Tesla launches Cyber electric truck, but shatterproof window snafu steals the show

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Tesla launches Cyber electric truck, but shatterproof window snafu steals the showTesla says the vehicle has “more utility than a truck, with more performance than a sports car”, while Musk attempted to show off its ruggedness with a live demonstration. As part of the unveiling, Franz von Holzhausen, Tesla’s head of design, threw a metal […]

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‘Designer babies’ remain in sci-fi realm, say scientists

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‘Designer babies’ remain in sci-fi realm, say scientistsEthicists have raised concerns that pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS) – screening embryos’ genomes before implantation in IVF – could lead to prospective parents-to-be selecting embryos for desirable traits. While searching for some genetic defects which could severely impact quality of life is widely accepted, PGS has become associated […]

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More than 1 million T-Mobile customers exposed by breach

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More than 1 million T-Mobile customers exposed by breachT-Mobile has confirmed a data breach affecting more than a million of its customers, whose personal data (but no financial or password data) was exposed to a malicious actor. The company alerted the affected customers but did not provide many details in its official account of the […]

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Maryanna Saenko and Steve Jurvetson of Future Ventures talk SpaceX, the Boring Co. and . . . ayahuasca

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Maryanna Saenko and Steve Jurvetson of Future Ventures talk SpaceX, the Boring Co. and . . . ayahuascaLast week, at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco, we sat down with Maryanna Saenko and Steve Jurvetson, investors who came together to create the investment outfit Future Ventures roughly one year ago. It was their first public […]

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Inside Prosus Ventures’ $4.5 billion bet on India

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Inside Prosus Ventures’ $4.5 billion bet on IndiaProsus Ventures last week filed a hostile offer for British food delivery startup Just Eat, an attempt to defeat a unanimous rejection from its board and simultaneously fend off a bid from rival Takeaway. The giant Naspers spinoff said it was willing to pay as much as $6.3 […]

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Chinese spy defects to Australia, alleging election interference and cybercrimes

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Chinese spy defects to Australia, alleging election interference and cybercrimesA purported agent of the Chinese intelligence service is seeking asylum in Australia, bringing with him explosive allegations of widespread interference in political affairs in that country, Taiwan and elsewhere. He claims also to have run a cyberterrorism campaign against supporters of Hong Kong independence. Wang […]

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Facebook prototypes Favorites for close friends microsharing

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Facebook prototypes Favorites for close friends microsharingFacebook is building its own version of Instagram Close Friends, the company confirms to TechCrunch. There are a lot people that don’t share on Facebook because it can feel risky or awkward as its definition of “friends” has swelled to include family, work colleagues and distant acquaintances. No one […]

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