Selasa, 30 April 2019

The end of Anki

THE DAILY CRUNCH
TUESDAY, APRIL 30 2019 By Anthony Ha

Anki is shutting down, Google Q1 earnings disappoint and WeWork files to go public. Here's your Daily Crunch for April 30, 2019.

1. Cozmo maker Anki is shutting its doors

No one ever said consumer robots were easy. But Anki's actually made a pretty strong go of it, all things considered.

"We've shipped millions of units of product and left customers happy all over the world while building some of the most incredible technologies pointed toward a future with diverse AI and robotics driven applications," the company said. "But without significant funding to support a hardware and software business and bridge to our long-term product roadmap, it is simply not feasible at this time."

2. Alphabet misses on Q1 revenues of $36.3B; EPS of $9.50 weighed down by the $1.7B European fine

Overall, it was a tough quarter for the company, indicating struggles with its growth.

3. Why did last night's 'Game of Thrones' look so bad? Here comes the science!

For what it's worth, I didn't have any trouble watching Sunday's climactic battle episode of "Game of Thrones" — but it seems plenty of other viewers did.

4. Samsung sees Q1 profit plummet 60 percent

Samsung said that sales of its new Galaxy S10 smartphone were "solid," but it admitted that its memory chip and display businesses — so often the most lucrative units for the company — didn't perform well.

5. Utah's Divvy raises $200M to eliminate expense reports

Divvy only launched its platform, which allows customers to send and request funds, create virtual credit cards, manage team spending and more, in January 2018. Its valuation has grown 1,000 percent since then, across three rounds of equity funding.

6. Twitter announces new content deals with Univision, The Wall Street Journal and others

The spotlight has moved on from Twitter's video strategy, but the company is still making deals.

7. What we want to know in the We Company (WeWork) S-1

With news that the We Company (formerly known as WeWork) has officially filed to go public, there's a big question on everyone's mind: Is this the next massive startup win or a house of cards waiting to be toppled by the glare of the public markets? (Extra Crunch membership required.)

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Editor's Pick: Mobile Chrome Hoax Could Target Android Users


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Apr 30, 2019 5:00 AM PT
A new method for hiding the true location of a website from users of the mobile Chrome Web browser has come to light. Phishers can trick users into revealing their credentials for a legitimate website to operators of a malicious one, security researcher James Fisher reported. Scammers can exploit mobile Chrome's feature that hides the address bar when users are scrolling on a Web page. [More...]

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Senin, 29 April 2019

Editor's Pick: Is Nvidia Tesla's Kryptonite?


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Apr 29, 2019 11:13 AM PT
Tesla sure didn't have a good week last week, given the kind of press coverage it got. I'm not that worried about Tesla going away, though, as its products are far too popular for it to disappear. On the other hand, management clearly needs to be fixed. What got me started looking at Tesla last week was that it pretty much announced that Nvidia was its Kryptonite. [More...]

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Only a fraction of consumers are willing to pay $1,500 or more for a flagship Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy smartphone, suggests an informal ECT News Network survey conducted from April 15 to 22. Fewer than 2 percent of those who took part said they'd be willing to paying such a premium for a handset. New smartphones arrive with almost disturbing regularity. [More...]
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Is Nvidia Tesla's Kryptonite?
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Feren OS: An Almost Flawless Linux Computing Platform
FAA Greenlights Wing Aviation Drone Deliveries
EU Gives Nod to 'Big Brother' Biometrics Database

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Is Nvidia Tesla's Kryptonite?
Tesla sure didn't have a good week last week, given the kind of press
coverage it got. I'm not that worried about Tesla going away, though, as
its products are far too popular for it to disappear. On the other hand,
management clearly needs to be fixed. What got me started looking at
Tesla last week was that it pretty much announced that Nvidia was its
Kryptonite.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85980.html

Consumers Balk at Premium Smartphone Prices
Only a fraction of consumers are willing to pay $1,500 or more for a
flagship Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy smartphone, suggests an informal
ECT News Network survey conducted from April 15 to 22. Fewer than 2
percent of those who took part said they'd be willing to paying such a
premium for a handset. New smartphones arrive with almost disturbing
regularity.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85981.html

Feren OS: An Almost Flawless Linux Computing Platform
Feren OS might well be the Linux computing game-changer that lures you
away from your current operating system. Feren OS is based on Linux Mint
19 and the Cinnamon desktop -- it currently does not give you any other
desktop options. However, it comes with a wide assortment of
configuration choices that let you tweak the look and feel into almost
any customized appearance you could want.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85977.html

FAA Greenlights Wing Aviation Drone Deliveries
The Federal Aviation Administration has given its first air drone
delivery certification in the United States to Alphabet's Wing Aviation,
paving the way for the service to begin commercial package delivery in
Blacksburg, Virginia. "This is an important step forward for the safe
testing and integration of drones into our economy," said U.S.
Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85978.html

EU Gives Nod to 'Big Brother' Biometrics Database
The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved two measures that would
integrate the region's fragmented law enforcement and home affairs
databases into a centralized one that would include biometric
information on some 350 million EU and non-EU citizens. It approved
creation of the new system on two votes -- one to merge border control
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Top Stories of the Day // April 29, 2019

Viacom is launching Pluto TV channels for Comedy Central, MTV and more | With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects | Amazon Pay launches peer-to-peer payments in India | Beats' AirPods alternative start shipping May 10 | Samsung made a vertical TV for watching smartphone videos | Is this the vertical-folding Motorola Razr? | FutureLearn takes $65M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform |
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