Mobile

Roblox raises $520 million at $29.5 billion valuation, will go public through direct listing

User-generated game platform Roblox has raised $ 520 million in a new round of funding, and it will still go public through a direct listing where the company’s existing shareholders directly sell shares to investors. The private funding deal values Roblox at $ 29.5 billion. The direct listing offering, or DPO, circumvents the usual initial public […]

Gears & Gadgets

Unscheduled fixes for critical Windows flaws delivered through rare channel

Enlarge Microsoft Microsoft has published unscheduled fixes for two critical vulnerabilities that make it possible for attackers to execute malicious code on computers running any version of Windows 10. Unlike the vast majority of Windows patches, the ones released on Tuesday were delivered through the Microsoft Store. The normal channel for operating System security fixes […]

Mobile

Here’s how Apple’s Mac and mobile ARM chip roadmap looks through 2025

Over the past decade, Apple’s computers have gone from niche to mainstream, thanks largely to growing adoption of Mac laptops and iPad tablets as adjuncts to increasingly popular iPhones. Fortune 500 businesses that once issued only Windows PCs now either purchase or allow employees to self-provide Apple computers, and though Apple’s comparative PC market share isn’t huge, […]

Mobile

ProtonMail could reroute connections through Google to circumvent censorship

Proton Technologies, the company behind encrypted email provider ProtonMail, has announced plans to circumvent censorship by routing connections to its servers through third-party infrastructure, which may include Google — a company that ProtonMail has long been critical of over its privacy practices. Proton, which was founded out of Switzerland in 2013 by academic researchers working […]

Emerging Tech

The interstellar comet passing through out solar system gets an official name

Gemini Observatory two-color composite image of C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) which is the first interstellar comet ever identified Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA The interstellar comet that was discovered passing through our solar system on August 30 has been officially named 2I/Borisov.  The comet formerly known as C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) — a mouthful, to be fair — was discovered […]

Photography

This gadget turns smartphone snaps into real Polaroids through optical trickery

Polaroid Originals Can’t decide between a digital Instagram and a physical Polaroid? Using mirrors and optical trickery, Polaroid Originals will soon allow you to have your Instagram and hold it too with the Polaroid Lab, a device that turns digital smartphone photos into real instant film. Announced on Tuesday, September 10, the Polaroid Lab is […]