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Convective Capital raises an $85 million fund to build disaster resilience

Convective Capital raises an  million fund to build disaster resilience

[ad_1] Fire season kicked off early in California this year, with flames already approaching a former nuclear test site outside of Los Angeles. The rising number of natural disasters in California, and around the world, demand our attention — and, in Silicon Valley, venture investment. Convective Capital, an early-stage venture fund led by Bill Clerico, …

Motorola Razr Plus 2026 Review: It Doesn’t Feel Very ‘Plus’ to Me

Motorola Razr Plus 2026 Review: It Doesn’t Feel Very ‘Plus’ to Me

[ad_1] Pros Cover screen looks nice Silicon battery increases capacity Good cameras Cons Best if upgrading from a 2023 phone Only one color I have a hard time feeling the “Plus” in Motorola’s 2026 Razr Plus — especially given its $1,100 price tag, up from last year’s foldable phone, likely due to current market conditions. After testing …

Antigravity 2.0 takes ‘IDE’ out of its new IDE

Antigravity 2.0 takes ‘IDE’ out of its new IDE

[ad_1] The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me. Today, we cover: Antigravity 2.0 takes the ‘IDE’ out of its new IDE. Feedback about the redesigned IDE is overwhelmingly negative due to bugs, poor UX …

Samsung is facing the biggest worker strike in its history over employee bonuses

Samsung is facing the biggest worker strike in its history over employee bonuses

[ad_1] Samsung’s memory division reported record sales for Q1, but this has caused discontent within the company, specifically the Device Solutions (DS) business. DS is home to the memory business, System LSI (which designs chipsets) and the foundry business (which fabs chips for Samsung and external clients). Now Samsung is facing the biggest strike in …

Motorola Razr 2026 Review: The Cheapest US Flip Phone Is Still Solid, Just Pricier

Motorola Razr 2026 Review: The Cheapest US Flip Phone Is Still Solid, Just Pricier

[ad_1] Pros Solid, reliable design with fun colors Good cover screen for selfies Fast-charging battery Cons Price hike of $100 Specs struggle with multitasking Limited 3-year Android support After seven years of making foldables, Motorola has the design down. It’s so confident that it has debuted a book-style foldable in the Razr Fold. But instead …

Stunning aerial footage still best thing about Top Gun at 40

Stunning aerial footage still best thing about Top Gun at 40

[ad_1] The pair eject, but Goose hits the jettisoned canopy of the aircraft, and the impact kills him. Maverick isn’t to blame but nonetheless feels responsible. The loss chastens him just enough to take the edge off his insubordinate recklessness. We all know that the best thing about Top Gun continues to be those incredible, …

A Guide to Async Patterns in API Design

A Guide to Async Patterns in API Design

[ad_1] The default model for client-server communication is request-response. The client sends a request, the server returns a response, and the connection closes. This handles the majority of what most software needs to do, and it covers an enormous range of practical scenarios in modern web applications. It doesn’t handle everything. Some work takes too …

Audible bug burning through some users’ mobile data

Audible bug burning through some users’ mobile data

[ad_1] Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR The Audible app on Android is using unexpectedly large amounts of mobile data for some users. This behavior is apparently being caused by a bug in version 26.19.13 of the app. Audible is aware of the issue, but we don’t have a timeline for any potential fix. The …