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1. Facebook plans June 18 cryptocurrency debut. Here’s what we know
Fb is lastly able to reveal particulars about its cryptocurrency, codenamed Libra. It has presently scheduled a June 18 launch of a white paper explaining its cryptocurrency’s fundamentals, in accordance with a supply.
It feels like Fb’s cryptocurrency will likely be a stablecoin, transferable with zero charges by way of Fb merchandise together with Messenger and WhatsApp.
2. NASA declares International Space Station ‘open for business,’ including private astronaut visits
NASA’s plan additionally consists of permitting non-public enterprise actions to happen on the ISS, together with “in-space manufacturing,” advertising actions, healthcare analysis “and extra,” NASA says.
3. How Amazon’s delivery robots will navigate your sidewalk
In Amazon’s present trial, the robots are at all times accompanied by human assistants — who most likely appear to be robotic canine walkers as they trot by the neighborhood.
4. HTC launches Vive Pro Eye stateside, costs four times as much as Rift S
HTC’s Vive Professional Eye headset is its newest enterprise play, integrating an eye-tracking digicam to offer customers an extra enter mode and a manner for customers to sign consideration. It’s accessible in a bundle with SteamVR 2.0 base stations and Vive controllers for $1,599.
5. Depop, a social app targeting millennial and Gen Z shoppers, bags $62M, passes 13M users
Depop is a London startup that’s constructed an app for people to put up and promote (largely resell) objects to teams of followers.
6. Walmart to launch in-home grocery delivery in three cities, starting this fall
The service will permit the retailer to ship objects on to a buyer’s fridge or freezer, even when that buyer isn’t house.
7. Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
An interview with Eugenio Tempo, who based Auth0 in 2013. (Additional Crunch membership required.)
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