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Meet Lokalise, a Latvian startup that focuses on translation and localization of apps, websites, games and more. The company provides a software-as-a-service product that helps you improve your workflow and processes when you need to update text in different languages in your product.
The company just raised a $6 million funding round led by Mike Chalfen, with capital300, Andrey Khusid, Nicolas Dessaigne, Des Traynor, Matt Robinson and others also participating.
When it’s time to ship an u

We’ve been extremely privileged to witness thousands of early stage startups launch and take flight at Disrupt over the past 10 years, and they just keep getting bettter. You’ll be hard-pressed to find more creative, game-changing startups than the ones that earned our TC Top Picks designation for Disrupt 2020.
The all-virtual nature of this Disrupt meant we received applications from startups around the world. Talk about a tough vetting process! Highly determined and highly caffeina

People, pleaseStop going to the movies!
After multiple delays, Tenet finally hit U.S. theaters on Sept. 4, just a week after the movie's international opening on Aug. 28. Through Sunday of this three-day weekend, it's earned an estimated $20.2 million at the U.S. box office.
That's not a huge start for a Christopher Nolan-directed sci-fi mindfuck that was meant to open as a mid-summer 2020 blockbuster. But even if Tenet makes zero dollars on Labor Day – which is highly unlikely – a $

Director Gia Coppola's second feature length film Mainstream is an intentional send-up of internet culture, viral celebrity, and the depths to which people plunge in pursuit of likes and subscribers. Between the silent film–style interstitials and emoji-laden visual style, its merits appear to have confused critics as to what exactly Coppola is trying to say. 
Mainstream stars Andrew Garfield as Link, a provocative performance artist who captures the eye of Frankie (Maya Hawke), a wan

Radha Blank in The Forty-Year-Old Version | Sundance Institute | photo by Eric Branco I’ve been sort of stuck in a rerun rut the past week or so (fine, OK, yes I’ve been rewatching Battlestar Galactica and last night I watched The Matrix. Keanu forever). Maybe it just feels comforting to watch a show or movie where you know the outcome when things in the real world are so uncertain and frightening? In any case, I’m going to push myself to watch something new (or at least new t

An in-game ad in UFC-4 prompted angry fan backlash | Reddit/r/Ydino EA has apologized for putting a full-screen, in-game ad into its UFC 4 game, after angry fans protested on Reddit. First reported by Eurogamer, the commercial break, which featured a spot for Amazon’s show The Boys, was added to the $60 game about a month after its initial release.An EA spokesperson wrote in a Reddit post that the team had turned on ad placements in the game during the “replay” moments, and th

So you like our media brand Shift? You should join our Shift event track at TNW2020, where you’ll hear how data, autonomy, and connectivity are fueling the future of mobility.  This article was originally published by Sarah Wray on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today New

Amazon has a new rule in place governing seed and plant imports for U.S. customers: Nope.
The online retail giant confirmed in a Saturday report from the Wall Street Journal that U.S. customers are no longer allowed to import foreign seeds or plants. Amazon will still sell seeds to people in the U.S., but only if the seller is based there.
The only catch to that concerns non-U.S. residents: If you sell seeds or plants outside the U.S., you can't come into the country just to sell them inside the

After month of rumors and speculation, the new LG swivel-screened phone has an official name: The LG Wing. 
The Wing moniker was previously used as a codename for the device, in reference to the phone's dual panels, one of which will swivel out for use as a secondary screen. This will also be first phone created under LG's Explorer Project, which is "aimed at discovering new ways to interact with mobile devices," according to the company's recent press release. 
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Becoming a successful leader isn’t a one-size-fits-all formula. Each startup — depending on the industry and internal culture — has its own needs.
The hard part is figuring out what leadership style best suits the personality of the CEO or founder as well as the needs and culture of their startup and employees who work there.
This year at TechCrunch’s virtual Disrupt 2020 on September 14-18, we’ll talk to the people who with the expertise and insight to help startup

Packets of seeds have been arriving unsolicited in the mail | Washington State Department of Agriculture Amazon is banning foreign sales of plants and seeds into the US as authorities try to weed out who may be sending packets of mystery seeds to people who did not order them, The Wall Street Journal reported.The packets of seeds bearing postmarks from China have been arriving at homes around the world for several months, with the US Postal Service, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and

Is there anything in this world half as beautiful as watching a pro skateboarder nail the perfect kickflip? The answer is obviously no. 
For those who have never been able to perform a kickflip on their own, YouTuber the Hacksmith has created a way to make dreams come true. In the above video, he designs, tests, and perfects a skateboard that kickflips on its own, making it easy for a skate noob to live out their Tony Hawk Pro Skater dreams. 
Oh, and his first prototype straight up exp

A mockup showing how the Wing’s screen could rotate to reveal a second screen.  | Image: ETNews LG has confirmed its upcoming phone will be called Wing (the Wing?) and will be revealed at its announcement event on September 14th. The device is believed to have two screens in a swiveling form factor, with a recent teaser video showing what looks like a sliding mechanism that can rotate into a T shape.
In addition to its swiveling screens, reports about the Wing so far have indicated t

The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history. This is particularly true of solar-powered electricity and battery storage. The cost of both has dropped at unprecedented rates over the past decade and energy-efficient technologies such as LED lighting have also expanded. Access to cheap and ubiquitous solar power and storage will transform the way we produce and use power, allowing electrification of the transpor

TLDR: These 10 apps, all between 40 to over 90 percent off, can help you improve virtually every facet of your day to day life. Work feels like the antithesis of what you should be doing with your Labor Day holiday. While that may be true, a little hard work now may end up paying off big time down the road. To that end, we found some Labor Day deals on 10 cool apps aimed at improving your mind, body, skills and productivity. If you put in the time and energy now toward expanding your abilities,

Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures.In the digital age, personalized algorithms are our constant companions. We see them, or rather, they decide what we see, more than we see our families. Loathe them or don't know much about them, they're steering your brain — from your morning "quick glance at Facebook" to your afternoon YouTube break to your evening Netflix to your "quick   glance

Image: Twitch Twitch Sings, the streaming platform’s live karaoke game, is shutting down, the company announced. The company says it decided to close down the game effective January 1st, 2021 in order to “invest in broader tools and services that will help support and grow the entire music community on Twitch.”
Twitch Sings launched in April 2019, and let streamers choose a song from its library to perform. Singers could belt one out solo or get friends to join for a duet. The

Mashable's series Tech in 2025 explores how the challenges of today will dramatically change the near future. With COVID-19 canceling in-person movie nights for the time being, it's unfortunate that group streaming technology for the socially distant equivalent isn't outstanding.
There are more remote movie night services and apps than ever, such as Netflix Party and Scener, and many of them work decently enough. However, nothing has recreated the experience of sitting down in front of a go

“Teenage Bounty Hunters” has one of the most memorable — if not entirely appealing — titles of any new show on Netflix .
As we explain on the latest episode of the Original Content podcast, the series tells the story of Sterling (played Maddie Phillips) and Blair Wesley (Anjelica Bette Fellini), fraternal twins who end up working for bounty hunter/yogurt shop owner Bowser (Kadeem Hardison) in order to make some extra cash.
While the bounty hunting provides the initial hoo

Did you know Tamar Yehoshua, the author of this piece, is speaking at TNW2020 this year? Check out their session on ‘Human-centricity: building products with customers’ here. A few weeks ago, I reached my one year anniversary at Slack. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year. When I look back on my first months, one of the biggest changes for me after decades of working in email was learning to use Slack every day as my primary mode of communication. I had to

TL;DR: Add to your business skills with the Deep Learning and Data Analysis Certification bundle for $39.99, a 97% savings as of Sept. 6. The world isn't getting any bigger, but what we understand about it grows each and every day. Computerization and extensive automation has allowed us to know and understand each other more than previously possible — for businesses, that means reaching millions of potential customers and understanding their buyer personas and purchasing habits. For p

In 1995, pioneering computer scientist Anita Borg challenged the tech community to a moonshot: equal representation of women in tech by 2020. Twenty-five years later, we’re still far from that goal. In 2018, fewer than 30% of the employees in tech’s biggest companies and 20% of faculty in university computer science departments were women. On Women’s Equality Day in 2020, it’s appropriate to revisit Borg’s moonshot challenge. Today, awareness of the gender diversit

This summer has been a weird one — no concerts, no major events, and little-to-no trips. The ultimate hot spot? Outside. Seriously, walking out the front door is like a miniature vacation.
With that being said, we're inching our way into peak camping season. Late summer/early fall is the time to go out and enjoy the outdoors, whether from your backyard, a local campsite, or states away. If you haven't already, now's a great time to stock up on all the essential outdoor gear. Why? Labor Day

TL;DR: Have fun while working on your engineering skills with Smart Nano Bots (including 70 parts, 250 components, and tools) for $50.15, a savings of over $100 as of Sept. 6. We might've joked about robots taking over the world in the past, but today, it's no joke. Robots are restocking shelves, cleaning houses, delivering packages, and even driving for us. They're making our lives easier, inspiring us, and even entertaining us in these unprecedented times. But who are the folks behind the

Sure, buying a home security camera isn't as sexy as shopping for new WFH yoga pants, but that doesn't make it any less worthwhile. After all, keeping a spare key under the doormat or inside a sculpture on your front yard just won't fly these days. If you want to truly protect yourself, your belongings, and your family, it's time to level up.
This weekend, you can take 15% off all the security accessories you need with the code GOFORIT15. So yeah, go for it, take your pick. (Prices here reflect

If you're like most people, your extended time at home has made your humble abode a hot mess. Given how we do pretty much everything inside these days — from online workouts to working to cooking experiments — it's understandable that our homes have become disasters.
Luckily, there are some cleaning tools and accessories that can help you out. Take advantage of these Labor Day sales to bring home some next-level cleaning devices on the cheap. Don't forget to enter the code GOFORIT15

TL;DR: The Mathematics for Engineers Prep Bundle is on sale for £21.80 as of Sept. 6, saving you 97% on list price.Maths is hard, especially if you haven't dealt with numbers for a long time. It's never too late to rekindle your relationship with the subject though. You just need a little help getting started. 
You may have slacked off in school and university, but you're an adult now. With this learning bundle, and more time at home on your hands, you can beef up your knowledge in al

TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to LongTailPro is on sale for £37.58 as of Sept. 6, saving you 96% on list price. Building a website in 2020 is as easy as dragging and dropping some symbols, selecting a colour palette, and writing a few pithy phrases. 
Turning a website into a success in 2020, however, is one serious challenge. You can spend as much time as you want to perfect the appearance of your site, but if it ranks low on Google, it's pretty much a failure in the eyes of the