигнут Альфа Центавры всего за 20 лет... →

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New is good, and free is better. Ubisoft announced that Incursion is available now for The Division on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The new content is free and adds new items, missions, and features. While a publisher can’t make direct money by giving away an update of this size for free, it can […]... →

Российский инвестор Юрий Мильнер вложит $100 млн в проект Breakthrough Starshot, цель которого — запуск космического аппарата со скоростью 160 млн км/ч до звезды альфа Центавра, сообщает РБК. Деньги будут потрачены на программу исследовательских грантов, условия которой будут объявлены дополнительно. В совет директоров проекта, вошёл Юрий Мильнер и физик Стивен Хокинг, основатель социальной сети Facebook Марк Цукерберг. Breakthrough Starshot назначен Пит Ворден, бывший руководитель научно-исследовательско... →

An initiative to encourage more websites to encrypt connections by offering free digital certificates has today exited beta, six months on from its initial launch — the idea behind Let’s Encrypt being to lend an automated hand to smaller websites that might not have the resources to go about achieving public-key certification on their own. Read More... →

21 марта 2016 года на презентации в собственной штаб-квартире компания Apple представила планшет iPad Pro с диагональю 9,7 дюйма. 5 апреля устройство появилось в продаже в России. Шеф-редактор vc.ru провел несколько дней с планшетом и попытался разобраться, как инженеры Apple представляют посткомпьютерную эру.... →

Основатель фонда DST Global, российский миллиардер Юрий Мильнер и британский физик Стивен Хокинг представили наноспутники для исследования космоса и поиска жизни во Вселенной. Презентация проекта Breakthrough Starshot состоялась 12 апреля во Всемирной обсерватории в Нью-Йорке, прямая видеотрансляция велась на сервисе LiveStream.... →

I like the Microsoft Surface, but you know what has been missing all this time? Keyboard covers that have “a blend of technology and style”, combining “Italian luxury, a Finnish minimalistic design aesthetic and durability that helps it improve with age, like a good leather jacket.” The keyboard covers are “meticulously crafted with a luxury material, sourced… Read More... →

Yuri Milner is pushing forward with the hunt for intelligent alien life beyond our planet, and is investing another $100 million in a more proactive approach after putting up the original $100m last year. In July of 2015, Milner and I sat down and discussed the greatest question of all. In the mind of this legendary investor, that question is “are we alone?” To get to the answer,… Read More... →

James Castle didn’t fall too far from the tree. He just graduated from college and is launching a mobile game that he built from his friends. The novel thing about that is he’s the son of Louis Castle, the famous cofounder of Westwood Studios and the creator of games like Command & Conquer and Dune II. The […]... →

In the world of venture capital, there is nothing more fundamentally important for an entrepreneur than building a strong board of directors. Read More... →

Vimeo is ramping up its efforts focused on getting its programming in front of an adult audience interested in indie video content, with the announcement of a partnership with Spotlight Cinema Networks that brings its short-form videos to the silver screen. Spotlight, which is owned by Mark Cuban, Todd Wagner and Arthouse Marketing Group, works with independent theater chains, and… Read More... →

FEATURE: The road to the Call of Duty Championship isn’t an easy one. It’s filled with gut-wrenching losses, surprise upsets, and an ever-shifting play field as new games change the rules from one year to the next. And if the most recent esports event is anything to go by, the 2016 Championship will be exceptionally chaotic. […]... →