How much power do users have to influence the ways tech companies govern their platforms? This week, prominent Twitch and Reddit users separately coordinated two platform-shaking actions with the goal of making the digital spaces they work and play in safer. In the latter case, at least, it appears... Read more

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! Botify, provider of search engine optimization tools and apps, today announced that it raised $55 million, bringing its total raised to date to $82 million. CEO Adrien Menard says that the funding — a... Read more

Getty Images Popular NPM package “pac-resolver” has fixed a severe remote code execution (RCE) flaw. The pac-resolver package receives over 3 million weekly downloads, extending this vulnerability to Node.js applications relying on the open source dependency. Pac-resolver touts itself as a module that accepts JavaScript proxy configuration files and... Read more

The EQE is nearly here. Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz has something to show us at next week’s IAA 2021, the reincarnated Frankfurt Auto Show now set for a home in Munich. On Wednesday, the brand published a teaser video for the EQE electric sedan, and thus far, it looks like it... Read more

It’s a cool summer evening in 2030, and my 16-year-old daughter and I are walking down our street, stargazing with augmented reality glasses. Above us the majestic night sky is clear, superimposed with information about distant stars that are configured into constellations like Pegasus, whose legend I use to... Read more

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! The cashierless technology revolution continues apace with news today that Zippin has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding. The San Francisco-based company is one of several players in the space to... Read more

The research group at Cleveland Clinic’s Laboratory for Bionic Integration looks at the inside of the touch robot system. Each small black box provides individual finger sensation to the user through a neural-machine interface. Cleveland Clinic Dreaming of a future where Luke Skywalker’s replacement hand is more than a... Read more

(This is not to say that fire agencies like Calfire aren’t supremely good at what they do. The successful evacuation of South Lake Tahoe is a testament to that: Over 20,000 people made it out, long before the fire reached the edge of town.) The WIRED Guide to Climate... Read more

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Last of the Nintendogs is back, and you can tell because GamesBeat editor Mike Minotti is grumpy once again. This time, he’s yelling about how the Game Boy and Game Boy Color are separate platforms.... Read more

The upheaval brought on by COVID-19 makes previous shifts seem glacial in comparison. Yet, perhaps no change was as sudden as the need to minimize human contact. Consumer and business behaviors changed virtually overnight, remote work was preferred (if not required), and digital spending became the new normal. Customers today aren’t... Read more