Antonio Rodriguez, who joined Matrix in 2005 after a company he founded — which Matrix-backed — was sold to Hewlett-Packard, spoke to us last week about Matrix’s largest fund in about 20 years, a vehicle of $800 million that the company closed in June and is now announcing for the first time. It’s a lot … Read more
How to Connect Mobile to VGA Monitor Without CPU: There are times when you may need to connect your mobile device to a VGA monitor, such as when you want to play games or watch videos on your phone and don’t have access to a television or HDMI cable. This can be accomplished by using … Read more
We test a lot of Android phones. We like the ones below, but you’re better off with one of the options above. If you haven’t already, check out our Best Cheap Phones guide to learn more. Motorola Edge 2022 for $500: A Motorola smartphone under $500 with support for contactless payments, 5G, wireless charging, plus … Read more
New York Times: Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay Twitter trial that begins Oct. 17, as he is arranging financing and his takeover was set to close on Oct. 28Key details about the $44 billion bid are still being worked out on a deal that could lead to a trial kicking off in … Read more
Nintendo has officially launched its new animation subsidiary, Nintendo Pictures. The animation studio, formerly known as Dynamo Pictures, was acquired by Nintendo in July and the deal was officially closed on Monday. Nintendo Pictures will create video content based on Nintendo IP. “With our videos, we aim to introduce Nintendo characters to customers around the … Read more
Tesla delivered a record 343,830 vehicles in the third quarter of 2022, a sign that the Elon Musk-owned company has recovered from a slower second quarter related to COVID-related plant closures. In a report on the automaker’s site, Tesla says the Model S and X accounted for 18,672 of its quarterly deliveries, while the Model … Read more
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that gives a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Meta’s new AI can turn text prompts into videos What happened: Meta has unveiled an AI system that generates short videos based on text prompts. Make-A-Video allows you to type a … Read more
At this afternoon’s Search On event, Google announced a number of store-related changes and new features in areas such as visual shopping, personalization and buying using trusted reviews. The additions are intended to help the company better attract online consumers to shop on Google, rather than launching their searches directly on Amazon — as has … Read more
In November 2021, Tord Lundström, the technical director of the Swedish digital forensic nonprofit Qurium Media, noticed something strange. A massive DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack targeted Bulatlat, an alternative Philippine media outlet hosted by the nonprofit. And it came from Facebook users. Lundström and his team found that the attack was just the … Read more
Rest of the world: A court in Brazil temporarily bans Valeu, a government-run delivery app created to fight iFood’s monopoly, after complaints of unfair competition— Free market politicians argue that a government-controlled app is unfair competition. – • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL