Over the weekend, word broke that Univision was likely to sell off Fusion Media, the brand portfolio containing a chunk of The Onion and various media properties purchased in a Gawker fire sale less than two decades back. Today, the company confirmed with TechCrunch that it has"initiated a formal process to explore the sale" […] … [Read more...]

Samsung's got a smartwatch that was brand new . That much seems certain. It's been about a year since the last big announcement, and the business is going to have two large platforms in the form of August's ruling 9 Unpacked occasion and Berlin’s IFA trade show the next month. A couple of tidbits , however, […] … [Read more...]

Online sex marketplace Backpage was seized in April following new regulation meant to stem human trafficking, but the results haven't been entirely positive. This narrative of Indianapolis cops reverting to pre-web strategies for catching pimps and others in the sex trade shows how the closure has taken away a valuable tool for keeping tabs on the unsavory but ineradicable industry. … [Read more...]

If you visited a Bulletin shop, or purchased products off its website, COO Ali Kriegsman said you could “pigeonhole” the company as a “feminist apparel brand” -- a place to buy T-shirts and accessories with fun, provocative political slogans. And yes, that's part of what attracts customers. However, Kriegsman and her co-founder Alana Branston […] … [Read more...]

Evan Gaj Contributor Evan Gaj is a mechanical engineering graduate from LeHigh University currently on a Fulbright Scholarship in Warsaw studying drones. In 2008, the electric motor car experienced a rebirth triggered by a rise in oil rates. Now in 2018, it's the time for one more rebirth — in electrical aviation. Over time, […] … [Read more...]

“If a problem cannot be solved,” Donald Rumsfeld once wrote, “expand it. ” I’m not about to praise him for his achievements, but he had a pretty good eye for investigations. Which takes us to the problem of urban transit. I whined that I didn’t care about scooter startups, since I couldn’t imagine cities […] … [Read more...]

Over the past couple of days, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has been tweeting about how to possibly help the 12 young soccer players and their coach who’ve been trapped in a cave in Thailand since entering it June 23rd, after which they became trapped by rising floodwaters. Now, suggests Musk, working with pros in […] … [Read more...]

Late last month, Castbox introduced Contentbox, an effort help podcast hosts and producers make some actual money off their product. It has been something of an on-going struggle since the dawn of the medium. Longtime listeners no doubt recognize all the tendencies after fast forwarding through their 10,000th Casper mattress read. While it's true that a […] … [Read more...]

Netgear's Arlo wing was a surprise hit for the media company. The line of cameras are relatively new to the current market, but they have utterly dominated the connected security area, breathing fresh life into the company in the procedure. Back in February, Netgear spun off Arlo, courtesy of unanimous board approval and announced plans to […] … [Read more...]

Samsung has set out revenue guidance for its Q2 which indicate quarterly expansion at its slowest for more than a year — as a lack of new ideas to market high end smartphones drags on the company’s bottom line. The electronics maker is reporting estimated profit of 14.8 trillion Korean won (USD$13.2BN) on earnings of 58 trillion Korean won […] … [Read more...]