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Study of TikTok, X ‘For You’ feeds in Germany finds Far Right political bias ahead of federal elections

Study of TikTok, X ‘For You’ feeds in Germany finds Far Right political bias ahead of federal elections

Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial Far Right political bias in Germany ahead of a federal election that takes place Sunday, according to new research carried out by Global Witness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, • 10:03

A former Etsy product manager built an AI-powered app for new parents

A former Etsy product manager built an AI-powered app for new parents

Career product manager Amanda DeLuca has launched a parenting management app, Riley, born out of her own experience with parental anxiety and feedback from other families. DeLuca, who previously at Google, Nerdwallet, and Eventbrite, in addition to Etsy, became pregnant three years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, • 4:26

Superhuman introduces AI-powered categorization to reduce spammy emails in your inbox

Superhuman introduces AI-powered categorization to reduce spammy emails in your inbox

It has been more than two years since ChatGPT burst on the scene. Shortly after that, it seemed like almost every email app integrated AI-powered email writing and summaries. Some also introduced AI-powered search for you to sift through your inbox quickly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, • 4:22

Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers’ passwords

Hackers planted a Steam game with malware to steal gamers’ passwords

Researchers found that PirateFI was never designed to be a real game, but a vehicle to infect gamers with malware and steal their passwords with an infostealer called Vidar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, • 4:12

Amazon kills ‘Inspire,’ its TikTok-style feed for discovering products

Amazon kills ‘Inspire,’ its TikTok-style feed for discovering products

Amazon is shutting down “Inspire,” its TikTok-like, short-form video and photo feed that was previously available in its mobile app. The feed allowed users to discover products and shop from content created by influencers, brands, and other customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, • 3:05

Polymath aims to make learning math as enjoyable as Roblox with its educational sandbox game

Polymath aims to make learning math as enjoyable as Roblox with its educational sandbox game

As gaming platforms like Roblox and Minecraft continue to grow in popularity among young children, and with platforms like YouTube consuming hours of their daily screen time, edtech companies face challenges in capturing their attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, • 4:36

What the US’ first major AI copyright ruling might mean for IP law

What the US’ first major AI copyright ruling might mean for IP law

Copyright claims against AI companies just got a potential boost. A U.S. federal judge last week handed down a summary judgment in a case brought by tech conglomerate Thomson Reuters against legal tech firm Ross Intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, • 5:44

ICON, a pioneer in 3D home printing, raises $56M led by Norwest, Tiger Global

ICON, a pioneer in 3D home printing, raises $56M led by Norwest, Tiger Global

ICON, which builds homes using 3D printing, has closed on $56 million in Series C funding co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Tiger Global, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch exclusively. The raise represents a first close for the Austin-based ICON, according to a spokesperson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, • 3:14

Airbnb CEO says it’s still too early for AI trip planning

Airbnb CEO says it’s still too early for AI trip planning

Airbnb is planning to first introduce AI to its customer support system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, • 3:35

Founded by DeepMind alumnus, Latent Labs launches with $50M to make biology programmable

Founded by DeepMind alumnus, Latent Labs launches with $50M to make biology programmable

A new startup founded by a former Google DeepMind scientist is exiting stealth with $50 million in funding. Latent Labs is building AI foundation models to “make biology programmable,” and it plans to partner with biotech and pharmaceutical companies to generate and optimize proteins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, • 7:09

CyberArk snaps up Zilla Security for up to $175M

CyberArk snaps up Zilla Security for up to $175M

Information security company CyberArk has acquired identity access and governance platform Zilla Security in a deal worth up to $175 million. Founded in 1999, Boston-based CyberArk specializes in access management, including privileged access security which helps organizations protect sensitive data and critical infrastructure from external (and internal) threats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, • 3:34

ChatGPT may not be as power-hungry as once assumed

ChatGPT may not be as power-hungry as once assumed

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s chatbot platform, may not be as power-hungry as once assumed. But its appetite largely depends on how ChatGPT is being used, and the AI models that are answering the queries, according to a new study Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, • 5:37

Lanch bags $27M for a social media-skewed take on fast food

Lanch bags $27M for a social media-skewed take on fast food

E-commerce startups built around food continue to gobble up funding as investors look for sticky consumer concepts that can scale without breaking the bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, • 5:15

Workday launches a platform for enterprises to manage all of their AI agents in one place

Workday launches a platform for enterprises to manage all of their AI agents in one place

HR giant Workday is launching a new way for enterprises to keep track of all of their AI agents in one place. It’s also launching a few more AI agents of its own, for good measure. Silicon Valley-based Workday announced on Tuesday the release of Workday Digital Workforce Management, which is meant to help customers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, • 3:30

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls the AI Action Summit a ‘missed opportunity’

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls the AI Action Summit a ‘missed opportunity’

In a statement on Tuesday, Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI startup Anthropic, called the AI Action Summit in Paris this week a “missed opportunity,” and urged the AI industry — and government — to “move faster and with greater clarity.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, • 3:57

Critics warn UK’s secret Apple iCloud backdoor order is a global emergency

Critics warn UK’s secret Apple iCloud backdoor order is a global emergency

Security experts say the ‘draconian’ order would have global ramifications that make this a privacy ‘emergency for us all’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, • 5:40

Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis ‘as soon as 2026,’ starting with Dallas

Lyft to launch Mobileye-powered robotaxis ‘as soon as 2026,’ starting with Dallas

Ride-hail giant Lyft plans to bring fully autonomous robotaxis, powered by Mobileye, to its app “as soon as 2026” in Dallas, with more markets to follow, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The news comes a day before Lyft shares its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 earnings report Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, • 4:52

Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections

Self Inspection raises $3M for its AI-powered vehicle inspections

A number of startups are racing to make vehicle inspections faster, easier, and cheaper. Self Inspection, a startup based in San Diego, thinks it has them all beat with its AI-powered service — and now it has convinced outside investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, • 4:04

Bpifrance will invest $10B in the French AI ecosystem by 2029

Bpifrance will invest $10B in the French AI ecosystem by 2029

France’s public investment bank announced that it plans to invest as much as €10 billion (around $10.3 billion at current exchange rates) in the artificial intelligence ecosystem in France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, • 2:56

Could this startup’s compact nuclear reactors revolutionize cancer detection?

Could this startup’s compact nuclear reactors revolutionize cancer detection?

As cancer rates in the West, and globally, tack upwards due to lifestyle and environmental pollution, so does the need for the nuclear isotopes used in detecting those cancers in a medical setting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, • 3:35

Shein gets more questions from EU about DSA compliance

Shein gets more questions from EU about DSA compliance

After consumer protection scrutiny dialed up on fast-fashion giant Shein in the European Union on Wednesday, the bloc’s executive announced Thursday that it’s sent a fresh request for information to the ecommerce platform under the Digital Services Act (DSA), a pan-EU online governance framework Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, • 4:20

Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime

Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime

Modern Synthesis’s fibers can be manipulated in ways that simple plant fibers cannot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, • 4:03

CodeSignal wants you to practice soft skills with its AI-powered guide

CodeSignal wants you to practice soft skills with its AI-powered guide

Both startups and big tech companies have aggressively used AI to help developers write code or learn programming better. People have used chatbots to prepare for different scenarios in life, like interviews. Tech assessment platform CodeSignal, which introduced a learning platform for technical subjects with AI assistants last year, launched soft skill courses on its platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, • 5:23

Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes

Two space startups have merged to create the next generation of telescopes

On a clear spring evening in Michigan, the stars aligned — just not in the way Upfront Ventures partner Nick Kim expected. He’d just led a $9.5 million seed round for OurSky, a software platform for space observational data, and was eager to see what its telescope partner PlaneWave Instruments could do.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, • 6:29

Opera launches a mindfulness-focused browser with break reminders and soundscapes

Opera launches a mindfulness-focused browser with break reminders and soundscapes

Norway-based browser maker Opera on Tuesday launched a new browser called “Opera Air,” which focuses on mental well-being and mindfulness with features like break reminders, breathing exercises, soundscapes, and binaural beats for better focus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, • 3:48

Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others

Hero’s all-in-one, AI productivity app takes on Google’s Calendar and others

People often use multiple apps for notes, schedule management, and to-dos. But why not combine them all in one app? That’s the ethos behind Hero, an all-in-one productivity app with an AI assistant (of course!). The iOS app was developed by former Meta employees Brad Kowalk and Seung W. Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, • 4:23

AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU

AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU

As of Sunday in the European Union, the bloc’s regulators can ban the use of AI systems they deem to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm. February 2 is the first compliance deadline for the EU’s AI Act, the comprehensive AI regulatory framework that the European Parliament finally approved last March after years of development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, • 6:04

Apple CEO says DeepSeek shows ‘innovation that drives efficiency’

Apple CEO says DeepSeek shows ‘innovation that drives efficiency’

Apple CEO Tim Cook said DeepSeek’s AI models represent “innovation that drives efficiency” on an earnings call on Thursday while fielding questions from analysts about the iPhone maker’s ambitions around AI. “In general, I think innovation that drives efficiency is a good thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, • 3:34

WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with spyware

WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with spyware

The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, • 3:53

SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25B in OpenA

SoftBank in talks to invest as much as $25B in OpenA

SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion in OpenAI as part of a broader partnership that could see the Japanese conglomerate spend more than $40 billion on AI initiatives with the Microsoft-backed startup, according to Financial Times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, • 3:16

Little Umbrella’s next Jackbox-style game pits you and your friends against an AI game show host

Little Umbrella’s next Jackbox-style game pits you and your friends against an AI game show host

Web-based party games are making a comeback, now with the infusion of generative AI. Among the startups joining the trend, the current forecast looks good for one startup, Little Umbrella, which leverages AI for its social party games.  The company announced on Thursday its $2 million seed funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, • 5:06

Clutch grabs $20M to build out its non-human security ID platform

Clutch grabs $20M to build out its non-human security ID platform

When it comes to the world of cybersecurity, identity is often thought of as a “perimeter” around an organization. So many breaches begin through techniques like password theft, phishing, and credential stuffing; ergo, securing the identities of not only users, but also applications and machines, is the key to securing the whole system.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, • 5:44

Meteomatics eyes U.S. expansion for its enterprise-focused weather forecasting tools

Meteomatics eyes U.S. expansion for its enterprise-focused weather forecasting tools

Martin Fengler knows a lot about the weather. Fengler got his Ph.D. in mathematics, focused on numerical weather prediction, before working for Meteomedia AG, a network of weather stations in Switzerland and Germany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, • 4:39

Hugging Face makes it easier for devs to run AI models on third-party clouds

Hugging Face makes it easier for devs to run AI models on third-party clouds

AI dev platform Hugging Face has partnered with third-party cloud vendors including SambaNova to launch Inference Providers, a feature designed to make it easier for devs on Hugging Face to run AI models using the infrastructure of their choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, • 2:57

Spotify says it paid $10 billion to music industry last year

Spotify says it paid $10 billion to music industry last year

Audio streaming company Spotify said Tuesday that it paid $10 billion to the music industry last year. The company added that it has given nearly $60 billion in industry payouts since its inception. This is another effort from Spotify to dispel reports that the company doesn’t reward artists properly for their work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, • 4:00

Lydian Labs can make aviation fuel wherever there’s CO2 and electricity

Lydian Labs can make aviation fuel wherever there’s CO2 and electricity

Replacing inexpensive fossil fuels is a tall hurdle, but Lydian thinks it has cracked the problem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, • 5:23

DeepSeek gets Silicon Valley talking

DeepSeek gets Silicon Valley talking

Since Chinese AI company DeepSeek released an open version of its reasoning model R1 at the beginning of this week, many in the tech industry have been making grand pronouncements about what the company achieved, and what it means for the state of AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, • 3:36

LG Electronics takes majority stake in Bear Robotics, reportedly valuing startup at $600M

LG Electronics takes majority stake in Bear Robotics, reportedly valuing startup at $600M

LG Electronics is betting on robotics as its next big growth driver. The South Korean electronics company said on Friday that it has agreed to acquire an additional 30% stake in Bear Robotics, a California-based startup it previously backed that is building AI-powered server robots for restaurants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, • 4:49

Flip, the TikTok Shop rival, launches a creator fund that grants up to $100M of equity

Flip, the TikTok Shop rival, launches a creator fund that grants up to $100M of equity

Flip is a social commerce app that lets shoppers become creators. They can share honest reviews and earn cash based on engagement on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, • 4:00

Streaming service Plex gets more social with public profiles and reviews

Streaming service Plex gets more social with public profiles and reviews

Streaming service Plex has long since grown beyond its original focus of being a home for personal media to offer a more comprehensive solution for discovering, streaming, and sharing content across services, including Plex’s own ad-supported free TV and movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, • 3:29

UK probes Apple and Google over ‘mobile ecosystem’ market power

UK probes Apple and Google over ‘mobile ecosystem’ market power

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is launching so-called “strategic market status” (SMS) investigations into the mobile ecosystems of Apple and Google. The investigations constitute part of the new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (DMCCA) which passed last year and came into effect in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, • 5:46

Lindus Health raises $55M to ‘fix the broken clinical trial industry’

Lindus Health raises $55M to ‘fix the broken clinical trial industry’

A four-year-old London startup backed by Peter Thiel has raised a $55 million Series B round as it sets about “fixing the broken clinical trial industry.” The announcement comes as artificial intelligence is shaping up to revolutionize drug discovery and development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, • 6:35

Truecaller brings real-time caller ID to iPhone users

Truecaller brings real-time caller ID to iPhone users

Truecaller for iOS has been updated with live caller ID support for its premium iPhone users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, • 4:41

Karmen secures $9.4 million for its revenue-based financing products

Karmen secures $9.4 million for its revenue-based financing products

French startup Karmen has secured a small funding round so that it can improve its instant financing products. The company offers short-term loans to small companies facing a working capital crunch. It’s a €9 million equity-and-debt round ($9.4 million at today’s exchange rates) with Seventure Partners buying a stake in the small startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, • 4:00

Friend delays shipments of its AI companion pendant

Friend delays shipments of its AI companion pendant

Friend, a startup creating a $99, AI-powered necklace designed to be treated as a digital companion, has delayed its first batch of shipments until Q3. Friend had planned to ship devices to pre-order customers in Q1. But according to co-founder and CEO Avi Schiffman, that’s no longer feasible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, • 3:03

AI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds

AI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds

Top LLMs performed poorly on a high-level history test, a new paper has found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, • 4:00

The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its ‘kill chain’

The Pentagon says AI is speeding up its ‘kill chain’

Leading AI developers, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, are threading a delicate needle to sell software to the United States military: make the Pentagon more efficient, without letting their AI kill people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, • 6:33

Nord Security founders launch Nexos.ai to help enterprises take AI projects from pilot to production

Nord Security founders launch Nexos.ai to help enterprises take AI projects from pilot to production

A new AI orchestration startup from the founders of Lithuanian unicorn Nord Security is setting out to help enterprises put their AI projects into production, with an initial focus on bringing greater visibility, security and adaptability to large language models (LLMs). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, • 6:47

Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages

Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages

Climate tech may have had a down year in 2024, but new data also shows a maturing sector with larger deal sizes. Venture investment in the climate tech sector was down 7% to $12.9 billion, $1 billion shy of 2023’s tally, according to data in a new PitchBook report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, • 3:07

Google strikes world’s largest biochar carbon removal deal with Indian startup Varaha

Google strikes world’s largest biochar carbon removal deal with Indian startup Varaha

Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian startup Varaha. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, • 5:41

Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches

Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by Cleo mass-hack, but several firms dispute breaches

The Russia-linked ransomware group is threatening to leak data stolen from almost 60 Cleo Software customers if ransoms aren't paid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, • 4:58

Hinge’s new AI feature determines if your prompt response is too basic

Hinge’s new AI feature determines if your prompt response is too basic

Hinge today launched a new AI-powered feature called “Prompt Feedback,” which aims to improve your dating profile by analyzing how you answer prompts and assessing if it needs to be more specific or authentic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, • 2:45

SoftBank veteran hunts for profits in payments infrastructure plumbing

SoftBank veteran hunts for profits in payments infrastructure plumbing

Former SoftBank exec Akshay Naheta's startup, Distributed Technologies Research, is trying to bridge the gap between banking and blockchain tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, • 6:54

Steppin is a new app that locks your social media apps unless you get out and walk

Steppin is a new app that locks your social media apps unless you get out and walk

App stores are filled with different services that are designed to help you cut down on your screen time and count your steps. A new iOS app called Steppin combines these two ideas to help users do both at the same time to bridge the gap between physical and mental health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, • 3:43

OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why

OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why

Shortly after OpenAI released o1, its first “reasoning” AI model, people began noting a curious phenomenon. The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English. Given a problem to sort out — e.g. “How many R’s are in the word ‘strawberry?'” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, • 5:38

OpenAI presents its preferred version of AI regulation in a new ‘blueprint’

OpenAI presents its preferred version of AI regulation in a new ‘blueprint’

OpenAI on Monday published what it’s calling an “economic blueprint” for AI: a living document that lays out policies the company thinks it can build on with the U.S. government and its allies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, • 8:10

UK throws its hat into the AI fire

UK throws its hat into the AI fire

In 2023, the U.K. made a big song and dance about the need to consider the harms of AI, giving itself a leading role in the wider conversation around AI safety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, • 7:31

Automattic says it will reduce its contribution to WordPress core project to match WP Engine

Automattic says it will reduce its contribution to WordPress core project to match WP Engine

It’s a new year, but drama in the WordPress community keeps going. Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, said that it would reduce its contribution to WordPress core, the open-source project that acts as the backbone of most of Automattic’s products and ensures the longevity of WordPress as a technology and community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, • 4:36

Comcast and other TV streamers are now chasing YouTube’s ad dollars instead of the other way around

Comcast and other TV streamers are now chasing YouTube’s ad dollars instead of the other way around

TV providers and streamers’ real competition isn’t each other, it’s social video. Or at least that’s what the president of Comcast Advertising, James Rooke, said during an interview on Wednesday at CES 2025 in Las Vegas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, • 3:43

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork

Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg has deactivated the accounts of several WordPress.org community members, some of whom have been spearheading a push to create a new fork of the open source WordPress project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, • 6:01

CES 2025: Nvidia’s AI avatar sat on my computer screen and weirded me out

CES 2025: Nvidia’s AI avatar sat on my computer screen and weirded me out

Nvidia unveiled a prototype AI avatar at CES 2025 that lives on your PC’s desktop. The AI assistant, R2X, looks like a video game character, and it can help you navigate apps on your computer.The R2X avatar is rendered and animated using Nvidia’s AI models, and users can run the avatar on popular LLMs of their choice, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o or xAI’s Grok. Users can talk with R2X through text and voice, upload files to it for processing, or even enable the AI assistant to view what’s happening l

Jan 10, • 5:44

CES 2025: Where have all the US automakers gone?

CES 2025: Where have all the US automakers gone?

The old chestnut passed around by industry watchers for the past decade was that CES — one of the world’s largest consumer tech trade events — had turned into an auto show. Maybe even the most important auto show of the year. And there was ample evidence of that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, • 4:50

CES 2025: Halliday's Smart Glasses

CES 2025: Halliday's Smart Glasses

Walk up to someone wearing a pair of Halliday’s smart glasses, and you might not notice they’re looking at smartphone notifications, live language translations, or advice from an AI assistant.The only giveaway is the tiny green dot of light on their eyeball.Wearables startup Halliday launched a pair of smart glasses at CES 2025 that projects a 3.5-inch round display into your line of sight. The device creating the display is called the DigiWindow, and it’s a tiny round module — smaller than your

Jan 9, • 5:48

CES 2025: Zugu's Case of Death', Basketball rebounding robot, and Omi's Brain Interface

CES 2025: Zugu's Case of Death', Basketball rebounding robot, and Omi's Brain Interface

If a user’s heart rate stops suddenly, and their body temperature and blood oxygen level also drop dramatically, the smart ring knows that its user has died and sends a signal to the In Case of Death app to trigger the ‘Death Protections’ chosen by the user when they first enrolled in the app and set it up. Davy Robot’s Datic 1 nabbed a good bit of attention this week at CES 2025, as attendees lined up to shoot some hoops on the busy show floor. The bot sits under a hoop, rebounding the ball aft

Jan 8, • 9:11

CES 2025: Honda's futuristic ‘0 SUV’ prototype, German Bionic’s new exoskeleton, and Beatbot's robot turtle

CES 2025: Honda's futuristic ‘0 SUV’ prototype, German Bionic’s new exoskeleton, and Beatbot's robot turtle

Honda unveiled Tuesday at CES 2025 the latest EV in its so-called 0 Series — a mid-sized SUV prototype dubbed, surely enough, the 0 SUV. Honda’s take on the SUV will join the 0 Saloon that the automaker showed off at last year’s show; At CES 2025, German Bionic announced the Apogee Ultra, a new robotic exoskeleton it claims is the “world’s most powerful.” What did the system do to earn such a lofty title? It offers up to 80 pounds of dynamic lift assistance. That means a payload of 70 pounds fee

Jan 8, • 6:48

CES 2025: Peacock is experimenting with mini-games and short videos, Reddit intros new trends tools for businesses, and Meta to phase back in political content

CES 2025: Peacock is experimenting with mini-games and short videos, Reddit intros new trends tools for businesses, and Meta to phase back in political content

As Peacock continues to trail behind major players in the entertainment industry like Netflix, TikTok, and YouTube, the streaming service is adopting strategies similar to its rivals with two new initiatives: mini-games and a short-form vertical video feed. The company previewed these experiments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday; Reddit unveiled new trends tools aimed at businesses and a new ad format for its Ask Me Anything (AMA) Q&A sessions; As a part of a significant o

Jan 7, • 9:44

CES 2025: Toyota is 'exploring rockets' and John Deere's new robot mowers

CES 2025: Toyota is 'exploring rockets' and John Deere's new robot mowers

Japanese automaker Toyota is “exploring rockets,” chairman Akio Toyoda announced on stage at CES 2025 on Monday, while hinting at the idea of moving people through space. The rocketry mention on the CES 2025 stage came while Toyoda was in the middle of explaining how he views his company’s myriad technologies as “invention by kakezan,” or “invention by multiplication.” John Deere has a bunch of new products that it just showed off at CES 2025, including an electric robot lawnmower meant for comm

Jan 7, • 6:41

CES 2025: Therabody launches Coach, Full Nature Farms SmartAg, Kidde's Detectors with Ring Tech, and Hulu Live teaming with Fubo

CES 2025: Therabody launches Coach, Full Nature Farms SmartAg, Kidde's Detectors with Ring Tech, and Hulu Live teaming with Fubo

Therabody, the maker of popular massage guns and other wellness devices, announced at CES 2025 that it’s launching an AI-powered digital recovery app called Coach by Therabody. While Therabody’s flagship app is designed to give you easy-to-follow proprietary routines, Coach takes recovery and wellness a step further by using data to understand users’ current needs; Agriculture, which consumes about 70% of global freshwater, is grappling with increased water scarcity and inefficient irrigation sy

Jan 6, • 8:38

Timekettle’s new earbuds, Circular's Ring 2, Birdfy's Smart Birdbath, and Roborock's RoboVac RoboArm

Timekettle’s new earbuds, Circular's Ring 2, Birdfy's Smart Birdbath, and Roborock's RoboVac RoboArm

CES is this week in Las Vegas. Timekettle unveiled its latest earbuds, the W4 Pro. The product aims to up the ante on the startup’s focus by bringing real-time two-way translation to phone and video calls; Smart ring maker Circular announced its next-gen Ring 2 with ECG (electrocardiogram) functionality and AFib (atrial fibrillation) detection. The wearable is set to go on sale in February or Mach for $380; Birdify is showcasing the Bath Pro, taking a cue from products like the Bird Buddy and ap

Jan 6, • 7:29

US sanctions Chinese cyber firm linked to Flax Typhoon hacks

US sanctions Chinese cyber firm linked to Flax Typhoon hacks

U.S. officials say the sanctioned Chinese firm provided botnet infrastructure for the China-backed hacking group Flax Typhoon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, • 3:48

Will Smith eating spaghetti and other weird AI benchmarks that took off in 2024

Will Smith eating spaghetti and other weird AI benchmarks that took off in 2024

When a company releases a new AI video generator, it’s not long before someone uses it to make a video of actor Will Smith eating spaghetti. It’s become something of a meme as well as a benchmark: Seeing whether a new video generator can realistically render Smith slurping down a bowl of noodles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, • 4:29

Volkswagen leak exposed, Free Apple TV+, Samsung now largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics, and

Volkswagen leak exposed, Free Apple TV+, Samsung now largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics, and

The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles. Also, the Competition and Markets Authority, the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog, has opened an investigation into whether IBM’s planned acquisition of cloud software vendor HashiCorp would affect competition. The CMA said Monday it was inviting comment on the merger from interested parties by January 16; Apple is allowing anyone to access its Apple TV+ streaming service for free this we

Jan 2, • 6:16

A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve delivery robot collided in Los Angeles ... and more Tech news

A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve delivery robot collided in Los Angeles ... and more Tech news

On December 27, a Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot collided at a Los Angeles intersection, according to a video that’s circulating on social media. The footage shows a Serve bot crossing a street in West Hollywood at night and trying to get onto the sidewalk. Also, Treasury officials attributed the December theft of unclassified documents to China ... and Nearly a quarter century after its founding, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is gearing up to launch an orbital rocket for

Jan 2, • 8:44

The online moments that defined 2024

The online moments that defined 2024

Ah, 2024: the year we debated how to pronounce “hawk tuah,” pondered the health benefits of eating rocks, and held space for a Broadway showstopper. It was a year when the discourse could feel shockingly pure and joyful — at least for a few minutes, before we all came tumbling back down to reality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 1, • 6:01

New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep

New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep

These simple cybersecurity resolutions can help keep your startup protected from most malicious hackers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 1, • 6:04

Crypto industry groups sue IRS over broker reporting rule ... and more tech news

Crypto industry groups sue IRS over broker reporting rule ... and more tech news

Three crypto industry groups — the DeFi Education Fund, the Blockchain Association, and the Texas Blockchain Council — are suing the Internal Revenue Service to block new regulations that require decentralized finance (DeFi) entities to report customer information. The IRS has been finalizing crypto tax regulations as part of the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 31, 2024 • 7:09

Onyx Motorbikes is back, one year after its owner died leaving the company in shambles

Onyx Motorbikes is back, one year after its owner died leaving the company in shambles

A year after Onyx Motorbikes owner James Khatiblou died suddenly, leaving customers with unfulfilled orders and millions in unpaid debts, the brand has been revived by its original founder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 2024 • 3:43

Executive assistants, high salaries, and other ways early-stage founders will trigger a seed VC

Executive assistants, high salaries, and other ways early-stage founders will trigger a seed VC

While most seed investors believe founders should spend their raised cash however they want to, those VCs will still be judging founders’ cash management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 2024 • 3:56

‘Genius Girl’ goes from inspiring a Korean TV show character to raising a $100 million AI fund

‘Genius Girl’ goes from inspiring a Korean TV show character to raising a $100 million AI fund

Principle Venture Partners will write early-stage checks anywhere from $100,000 to “single digit millions.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2024 • 4:20

Why Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab

Why Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab

Before the elections, the cybersecurity team of U.S. vice president and then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris reached out to Apple asking for help, according to Forbes, after a tool that’s designed to detect spyware on iPhones flagged anomalies on two devices belonging to campaign staffers. Apple declined to forensically analyze the phones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2024 • 5:56

Bluesky launches Million Dollar fund, Apple and Meta battle it out, California banning ICE ... and more tech news

Bluesky launches Million Dollar fund, Apple and Meta battle it out, California banning ICE ... and more tech news

With 25M users, Bluesky launches a $1M fund to take on social media and AI. The fund will offer grants to those building on BlueSky’s open source AT Protocol. Apple and Meta go to war over interoperability vs. privacy. The two are warring in Europe over the balance between interoperability and privacy, Reuters reports. The fight focuses on the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), a competition regulation that requires designated gatekeepers (including Apple and Meta) not to restrict rival

Dec 20, 2024 • 10:32

With Neverless, former Revolut execs want to make meme coins easy to buy

With Neverless, former Revolut execs want to make meme coins easy to buy

There’s an ocean of meme coins beyond Dogecoin, and a new startup called Neverless wants to make it easier to get started with trading crypto, with a particular focus on providing access to small-cap tokens. This is an interesting new crypto startup, founded by three former executives at Revolut, the London-based fintech juggernaut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2024 • 3:54

The DOJ wants a Perplexity executive to testify in its Google antitrust case

The DOJ wants a Perplexity executive to testify in its Google antitrust case

The US government is calling on a Perplexity executive to help make its case that Google is a monopolist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2024 • 3:20

AI is burying company web sites in search results, but Otterly.AI thinks it can help

AI is burying company web sites in search results, but Otterly.AI thinks it can help

Many sites saw their organic traffic decline in 2024, in big part due to the rise of AI-generated search results. Many queries no longer lead to click-throughs, and even when users click, it is hard for companies to get more context on searches made within apps like ChatGPT or Perplexity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2024 • 4:13

Pineapple on pizza is delicious — and if you disagree, you can’t log in to WordPress.org ... and more Tech News

Pineapple on pizza is delicious — and if you disagree, you can’t log in to WordPress.org ... and more Tech News

There are few matters in life that divide a room more than the prudence of putting pineapple on pizza. But if you’re of the persuasion that tropical fruit has no place on a pie, you’ll have to swallow a bitter pill — if you want to access the WordPress.org developer portal and forum, at least. Waymo will begin testing its autonomous vehicle technology in Tokyo in early 2025, the first time the Alphabet company’s robotaxis have driven on public roads outside the U.S. The move to Japan is part of

Dec 18, 2024 • 7:56

Google DeepMind unveils a new video model to rival Sora

Google DeepMind unveils a new video model to rival Sora

Google DeepMind, Google’s flagship AI research lab, wants to beat OpenAI at the video generation game — and it might just, at least for a little while. On Monday, DeepMind announced Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI and the successor to Veo, which powers a growing number of products across Google’s portfolio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 18, 2024 • 8:09

UK’s internet watchdog finalizes first set of rules for Online Safety law

UK’s internet watchdog finalizes first set of rules for Online Safety law

On Monday, the U.K.’s internet regulator, Ofcom, published the first set of final guidelines for online service providers subject to the Online Safety Act. This starts the clock ticking on the sprawling online harms law’s first compliance deadline, which the regulator expects to kick in in three months’ time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 2024 • 7:02

What exactly is an AI agent?

What exactly is an AI agent?

Regardless of how they're defined, the agents are for helping complete tasks in an automated way with as little human interaction as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 2024 • 8:10

Bluesky is at a crossroads and OpenAI blames ChatGPT outage on a ‘new telemetry service’

Bluesky is at a crossroads and OpenAI blames ChatGPT outage on a ‘new telemetry service’

Now with 25 million users, Bluesky is facing a test that will determine whether or not its platform will still be seen as a safe space and place of refuge from the toxicity of X. Also, OpenAI is blaming one of the longest outages in its history on a “new telemetry service” gone awry. On Wednesday, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT; its video generator, Sora; and its developer-facing API experienced major disruptions starting at around 3 p.m. Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices

Dec 16, 2024 • 7:58

Controversial EU ad campaign on X broke bloc’s own privacy rules

Controversial EU ad campaign on X broke bloc’s own privacy rules

The European Union’s executive body is facing an embarrassing privacy scandal after it was confirmed on Friday that a Commission ad campaign on X (formerly Twitter) breached the EU’s own data protection rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2024 • 6:53

United and Air Canada can now use Apple AirTags to track lost luggage

United and Air Canada can now use Apple AirTags to track lost luggage

Arriving in time for holiday travel and potentially lost luggage, a new feature that allows Apple AirTag owners to share the location of a lost item is now integrated with the customer service systems of two major airlines. United and Air Canada are the first launch partners for Apple’s “Find My Share Item Location” feature, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2024 • 3:27

Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day, but it won’t be today

Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day, but it won’t be today

Google is slowly peeling back the curtain on its vision to, one day, sell you glasses with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities. The company’s plans for those glasses, however, are still blurry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2024 • 5:43

Researchers uncover Chinese spyware used to target Android devices

Researchers uncover Chinese spyware used to target Android devices

The spyware, called EagleMsgSpy, has been used by Chinese law enforcement, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2024 • 3:33

Electrified Thermal Solutions has a plan to help industry replace natural gas with bricks

Electrified Thermal Solutions has a plan to help industry replace natural gas with bricks

The startup has been working to imbue the humble brick with the ability to transform electricity into heat and store it for hours on end. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2024 • 3:41

A new wave of desalination startups argues that deeper is better

A new wave of desalination startups argues that deeper is better

Advances in robotics and seabed electrification have enabled a trio of startups to pursue deep sea reverse osmosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2024 • 6:54

Yelp adds AI-powered review insights to restaurants

Yelp adds AI-powered review insights to restaurants

Yelp is releasing several new features as part of its year-end release, including AI-powered review insights, a personalized home feed with new content types, and a redesigned inbox for business owners. When it comes to user-facing features, the company is now highlighting reviews in different categories, including food quality, service, and ambiance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2024 • 4:03

Dimension raises $500M second fund for investing at the intersection tech and life sciences

Dimension raises $500M second fund for investing at the intersection tech and life sciences

Many VCs, particularly newer firms, readily admit that 2024 has been a challenging year for raising fresh capital. Dimension Capital, a two-year-old venture outfit, had a different experience when raising its second fund.   “Every investor from fund one came back very quickly." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 10, 2024 • 4:05

ByteDance asks appeals court to temporarily block sell-or-ban law, Apple sued over abandoning CSAM detection for iCloud ... and more tech news

ByteDance asks appeals court to temporarily block sell-or-ban law, Apple sued over abandoning CSAM detection for iCloud ... and more tech news

ByteDance and TikTok filed an emergency motion on Monday asking an appeals court to temporally block the law that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless the social network divests from Chinese ownership by January 19. Also, Apple is being sued over its decision not to implement a system that would have scanned iCloud photos for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The lawsuit argues that by not doing more to prevent the spread of this material, it’s forcing victims to relive their trauma, according

Dec 10, 2024 • 9:25

Former Lakers star launches VC firm, Lucid Motors completes Gravity SUV, Amp Robotics raises $91M, and Fly Ventures sets its eyes on technical founders

Former Lakers star launches VC firm, Lucid Motors completes Gravity SUV, Amp Robotics raises $91M, and Fly Ventures sets its eyes on technical founders

Former NBA Lakers star Metta Sandiford-Artest (formerly known as Metta World Peace), has teamed up with Stephen Stokols, the former CEO of Boost Mobile, to launch Tru Skye Ventures, a firm looking to invest in sports and health tech, according to Sportico. Also, The first Lucid Motors Gravity SUV has rolled off the company’s production line in Casa Grande, Arizona, according to a post on X. The company will now set its aim on ramping up production of the new electric vehicle and making the first

Dec 9, 2024 • 7:10

OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot

OpenAI’s o1 model sure tries to deceive humans a lot

OpenAI finally released the full version of o1, which gives smarter answers than GPT-4o by using additional compute to “think” about questions. However, AI safety testers found that o1’s reasoning abilities also make it try to deceive humans at a higher rate than GPT-4o. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2024 • 7:15

Waymo outsources fleet operations to African fintech Moove in Phoenix and Miami

Waymo outsources fleet operations to African fintech Moove in Phoenix and Miami

Waymo is partnering with Moove, an African mobility fintech that offers vehicle financing to gig workers, to handle fleet management operations for its robotaxi service in Phoenix and, soon, Miami.  The partnership marks several firsts, like Waymo’s entry into Miami. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2024 • 4:59

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is reshaping social media, but advertising isn’t off the table

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is reshaping social media, but advertising isn’t off the table

Bluesky has blown up this year thanks to a vibrant community of posters, user customization choices, and a decentralized protocol that doesn’t lock users into the choices of a billionaire CEO. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2024 • 4:48

Growl is building the Peloton of boxing

Growl is building the Peloton of boxing

There’s a new connected fitness device in town and it’s called Growl. Inspired by hardware companies like Peloton or Tonal, Growl is building a boxing bag that you can attach to your wall at home. Users can then start immersive, gamified boxing classes from the comfort of their home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2024 • 4:55

Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast powered by Google’s NotebookLM

Spotify Wrapped 2024 adds an AI podcast powered by Google’s NotebookLM

Spotify Wrapped, the streamer’s highly anticipated annual listening recap, has arrived. In addition to its usual personalized summary detailing your favorite artists, songs, podcasts, and more, the company this year is introducing two new features, including most notably, an AI-powered podcast of your 2024 Wrapped created with Google’s AI summarization tool, NotebookLM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2024 • 8:20

The race is on to make AI agents do your online shopping for you

The race is on to make AI agents do your online shopping for you

Millions of Americans will pop open their laptops to buy gifts this holiday season, but tech companies are racing to turn the job of online shopping over to AI agents instead. Perplexity recently released an AI shopping agent for its paying customers in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2024 • 9:10

US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data

US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data

The U.S. consumer protection agency said it's closing the loophole to block the "widespread evasion" of federal law by data brokers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2024 • 3:36

Study of ChatGPT citations makes dismal reading for publishers

Study of ChatGPT citations makes dismal reading for publishers

As more publishers cut content licensing deals with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, a study put out this week by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism — looking at how the AI chatbot produces citations (i.e. sources) for publishers’ content — makes for interesting, or, well, concerning, reading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 3, 2024 • 8:41

Bluesky promises more verification and an ‘aggressive’ approach to impersonation

Bluesky promises more verification and an ‘aggressive’ approach to impersonation

As more celebrities and popular influencers join Bluesky, the fast-growing social media service has been facing more concerns around impersonation and verified identity. The Bluesky Safety team posted Friday that the company has updated its impersonation policy to be “more aggressive,” adding that “impersonation and handle-squatting accounts will be removed.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 3, 2024 • 3:08

Intenty nudges you to provide a reason every time you unlock your phone

Intenty nudges you to provide a reason every time you unlock your phone

Intentional phone usage is a tricky habit to develop. Operating systems like iOS and Android, along with social media networks like Instagram and TikTok, have built timers, nudges, and controls around the usage of the apps or the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2024 • 4:26

Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world

Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world

Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of users — account for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic. Meta’s investments into artificial intelligence stand to boost that usage even further. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2024 • 9:29

FTC finds that smart device makers fail to make clear how long their products will be supported

FTC finds that smart device makers fail to make clear how long their products will be supported

A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission found that many smart device makers fail to disclose to consumers how long they will provide software updates for their products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2024 • 3:18

Audio platform Pocket FM taps into AI tools help it expand content catalog

Audio platform Pocket FM taps into AI tools help it expand content catalog

India-based audio platform Pocket FM has more than 200,000 hours of content on the service. However, the company’s CEO, Rohan Nayak, believes that the platform still has room to grow in terms of creating original content and expanding its library to multiple genres and sub-genres. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2024 • 5:04

Intel and Biden Administration finalize $7.86B deal to fund domestic chip manufacturing

Intel and Biden Administration finalize $7.86B deal to fund domestic chip manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Commerce today confirmed it has awarded $7.865 billion to chip giant Intel under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, a federal statute signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022 to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 27, 2024 • 4:42

Say goodbye to freeform ‘dockless’ e-bike parking in London: TFL debuts new rules to reduce bike mess on streets

Say goodbye to freeform ‘dockless’ e-bike parking in London: TFL debuts new rules to reduce bike mess on streets

London is putting the brakes on the mess of e-bikes that litter the streets of the city. Today, the local transportation authority, Transport for London, announced a new enforcement policy that will restrict parking for the tens of thousands of e-bikes rented on-demand from companies like Lime, HumanForest and Dott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 27, 2024 • 7:13

Apple will never stop thinking about making a TV, Aussie government drops misinformation bill, Bending Spoons taking Brightcove private, and a digital “you” can sit through your Zoom calls

Apple will never stop thinking about making a TV, Aussie government drops misinformation bill, Bending Spoons taking Brightcove private, and a digital “you” can sit through your Zoom calls

It’s not exactly a secret that Apple has explored the possibility of building a television. Before his death in 2011, co-founder Steve Jobs famously told biographer Walter Isaacson that he’d “finally cracked it,” but no full-fledged Apple TV (as opposed to the Apple TV set-top box) has emerged in the years since; The Australian government has withdrawn a bill that would have fined online platforms up to 5 percent of their global revenue if they failed to stop the spread of misinformation. The bi

Nov 26, 2024 • 7:38

Raspberry Pi releases the Pico 2 W, a $7 wireless-enabled microcontroller board

Raspberry Pi releases the Pico 2 W, a $7 wireless-enabled microcontroller board

Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, a tiny board designed around a microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects at scale. Raspberry Pi is once again using the RP2350, its own, well-documented microcontroller. But what is a microcontroller again? As the name suggests, microcontrollers let you control other electronic components or devices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 26, 2024 • 3:43

Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query

Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query

Brave announced on Thursday that it’s introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search. Earlier this year, the company launched “Answer with AI” summaries that appear above search results after you submit a query to give you an easy-to-read answer in response to a question. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 25, 2024 • 2:55

Texas AG opens investigation into advertising group that Elon Musk sued for ‘boycotting’ X

Texas AG opens investigation into advertising group that Elon Musk sued for ‘boycotting’ X

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to determine whether the trade group’s members conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 25, 2024 • 4:49

Lightning looks to make managing AI a piece of cake

Lightning looks to make managing AI a piece of cake

AI may be the hottest thing since sliced bread. But that doesn’t mean it’s getting easier to develop and run. According to a recent Boston Consulting Group poll, 74% of organizations are struggling to derive value from their AI investments Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2024 • 4:30

‘PDF to Brainrot’ study tools are a strange iteration on a TikTok trend

‘PDF to Brainrot’ study tools are a strange iteration on a TikTok trend

Several AI-based study tools are capitalizing on a “PDF to Brainrot” trend, which will read the text of a document you upload over “oddly satisfying” videos, like ASMR clips of mixing paint and cutting soap, or gameplay footage from Minecraft and Subway Surfers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2024 • 5:11

Kim Kardashian has befriended Optimus, the Tesla bot, VW taps former Rivian exec, and more

Kim Kardashian has befriended Optimus, the Tesla bot, VW taps former Rivian exec, and more

Kim Kardashian’s new beaux is a Tesla bot named Optimus. The fashion mogul got some hands-on experience with Tesla’s bipedal, human-shaped robot, which is not yet available to the general public. In Kardashian’s videos with the robot — posted to X and her Instagram story; Volkswagen of America has a new CEO: Rivian’s recently departed chief commercial officer Kjell Gruner. The appointment comes just one week after VW parent company Volkswagen Group formalized a $5.8 billion joint venture with Ri

Nov 21, 2024 • 8:45

UK open to social media ban for kids as gov’t kicks off feasibility study

UK open to social media ban for kids as gov’t kicks off feasibility study

The U.K. government is not ruling out further beefing up existing online safety rules by adding an Australian-style ban on social media for under 16s technology secretary, Peter Kyle, has said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2024 • 8:36

Itching to write a book? AI publisher Spines wants to make a deal

Itching to write a book? AI publisher Spines wants to make a deal

Generative AI has upended how we write things… or even if we write at all. Now a startup wants to be the main character in the next chapter of that story: AI that replaces the role of the publisher. Spines is a self-publishing platform that claims that — thanks to being powered by artificial intelligence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2024 • 7:41

Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world

Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world

After building out Google Lens to help users shop online more easily, Google is now updating the product to help people shop when they’re in a physical store by offering product insights, price comparisons, and local inventory availability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2024 • 3:42

Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message others outside of games

Roblox no longer allows users under 13 to message others outside of games

Roblox will not let users under the age of 13 message others outside of games and experiences on the platform, the company said Friday. Roblox also announced a series of other built-in protections for young users, such as age-gating certain experiences, along with enhanced parental controls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 19, 2024 • 4:29

What is Bluesky when it’s not the underdog?

What is Bluesky when it’s not the underdog?

Bluesky is having a moment — a moment that’s already stretched on for nearly three months. Over the summer, the social media app saw a wave of new signups in Brazil after X (formerly Twitter) was temporarily banned there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 19, 2024 • 5:04

JobGet, a ‘LinkedIn’ for hourly workers, acquires rival Snagajob

JobGet, a ‘LinkedIn’ for hourly workers, acquires rival Snagajob

If you’re an hourly worker, the number of go-to options you have for finding new jobs is shrinking a little. JobGet — a Boston startup that operates an hourly job-hunting site with social features built in, a la LinkedIn — is acquiring Snagajob, one of its rivals in the U.S. market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2024 • 4:51

How social app Spill plans to capitalize on the exodus from X

How social app Spill plans to capitalize on the exodus from X

Social networking rivals continue to benefit from the user exodus from X. Spill, the social app founded by two former Twitter employees, released a statement claiming it has also seen a jump in users after the U.S. Presidential election, following similar news by Bluesky, which gained more than 2 million users during that time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2024 • 4:53

Spotify will start paying video podcast hosts based on how well their videos perform

Spotify will start paying video podcast hosts based on how well their videos perform

Spotify announced on Wednesday that it will start paying podcast hosts who make popular videos on its streaming platform, as the company looks to take on YouTube’s dominance in the video podcast space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2024 • 3:57

PayPal will once again let you pool money from family and friends to pay for things together

PayPal will once again let you pool money from family and friends to pay for things together

PayPal is launching a few features that let users in groups pool money with friends or family, to collectively pay for trips, travels, gifts, and anything else. The company is launching this feature in the U.S., Germany, the U.K., Italy, and Spain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2024 • 3:26

Generative disinfo is real — you’re just not the target, warns deepfake tracking nonprofit

Generative disinfo is real — you’re just not the target, warns deepfake tracking nonprofit

Many feared that the 2024 election would be affected, and perhaps decided, by AI-generated disinformation. While there was some to be found, it was far less than anticipated. But don’t let that fool you: the disinfo threat is real — you’re just not the target. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2024 • 5:35

NASA awards ‘sustainable’ aircraft concepts $11.5M

NASA awards ‘sustainable’ aircraft concepts $11.5M

The future of aircraft may look very similar to today’s superficially — but under the hood (or sitting next to the tailfins) they will likely be quite different. That’s the future NASA is hoping to nurture with five research awards worth $11.5 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2024 • 2:57

Red Hat acquires AI optimization startup Neural Magic

Red Hat acquires AI optimization startup Neural Magic

Red Hat, the IBM-owned open source software firm, is acquiring Neural Magic, a startup that optimizes AI algorithms to run on commodity processors. The transaction is subject to applicable regulatory reviews and other customary closing conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2024 • 4:20

Amazon attempts to lure AI researchers with $110M in grants and credits

Amazon attempts to lure AI researchers with $110M in grants and credits

There’s an AI chip battle brewing among the major cloud vendors. Google’s Trillium, a custom chip for training and running AI models, recently entered preview, and Microsoft’s Maia is expected to follow in short order. Not to be outdone, Amazon Web Services has AI chips, too: Trainium, Inferentia, and Graviton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2024 • 6:22

Standing desks don’t do squat, X testing a free version of Grok, TSMC halted advanced chip shipments, and Encore is an AI-powered search engine for your thrifting needs

Standing desks don’t do squat, X testing a free version of Grok, TSMC halted advanced chip shipments, and Encore is an AI-powered search engine for your thrifting needs

Over the years, numerous startups have gained traction by designing, making and selling standing desks as part of a workspace innovation trend to promote better health, and a lot of executives swear by them, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, who once called sitting “the new cancer.”; Social network X has so far limited its AI chatbot Grok (built by Elon Musk’s other company xAI) to its premium, paying users. However, the platform is seemingly preparing to open up the chatbot to free users; After a c

Nov 12, 2024 • 7:31

From self-driving cars to AI that writes enterprise software: Cogna founder raises $15M

From self-driving cars to AI that writes enterprise software: Cogna founder raises $15M

A founder who was an early mover in the race to build autonomous vehicles has raised $15 million for his next act: a startup that claims its AI can write enterprise software on its own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 2024 • 5:28

Productivity hacks are overrated, says a16z VC who sold his own startup for $1.25B

Productivity hacks are overrated, says a16z VC who sold his own startup for $1.25B

What’s the secret to success? It isn’t any of the trends that so many founders in Silicon Valley subscribe to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2024 • 2:53

It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act

It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act

The PRESS Act would protect a journalist's sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2024 • 3:31

Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell its AI to defense customers

Anthropic teams up with Palantir and AWS to sell its AI to defense customers

Anthropic today announced that it’s teaming up with Palantir, the data-mining company, and Amazon Web Services to provide U.S. intelligence and defense agencies access to Anthropic’s Claude 3 and 3.5 family of AI models. The news comes as a growing number of AI vendors, for strategic and revenue-related reasons, look to ink deals with U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2024 • 4:10

The FTC comes after neobank Dave for misleading marketing, hidden fees

The FTC comes after neobank Dave for misleading marketing, hidden fees

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday it will be taking action against the online cash app and neobank Dave, which it says used “misleading marketing to deceive consumers.” At issue is how Dave marketed $500 cash advances to consumers that it rarely offered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2024 • 4:28

AI coding assistants can help startups develop products, seed VCs believe

AI coding assistants can help startups develop products, seed VCs believe

By now, there’s hardly a coder in the world who isn’t using an AI copilot in some way. But using GitHub Copilot or Cursor.AI to ask technical questions and get debugging help could be just the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2024 • 3:43

Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app

Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app

It seems Lyft is hoping to catch up to Uber’s string of autonomous vehicle partnerships. Lyft announced Wednesday three separate partnerships — with startup May Mobility, automated driving company Mobileye and smart dashcam firm Nexar — all aimed at establishing a foothold in the emerging autonomous vehicle market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2024 • 6:01

AI safety advocates tell founders to slow down

AI safety advocates tell founders to slow down

“Move cautiously and red-team things” is sadly not as catchy as “move fast and break things.” But three AI safety advocates made it clear to startup founders that going too fast can lead to ethical issues in the long run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2024 • 4:23

Can Pictionary and Minecraft test AI models’ ingenuity?

Can Pictionary and Minecraft test AI models’ ingenuity?

Most AI benchmarks don’t tell us much. They ask questions that can be solved with rote memorization, or cover topics that aren’t relevant to the majority of users. So some AI enthusiasts are turning to games as a way to test AIs’ problem-solving skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2024 • 6:22

X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts, Threads now has 275M monthly active users, OpenAI has hired the co-founder of Pebble, and MIT debuted am LLM-inspired method for teaching robots new skills

X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts, Threads now has 275M monthly active users, OpenAI has hired the co-founder of Pebble, and MIT debuted am LLM-inspired method for teaching robots new skills

Go to TechCrunch.com for more tech stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 5, 2024 • 7:13

U.S. laws regulating AI prove elusive, but there may be hope

U.S. laws regulating AI prove elusive, but there may be hope

Can the U.S. meaningfully regulate AI? It’s not at all clear yet. Policymakers have achieved progress in recent months, but they’ve also had setbacks, illustrating the challenging nature of laws imposing guardrails on the technology. In March, Tennessee became the first state to protect voice artists from unauthorized AI cloning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 5, 2024 • 5:40

Google Maps is getting new AI features powered by Gemini

Google Maps is getting new AI features powered by Gemini

Google Maps is getting new features powered by Gemini, Google’s generative AI model. On Thursday the company announced incoming updates that will allow Google Maps users in the U.S. to tap into AI to help them find new places to visit and answer questions about different locations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2024 • 3:39

Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system

Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system

Two mobile operating systems currently comprise nearly 100% of the global smartphone market. Building one is hard, and for most phone makers, there are better uses of resources, especially when Android is right there for the taking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2024 • 4:12

Space CEOs talk about the challenges and opportunities of selling defense tech

Space CEOs talk about the challenges and opportunities of selling defense tech

Space executives took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Monday to talk about the challenges and opportunities of building out dual-use technology, or tech that has both a defense and a commercial use case.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2024 • 3:34

Temu’s low cost marketplace faces formal probe in EU over raft of DSA compliance concerns

Temu’s low cost marketplace faces formal probe in EU over raft of DSA compliance concerns

The European Union has expanded its scrutiny of online marketplaces by opening a formal proceeding on Chinese low cost ecommerce platform, Temu, under the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission announced Thursday. Enforcers of the online governance framework will now dial up their oversight of Temu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2024 • 6:32

ForceField helps detect deepfakes and digital deception by verifying source data

ForceField helps detect deepfakes and digital deception by verifying source data

A new startup setting out to combat the scourge of deepfakes and spoofed evidence in the age of AI is showing off its wares on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2024 • 7:37

Archon emerges from stealth and Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike

Archon emerges from stealth and Haptic’s touch-based navigation helps blind and sighted alike

Meet Luna, a health and well-being app for teen girls that is designed to help them navigate teenhood. The app lets teens ask questions about their health and wellness and get responses from experts. It also lets them track their periods, moods, and skin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2024 • 7:41

Why Crosscut Ventures is ‘following the founders’ into climate, space, and beyond

Why Crosscut Ventures is ‘following the founders’ into climate, space, and beyond

The focus of the new $100 million fund, Crosscut’s sixth, will include energy and power, space and underwater exploration, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, and security and defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2024 • 4:29

Popular calendar app Fantastical lands on Windows

Popular calendar app Fantastical lands on Windows

Buzzy calendar apps tend to make a big splash and disappear after a while. Sometimes they get acquired, sometimes the company pivots to something else. That’s not the case with Fantastical, a popular calendar app for macOS, iOS, and other Apple platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2024 • 5:19

McDonald’s broken ice cream machines could get fixed faster thanks to new federal rule ... and more tech news

McDonald’s broken ice cream machines could get fixed faster thanks to new federal rule ... and more tech news

McDonald’s ice cream machines have developed a lousy reputation for being broken when you visit the restaurant, largely due to strict copyright laws that only permit specially licensed technicians to legally repair them. The manufacturers have to license each technician, and they put locks on the McFlurry machines to prevent others from repairing them; A federal jury ruled Friday that Masimo smartwatches infringed Apple patents, but Apple isn’t getting a big payday. Bloomberg Law reports that th

Oct 29, 2024 • 9:05

What are AI ‘world models,’ and why do they matter?

What are AI ‘world models,’ and why do they matter?

World models, also known as world simulators, are being touted by some as the next big thing in AI. AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has raised $230 million to build “large world models,” and DeepMind hired one of the creators of OpenAI’s video generator, Sora, to work on “world simulators.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 29, 2024 • 8:02

Scout reveals its EV vision and it includes a model with a gas-powered generator

Scout reveals its EV vision and it includes a model with a gas-powered generator

Scout Motors, the Volkswagen Group spinoff, unveiled Thursday two EVs it hopes will hook American customers with modern-meets-rugged styling that downplays digital and embraces the mechanical. The catch? The company will also offer variants to its all-electric Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra Truck that will come equipped with a built-in gas-powered generator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2024 • 6:28

Airdog’s founders are back with a precision-strike drone meant for modern warfare

Airdog’s founders are back with a precision-strike drone meant for modern warfare

The war in Ukraine has shown that warfare changes by the day. It’s also clear that the tech used to make war today is costly: While larger countries can afford legions of tanks, helicopters, and precision-strike systems, smaller nations find themselves scrambling for cheaper ways to defend themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2024 • 4:09

Cafeteria raises $3M so teens can tell Nike to get Adam Sandler as a brand ambassador

Cafeteria raises $3M so teens can tell Nike to get Adam Sandler as a brand ambassador

Brands often rely on scraping the web and monitoring social media to understand what customers are saying about them and get insights for product development. Cafeteria is a startup that wants to connect brands to their most opinionated customers: teens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2024 • 5:52

After selling Anchor to Spotify, co-founders reunite to build AI educational startup Oboe

After selling Anchor to Spotify, co-founders reunite to build AI educational startup Oboe

The co-founders who sold their last startup to Spotify are working on a new project: an AI-powered educational startup called Oboe backed by a $4 million seed investment. The new company, hailing from Nir Zicherman and Michael Mignano, aims to democratize access to learning the way that their prior startup, Anchor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2024 • 5:25

Ex-SpaceX engineers land $14M to scale new method for 3D printing metal

Ex-SpaceX engineers land $14M to scale new method for 3D printing metal

3D printing objects using metal is a well-established technique, but it tends to be too complex, expensive, or imprecise to match traditional methods at scale. Armed with $14 million from Nvidia and Boeing, Freeform aims to change that, building a new metal additive printing process that they say changes the game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2024 • 6:45

Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC

Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC

Anthropic has released an updated version of its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model with a new Computer Use feature that can interact with apps on a PC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2024 • 10:20

Passionfroot is a marketplace for business-focused content creators looking for brand partnerships — and vice versa

Passionfroot is a marketplace for business-focused content creators looking for brand partnerships — and vice versa

As the creator economy is growing rapidly, brand partnerships remain one of the prime ways creators can earn money. Other services like link-in-bio apps with affiliate links or Pateron-like subscriptions become secondary ways to increase creators’ income. For platforms and startup, the biggest challenge remains to match brands and creators for collaboration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2024 • 6:06

Tim Cook's safe choice, Meta's Ray Bans hot sellers, Meta suspends accounts tracking celebs, Zoom partners with Suki, and Highlight spins out of Medal

Tim Cook's safe choice, Meta's Ray Bans hot sellers, Meta suspends accounts tracking celebs, Zoom partners with Suki, and Highlight spins out of Medal

This week’s cover of WSJ Magazine is extremely minimalistic. That’s not surprising given that the main story is an in-depth interview with Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple and the king of minimalistic design; Instagram and Threads accounts that track the private jets of celebrities – including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Kylie Jenner – were suspended on Monday, according to the owner of many such accounts, Florida college student, Jack Sweeney. Links to Inst

Oct 23, 2024 • 9:30

Meta tests facial recognition for spotting ‘celeb-bait’ ads scams and easier account recovery

Meta tests facial recognition for spotting ‘celeb-bait’ ads scams and easier account recovery

Meta is expanding tests of facial recognition as an anti-scam measure to combat celebrity scam ads and more broadly, the Facebook owner announced Monday. Monika Bickert, Meta’s VP of content policy, wrote in a blog post that some of the tests aim to bolster its existing anti-scam measures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 2024 • 7:16

Perplexity looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation, Lyft is working on a ‘service animal opt-in feature’, DJI sues Department of Defense, and Can AI sandbag safety checks?

Perplexity looking to fundraise at an $8B valuation, Lyft is working on a ‘service animal opt-in feature’, DJI sues Department of Defense, and Can AI sandbag safety checks?

AI search engine Perplexity is in fundraising talks and hopes to raise around $500 million at an $8 billion valuation, according to the Wall Street Journal. If a deal happens with those terms, it would more than double Perplexity’s valuation from its $3 billion valuation when it raised from SoftBank over the summer; Uber and Lyft need to do more to support disabled passengers, especially those who are blind or visually impaired, according to protesters who gathered outside the companies’ headqua

Oct 22, 2024 • 7:40

Experts say OpenAI’s patent pledge amounts to little more than ‘virtue signaling’

Experts say OpenAI’s patent pledge amounts to little more than ‘virtue signaling’

OpenAI quietly published a statement on its website pledging not to use its patents offensively. Asserting its commitment to the principles of “broad access” and “collaboration,” OpenAI said that it would only use its patents in a way that supports innovation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 2024 • 3:33

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin becomes World, and shows new iris-scanning ‘Orb’ to prove your humanity

Sam Altman’s Worldcoin becomes World, and shows new iris-scanning ‘Orb’ to prove your humanity

Worldcoin, the Sam Altman co-founded “proof of personhood” crypto startup that scans people’s eyeballs, announced on Thursday that it dropped the “coin” from its name and is now just “World.” The startup also unveiled its next generation of iris-scanning “Orb” and other tools at a live event in San Francisco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2024 • 5:10

Instagram rolls out new safety features to protect teens from sextortion

Instagram rolls out new safety features to protect teens from sextortion

Instagram is introducing a series of new safety features to protect users from sextortion scammers, the company announced on Thursday. Most notably, the company is no longer going to allow people to screenshot or screen record ephemeral images or videos sent in private messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2024 • 4:13

Can AI make us feel less alone? The founder of Manifest thinks so

Can AI make us feel less alone? The founder of Manifest thinks so

Amy Wu, founder of the AI-based mental health app Manifest, has a bold prediction for the next wave of tech. “Separately from the AI trend, I think so many people are seeing this loneliness epidemic that’s happening with Gen Z,” she said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2024 • 5:58

Doctors complain of IT ‘in the stone age’, Waymo's honking apology, Mastodon toys, and more

Doctors complain of IT ‘in the stone age’, Waymo's honking apology, Mastodon toys, and more

The United Kingdom’s NHS — the world’s largest public health service — is working on creaking IT infrastructure. In any sector, that’s a ticking time bomb. But when you consider that the NHS holds medical records for nearly 67 million people, a breach of that system could become a meltdown; Sophia Tung set up a livestream this past summer, showing self-driving Waymo cars honking from the San Francisco parking lot near her apartment at all hours of the night; Meta’s X rival Threads is rolling out

Oct 17, 2024 • 6:44

How Tesla’s plans for ‘unsupervised FSD’ and robotaxis could run into red tape

How Tesla’s plans for ‘unsupervised FSD’ and robotaxis could run into red tape

During Tesla’s much-hyped robotaxi reveal event last week, CEO Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to release an “unsupervised” version of FSD, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system, in Texas and California in 2025 on certain Model 3 and Model Y vehicles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2024 • 7:33

Tesla Optimus bots were controlled by humans during the ‘We, Robot’ event

Tesla Optimus bots were controlled by humans during the ‘We, Robot’ event

During Tesla’s “We, Robot” event last week, which TechCrunch covered late into the night,, sources on the ground sent me a handful of videos of the automaker’s Optimus humanoid robots walking around the party, dancing, mixing drinks, and talking to guests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2024 • 4:24

Google signed a deal to power data centers with nuclear micro-reactors from Kairos — but the 2030 timeline is very optimistic

Google signed a deal to power data centers with nuclear micro-reactors from Kairos — but the 2030 timeline is very optimistic

With the deal, Google joins Microsoft and Amazon in turning to nuclear power to satiate its thirst for electricity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2024 • 4:03

Constellation Technologies & Operations wants to work with telecom operators to deliver 5G internet from space

Constellation Technologies & Operations wants to work with telecom operators to deliver 5G internet from space

The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for communications. French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech to provide a Starlink-like satellite broadband that uses telecoms’ existing assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 15, 2024 • 5:14

Casio confirms customer data compromised in ransomware attack

Casio confirms customer data compromised in ransomware attack

A ransomware and extortion racket called Underground has claimed responsibility for the breach on its dark web leak site, which TechCrunch has seen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 15, 2024 • 3:06

SpaceX alums are working to raise a hefty $550M first deep tech fund

SpaceX alums are working to raise a hefty $550M first deep tech fund

Interlagos, the venture capital firm started by former senior SpaceX leaders, is looking to raise $550 million for its first venture fund, according to regulatory filings and a confidential deck sent to prospective LPs and viewed by TechCrunch.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 2024 • 3:55

Bluesky joins Threads to court users frustrated by Meta’s moderation issues

Bluesky joins Threads to court users frustrated by Meta’s moderation issues

Social networking startup Bluesky is seizing the moment. Amid ongoing moderation issues affecting X rival Instagram Threads, the decentralized X competitor Bluesky has created an account on Meta’s newest platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 2024 • 4:36

A reporter used AI to apply to 2,843 jobs, Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack, Scope3 starts tracking the carbon footprint of AI, and Opera’s new feature lets you group, pin and close tabs through natural language commands

A reporter used AI to apply to 2,843 jobs, Internet Archive slammed by DDoS attack, Scope3 starts tracking the carbon footprint of AI, and Opera’s new feature lets you group, pin and close tabs through natural language commands

AI is spamming up job applications. 404 Media’s Jason Koebler writes about how he used a free tool, AI Hawk, to apply for 17 jobs in an hour while working a restaurant shift — only stopping when he’d reached 2,843; The Internet Archive, the nonprofit organization that digitizes and archives materials like web pages, came under attack Wednesday; The startup, which already monitors the climate impact of digital advertising, is expanding to include artificial intelligence; Opera browser has a new A

Oct 11, 2024 • 8:28

Antitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits

Antitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits

A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant’s ‘superprofiling’ of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site tracking of users is an “exploitative abuse” of Facebook’s monopoly position, finally concluded Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2024 • 10:16

North American robotics sales declined in first half of 2024

North American robotics sales declined in first half of 2024

Even a category as hot as robotics is not immune from macroeconomic trends. According to figures from automation advocacy group, A3, the North American robotics market declined in the first half of 2024, both in terms of sales and revenue. The number of industrial robotics ordered in H1 declined 7.5% year-over-year to 15,705. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2024 • 3:14

Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a space-based solar power startup

Billionaire Robinhood co-founder launches Aetherflux, a space-based solar power startup

It’s been the stuff of science fiction for decades: to provide gigawatts of cheap, clean power anywhere on Earth, day or night, using satellites that collect and transmit solar energy directly on orbit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2024 • 4:01

Adobe proposes a way to protect artists from AI ripoffs

Adobe proposes a way to protect artists from AI ripoffs

As the engine powering the world’s digital artists, Adobe has a big responsibility to mitigate the rise of AI-driven deepfakes, misinformation, and content theft. In the first quarter of 2025, Adobe is launching its Content Authenticity web app in beta, allowing creators to apply content credentials to their work, certifying it as their own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2024 • 5:19

Emma Watson invests in reproductive health company Hertility

Emma Watson invests in reproductive health company Hertility

Actress Emma Watson has made a previously undisclosed investment into the women’s health company Hertility, bringing its total funding to more than $14 million, the company told TechCrunch in an interview on Monday. Watson is known for her interest in the environment and supporting women-led initiatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2024 • 5:21

Sonair takes a cue from dolphins to build autonomous 3D vision sans LIDAR

Sonair takes a cue from dolphins to build autonomous 3D vision sans LIDAR

Ultrasound is perhaps best known as the technology that enables non-invasive body scans, underwater communication, and to help us park our cars. A young startup called Sonair out of Norway wants to employ it for something else: 3D computer vision used in autonomous hardware applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 8, 2024 • 5:56

What’s in the rug? How TikTok got swept into a real-time true crime story

What’s in the rug? How TikTok got swept into a real-time true crime story

A woman in Ohio is being haunted by ghosts. Or, maybe she’s not. There’s a dead body buried underneath her house, rolled up inside a rug. Or, there’s actually no body at all, despite signals from cadaver dogs. This week’s biggest drama on TikTok tells the story of a woman from Ohio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 8, 2024 • 5:18

Rivian deliveries fall, Waymo’s next robotaxi will be the Hyundai IONIQ 5, and YouTube takes on TikTok

Rivian deliveries fall, Waymo’s next robotaxi will be the Hyundai IONIQ 5, and YouTube takes on TikTok

Rivian says it will build fewer vehicles this year than it did in 2023, the result of a supply chain problem that popped up in the third quarter that has “become more acute in recent weeks.” The company did not specify what specific component is impacted; Waymo has struck a deal with Hyundai to bring the IONIQ 5 EV to its robotaxi network, adding another autonomous vehicle option as it scales up its business. The autonomous vehicle company announced Friday that it expects to start on-road testin

Oct 7, 2024 • 8:10

Even the ‘godmother of AI’ has no idea what AGI is

Even the ‘godmother of AI’ has no idea what AGI is

Are you confused about artificial general intelligence, or AGI? It’s that thing OpenAI is obsessed with ultimately creating in a way that “benefits all of humanity.” You may want to take them seriously since they just raised $6.6 billion to get closer to that goal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 7, 2024 • 6:56

Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup Ameba

Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup Ameba

Ameba takes the unstructured data in a retailer’s supply chain systems, sprinkles in some generative AI, and makes the whole thing more efficient.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2024 • 3:32

Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed sexual health startup LOOM

Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed sexual health startup LOOM

The past few years have seen the topic of women’s health thrown into the sociopolitical spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2024 • 4:43

Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup Ameba

Hedosophia leads $7M seed round into retail supply chain AI startup Ameba

Ameba takes the unstructured data in a retailer’s supply chain systems, sprinkles in some generative AI, and makes the whole thing more efficient.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2024 • 3:32

Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed sexual health startup LOOM

Femtech startup Perelel is acquiring Founders Fund-backed sexual health startup LOOM

The past few years have seen the topic of women’s health thrown into the sociopolitical spotlight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2024 • 4:47

UK unmasks LockBit ransomware affiliate as high-ranking hacker in Russia state-backed cybercrime gang

UK unmasks LockBit ransomware affiliate as high-ranking hacker in Russia state-backed cybercrime gang

Evil Corp maintains a "privileged" relationship with the Kremlin, and was often tasked with launching cyberattacks on behalf of Russia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2024 • 5:35

Microsoft Copilot can now read your screen, think deeply, and speak aloud to you

Microsoft Copilot can now read your screen, think deeply, and speak aloud to you

Microsoft has given its Copilot assistant on Windows a makeover — and a voice. Copilot can now read your screen, speak aloud, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2024 • 8:29

Gov. Newsom vetoes California’s controversial AI bill, SB 1047

Gov. Newsom vetoes California’s controversial AI bill, SB 1047

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have was regulated the development of AI. The bill was authored by State Senator Scott Wiener and would have made companies that develop the largest AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prevent “critical harms.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 1, 2024 • 3:19

Canoo hit with two supplier lawsuits as last remaining co-founder leaves

Canoo hit with two supplier lawsuits as last remaining co-founder leaves

EV startup Canoo has been hit with two new lawsuits from suppliers linked to the drivetrains that power its electric vehicles, just weeks after the company kicked off a major reorganization that included the departure of its chief technology officer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2024 • 3:50

Meta offers a glimpse through its supposed iPhone killer: Orion

Meta offers a glimpse through its supposed iPhone killer: Orion

For years, Silicon Valley and Wall Street have questioned Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to invest tens of billions of dollars into Reality Labs. This week, Meta’s wearables division unveiled a prototype of its Orion smart glasses, a form factor the company believes one day could replace the iPhone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2024 • 8:28

As war rages in Ukraine, investment in European defense and dual-use tech skyrockets

As war rages in Ukraine, investment in European defense and dual-use tech skyrockets

A new Dealroom report shows that VC investment in defense-related tech is outpacing any other type of investment across NATO member states and allies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2024 • 4:02

After is a new dating app that tries to tackle ghosting

After is a new dating app that tries to tackle ghosting

A new female-founded dating app called After is launching in Austin, Texas on Thursday with the mission of tackling ghosting and holding people accountable.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2024 • 3:56

Tomasz Tunguz’s Theory Ventures bets $12M on Initia, the ‘iOS for web3’

Tomasz Tunguz’s Theory Ventures bets $12M on Initia, the ‘iOS for web3’

The promise of blockchain to change the world hasn’t materialized. For the most part, the technology has instead enabled people to speculate on a new asset class. A big hurdle to realizing blockchain’s full potential, web3 proponents argue, is that decentralized services are incredibly hard to build. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2024 • 7:24

Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement

Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2024 • 5:06

Rivian reveals first $10M in grants for long-promised Rivian Foundation

Rivian reveals first $10M in grants for long-promised Rivian Foundation

Rivian has revealed the first $10 million worth of grants from the Rivian Foundation, just three years after promising to make the “natural world” a “stakeholder in our success.” The company launched a website for the foundation on Monday that details 41 grantees who will collectively receive just north of $10 million in funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2024 • 4:31

How Big Tech embraced nuclear power

How Big Tech embraced nuclear power

Companies are eyeing nuclear power as a way to reconcile their breakneck data center growth with their commitments to hit net zero carbon emissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2024 • 5:29

Electric outboard startup Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts

Electric outboard startup Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts

A tough market seems to have put an end to Pure's ambitions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 24, 2024 • 3:12

Ibotta’s CEO explains why startups shouldn’t try to time the IPO market

Ibotta’s CEO explains why startups shouldn’t try to time the IPO market

The IPO market has not roared back in 2024 as many investors hoped it would — not yet, at least. Elevated interest rates (this week’s 50 bps rate cut notwithstanding) and uncertainty related to the U.S. election have prompted many companies to stay private and wait for better market conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 24, 2024 • 5:10

Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law

Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law

California’s newest law could land social media users who post, or repost, AI deepfakes that deceive voters about upcoming elections in legal trouble. Governor Gavin Newsom suggests that AB 2839, which went into effect immediately after he signed it on Tuesday, could be used to reel in Elon Musk’s retweets, among others who spread deceptive messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 23, 2024 • 4:55

MIT's 3D printed glass blocks for construction, a robotic knee, a lucrative side hustle, and Varma abandons human musicians

MIT's 3D printed glass blocks for construction, a robotic knee, a lucrative side hustle, and Varma abandons human musicians

The team points to glass’ optical properties and its “infinite recyclability” as reasons for turning to the material; Also, test subjects were required to move a 30-pound kettlebell up and down a flight of stairs; a New York Times article Thursday highlighted a lucrative side hustle that is emblematic of the times we live in: gaming algorithms to earn money. In this case, folks figured out they could maximize the payout from Lyft’s Citibike “bike angels” program by taking advantage of a company

Sep 23, 2024 • 7:37

Amazon releases a video generator — but only for ads

Amazon releases a video generator — but only for ads

Like its rival, Google, Amazon has launched an AI-powered video generator — but it’s only for advertisers at the moment, and somewhat limited in what it can do. Today at its Accelerate conference, Amazon unveiled Video generator, which turns a single product image into a few-seconds-long video clip after a few minutes of processing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2024 • 3:53

Upchieve, an online tutor app for low-income students, launches a free tool for teachers

Upchieve, an online tutor app for low-income students, launches a free tool for teachers

Upchieve, the free, 24/7 online tutoring and college counseling app for low-income students, announced Thursday it’s giving teachers in Title 1 middle schools and high schools a new tool to ensure their students get the academic support they need. The new offering, called “Upchieve for Teachers,” allows teachers to offer 1:1 support to their students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2024 • 4:57

California’s 5 new AI laws crack down on election deepfakes and actor clones

California’s 5 new AI laws crack down on election deepfakes and actor clones

On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed some of America’s toughest laws yet regulating the artificial intelligence sector. Three of these laws crack down on AI deepfakes that could influence elections, while two others prohibit Hollywood studios from creating an AI clone of an actor’s body or voice without their consent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2024 • 3:39

23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse, BlackRock & Microsoft planning megafund, and more news

23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse, BlackRock & Microsoft planning megafund, and more news

23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product – was one driver.; Investment powerhouse BlackRock is set to launch a massive AI-focused investment fund, exceeding $30 billion, in collaboration with Microsoft and the Abu Dhabi-backed investment outfit MGX, the FT reported today. According to the outlet, the fund — among Wa

Sep 19, 2024 • 9:54

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

Slack is turning into an AI agent hub. Should it?

The head of Slack, Denise Dresser, tells TechCrunch she is shifting the business chat platform into a “work operating system,” specifically by making Slack a hub for AI applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2024 • 5:22

Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control

Instagram tightens restrictions on teen use, putting parents in control

Instagram is introducing Teen Accounts to automatically enroll young users into an app experience with built-in protections. The company announced that starting on Tuesday, it will start placing all current and future accounts held by a teenager into a Teen Account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2024 • 5:55

IBM makes developing for quantum computers easier with the Qiskit Functions Catalog

IBM makes developing for quantum computers easier with the Qiskit Functions Catalog

IBM today launched the Qiskit Functions Catalog, a new set of services that aims to make programming quantum computers easier by abstracting away many of the complexities of working with these machines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 17, 2024 • 4:39

U.S. government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa

U.S. government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa

This latest round of government sanctions land months after Intellexa's founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling the Predator spyware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 17, 2024 • 3:42

Shopsense AI lets music fans buy dupes inspired by red-carpet looks at the VMAs

Shopsense AI lets music fans buy dupes inspired by red-carpet looks at the VMAs

At the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Wednesday night, new technology allowed fans to shop their favorite artist’s styles as they appeared on the screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 2024 • 5:22

Waymo robotaxis in Austin & Atlanta soon, Spotify and parent-managed accounts for kids, Meta making  AI info less visible, and Alternative app stores allowed on Apple iPad soon

Waymo robotaxis in Austin & Atlanta soon, Spotify and parent-managed accounts for kids, Meta making AI info less visible, and Alternative app stores allowed on Apple iPad soon

Uber riders in Austin and Atlanta will be able to hail a Waymo robotaxi through the app in early 2025 as part of an expanded partnership between the two companies.  Waymo’s autonomous vehicles have been available on the Uber app in Phoenix since October 2023; Following the moves of other tech giants, Spotify announced on Friday it’s introducing in-app parental controls in the form of “managed accounts” for listeners under the age of 13. The new feature will initially be offered as a pilot progra

Sep 16, 2024 • 8:54

iFixit marks iPhone 16 arrival with battery-powered soldering iron launch

iFixit marks iPhone 16 arrival with battery-powered soldering iron launch

iFixit, everyone’s favorite gadget repair gadfly, is launching a portable soldering iron. The gadget is designed to make component repair more accessible for home users. The timing of the announcement isn’t lost on anyone, dropping the same week as Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2024 • 3:05

Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids ... and more tech news

Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids ... and more tech news

The FDA on Thursday announced that it has granted what it calls “the first over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid software device, Hearing Aid Feature.”; DeepMind employed a new learning platform, ALOHA Unleashed, paired with its simulation program, DemoStart, to teach robots by watching humans; Google Wallet will test a feature that turns your US passport into a digital ID; The White House has announced that several major AI vendors, including OpenAI and Microsoft, have committed to taking steps to

Sep 13, 2024 • 6:16

SpaceX calls out “superfluous” regulatory delays holding up Starship flights

SpaceX calls out “superfluous” regulatory delays holding up Starship flights

SpaceX has put on its most public and aggressive offensive against regulators to date, with a blog post published Tuesday urging more expeditious launch licensing — lest the country lose its place as the leader in the global space race.  Orbital launch is a tightly regulated industry governed chiefly by the Federal Aviation Administration, though Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2024 • 5:19

Senate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive

Senate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive

A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize and regurgitate online content like news and recipes may amount to anti-competitive practices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2024 • 5:05

The real power of Apple Intelligence will show up in third-party apps

The real power of Apple Intelligence will show up in third-party apps

Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker’s new set of AI capabilities arriving in iOS 18, is laying the groundwork for a new way to use apps. Today, the dated App Store model is under constant regulatory attack. Meanwhile, users can accomplish a lot of tasks with fairly simple questions to an AI assistant like ChatGPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2024 • 6:43

Bumble to leverage AI to help users with profile creation and conversations

Bumble to leverage AI to help users with profile creation and conversations

Bumble is increasing its investments in AI and branching out with new features to stay relevant amid a generational shift in dating behavior among younger users. During Goldman Sachs’ annual technology conference on Monday, Bumble CEO Lidiane Jones unveiled more details about the app’s upcoming AI capabilities, including a photo selection tool as well as features to help with conversations and profile creation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2024 • 5:16

Apple Intelligence delays could impede iPhone 16 ‘supercycle’, Bluesky grows to 9M+ users, and more

Apple Intelligence delays could impede iPhone 16 ‘supercycle’, Bluesky grows to 9M+ users, and more

When Apple unveiled its AI plans at WWDC in June, analysts suggested the feature could put the iPhone 16 on track for another “supercycle.” Like the addition of 5G before it, industry watchers believed that Apple Intelligence’s arrival might convince holdouts to bite the bullet and upgrade their device. Also, Bluesky keeps growing: The company announced that as of Friday morning, it had added 3 million new users, bringing its total user count to more than 9 million. In other words, the social pl

Sep 10, 2024 • 5:57

The Try Guys say their subscription strategy is starting to work and Bending Spoons laying off workers

The Try Guys say their subscription strategy is starting to work and Bending Spoons laying off workers

After a rough couple years, YouTube creators The Try Guys said they’re on-track to reach profitability, with subscriptions to their three-month-old, ad-free service 2nd Try now accounting for 20% of the company’s revenue. Of course, those numbers also mean The Try Guys remain reliant on other revenue streams, including YouTube advertising. Also, Italy-based app company Bending Spoons, which owns Evernote and Meetup, is planning to lay off 75% of the staff of file transfer service WeTransfer, Tec

Sep 10, 2024 • 4:07

Mintlify is building a next-gen platform for writing software docs

Mintlify is building a next-gen platform for writing software docs

Mintlify offers a collection of documentation-authoring tools, including tools that can auto-generate docs from codebases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 9, 2024 • 5:49

Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash

Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash

Salesforce has acquired Own Company, a provider of data management and protection solutions, for $1.9 billion in cash. In a press release, Salesforce GM Steve Fisher said in a statement that Own “underscores [Salesforce’s] commitment to providing secure, end-to-end solutions that protect our customers’ most valuable data.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 9, 2024 • 4:32

E-bike maker Cowboy raises a small funding round as it targets profitability next year

E-bike maker Cowboy raises a small funding round as it targets profitability next year

Cowboy has closed funding of around $5.5 million. With this recent funding round, Cowboy is now valued at €40 million on a pre-money basis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2024 • 5:08

Verizon acquires Frontier, Publishers prevail in lawsuit, Starliner home without its crew on Friday, and The Cosmos Institute launche grant programs

Verizon acquires Frontier, Publishers prevail in lawsuit, Starliner home without its crew on Friday, and The Cosmos Institute launche grant programs

Some major consolidation is afoot in the world of internet communications — and it will have implications for competition and consumer internet access in U.S. On Thursday, Verizon announced that it would gobble up Frontier Communications for $20 billion — more than double Frontier’s market cap at the close of trading the night before; A long-running lawsuit over the Internet Archive’s “emergency” ebook lending practices during the COVID-19 pandemic has ended in a loss for the website and a victo

Sep 6, 2024 • 12:52

DubClub wants amateur sports betters to win more

DubClub wants amateur sports betters to win more

The American sports betting market produced $10.9 billion in revenue in 2023 for casinos, sportsbooks and iGaming, according to the American Gambling Association. One of the reasons this industry is so lucrative is because the majority of people who bet on sports lose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 5, 2024 • 5:20

Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI

Anthropic launches Claude Enterprise plan to compete with OpenAI

Anthropic is launching a new subscription plan for its AI chatbot, Claude, catered towards enterprise customers that want more administrative controls and increased security. Claude Enterprise will compete with OpenAI’s business-specific solution, ChatGPT Enterprise, released roughly a year ago. Claude Enterprise allows businesses to upload proprietary company knowledge into Anthropic’s AI chatbot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 5, 2024 • 4:34

Oxylus Energy strikes “beautiful balance” to make e-fuels for aviation and shipping

Oxylus Energy strikes “beautiful balance” to make e-fuels for aviation and shipping

Flexible green methanol, which is made without fossil fuels, could rid carbon pollution from a range of industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2024 • 4:48

Spotter launches AI tools to help YouTubers brainstorm video ideas, thumbnails and more

Spotter launches AI tools to help YouTubers brainstorm video ideas, thumbnails and more

Spotter, the startup that provides financial solutions to content creators, announced Tuesday the launch of its new AI-powered creative suite. Dubbed Spotter Studio, the solution aims to support YouTubers throughout the creative process, such as helping them brainstorm video concepts, generate thumbnail and title ideas, plan projects, organize tasks, and collaborate with their team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2024 • 6:21

Why do so many home robots still suck?

Why do so many home robots still suck?

Home robots’ unfulfilled potential is neither because of lack of demand on the part of consumers nor lack of effort from manufacturers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 3, 2024 • 7:14

Apple saying goodbye to USB-A, TikTok's new feature, Bluesky tops the charts, and more Tech news

Apple saying goodbye to USB-A, TikTok's new feature, Bluesky tops the charts, and more Tech news

The Mac mini will be the next Apple device to say goodbye to USB-A, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Apple customers have probably gotten used to seeing the familiar, rectangular USB-A ports replaced with their thinner USB-C siblings. And while USB-C has its advantages, the transition can sometimes leave users confused and scrambling for adapters; TikTok is introducing a new “Manage Topics” feature that will give you more control over what you see on your For You feed, the company announced

Sep 3, 2024 • 9:05

Former Riot Games employees leverage generative AI to power NPCs in new video game

Former Riot Games employees leverage generative AI to power NPCs in new video game

Jam & Tea Studios is the latest gaming startup implementing generative AI to transform the way players interact with non-playable characters (NPCs) in video games.  Traditionally, video game NPCs are directed by predetermined scripts, which can feel repetitive, unrealistic, and boring Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 2, 2024 • 8:16

Google is working on AI that can hear signs of sickness, Apple and Nvidia could be OpenAI’s next big investors ... and more news

Google is working on AI that can hear signs of sickness, Apple and Nvidia could be OpenAI’s next big investors ... and more news

Given everything you’ve already heard about AI, you may not be surprised to learn that Google is among other outfits beginning to use sound signals to predict early signs of disease.  How? According to Bloomberg, Google has trained its foundation AI model with 300 million pieces of audio that included coughs, sniffles, and labored breathing; Nvidia and Apple are reportedly in talks to contribute to OpenAI’s next fundraising round — a round that could value the ChatGPT maker at $100 billion. Per

Sep 2, 2024 • 5:42

UK’s Wayve secures strategic investment from Uber to further develop self-driving tech

UK’s Wayve secures strategic investment from Uber to further develop self-driving tech

Uber is making a strategic investment into Wayve as an extension of the U.K.-born startup’s previously announced $1.05 billion Series C round. The partnership will also see the two companies work with automakers to integrate Wayve’s AI into consumer vehicles that will one day operate on the ride-hail giant’s platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2024 • 3:53

OpenAI  in talks to close a new funding round, Bolt’s  backer the London Fund, has been scrubbing its web page, Apple's AI-powered object remover, and NEA reentered the secondaries market

OpenAI in talks to close a new funding round, Bolt’s backer the London Fund, has been scrubbing its web page, Apple's AI-powered object remover, and NEA reentered the secondaries market

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, could be in talks to raise a massive tranche of cash. The Wall Street Journal reports that OpenAI may be close to closing a fundraising round led by Thrive Capital, a previous investor, that’d value the AI company at over $100 billion; One-click checkout tech company Bolt is still waiting to find out if shareholders will sign off on a proposed funding round with stipulations that founder Ryan Breslow would return as CEO; Apple released the new developer betas for

Aug 30, 2024 • 6:35

CoinSwitch sues WazirX to recover trapped funds

CoinSwitch sues WazirX to recover trapped funds

CoinSwitch, a prominent Indian cryptocurrency exchange, is suing rival platform WazirX to recover trapped funds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2024 • 3:38

The U.S. military’s latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder ... and more news

The U.S. military’s latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder ... and more news

Tinder removed the U.S. military ads, saying the campaign violated the company's policies; Elon Musk’s X has already declared it aims to compete with LinkedIn for job listings and PayPal for payments. Now, it wants to take on the likes of Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams with a video conferencing tool; Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander failed to reach the moon because of a problem with a single valve in the propulsion system, according to a report on the mission released Tuesday. Company

Aug 29, 2024 • 8:40

Meta and Instagram spotted developing a new social music-sharing feature

Meta and Instagram spotted developing a new social music-sharing feature

Meta and Spotify are exploring deeper music integration in Meta’s Instagram app. New findings indicate the companies are testing a feature that would allow users to continuously share what music they’re listening to through Instagram’s Notes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2024 • 4:06

Uber fined $324M over EU driver data transfer breach

Uber fined $324M over EU driver data transfer breach

Ride-hailing platform Uber has been fined €290 million — around $324 million at current exchanges rates — by the Netherlands’ privacy watchdog for breaching the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 27, 2024 • 6:46

Apple iPhone 16 lineup on Sept. 10, RealPage sued by Justice Dept, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested ... and more news

Apple iPhone 16 lineup on Sept. 10, RealPage sued by Justice Dept, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested ... and more news

Apple will be unveiling new products on September 10, with the announced phones going on sale on September 20, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. That lineup will reportedly include the iPhone 16, with larger screens on the Pro models and a new button just for taking pictures.; RealPage, which makes property management software, was sued Friday by the U.S. Justice Department and eight attorneys general for allegedly helping apartment and building managers around the country coll

Aug 27, 2024 • 9:26

Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas

Cache Energy’s mysterious white pellets could help kill coal and natural gas

The pellets can be stored in piles or silos, moved around using conveyor belts, and transported via rail cars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 2024 • 5:19

Waymo wants to chauffeur your kids, get paid to be a Robot, Mineral sold technology to John Deere, and DeepMind workers protest  Google’s defense contracts

Waymo wants to chauffeur your kids, get paid to be a Robot, Mineral sold technology to John Deere, and DeepMind workers protest Google’s defense contracts

Soon, parents in range of Waymo robotaxis might not have to worry about picking up their kids from after-school activities — or anytime, really. The San Francisco Standard reports that Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary, is considering a subscription program that would let teens hail one of its cars solo and send pickup and drop-off alerts; Tesla is hiring individuals standing between 5’7 and 5’11 to carry up to 30 pounds for seven hours a day to train its Optimus robot; Citing a crowded market and

Aug 26, 2024 • 4:09

Harmonyze built AI agents that sit between franchisors and their franchisees

Harmonyze built AI agents that sit between franchisors and their franchisees

For some businesses, there is a clear path to growth that doesn’t involve acquiring other companies or expanding organically: franchising. The U.S. has more than 800,000 franchise businesses, according to Statista, and that number is predicted to keep growing year over year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2024 • 4:58

Apple is bringing audio sharing to Beats Studio Pro, Deepfake scam costs Telecom $1M, Aviron branches out into bikes and more news

Apple is bringing audio sharing to Beats Studio Pro, Deepfake scam costs Telecom $1M, Aviron branches out into bikes and more news

A firmware update is delivering multi-user audio sharing, allowing music to be streamed to multiple headphones at once; also Microsoft demonstrated its leadership in accessible gaming hardware again on Wednesday with the announcement of a new one-handed joystick controller for Xbox and PC. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick works with the company’s already robust accessibility hardware stack, and even includes support for custom 3D-printed parts; early this year, AI-powered fake audio of President Biden

Aug 23, 2024 • 6:57

Ford says a pickup truck will be the first EV built on its low-cost platform

Ford says a pickup truck will be the first EV built on its low-cost platform

The first vehicle that will be built on the low-cost EV platform Ford’s been developing in secret will be a mid-size pickup due out in 2027, the automaker announced Wednesday morning. The news comes as part of a much larger rewriting of Ford’s electrification plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 2024 • 4:26

The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets ... and more tech news

The banks that loaned Musk $13B to buy Twitter might be having regrets ... and more tech news

X looks like a pretty bad investment right about now. As readers might recall, billionaire Elon Musk borrowed $13 billion from Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and five other major banks to help finance the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, as it was then called; OpenAI signs deal to train on Condé Nast content, surface stories in ChatGPT; WeTransfer’s expiry dates haven’t gone away, but you can at least extend them; Is your company AI-washing? Rippling founder Parker Conrad thinks it might be.

Aug 22, 2024 • 8:43

YouTube takes on TikTok Shop with expanded Shopify partnership

YouTube takes on TikTok Shop with expanded Shopify partnership

As TikTok Shop gains traction, YouTube is expanding its partnership with Shopify to onboard more brands for its YouTube Shopping affiliate program, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 2024 • 2:44

LiveNation lawsuit, a million on a Zoom call, and Waymo numbers are up

LiveNation lawsuit, a million on a Zoom call, and Waymo numbers are up

The United States Department of Justice filed a major lawsuit against Live Nation-Ticketmaster in May, arguing that the entertainment giant is acting as a monopoly. An additional 10 state attorneys general joined the suit this week, bringing the total to 39 states and the District of Columbia; also, Zoom on Monday announced a new single-user webinar feature that caps out at 1 million attendees. The addition comes less than a month after the #WinWithBlackWomen fundraiser for Vice President Kamala

Aug 21, 2024 • 4:22

As CO2 emissions from supply chains come into focus, this startup is aiming at farms

As CO2 emissions from supply chains come into focus, this startup is aiming at farms

Root helps food and beverage companies collect primary data on their agricultural supply chains.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 20, 2024 • 4:47

GM cuts 1,000 software jobs as it prioritizes quality and AI

GM cuts 1,000 software jobs as it prioritizes quality and AI

General Motors is cutting around 1,000 software workers around the world in a bid to focus on more “high-priority” initiatives like improving its Super Cruise driver assistance system, the quality of its infotainment platform and exploring the use of AI. The job cuts are not about cost cutting or individual performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 20, 2024 • 2:21

Rivian launches smaller $1,400 camp kitchen, five years after initial demo

Rivian launches smaller $1,400 camp kitchen, five years after initial demo

The Rivian camp kitchen attracted buzz from almost the moment it appeared as a prototype in 2019 at Overland Expo West. Despite interest in the accessory, Rivian never actually sold the camp kitchen, which was kind of massive and designed to slide into the R1T pickup truck’s trademark gear tunnel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2024 • 3:16

OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT

OpenAI shuts down election influence operation using ChatGPT

OpenAI has banned a cluster of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian influence operation that was generating content about the U.S. presidential election, according to a blog post on Friday. The company says the operation created AI-generated articles and social media posts, though it doesn’t seem that it reached much of an audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2024 • 3:41

Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics claim its replacement has just ‘1% of the features’

Meta axed CrowdTangle, a tool for tracking disinformation. Critics claim its replacement has just ‘1% of the features’

Journalists, researchers, and politicians are mourning Meta’s shutdown of CrowdTangle, which they used to track the spread of disinformation on Facebook and Instagram. In CrowdTangle’s place, Meta is offering its Content Library – but is limiting usage to people from “qualified academic or nonprofit institutions who are pursuing scientific or public interest research.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2024 • 6:46

TipRanks, an AI-based stock tip evaluator created after its founder got burned by bad advice, sells for $200M to Prytek

TipRanks, an AI-based stock tip evaluator created after its founder got burned by bad advice, sells for $200M to Prytek

Prytek had already been a big investor in TipRanks since 2017, most recently leading a $77 million round in the company in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2024 • 7:27

The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here

The first post-quantum cryptography standards are here

For many companies, this also means that now is the time to start implementing these algorithms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2024 • 5:54

Kiteworks captures $456M at a $1B+ valuation to help secure sensitive data

Kiteworks captures $456M at a $1B+ valuation to help secure sensitive data

Search engine optimization (SEO) has been top of mind for brands for more than a decade to ensure their websites and products capture as many eyeballs as possible by ranking high up on search results pages. But search is changing, and as consumers increasingly turn to AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2024 • 5:05

SoundCloud launches its own merch store, will let artists create their own designs

SoundCloud launches its own merch store, will let artists create their own designs

Music streaming service SoundCloud has launched a merch marketplace called SoundCloud Store. The store will sell SoundCloud-themed items, but will also act as a service for artists to put out their own designs. The first edition of the store features designs from Wiz Khalifa, Denzel Curry, wolfacejoeyy, Bk The Rula, and Armani White. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2024 • 2:13

She grew up a gearhead — now her startup has raised $4M to cut CO2 from trucking

She grew up a gearhead — now her startup has raised $4M to cut CO2 from trucking

The irony was not lost on her. Growing up the daughter of a racing car enthusiast father, Danielle Walsh had become — in her late 20s — the head of HSBC’s ‘Future Cities’ project, the global banking giant’s effort to serve clients’ climate change mandates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2024 • 5:16

As Alexa turns 10, Amazon looks to generative AI

As Alexa turns 10, Amazon looks to generative AI

While Amazon has continued releasing Echo devices, including an upgraded Spot announced last month, the company has taken its foot off the gas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 13, 2024 • 4:22

Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all

Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all

Avi Schiffmann, the founder and CEO of Friend, told TechCrunch over email that the purchase has already paid for itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 13, 2024 • 6:16

Rocket Lab’s sunny outlook bodes well for future constellation plans

Rocket Lab’s sunny outlook bodes well for future constellation plans

Rocket Lab surpassed $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time, a 71% increase from the same quarter of last year. This is just one of several shiny accomplishments executives showed off to investors on Thursday — and a good omen for the space company’s medium-term ambitious plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 12, 2024 • 4:23

Spotify and Epic Games call Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’

Spotify and Epic Games call Apple’s revised DMA compliance plan ‘confusing,’ ‘illegal’ and ‘unacceptable’

Count Spotify and Epic Games among the Apple critics who are not happy with the iPhone maker’s newly revised compliance plan for the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Shortly after Apple announced the updated version on Tuesday, including loosened restrictions along with the addition of two more fees, Spotify shared a statement with TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 12, 2024 • 3:38

UK launches formal probe into Amazon’s ties with AI startup Anthropic

UK launches formal probe into Amazon’s ties with AI startup Anthropic

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has confirmed that it’s carrying out a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s ties with Anthropic, after Amazon recently completed a $4 billion investment into the AI startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2024 • 3:54

Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’

Airbnb details plans to expand beyond short-term rentals, including co-hosting and relaunching ‘experiences’

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky suggested on Tuesday’s Q2 earnings call with investors that the company will soon expand into new products and services, including co-hosting, a relaunch of Airbnb’s “experiences,” guest services, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2024 • 2:43

Lyft to ‘open up a can of whoop ass’ on surge pricing

Lyft to ‘open up a can of whoop ass’ on surge pricing

Ride-hail giant Lyft will pilot a new feature called Price Lock that will let a rider purchase a monthly subscription “that caps the price for a specific route at a specific time,” according to CEO David Risher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2024 • 3:39

Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations

Figure’s new humanoid robot leverages OpenAI for natural speech conversations

Figure 02 is outfitted with speakers and microphones to speak and listen to people at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 7, 2024 • 5:21

Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts with Tesla in its rearview mirror

Uber highlights autonomous vehicle efforts with Tesla in its rearview mirror

Uber reported strong second-quarter results, with gross bookings and net profit both up decently. But the company has chosen to highlight the success of its autonomous vehicle effort, likely to assuage investors concerned about incoming competition from Tesla, which aims to reveal its first robotaxi in October. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 7, 2024 • 6:45

AWS launches Mithra to identify and mitigate malicious domains across its massive system

AWS launches Mithra to identify and mitigate malicious domains across its massive system

When a company is the size of Amazon, a lot of bad actors will come after it and its customers, which makes defending the network a monster job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 6, 2024 • 4:44

How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable

How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable

A scathing rebuke by the U.K. data protection watchdog reveals what led to the compromise of tens of millions of U.K. voters' information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 6, 2024 • 9:13

iPad sales help bail out Apple amid a continued iPhone slide

iPad sales help bail out Apple amid a continued iPhone slide

In spite of a drop for the quarter, iPhone remained Apple’s most important category by a wide margin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2024 • 3:26

AI music startup Suno claims training model on copyrighted music is ‘fair use’

AI music startup Suno claims training model on copyrighted music is ‘fair use’

Following the recent lawsuit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) against music generation startups Udio and Suno, Suno admitted in a court filing on Thursday that it did, in fact, train its AI model using copyrighted songs. But it claimed that doing so was legal under the fair-use doctrine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2024 • 2:59

Google Cloud now has a dedicated cluster of Nvidia GPUs  for Y Combinator startups

Google Cloud now has a dedicated cluster of Nvidia GPUs for Y Combinator startups

Google Cloud is giving Y Combinator startups access to a dedicated, subsidized cluster of Nvidia graphics processing units and Google tensor processing units to build AI models. It’s part of Google Cloud’s effort to cozy up with promising early-stage AI startups, in hopes some of them will evolve into massive, compute-hungry business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2024 • 3:35

Vast plans microgravity lab on its Haven-1 private space station

Vast plans microgravity lab on its Haven-1 private space station

Commercial space station company Vast is building a private microgravity research lab as part of its wider Haven-1 station plans. The module is set to launch no earlier than the second half of 2025, the company said Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2024 • 3:19

Bumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters

Bumble and Hinge allowed stalkers to pinpoint users’ locations down to 2 meters

Badoo, Bumble, Grindr, happn, Hinge and Hily all had the same vulnerability that could have helped a malicious user to identify the near-exact location of another user, according to the researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2024 • 5:53

Controversial internet bill KOSA passed by Senate

Controversial internet bill KOSA passed by Senate

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) has passed in the Senate after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pushed the internet bill to a vote. Proposed in 2022, KOSA requires that online platforms take reasonable steps to protect users from harm, and could become the most significant children’s online safety legislation to take effect since COPPA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2024 • 6:18

Zoe, a microbiome-focused nutrition company, raises $15 million to expand in the U.S.

Zoe, a microbiome-focused nutrition company, raises $15 million to expand in the U.S.

Zoe sends customers at-home testing materials to collect blood or feces to test blood fat, blood sugar, and gut microbiome health. Following those results, the company scores every food (on a scale from 0 to 100), so people can make better choices of what to eat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 2024 • 4:17

Disinformation may ‘go nuclear’ rather than ‘go viral,’ researchers say

Disinformation may ‘go nuclear’ rather than ‘go viral,’ researchers say

We say something “goes viral” because we tend to think of rumors and disinformation spreading the way that an infection spreads. But these days it may be more accurate to say something “goes nuclear,” according to a new paper that models disinfo as a form of fission reaction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 2024 • 5:48

A tale of two foldables

A tale of two foldables

Samsung is still foldables’ 500-pound gorilla, but the company successes have made the category significantly less lonely in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 2024 • 5:27

UK’s Zapp EV plans to expand globally with an early start in India

UK’s Zapp EV plans to expand globally with an early start in India

Zapp is launching its urban electric two-wheeler in India in 2025 as it plans to expand globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2024 • 5:09

Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware

Data breach exposes US spyware maker behind Windows, Mac, Android and Chromebook malware

Exclusive: The Minnesota-based spyware maker Spytech snooped on thousands of devices before it was hacked earlier this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2024 • 6:08

Lodestar’s robotic arm will be an orbital ‘first responder’ for satellites in need

Lodestar’s robotic arm will be an orbital ‘first responder’ for satellites in need

Satellites are among our most critical infrastructure, providing everything from GPS to disaster coordination, yet their inherent inaccessibility leaves them vulnerable to relatively simple technical issues or attacks. London-based Lodestar is looking to change that with a “first responder” service in space using advanced robotic sentries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2024 • 4:42

GM-backed Addionics aims to make lithium-ion batteries cheaper with wavy foil

GM-backed Addionics aims to make lithium-ion batteries cheaper with wavy foil

The startup has developed a way to create copper and aluminum foils that are laced with tiny holes and riddled with undulating peaks and valleys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2024 • 4:15

Spotify CEO says company is in ‘early days’ of hi-fi audio plans

Spotify CEO says company is in ‘early days’ of hi-fi audio plans

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says the streaming service is still in the “early days” of its plans to bring hi-fi support to the platform. During the company’s earnings call on Tuesday, the executive offered details about an upcoming deluxe tier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2024 • 2:32

How to prevent your software update from being the next CrowdStrike

How to prevent your software update from being the next CrowdStrike

There is no fool proof way to prevent a buggy update like CrowdStrike's, but there are best practices that could mitigate the fallout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2024 • 6:40

Rosotics wants to manufacture massive orbital shipyards using 3D printing

Rosotics wants to manufacture massive orbital shipyards using 3D printing

Mesa, Arizona-based Rosotics has kept a low profile. From the startup’s website, one would think they are solely focused on selling large metal 3D printers to aerospace and defense customers.   For the past three years, the company’s been quietly architecting plans that involve launching multiple massive spacecraft, each containing dozens of smaller spacecraft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 24, 2024 • 4:53

Former Tesla humanoid head launches a robotics startup

Former Tesla humanoid head launches a robotics startup

In spite of maintaining stealth until now, Mytra has already drummed up interest with big names. The startup has a pilot with grocery giant Albertsons, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 24, 2024 • 4:22

Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Linx emerges from stealth with $33M to lock down the new security perimeter: Identity

Identity management is one of the most common fulcrums around which security breaches have pivoted in the last several years, and one of the main reasons it’s the gift that keeps on giving to malicious hackers is that it’s a nightmare for organizations to track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 2024 • 5:49

Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies

Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies

Founders of Pesa, a remittance fintech, know too well how costly, inaccessible and unreliable remittance services drive people to opt for risky informal channels — like WhatsApp groups — to transfer money.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 2024 • 4:49

Waymo wants to bring robotaxis to SFO

Waymo wants to bring robotaxis to SFO

Waymo would need a ground transportation permit to operate at SFO, which has yet to be approved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2024 • 4:22

Apple Vision Pro debuts immersive content featuring NBA players, The Weeknd and more

Apple Vision Pro debuts immersive content featuring NBA players, The Weeknd and more

Apple on Thursday announced its upcoming lineup of immersive video content for the Vision Pro. The list includes behind-the-scenes footage of the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, an immersive performance by The Weeknd, new series, films, concerts and more. The headset launched in February with more than 150 3D movies and immersive titles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2024 • 2:31

NASA cancels $450M Viper moon mission, dashing ice prospecting dreams

NASA cancels $450M Viper moon mission, dashing ice prospecting dreams

The now-scrapped moon mission would have been the U.S. space agency's first resource-mapping mission off planet Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2024 • 4:09

Ford’s EV plans are in flux once again as it invests $3B into its biggest trucks

Ford’s EV plans are in flux once again as it invests $3B into its biggest trucks

Ford is still pushing forward on electrification, notably by increasing hybrid options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2024 • 4:07

Shaped raises $8M Series A and launches its self-serve recommendations and search service

Shaped raises $8M Series A and launches its self-serve recommendations and search service

Whether it’s an online marketplace, store, or social media platform, virtually every site today uses some kind of recommendation service to personalize its offerings. Shaped, which is announcing an $8 million seed funding round today, wants to make it easier for businesses of all sizes to combine the data they already have with large language models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2024 • 4:46

The Way app offers a chance to meditate alongside a Zen Master

The Way app offers a chance to meditate alongside a Zen Master

A new app called The Way is aiming to help people explore the deeper side of meditation through a single, structured path guided by an authorized Zen Master. Founded by uncle-and-nephew duo Henry Shukman and Jack Shukman, The Way wants to help people move beyond modern mindfulness practices offered by popular meditation apps like Headspace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2024 • 5:07

Ultrahuman’s smart ring gets FDA-approved AFib detection

Ultrahuman’s smart ring gets FDA-approved AFib detection

The smart ring has long played second fiddle to the smart watch. While tech giants like Apple and Google duked it out over wrists for years, the ring has been significantly quieter, a space where plucky startups have a chance to make their mark. Things are quickly changing, however. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2024 • 7:34

Kaspersky to shut down US operations

Kaspersky to shut down US operations

The Russia-based security software maker said its U.S. business is "no longer viable" following a U.S. Commerce Department sales ban. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2024 • 3:44

Google reportedly in talks to acquire cloud security company Wiz for $23B

Google reportedly in talks to acquire cloud security company Wiz for $23B

Google’s parent company Alphabet might be on the verge of making its biggest acquisition ever. The Wall Street Journal reports that Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz for around $23 billion. While the deal isn’t finalized, the WSJ says it could come together soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 2024 • 2:13

Whistleblowers accuse OpenAI of ‘illegally restrictive’ NDAs

Whistleblowers accuse OpenAI of ‘illegally restrictive’ NDAs

Whistleblowers have accused OpenAI of placing illegal restrictions on how employees can communicate with government regulators, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post. Lawyers representing anonymous whistleblowers sent the letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 2024 • 2:58

Amazon AI chatbot Rufus is now live for all U.S. customers

Amazon AI chatbot Rufus is now live for all U.S. customers

Amazon’s AI-powered shopping assistant, named “Rufus,” is now live for all U.S. customers in the Amazon mobile app, the retailer announced on Friday. The assistant, which lives on the bottom right of the app’s main navigation bar, is designed to offer customers help with finding products, performing product comparisons, and getting recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2024 • 3:51

Archer’s vision of an air taxi network could benefit from Southwest customer data

Archer’s vision of an air taxi network could benefit from Southwest customer data

Archer Aviation and Southwest Airlines are teaming up to figure out what it will take to build out a network of electric air taxis at California airports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2024 • 5:23

FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites

FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites

Dark patterns refer to a range of design techniques that can subtly encourage users to take some sort of action or put their privacy at risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2024 • 6:19

More ex-military officials are becoming VCs as defense tech investment reached $35 billion

More ex-military officials are becoming VCs as defense tech investment reached $35 billion

As venture capitalists continue to pour money into defense tech startups, they’re turning to a new hiring pool: ex-military officials.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2024 • 4:27

Anthropic’s Claude adds a prompt playground to quickly improve your AI apps

Anthropic’s Claude adds a prompt playground to quickly improve your AI apps

Prompt engineering became a hot job last year in the AI industry, but it seems Anthropic is now developing tools to at least partially automate it. Anthropic released several new features on Tuesday to help developers create more useful applications with the startup’s language model, Claude, according to a company blog post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2024 • 3:08

Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane

Whataburger app becomes unlikely power outage map after Houston hurricane

Fast food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million utility customers in Houston, Texas without power. Hundreds of thousands of those people may remain without power for days as Houston anticipates a heat wave, with temperatures climbing into the mid-90s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2024 • 3:12

Data workers detail exploitation by tech industry in DAIR report

Data workers detail exploitation by tech industry in DAIR report

The essential labor of data work, like moderation and annotation, is systematically hidden from those who benefit from the fruits of that labor. A new project puts the lived experiences data workers around the world in the spotlight, showing firsthand the costs and opportunities of tech work abroad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 2024 • 5:57

Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share web apps

Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share web apps

Poe, Quora’s subscription-based, cross-platform aggregator for AI-powered chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, has launched a feature called Previews that lets users create interactive apps directly in chats with chatbots. Previews allows Poe users to build data visualizations, games and even drum machines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 2024 • 2:38

YouTube and LinkedIn have games now, and here’s how you can play them

YouTube and LinkedIn have games now, and here’s how you can play them

Here are the latest companies venturing into the gaming scene and details about each offering, including pricing, examples of titles and supported devices.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 9, 2024 • 5:37

Waymo robotaxi pulled over by Phoenix police after driving into the wrong lane

Waymo robotaxi pulled over by Phoenix police after driving into the wrong lane

A police officer pulled over a self-driving Waymo vehicle in Phoenix after it ran a red light and pulled into a lane of oncoming traffic, according to dispatch records. The incident took place on June 19, but local media including Arizona Republic released bodycam footage of the traffic stop this week, showing the vehicle weaving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 9, 2024 • 1:57

Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store

Noplace, a mashup of Twitter and MySpace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store

Aiming to bring the “social” back to “social media,” a new app called noplace has surged to the top of the App Store as it launches out of invite-only mode Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2024 • 6:10

Fizz, the anonymous Gen Z social app, adds a marketplace for college students

Fizz, the anonymous Gen Z social app, adds a marketplace for college students

Teddy Solomon just moved to a new house in Palo Alto, so he turned to the Stanford community on Fizz to furnish his room. “Every time I show up to buy something from somebody, I grill them about the marketplace, because I’m really curious about their experience,” Solomon, a co-founder of Fizz, told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2024 • 6:12

Epic Games calls out Apple for rejecting its Games Store in the EU

Epic Games calls out Apple for rejecting its Games Store in the EU

Fortnite maker Epic Games has hit a stumbling block in its plans to bring the company’s alternative app store, the Epic Games Store, to the EU. As now permitted by the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Epic Games announced earlier this year it planned to bring both the digital storefront and its flagship game, Fortnite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2024 • 3:28

X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit

X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit

Code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they're ranked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2024 • 3:56

Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature

Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new ‘byline’ feature

Mastodon, the open source, decentralized alternative to X (formerly Twitter), is today rolling out a new feature meant to make the app more appealing to those who use it to keep up with news and information from writers and journalists Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 2024 • 3:40

Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost

Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost

Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is "way more than we'd care to say." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 2024 • 5:45

Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app

Figma disables its AI design feature that appeared to be ripping off Apple’s Weather app

Figma CEO Dylan Field says the company will temporarily disable its “Make Design” AI feature that was said to be ripping off the designs of Apple’s own Weather app. The problem was first spotted by Andy Allen, the founder of NotBoring Software, which makes a suite of apps that includes a popular, skinnable Weather app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 3, 2024 • 3:40

Anthropic looks to fund a new, more comprehensive generation of AI benchmarks

Anthropic looks to fund a new, more comprehensive generation of AI benchmarks

Anthropic is launching a program to fund the development of new types of benchmarks capable of evaluating the performance and impact of AI models, including generative models like its own Claude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 3, 2024 • 5:02

MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries

MIT’s soft robotic system is designed to pack groceries

RoboGrocery combines computer vision with a soft robotic gripper to bag a wide range of different items. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 2, 2024 • 2:28

Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos

Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos

After Meta started tagging photos with a “Made with AI” label in May, photographers complained that the social networking company had been applying labels to real photos where they had used some basic editing tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 2, 2024 • 3:02

MagicSchool thinks AI in the classroom is inevitable, so it’s aiming to help teachers and students use it properly

MagicSchool thinks AI in the classroom is inevitable, so it’s aiming to help teachers and students use it properly

These days, when you hear about students and generative AI, chances are that you’re getting a taste of the debate over the adoption of tools like ChatGPT. Are they a help? (Yay! Great for research! Fast!) Or are they a harm? (Boo! Misinfo! Cheating!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 1, 2024 • 8:30

Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to ‘create God’

Zuckerberg disses closed-source AI competitors as trying to ‘create God’

In the conversation, Zuckerberg said there needs to be a lot of different AIs that get created to reflect people's different interests. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 1, 2024 • 5:21

Directo turns a TikTok travel hack into a deal-finding Chrome extension

Directo turns a TikTok travel hack into a deal-finding Chrome extension

A travel hack that went viral on TikTok teaches users how to save money on hotels and Airbnbs by booking directly with the properties themselves. Now, a new startup, Directo, will help travelers find those same deals with the help of a Chrome extension that points you to the property’s website, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2024 • 5:14

Amazon hit with fresh class action-style suit in UK — $3.4BN in competition damages sought for 200,000+ sellers

Amazon hit with fresh class action-style suit in UK — $3.4BN in competition damages sought for 200,000+ sellers

Amazon is facing another competition lawsuit in the UK. The latest claim, which was filed Thursday, is seeking more than £2.7BN in damages — or around $3.4BN at current exchange rates — before the UK’s Competition Appeals Tribunal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2024 • 5:57

Climate X founders, who mortgaged their houses to stay afloat, now raise a $18 million Series A

Climate X founders, who mortgaged their houses to stay afloat, now raise a $18 million Series A

To date, most of the hottest software platforms in the ClimateTech space have been about carbon accounting, offsets, removals, and regulatory disclosure. For instance, New York’s Persefoni (accounting) raised $164.2 million to date, Plan A (accounting/monitoring) in Berlin raised $43 million and at the lower end, Supercritical (removals) raised $15.8 million while CUR8 (removals) raised Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2024 • 5:22

VW to invest up to $5B into Rivian in software deal

VW to invest up to $5B into Rivian in software deal

VW Group invest $1 billion into EV startup Rivian as part of a software development deal that could expand to as much as $5 billion. The deal, which was announced Tuesday afternoon, sent Rivian’s shares up more than 36% in after-hours trading. The two companies will create a joint venture focused on next-generation electrical architecture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2024 • 6:14

Snapchat introduces new safety features to limit bad actors from contacting users

Snapchat introduces new safety features to limit bad actors from contacting users

Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact users on its platform. The new move comes amid concerns over predators exploiting teens on social media apps, which often results in severe incidents, including sextortion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2024 • 3:49

Uber Freight and self driving trucks startup Aurora partner for the long haul

Uber Freight and self driving trucks startup Aurora partner for the long haul

Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation have announced a multi-year collaboration that will see Aurora’s autonomous driving technology offered on the Uber Freight network through 2030.  The deal gives Aurora access to shipping customers as it prepares to launch its fully driverless commercial service later this year. It also helps Aurora also secure longer-term customers through Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 2024 • 5:04

Apple might partner with Meta on AI

Apple might partner with Meta on AI

As Apple enters the AI race, it’s also looking for help from partners. During the announcement of Apple Intelligence earlier this month, Apple said it would be partnering with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT into the revamped version of Siri. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that Apple and Facebook’s parent company Meta are in talks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 2024 • 3:06

Meta makes its AI chatbot available to all users in India

Meta makes its AI chatbot available to all users in India

After a few months of testing during the general elections, Meta is making its Llama-3-powered AI chatbot available to all users in India. However, Meta AI currently only supports English and no other local languages. The company started testing Meta AI in India across WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 2024 • 3:36

Google is pausing its experiment of allowing real-money games on the Play Store

Google is pausing its experiment of allowing real-money games on the Play Store

Google said today that it is globally pausing its experiment of allowing real-money games on the Play Store, where there was no central body for this kind of app. In January, the company said it would start allowing real-money apps widely in June in India, Brazil, and Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 2024 • 2:31

YouTube confirms crackdown on VPN users accessing cheaper Premium plans

YouTube confirms crackdown on VPN users accessing cheaper Premium plans

YouTube appears to be taking a firm stance against Premium subscribers who attempt to use a VPN (Virtual Private Network) to access cheaper subscription prices in other countries. This week, a number of users took to Reddit to express their frustration after their Premium plans were canceled for using a VPN to purchase the subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 2:28

US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia

US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia

U.S. officials imposed the “first of its kind” ban arguing that Kaspersky threatens U.S. national security because of its links to Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 4:37

Amazon extends generative AI-powered product listings to Europe

Amazon extends generative AI-powered product listings to Europe

Amazon is bringing its generative AI listing smarts to more sellers, revealing today that those in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. can now access tools designed to improve product listings by generating product descriptions, titles, and associated details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2024 • 4:41

Spotify quietly lets all podcasters upload videos, surpasses 250K shows

Spotify quietly lets all podcasters upload videos, surpasses 250K shows

Non-hosted podcasters can now upload videos to Spotify. Over 250K video podcasts are on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2024 • 3:13

Genspark is the latest attempt at an AI-powered search engine

Genspark is the latest attempt at an AI-powered search engine

Genspark taps generative AI to write custom summaries in response to search queries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2024 • 7:35

iOS 18 could ‘sherlock’ $400M in app revenue

iOS 18 could ‘sherlock’ $400M in app revenue

Apple's changes may affect apps that today have an estimated $393 million in revenue and have been downloaded roughly 58 million times over the past year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2024 • 5:15

Snap previews its real-time image model that can generate AR experiences

Snap previews its real-time image model that can generate AR experiences

At the Augmented World Expo on Tuesday, Snap teased an early version of its real-time, on-device image diffusion model that can generate vivid AR experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 2024 • 2:48

Threads finally launches its API for developers

Threads finally launches its API for developers

Meta said today that it finally launched its much-awaited API for Threads so developers can build experiences around it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 2024 • 2:47

XReal introduces a $200 device that brings Android apps to its AR glasses

XReal introduces a $200 device that brings Android apps to its AR glasses

The $200 Beam pro looks like an Android phone, but instead it's a mobile device designed specifically for Xreal’s glasses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 2024 • 3:30

Former NSA head joins OpenAI board and safety committee

Former NSA head joins OpenAI board and safety committee

The high-profile addition is likely intended to satisfy critics who think that OpenAI is moving faster than is wise for its customers and possibly humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 2024 • 3:16

Amazon says it’ll spend $230 million on generative AI startups

Amazon says it’ll spend $230 million on generative AI startups

Amazon says that it’ll commit up to $230 million to startups building generative AI-powered applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 2024 • 4:18

iOS 18 cracks down on apps asking for full address book access

iOS 18 cracks down on apps asking for full address book access

To give users more control over the contacts an app can and cannot access, the permissions screen has two stages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2024 • 4:21

Ford’s secretive low-cost EV team is growing with talent from Rivian, Tesla and Apple

Ford’s secretive low-cost EV team is growing with talent from Rivian, Tesla and Apple

A TechCrunch review of LinkedIn data found that Ford has built this team up to around 300 employees over the last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2024 • 4:21

Apex’s off-the-shelf satellite bus business attracts $95M in new funding

Apex’s off-the-shelf satellite bus business attracts $95M in new funding

Fresh off the success of its first mission, satellite manufacturer Apex has closed $95 million in new capital to scale its operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2024 • 3:48

Biden administration looks to give Rocket Lab $24M to boost space-grade solar cell production

Biden administration looks to give Rocket Lab $24M to boost space-grade solar cell production

In addition to the federal funding, the state of New Mexico — where SolAero is based — committed to providing financing and incentives that value $25.5 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2024 • 2:47

Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations

Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices from his companies over Apple’s ChatGPT integrations

Elon Musk is threatening to ban iPhones from all his companies over the newly announced OpenAI integrations Apple announced at WWDC 2024 on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2024 • 5:44

The mystery of an alleged data broker’s data breach

The mystery of an alleged data broker’s data breach

Since April, a hacker with a history of selling stolen data has claimed a data breach of billions of records — impacting at least 300 million people — from a U.S. data broker, which would make  it one of the largest alleged data breaches of the year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2024 • 5:12

Bereave wants employers to suck a little less at navigating death

Bereave wants employers to suck a little less at navigating death

If death and taxes are inevitable, why are companies so prepared for taxes, but not for death? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 2024 • 4:34

New York moves to limit kids’ access to ‘addictive feeds’

New York moves to limit kids’ access to ‘addictive feeds’

New York’s state legislature has passed a bill that would prohibit social media companies from showing so-called “addictive feeds” to children under 18, unless they obtain parental consent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 2024 • 3:40

Siri and Google Assistant look to generative AI for a new lease on life

Siri and Google Assistant look to generative AI for a new lease on life

Voice assistants in general are having an existential moment, and generative AI is poised to be the logical successor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2024 • 6:25

Shopify acquires Threads (no, not that one)

Shopify acquires Threads (no, not that one)

Shopify has acquired Threads.com, the Seqiuoa-backed Slack alternative, Threads said on its website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2024 • 3:26

Robinhood acquires global crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200M

Robinhood acquires global crypto exchange Bitstamp for $200M

Stock-trading platform Robinhood is diving deeper into the cryptocurrency realm with the acquisition of crytpo exchange Bitstamp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2024 • 3:41

Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player

Amazon buys Indian video streaming service MX Player

Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian video streaming service MX Player from the local media powerhouse Times Internet, the latest step by the e-commerce giant to make its services and brand popular in smaller cities and towns in the key overseas market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2024 • 5:07

Dive goes cloud-native for its computational fluid dynamics simulation service

Dive goes cloud-native for its computational fluid dynamics simulation service

Spun out of Bosch, Dive wants to change how manufacturers use computer simulations by both using modern mathematical approaches and cloud computing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2024 • 4:29

Asana introduces ‘AI teammates’ designed to work alongside human employees

Asana introduces ‘AI teammates’ designed to work alongside human employees

Asana is using its work graph to train LLMs with the goal of creating AI assistants that work alongside human employees in company workflows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2024 • 4:26

GetWhy, a market research AI platform that extracts insights from video interviews, raises $34.5M

GetWhy, a market research AI platform that extracts insights from video interviews, raises $34.5M

GetWhy helps businesses carry out market studies and extract insights from video-based interviews using AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2024 • 4:55

Travel app Sékr wants to help you plan your next road trip with its new AI tool

Travel app Sékr wants to help you plan your next road trip with its new AI tool

Sékr, a startup that offers a mobile app for outdoor enthusiasts and campers, is launching a new AI tool for planning road trips. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2024 • 4:05

Spotify to increase premium pricing in the US to $11.99 per month

Spotify to increase premium pricing in the US to $11.99 per month

Spotify has announced that it’s hiking subscriptions for customers in the U.S., the second such price increase in the space of a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 4, 2024 • 2:15

X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content

X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content

X will now allow users to post consensually produced NSFW content as long as it is prominently labeled as such. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 4, 2024 • 3:45

Spain bans Meta from launching election features on Facebook, Instagram over privacy fears

Spain bans Meta from launching election features on Facebook, Instagram over privacy fears

Meta has been banned from launching features on Facebook and Instagram that would have collected data on voters in Spain using the social networks ahead of next month’s European Elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2024 • 4:30

Instagram now lets teens limit interactions to their ‘Close Friends’ group to combat harassment

Instagram now lets teens limit interactions to their ‘Close Friends’ group to combat harassment

Instagram is expanding the scope of its "Limits" tool specifically for teenagers that would let them restrict unwanted interactions with people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2024 • 2:45

Billionaire Groupon founder Lefkofsky is back with another IPO: AI healthtech Tempus

Billionaire Groupon founder Lefkofsky is back with another IPO: AI healthtech Tempus

Eric Lefkofsky knows the public listing rodeo well and is about to enter it for a fourth time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 1, 2024 • 7:11

Redpanda acquires Benthos to expand its end-to-end streaming data platform

Redpanda acquires Benthos to expand its end-to-end streaming data platform

Redpanda has already integrated Benthos into its own service and has made it the core technology of its new Redpanda Connect service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2024 • 4:53

How Clean Energy Ventures avoided the pandemic bubble and raised a $305M fund

How Clean Energy Ventures avoided the pandemic bubble and raised a $305M fund

When other firms were investing and raising eye-popping sums, Clean Energy Ventures took a different approach. It appears to be paying off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2024 • 3:45

YouTube’s free games catalog ‘Playables’ rolls out to all users

YouTube’s free games catalog ‘Playables’ rolls out to all users

YouTube's free Playables don't directly challenge the app store model or break Apple's rules. However, they do compete with the App Store's free games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2024 • 3:27

Félix Pago raises $15.5 million to help Latino workers send money home via WhatsApp

Félix Pago raises $15.5 million to help Latino workers send money home via WhatsApp

Remittances from workers in the U.S. to their families and friends in Latin America amounted to $155 billion in 2023. With such a huge opportunity, banks, money transfer companies, retailers, and fintechs are all trying make transfers more convenient on both sides of the transaction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 2024 • 6:22

LumApps, the French ‘intranet superapp,’ sells majority stake to Bridgepoint in a $650M deal

LumApps, the French ‘intranet superapp,’ sells majority stake to Bridgepoint in a $650M deal

Big news today for LumApps, the French startup that has described itself as an “intranet superapp” with a platform for building and provisioning internal communications and apps for workforces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 2024 • 3:51

Canva launches a proper enterprise product — and they mean it this time

Canva launches a proper enterprise product — and they mean it this time

Back in 2019, Canva, the wildly successful design tool, introduced what the company was calling an enterprise product, but in reality it was more geared towards teams than fulfilling true enterprise requirements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 28, 2024 • 3:23

Spotify to shut off Car Thing for good, leading users to demand refunds

Spotify to shut off Car Thing for good, leading users to demand refunds

Spotify is notifying customers who purchased its Car Thing product that the devices will stop working after December 9, 2024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 28, 2024 • 2:40

Using memes, social media users have become red teams for half-baked AI features

Using memes, social media users have become red teams for half-baked AI features

“Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate and require concentration and focus,” says Google’s new AI search feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2024 • 5:26

Google invests $350 million in India’s Flipkart

Google invests $350 million in India’s Flipkart

Google is investing nearly $350 million in Flipkart, becoming the latest high-profile name to back the Indian e-commerce startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2024 • 2:59

Google to build first subsea fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia

Google to build first subsea fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia

Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2024 • 3:35

Meta’s new AI council is comprised entirely of white men

Meta’s new AI council is comprised entirely of white men

Meanwhile, women and people of color are disproportionately impacted by irresponsible AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2024 • 7:14

Why Spotify is launching its own font, Spotify Mix

Why Spotify is launching its own font, Spotify Mix

Spotify launched its own font, the company announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2024 • 3:12

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses now let you share images directly to your Instagram Story

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses now let you share images directly to your Instagram Story

Meta is updating its Ray-Ban smart glasses with new hands-free functionality Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2024 • 2:52

Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams

Meta, Match, Coinbase and others team up to fight online fraud and crypto scams

The new coalition, Tech Against Scams, will work together to find ways to fight back against the tools used by scammers and to better educate the public against financial scams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2024 • 4:35

Aurora unveils self-driving truck with Volvo

Aurora unveils self-driving truck with Volvo

A new self-driving truck — manufactured by Volvo and loaded with autonomous vehicle tech developed by Aurora Innovation — could be on public highways as early as this summer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2024 • 4:40

Hollywood agency CAA aims to help stars manage their own AI likenesses

Hollywood agency CAA aims to help stars manage their own AI likenesses

Creative Artists Agency, one of the top entertainment and sports talent agencies, is hoping to be at the forefront of AI protection services for celebrities in Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 21, 2024 • 5:24

OpenAI to remove ChatGPT’s Scarlett Johansson-like voice

OpenAI to remove ChatGPT’s Scarlett Johansson-like voice

OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT after users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 21, 2024 • 2:38

A US trustee wants troubled fintech Synapse to be liquidated via Chapter 7 bankruptcy, cites ‘gross mismanagement’

A US trustee wants troubled fintech Synapse to be liquidated via Chapter 7 bankruptcy, cites ‘gross mismanagement’

The prospects for troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse have gone from bad to worse this week after the United States Trustee filed an emergency motion on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 20, 2024 • 5:36

Microsoft warned it could be fined billions by EU over missing GenAI risk info

Microsoft warned it could be fined billions by EU over missing GenAI risk info

The European Union has warned Microsoft it could be fined up to 1% of its global annual turnover under the bloc’s online governance regime, the Digital Services Act . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 20, 2024 • 5:12

Shipping logistics startup Harbor Lab raises $16M Series A led by Atomico

Shipping logistics startup Harbor Lab raises $16M Series A led by Atomico

Cargo ships docking at a commercial port incur costs called “disbursements” and “port call expenses.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2024 • 3:56

Cannabis and gaming payments startup Aeropay is now offering an alternative to Mastercard and Visa

Cannabis and gaming payments startup Aeropay is now offering an alternative to Mastercard and Visa

The key to taking on legacy players in the financial technology industry may be to go where they have not gone before Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2024 • 6:48

Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server

Netflix to take on Google and Amazon by building its own ad server

The announcement signifies a significant shake-up in the streaming giant's advertising approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2024 • 2:53

Restaurant365 orders in $175M at a $1B+ valuation to supersize its food service software stack 

Restaurant365 orders in $175M at a $1B+ valuation to supersize its food service software stack 

The restaurant industry in the U.S. is expected to pass $1 trillion in sales for the first time this year, despite wider economic pressures on consumer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2024 • 6:27

Accel has a fresh $650M to back European early-stage startups

Accel has a fresh $650M to back European early-stage startups

Accel has invested in more than 200 startups in the region to date, making it one of the more prolific VCs in this market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 2024 • 3:51

Uber to acquire Foodpanda’s Taiwan unit from Delivery Hero for $950M in cash 

Uber to acquire Foodpanda’s Taiwan unit from Delivery Hero for $950M in cash 

Uber Technologies announced Tuesday that it will buy the Taiwan unit of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda for $950 million in cash. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 2024 • 5:02

The buzziest EV IPO of the year is a Chinese automaker

The buzziest EV IPO of the year is a Chinese automaker

Zeekr's market hype is noteworthy and may indicate that investors see value in the high-quality, low-price offerings of Chinese automakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 2024 • 6:50

Anthropic now lets kids use its AI tech — within limits

Anthropic now lets kids use its AI tech — within limits

AI startup Anthropic is changing its policies to allow minors to use its generative AI tools — in certain circumstances, at least.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 2024 • 4:24

Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July

Microsoft is launching its mobile game store in July

Microsoft will launch its own mobile game store in July, the company announced at the Bloomberg Technology Summit on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2024 • 2:28

Oura launches two new heart health features

Oura launches two new heart health features

Smart ring maker Oura is launching two new features focused on heart health, the company announced on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2024 • 4:07

Bluesky now lets you personalize its main Discover feed using new controls

Bluesky now lets you personalize its main Discover feed using new controls

The social network has announced an updated version of its app that lets you offer feedback about its algorithmic feed so you can better customize it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2024 • 3:38

Always-on video portal lets people in NYC and Dublin interact in real time

Always-on video portal lets people in NYC and Dublin interact in real time

A new sculpture going live on Wednesday in the Flatiron South Public Plaza in New York is not your typical artwork. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2024 • 4:11

Match looks to Hinge as Tinder fails

Match looks to Hinge as Tinder fails

Match Group, the company that owns several dating apps, including Tinder and Hinge, released its first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, which shows that Tinder’s paying user base has decreased for the sixth quarter in a row. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2024 • 4:10

Bedrock Studio is Amazon’s attempt to simplify generative AI app development

Bedrock Studio is Amazon’s attempt to simplify generative AI app development

Amazon is launching a new tool, Bedrock Studio, designed to let organizations experiment with generative AI models, collaborate on those models, and ultimately build generative AI-powered apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2024 • 2:58

Rivian loses $1.45 billion as cost-cutting measures continu

Rivian loses $1.45 billion as cost-cutting measures continu

Rivian lost $1.45 billion in the first quarter, showing that its recent company-wide cost-cutting measures have a ways to go before it can approach profitability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2024 • 3:54

Threads is testing cross-posting from Instagram globally

Threads is testing cross-posting from Instagram globally

Meta is encouraging more users to post to its X rival Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2024 • 2:16

Apple teased AI improvements, including the M4’s neural engine, at its iPad event

Apple teased AI improvements, including the M4’s neural engine, at its iPad event

Tuesday's theme focused on the new hardware devices themselves — devices like new iPads and an updated Apple Pencil — not on the AI advances Apple is making under the hood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2024 • 5:09

Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump

Match-owned Archer hits over half a million installs amid dating app slump

It’s been almost one year since Match Group announced the launch of Archer, the online dating giant’s first app for gay, bi, and queer men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2024 • 4:30

Farewell, dunks? Threads launches quote controls for all users

Farewell, dunks? Threads launches quote controls for all users

Threads users can now exert more control over who can quote their posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2024 • 2:24

UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS

UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS

The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, with CEO Andrew Witty confirming this week that it may impact as much as one-third of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2024 • 7:34

NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches

NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches

NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2024 • 5:48

NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles

NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles

Mars exploration has been always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 3, 2024 • 3:12

Peloton announces 400 layoffs, 15% of the workforce, as CEO Barry McCarthy departs

Peloton announces 400 layoffs, 15% of the workforce, as CEO Barry McCarthy departs

Peloton, the exercise equipment maker and creator of online fitness classes, has announced that it’s laying off 15 percent of its workforce — 400 people — as CEO, president, and board director Barry McCarthy steps down after two years in the role. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 3, 2024 • 3:16

Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions

Amazon CodeWhisperer is now called Q Developer and is expanding its functions

Pour one out for CodeWhisperer, Amazon’s AI-powered assistive coding tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2024 • 7:03

Elon Musk guts Tesla’s charging team after winning over major automakers

Elon Musk guts Tesla’s charging team after winning over major automakers

Tesla has gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs, despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors and making its connector the defacto standard in North America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2024 • 3:49

Bumble’s “Opening Move” feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time

Bumble’s “Opening Move” feature takes the pressure off women to come up with a new message every time

As Bumble prepares for its app relaunch this summer, the women-first dating platform announced a series of product updates on Tuesday, including a new feature that lets women prepare questions to send to matches, additional dating intention preferences and prompts, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 1, 2024 • 4:24

The first-ever race between four self-driving cars and a Formula 1 driver just happened in Abu Dhabi

The first-ever race between four self-driving cars and a Formula 1 driver just happened in Abu Dhabi

Wander the pits at any professional motorsports event, especially something like Formula 1, and you’ll see endless computer displays full of telemetry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 1, 2024 • 8:23

Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman Sachs

Zomato’s quick commerce unit Blinkit eclipses core food business in value, says Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs said in a report late Thursday that Indian food delivery giant Zomato’s quick commerce arm Blinkit is now more valuable than its core food delivery business, as per the bank’s sum-of-the-parts analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 2024 • 4:18

OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use

OpenAI inks strategic tie-up with UK’s Financial Times, including content use

OpenAI, maker of the viral AI chatbot ChatGPT, has netted another news licensing deal in Europe, adding London’s Financial Times to a growing list of publishers it’s paying for content access. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 2024 • 6:11

Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skills

Google’s new ‘Speaking practice’ feature uses AI to help users improve their English skills

Google is testing a new “Speaking practice” feature in Search that helps users improve their conversational English skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2024 • 2:34

The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems

The IBM-HashiCorp coupling could be more complicated than it seems

At a quick glance the IBM-HashiCorp deal seems like a good one for both sides, but upon closer inspection, perhaps not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2024 • 6:31

TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns

TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns

TikTok suspended a gamification feature in the European Union following an intervention by the bloc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2024 • 4:18

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150 million monthly active users

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has 150 million monthly active users

Meta’s Twitter/X rival Threads is growing at a stable pace. The social network now has more than 150 million monthly active users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2024 • 2:23

Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids

Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales ‘under pressure’ from hybrids

Tesla profits fell 55% to $1.13 billion in the first quarter from the same year-ago period as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy continued to cut into the automaker’s bottom line Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2024 • 7:48

X is launching a TV app for videos ‘soon’

X is launching a TV app for videos ‘soon’

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is launching a dedicated TV app for videos uploaded to the social network soon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2024 • 2:19

Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop

Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop

Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 2024 • 4:12

Perplexity is raising $250M+ at a $2.5-$3B valuation for its AI search platform, sources say

Perplexity is raising $250M+ at a $2.5-$3B valuation for its AI search platform, sources say

Perplexity, the AI search engine startup, is a hot property at the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 2024 • 6:09

TikTok Shop expands its secondhand luxury fashion offering to the UK

TikTok Shop expands its secondhand luxury fashion offering to the UK

TikTok Shop, TikTok’s social commerce marketplace, is launching a secondhand luxury category in the U.K., putting it in closer competition with The RealReal, Vestiaire Collective, Depop, Poshmark, and Mercari, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 23, 2024 • 3:38

Tinder gets a ‘Share My Date’ feature for users to send date plans to their curious friends

Tinder gets a ‘Share My Date’ feature for users to send date plans to their curious friends

It’s not uncommon for people to screenshot dating profiles and send them to their friends and loved ones, either to get feedback or to let them know who they’re seeing that weekend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 23, 2024 • 3:16

Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues

Robots can make jobs less meaningful for human colleagues

Much has been (and will continue to be) written about automation’s impact on the jobs market. In the short term, many employers have complained of an inability to fill roles and retain workers, further accelerating robotic adoption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2024 • 3:56

Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them

Internet users are getting younger; now the UK is weighing up if AI can help protect them

Artificial intelligence has been in the crosshairs of governments concerned about how it might be misused for fraud, disinformation and other malicious online activity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2024 • 6:01

Alphabet X’s Bellwether harnesses AI to help predict natural disasters

Alphabet X’s Bellwether harnesses AI to help predict natural disasters

The world is on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2024 • 3:08

Ramp raises another $150 million co-led by Khosla, Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation

Ramp raises another $150 million co-led by Khosla, Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation

Spend management startup Ramp has raised another $150 million at a valuation of $7.65 billion, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2024 • 5:25

Kickstarter launches pre-orders for completed campaigns

Kickstarter launches pre-orders for completed campaigns

Once a Kickstarter campaign is complete, you need to turn to a creator’s own page to pre-order the products — that is, until now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2024 • 4:35

Waymo begins robotaxi testing in Atlanta

Waymo begins robotaxi testing in Atlanta

Waymo, the self-driving company under Alphabet, began testing its robotaxis in Atlanta on Tuesday, adding another city to its ever-expanding testing and deployment domain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2024 • 3:54

Meta’s Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook

Meta’s Oversight Board probes explicit AI-generated images posted on Instagram and Facebook

The Oversight Board, Meta’s semi-independent policy council, it turning its attention to how the company’s social platforms are handling explicit, AI-generated images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 2024 • 8:36

Bluesky now allows heads of states to sign up for the social network

Bluesky now allows heads of states to sign up for the social network

Social networking platform Bluesky lifted its ban on sign-ups for heads of state over the weeken Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 2024 • 2:03

Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn

Meta’s ‘consent or pay’ tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn

Ahead of a full meeting of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) this week (April 16 and 17), which is expected to produce guidance on a controversial tactic used by Meta to force Facebook and Instagram users to consent to its tracking, almost two dozen civil society groups and nonprofits have penned an open letter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 2024 • 7:42

Space Force tees up new ‘responsive space’ mission from Rocket Lab and True Anomaly

Space Force tees up new ‘responsive space’ mission from Rocket Lab and True Anomaly

Each company will design and build a satellite capable of rendezvousing with other spacecraft in orbit at close proximity, as well as command and control centers for the mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2024 • 3:21

X is removing ability to hide checkmarks for premium users

X is removing ability to hide checkmarks for premium users

Last year, Elon Musk-owned social network X rolled out a feature for paid users to hide their checkmarks from others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2024 • 3:42

Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war

Elon Musk accused of profiting from tragedy as study finds X rewards hate targeting Israel-Gaza war

A few weeks after defeating Elon Musk’s attempt to silence it in court, anti-hate research nonprofit, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, is back with a new piece of research into Musk’s social media platform X. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2024 • 7:45

Apple opens access to used iPhone components for repair

Apple opens access to used iPhone components for repair

Apple announced that it has opened its iPhone repair process to include used components. Starting this fall, customers and independent repair shops will be able to fix the handset using compatible components. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2024 • 7:56

Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion

Proxima Fusion raises $21M to build on its ‘stellarator’ approach to nuclear fusion

Munich-based Proxima has raised €20 million ($21.7M) in a seed round to begin building its first generation of fusion power plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2024 • 5:26

Tesla risks losing its lead without an inexpensive EV

Tesla risks losing its lead without an inexpensive EV

Given flagging sales of the company’s existing product line, a mass-market electric vehicle would be a welcome shot in the arm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2024 • 4:33

With Vertex AI Agent Builder, Google Cloud aims to simplify agent creation

With Vertex AI Agent Builder, Google Cloud aims to simplify agent creation

AI agents are the new hot craze in generative AI. Unlike the previous generation of chatbots, these agents can do more than simply answer questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2024 • 3:25

Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor

Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor

Google says its Axion instances offer 30% better performance than other Arm-based instances from competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2024 • 3:07

Microsoft AI gets a new London hub fronted by former Inflection and Deepmind scientist Jordan Hoffmann

Microsoft AI gets a new London hub fronted by former Inflection and Deepmind scientist Jordan Hoffmann

Microsoft has announced a new London hub for its recently unveiled consumer AI division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 9, 2024 • 2:58

Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts

Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts

AI playlists will initially become available to users on Android and iOS devices in the U.K. and Australia and will be iterated on in the months ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 9, 2024 • 4:46

Ford delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality

Ford delays new EVs once more, showing why legacy automakers need to adopt a startup mentality

Ford is unusual in that it performs best when thinking like a startup, something it appears to have taken to heart recently, EV delays notwithstanding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2024 • 5:15

Tesla slashes Model Y inventory prices by as much as $7,000

Tesla slashes Model Y inventory prices by as much as $7,000

Tesla is dropping prices of unsold Model Y SUVs in the U.S. by thousands of dollars in an attempt to clear out an unprecedented backlog of inventory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2024 • 2:36

Rooms, a 3D design app and ‘cozy game,’ gets a major update as users jump to 250K

Rooms, a 3D design app and ‘cozy game,’ gets a major update as users jump to 250K

Five months ago, Rooms, a 3D design platform made by ex-Google employees, launched its beta version on the App Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 6, 2024 • 4:50

X is giving blue checks to influential users (which is what blue checks were supposed to be all along)

X is giving blue checks to influential users (which is what blue checks were supposed to be all along)

So, basically this means that if you are a popular poster, you will get a blue check. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2024 • 2:37

Opera allows users to download and use LLMs locally

Opera allows users to download and use LLMs locally

Web browser company Opera announced today it will now allow users to download and use Large Language Models (LLMs) locally on their computer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2024 • 2:38

AWS unveils new service for cloud-based rendering projects

AWS unveils new service for cloud-based rendering projects

Amazon announced Deadline Cloud, a new service that lets customers set up, deploy and scale up graphics and visual effects rendering pipelines on AWS cloud infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2024 • 4:00

TikTok is bringing its dedicated STEM feed to Europe

TikTok is bringing its dedicated STEM feed to Europe

As TikTok continues to face increased pressure in the U.S. and the U.K., the company is signaling its commitment to fostering educational content on its app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 3, 2024 • 2:58

Indeed announces AI-powered work experience writer and support for multiple resumes

Indeed announces AI-powered work experience writer and support for multiple resumes

Hiring portal Indeed has redesigned the profile page for users, allowing individuals to use an AI-powered writer to fill up work experience and also added support for multiple resumes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 3, 2024 • 3:27

MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080

MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080

Finally, something that makes climate change relatable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 2, 2024 • 5:26

TikTok ban could harm Amazon sellers looking for alternatives

TikTok ban could harm Amazon sellers looking for alternatives

In March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that could force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a ban in U.S. app stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 2, 2024 • 8:37

Apple dismisses Microsoft monopoly comparisons

Apple dismisses Microsoft monopoly comparisons

A week after finding itself at the business end of a landmark lawsuit from the United States Department of Justice, Apple is staunchly denying any parallels between itself and Microsoft in the 1990s. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2024 • 7:13

X’s Grok chatbot will soon get an upgraded model, Grok-1.5

X’s Grok chatbot will soon get an upgraded model, Grok-1.5

X.ai, Elon Musk’s AI startup, has revealed its latest generative AI model, Grok-1.5. Set to power social network X’s Grok chatbot in the not-to-distant future (“in the coming days,” X.ai writes in a blog post),© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2024 • 3:58

LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app

LinkedIn is experimenting with a TikTok-like video feed in its app

LinkedIn is testing a new TikTok-like short-form video feed, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Wednesday. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2024 • 2:54

Oregon signs right to repair into law

Oregon signs right to repair into law

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 1596 into law, joining California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts and Minnesota in a growing list of states embracing a right to repair for citizens. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2024 • 3:29

NASA’s snake robot is designed to search out life in the icy oceans of a Saturn moon

NASA’s snake robot is designed to search out life in the icy oceans of a Saturn moon

The snake robot form factor has existed for decades. In addition to the diversity it adds to the world of automation, the design has several pragmatic attributes. The first is redundancy, which allows for the system to keep chugging even after a module is damaged. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2024 • 3:40

Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal

Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal

In 2016, Facebook launched a secret project designed to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers. The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook compete with Snapchat, according to newly unsealed court documents. Facebook called this “Project Ghostbusters" © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2024 • 4:56

Profluent, spurred by Salesforce research and backed by Jeff Dean, uses AI to discover medicines

Profluent, spurred by Salesforce research and backed by Jeff Dean, uses AI to discover medicines

Last year, Salesforce, the company best known for its cloud sales support software (and Slack), spearheaded a project called ProGen to design proteins using generative AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2024 • 5:47

Spotify tests video courses to teach everything from music production to excel

Spotify tests video courses to teach everything from music production to excel

In its ongoing efforts to get its 600 million+ users to spend more time and money on its platform, Spotify is spinning up a new line of content: e-learning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2024 • 6:08

Telegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmare

Telegram’s peer-to-peer SMS login service is a privacy nightmare

Telegram has introduced a controversial new feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 2024 • 3:05

Lordstown Motors’ ousted CEO settles with SEC for misleading investors

Lordstown Motors’ ousted CEO settles with SEC for misleading investors

Steve Burns, the ousted founder, chairman and CEO of bankrupt EV startup Lordstown Motors, has settled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over misleading investors about demand for the company’s flagship all-electric Endurance pickup truck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 2024 • 4:04

Boeing CEO to leave company by year-end, after a wave of safety incidents

Boeing CEO to leave company by year-end, after a wave of safety incidents

Boeing’s chief executive Dave Calhoun will leave the plane-maker by the end of 2024, according to the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2024 • 2:25

AT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online

AT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online

Customers say leaked AT&T customer data — names, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers — is accurate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2024 • 3:37

Why is AI so bad at spelling?

Why is AI so bad at spelling?

AIs are easily acing the SAT, defeating chess grandmasters and debugging code like it’s nothing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2024 • 6:35

Pelikan Mobility's software-enabled commercial EV leasing solution; Candela’s electric ferries multiply

Pelikan Mobility's software-enabled commercial EV leasing solution; Candela’s electric ferries multiply

Chances are you may have noticed that many commercial vehicles are now electric vehicles; Electric boat maker Candela is approaching cruising speed with $25 million in new funding and the first commercial deployment of its new P-12 ferry, in New Zealand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2024 • 6:55

White House proposes up to $8.5B to fund Intel’s domestic chip manufacturing

White House proposes up to $8.5B to fund Intel’s domestic chip manufacturing

Well before President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law back in August 2022, Intel has been a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to increase domestic chip manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2024 • 4:16

Nvidia and Qualcomm join Open Source Robotics Alliance to support ROS development

Nvidia and Qualcomm join Open Source Robotics Alliance to support ROS development

The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) this week announced the launch of the similarly named Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2024 • 3:20

Quilt is building AI assistants for solutions teams

Quilt is building AI assistants for solutions teams

The job of so-called “solutions professionals” — people like sales engineers, solutions architects and consultants — revolves around pitching complex enterprise tech to potential customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 2024 • 5:30

Meta offers lower cost for EU ad-free subscription under privacy review

Meta offers lower cost for EU ad-free subscription under privacy review

Meta has proposed to drop the price of an ad-free subscription in the European Union Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 2024 • 5:57

Tech giant Fujitsu says it was hacked, warns of data breach

Tech giant Fujitsu says it was hacked, warns of data breach

Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 2024 • 2:24

Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee’, MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter

Scrap coercive ‘privacy fee’, MEPs urge Meta’s Nick Clegg in open letter

Meta is facing a call from lawmakers in the European Union to scrap its controversial “consent or pay” tactic on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 2024 • 7:06

Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots

Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots

Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2024 • 2:59

Apple acquires AI startup specializing in overlooking manufacturing components

Apple acquires AI startup specializing in overlooking manufacturing components

Apple has added another AI startup to its acquisition list with Canada-based DarwinAI, which specializes in vision-based tech to observe components during manufacturing to improve efficiency, Bloomberg reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2024 • 2:35

A bug in an Irish government website took two years to publicly disclose

A bug in an Irish government website took two years to publicly disclose

The Irish government fixed a vulnerability two years ago in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination records of around a million residents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2024 • 4:02

Amazon now lets sellers create listings through a URL by using AI

Amazon now lets sellers create listings through a URL by using AI

Amazon launched generative AI-powered features last year to help sellers quickly create listings by entering just a few words about the product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2024 • 2:14

Furno bets that super-efficient, modular kilns will turn the cement industry upside down

Furno bets that super-efficient, modular kilns will turn the cement industry upside down

Cement startup promises to slash carbon emissions in the process, helping the company raise a $6.5 million seed round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2024 • 5:57

Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies $9 billion this year

Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies $9 billion this year

Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2024 • 5:09

Tierra Biosciences nabs $11 million to create new AI-guided proteins

Tierra Biosciences nabs $11 million to create new AI-guided proteins

By using cell-free technology, Tierra is able to cut down protein manufacturing from months to weeks and enable customers to order proteins online.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2024 • 5:10

Google confirms it’s restricting Gemini election queries globally

Google confirms it’s restricting Gemini election queries globally

If you want to ask Google’s AI chatbot a question about an upcoming election, you will have to do it from a country where there are no elections taking place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2024 • 3:55

‘Banking as a Service’ startup Griffin riases $24M and attains full banking licence

‘Banking as a Service’ startup Griffin riases $24M and attains full banking licence

Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 2024 • 6:09

Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week

Elon Musk says xAI will open-source Grok this week

Elon Musk said Monday he will open-source Grok, X’s AI chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open roots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 2024 • 3:20

Artemis Fund has a fresh $36 million to back diverse founders solving ‘big, hairy problems’

Artemis Fund has a fresh $36 million to back diverse founders solving ‘big, hairy problems’

For Fund II, Artemis intends to continue leading and co-leading investments and will target around 20 new companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2024 • 5:27

Faraday Future survives long enough to issue its first recall

Faraday Future survives long enough to issue its first recall

Troubled EV startup Faraday Future has issued its first recall, covering all 11 vehicles it built last year, as it fights to hold onto its Los Angeles headquarters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2024 • 2:00

Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing

Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing

Ocean intelligence company Saildrone has just put the first of a new generation of Surveyor autonomous vessels in the water: an aluminum version that the Navy is keen to take advantage of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2024 • 3:23

Telegram now lets users to convert personal accounts to business accounts

Telegram now lets users to convert personal accounts to business accounts

Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced Wednesday that users on the chat app with personal accounts can now convert them into business accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2024 • 2:22

Binance made crypto perfume in a baffling attempt to woo women

Binance made crypto perfume in a baffling attempt to woo women

What does crypto smell like? Ozone, salt and moss, according to Binance’s new fragrance, “CRYPTO.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2024 • 6:16

Amazon teams with recycling robot firm to track package waste

Amazon teams with recycling robot firm to track package waste

Amazon generate a lot of trash. Precisely how much is a matter of some debate. In 2021, the company says it used 214 million or so pounds of single-use plastic in its packaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2024 • 3:37

NSA says it’s tracking Ivanti cyberattacks as hackers hit US defense sector

NSA says it’s tracking Ivanti cyberattacks as hackers hit US defense sector

The U.S. National Security Agency has confirmed that hackers exploiting flaws in Ivanti’s widely used enterprise VPN appliance have targeted organizations across the U.S. defense sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2024 • 3:47

Fohm rebrands to Saintly, for a heavenly clean bottom

Fohm rebrands to Saintly, for a heavenly clean bottom

When it comes to doing business — not startups, that other kind of business, that you have a whole separate room for in your house — we need to talk about wipes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2024 • 3:13

Now the EU is asking questions about Meta’s ‘pay or be tracked’ consent model

Now the EU is asking questions about Meta’s ‘pay or be tracked’ consent model

Meta’s controversial pay or be tracked ‘consent’ choice for users the European Union is facing questions from the European Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 2024 • 8:39

Apple reverses decision about blocking web apps on iPhones in the EU

Apple reverses decision about blocking web apps on iPhones in the EU

Apple has reversed its decision about blocking web apps, also known as Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), on iPhones in the EU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 2024 • 4:32

Karma3 Labs raises $4.5M to improve trust in web3 with ratings and recommendations

Karma3 Labs raises $4.5M to improve trust in web3 with ratings and recommendations

There’s no reputation system in the decentralized world of web3, so it’s hard to figure out which entities and individuals to trust and depend on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2024 • 4:53

Spotify launches a $9.99/mo standalone audiobooks service for its free users

Spotify launches a $9.99/mo standalone audiobooks service for its free users

After adding 15 hours of free audiobooks listening to its subscription plan late last year, Spotify today is introducing a $9.99 per month option that will allow its free users to also access its audiobooks collection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2024 • 3:04

Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud

Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud

Developer Q&A site Stack Overflow is launching a new program today that will give AI companies access to its knowledge base through a new API, aptly named OverflowAPI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2024 • 5:19

Vibe helps small companies buy video ads on streaming services

Vibe helps small companies buy video ads on streaming services

As streaming apps and services are gradually showing more ads to viewers, adtech startup Vibe plans to help small businesses take advantage of that trend by letting them access that ad inventory with a self-serve ad platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2024 • 4:38

Reliance and Disney to merge media assets in India

Reliance and Disney to merge media assets in India

Reliance, its media asset Viacom18 and Disney are merging their media businesses in India, creating the largest media conglomerate in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 29, 2024 • 5:17

Yolk is a social app where users swap custom live stickers — no text allowed

Yolk is a social app where users swap custom live stickers — no text allowed

With so much fresh competition in social apps right now — plus the usual set of social media platforms and messaging giants sucking up attention — it might feel like there’s precious little room to innovate in this slice of the consumer market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 29, 2024 • 10:40

SeatGeek’s new tools help fans resell tickets at the best price

SeatGeek’s new tools help fans resell tickets at the best price

Ticketing platform and resale marketplace SeatGeek is introducing three features to simplify the ticket-selling experience for users wanting to resell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2024 • 4:58

Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS

Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS

Although an app’s downloads aren’t an exact proxy for usage, they can hint at where the market is headed. And in the case of the alt-Twitter wars, the app winning the game right now is Instagram’s Threads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2024 • 6:09

The Supreme Court could decide the fate of content moderation — or it could punt

The Supreme Court could decide the fate of content moderation — or it could punt

The Supreme Court is considering the fate of two state laws that limit how social media companies can moderate the content on their platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2024 • 6:26

Winning wireless with American strengths

Winning wireless with American strengths

Eric Schmidt Contributor Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011 and executive chairman of Google and its successor company, Alphabet, from 2011 to 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2024 • 8:23

Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts

Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts

Over the weekend, someone posted a cache of files and documents apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 2024 • 6:37

Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn

Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn

Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk flaws in a popular remote access tool are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware — days after authorities announced that they had disrupted the notorious Russia-linked cybercrime gang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 2024 • 4:43

Byju’s investors unanimously vote to remove founder

Byju’s investors unanimously vote to remove founder

A group of Byju’s investors on Friday voted to remove the edtech group’s founder and chief executive Byju Raveendran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2024 • 4:46

Bioptimus raises $35 million seed round to develop AI foundational model focused on biology

Bioptimus raises $35 million seed round to develop AI foundational model focused on biology

There’s a new generative AI startup based in Paris. But what makes Bioptimus interesting is that it plans to apply everything we’ve collectively learned about AI models over the past few years with a narrow, exclusive focus on biology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2024 • 3:50

Tinder is expanding ID verification to the US, UK, Brazil and Mexico

Tinder is expanding ID verification to the US, UK, Brazil and Mexico

Tinder is expanding its identify verification program to users in the U.S., U.K., Brazil and Mexico, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2024 • 3:26

YouTube rolls out new channel pages for creators on its TV app

YouTube rolls out new channel pages for creators on its TV app

YouTube is changing the design for creators’ channels on the big screen, the company announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2024 • 2:40

YouTube dominates TV streaming in U.S., per Nielsen’s latest report

YouTube dominates TV streaming in U.S., per Nielsen’s latest report

Nielsen today released its January report on viewing usage across linear TV and streaming, which revealed that YouTube is once again the overall top streaming service in the U.S., with 8.6% of viewing on television screens. Netflix, meanwhile, saw 7.9% of TV usage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2024 • 2:56

With Twilio under activist pressure, Segment could be put up for sale

With Twilio under activist pressure, Segment could be put up for sale

With Twilio under pressure from activist investors, it's looking at whether to sell Segment, the company it bought in 2020 for $3.2 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2024 • 9:06

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture 

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture 

SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son has made no secret of his intent to double down on red-hot artificial intelligence industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, 2024 • 5:11

Feds open second probe into Fisker’s Ocean SUV after rollaway complaints

Feds open second probe into Fisker’s Ocean SUV after rollaway complaints

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a second investigation into EV startup Fisker’s Ocean SUV, after the agency received four complaints about the vehicle rolling away unexpectedly, including one injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, 2024 • 2:44

European digital rights group say the future of online privacy is on a knife edge

European digital rights group say the future of online privacy is on a knife edge

A coalition of more than two dozen digital and democratic rights groups, NGOs and not-for-profits, including noyb and Wikimedia Europe, have written to the European Union’s regulatory body for data protection urging it to reject a tactic that’s been controversially seized upon by Meta in its latest bid to circumvent the bloc’s privacy laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, 2024 • 13:38

Lucid Motors drops the price of its cheapest EV by more than $8,000

Lucid Motors drops the price of its cheapest EV by more than $8,000

Lucid Motors is lopping thousands of dollars off the price of its most affordable electric sedans as it looks to boost demand after a disappointing year of sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2024 • 3:05

TikTok launches a ‘reimagined’ app for the Apple Vision Pro

TikTok launches a ‘reimagined’ app for the Apple Vision Pro

TikTok has launched a native and “reimagined” app on the Apple Vision Pro, the company announced on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2024 • 3:24

General Atlantic leads $50M Series C into Bold to grow digital payments in Colombia

General Atlantic leads $50M Series C into Bold to grow digital payments in Colombia

Bold provides low-cost payment terminals, called dataphones, that enable small and medium businesses to accept link payments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2024 • 3:38

US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak

US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak

The U.S. Department of Defense is notifying tens of thousands of individuals that their personal information was exposed in an email data spill last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2024 • 3:20

Hackers uncover new TheTruthSpy stalkerware victims: Is your Android device compromised?

Hackers uncover new TheTruthSpy stalkerware victims: Is your Android device compromised?

A consumer-grade spyware operation called TheTruthSpy poses an ongoing security and privacy risk to thousands of people whose Android devices are unknowingly compromised with its mobile surveillance apps, not least due to a simple security flaw that its operators never fixed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2024 • 7:01

Cruise names first chief safety officer following crash and controversy

Cruise names first chief safety officer following crash and controversy

Cruise has named its first “chief safety officer” as part of the company’s effort to rehabilitate itself following an incident — and ensuing controversy — last year that left a pedestrian stuck under and then dragged by one of its robotaxis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2024 • 2:58

Bugcrowd snaps up $102M for a ‘bug bounty’ security platform that taps 500K+ hackers

Bugcrowd snaps up $102M for a ‘bug bounty’ security platform that taps 500K+ hackers

Bugcrowd — the startup that taps into a database of half a million hackers to help organizations like OpenAI and the U.S. government set up and run bug bounty programs, cash rewards to freelancers who can identify bugs and vulnerabilities in their code — has picked up a big cash award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2024 • 5:08

Apple defends parts pairing as Oregon mulls right-to-repair bill

Apple defends parts pairing as Oregon mulls right-to-repair bill

Oregon may soon become the latest state to pass right-to-repair legislation. Last month, Google lent its support in an open letter, calling Senate Bill 1596 “a compelling model for other states to follow.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, 2024 • 6:40

Pinterest announces a new ad deal with Google as it approaches 500M MAUs

Pinterest announces a new ad deal with Google as it approaches 500M MAUs

Pinterest announced a new ad deal with Google as the company aims to ramp up its ad revenue. Google is the social platform’s second third-party ad partner after Amazon signed a multiyear deal with Pinterest last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, 2024 • 3:11

Meta challenges EU’s Digital Services Act supervisory fee as unfair

Meta challenges EU’s Digital Services Act supervisory fee as unfair

Meta is challenging a fee levied by the European Union on larger online platforms under its rebooted ecommerce rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2024 • 7:26

FCC officially declares AI-voiced robocalls illegal

FCC officially declares AI-voiced robocalls illegal

The FCC’s war on robocalls has gained a new weapon in its arsenal with the declaration of AI-generated voices as “artificial” and therefore by definitely against the law when used in automated calling scams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2024 • 5:16

Californian regulator looking into Waymo’s collision with a cyclist

Californian regulator looking into Waymo’s collision with a cyclist

California’s auto regulator, the Department of Motor Vehicles, is investigating an incident that occurred on Tuesday, where a driverless Waymo car collided with a cyclist, according to a report by Reuters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2024 • 2:37

Snap is looking to unify user experience across Spotlight and Stories

Snap is looking to unify user experience across Spotlight and Stories

Snap’s stock plunged 30% on Tuesday after announcing Q4 2023 results that didn’t meet analyst expectations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2024 • 4:01

WhatsApp is preparing to roll out third-party chat support

WhatsApp is preparing to roll out third-party chat support

With a month away from the Digital Markets Act (DMA) deadline, WhatsApp is preparing to allow other messaging networks in its app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2024 • 3:20

Invite-only dating app Blush launches with $7M in seed funding

Invite-only dating app Blush launches with $7M in seed funding

Invite-only dating app Blush has raised $7 million in seed funding to scale and expand its exclusive platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2024 • 4:19

Yandex to sell its remaining Russian businesses for $5.2B — half its market value

Yandex to sell its remaining Russian businesses for $5.2B — half its market value

Yandex N.V., the Dutch parent company of the eponymous Russian internet giant, is selling the last of its remaining Russian businesses at a steep discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2024 • 6:37

Bluesky is now open for anyone to join

Bluesky is now open for anyone to join

After almost a year as an invite-only app, Bluesky is now open to the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2024 • 5:54

Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray

Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray

The recent surprise announcement that Meta will soon be shutting down a Facebook Groups API is throwing some businesses and social media marketers into disarray. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2024 • 6:42

Stalkerware apps PhoneSpector and Highster appear to shut down

Stalkerware apps PhoneSpector and Highster appear to shut down

The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of illegally promoting spyware that his companies developed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 2024 • 4:45

As Podcastle raises $13.5M, its founder credits AI-driven growth in Armenia’s ‘Mini-Silicon Valley’

As Podcastle raises $13.5M, its founder credits AI-driven growth in Armenia’s ‘Mini-Silicon Valley’

Podcastle, a podcasting platform that has boosted its product with various generative AI-driven features, has raised $13.5 million in a Series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 2024 • 5:48

FTC orders Blackbaud to overhaul ‘reckless’ security practices in wake of 2020 breach

FTC orders Blackbaud to overhaul ‘reckless’ security practices in wake of 2020 breach

Education tech company Blackbaud agreed to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over the company’s security practices that resulted in a 2020 data breach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2024 • 3:57

MessageBird rebrands as Bird, and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio

MessageBird rebrands as Bird, and slashes prices by 90% on SMS to take on Twilio

No, don’t think Bird Scooters. Think Bird, formerly MessageBird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2024 • 3:41

Three San Francisco supervisors receive threats following YC President Garry Tan’s tweet

Three San Francisco supervisors receive threats following YC President Garry Tan’s tweet

Aaron Peskin says Garry Tan’s now deleted X post did “harm to democratic discourse." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2024 • 3:28

Sundar Pichai says Google One cloud storage service has nearly 100M subscribers

Sundar Pichai says Google One cloud storage service has nearly 100M subscribers

Google CEO Sudar Pichai said that the company’s Google One cloud storage service is ” just about to cross” 100 million subscribers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2024 • 3:09

Universal Music Group plans to pull song catalog from TikTok

Universal Music Group plans to pull song catalog from TikTok

Universal Music Group (UMG), the label representing artists including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande, says that it’ll pull its music from TikTok tomorrow at midnight after failing to reach a deal with the platform’s parent company, ByteDance, over royalties. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2024 • 4:34

Yelp launches revamped feed with AI-powered business summaries

Yelp launches revamped feed with AI-powered business summaries

Yelp is releasing new features as part of its winter release, which includes a more visual feed, AI-powered summaries of businesses, and number masking while contacting businesses for better privacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2024 • 4:06

Streaming media company Plex raises new funds as it nears profitability

Streaming media company Plex raises new funds as it nears profitability

Media streamer Plex has raised new capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2024 • 4:38

Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal leaves board

Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal leaves board

Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal has resigned from the e-commerce group’s board, the two said Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2024 • 2:43

Spotify calls Apple’s DMA compliance plan ‘extortion’ and a ‘complete and total farce’

Spotify calls Apple’s DMA compliance plan ‘extortion’ and a ‘complete and total farce’

Count Spotify among those not thrilled with how Apple has chosen to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which sets the stage for sideloading apps, alternative app stores, browser choice, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2024 • 5:43

General purpose humanoid robots? Bill Gates is a believer

General purpose humanoid robots? Bill Gates is a believer

The robotics industry loves a good, healthy debate. Of late, one of the most intense ones centers around humanoid robots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, 2024 • 3:54

OpenAI responds to Congressional Black Caucus about lack of diversity on its board

OpenAI responds to Congressional Black Caucus about lack of diversity on its board

OpenAI has been criticized for the lack of diversity on its board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, 2024 • 4:17

Pokemon Company says it intends to investigate Palworld

Pokemon Company says it intends to investigate Palworld

The Pokemon Company said Thursday it has not granted any permission to “another company,” referring to Palworld-developer Pocketpair, to use Pokemon intellectual property or assets and “intends to investigate and take appropriate measures” against the fast-growing survival game operator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2024 • 3:03

Meta is rolling out tighter teen messaging limitations and parental controls

Meta is rolling out tighter teen messaging limitations and parental controls

Meta announced today that it is rolling out new DM restrictions on both Facebook and Instagram for teens that prevent anyone from messaging teens. Until now, Instagram restricts adults over the age of 18 from messaging teens who don’t follow them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2024 • 3:31

BeReal, which now has 23M DAUs, is onboarding brands and celebs

BeReal, which now has 23M DAUs, is onboarding brands and celebs

BeReal, a rising social media app that emphasizes authenticity, is making its first outreach to brands and celebrities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2024 • 3:49

Etsy launches ‘Gift Mode,’ a new AI-powered feature that generates 200+ gift guides

Etsy launches ‘Gift Mode,’ a new AI-powered feature that generates 200+ gift guides

E-commerce site Etsy today launched “Gift Mode,” a new AI-powered feature to match you with tailored gift ideas based on specific preferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2024 • 4:47

Apple will pay artists more to have a spatial audio version on Apple Music

Apple will pay artists more to have a spatial audio version on Apple Music

Apple will pay additional royalties starting this month to artists if they have a spatial audio version on Apple Music, according to multiple reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2024 • 2:34

Telegram is rolling out ‘view-once’ voice and video messages

Telegram is rolling out ‘view-once’ voice and video messages

Telegram is rolling out a bunch of upgrades as part of its January feature drop including “view-once” video and audio messages, the ability to pause recording while sending a video or an audio message, and new read-time controls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2024 • 2:18

Chronosphere acquires Calyptia to extend its observability platform

Chronosphere acquires Calyptia to extend its observability platform

Chronosphere, a startup that offers a cloud native observability platform, today announced that it has acquired Calyptia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2024 • 3:30

Sony tells Zee it’s terminating the $10 billion India merger

Sony tells Zee it’s terminating the $10 billion India merger

Sony called off the merger between its India unit and Zee Entertainment on Monday, ending a two-year acquisition deliberation that would have created a $10 billion media powerhouse in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2024 • 4:10

X says a bug caused numerous posts to be labeled as ‘Sensitive Media’

X says a bug caused numerous posts to be labeled as ‘Sensitive Media’

A bug on X, formerly Twitter, was causing numerous posts over the weekend to be flagged as “Sensitive Media,” thwarting the company’s own attempts to make its platform more approachable to advertisers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, 2024 • 4:16

TikTok faces Iowa lawsuit accusing the company of ‘lying’ to parents

TikTok faces Iowa lawsuit accusing the company of ‘lying’ to parents

The state of Iowa is suing TikTok, alleging that the social media company misleads parents about the kinds of content available to young users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, 2024 • 4:28

Spotify’s astrology-like Daylists go viral, but its micro-genre mastermind was let go last month

Spotify’s astrology-like Daylists go viral, but its micro-genre mastermind was let go last month

Is it a “fearful vocaloid wednesday morning,” a “yearning cottagecore thursday afternoon,” or perhaps a “heartbroken karaoke friday evening”? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2024 • 6:41

Unredacted Meta documents reveal ‘historical reluctance’ to protect children

Unredacted Meta documents reveal ‘historical reluctance’ to protect children

Internal Meta documents about child safety have been unsealed as part of a lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Department of Justice against both Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2024 • 8:53

Land Moto accelerates its electric bike battery play with $3M infusion

Land Moto accelerates its electric bike battery play with $3M infusion

Cleveland-based electric motorcycle startup Land Moto is looking to diversify by powering up the battery design side of its tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2024 • 4:02

NASA’s robotic, self-assembling structures could be the next phase of space construction

NASA’s robotic, self-assembling structures could be the next phase of space construction

Bad news if you want to move to the Moon or Mars: housing is a little hard to come by. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2024 • 6:47

Apple tops Samsung in worldwide smartphone shipments for the first time

Apple tops Samsung in worldwide smartphone shipments for the first time

Apple’s iPhone has overtaken Samsung for the first time ever as the best-selling smartphone in 2023, according to a new report from IDC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2024 • 3:23

FedEx announces its own commerce platform for merchants

FedEx announces its own commerce platform for merchants

Logistics company FedEx announced its own commerce platform called FDX today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2024 • 3:01

Elon’s Tesla robot is sort of ‘ok’ at folding laundry in pre-scripted demo

Elon’s Tesla robot is sort of ‘ok’ at folding laundry in pre-scripted demo

Elon Musk’s Optimus humanoid robot from Tesla is doing more stuff — this time folding a t-shirt on a table in a development facility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2024 • 3:15

Google will allow more real-money games on the Play Store

Google will allow more real-money games on the Play Store

Google announced today that the company plans to support more real-money games (RMG) on the Play Store this year by allowing more types of games in the category following local laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 2024 • 3:16

LG opens its first US EV charging factory in Texas 

LG opens its first US EV charging factory in Texas 

LG Electronics has opened its first electric vehicle (EV) charger facility outside of South Korea — in Fort Worth, Texas — to capture a share of North America’s competitive EV charging market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 2024 • 4:04

As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024

As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024

Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, 2024 • 6:20

Google Cloud rolls out new gen AI products for retailers

Google Cloud rolls out new gen AI products for retailers

Google wants to inject a little generative AI into retail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2024 • 6:08

Smart molluscs – yes, smart molluscs – could watch our waterways 24/7 for pollution

Smart molluscs – yes, smart molluscs – could watch our waterways 24/7 for pollution

If the clams could speak, what would they say? Surely we all ask ourselves this question every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2024 • 3:53

App economy recovered in 2023, with $171B in consumer spending, but downloads were flat

App economy recovered in 2023, with $171B in consumer spending, but downloads were flat

After the app economy slowed for the first time ever in 2022, things picked up pace again over the past year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 2024 • 7:08

X removes support for NFT profile pictures

X removes support for NFT profile pictures

On Tuesday, Elon Musk’s X wrote about a grand vision for the company in 2024, which includes launching peer-to-peer payments and more AI-powered tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2024 • 2:59

Threads accidentally rolls out the feature to view latest search results

Threads accidentally rolls out the feature to view latest search results

Multiple Threads users on the iOS app reported earlier today that they are seeing a new “Latest” option to sort search results on the new social network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2024 • 2:17

After taking credibility hit, Carta announces it is exiting the secondaries business: “We have decided to prioritize trust”

After taking credibility hit, Carta announces it is exiting the secondaries business: “We have decided to prioritize trust”

Roughly 72 hours after a prominent startup customer complained that Carta was misusing information with which it was entrusted — scaring many of Carta’s tens of thousands of other customers in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, 2024 • 5:54

Astrobotic lander on its way to the moon with ULA’s historic flight

Astrobotic lander on its way to the moon with ULA’s historic flight

It’s hard to understate just how much was at stake in Monday’s early morning launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, 2024 • 4:50

RIP? Third-party podcast app Castro appears to be dead, company goes quiet

RIP? Third-party podcast app Castro appears to be dead, company goes quiet

The once popular third-party podcast app Castro has seemingly shut down, after earlier saying that it was “actively seeking a new home” for its product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 8, 2024 • 3:58

Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don’t sue him

Logan Paul promises CryptoZoo refunds, as long as you don’t sue him

Logan Paul is offering refunds for CryptoZoo, the failed and allegedly fraudulent Pokémon-inspired NFT game that he launched in 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 2024 • 6:52

Aurora and Continental pass first major hurdle in commercial self-driving trucks deal

Aurora and Continental pass first major hurdle in commercial self-driving trucks deal

Aurora and automotive supplier Continental have wrapped up the first phase of a more than $300 million project to mass produce autonomous vehicle hardware for commercial self-driving trucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2024 • 4:01

Superpedestrian to auction 20,000 e-scooters after shutting down

Superpedestrian to auction 20,000 e-scooters after shutting down

More than 20,000 electric scooters belonging to Superpedestrian will be auctioned off later this month, along with other equipment from the startup’s U.S. operations, after closing its doors December 31 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2024 • 2:44

Intel spins out a new enterprise-focused gen AI software company

Intel spins out a new enterprise-focused gen AI software company

Intel, intent on making bigger moves in the market for AI-powered enterprise software, is spinning out a new platform company with the backing of Boca Raton, Florida-based asset manager and investor DigitalBridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2024 • 4:28

Telegram’s latest update brings a redesigned call interface that uses less of your phone’s battery

Telegram’s latest update brings a redesigned call interface that uses less of your phone’s battery

Telegram is rolling out a new update that introduces improved calls with a new design that uses less of your phone’s battery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2024 • 2:46

Moonwalker robotic shoes get lighter and smarter

Moonwalker robotic shoes get lighter and smarter

Next week at CES, Austin-based Shift Robotics will debut a revamped version of their viral hit robotic shoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2024 • 2:54

OpenAI moves to shrink regulatory risk in EU around data privacy

OpenAI moves to shrink regulatory risk in EU around data privacy

While most of Europe was still knuckle deep in the holiday chocolate selection box late last month, ChatGPT maker OpenAI was busy firing out an email with details of an incoming update to its terms that looks intended to shrink its regulatory risk in the European Union. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2024 • 10:51

Fidelity marks down X valuation by 71.5%

Fidelity marks down X valuation by 71.5%

Mutual fund company Fidelity has marked down its investment in X holdings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 2, 2024 • 3:07

Try these apps to reach your New Year’s resolutions in 2024

Try these apps to reach your New Year’s resolutions in 2024

As the new year approaches, many of us are reminded of all the things we accomplished this year — getting a promotion, being more productive or even showing up to places on time — as well as things we failed to do. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 2, 2024 • 5:57

2023 showed cybersecurity isn’t immune from brutal layoffs

2023 showed cybersecurity isn’t immune from brutal layoffs

Despite a rise in cyberattacks and breaches, the cybersecurity industry is by no means exempt from the uncertainty inspired by the current economy. 2023 will likely be remembered as the “year of the layoff.” While many expected the tide to shift after a rough 2022 that saw more than 130,000 tech workers lose their jobs. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 2, 2024 • 6:36

6 great audiobook apps that aren’t Audible

6 great audiobook apps that aren’t Audible

Audiobooks are a great way to bring words on a page to life and fit reading into your schedule throughout the day when you’re doing things like working out, cooking, driving and relaxing. Amazon-owned Audible is arguably the most popular audiobook app out there, but there are several other lesser-known options. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 1, 2024 • 5:59

India government agency seeks to block Binance and Kraken

India government agency seeks to block Binance and Kraken

Financial Intelligence Unit, an Indian government agency which scrutinizes financial transactions, said Thursday nine global crypto exchanges — including Binance, Kraken, Kucoin and Mexc — are operating “illegally” in the country without complying with the local anti-money laundering act and requested the IT Ministry to block their websites. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2023 • 3:26

Meet the cyber-criminals of 2023

Meet the cyber-criminals of 2023

Once again we look back at the past year in cybercrime and those who we lost… to the law. This year was no different to last: we saw another round of high-profile busts, arrests, sanctions, and prison time for some of the most prolific cybercriminals in recent years. This is our look back at who […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2023 • 8:03

Xiaomi’s first EV is the freshest take on a ‘smartphone on wheels’

Xiaomi’s first EV is the freshest take on a ‘smartphone on wheels’

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has revealed its first electric car, a sharp-looking sedan called the SU7. Slated to roll out in China next year, it’s another entry into an increasingly-crowded market for EVs. It’s also another attempt in this software-obsessed world to match up the technology people find in their phones to what goes on […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2023 • 4:19

Hackers stole $2 billion in crypto in 2023, data shows

Hackers stole $2 billion in crypto in 2023, data shows

For yet another year, hackers stole billions of dollars in crypto. But for the first time since 2020, the trend is downwards, according to crypto security firms. This year, hackers stole around $2 billion dollars in crypto across dozens of cyberattacks and thefts, according to De.FI, the web3 security firm that runs the Rekt leaderboard. […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2023 • 3:35

Apple Vision Pro tipped for late Jan/early Feb release

Apple Vision Pro tipped for late Jan/early Feb release

We’ve known about the Vision Pro for more than half-a-year now (not to mention the years of rumors), but Apple’s first “spatial computing” device is one of consumer electronics’ biggest question marks heading into the new year. The $3,499 headset was given an “early-2024” release time frame when it was unveiled at WWDC in June, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2023 • 2:42

Fintech’s biggest hits and misses of 2023

Fintech’s biggest hits and misses of 2023

"As 2023 comes to a close, we’re here to look back at the biggest fintech stories of the year. Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion felt like a fintech story in that a number of startups (Brex, Arc and Mercury, for example) in the space leapt to fill the hole left by its collapse. But it truly […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2023 • 8:16

A dual-use ‘Slack+location+payments’ startup raises Seed to serve humanitarian, military scenarios

A dual-use ‘Slack+location+payments’ startup raises Seed to serve humanitarian, military scenarios

When Helsing raised a $223 million Series B round, the tech world saw it as continued confirmation that Defence was unquestionably back on the investing agenda. Further confirmation comes today in the form of a $5.5 million Seed round for UK defense tech startup Labrys Technologies, led by Germany’s Project A Ventures. Also participating were […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2023 • 6:34

Cisco to acquire cloud-native networking and security startup Isovalent

Cisco to acquire cloud-native networking and security startup Isovalent

Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Isovalent, a cloud-native security and networking startup that should fit well with the company’s core networking and security strategy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 2023 • 4:53

PaintJet is building big industrial robots for big industrial paint jobs

PaintJet is building big industrial robots for big industrial paint jobs

Construction may well prove to be the next major focus for robotics investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 2023 • 3:49

AR platform Really launches ‘Fandime’ NFTs to reward users with exclusive movie-related content

AR platform Really launches ‘Fandime’ NFTs to reward users with exclusive movie-related content

Traditionally, being a hardcore movie fan means collecting physical memorabilia like autographed posters to show dedication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 2023 • 5:24

Spill is now in open beta on iOS and Android

Spill is now in open beta on iOS and Android

It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, yet we’re still seeing the reverberations of that deal on other social platforms, including the new ones that have cropped up since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2023 • 2:54

OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI

OpenAI buffs safety team and gives board veto power on risky AI

OpenAI is expanding its internal safety processes to fend off the threat of harmful AI. A new “safety advisory group” will sit above the technical teams and make recommendations to leadership, and the board has been granted veto power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2023 • 6:34

Google says it will pay $700M as a part of Play Store dispute settlement

Google says it will pay $700M as a part of Play Store dispute settlement

Google said today it will pay $700 million — $630 million to U.S. consumers and $70 to a fund used by U.S. states — in a settlement over Play Store reached in September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2023 • 4:16

Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2023 • 6:12

Meltwater, the media monitoring startup, gets a $65M investment from Verdane

Meltwater, the media monitoring startup, gets a $65M investment from Verdane

Meltwater, which first made its name around media monitoring and then got active in business intelligence using AI and big data analytics techniques, is picking up a new investor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 18, 2023 • 6:23

Waymo launches curbside robotaxi pickup at Phoenix airport

Waymo launches curbside robotaxi pickup at Phoenix airport

Select Waymo One riders can now get picked up or dropped off by the company’s robotaxis curbside at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 18, 2023 • 3:02

Credit Karma co-founder Nichole Mustard stepping down after more than 16 years

Credit Karma co-founder Nichole Mustard stepping down after more than 16 years

Credit Karma co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer Nichole Mustard is leaving the company after 16-and-a-half years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2023 • 2:51

Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang

Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang

Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2023 • 5:24

Apple will no longer give police users’ push notification data without a warrant

Apple will no longer give police users’ push notification data without a warrant

Apple said it will no longer give over records of users’ push notifications to law enforcement unless the company receives a valid judge’s order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2023 • 2:49

China’s autonomous vehicle regulation requires safety operators, in-car recordings

China’s autonomous vehicle regulation requires safety operators, in-car recordings

When it comes to spurring the development of cutting-edge technologies, the Chinese government is rather pragmatic in its policymaking process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2023 • 4:59

Verve Motion raises $20M to grow its exosuit business

Verve Motion raises $20M to grow its exosuit business

Verve Motion, a startup building a robotic “exosuit” designed to help workers complete physically demanding tasks in factories and other like environments, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2023 • 5:06

China’s WeRide tests autonomous buses in Singapore, accelerate global ambition

China’s WeRide tests autonomous buses in Singapore, accelerate global ambition

After years of aggressive expansion at home, China’s autonomous vehicle upstarts are now setting their gaze on overseas markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2023 • 4:20

Hasbro to cut 1,100 jobs despite Dungeons & Dragons thriving

Hasbro to cut 1,100 jobs despite Dungeons & Dragons thriving

Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees, according to an SEC filing. The company behind franchises like Dungeons & Dragons and Transformers, Hasbro already laid off 800 employees in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2023 • 3:45

US-China tech war escalates over EV battery dominance

US-China tech war escalates over EV battery dominance

Semiconductors have in recent years become a focal point in the U.S.’s efforts to impede China’s technological advancement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2023 • 3:58

TikTok to invest $1.5B in GoTo’s Indonesia e-commerce business

TikTok to invest $1.5B in GoTo’s Indonesia e-commerce business

ByteDance’s TikTok will take a 75.01% controlling stake in a joint venture entity formed in partnership with GoTo’s e-commerce unit Tokopedia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2023 • 4:55

Threads is rolling out its hashtags without the hash symbol globally

Threads is rolling out its hashtags without the hash symbol globally

Meta’s social network Threads got a major update Thursday as the company started rolling out tags (without the hash symbol) on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2023 • 2:55

Google’s best Gemini demo was faked

Google’s best Gemini demo was faked

Google’s new Gemini AI model is getting a mixed reception after its big debut yesterday, but users may have less confidence in the company’s tech or integrity after finding out that the most impressive demo of Gemini was pretty much faked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2023 • 8:05

EU ‘final’ talks to fix AI rules to run into second day — but deal on foundational models is on the table

EU ‘final’ talks to fix AI rules to run into second day — but deal on foundational models is on the table

As European Union lawmakers clock up 20+ hours of negotiating time in a marathon attempt to reach agreement on how to regulate artificial intelligence a preliminary accord on how to handle one sticky element. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2023 • 7:16

Meta finally starts rolling out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger

Meta finally starts rolling out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger

After years of promises and limited tests, Meta has started rolling out default end-to-end encryption protection for Messenger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2023 • 3:11

Bing’s new ‘Deep Search’ feature offers more comprehensive answers to complex search queries

Bing’s new ‘Deep Search’ feature offers more comprehensive answers to complex search queries

Microsoft Bing is getting a new “Deep Search” feature powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2023 • 3:57

X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen U.S states

X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen U.S states

Elon Musk is moving forward with his plans to turn the company formerly known as Twitter, now called X, into an “everything app” that includes its own payments system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2023 • 4:32

Meta set to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram and Facebook

Meta set to discontinue cross-messaging between Instagram and Facebook

Meta has silently updated its support pages to indicate that the company won’t let users on Instagram message their Facebook contacts anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2023 • 2:25

Cruise faces fines in California for withholding key details in robotaxi accident

Cruise faces fines in California for withholding key details in robotaxi accident

Cruise keeps getting kicked while it’s down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2023 • 6:44

TikTok expands its in-app Ticketmaster ticketing feature to users in 20 countries

TikTok expands its in-app Ticketmaster ticketing feature to users in 20 countries

TikTok and Ticketmaster are expanding their partnership into 20 new countries after initially launching it in the United States back in August 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2023 • 2:44

Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit

Meta faces $600M competition damages claim in Spain as media owners pursue privacy breach lawsuit

Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages claim in Spain that argues the adtech giant’s years of failing to have a valid legal basis for processing people’s data for ads under European Union data protection rules. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2023 • 5:19

Smartphone sales to rebound on AI gains, Morgan Stanley says

Smartphone sales to rebound on AI gains, Morgan Stanley says

Smartphone sales will mount a comeback starting in 2024, defying growing warnings of a prolonged slump across the mobile sector, according to separate projections by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reviewed by TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2023 • 4:40

Former Blue Origin rocket engine manager alleges wrongful termination for whistleblowing on safety

Former Blue Origin rocket engine manager alleges wrongful termination for whistleblowing on safety

The former program manager of Blue Origin’s BE-4 rocket engines has filed a lawsuit against the company alleging whistleblower retaliation after he spoke up about safety issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2023 • 4:56

Immensa, a MENA-based additive manufacturing and digital inventory platform, raises $20 million 

Immensa, a MENA-based additive manufacturing and digital inventory platform, raises $20 million 

The global energy spare parts market is valued at over $90 billion, with the Middle East representing about 35% of this sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2023 • 8:38

Here’s your reminder that Google is deleting inactive accounts tomorrow

Here’s your reminder that Google is deleting inactive accounts tomorrow

As Google ramps up its security measures, the company is deleting inactive accounts that haven’t been touched for two years as a way of protecting users from security threats, such as identity theft, unwanted spam and scams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2023 • 2:21

Polestar’s climate-tweeting bot isn’t actually a bot, for good reason

Polestar’s climate-tweeting bot isn’t actually a bot, for good reason

“When is a bot a person?,” my colleague Kirsten asked after I learned that Polestar’s climate bot is more human than machine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2023 • 3:24

London’s iconic black cabs can soon be hailed on Uber

London’s iconic black cabs can soon be hailed on Uber

Uber has secured another win over the struggling taxi industry. Soon, riders in London will be able to hail an iconic black cab in the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2023 • 3:01

AWS brings Amazon One palm-scanning authentication to the enterprise

AWS brings Amazon One palm-scanning authentication to the enterprise

Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary AWS (Amazon Web Services) has lifted the lid on a new palm-scanning identity service that allows companies to authenticate people when entering physical premises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2023 • 4:31

Apple partner Foxconn to invest $1.5 billion in India

Apple partner Foxconn to invest $1.5 billion in India

Foxconn plans to invest $1.54 billion in India, the latest in its growing expansion plan, following a surge in revenues in the South Asian market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 28, 2023 • 3:15

X loses Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media partnership in latest brand pull-out

X loses Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media partnership in latest brand pull-out

Paris Hilton’s 11:11 Media is pulling out of its partnership with the X. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 28, 2023 • 3:44

After two ambitious years, TikTok parent ByteDance starts mass layoffs in gaming

After two ambitious years, TikTok parent ByteDance starts mass layoffs in gaming

ByteDance’s gaming ambition has been an expensive, short-lived pursuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 27, 2023 • 3:59

OpenAI will benefit from unity of purpose with Sam Altman’s return

OpenAI will benefit from unity of purpose with Sam Altman’s return

In case you missed it, Sam Altman is back as OpenAI CEO. His reinstatement comes after a whirlwind few days in which we saw unusual corporate governance lead to an attempt to oust Altman, despite support from both Microsoft and the vast majority of OpenAI’s workforce. While the whole process was incredibly messy, the result […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2023 • 4:20

Florida judge finds Tesla, Elon Musk knew of defective Autopilot system

Florida judge finds Tesla, Elon Musk knew of defective Autopilot system

There is “reasonable evidence” to conclude that Tesla and its officers, including CEO Elon Musk, knew its vehicles had defective Autopilot systems but still allowed the cars to be driven in areas “not safe for that technology,” a Florida judge found. The ruling last week from Judge Reid Scott, in the Circuit Court for Palm […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2023 • 5:15

Generative AI startup AI21 Labs raises cash in the midst of OpenAI chaos

Generative AI startup AI21 Labs raises cash in the midst of OpenAI chaos

One AI startup’s undoing is another’s opportunity. Case in point: today, AI21 Labs, a company developing generative AI products along the lines of OpenAI’s GPT-4 and ChatGPT, closed a $53 million extension to its previously-announced Series C funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2023 • 4:49

Chaos at OpenAI adds fuel to the AI talent poaching war

Chaos at OpenAI adds fuel to the AI talent poaching war

It may be difficult for just any company to court OpenAI employees even if compensation packages are eye-poppingly high because of loyalty to Sam Altman.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2023 • 5:07

Tinder redesigns profile pages with prompts, info tags and quiz

Tinder redesigns profile pages with prompts, info tags and quiz

Tinder is revamping its profile pages to make them more informative and create easier starting points for conversations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2023 • 2:21

Altman won’t return as OpenAI’s CEO after all

Altman won’t return as OpenAI’s CEO after all

Capping off a tumultuous weekend at OpenAI that culminated in investors — and a contingent of employees — attempting to convince the company’s board to hire back former Y Combinator president Sam Altman after firing him on Friday, Altman won’t be returning as CEO Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2023 • 4:40

Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive

Signal details costs of keeping its private messaging service alive

What price privacy? End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal has put out an interesting overview of the costs required to develop and maintain its pro-privacy systems which shield user data from tracking by default. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2023 • 5:54

Wattpad Premium subscribers now have access to 5 free monthly Wattpad Originals

Wattpad Premium subscribers now have access to 5 free monthly Wattpad Originals

Wattpad announced today “Premium Picks,” a new offering that gives Premium and Premium+ subscribers monthly access to five free Wattpad Originals—the recently launched freemium model where select authors can choose to monetize chapters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2023 • 3:33

DeepMind and YouTube release Lyria, a gen-AI model for music, and Dream Track to build AI tunes

DeepMind and YouTube release Lyria, a gen-AI model for music, and Dream Track to build AI tunes

Back in January, Google made some waves — soundwaves, that is — when it quietly released some research on AI-based music creation software that built tunes based on word prompts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2023 • 5:06

Toyota is turning to startup Redwood Materials for critical battery materials

Toyota is turning to startup Redwood Materials for critical battery materials

Battery cells produced at Toyota’s future North American EV factory will someday contain a little Redwood Materials DNA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2023 • 3:53

GM inserts exec at Cruise as safety review expands, manual self driving paused

GM inserts exec at Cruise as safety review expands, manual self driving paused

General Motors is taking a more active role in shaping the safety culture at Cruise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2023 • 3:55

Tesla hits reverse on threat to sue Cybertruck resellers

Tesla hits reverse on threat to sue Cybertruck resellers

Tesla seems to be walking back the punitive limits it placed on buyers of its yet-to-be-released Cybertrucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2023 • 2:09

Venmo gets a new way to split expenses among groups

Venmo gets a new way to split expenses among groups

PayPal-owned Venmo is rolling out a new feature starting today that will allow its users to track and manage multiple expenses among groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2023 • 3:26

TikTok’s newest feature lets you save favorite songs directly to Spotify or Amazon Music

TikTok’s newest feature lets you save favorite songs directly to Spotify or Amazon Music

TikTok is teaming up with streaming music services, including Spotify and Amazon Music, on a new feature that will allow users to save the songs they hear in TikTok videos directly to their preferred streaming music app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2023 • 5:44

Shekel Mobility, a B2B marketplace for auto dealers in Africa, raises $7M led by Ventures Platform and MaC VC

Shekel Mobility, a B2B marketplace for auto dealers in Africa, raises $7M led by Ventures Platform and MaC VC

The World Economic Forum states that Africa has an average annual demand for 2.4 million cars and 300,000 commercial vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2023 • 6:42

Bose QuietComfort Ultra earn their name and maybe even their $429 price tag

Bose QuietComfort Ultra earn their name and maybe even their $429 price tag

For years, any time someone asked what brand of headphones they should buy for a flight, the answer was a simple one syllable: Bose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2023 • 4:15

Ghost, now OpenAI-backed, claims LLMs will overcome self-driving setbacks — but experts are skeptical

Ghost, now OpenAI-backed, claims LLMs will overcome self-driving setbacks — but experts are skeptical

It’s not hyperbolic to say that the self-driving car industry is facing a reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2023 • 6:53

Tumblr to run on skeleton crew as parent company Automattic absorbs staff

Tumblr to run on skeleton crew as parent company Automattic absorbs staff

According to a leaked memo, Tumblr’s longterm financial woes have reached a breaking point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2023 • 2:59

Lyft picks comfort over sharing in bid to compete with Uber

Lyft picks comfort over sharing in bid to compete with Uber

Lyft is introducing a “more affordable sort of higher-end ride” in an attempt to offer ride-hail products that customers actually want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2023 • 3:16

OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ongoing ChatGPT outage

OpenAI blames DDoS attack for ongoing ChatGPT outage

OpenAI has confirmed that a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack is behind “periodic outages” affecting ChatGPT and its developer tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2023 • 2:40

Instagram is finally testing a feature to let you turn off read receipts for DMs

Instagram is finally testing a feature to let you turn off read receipts for DMs

By Ivan Mehta - Instagram is finally testing a feature that will let users turn off read receipts for Instagram DMs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2023 • 2:00

Samsung unveils ChatGPT alternative Samsung Gauss that can generate text, code and images

Samsung unveils ChatGPT alternative Samsung Gauss that can generate text, code and images

Written by Kate Park - Just a few days after OpenAI’s developer event, Samsung unveiled its own generative AI model, Samsung Gauss, at the Samsung AI Forum 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2023 • 3:17

GM halts production of Cruise Origin robotaxi amid suspended operations

GM halts production of Cruise Origin robotaxi amid suspended operations

Cruise is pausing production of its purpose-built robotaxi, the Origin — the autonomous vehicle company’s latest setback amid suspended operations and increased scrutiny from regulators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2023 • 3:54

WeWork, once worth $47 billion, files for bankruptcy

WeWork, once worth $47 billion, files for bankruptcy

Flexible-office-space firm WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a stunning change in fortune for the once high-flying startup co-founded by Adam Neumann and bankrolled by SoftBank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2023 • 4:48

People are turning to Snap Map for firsthand perspectives from Gaza

People are turning to Snap Map for firsthand perspectives from Gaza

The world is watching the humanitarian crisis in Gaza unfold in real time through firsthand accounts documented on, of all places, Snapchat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2023 • 7:44

Android’s new real-time app scanning aims to fight malicious sideloaded apps

Android’s new real-time app scanning aims to fight malicious sideloaded apps

Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2023 • 6:23

DoorDash adds new safety tools for its delivery people, including ‘driving insights’

DoorDash adds new safety tools for its delivery people, including ‘driving insights’

DoorDash is launching three new in-app safety tools for its delivery people, the company announced on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2023 • 2:56

X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film

X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film

Thursday on X (Twitter), all users saw the same pinned topic under the “What’s happening?” sidebar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2023 • 6:42

Dashtoon uses AI to turn storytellers into comics artists

Dashtoon uses AI to turn storytellers into comics artists

Dashtoon wants to make anyone with a story to tell into a comics artist, even if they can’t draw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2023 • 7:49

Apple Music shuts down its Siri-only Voice Plan nearly two years later

Apple Music shuts down its Siri-only Voice Plan nearly two years later

Apple Music just shut down its cheapest option—the Voice Plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2023 • 2:48

Politicians commit to collaborate to tackle AI safety, US launches safety institute

Politicians commit to collaborate to tackle AI safety, US launches safety institute

By Ingrid Lunden. The world is locked in a race, and competition, over dominance in AI, but today, a few of them appeared to come together to say that they would prefer to collaborate when it comes to mitigating risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2023 • 4:16

YouTube is now cracking down on ad-blockers globally

YouTube is now cracking down on ad-blockers globally

Written by Ivan Mehta. YouTube is now cracking down on ad-blocker usage globally, by showing warnings about breaking the platform’s terms of service. In some cases, the company is preventing users from viewing more videos unless they disable ad blocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2023 • 2:22

Apple brought back the best Mac colorway with the new M3 MacBook Pro

Apple brought back the best Mac colorway with the new M3 MacBook Pro

Apple has a new range of updated MacBook Pro notebooks, and while they get a pretty nice internal upgrade courtesy mostly of the new M3 processor lineup, the big news for aesthetes is on the outside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2023 • 3:26

Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ event video was shot on iPhone

Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ event video was shot on iPhone

In tech, ‘dogfooding’ means using your own stuff in the way you intend for your users to, which is helpful to make sure your stuff lives up to your marketing claims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2023 • 2:27

Shein adds struggling UK brand Missguided to its fashion empire

Shein adds struggling UK brand Missguided to its fashion empire

Shein, the fast fashion giant that has thrived on its nimble supply chain in China, is expanding its product range by scooping up competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2023 • 3:49

President Biden issues executive order to set standards for AI safety and security

President Biden issues executive order to set standards for AI safety and security

U.S. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that seeks to establish “new standards” for AI safety and security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2023 • 5:30

Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’

Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’

Cruise said Thursday evening it has paused all driverless operations, a decision that comes just two days after the California DMV suspended Cruise’s deployment and driverless testing permits effectively ending its robotaxi operations in the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2023 • 3:50

A year after Musk’s takeover, X says an average user spends 32 minutes per day on the platform

A year after Musk’s takeover, X says an average user spends 32 minutes per day on the platform

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of Musk taking over Twitter (now X), the company published a retrospective blog post examining how it has fared under the new management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 2023 • 4:12

Meta says users and businesses have 600 million chats on its platforms every day

Meta says users and businesses have 600 million chats on its platforms every day

Meta is doubling down on business messages for revenue generation, as Mark Zuckerberg indicated during the company’s earnings call for Q3 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 2023 • 3:35

Will X’s addition of audio and video calling create stickiness in the app?

Will X’s addition of audio and video calling create stickiness in the app?

Elon Musk announced Wednesday that an early version of video and audio calling is now available on X, formerly known as Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2023 • 4:31

California agency pulls Cruise’s commercial robotaxi permit following DMV action

California agency pulls Cruise’s commercial robotaxi permit following DMV action

The California Public Utilities Commission has suspended Cruise’s authority to carry and charge passengers for its robotaxi service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2023 • 4:26

Google is actively looking to insert different types of ads in its generative AI search

Google is actively looking to insert different types of ads in its generative AI search

Google confirmed on its earnings call that it is working on different ad formats for its generative AI-powered search experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2023 • 3:54

FCC aims to investigate the risk of AI-enhanced robocalls

FCC aims to investigate the risk of AI-enhanced robocalls

As if robocalling wasn’t already enough of a problem, the advent of easily accessible, realistic AI-powered writing and synthetic voice could supercharge the practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2023 • 3:59

Feds expand Tesla investigation to include vehicle range, personal benefits

Feds expand Tesla investigation to include vehicle range, personal benefits

Tesla has the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice — again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2023 • 2:39

After $43B valuation, Databricks acquires data replication startup Arcion for $100M

After $43B valuation, Databricks acquires data replication startup Arcion for $100M

Databricks has remained a hot startup at a time when interest from investors has cooled across the ecosystem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2023 • 5:11

Tinder’s app gets more social by letting friends play matchmaker

Tinder’s app gets more social by letting friends play matchmaker

Dating app users will often sit with friends as they swipe through their matches in order to gain feedback, or even hand over their phone and let their friends swipe for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 2023 • 4:32

Google takes aim at Duolingo with new English tutoring tool

Google takes aim at Duolingo with new English tutoring tool

Google’s gunning for Duolingo with a new Google Search feature designed to help people practice — and improve — their English skills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 2023 • 5:21

Elon Musk confirms X is soon launching two new premium tiers

Elon Musk confirms X is soon launching two new premium tiers

Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 2023 • 2:40

Sidebar thinks the key to career dev is small peer groups

Sidebar thinks the key to career dev is small peer groups

Sidebar, a company developing a group coaching program focused on driving individual career growth, today announced that it raised $13.3 million in a seed round from investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 2023 • 6:33

WhatsApp will now let log into two accounts simultaneously

WhatsApp will now let log into two accounts simultaneously

WhatsApp announced today that it is rolling out the ability for users to use two accounts simultaneously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2023 • 2:16

Foxconn and Nvidia are building ‘AI factories’ to accelerate self-driving cars

Foxconn and Nvidia are building ‘AI factories’ to accelerate self-driving cars

Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise to provide supercomputing powers to accelerate the development of self-driving cars, autonomous machines and industrial robots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2023 • 4:31

X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users

X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users

X, formerly Twitter, announced today that is starting a new experiment to charge a $1 per year fee for “new unverified” users to interact with posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2023 • 3:04

YouTube is launching new playback and creator-focused features

YouTube is launching new playback and creator-focused features

YouTube is rolling out a new set of features for better mobile-based playback, song search, and creator-friendly tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2023 • 3:31

WhatsApp is launching passkey support on Android

WhatsApp is launching passkey support on Android

WhatsApp is introducing support for passkeys on Android, the Meta-owned messaging service has announced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2023 • 2:48

General Catalyst and European early stage fund La Famiglia ‘join forces’ to invest in European startups

General Catalyst and European early stage fund La Famiglia ‘join forces’ to invest in European startups

In a move that will help cement the incursion of US-based VCs into the European ecosystem, General Catalyst and La Famiglia have announced they are, in their words, “joining forces”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2023 • 4:52

Leucine makes drug manufacturing compliance less onerous

Leucine makes drug manufacturing compliance less onerous

The compliance process at pharmaceutical manufacturers is a complicated and prone to errors because many still use paper-based systems to record manufacturing steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2023 • 5:42

Ford increases wages at planned EV battery factories amid UAW strike

Ford increases wages at planned EV battery factories amid UAW strike

Ford and its joint venture partner SK On, will increase wages at two planned EV battery factories in Kentucky and Tennessee in an effort to assuage striking autoworkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2023 • 3:22

Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision acquisition clears final hurdle as UK approves restructured deal

Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision acquisition clears final hurdle as UK approves restructured deal

Microsoft’s near-two year attempt to buy gaming giant Activision is finally happening, after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted a restructured proposal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 13, 2023 • 5:02

Twitch adds anti-harassment features to stop banned users from watching streams

Twitch adds anti-harassment features to stop banned users from watching streams

Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform’s anti-harassment features. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 13, 2023 • 4:25

Linda Yaccarino responds to EU: 700 Community Notes, 5K+ images shared on Israel-Hamas war, “thousands” of pieces of content removed

Linda Yaccarino responds to EU: 700 Community Notes, 5K+ images shared on Israel-Hamas war, “thousands” of pieces of content removed

X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, came under fire earlier this week in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2023 • 5:03

Recs is a social ‘wallet’ for stashing and sharing your favorite places

Recs is a social ‘wallet’ for stashing and sharing your favorite places

The most popular apps suck us into the technological equivalent of couch lock, but it’s easy to imagine how things might have gone differently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2023 • 7:37

Klarna launches a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool

Klarna launches a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool

Klarna is introducing a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool called Shopping lens, the company announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2023 • 3:58

Consumer payments startup Braid shuts down, cites struggles with ‘leveraging third-party software’

Consumer payments startup Braid shuts down, cites struggles with ‘leveraging third-party software’

Braid, a four-year-old startup that aimed to make shared wallets more mainstream among consumers, has shut down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2023 • 4:38

X’s new control lets only verified accounts reply to a post

X’s new control lets only verified accounts reply to a post

X has introduced a new control that limits replies to only verified accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2023 • 2:10

Prosus-backed fast-fashion startup Virgio, valued at $161 million, shuts down

Prosus-backed fast-fashion startup Virgio, valued at $161 million, shuts down

Fast-fashion startup Virgio, founded by former Myntra chief, is shutting down its operations less than a year after raising funds at a valuation of over $160 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2023 • 2:38

Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023

Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023

Nearly two years after Waymo and Geely struck a deal to develop robotaxis for the U.S. market, we are seeing concrete progress in the collaboration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2023 • 3:11

Netflix’s 6.5M India subscribers dwarfed by Prime Video and Disney, Bernstein says

Netflix’s 6.5M India subscribers dwarfed by Prime Video and Disney, Bernstein says

Netflix has “not succeeded” in scaling up its business in India despite the global streaming giant consistently lowering the subscription costs in the country, analysts at AllianceBernstein wrote in a report to clients Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2023 • 3:02

All eyes on VW after Hyundai, Kia adopt Tesla charging standard

All eyes on VW after Hyundai, Kia adopt Tesla charging standard

Hyundai and Kia have finally announced their plans to adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) ports for their electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, joining the swells of automakers that have also promised to do so. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2023 • 4:09

Union Square Ventures backs Indian EV infra startup Bolt.Earth in $20M funding

Union Square Ventures backs Indian EV infra startup Bolt.Earth in $20M funding

Bolt.Earth, an Indian startup that offers charging infrastructure and software solutions for electric vehicles, has raised $20 million in a funding round to expand its presence within the South Asian nation and enter into new markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2023 • 3:23

X cuts headlines from link previews as Musk wants users posting directly on the platform

X cuts headlines from link previews as Musk wants users posting directly on the platform

X, formerly Twitter, has started cutting headlines from link cards on the iOS app and on the web. This means you will see just an image with the domain name of the link on the bottom left, which is easy to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2023 • 2:49

In latest Cruise incident, video shows pedestrian struck by human-driven car, then run over by robotaxi

In latest Cruise incident, video shows pedestrian struck by human-driven car, then run over by robotaxi

The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an October 2 incident that left a woman stuck underneath a Cruise robotaxi after being hit by a human-driven vehicle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2023 • 5:22

Electric Hydrogen is the green hydrogen industry’s first unicorn

Electric Hydrogen is the green hydrogen industry’s first unicorn

Investors have historically been skeptical of green hydrogen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2023 • 4:32

Cloaked manages your logins with proxy emails, phone numbers and a built-in password manager

Cloaked manages your logins with proxy emails, phone numbers and a built-in password manager

Boston-based privacy and security startup Cloaked, launched its apps today to let users create unique proxy emails, phone numbers, and passwords for online accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2023 • 5:27

Stitch raises $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $46M

Stitch raises $25M Series A extension led by Ribbit Capital, increasing the round’s total to $46M

Open banking, in which traditional banks release their data via application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable the development of new financial services for their consumers, has been one of the most significant disruptions in global payments over the past decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2023 • 8:06

VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

Volkswagen’s $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2023 • 2:05

BeReal pushes back at report that it’s losing steam, says it now has 25M daily users

BeReal pushes back at report that it’s losing steam, says it now has 25M daily users

Just under a year ago, the buzzy new social app BeReal looked to be on the rise, with reportedly 20 million users launching the app every day to snap their candid photos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2023 • 6:17

SpaceX’s defense-focused Starshield satellite internet business lands first contract

SpaceX’s defense-focused Starshield satellite internet business lands first contract

SpaceX won its first contract for Starshield, the defense-focused version of its Starlink satellite internet service, from the U.S. Space Force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2023 • 3:08

Judge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers

Judge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers

In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour for New York City’s food delivery workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2023 • 4:06

Vivaldi launches an iOS version of its browser

Vivaldi launches an iOS version of its browser

Almost eight years after former Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner launched a new browser for desktop users, his company named Vivaldi has introduced its iOS version today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2023 • 3:00

X will be profitable in 2024, CEO claims in tense interview

X will be profitable in 2024, CEO claims in tense interview

According to X CEO Linda Yaccarino, the company formerly known as Twitter will be profitable by early 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2023 • 3:49

Google launches earthquake alerts on Android in India

Google launches earthquake alerts on Android in India

Google has announced the launch of its earthquake alert system for Android devices in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2023 • 2:56

The writers strike is over: here’s how AI negotiations shook out

The writers strike is over: here’s how AI negotiations shook out

After almost five months, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has reached an agreement with Hollywood studios to end the writers strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2023 • 3:32

Meta says separate account deletion for Threads will roll out by December

Meta says separate account deletion for Threads will roll out by December

After launching its text-based social network Threads in July, Meta faced criticism as there was no way for users to delete their Threads account without deleting their Instagram account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2023 • 2:53

Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music

Google Podcasts to shut down in 2024 with listeners migrated to YouTube Music

Google announced this morning it will be shutting down its Google Podcasts app later in 2024 as part of its broader transition to move its streaming listeners over to YouTube Music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2023 • 4:02

Snap partners with Microsoft on ads in its ‘My AI’ chatbot feature

Snap partners with Microsoft on ads in its ‘My AI’ chatbot feature

Snapchat has a new advertising partner in Microsoft for the ads it’s inserting into its AI product, My AI, an AI chatbot introduced earlier this year to the wider Snapchat user base. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2023 • 4:17

X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature

X will make audio and video calls a premium subscriber-only feature

Last month X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed that video calls would be coming to the app formerly known as Twitter as part of its transition into an “everything app.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2023 • 3:00

Microsoft-Activision: UK looks poised to clear restructured deal

Microsoft-Activision: UK looks poised to clear restructured deal

The UK’s competition watchdog has signalled it’s preparing to greenlight a restructured proposal for Microsoft to acquire Activision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2023 • 6:12

Threads adds easy profile switching to its mobile apps

Threads adds easy profile switching to its mobile apps

Meta-owned Twitter rival Threads has finally added a way to switch between multiple accounts without logging out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2023 • 2:16

Auctoria uses generative AI to create video game models

Auctoria uses generative AI to create video game models

Several years ago, Aleksander Caban, the co-founder of Carbon Studio, a Polish VR game developer, observed a major problem in modern game design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2023 • 5:22

Waabi and Uber Freight partner to accelerate autonomous trucking

Waabi and Uber Freight partner to accelerate autonomous trucking

Autonomous trucking startup Waabi is committing billions of miles of driverless capacity to the Uber Freight network as part of a 10-year strategic partnership between the two companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 21, 2023 • 4:34

Substack redesigns its mobile app to boost discovery and engagement

Substack redesigns its mobile app to boost discovery and engagement

Substack is overhauling its mobile app with a redesigned Home experience to boost discovery and engagement, the company announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 21, 2023 • 3:00

Airbnb is verifying all properties in its top five markets including the U.S.

Airbnb is verifying all properties in its top five markets including the U.S.

Airbnb is trying to crack down on fake listings by verifying all listings in its top five markets — US, Canada, Australia, UK, and France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2023 • 3:38

Outschool launches an AI-powered tool to help teachers write progress reports

Outschool launches an AI-powered tool to help teachers write progress reports

Outschool, the online learning platform that offers kid-friendly academic and interest-based classes, announced today the launch of its AI Teaching Assistant, a tool for tutors to generate progress reports for their students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2023 • 3:45

Darrow gets served $35M for an AI that parses public documents for class action lawsuit potential

Darrow gets served $35M for an AI that parses public documents for class action lawsuit potential

The U.S. is famous (or infamous) for its litigiousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2023 • 7:20

Bird Buddy, the AI-powered bird feeder startup, now lets anyone use its app to birdwatch

Bird Buddy, the AI-powered bird feeder startup, now lets anyone use its app to birdwatch

Bird Buddy, the startup behind multiple AI-powered smart bird feeders, including the recently announced smart Hummingbird Feeder and Bird Bath, is today launching its latest product — and it’s not another bird feeder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2023 • 4:09

Lyft to pay $10M fine to SEC for failure to disclose board member’s role in pre-IPO share sale

Lyft to pay $10M fine to SEC for failure to disclose board member’s role in pre-IPO share sale

Lyft has agreed to pay a $10 million fine over a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charge that the ride-hailing company failed to disclose a board director’s role in the sale of $424 million worth of private shares before to its initial public offering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2023 • 2:33

Meta says not planning ads on WhatsApp

Meta says not planning ads on WhatsApp

Meta on Friday disputed a media report that claimed the social giant was exploring bringing ads on the popular messaging app WhatsApp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2023 • 3:16

X launches account verification based on government ID

X launches account verification based on government ID

X, formerly Twitter, has launched government ID-based account verification for paid users to prevent impersonation and give them benefits such as “prioritized support.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2023 • 3:25

UK DeepTech gets another boost with new $100M SCVC fund out of Bristol

UK DeepTech gets another boost with new $100M SCVC fund out of Bristol

Europe has far too few VCs created by former founders, or “Operators” as the industry often likes to call them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2023 • 5:05

San Francisco requests redo on Cruise, Waymo robotaxi expansion hearing

San Francisco requests redo on Cruise, Waymo robotaxi expansion hearing

San Francisco has formally requested state regulators redo an August hearing that expanded robotaxi permits for Cruise and Waymo, giving both companies permission to widen commercial operations throughout the city 24/7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2023 • 7:12

Telegram adds a self-custodial crypto wallet worldwide, excluding the US

Telegram adds a self-custodial crypto wallet worldwide, excluding the US

Telegram, the popular chat app with 800 million monthly active users, is rolling out a self-custodial crypto wallet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2023 • 5:14

French watchdog temporarily halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels

French watchdog temporarily halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation levels

Just a few hours after Apple unveiled the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, France’s radiation watchdog (ANFR) released a public statement announcing that the iPhone 12 breaches radiation levels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2023 • 3:41

English learning platform ELSA lands $22.5M Series C

English learning platform ELSA lands $22.5M Series C

ELSA, the English language learning platform, announced today it has raised $22.5 million in Series C funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2023 • 3:23

TikTok Shop officially launches in the U.S.

TikTok Shop officially launches in the U.S.

After months of testing, TikTok has finally launched its e-commerce product, TikTok Shop, in the U.S — where it has more than 150 million users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2023 • 4:17

Google.org to invest $20M into AI-focused grants for think tanks and academic institutions

Google.org to invest $20M into AI-focused grants for think tanks and academic institutions

Ahead of Wednesday’s AI-focused private Congressional meeting with tech giants, Google this morning announced a new initiative aimed at supporting researchers and public policy solutions around AI with the debut of the Digital Futures Project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2023 • 4:27

WhatsApp has reluctantly started work on cross-platform messaging due to EU regulation

WhatsApp has reluctantly started work on cross-platform messaging due to EU regulation

Last week, the European Union named the six big tech companies that should be considered as gatekeepers in one way or another under the Digital Markets Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2023 • 3:54

Google flips the switch on interest-based ads with ‘Privacy Sandbox’ rollout

Google flips the switch on interest-based ads with ‘Privacy Sandbox’ rollout

Google is now rolling out Privacy Sandbox — its tech to replace third-party cookies — to all Chrome users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2023 • 3:48

BMW feels the heat, stops charging for warming cheeks

BMW feels the heat, stops charging for warming cheeks

When BMW started charging an $18 per month subscription for heated seats in 2022, the backlash was swift and brutal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2023 • 2:40

Instagram is testing a feature to let you share feed posts just with ‘Close Friends’

Instagram is testing a feature to let you share feed posts just with ‘Close Friends’

Instagram users have been complaining for a while about the impersonal nature of the social network largely due to its algorithmic feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2023 • 2:25

Gaming browser Opera GX integrates ChatGPT-powered AI feature

Gaming browser Opera GX integrates ChatGPT-powered AI feature

Powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the AI browser Aria launched on Opera in May to give users an easier way to search on the web, ask questions and write code. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 7, 2023 • 2:30

Arduino nabs $22 million in fresh funding to support expansion into enterprise

Arduino nabs $22 million in fresh funding to support expansion into enterprise

Odds are if you know the name Arduino, it’s through its connection to the DIY community. Much like Raspberry Pi, the company built its reputation creating microcontrollers for hobbyists. But the last few years have seen it expanding that horizon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 7, 2023 • 3:17

MetaMask now allows crypto cash-out to PayPal and banks, but fees could be high

MetaMask now allows crypto cash-out to PayPal and banks, but fees could be high

MetaMask, the world’s biggest self-custodial hot (internet-connected) wallet with over 22 million users, has added the option for users to convert cryptocurrencies into fiats like USD, as a growing list of web3 players strive to make digital assets usable in the real world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2023 • 3:47

Envisics closes $100M to advance AR heads-up display tech in cars

Envisics closes $100M to advance AR heads-up display tech in cars

Envisics, a UK-based holographics company building in-car technology that projects navigation, safety alerts and other data onto the inside of a windscreen, has closed a $100 million Series C round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2023 • 3:35

ThetaRay nabs $57M for AI tools to ID and fight money laundering

ThetaRay nabs $57M for AI tools to ID and fight money laundering

Money laundering — the process of transferring assets around in order to disguise the illicit origin of the money behind them — has been a huge and growing business for years, used by terrorists to finance their work, criminals to wash their spoils, (some) fat cats to avoid taxes and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 5, 2023 • 5:23

Lawsuit alleges no due diligence in Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch contracts to Blue Origin, ULA

Lawsuit alleges no due diligence in Amazon’s Project Kuiper launch contracts to Blue Origin, ULA

An institutional investor is suing Amazon and its board, including founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos, over hefty launch contracts they awarded to Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2023 • 4:18

How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet

How the FBI took down the notorious Qakbot botnet

A global law enforcement operation this week took down and dismantled the notorious Qakbot botnet, touted as the largest U.S.-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2023 • 7:10

Google pulls popular but controversial live video chat app Chamet from the Play Store

Google pulls popular but controversial live video chat app Chamet from the Play Store

Google has removed a popular but controversial live video chat app Chamet from the Play Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 1, 2023 • 3:08

OpenAI-backed language learning app Speak raises $16M to expand to the U.S.

OpenAI-backed language learning app Speak raises $16M to expand to the U.S.

Speak, an English language learning platform backed by OpenAI’s startup investment fund, the OpenAI Startup Fund, today announced that it raised $16 million in a Series B-2 funding round led by angel investor Lachy Groom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 1, 2023 • 4:42

X is now letting paid users hide their likes

X is now letting paid users hide their likes

Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is now rolling out a feature for paid users to let them hide their likes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 31, 2023 • 2:10

Google discontinues its Pixel Pass subscription, which combined phones and services

Google discontinues its Pixel Pass subscription, which combined phones and services

Google is discontinuing its Pixel Pass subscription service, which allowed people to get a Pixel phone combined with premium services including YouTube Premium, Google Play Pass, and YouTube Premium for a monthly fee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2023 • 2:24

Apollo.io, a full-stack sales tech platform, bags $100M at a $1.6B valuation

Apollo.io, a full-stack sales tech platform, bags $100M at a $1.6B valuation

While working at his first startup, BrainGenie, a math and science skills practice website, Tim Zheng experienced firsthand the challenge of maintaining a small business — and expanding it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2023 • 6:24

Eldercare robot ElliQ nabs another $25 million in funding

Eldercare robot ElliQ nabs another $25 million in funding

Intuition Robotics isn’t hurting for funding these days. The Israeli firm announced a $36 million Series B in the early days of the pandemic, and now it’s adding another $25 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2023 • 3:17

Splinter group officially launches OpenTF fork of HashiCorp Terraform

Splinter group officially launches OpenTF fork of HashiCorp Terraform

Earlier this month HashiCorp announced that it was changing the open source license it uses for Terraform and its other developer tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2023 • 3:27

X saw weekly active users and rankings drop post rebrand, but Twitter Lite installs grew

X saw weekly active users and rankings drop post rebrand, but Twitter Lite installs grew

Reports that X (formerly Twitter)’s downloads decreased after Elon Musk’s rebranding of the microblogging social network only tell part of the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2023 • 4:37

Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent

Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent

Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator help center.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2023 • 6:37

You can finally buy Lego’s Braille Bricks

You can finally buy Lego’s Braille Bricks

Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, regardless of location, language, or ability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 2023 • 2:52

Better.com’s stock tanks after SPAC combination brings it to the public markets

Better.com’s stock tanks after SPAC combination brings it to the public markets

Shares of Better.com are getting hammered into the ground Thursday morning after the digital mortgage company completed its long-delayed SPAC merger and began to trade as a public company for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 25, 2023 • 5:25

OpenAI partners with Scale AI to allow companies to fine-tune GPT-3.5

OpenAI partners with Scale AI to allow companies to fine-tune GPT-3.5

OpenAI, the AI startup behind the viral AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, plans to partner with third party vendors to make it easier for developers — specifically enterprises — to fine-tune its AI models using custom data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2023 • 4:09

Automakers now have to comply with MA’s Right to Repair law

Automakers now have to comply with MA’s Right to Repair law

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday automakers can comply with a Massachusetts Right to Repair law, reversing a previous directive to ignore the state legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2023 • 3:54

iOS 17 beta includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an ‘Action Button’

iOS 17 beta includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an ‘Action Button’

Apple has released iOS 17 beta 7 to developers and it includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an “Action Button.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2023 • 2:31

Chip company Arm files for Nasdaq listing in IPO anticipated to be this year’s biggest

Chip company Arm files for Nasdaq listing in IPO anticipated to be this year’s biggest

Arm, the U.K.-based chipmaker owned by Japan’s SoftBank since 2016, has filed for a Nasdaq listing under the ticker symbol “ARM,” five months after announcing it had filed confidential, preliminary IPO paperwork with U.S. regulators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2023 • 4:30

X is planning to hide headlines from news links for ‘improved aesthetics’

X is planning to hide headlines from news links for ‘improved aesthetics’

Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is planning to roll out a new way to display news links without any headline or description. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 2023 • 2:56

Mycoprotein producer Enough raises €40M toward doubling its production capacity

Mycoprotein producer Enough raises €40M toward doubling its production capacity

Now with the Netherlands factory online, Enough is ramping up to produce over a tonne of Abunda every hour and around 10,000 metric tonnes per year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 2023 • 5:00

Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash

Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash

Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 2023 • 3:46

Tumblr is rolling out a new web interface, and it looks a lot like X (formerly Twitter)

Tumblr is rolling out a new web interface, and it looks a lot like X (formerly Twitter)

Tumblr is officially rolling out a new look for its web browser after testing it with select users over the past month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 2023 • 4:11

Cruise and Waymo see a surge in robotaxi app downloads

Cruise and Waymo see a surge in robotaxi app downloads

Consumer interest in Cruise and Waymo’s competing robotaxi services surged following a vote last week by the California Public Utilities Commission that allowed the two companies to expand and charge for their driverless car operations in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 2023 • 4:18

New York City bans TikTok on government-issued devices

New York City bans TikTok on government-issued devices

New York City becomes the latest government to issue new rules banning TikTok, a measure meant to ward off potential security threats from China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 2023 • 4:38

EV maker Vinfast still worth more than Ford and GM after stock tanks 19%

EV maker Vinfast still worth more than Ford and GM after stock tanks 19%

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast’s debut Tuesday on the Nasdaq public exchange was nothing short of remarkable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2023 • 2:47

Electrify America-backed 75MW solar farm kicks off operations

Electrify America-backed 75MW solar farm kicks off operations

Electrify America, the EV charging company created by Volkswagen in the aftermath of its diesel emissions scandal, said on Tuesday that a new, 75 megawatt solar farm in Southern California is now up and running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2023 • 3:21

Bluesky adds self-labeling for posts and a dedicated media tab for profiles

Bluesky adds self-labeling for posts and a dedicated media tab for profiles

X- (previously Twitter) and Threads-rival Bluesky has started allowing users to self-tag their posts so they can be automatically filtered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2023 • 2:56

Tesla reassures Chinese users on data security amid spying concerns

Tesla reassures Chinese users on data security amid spying concerns

The relationship between American tech giants and the Chinese government has never been an easy one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2023 • 5:35

Rocket Lab to launch a pair of climate satellites for NASA

Rocket Lab to launch a pair of climate satellites for NASA

Rocket Lab will launch two small satellites for NASA that could help scientists better understand how a warming climate will affect the massive ice shelves at the Earth’s poles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2023 • 2:56

Bugs in transportation app Moovit gave hackers free rides

Bugs in transportation app Moovit gave hackers free rides

Hackers could have hijacked the user accounts of a popular transportation app and used them to get free rides and access people’s personal information, according to a security researcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2023 • 3:54

Mastercard to purchase a minority stake in MTN’s $5.2B fintech business

Mastercard to purchase a minority stake in MTN’s $5.2B fintech business

Mastercard has agreed to purchase a minority stake in the fintech division of MTN Group, Africa’s largest cellphone provider, which it values at $5.2 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2023 • 4:30

Electric aircraft makers Wisk and Archer end bitter legal dispute, agree to work together

Electric aircraft makers Wisk and Archer end bitter legal dispute, agree to work together

Electric aircraft rivals Wisk and Archer Aviation have settled their trade secret legal dispute more than two years after the lawsuit was originally filed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2023 • 4:05

Cruise and Waymo win robotaxi expansions in San Francisco

Cruise and Waymo win robotaxi expansions in San Francisco

In a win for the autonomous vehicle industry, California regulators have given the green light to Cruise and Waymo to offer commercial robotaxi services across San Francisco 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2023 • 5:50

VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries

VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries

We’ve seen the rise of no-code and low-code platforms being applied to any number of applications and use-cases. What would happen if this thinking was applied to metaverse-style virtual worlds? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2023 • 5:20

Belarus hackers target foreign diplomats with help of local ISPs, researchers say

Belarus hackers target foreign diplomats with help of local ISPs, researchers say

Hackers with apparent links to the Belarusian government have been targeting foreign diplomats in the country for nearly 10 years, according to security researchers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2023 • 4:17

Duolingo spotted developing a music learning app

Duolingo spotted developing a music learning app

Work on Duolingo’s next big app, Duolingo Music, is well on its way, according to new findings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2023 • 3:00

Astranis gives its “secret satellite” a formal introduction

Astranis gives its “secret satellite” a formal introduction

When news broke last month that Astranis’ first commercial satellite in orbit malfunctioned, the company made an unexpected announcement: it had a backup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2023 • 3:35

Paramount+ tops 61 million subscribers after Showtime merger

Paramount+ tops 61 million subscribers after Showtime merger

Paramount said that it added 700,000 subscribers to Paramount+ in Q2 2023 after the company launched a subscription tier with Showtime integration in June. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2023 • 3:04

Europe confirms in-depth probe for Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition

Europe confirms in-depth probe for Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2023 • 4:03

Array Labs is scanning the Earth from space to equip autonomous vehicles with 3D maps

Array Labs is scanning the Earth from space to equip autonomous vehicles with 3D maps

It’s an oft-told story: the boom of space startups today can be traced to dramatically lowered cost in launch and satellite manufacturing over the past ten years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2023 • 4:24

India pushes ahead with data privacy bill despite pushback from critics

India pushes ahead with data privacy bill despite pushback from critics

India’s lower house of parliament greenlit the revised data privacy legislation presented the previous week, even as the bill has received criticism, with many believing that it grants significant discretionary authority to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2023 • 4:01

AI.com flips from ChatGPT to Elon Musk’s X.ai

AI.com flips from ChatGPT to Elon Musk’s X.ai

There was a bit of a hubbub in February as it emerged that OpenAI had seemingly purchased AI.com in order to redirect it to the ChatGPT web interface.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 7, 2023 • 3:44

GoStudent adds another $95M to its war-chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring

GoStudent adds another $95M to its war-chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring

GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far – has now raised another $95 million in what it calls as strategic fundraise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 4, 2023 • 2:18

DJI’s new GoPro competitor launches at $399

DJI’s new GoPro competitor launches at $399

The DJI/GoPro relationship has been an uneasy one ever since planned drone collaboration fell back down to earth some eight or so years back.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 4, 2023 • 2:33

Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin

Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin

Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in Austin  — putting the company once again in direct competition with rival Cruise.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2023 • 2:41

Tinder to launch a ‘high-end’ membership this fall amid product refresh

Tinder to launch a ‘high-end’ membership this fall amid product refresh

Tinder is preparing to launch a new “high-end” membership later this fall as well as a product refresh aimed at better catering to Gen Z users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2023 • 3:44

This California agency wants to know what happens to all that connected car data

This California agency wants to know what happens to all that connected car data

The troves of data collected by today’s modern connected cars has long been viewed as a cash cow — a yet untapped opportunity that could boost profits for automakers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2023 • 4:32

Rapyd acquires a piece of PayU from Prosus for $610M to scale its fintech-as-a-service platform

Rapyd acquires a piece of PayU from Prosus for $610M to scale its fintech-as-a-service platform

Rapyd, the fintech-as-a-service startup that provides APIs to enable payments, card issuing, digital wallet and other financial services to companies like Uber and Ikea, is taking a significant step forward in its growth with a big acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2023 • 4:45

Reddit updates its site design for logged-out users

Reddit updates its site design for logged-out users

Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and better communities and related post suggestions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2023 • 3:22

China’s cutthroat e-commerce tactic goes global as Shein-Temu war escalates

China’s cutthroat e-commerce tactic goes global as Shein-Temu war escalates

The battle between two of China’s largest e-commerce firms is heating up, as they take the cutthroat tactics that have long been around in the country to the international markets they both covet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2023 • 3:27

Walmart pays $1.4 billion to buy Tiger Global’s remaining Flipkart stake

Walmart pays $1.4 billion to buy Tiger Global’s remaining Flipkart stake

Walmart paid $1.4 billion to buy out Tiger Global’s remaining holding of Flipkart shares as the retail giant further expands its stake in the Indian e-commerce startup.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 2023 • 2:34

A new study found that Facebook’s Pages and Groups shape its ideological echo chambers

A new study found that Facebook’s Pages and Groups shape its ideological echo chambers

New research published Thursday offers an unprecedented dive into political behavior across Facebook and Instagram — two major online hubs where people express and engage with their political beliefs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 2023 • 4:43

AMD plans to invest $400 million in India by 2028

AMD plans to invest $400 million in India by 2028

AMD plans to invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and set up its largest R&D facility in the country’s southern city of Bengaluru. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 2023 • 3:21

Cash-strapped instant delivery giant Getir, trying to close funding, pulls out of Spain, Italy and Portugal

Cash-strapped instant delivery giant Getir, trying to close funding, pulls out of Spain, Italy and Portugal

More tough times for the instant-delivery startups that once flooded the markets of Europe.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 2023 • 5:47

Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malware

Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malware

Hackers are infecting players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads automatically in online lobbies, according to two analyses of the malware.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2023 • 2:32

Amazon makes bid to settle UK antitrust probe into seller data, Buy Box and Prime

Amazon makes bid to settle UK antitrust probe into seller data, Buy Box and Prime

In a move seeking to settle an open antitrust investigation in the UK, Amazon has offered to limit its use of data on marketplace sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2023 • 5:40

Trustmi lands $17M to scale its payments fraud prevention tech

Trustmi lands $17M to scale its payments fraud prevention tech

Shai Gabay and Eli Ben-Nun, two entrepreneurs based in Israel, met in 2018 while working at Cynet, a cybersecurity startup developing extended detection and response tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2023 • 3:24

Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition

French aerospace and defence group Thales is procuring cybersecurity company Imperva from Thoma Bravo in a deal worth $3.6 billion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2023 • 2:15

Spotify reports strong user growth as it is raising subscription price

Spotify reports strong user growth as it is raising subscription price

Spotify just reported its second-quarter earnings and the two most impressive metrics are the number of subscribers and the total number of Spotify users.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2023 • 3:31

Spotify confirms price hike

Spotify confirms price hike

Spotify has announced that it’s raising its premium plan prices, confirming reports that first started to surface over the weekend.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2023 • 2:38

Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’

Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 24, 2023 • 2:31

SpaceX’s Swarm Technologies is halting new device sales

SpaceX’s Swarm Technologies is halting new device sales

Swarm, the Internet-of-Things connectivity provider that was acquired by SpaceX, will no longer be selling new devices, according to an email sent to customers earlier this month.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 24, 2023 • 2:08

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora sells $820M worth of stock

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora sells $820M worth of stock

Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024, has completed a capital raise of $820 million from a public and concurrent private offering of its stock. The company expects the deal to close Friday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 2023 • 3:41

Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others

Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others

Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 2023 • 4:14

Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad

Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad

A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2023 • 4:18

Farizon, Geely’s truck unit, raised $600M to expand outside China

Farizon, Geely’s truck unit, raised $600M to expand outside China

Farizon, a maker of hybrid and electric trucks owned by China’s Geely, has closed a $600 million Series A raise, the company said in a statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2023 • 2:53

UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition

UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition

The U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2023 • 2:41

TikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry

TikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry

TikTok is launching a new program that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists in the music industry, the company announced on Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2023 • 4:03

Hammerspace ingests $56M for a new approach to work with vast amounts of unstructured data

Hammerspace ingests $56M for a new approach to work with vast amounts of unstructured data

Data may be “the new oil,” but only when it can be extracted and put to use.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2023 • 4:57

Intel backs Figure’s Humanoid robot to the tune of $9 million

Intel backs Figure’s Humanoid robot to the tune of $9 million

Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure this week announced that its humanoid officially took its first steps — a milestone it hit a few days shy of of the company’s first anniversary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2023 • 3:00

Tesla announces first Cybertruck build ahead of Q2 earnings

Tesla announces first Cybertruck build ahead of Q2 earnings

Tesla over the weekend said its first much anticipated Cybertruck came off the electric vehicle maker’s production line in Texas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2023 • 3:44

Google Play Games beta for PC expands to over 60 new countries including India

Google Play Games beta for PC expands to over 60 new countries including India

Google has finally launched its Play Games beta for PC project, which lets users play Android games on their Windows systems, in India after introducing it in more than 50 countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2023 • 2:00

India’s Chandrayaan-3 blasts off to the moon

India’s Chandrayaan-3 blasts off to the moon

Chandrayaan-3, India’s third mission to the moon, has taken off successfully — almost four years after its predecessor failed to touch down on the lunar surface in 2019.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 2023 • 4:53

Cruise, Waymo say humans are bad drivers amid robotaxi permit delays

Cruise, Waymo say humans are bad drivers amid robotaxi permit delays

Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have separately pushed a narrative this week that humans are bad drivers, and that their technologies are crucial to making roads safer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 2023 • 5:14

Defacto gets new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies

Defacto gets new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies

French startup Defacto has closed a new securitization fund that will be used to provide short-term loans to small and medium enterprises via an embedded, API-first approach.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 2023 • 3:26

Google’s Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages

Google’s Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages

Google is making its ChatGPT rival Bard available to a wider audience today, launching the generative AI chatbot in more than 40 languages and finally bringing it to the European Union (EU) after an initial delay due to data privacy concerns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 2023 • 6:02

Gmail brings in Calendly-style availability sharing from Google Calendar

Gmail brings in Calendly-style availability sharing from Google Calendar

On Tuesday, Google released new scheduling-related features for Gmail with Google Calendar integration including quick event creation and easy availability sharing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2023 • 1:52

Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote

Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote

Roku is partnering with Shopify to give users the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants through their TVs, the hardware company announced Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2023 • 2:32

Discord introduces new opt-in parental controls for teens

Discord introduces new opt-in parental controls for teens

Discord is introducing a new Family Center opt-in-tool that is designed to make it easy for parents and guardians to learn more about who their teens are friends with and talk to on the platform, the company announced on Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2023 • 2:57

Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days

Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days

Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2023 • 2:32

If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan?

If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan?

You enjoyed his iMacs, his iPhones, his iPads. You thrilled at the way he said “aluminium” [sic]. You admired the typeface.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 2023 • 2:51

Tesla to provide more info on its driver alert system amid Autopilot probe

Tesla to provide more info on its driver alert system amid Autopilot probe

U.S. regulators have requested more information from Tesla to assist in their ongoing investigation into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that include Autopilot, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 2023 • 3:11

EV truck maker Nikola fails again to secure enough shareholder support to issue more shares

EV truck maker Nikola fails again to secure enough shareholder support to issue more shares

Nikola failed for the second time since June to get enough shareholders to vote on a proposal that would allow the EV truck maker to issue more shares in a bid to raise more capital.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2023 • 2:12

TikTok launches a music streaming service in Brazil and Indonesia called ‘TikTok Music’

TikTok launches a music streaming service in Brazil and Indonesia called ‘TikTok Music’

TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 7, 2023 • 4:14

Threads won’t be fun — but it will give brands a home away from Twitter

Threads won’t be fun — but it will give brands a home away from Twitter

There are many Twitters now, but we may never have another Twitter again.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 7, 2023 • 6:04

China’s WeRide secures self-driving vehicle license from UAE

China’s WeRide secures self-driving vehicle license from UAE

The United Arab Emirates has given Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide the first national license for self-driving vehicles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 2023 • 4:36

Rivian delivers first electric vans to Amazon in Europe

Rivian delivers first electric vans to Amazon in Europe

Amazon has begun rolling out its custom electric delivery vans from Rivian in Europe, the e-commerce giant said Monday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 2023 • 2:54

Kentucky is the latest state to mandate Tesla’s charging plug

Kentucky is the latest state to mandate Tesla’s charging plug

Kentucky now requires that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s charging plug if they want to secure federal funds from a state program to electrify highways, Reuters reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2023 • 3:01

Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord

Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord

Fidelity has further slashed the estimated worth of its holding in social platform Reddit and chat app Discord as well as SaaS startup Gupshup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 3, 2023 • 2:06

TikTok parent ByteDance launches music creation and audio editing app in closed beta in the US

TikTok parent ByteDance launches music creation and audio editing app in closed beta in the US

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance announced today that it’s launching a new, free-to-use music production app in closed beta in the United States.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 3, 2023 • 3:41

Get a clue, says panel about generative AI: it’s being “deployed as surveillance”

Get a clue, says panel about generative AI: it’s being “deployed as surveillance”

At a Bloomberg conference in San Francisco, some of the biggest names in AI turned up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 2023 • 6:02

Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas

Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas

Halo Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 2023 • 4:26

Techstars raising $150 million for new accelerator fund

Techstars raising $150 million for new accelerator fund

The accelerator is seeking new capital ahead of the end of the deployment period of its third institutionally-backed fund, Techstars Accelerator 2021, late this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2023 • 2:35

Reddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visits

Reddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visits

Reddit community moderators made a bold move earlier this month that caused quite a stir online.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2023 • 4:26

Rocket Lab doubles down on marine booster recovery with next Electron launch

Rocket Lab doubles down on marine booster recovery with next Electron launch

Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission will include another marine recovery attempt of the rocket’s booster, the latest step by the company to advance its reusability program.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2023 • 2:48

CalypsoAI raises $23M to add guardrails to generative AI models

CalypsoAI raises $23M to add guardrails to generative AI models

Companies are increasingly embracing generative AI.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2023 • 5:57

Redpanda nabs $100M Series C as streaming service experiences significant growth

Redpanda nabs $100M Series C as streaming service experiences significant growth

Redpanda helps companies capture data in real time in a modern context, providing a new way to stream data while maintaining backwards compatibility with Kafka, the popular open source streaming project.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2023 • 3:00

Aston Martin taps Lucid to help develop electric vehicles

Aston Martin taps Lucid to help develop electric vehicles

Lucid Group, the U.S. automaker that produces the luxury all-electric Air sedan, will supply Aston Martin with powertrain components for future electric vehicle models, the companies said Monday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2023 • 2:25

UTU raises $35M to help travelers get more from tax-free shopping

UTU raises $35M to help travelers get more from tax-free shopping

Utu, a travel tech company that helps flyers get more out of their tax-free shopping, announced today it has raised a $35 million Series B led by SC Ventures.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 2023 • 3:34

SoulCycle to offer trainer-guided virtual work sessions with the FLOWN startup

SoulCycle to offer trainer-guided virtual work sessions with the FLOWN startup

FLOWN is a startup that took the idea of the sort of ‘virtual co-working’ some of us during the pandemic just have some company during lockdowns, and created a model of guided “deep work” sessions with actual coaches.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 2023 • 4:38

Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month

Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month

Time to get a jump on all of that spatial computing. Apple today announced that its visionOS software development kit is now available, allowing 3D parties to begin building content for the Vision Pro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 2023 • 4:27

Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users

Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users

Roblox is well aware that its young users are getting older, and the company is making every effort to grow up along with them. The platform, once synonymous with younger kids, announced Tuesday that it would allow creators to build mature content designed for users age 17 and up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2023 • 3:53

Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games

Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games

Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels. The company announced Tuesday that it would introduce a new set of content labels that require streamers to signal when their channels will contain sexual themes, graphic violence, “drugs, intoxication, or excessive tobacco use.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2023 • 4:04

Consumer group calls on EU to urgently investigate ‘the risks of generative AI’

Consumer group calls on EU to urgently investigate ‘the risks of generative AI’

European regulators are at a crossroads over how AI will be regulated — and ultimately used commercially and non-commercially — in the region, and today the EU’s largest consumer group, the BEUC, weighed in with its own position: stop dragging your feet, and “launch urgent investigations into the risks of generative AI” now, it said.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2023 • 5:14

Oracle launches its ‘sovereign cloud’ for EU customers

Oracle launches its ‘sovereign cloud’ for EU customers

Oracle is formally launching its “EU Sovereign cloud” for customers in the European Union (EU) today, nearly a year after firs revealing plans for the initiative. So-called “digital sovereignty” has emerged as a critical issue for companies operating across the EU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2023 • 5:11

Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reason

Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reason

Mercedes owners in the U.S. will soon add a new luxury to their already luxurious vehicles: ChatGPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2023 • 4:05

Twitter competitor Spill launches in beta on iOS

Twitter competitor Spill launches in beta on iOS

From a team of ex-Twitter employees, the new social platform Spill launched in an invite-only beta on the App Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 2023 • 4:51

Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces

Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces

The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 2023 • 3:47

Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator

Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K.”  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 2023 • 3:37

BYD is overtaking Tesla, but its EV dream skips the US for now

BYD is overtaking Tesla, but its EV dream skips the US for now

A Chinese electric vehicle brand that’s rarely spotted in the U.S. is quickly catching up to Tesla’s dominance of the global EV market. BYD, which started in Shenzhen 28 years ago, delivered 547,917 passenger EVs, including hybrids, a category it’s known for, in the first quarter of 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 15, 2023 • 3:42

Ransomware gang lists first victims of MOVEit mass-hacks, including US banks and universities

Ransomware gang lists first victims of MOVEit mass-hacks, including US banks and universities

Clop, the ransomware gang responsible for exploiting a critical security vulnerability in a popular corporate file transfer tool, has begun listing victims of the mass-hacks, including a number of U.S. banks and universities. The Russia-linked ransomware gang has been exploiting the security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, a tool used by corporations and enterprises to share. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 15, 2023 • 5:34

Uber leads $20M round in India’s Everest Fleet for EV expansion

Uber leads $20M round in India’s Everest Fleet for EV expansion

Uber has led a $20 million round into Everest Fleet, a Mumbai-based fleet management company that boasts over 10,000 vehicles running on rideshare platforms Uber and Ola throughout India. The company will use the funds to accelerate its transition to electric vehicles, with a goal of having 10,000 EVs in its fleet by 2026.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2023 • 2:24

EV laggard Toyota says its next-gen EVs will have over 600 miles range

EV laggard Toyota says its next-gen EVs will have over 600 miles range

Toyota plans to introduce a high-performance lithium-ion battery to its next-generation electric vehicles by 2026, part of the automaker’s new technology roadmap revealed Tuesday. The batteries will deliver quicker charging and around 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) of range, which would put Toyota’s vehicles ahead of the competition. Toyota has historically trailed behind other major automakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2023 • 5:33

Striveworks snaps up first funding of $33M to build tools for machine learning operations

Striveworks snaps up first funding of $33M to build tools for machine learning operations

MLOps, or DevOps for those working with machine learning models, has seen a boom of interest in the last year, and that should come as no surprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2023 • 5:31

US intelligence confirms it buys Americans’ personal data

US intelligence confirms it buys Americans’ personal data

A newly declassified government report confirms for the first time that U.S. intelligence and spy agencies purchase vast amounts of commercially available information on Americans, including data from connected vehicles, web browsing data, and smartphones.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2023 • 4:28

London lures a16z’s first international office with ‘predictable’ crypto regs

London lures a16z’s first international office with ‘predictable’ crypto regs

US VC giant Andreessen Horowitz — which has about $35bn in assets under management — is to open its first (yes, the first) international office in London, led by one of the firm’s general partners, Sriram Krishnan.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2023 • 4:01

Barracuda urges customers to remove and replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers

Barracuda urges customers to remove and replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers

Barracuda Networks has told customers they must replace vulnerable email gateway appliances following the disclosure of a critical security flaw.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2023 • 2:58

Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B

Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B

Nasdaq today revealed that it’s doling out $10.5 billion to acquire Adenza, a company that develops risk-management and related regulatory software for the financial services market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2023 • 2:29

Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderatos as its employees

Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderatos as its employees

Meta is set to appeal Kenya’s court decision declaring it as the primary employer of the moderators that review content on its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2023 • 4:08

Adobe brings Firefly to the enterprise

Adobe brings Firefly to the enterprise

Adobe today announced that it is bringing its Firefly generative image generator to its enterprise customers and allowing them to customize the model with their own branded assets.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2023 • 3:47

Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America

Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America

Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said Thursday at its Go-Get product event in London.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 8, 2023 • 2:12

Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress

Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to the open-source WordPress project, launched an AI assistant for the popular content management system on Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 8, 2023 • 2:04

Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot

Blush, the AI lover from the same team as Replika, is more than just a sexbot

The team behind the AI friendship bot Replika is launching another AI companion — one that’s made to flirt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2023 • 6:48

Apple Vision Pro: Here’s everything you need to know

Apple Vision Pro: Here’s everything you need to know

At its annual WWDC 2023 conference, Apple took the wraps off of the Vision Pro, its long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2023 • 5:14

Byju’s files suit challenging acceleration of $1.2B loan, seeks to disqualify Redwood for ‘predatory’ tactics

Byju’s files suit challenging acceleration of $1.2B loan, seeks to disqualify Redwood for ‘predatory’ tactics

Indian edtech giant Byju’s has filed a complaint in the New York Supreme Court to challenge the acceleration of the $1.2 billion term loan B and to disqualify Redwood, who it alleges has conducted a series of predatory tactics.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2023 • 2:40

As Deeptech and AI explodes, European Deeptech VC IQ Capital closes new $200M fund

As Deeptech and AI explodes, European Deeptech VC IQ Capital closes new $200M fund

European Deeptech startups get another shot in the arm this week in the shape of IQ Capital’s new $200m venture fund. The new fund takes its assets under management to more than $1bn.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2023 • 2:35

YouTube rolls back its rules against election misinformation

YouTube rolls back its rules against election misinformation

YouTube was the slowest major platform to disallow misinformation during the 2020 U.S. election and almost three years later, the company will toss that policy out altogether. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2023 • 2:28

NestAway, once valued at over $225 million, sells for $11 million

NestAway, once valued at over $225 million, sells for $11 million

PropTech firm Aurum is acquiring NestAway, a once high-flying Indian startup operating in the same space, for up to $10.9 million, in a deal that marks a near complete erosion in value for the startup’s investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2023 • 1:46

Shopify’s Shop app introduces a new ‘Shop Cash’ rewards program

Shopify’s Shop app introduces a new ‘Shop Cash’ rewards program

Shopify’s Shop app is introducing a new rewards program called Shop Cash, the e-commerce platform announced on Friday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2023 • 2:34

Enzo Biochem says ransomware attack exposed clinical test data of 2.5 million patients

Enzo Biochem says ransomware attack exposed clinical test data of 2.5 million patients

Enzo Biochem, a New York-based biotechnology company, has confirmed that a ransomware attack exposed the clinical test information of almost 2.5 million patients.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2023 • 2:34

Legal tech firm Casepoint investigates breach after hackers claim theft of government data

Legal tech firm Casepoint investigates breach after hackers claim theft of government data

Casepoint says it’s investigating a potential cybersecurity incident after hackers claimed to have compromised the legal technology platform to steal terabytes of sensitive data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 1, 2023 • 2:59

Flighty’s tool will help you connect with fellow WWDC attendees

Flighty’s tool will help you connect with fellow WWDC attendees

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) is now just less than a week away. Many developer communities are already organizing watch parties across the world.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 1, 2023 • 1:39

Volvo’s new small EV tries to optimize space with Scandinavian design

Volvo’s new small EV tries to optimize space with Scandinavian design

Volvo is continuing to drip-feed more information about its upcoming electric Volvo EX30 small SUV. Last week the automaker promised the new EV would have the smallest carbon footprint of any previously made Volvo vehicle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2023 • 3:54

OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app now available in Canada, India, Brazil and 30 more countries

OpenAI’s ChatGPT iOS app now available in Canada, India, Brazil and 30 more countries

OpenAI has expanded the availability of its ChatGPT app for iOS users in India and 32 other countries — just a week after its launching it in the U.S.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2023 • 2:37

Bernstein pegs Reliance as India’s eventual e-commerce kingpin

Bernstein pegs Reliance as India’s eventual e-commerce kingpin

The Indian conglomerate Reliance is poised to outpace Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart in the race for the country’s $150 billion e-commerce market Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2023 • 3:40

Ford to bring Tesla’s charging tech into its future EVs

Ford to bring Tesla’s charging tech into its future EVs

Ford has reached an agreement with rival Tesla that will give owners of Ford’s EVs access to more than 12,000 Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2023 • 3:03

Applied Intuition to buy autonomous trucking SPAC Embark for $71M

Applied Intuition to buy autonomous trucking SPAC Embark for $71M

Embark Trucks, the autonomous trucking company that recently cut 70% of its workforce, is being acquired by Applied Intuition, a simulation and software provider for autonomous vehicle development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 2023 • 3:23

Ambani’s Reliance targets Indian fashion e-commerce with low-cost model

Ambani’s Reliance targets Indian fashion e-commerce with low-cost model

Reliance Industries, run by India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, is gearing up to deploy a winning strategy from its past playbook for the fashion market: low-cost products.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 2023 • 2:28

Elon Musk says Tesla might ‘open source more code’ to other automakers

Elon Musk says Tesla might ‘open source more code’ to other automakers

Elon Musk suggested Thursday during a Twitter Spaces with Ford CEO Jim Farley that Tesla might open up some of its automotive operating system code to other automakers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 26, 2023 • 4:06

Arc browser’s new tool lets you remove some elements from a website

Arc browser’s new tool lets you remove some elements from a website

The Browser Company, the company behind the web browser Arc, introduced a fun new tool today called Boosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 26, 2023 • 3:17

The official ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries

The official ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries

OpenAI has announced in a tweet that the official ChatGPT mobile app is now available in more countries.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 2023 • 2:55

SoundCloud lays off 8% of staff as it aims to reach profitability this year

SoundCloud lays off 8% of staff as it aims to reach profitability this year

Music streaming platform SoundCloud has laid off 8% of its staff according to multiple reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 2023 • 2:10

Figure raises $70M to build its humanoid robots

Figure raises $70M to build its humanoid robots

I spent a bit of time at Figure’s Sunnyvale offices during a recent visit to the South Bay.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2023 • 3:11

Proton launches family subscription plan for privacy app suite starting at $20 per month

Proton launches family subscription plan for privacy app suite starting at $20 per month

Privacy-centric software maker Proton has launched a new family plan starting at $19.99 (€19.99) per month, giving up to six family members access to its entire application suite.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2023 • 3:16

Former Apple engineer’s Mimestream app is a nifty Gmail client for Mac

Former Apple engineer’s Mimestream app is a nifty Gmail client for Mac

Former Apple engineer Neil Jhaveri has been working on an email app for Mac called Mimestream. It is now out of beta after a long test phase of more than two years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2023 • 2:49

Meta ordered to suspend Facebook EU data flows as it’s hit with €1.2BN privacy fine

Meta ordered to suspend Facebook EU data flows as it’s hit with €1.2BN privacy fine

It’s finally happened: Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been hit with a formal suspension order requiring it to stop exporting European Union user data to the US for processing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2023 • 4:06

China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over ‘national security’ risks

China bans Micron chips in key infrastructure over ‘national security’ risks

China has banned some sales of Micron products after launching a probe into the American memory chip giant for cybersecurity risks in early April.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2023 • 3:24

Restaurant365 gobbles up $135M to supersize its software for the food service industry

Restaurant365 gobbles up $135M to supersize its software for the food service industry

The price of food continues to go up and up, but surprisingly that hasn’t (yet?) played out as pressure on the wider restaurant industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2023 • 5:17

Apple releases iOS 16.5 with a new sports tab in Apple News

Apple releases iOS 16.5 with a new sports tab in Apple News

Apple released iOS 16.5 Thursday to all users with a new sports tab in the Apple News app. The tab acts as a hub for scores, match schedules, and articles for your favorite sports teams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 2023 • 1:39

FTC says popular fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms

FTC says popular fertility tracking app Premom shared sensitive data with Chinese analytics firms

A popular fertility tracking app shared users’ sensitive health information with third-party advertisers without their consent, a new Federal Trade Commission complaint alleges.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 2023 • 4:01

1Password’s new service lets businesses quickly adopt passkeys

1Password’s new service lets businesses quickly adopt passkeys

Password manager 1Password today launched a new service, Passage by 1Password, that’s designed to allow businesses to build passkey authentication into their apps and websites without having to maintain their own security infrastructure.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 2023 • 4:51

Disney+ changes up its release model, plans to launch all ‘Echo’ episodes at once

Disney+ changes up its release model, plans to launch all ‘Echo’ episodes at once

President of Marvel Studios Kevin Fiege took to the Disney Upfront stage Tuesday to announce that Marvel’s new Disney+ show, “Echo,” is getting a binge release– a first for an MCU series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 2023 • 3:03

Amazon undercuts the Echo Dot with the $40 Echo Pop

Amazon undercuts the Echo Dot with the $40 Echo Pop

You know the old saying: If you don’t like Amazon Echo’s form factors, just wait a few minutes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2023 • 4:32

Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst

Youth mental health startup Somethings launches with a $3.2M raise led by General Catalyst

When he was 10 years old, Patrick Gilligan’s childhood struggle with food began.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2023 • 5:29

UK’s Space Forge debuts new reentry tech for in-space manufacturing satellites

UK’s Space Forge debuts new reentry tech for in-space manufacturing satellites

Welsh in-space manufacturing startup Space Forge has developed a satellite reentry system to enable rapid recovery and reuse of its in-space manufacturing spacecraft.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2023 • 4:04

US pharmacy giant says hackers accessed personal data of almost 6 million patients

US pharmacy giant says hackers accessed personal data of almost 6 million patients

One of the largest pharmacy service providers in the United States has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of almost six million patients.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2023 • 2:53

Apple partner Foxconn to invest $500 million in India’s Telangana

Apple partner Foxconn to invest $500 million in India’s Telangana

Foxconn will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the latest in a series of bets from the key Apple contract partner as it expands its base in the South Asian market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 2023 • 2:32

Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade

Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade

Toyota Japan has apologized after admitting to leaving millions of customers’ vehicle details on the public internet for a decade.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 2023 • 2:19

TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature

TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature

TikTok has upended how music is discovered, used and consumed these days; now, its long-term effort to build a business around that is getting a boost.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2023 • 5:22

Pinterest is combining Pins and Idea Pins into a single format

Pinterest is combining Pins and Idea Pins into a single format

As Pinterest further shifts its focus to video content following the development of its video-focused Idea Pins, the company says it will now streamline its tools for all Pin formats into one creation flow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2023 • 3:57

Study says App Store revenue of small developers grew by 71% in last two years

Study says App Store revenue of small developers grew by 71% in last two years

Apple just released findings from an independent study, which highlighted that the revenue of small developers on the App Store grew by 71% from 2020 to 2022.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2023 • 3:00

Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders

Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders

Clearview AI, the US startup that’s attracted notoriety in recent years for a massive privacy violation after it scraped selfies off the Internet and used people’s data to build a facial recognition tool it pitched to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2023 • 7:16

Vast and SpaceX aim to put the first commercial space station in orbit in 2025

Vast and SpaceX aim to put the first commercial space station in orbit in 2025

Artificial gravity space station startup Vast announced that it intends to put the first commercial space station in orbit in August 2025 via launch partner SpaceX. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2023 • 2:25

UK greenlights $7.3B merger between satellite rivals Viasat and Inmarsat

UK greenlights $7.3B merger between satellite rivals Viasat and Inmarsat

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially greenlighted the proposed $7.3 billion merger between Viasat and Inmarsat.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2023 • 2:21

Porsche taps Mobileye for automated driving functions in future models

Porsche taps Mobileye for automated driving functions in future models

Porsche has partnered with Mobileye, the autonomous driving unit that Intel spun out into a public company last year, to bring hands-free automated assistance and navigation functions to future sports cars, the companies said Tuesday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2023 • 3:37

Western Digital tells customers that hackers stole their data

Western Digital tells customers that hackers stole their data

On Friday, a month after the company revealed it had been the victim of a data breach, Western Digital published an update on the incident and notified customers that their data was stolen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2023 • 3:46

Virgin Galactic aims for triumphant return with crewed flight at the end of May

Virgin Galactic aims for triumphant return with crewed flight at the end of May

Virgin Galactic will return to the skies later this month, in a crewed mission that the company hopes will bring to an end the nearly three-year gap since its first and only crewed flight in July 2021.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2023 • 3:16

Security researcher finds trove of Capita data exposed online

Security researcher finds trove of Capita data exposed online

London-based outsourcing giant Capita left a trove of data exposed online for 7 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2023 • 3:05

Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline

Samsung surpasses Apple in smartphone shipments by 1% amid persisting market decline

Samsung overtook Apple through a slender 1% lead to secure the top spot in smartphone shipment volumes during the first quarter of 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2023 • 3:15

Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US

Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US

This week, ten-year-old drone company ACSL announced plans to enter the U.S. commercial drone market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2023 • 2:55

Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupt some 911 services

Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupt some 911 services

The City of Dallas in Texas has confirmed a ransomware attack has downed key services, including 911 dispatch systems.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2023 • 3:58

Roku touts its new ad products, including an AI that matches campaigns to TV moments

Roku touts its new ad products, including an AI that matches campaigns to TV moments

In Roku’s recent quarter, the company posted better-than-expected revenue of $741 million, but worried investors with its warning of an uncertain ad market and declining average revenue per user.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2023 • 5:17

Airbnb’s average home prices have gone up, so now it’s refocusing on rooms to give users more affordable alternatives

Airbnb’s average home prices have gone up, so now it’s refocusing on rooms to give users more affordable alternatives

Airbnb started out of an idea of renting out spare beds and rooms in private homes to people as an affordable alternative to hotels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2023 • 5:10

Mixpanel moves into marketing data with its latest product

Mixpanel moves into marketing data with its latest product

Traditionally, Mixpanel has provided information about product usage to product teams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2023 • 3:27

Box is partnering with OpenAI to bring generative AI tools across the platform

Box is partnering with OpenAI to bring generative AI tools across the platform

We’ve seen a number of enterprise software companies making announcements related to generative AI in the last six weeks from established companies like Salesforce and Adobe to startups like Ada and Forethought.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2023 • 3:10

SpaceX’s Starship didn’t self-destruct immediately as planned during test launch

SpaceX’s Starship didn’t self-destruct immediately as planned during test launch

SpaceX’s recent Starship test flight, the first during which it flew with its Super Heavy orbital booster, was a bit more of a mess than it even appeared when it ended with a large explosion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 1, 2023 • 2:11

Brave Search doesn’t use Bing’s index anymore

Brave Search doesn’t use Bing’s index anymore

Brave just announced that it is now exclusively using its own index for its search engine. In other words, it doesn’t rely on third-party solutions like Bing anymore.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 1, 2023 • 1:47

Reddit is testing Discord-like channels for community chat

Reddit is testing Discord-like channels for community chat

Reddit announced Thursday that it is testing Discord-like chat channels with select subreddits.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2023 • 2:56

Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage

Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage

Italian climate startup Energy Dome, which has developed a “CO2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2023 • 5:21

NBCUniversal reports higher Peacock losses as it shows CEO the door

NBCUniversal reports higher Peacock losses as it shows CEO the door

Peacock losses continue to widen this quarter, NBCUniversal parent company Comcast reported Thursday, just days after the company announced that Jeff Shell’s time as NBCU CEO was up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 2023 • 3:44

Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

Smile Identity expands African footprint with acquisition of Appruve to strengthen ID verification services

Smile Identity, a KYC compliance and ID verification partner for many African fintechs and businesses, has acquired Inclusive Innovations, the parent company of Appruve, a Ghanaian developer of identity verification software.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 2023 • 6:52

UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’

UK blocks Microsoft’s planned $68.7B Activision bid, saying it would ‘substantially weaken competition’

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority has confirmed that it intends to block Microsoft’s megabucks Activision acquisition, concluding that such a merger would create “…the most powerful operator” in the cloud gaming market.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2023 • 7:02

With $20M in new funding, Hydrosat preps climate-monitoring satellites for launch

With $20M in new funding, Hydrosat preps climate-monitoring satellites for launch

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Apr 26, 2023 • 3:33

Spotify passes 500M users, but its premium-to-free ratio is falling

Spotify passes 500M users, but its premium-to-free ratio is falling

Spotify now has 515 million monthly active users (MAUs), representing a 5% increase on the previous quarter and 22% increase on the corresponding period last year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2023 • 3:24

Apigee rolls out new AI-powered API protection features

Apigee rolls out new AI-powered API protection features

Timed to coincide with the annual RSA cybersecurity conference, Google Cloud announced updates to Apigee, its API management and predictive analytics service, designed to help prevent business logic attacks.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2023 • 4:13

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions

Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in driver monitoring startup CorrActions

CorrActions, an Israeli startup that, among other things, built a driver monitoring system that can understand a driver’s cognitive state, today announced that it has raised a strategic investment from Volvo Cars Tech Fund.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 2023 • 3:37

The IRS is sending four investigators across the world to fight cybercrime

The IRS is sending four investigators across the world to fight cybercrime

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to send four agents who specialize in investigating cybercrime to Australia, Singapore, Colombia, and Germany starting this summer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 2023 • 5:35

Twitter seemingly now requires all advertisers to have a verified checkmark

Twitter seemingly now requires all advertisers to have a verified checkmark

As Twitter’s legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network’s new paid-for verification system is causing more than a little chaos, with CEO Elon Musk himself stepping in to pay for some celebrities’ verification when they refuse to do so.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2023 • 4:10

Uber and Cartken are bringing sidewalk delivery robots to Virginia

Uber and Cartken are bringing sidewalk delivery robots to Virginia

Uber is expanding its partnership with sidewalk delivery robot startup Cartken to Fairfax, Virginia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2023 • 3:44

Outsourcing giant Capita fears customer data stolen during ransomware attack

Outsourcing giant Capita fears customer data stolen during ransomware attack

Capita, the British outsourcing company that provides critical services for the U.K. government, says hackers may have accessed customer data during a cyberattack last month.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 20, 2023 • 4:13

Salesforce is working on a pair of new generative AI-driven workflow tools

Salesforce is working on a pair of new generative AI-driven workflow tools

One of the promises of generative AI is the ability to create code based on a written request.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 20, 2023 • 3:54

Ditto raises $45M to help companies keep their data in sync

Ditto raises $45M to help companies keep their data in sync

Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. But the reality is more complex.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2023 • 5:55

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks

Alaska Airlines does away with check-in kiosks

Alaska Airlines recently started a 3-year, $2.5 billion project to improve the airport experience at its hubs and focus cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2023 • 4:36

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say

Apple’s high security mode blocked NSO spyware, researchers say

Last year, Apple launched a new feature for iPhone users who are worried about getting targeted with sophisticated spyware, such as journalists or human rights defenders.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2023 • 6:39

Mercedes debuts the Maybach EQS SUV with more power, range, and luxury

Mercedes debuts the Maybach EQS SUV with more power, range, and luxury

I can’t get over the huge faux grill. Mercedes today revealed the Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV, an electric SUV built on its excellent EQS SUV.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2023 • 4:04

Adobe brings Firefly to its video tools

Adobe brings Firefly to its video tools

A month ago, Adobe announced Firefly, its entry into the generative AI game. Initially, Firefly’s focus was on generating commercially safe images, but the company is now pushing its technology beyond still images.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 2023 • 3:21

Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last year

Spotify is shutting down Heardle, the Wordle-like music guessing game it bought last year

Spotify is closing down Heardle, the Wordle-inspired music guessing game it acquired last July for an undisclosed sum.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 2023 • 5:08

Twitter introduces 10,000 character long tweets for Blue subscribers

Twitter introduces 10,000 character long tweets for Blue subscribers

Twitter has introduced a new feature that will let Blue subscribers post 10,000-character-long posts — as if the social network is trying to compete with a rival newsletter platform.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2023 • 3:50

Twitter partners with eToro to show real-time stock and crypto information

Twitter partners with eToro to show real-time stock and crypto information

Twitter has partnered with the investment platform eToro to show real-time information about stocks and crypto prices.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2023 • 3:30

LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M

LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M

Danish company LMS365, an online learning management system (LMS) built for use inside Microsoft products, has raised $20 million in its first institutional round of funding.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 13, 2023 • 5:55

Truecaller brings live caller ID to iPhone… but with a catch

Truecaller brings live caller ID to iPhone… but with a catch

Truecaller has been a known name in the app market globally — thanks to its eponymous caller-identification service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 13, 2023 • 6:08

Strava launches integration with Spotify to let users listen to content while tracking activities

Strava launches integration with Spotify to let users listen to content while tracking activities

Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has announced a new in-app integration with Spotify.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2023 • 3:05

‘Drink to dust’: Startup says just smash its clay alternative to plastic cups

‘Drink to dust’: Startup says just smash its clay alternative to plastic cups

Disposable plastic and paper cups are an environmental mess. GaeaStar, a startup based in Berlin and San Francisco, thinks it can do better with just clay, water, salt and sand.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2023 • 4:54

Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal, other execs sue firm over unpaid legal bills

Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal, other execs sue firm over unpaid legal bills

Former Twitter employees, including ex-CEO Parag Agrawal, ex-legal head Vijaya Gadde, and ex-CFO Ned Segal, have sued the social network over alleged unpaid legal reimbursements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2023 • 2:50

Twitter is now resurfacing official Russian accounts in search results

Twitter is now resurfacing official Russian accounts in search results

A year after Twitter restricted the Russian government accounts on its platform, the social network appears to have removed those blockings.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2023 • 4:47

Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis, issues software update after crashing into city bus

Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis, issues software update after crashing into city bus

GM’s self-driving unit Cruise filed with federal regulators a voluntary recall to update the software in 300 robotaxis after one struck the back of a city bus in San Francisco.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2023 • 3:10

Samsung cuts memory chip production as it hits worst quarterly profit since 2009

Samsung cuts memory chip production as it hits worst quarterly profit since 2009

Samsung Electronics plans to cut back memory chip production as its operating profit in the first quarter of 2023 is expected to plummet about 96% from the previous year. This will be the lowest profit posted by the South Korean tech giant since 1Q 2009.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2023 • 3:23

T-Mobile to provide free MLB.TV subscriptions to customers through 2028

T-Mobile to provide free MLB.TV subscriptions to customers through 2028

T-Mobile announced today that it has extended its partnership with Major League Baseball to allow its customers to continue receiving free MLB.TV subscriptions through 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2023 • 2:44

Legal powerhouse Proskauer exposed clients’ confidential M&A data

Legal powerhouse Proskauer exposed clients’ confidential M&A data

A security lapse saw Proskauer Rose, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, expose sensitive client data for more than six months, TechCrunch has learned.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2023 • 3:17

Nestle takes a big swig of Yfood in a deal that values the meal replacement startup at $469M

Nestle takes a big swig of Yfood in a deal that values the meal replacement startup at $469M

Yfood, one of the direct-to-consumer food tech startups that has emerged over the last decade around the concept of meal replacement drinks, is bulking up.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 6, 2023 • 5:46

Cranium launches out of KPMG’s venture studio to tackle AI security

Cranium launches out of KPMG’s venture studio to tackle AI security

Several years ago, Jonathan Dambrot, a partner at KPMG, was helping customers deploy and develop AI systems when he started to notice certain gaps in compliance and security.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 6, 2023 • 5:40

FBI seizes Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace for stolen logins

FBI seizes Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace for stolen logins

U.S. law enforcement agencies have seized Genesis Market, a notorious hacker marketplace used to acquire compromised credentials and digital browser fingerprints.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2023 • 5:40

Dozer exits stealth to help any developer build real-time data apps ‘in minutes’

Dozer exits stealth to help any developer build real-time data apps ‘in minutes’

Data has emerged as one of the world’s greatest resources, underpinning everything from video-recommendation engines and digital banking, to the burgeoning AI revolution.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2023 • 7:28

Zealy is an achievement system for web3 communities

Zealy is an achievement system for web3 communities

Meet Zealy, a French startup that you may already know under the name Crew3.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2023 • 4:19

Nintendo and mobile games company DeNA launch Nintendo Systems

Nintendo and mobile games company DeNA launch Nintendo Systems

Back in November, Nintendo and app developer DeNA announced its joint venture company called Nintendo Systems, which is meant to help reinforce Nintendo’s business and “create value-added services,” according to Nintendo’s Japanese website.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2023 • 2:41

Rivian sticks to 2023 production goal for EVs despite quarterly dip

Rivian sticks to 2023 production goal for EVs despite quarterly dip

EV automaker Rivian said Monday it produced 9,395 vehicles at its factory in Normal, Illinois in the first quarter, lower than the previous period but still on track to hit its 50,000 production goal for the year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 3, 2023 • 2:26

Read’s AI-powered summary feature squeezes a meeting into a two-minute clip

Read’s AI-powered summary feature squeezes a meeting into a two-minute clip

Summarization is one of the common use cases of different AI models. Multiple tools have come up with a summarization of articles, PDFs, videos, and transcripts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 3, 2023 • 3:17

Italy orders ChatGPT blocked citing data protection concerns

Italy orders ChatGPT blocked citing data protection concerns

Two days after an open letter called for a moratorium on more powerful generative AI models being developed so regulators can catch up with the likes of ChatGPT, Italy’s data protection authority has just put out a timely reminder that some countries do have laws that already apply to cutting edge AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 2023 • 8:17

P97 fills up its tank with $40M to fuel its gas station mobile commerce services

P97 fills up its tank with $40M to fuel its gas station mobile commerce services

The rising prices for gas continue to be a headache and stress for a lot of people around the world, but it underscores something more besides the cost of living becoming increasingly untenable: Cars are a central part of modern life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 2023 • 6:36

Roku announces a second set of layoffs impacting 200 employees

Roku announces a second set of layoffs impacting 200 employees

Roku is the latest tech company to announce a second round of layoffs with today’s news that it’s letting go of 6% of its workforce, or around 200 employees.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 30, 2023 • 3:26

Hygraph raises $30M to scale out a new, federated approach to managing digital content

Hygraph raises $30M to scale out a new, federated approach to managing digital content

Digital content and how we consume it continue to endlessly evolve, and with that, so too does the tech that helps manage all of it behind the scenes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 30, 2023 • 5:10

Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon

Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon

Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2023 • 3:14

Turntable LIVE (née tt.fm) raises $7M ahead of public launch

Turntable LIVE (née tt.fm) raises $7M ahead of public launch

The Turntable wars were one of the more fascinating stories to emerge in 2021 startup land (though I suspect those involved might dispute the matter). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2023 • 4:20

Amazon opens its low-bandwidth, long-range Sidewalk network to developers

Amazon opens its low-bandwidth, long-range Sidewalk network to developers

Back in 2019, Amazon announced Sidewalk, its low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network that uses the 900 MHz spectrum to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2023 • 4:20

Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2023 • 4:15

France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices

France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices

France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2023 • 4:15

Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M

Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M

Basketball can be played just about anywhere and by anyone in the U.S. and now many other parts of the world, thanks to a confluence of factors that lower a lot of barriers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2023 • 7:44

Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025

Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025

Ford said Friday that its $5.6 billion BlueOval City complex outside of Memphis, Tennessee will include a truck plant capable of producing 500,000 electric vehicles a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2023 • 3:04

DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features

DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features

DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features, the company announced on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2023 • 3:15

Ford expects EV business unit to lose $3B this year, hit profitability in 2026

Ford expects EV business unit to lose $3B this year, hit profitability in 2026

Any question of what business sector is — and is not — profitable at Ford is no longer a mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 23, 2023 • 6:07

CodiumAI is using generative AI to help developers build code logic tests automatically

CodiumAI is using generative AI to help developers build code logic tests automatically

Over his two decades of experience in the tech industry, CodiumAI co-founder and CEO Itmar Friedman has personally experienced the pain of building test suites to check his code logic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 23, 2023 • 3:50

Ubisoft’s new AI tool automatically generates dialogue for non-playable game characters

Ubisoft’s new AI tool automatically generates dialogue for non-playable game characters

Ubisoft, the developer behind popular games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, announced that it’s using an AI “Ghostwriter” tool to write dialogue for some of its games with the aim of keeping NPCs (non-playable characters) individually interesting and realistic with less manual work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2023 • 3:41

IPRally, a patent search engine powered by explainable AI, raises $10.8M

IPRally, a patent search engine powered by explainable AI, raises $10.8M

IPRally, a Finnish startup building a knowledge graph-based patent search engine, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2023 • 3:56

Ferrari says ransomware attack exposed customers’ personal data

Ferrari says ransomware attack exposed customers’ personal data

Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed customers’ personal information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2023 • 2:46

Foiled again: Candela raises another $20M to set course for the future of ferries

Foiled again: Candela raises another $20M to set course for the future of ferries

Swedish company Candela will launch its 30-passenger commercial hydrofoil shuttle, the P-12, this summer — the vessel it believes will change the course of motorized water transport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2023 • 5:31

Microsoft banks on regulations to build a mobile games store

Microsoft banks on regulations to build a mobile games store

Apple and Google have had a stronghold on mobile app distribution through their app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 2023 • 4:04

FCC proposes satellite-to-phone rules to eliminate ‘no signal’ once and for all

FCC proposes satellite-to-phone rules to eliminate ‘no signal’ once and for all

The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 2023 • 5:21

Google warns users to take action to protect against remotely exploitable flaws in popular Android phones

Google warns users to take action to protect against remotely exploitable flaws in popular Android phones

Google’s security research unit is sounding the alarm on a set of vulnerabilities it found in certain Samsung chips included in dozens of Android models, wearables and vehicles, fearing the flaws could be soon discovered and exploited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2023 • 4:15

MLOps platform Seldon raises £20M Series B to improve the productions of AI models

MLOps platform Seldon raises £20M Series B to improve the productions of AI models

The rise of ChatGPT has fuelled growth in the public awareness of AI, as well as the growing discourse around AI ethics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2023 • 5:31

The Climate Choice wants to make supply chain emissions more visible and more green

The Climate Choice wants to make supply chain emissions more visible and more green

The World Economic Forum says that so-called ‘Scope 3 emissions,’ – or CO2 in supply chains  – can make up as much as 90% of a company’s carbon footprint and worldwide more than half of all emissions can be traced back to only a handful of supply chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 2023 • 5:00

Waze is making it easier for EV owners to find compatible charging points

Waze is making it easier for EV owners to find compatible charging points

Google-owned mapping app Waze is adding a new feature that seeks to help EV owners find a compatible charger en route. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 2023 • 2:42

Torch is building solar-powered outdoor sensors to spot wildfires early

Torch is building solar-powered outdoor sensors to spot wildfires early

The Nest Protect is the single best piece of smart home hardware I’ve ever purchased. Not everything in your home would benefit from being connected, but smoke detectors really do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2023 • 4:57

Firefox extends its anti-tracking protection to Android

Firefox extends its anti-tracking protection to Android

Firefox announced today that its Total Cookie Protection (TCP) feature that protects users from trackers is now available on Android. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2023 • 2:49

Google goes all-in on bringing AI to Workspace

Google goes all-in on bringing AI to Workspace

Google and Microsoft are locked in a head-to-head competition to bring as much generative AI to their productivity services as possible. Only days ahead of Microsoft’s “Future of Work” event, Google today announced a sweeping update to Workspace that will bring its generative AI models to virtually every part of its productivity suite, in addition […]Google goes all-in on bringing AI to Workspace by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod

Mar 14, 2023 • 5:39

Founder of troubled crypto asset unicorn Babel launches new DeFi project, stablecoin

Founder of troubled crypto asset unicorn Babel launches new DeFi project, stablecoin

Flex Yang, the former CEO and founder of Babel Finance, is leading efforts to restructure the now embattled crypto asset unicorn while introducing a new decentralized project with hopes to avoid some of the flaws of his previous venture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2023 • 5:14

Naspers shuts down Foundry, its $100M fund focused on South African startups

Naspers shuts down Foundry, its $100M fund focused on South African startups

Naspers, Africa’s most valuable tech company by market capitalization, has winded down the operations of its R1.4 billion (≈$100 million) South Africa-focused venture capital fund Naspers Foundry, according to local news outlet BusinessDay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2023 • 4:03

PeopleGrove security lapse exposed users’ personal information

PeopleGrove security lapse exposed users’ personal information

PeopleGrove confirmed Thursday that it’s investigating after a security lapse exposed users’ personal information online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2023 • 3:41

Apple could reportedly release a HomePod with a display

Apple could reportedly release a HomePod with a display

According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple could be working on a new HomePod device that would feature a built-in display for 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2023 • 3:17

Wing likens its drone ‘delivery network’ to rideshare

Wing likens its drone ‘delivery network’ to rideshare

Drone delivery is one of those ideas that’s been sold as “the next big thing” forever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2023 • 3:54

Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate to wind down after FTX blow-up

Crypto-friendly bank Silvergate to wind down after FTX blow-up

Silvergate Capital Corporation, the holding company of crypto-focused Silvergate Bank, announced Wednesday its intent to wind down operations and voluntarily liquidate the banking unit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 9, 2023 • 3:56

Forethought aims to build more accurate chatbots with constrained generative AI models

Forethought aims to build more accurate chatbots with constrained generative AI models

Forethought has been building chatbots since 2017 with increasing levels of sophistication, intelligence and automation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 9, 2023 • 4:43

With Project Clover, TikTok touts new EU data privacy and security efforts

With Project Clover, TikTok touts new EU data privacy and security efforts

TikTok is doubling down on its European charm offensive today as it looks to counter a rising tide of political discontent with the popular short-form video-hosting platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2023 • 5:13

Online food delivery platforms in Kenya under probe

Online food delivery platforms in Kenya under probe

The competition regulator in Kenya is probing the conduct of online food delivery and groceries platforms to inform its suggestions on regulatory and policy options, to bolster healthy competition, and enforcement of consumer protection. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2023 • 3:31

Tensor raises $3M for Solana-focused NFT trading platform

Tensor raises $3M for Solana-focused NFT trading platform

Tensor, a Solana-centric NFT trading platform, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Placeholder, the team exclusively shared with TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2023 • 5:14

Police arrest suspected members of prolific DoppelPaymer ransomware gang

Police arrest suspected members of prolific DoppelPaymer ransomware gang

An international law enforcement operation has led to the arrests of suspected core members of the prolific DoppelPaymer ransomware operation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2023 • 3:21

Tesla slashes prices for Model S and Model Y in US

Tesla slashes prices for Model S and Model Y in US

Tesla has cut the prices of its Model S sedan and Model X SUV in the U.S., according to the company’s website. This is the second time this year that Tesla has slashed prices, and it might be a bid to boost sales before the end of the quarter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2023 • 2:34

Twitter Blue expands to more than 20 countries

Twitter Blue expands to more than 20 countries

Twitter’s paid plan Twitter Blue is now available to more than 20 new countries in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2023 • 2:37

Secret Service and ICE conducted warrantless stingray surveillance, says watchdog

Secret Service and ICE conducted warrantless stingray surveillance, says watchdog

A government watchdog has found that the Secret Service and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit repeatedly failed to obtain the correct legal paperwork when carrying out invasive cell phone surveillance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2023 • 4:58

Renovate is building robots to install roof shingles

Renovate is building robots to install roof shingles

Roofing isn’t a glamorous job. In fact, one could reasonably argue that it checks off the classic three Ds of automation — dull, dirty and dangerous — with aplomb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2023 • 3:55

Big Tech on notice as regulators in Africa group to investigate their market conduct

Big Tech on notice as regulators in Africa group to investigate their market conduct

Several competition watchdogs in Africa plan to collectively interrogate the market conduct of global digital firms, putting big techs like Google and Meta, which have faced investigations and remedial action in other jurisdictions, on alert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 2, 2023 • 5:00

VW’s software unit Cariad launches app store to bring Spotify, Tiktok and hundreds more to vehicles

VW’s software unit Cariad launches app store to bring Spotify, Tiktok and hundreds more to vehicles

Dozens of apps including Spotify, Amazon Music, Tiktok and gaming hubs Vector Unit and FRVR are headed to VW Group brands, beginning with Audi thanks to a new app store launched by its software subsidiary Cariad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 2, 2023 • 4:38

TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing

TikTok rolls out new screen time controls, adds new default settings for teens and expands Family Pairing

TikTok announced today that it’s introducing new well-being features for teens, families and its broader community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2023 • 5:00

OnePlus’ first foldable will arrive in the second half of the year

OnePlus’ first foldable will arrive in the second half of the year

The OnePlus that was founded in 2013 was a cautious company, deliberate in its release schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2023 • 4:30

Meta says it is experimenting with AI-powered chat on WhatsApp and Messenger

Meta says it is experimenting with AI-powered chat on WhatsApp and Messenger

No company is immune from the generative AI wave, and everybody wants in. Meta is the latest entrant in testing AI-powered tools for its products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2023 • 3:07

CollX raises $5.5M to scan and evaluate value of trading cards

CollX raises $5.5M to scan and evaluate value of trading cards

Card collectors often dispute how much their cards are worth. New Jersey-based CollX provides a free iOS and Android app to card enthusiasts that allows them to scan their trading cards and get value in return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2023 • 4:27

Planet Computers hits the desktop with a line of touchscreen Linux computers

Planet Computers hits the desktop with a line of touchscreen Linux computers

Planet Computers turned heads when it arrived on the scene almost exactly five years ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2023 • 3:20

Sono Motors has killed off its Sion EV in a pivot to solar tech business

Sono Motors has killed off its Sion EV in a pivot to solar tech business

Sono Motors is ending its long-awaited electric car program and instead pivoting to a business that aims to sell its solar vehicle technology to other companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2023 • 4:25

DOJ suit could represent significant stumbling block for $20B Adobe-Figma deal

DOJ suit could represent significant stumbling block for $20B Adobe-Figma deal

The DOJ is reportedly getting ready to file suit to block the $20 billion Adobe-Figma deal announced last year on the grounds it is anti-competitive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 2023 • 4:40

NBA Top Shot creator to face lawsuit around securities status

NBA Top Shot creator to face lawsuit around securities status

Dapper Labs, the company behind many popular NFT collectible projects, will face a lawsuit accusing it of selling unregistered securities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 2023 • 4:27

Spotify is testing playlists that could be unlocked by NFT holders

Spotify is testing playlists that could be unlocked by NFT holders

Unlocking exclusive access has been a long-held promise of a lot of NFT-based communities. And now, Spotify is helping some of them realize that claim with token-gated playlists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2023 • 3:38

Google Cloud partners with Tezos blockchain to bring web3 technology to its customers

Google Cloud partners with Tezos blockchain to bring web3 technology to its customers

Google Cloud has partnered with the Tezos Foundation to grow its web3 application development and provide new services for its customers, the companies announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2023 • 5:28

Amazon Fire TV devices can now directly stream audio to Cochlear hearing implants

Amazon Fire TV devices can now directly stream audio to Cochlear hearing implants

Amazon teamed up with hearing implant company Cochlear to launch Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) support to compatible Cochlear devices, the company announced today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2023 • 3:59

Kempus wants to be the ultimate app for sharing college hacks

Kempus wants to be the ultimate app for sharing college hacks

Remember poring over reviews on Rate My Professors to find out which prof is good-looking and who gives easy As? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2023 • 4:39

Agtech startup Green Labs is the latest Korean startup to lay off employees

Agtech startup Green Labs is the latest Korean startup to lay off employees

Green Labs, a South Korean agtech startup that raised $140 million (170 billion won) Series C in January last year, is cutting a significant number of jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2023 • 3:02

Quell’s gamified home fitness tech drums up $10M

Quell’s gamified home fitness tech drums up $10M

Home fitness had a huge moment at the outset of the pandemic — and understandably so. People were stuck at home, gyms closed and suddenly workout options seemed to dramatically decrease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2023 • 4:35

Japan’s central bank to pilot digital currency starting in April

Japan’s central bank to pilot digital currency starting in April

Japan is joining a growing list of countries exploring the possibility of adopting a digital currency, with country’s central bank, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), announcing that it would launch a pilot to test a “digital yen” in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, 2023 • 3:53

Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7 million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, 2023 • 4:55

Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A

Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A

Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 2023 • 4:43

Former Amazon, Starbucks exec launches Yelp-like platform to review and discover NFTs

Former Amazon, Starbucks exec launches Yelp-like platform to review and discover NFTs

Amid signs of life in the NFT market, an NFT-focused startup, Thred, launched today to help users discover new collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 2023 • 4:23

Micro-EV subscription startup Dance pulls in another €12M from existing investors

Micro-EV subscription startup Dance pulls in another €12M from existing investors

Micro-EV subscription startup Dance, which launched in 2020, has raised an additional €12 million in an equity and debt round led by existing investors HV Capital, Eurazeo and BlueYard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2023 • 3:09

Sequoia-backed Bento wants be more than a link-in-bio tool for creators

Sequoia-backed Bento wants be more than a link-in-bio tool for creators

There are as many link-in-bio tools available for creators as the number of links they typically display on their pages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2023 • 5:23

Google rolls out new features to make in-app browsers better on Android

Google rolls out new features to make in-app browsers better on Android

In-app browsers are usually not the best way to consume content in an app. In fact, Android developers have been using the Chrome custom tabs features to fine-tune the experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2023 • 2:22

Monad Labs raises $19M to grow its smart contract platform and improve the Ethereum space

Monad Labs raises $19M to grow its smart contract platform and improve the Ethereum space

Monad Labs, the team supporting the Monad blockchain, has raised $19 million in seed funding led by Dragonfly Capital, it exclusively told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2023 • 4:07

Joby flies towards 2025 commercial launch with final assembly of eVTOL

Joby flies towards 2025 commercial launch with final assembly of eVTOL

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) company Joby Aviation has taken another step on its path to start a commercial air taxi service by 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2023 • 3:34

Two-year-old Zeekr raises $750M at $13B valuation

Two-year-old Zeekr raises $750M at $13B valuation

At a time when venture capital funding is slowing in China, EV is one of the few sectors that are still keeping investors excited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2023 • 3:07

Dockhunt is a new way to discover Mac apps by looking at other people’s docks

Dockhunt is a new way to discover Mac apps by looking at other people’s docks

App Store might suggest you a useful app from time to time, but you can’t rely on that to discover new apps. P Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2023 • 2:36

Otonomo, the mobility data business valued at $1.4B in 2021 SPAC IPO, acquired by Urgent.ly as market cap dips to $70M

Otonomo, the mobility data business valued at $1.4B in 2021 SPAC IPO, acquired by Urgent.ly as market cap dips to $70M

Otonomo, connected automotive company that has seen its stock price plummet since going public in 2021, has announced that it is coming together with Urgent.ly, a roadside assistance tech provider, in a reverse merger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2023 • 5:51

Reddit says hackers accessed internal data following employee phishing attack

Reddit says hackers accessed internal data following employee phishing attack

Reddit has confirmed hackers accessed internal documents and source code following a “highly-targeted” phishing attack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2023 • 3:21

DJI’s Mini 2 SE ultraportable drone takes to the skies

DJI’s Mini 2 SE ultraportable drone takes to the skies

It’s a couple of years since DJI first launched its Mavic Mini, and last year it brought the Mini 3 Pro. It’s utterly confusing why the current drone is called the Mini 2 SE, but in any case, it’s the newest flying creature in the hovering menagerie that is the DJI line-up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2023 • 2:45

DoorDash introduces new safety features for riders including reduced notifications

DoorDash introduces new safety features for riders including reduced notifications

Delivery company DoorDash is introducing new features for riders including reduced notifications, a request for customers to not text them while they are on a trip, and messaging promoting one-tap replies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2023 • 4:22

IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management

IBM acquires GraphQL startup StepZen to step up its game in API management

GraphQL, developed internally at Facebook to help developers with API management before getting rolled out as an open-source query language in 2015, has gained traction as an alternative (or complement) to REST and other tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2023 • 4:11

Russian ‘WhisperGate’ hackers are using new data-stealing malware to target Ukraine

Russian ‘WhisperGate’ hackers are using new data-stealing malware to target Ukraine

Security researchers say they have recently observed a Russian hacking crew, who were behind the destructive WhisperGate malware cyberattacks, targeting Ukrainian entities with a new information-stealing malware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2023 • 3:54

Zenly co-founder returns with new social app company, Amo

Zenly co-founder returns with new social app company, Amo

Last year, Snap shut down Zenly, a popular social mapping app it acquired for over $200 million in 2017, despite the fact that Zenly still had 40 million active users and growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2023 • 5:00

WhatsApp lets users put voice notes as status updates

WhatsApp lets users put voice notes as status updates

WhatsApp Status, the feature that was introduced in 2017 as the company’s take on Snapchat Stories, has received a number of updates to make it more attractive and appealing to users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2023 • 3:51

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

More job cuts loom as Sendy changes course in Nigeria

In October last year, Sendy, a Kenyan logistics scale-up, wound up its supplies service, which enabled retailers to purchase FMCGs directly from manufacturers, saying it was directing all its focus on its end-to-end fulfillment offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2023 • 4:01

Simple HealthKit is taking on health equity with at-home diagnostics, treatment

Simple HealthKit is taking on health equity with at-home diagnostics, treatment

Simple HealthKit provides at-home and in-clinic diagnostics, performs its own testing and telehealth services and works with pharmacy partners for treatment and follow-up care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2023 • 5:00

Hackers exploiting two-year-old VMware flaw to launch large-scale ransomware campaign

Hackers exploiting two-year-old VMware flaw to launch large-scale ransomware campaign

Cyber-criminals are actively exploiting a two-year-old VMware vulnerability as part of a ransomware campaign targeting thousands of organizations worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2023 • 4:26

Apple says it now has 935 million paid subscriptions

Apple says it now has 935 million paid subscriptions

Apple had a rare quarter where it missed its revenue target due to problems in the supply chain and manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2023 • 4:00

As the bee population declines, this startup secures $8M to apply AI and EVs to pollination

As the bee population declines, this startup secures $8M to apply AI and EVs to pollination

Given our general reliance on something called “food” you’d think the issue of pollination – and its general decline – might be higher up the world’s agenda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2023 • 3:52

Twitter to end free access to its API

Twitter to end free access to its API

Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will make a paid version available, the Elon Musk-owned microblogging website said as it looks for more avenues to monetize the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2023 • 4:11

Snapchat now has more than 2 million paid subscribers

Snapchat now has more than 2 million paid subscribers

Snapchat has more than 2 million paid subscribers on its Snapchat+ program, the company said during its latest earnings report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2023 • 3:54

Twitter discontinues CoTweets, says will debut text attachments next week

Twitter discontinues CoTweets, says will debut text attachments next week

Twitter announced Tuesday that it is discontinuing CoTweeting, a feature that let two users co-author a tweet. The company said that the feature will immediately cease to exist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2023 • 3:13

Identity management platform Saviynt secures $205M in debt, appoints new CEO

Identity management platform Saviynt secures $205M in debt, appoints new CEO

Showing that there’s real investor enthusiasm for identity management platforms, Saviynt, which enables companies to secure apps, data and infrastructure in a single platform, today announced that it raised $205 million in debt from AB Private Credit Investors’ Tech Capital Solutions group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2023 • 6:14

Groupon cuts another 500 employees in the second round of layoffs

Groupon cuts another 500 employees in the second round of layoffs

Groupon has laid off another 500 employees in a measure to cut costs, the company said in an SEC filing last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2023 • 3:15

Eazy Digital helps Southeast Asia’s small insurers digitize their operations

Eazy Digital helps Southeast Asia’s small insurers digitize their operations

Founded by two insurance industry veterans, Eazy Digital wants to give small insurance companies in Southeast Asia the same advantage as their larger competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2023 • 3:04

NASA’s ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ aced first flight and is ready for crewed Artemis II launch

NASA’s ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ aced first flight and is ready for crewed Artemis II launch

The enormous Space Launch System passed its first test with flying colors, NASA’s preliminary analysis concludes, and the rocket and Orion capsule are good to go for their next mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2023 • 3:21

Hands on with Walmart’s new (but buggy) ‘Text to Shop’ feature

Hands on with Walmart’s new (but buggy) ‘Text to Shop’ feature

Walmart recently introduced a new way to shop: via text. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2023 • 10:53

Chrome for Android now lets you lock your incognito session

Chrome for Android now lets you lock your incognito session

Chrome is rolling out an update for Android users that lets them lock their incognito sessions with a password code or biometric info when they exit the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2023 • 2:30

Hawk AI, an anti-money laundering and fraud prevention platform for banks, raises $17M

Hawk AI, an anti-money laundering and fraud prevention platform for banks, raises $17M

Hawk AI, a German company developing anti-money laundering (AML) and tangential fraud prevention smarts for financial institutions, has raised $17 million in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2023 • 4:30

GitHub says it now has 100M active users

GitHub says it now has 100M active users

Code-hosting platform GitHub has announced that 100 million developers are now using the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2023 • 2:25

After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts

After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts

When Shutterstock and OpenAI announced a partnership to help develop OpenAI’s Dall-E 2 artificial intelligence image-generating platform with Shutterstock libraries to train and feed the algorithm, the stock photo and media giant also hinted that it would soon be bringing its own generative AI tools to users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2023 • 5:13

Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore

Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore

In another flip-flop move, Twitter says that it will now remember the feed — the algorithmic “For You” or chronological “Following” — its users have chosen on the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2023 • 2:42

Zillow introduces Calendly-like instant booking for rental property tours

Zillow introduces Calendly-like instant booking for rental property tours

Real estate marketplace Zillow has introduced an instant tour booking feature for renters on its platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2023 • 2:54

Forward Networks raises $50M for digital twin technology to help model, manage and secure complex enterprise networks

Forward Networks raises $50M for digital twin technology to help model, manage and secure complex enterprise networks

Digital twins — virtual representations of actual systems — have become an important component in how engineers and analysts build, visualize and operate AI projects, network security, and other complicated architectures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2023 • 6:28

Zenfi takes in new funding to bring Mexicans some financial peace

Zenfi takes in new funding to bring Mexicans some financial peace

Luis Rubén Chávez, founder and CEO of Zenfi: "If Credit Karma, SoFi, Marcus and Copilot Money had a kid, it would be us.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2023 • 3:59

Spotify cuts 6% of its workforce, impacting 600 people

Spotify cuts 6% of its workforce, impacting 600 people

Music streaming service Spotify has announced that it will be conducting a round of layoffs that will impact around 6% of its global workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2023 • 4:12

GM, please build the baby EV pickup of my dreams

GM, please build the baby EV pickup of my dreams

In an industry obsessed with making everything huge (at least here in the U.S.), you may not’ve expected GM to show interest in an electric baby pickup, but here we are. GM is considering a pickup design that’s “smaller than the Ford Maverick and the Hyundai Santa Cruz,” with a “low roofline” and a 4 […]GM, please build the baby EV pickup of my dreams by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2023 • 3:12

Smores is a music discovery app with a TikTok-like feed

Smores is a music discovery app with a TikTok-like feed

Music streaming platforms all claim to use both artificial intelligence and manual curation to find new songs from emerging artists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2023 • 5:13

Zitti soaks up some funding sauce so restaurants can manage their food supply chain

Zitti soaks up some funding sauce so restaurants can manage their food supply chain

Zitti's payment software platform streamlines the transaction between restaurants and food suppliers through payment, price comparison and vendor discoverability tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2023 • 4:07

Cumul.io, a low-code embedded analytics platform for SaaS companies, raises $10.8M

Cumul.io, a low-code embedded analytics platform for SaaS companies, raises $10.8M

Cumul.io, the company behind a low-code business intelligence (BI) analytics platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2023 • 3:41

Uber, Bolt drivers hope for increased earnings foiled as Tanzania reinstates 25% commission

Uber, Bolt drivers hope for increased earnings foiled as Tanzania reinstates 25% commission

Barely a year after Tanzania capped the commissions that e-hailing firms like Uber and Bolt charge their partners at 15%, the authority in charge has backtracked on the order, taking away drivers’ prospects of increased earnings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2023 • 4:03

Wristcheck wants to make used luxury watches more affordable

Wristcheck wants to make used luxury watches more affordable

In an age when almost everything can be bought online, watch resale is done in a surprisingly archaic way, namely, face-to-face with little price transparency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2023 • 5:48

The Edit LDN raises seed round to serve sneakerheads around the world

The Edit LDN raises seed round to serve sneakerheads around the world

Before founding The Edit LDN, Moses Rashid frequented sneaker festivals and exhibitions to buy limited edition shoes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2023 • 5:42

Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension

Twitter’s third-party client issue is seemingly a deliberate suspension

Last Friday, a ton of popular Twitter clients including Tweetbot, Twitterrific, and Echofon were down. Users couldn’t log into their accounts or look at their timelines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2023 • 5:08

Paris to hold vote on shared scooters

Paris to hold vote on shared scooters

This weekend, Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told Le Parisien that Parisians will get to vote whether they want to ban free-floating electric scooters or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 2023 • 4:33

Crypto.com cuts 20% jobs amid ‘unforeseeable’ industry events

Crypto.com cuts 20% jobs amid ‘unforeseeable’ industry events

Crypto exchange Crypto.com is cutting its global workforce by 20%, it said on Friday, as it navigates ongoing economic headwinds and “unforeseeable” industry events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 2023 • 3:23

Third-party Twitter apps are facing issues, users say

Third-party Twitter apps are facing issues, users say

People using third-party Twitter clients are facing a number of issues including unable to log in and access Twitter feeds. Tweetbot, Echofon, and Twitterrific, three popular third-party Twitter apps, confirmed the issues and noted that they are not sure what has triggered the glitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 2023 • 3:12

Our obsession with pets means startups aimed at Vets are booming, as Digitail shows

Our obsession with pets means startups aimed at Vets are booming, as Digitail shows

With our mysterious, unsustainable, and psychological attachment to pets, combined with a boom in pet ownership since those lonely pandemic times, means veterinary practices have come under increasing pressure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 2023 • 3:41

Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions for Meet video calls

Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions for Meet video calls

Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions to people using Google Meet for video calls starting today. The company said that this feature will be first available on iOS and the web with Android support coming soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2023 • 2:38

Inflow, a platform for managing ADHD through cognitive behavioral therapy, raises $11M

Inflow, a platform for managing ADHD through cognitive behavioral therapy, raises $11M

Inflow, a company developing a platform to manage ADHD using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques, has raised $11 million in a Series A round of funding. ADHD, or “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,” is a condition impacting as much as 10% of the global population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2023 • 4:12

Twitter makes algorithmic timeline default on iOS

Twitter makes algorithmic timeline default on iOS

Twitter is making the algorithmic timeline named “For You” the default feed on iOS. If you are getting a sense of déjà vu, you are not dreaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 2023 • 3:18

How companies at CES are taking on climate change (or pretending to)

How companies at CES are taking on climate change (or pretending to)

I can’t get it out of my head: A honkingly big Caterpillar sign that read, “JOIN US AS WE BUILD A BETTER WORLD.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 2023 • 6:05

FCC moves to form Space Bureau as its role in regulating orbit intensifies

FCC moves to form Space Bureau as its role in regulating orbit intensifies

The Federal Communications Commission regulate lots of industries and practices relating to telecommunications and the internet, but it is now cementing its role as a space regulator by voting to create a brand new bureau specializing in the topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2023 • 4:29

Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste

Urine luck: these CES startups want to take a closer look at your waste

You wait for years for a urine analysis company, then all of them hit their flow all at once. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2023 • 3:49

US tech giants say Indian panel’s recommended competition act ‘absolutist and regressive’

US tech giants say Indian panel’s recommended competition act ‘absolutist and regressive’

An influential industry group that represents Google, Meta and Amazon among other tech firms has expressed concerns about the digital competition law recommended by an Indian parliamentary panel that seeks to regulate their alleged anticompetitive practices, calling the proposal “absolutist and regressive” in nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, 2023 • 4:31

Tesla slashes Model 3, Model Y prices in China for the second time in three months

Tesla slashes Model 3, Model Y prices in China for the second time in three months

Tesla quietly announced new pricing for the China market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, 2023 • 3:52

Snap is shutting down its desktop camera app that allows users to apply filters during video calls

Snap is shutting down its desktop camera app that allows users to apply filters during video calls

Snap is shutting down its camera app for the desktop that allows users to apply filters like cat ears and pirate hats on video calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 2023 • 2:57

Ring brings back the Peephole Cam, now starting at $129

Ring brings back the Peephole Cam, now starting at $129

In 2019, Ring launched the Peephole Cam, a camera that fits over existing door peepholes to record goings on outdoors, in apartment building hallways and so on Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 2023 • 3:25

Alexa, find me an EV charging station

Alexa, find me an EV charging station

Amazon’s conversational voice assistant, Alexa, has made its way into many electric vehicles in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2023 • 3:16

Bird Buddy’s new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species

Bird Buddy’s new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species

Bird Buddy, the maker of a smart bird feeder that snaps photos of your bird visitors which are collected in a companion mobile app, is out today with another product for its nature enthusiast and birdwatching community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2023 • 4:37

Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part

Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part

Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2023 • 5:12

Apple is increasing battery replacement service charges for out-of-warranty devices

Apple is increasing battery replacement service charges for out-of-warranty devices

Apple is increasing service charges for battery replacement of out-of-warranty iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks starting March 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2023 • 3:10

Tesla delivers 405,278 vehicles in Q4, missing Wall Street expectations

Tesla delivers 405,278 vehicles in Q4, missing Wall Street expectations

Tesla reported Sunday 405,278 vehicles delivered in the fourth quarter of 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2023 • 3:45

There’s now an open source alternative to ChatGPT, but good luck running it

There’s now an open source alternative to ChatGPT, but good luck running it

The first open-source equivalent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has arrived, but good luck running it on your laptop — or at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2023 • 5:58

Fidelity slashes the value of its Twitter stake by over half

Fidelity slashes the value of its Twitter stake by over half

Fidelity, which was among the group of outside investors that helped Elon Musk finance his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, has slashed the value of its stake in Twitter by 56%. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 2, 2023 • 4:19

India to explore prohibition of unbacked crypto in its G20 presidency

India to explore prohibition of unbacked crypto in its G20 presidency

India said on Thursday that under its G20 presidency, it will prioritize the development of a framework for global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins and decentralized finance and will possibly explore their “prohibition” in a potentially large setback for the nascent industry. The Reserve Bank of India, the Indian central bank, said that crypto […]India to explore prohibition of unbacked crypto in its G20 presidency by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch Learn more ab

Jan 2, 2023 • 4:51

Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023 with its New Year’s Hub

Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023 with its New Year’s Hub

Spotify has launched a New Year’s Hub to help its users ring in 2023, the streaming service announced on Thursday. The company says the one-stop destination gives users access to classic party playlists and special takeovers from artists like Charli XCX, Rita Ora, N-Dubz and Céline Dion. “We’ve got plenty of music to kickstart your celebration, and it’s […]Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023 with its New Year’s Hub by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad

Dec 30, 2022 • 3:07

Alibaba CEO to oversee cloud arm following major server outage

Alibaba CEO to oversee cloud arm following major server outage

When Alibaba’s former CEO Jack Ma passed the torch to Daniel Zhang, he established a system that regularly rotates executives to ensure the company always stays agile in the fast-changing internet space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 2022 • 5:05

Twitter suffers another outage

Twitter suffers another outage

If Twitter isn’t loading fine for you, you’re not alone. Tens of thousands of users are complaining that they are unable to access the Elon Musk-owned social network, seeing scores of strange error-messages instead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2022 • 3:22

Movano’s new smart ring is focused on women’s health

Movano’s new smart ring is focused on women’s health

Movano’s getting a week’s jump on what might well prove a banner CES for the smart ring. Today the Bay Area-based firm debuted Evie, a smart ring focused on women’s health set to hit the market later next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2022 • 4:02

This tool helps you trim your follow list on Twitter

This tool helps you trim your follow list on Twitter

Twitter is a mess, but it’s still addictive. While some folks might have headed to Mastadon, those who stick around might still want to get the best out of the bird site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2022 • 3:43

Baidu starts offering nighttime driverless taxis in China

Baidu starts offering nighttime driverless taxis in China

Baidu, the Chinese internet giant that became known for its search engines, is making some big strides in autonomous driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2022 • 3:56

Balance is a Mac timekeeper app that requires you to manually clock in your hours

Balance is a Mac timekeeper app that requires you to manually clock in your hours

There are plenty of time-tracking apps for Mac that automatically log the hours you’ve spent signed-in. Some even offer granular data, telling you how much time you spent on a particular app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2022 • 4:14

This year in tech felt like a simulation

This year in tech felt like a simulation

This year in tech, too much happened and very little of it made sense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2022 • 6:15

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M

Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M

Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed a $725 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 26, 2022 • 5:02

Persistent Jack Sweeney brings back @ElonJet (but delayed) to Twitter

Persistent Jack Sweeney brings back @ElonJet (but delayed) to Twitter

More than a week after being banned from Twitter, Jack Sweeney, the University of Central Florida sophomore who has been a pain in the side of Elon Musk for at least the past year, has a new account on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2022 • 4:49

Twitter now displays stock and cryptocurrency prices directly in search results

Twitter now displays stock and cryptocurrency prices directly in search results

Amid all the chaos, Twitter rolled out a useful feature that lets you search for listed company stocks and cryptocurrency prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2022 • 3:40

FTX co-founder Gary Wang and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison plead guilty to criminal charges

FTX co-founder Gary Wang and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison plead guilty to criminal charges

The FTX/Alameda saga continues, with news late Wednesday that two key Sam Bankman-Fried associates were charged and have been charged with federal criminal offences in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 2022 • 2:40

This autonomous ornithopter lands and perches on a single claw

This autonomous ornithopter lands and perches on a single claw

Isn’t it wonderful that there are researchers out there whose job is quite simply to make a robotic bird? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 2022 • 4:46

Google Play now lets children send purchase requests to guardians

Google Play now lets children send purchase requests to guardians

Google already offers parents and guardians tools to restrict purchases their children make on Play Store using the family payment method. The company is now introducing an additional feature that will allow children to send a purchase request for the manager of the family account to approve when there is no present payment method. Children […]Google Play now lets children send purchase requests to guardians by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Dec 21, 2022 • 2:22

Kredito banks $6M as the LatAm business lender eyes international expansion

Kredito banks $6M as the LatAm business lender eyes international expansion

Kredito created products with few requirements so that customers could more easily access financial products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 2022 • 3:58

Twitter Blue for Business now allows companies to identify their employees

Twitter Blue for Business now allows companies to identify their employees

Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2022 • 3:27

Google introduces India’s DigiLocker integration to Files app to access official documents

Google introduces India’s DigiLocker integration to Files app to access official documents

Google has announced that it is bringing India’s online document storage service DigiLocker to the Files app on Android to let users access verified government-issued documents from the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2022 • 2:55

YouTube to launch Courses in edtech push in India

YouTube to launch Courses in edtech push in India

For years, teachers have used YouTube to promote their lessons and persuade learners to join their classes off the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2022 • 2:53

TLDraw offers a collaborative whiteboard without any login

TLDraw offers a collaborative whiteboard without any login

There are a ton of tools that cater to the needs of having a collaborative whiteboard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2022 • 5:50

Twitter pulls its Spaces group audio feature after Musk run-in with banned journalists

Twitter pulls its Spaces group audio feature after Musk run-in with banned journalists

Twitter has apparently pulled its Spaces group audio feature, at least temporarily, after Elon Musk joined a group conversation that included journalists that had been banned from the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2022 • 3:07

Lucid wants a slice of China’s crowded EV market

Lucid wants a slice of China’s crowded EV market

Lucid Motors, the publicly traded electric carmaker, is poised to enter China as it starts hiring in the world’s largest EV market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2022 • 5:13

Airbnb is rolling out a toggle to show you price inclusive of all fees

Airbnb is rolling out a toggle to show you price inclusive of all fees

Airbnb is rolling out a new toggle to show you the price inclusive of all fees (before taxes) for your stay instead of showing you a per-night price. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2022 • 3:25

Oxyle’s tech uses water movement to remove pollutants

Oxyle’s tech uses water movement to remove pollutants

UNESCO calls water pollution one of the main challenges facing societies, with 2 million tonnes of sewage entering the world’s water each day. Oxyle wants to help solve the crisis with a new wastewater treatment that removes micropollutants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2022 • 6:12

YouTube will send a notification to users if their comment is abusive

YouTube will send a notification to users if their comment is abusive

Toxic and hateful comments on YouTube have been a constant headache for the company, creators and users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2022 • 4:13

As China relaxes zero-COVID, tech firms assume a larger role in fighting the virus

As China relaxes zero-COVID, tech firms assume a larger role in fighting the virus

China’s abrupt easing of its zero-COVID policy last week has led to a spike in cases and rising fears of the virus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2022 • 4:32

NASA’s Orion capsule returns to Earth as ispace’s lunar lander takes flight

NASA’s Orion capsule returns to Earth as ispace’s lunar lander takes flight

Sunday was a landmark day for both commercial and public space ventures, with NASA’s Orion capsule returning to Earth just hours after the launch of a privately funded and built lunar lander by Japanese company ispace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2022 • 5:05

Uber sues NYC Taxi & Limo Commission to block rate increase for drivers

Uber sues NYC Taxi & Limo Commission to block rate increase for drivers

Uber is suing the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission, which last month approved a fare hike for ride-hail apps and taxi drivers amid a post-pandemic driver shortage, rising operational costs and higher inflation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2022 • 4:19

Microsoft to acquire 4% stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of 10-year cloud partnership

Microsoft to acquire 4% stake in London Stock Exchange Group as part of 10-year cloud partnership

Microsoft is to acquire a 4% stake in the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the company that owns the London Stock Exchange as well as a several other businesses including financial market data company Refinitiv. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2022 • 3:17

Roblox will let 13+ users import contacts and add recommended friends

Roblox will let 13+ users import contacts and add recommended friends

Roblox is adding two new ways for people who spend time in its virtual worlds to find old friends and make new ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2022 • 3:37

Disney+ ad-supported plan is currently unavailable on Roku devices

Disney+ ad-supported plan is currently unavailable on Roku devices

On Thursday, Disney+ launched its first-ever ad-supported plan, “Disney+ Basic,” in the U.S. at $7.99 per month, which is the same price as the previous ad-free plan before Disney raised the price to $10.99/month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2022 • 2:49

Renault China boss is making super-premium EVs that monitor your health

Renault China boss is making super-premium EVs that monitor your health

There’s an ever-growing list of wearables that track people’s health, but what about a vehicle that monitors one’s blood pressure and heart rate with smart sensors and algorithms? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2022 • 5:11

Zeraki, a Kenyan edtech providing digital solutions for school admin, raises $1.8M

Zeraki, a Kenyan edtech providing digital solutions for school admin, raises $1.8M

Kenyan edtech Zeraki, a scale-up that is building digital learning and school data analytics platforms, has raised $1.8 million seed funding in a round led by Acumen Fund, for product catalog growth and regional expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2022 • 4:49

Uber and Motional launch robotaxi service in Las Vegas

Uber and Motional launch robotaxi service in Las Vegas

Uber and Motional, the Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture focused on commercializing self-driving technology, have launched a robotaxi service in Las Vegas — the first step in the companies’ 10-year plan to co-scale across major North American cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2022 • 3:26

Google Search’s new topic filters make it easier to refine results and expand searches

Google Search’s new topic filters make it easier to refine results and expand searches

Google announced today that it’s making it easier for users to drill down on a search and explore related topics. Search currently has a few filters to help you refine and separate your search results between videos, news, images or shopping results. Now, the search giant is going to start showing users a scrollable list […]Google Search’s new topic filters make it easier to refine results and expand searches by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

Dec 7, 2022 • 2:46

Apple’s first car, delayed until 2026, won’t be self-driving

Apple’s first car, delayed until 2026, won’t be self-driving

Apple has talked a big game about its future plans to break into the automotive market. But a report from Bloomberg says that Apple has had to scale back its plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2022 • 2:44

Social commerce startup Kapu, by ex-Jumia executive, comes out of stealth with $8M funding

Social commerce startup Kapu, by ex-Jumia executive, comes out of stealth with $8M funding

Kapu, a social commerce startup, coming out of stealth today having raised $8 million seed funding, is hoping to help lessen the burden of buying food for Kenyan consumers, many of whom are grappling with the sky-rocketing food prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2022 • 4:27

Partech raises fourth seed fund

Partech raises fourth seed fund

French VC firm Partech has closed another seed fund dedicated to early-stage tech startups — the fund is called Partech Entrepreneur IV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2022 • 3:32

OpenAI’s ChatGPT shows why implementation is key with generative AI

OpenAI’s ChatGPT shows why implementation is key with generative AI

It’s probably not a secret to those doing a lot of focused work in the space, but when it comes to generative AI, it’s quickly becoming apparent that how a user interfaces with generative models and systems is at least as important as the underlying training and inference technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2022 • 4:20

India won’t enforce market share cap on UPI until 2025 in a win for Google and Walmart

India won’t enforce market share cap on UPI until 2025 in a win for Google and Walmart

India won’t enforce a cap on the market share for players operating on the homegrown payments network until December 31, 2024 in a surprising move that analysts say is a major a win for Google Pay and Walmart’s PhonePe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2022 • 4:26

Plant-based food brand Huel valued at $560M following Idris Elba-backed round

Plant-based food brand Huel valued at $560M following Idris Elba-backed round

Much of the company’s sales are outside the UK today, with U.S. “Hueligans,” the company’s loyal fans, representing Huel’s second-biggest market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2022 • 4:12

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital

Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2022 • 4:08

Bitcoin ‘rarely’ used for legal transactions, on ‘road to irrelevance’, say European Central Bank officials

Bitcoin ‘rarely’ used for legal transactions, on ‘road to irrelevance’, say European Central Bank officials

European Central Bank officials alleged on Wednesday that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2022 • 5:11

New Gorilla Glass just dropped

New Gorilla Glass just dropped

According to Corning in-house research, “84% of consumers across three of the largest smartphone markets – China, India, and the United States — cite durability as the number one purchasing consideration behind brand itself.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2022 • 2:31

Pearpop raises $18M at a $300M valuation to scale its social collaboration marketplace

Pearpop raises $18M at a $300M valuation to scale its social collaboration marketplace

Pearpop, a marketplace for social collaborations, announced today that it has raised an extension to its 2021-era Series A funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2022 • 5:24

Moovit users can now track transit vehicles on map in real time

Moovit users can now track transit vehicles on map in real time

Israeli urban trip planning app Moovit unveiled a new feature Tuesday that allows users to follow a transit line’s movements along the map in real time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2022 • 2:47

US government bans Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision tech over ‘unacceptable’ spying fears

US government bans Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision tech over ‘unacceptable’ spying fears

The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort to protect the nation’s communications network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2022 • 4:14

Great Wall of porn obscures China protest news on Twitter

Great Wall of porn obscures China protest news on Twitter

Search any major Chinese city on Twitter, and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content that are published every few seconds, making it impossible to get any legitimate results. There has been a “significant uptick” in these tweets over the last three days, according to a China-focused […]Great Wall of porn obscures China protest news on Twitter by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c

Nov 28, 2022 • 3:24

A new wave of Solo GP VCs is coming to Europe and Hypernova hopes to power it

A new wave of Solo GP VCs is coming to Europe and Hypernova hopes to power it

The US has had solo VC fund managers for many years but the trend is only just starting to catch on in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 28, 2022 • 5:19

Elon Musk says Twitter’s new multicoloured verification will launch next week

Elon Musk says Twitter’s new multicoloured verification will launch next week

After messing up the first launch of Twitter’s “power to the people” verification system, Elon Musk said that the social network will tentatively roll out a new multicolored verification system next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 25, 2022 • 3:43

More headaches for Apple in China as protests erupt at Foxconn

More headaches for Apple in China as protests erupt at Foxconn

Two weeks after Apple warned of production delays in China amid heightened COVID-19 restrictions, the giant is facing more challenges as worker protests broke out at its largest manufacturing partner Foxconn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 24, 2022 • 2:58

Apple TV+ series ‘Severance’ gets exclusive ‘innie’ and ‘outie’ vinyl records

Apple TV+ series ‘Severance’ gets exclusive ‘innie’ and ‘outie’ vinyl records

Fans of Apple TV+’s popular sci-fi workplace drama, “Severance,” can have their very own Lumon music-dance experience—maracas not included. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2022 • 3:19

Indian social network Koo gains popularity in Brazil but faces moderation challenges

Indian social network Koo gains popularity in Brazil but faces moderation challenges

Elon Musk taking over Twitter has sent some people to look for alternatives such as Mastodon and Hive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2022 • 5:03

Carv valued at $40M as investors race to back web3 identity builders

Carv valued at $40M as investors race to back web3 identity builders

Decentralized identity startups are having a moment as investors seek the next generation of killer applications in web3, even in times of market volatility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2022 • 4:53

Custom jeweler Wove bags $3.85M to make engagement ring purchases less stressful

Custom jeweler Wove bags $3.85M to make engagement ring purchases less stressful

The online custom jewelry company is injecting technology into the engagement and wedding ring buying experience.Custom jeweler Wove bags $3.85M to make engagement ring purchases less stressful by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2022 • 4:32

Amazon-owned Wickr is shutting down its free encrypted messaging app

Amazon-owned Wickr is shutting down its free encrypted messaging app

Secure communications provider Wickr has announced that it will shutter its free encrypted messaging app, Wickr Me, next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2022 • 2:58

India’s first private rocket, built by startup Skyroot, makes successful launch

India’s first private rocket, built by startup Skyroot, makes successful launch

India’s space agency has successfully launched the Vikram-S after much anticipation and years-long work in a boost to the private sector of the nation’s space industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2022 • 5:17

New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before buying a subscription

New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before buying a subscription

Twitter has published a policy change saying that newly-created Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before being allowed to subscribe to the new Twitter Blue plan and get verified.subscription by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2022 • 3:12

Twitter is working on a feature to divide long text into a thread automatically

Twitter is working on a feature to divide long text into a thread automatically

Composing a thread on Twitter can be challenging as you need to separate the whole text into 280-character chunks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2022 • 4:00

Apple’s iCloud website gets a widget-styled redesign

Apple’s iCloud website gets a widget-styled redesign

Apple has finally launched a redesigned iCloud website with apps appearing as widget-styled tiles instead of icons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2022 • 2:37

Elon Musk, disaster artist

Elon Musk, disaster artist

We’re at the point in the Elon Musk/Twitter debacle where the fact that it’s a shit show is our new normal, and anything that resembles a normal functioning tech company or leadership is more newsworthy than the inverse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2022 • 7:54

New code suggests Twitter is reviving its work on encrypted DMs

New code suggests Twitter is reviving its work on encrypted DMs

Under Elon Musk, Twitter may be reviving a project that would bring end-to-end encryption to its Direct Messaging system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2022 • 5:00

Pickle picks up $26M for its truck unloading robots

Pickle picks up $26M for its truck unloading robots

Fulfillment has arguably been the hottest robotics category over the past two years, as companies have looked to stay competitive with Amazon, even amid ongoing labor shortages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2022 • 3:50

Impacked packs up $2.5M to give the packaging industry a greener tint

Impacked packs up $2.5M to give the packaging industry a greener tint

Packaging is a trillion-dollar-per-year industry that, by and large, has some sustainability challenges. Impacked is a B2B company that’s bringing green tech to the forefront for everything from jars, tubes and pouches to bottles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2022 • 5:04

A ‘credible alternative to Google and Amazon’: Klarna brings its price comparison tool to Europe

A ‘credible alternative to Google and Amazon’: Klarna brings its price comparison tool to Europe

Klarna is expanding into the competitive world of price comparisons, with the launch of a new tool that compares prices across thousands of retailers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2022 • 4:32

Amazon eyes devices group as it undertakes broad cost cutting

Amazon eyes devices group as it undertakes broad cost cutting

The Echo business has always looked like Amazon playing the long game from the outside. Above all, the company’s home consumer hardware is a convenient vessel for getting Alexa into millions of homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2022 • 4:36

Australia tells Medibank hackers: ‘We know who you are’

Australia tells Medibank hackers: ‘We know who you are’

The Australian Federal Police claims to have identified the cybercriminals behind the Medibank ransomware attack, which compromised the personal data of 9.7 million customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2022 • 5:11

Have you tried turning it off and on again, Elon?

Have you tried turning it off and on again, Elon?

A few days ago, new Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the company will try a lot of dumb things in the coming days. And that seems to be the product strategy of the company — even if it causes utter chaos all around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2022 • 4:13

Aiphone door entry systems can be ‘easily’ bypassed thanks to NFC bug

Aiphone door entry systems can be ‘easily’ bypassed thanks to NFC bug

The vulnerability in the door entry security system, used in government buildings and apartment complexes, cannot be fixed.Aiphone door entry systems can be ‘easily’ bypassed thanks to NFC bug by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2022 • 3:51

Twitter blocks new accounts from its $8 verified tier after high-profile fakes abound

Twitter blocks new accounts from its $8 verified tier after high-profile fakes abound

The motto over at Twitter is clearly a throwback ‘move fast and break things’ at the moment under new ruler Elon Musk, and the latest thing to break is the just-introduced $8 monthly Twitter Blue tier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2022 • 3:33

Ping wants to simplify global payments while helping Latin Americans embrace crypto

Ping wants to simplify global payments while helping Latin Americans embrace crypto

Ping users create a free account in U.S. dollars to receive bank transfers in either their local currency or cryptocurrency.Ping wants to simplify global payments while helping Latin Americans embrace crypto by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2022 • 4:22

Filing: Meta slashes expenses on reduced hiring and capex investments

Filing: Meta slashes expenses on reduced hiring and capex investments

Meta’s body blow layoff announcement will see the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp making its first-ever major layoffs as a company, cutting 11,000 employees, 13% of its total; predictably investors are responding favorably, bumping the stock up by over 5% in pre-market trading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2022 • 5:18

Southeast Asia health tech platform Speedoc raises $28M

Southeast Asia health tech platform Speedoc raises $28M

Speedoc, a health tech platform that brings hospital care to homes, has raised $28 million in pre-Series B funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2022 • 3:48

Netflix launches a new interactive trivia experience, ‘Triviaverse’

Netflix launches a new interactive trivia experience, ‘Triviaverse’

Today, Netflix is launching a new interactive game called “Triviaverse” that allows subscribers to test their knowledge and compete against an all-knowing “Trivia master” using their TV remote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2022 • 3:55

Ouster and Velodyne agree to merger, signaling consolidation in lidar industry

Ouster and Velodyne agree to merger, signaling consolidation in lidar industry

Ouster and Velodyne, two lidar companies, have agreed to a merger in an all-stock transaction, the companies said Monday. Both Ouster and Velodyne will maintain a 50% stake in the new company, according to the agreement that was signed on November 4. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2022 • 4:54

Unity and IronSource’s $4.4B merger is now complete

Unity and IronSource’s $4.4B merger is now complete

Unity‘s proposed merger with IronSource has formally concluded, with the two companies coming together to create an end-to-end platform for developers to build and monetize games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2022 • 2:58

Ant’s global play is to be a payments aggregator and it now reaches 1B users

Ant’s global play is to be a payments aggregator and it now reaches 1B users

After trying for years to replicate the success of its QR code-enabled payments solution overseas, Ant Group seems to have finally found a path to scaling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2022 • 5:18

After Stripe and Square, Venmo and PayPal are set to support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones

After Stripe and Square, Venmo and PayPal are set to support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones

PayPal announced Thursday that it will soon support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones. The company said in its Q3 2022 earnings report that both PayPal and Venmo will soon support this tech as a part of its offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2022 • 2:37

Patreon adds a long-awaited native video feature

Patreon adds a long-awaited native video feature

Patreon creators can now upload videos directly to the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2022 • 4:08

Smartex sews up $24.7M to put smarter eyes on textile manufacturing

Smartex sews up $24.7M to put smarter eyes on textile manufacturing

A lot of things might spring to mind when you hear “fashion,” but taking care of the planet generally isn’t on that list. Smartex just raised a couple of bolts’ worth of cash, sowing up a round of funding to bring smart tech to fabric manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2022 • 4:31

Ex-Bain investor launches $30M web3 consumer VC fund as solo female founder

Ex-Bain investor launches $30M web3 consumer VC fund as solo female founder

Magdalena “Mags” Kala, a self-described “lifetime degen,” is no stranger to beating the odds. Before she became an investor, she co-founded an all-female blackjack team that sought to exploit gender bias to make a profit through gaming, she told TechCrunch in an interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2022 • 5:11

Byju’s eyes $1 billion IPO for physical tutor chain Aakash

Byju’s eyes $1 billion IPO for physical tutor chain Aakash

Indian edtech giant Byju’s is engaging with bankers to put together a plan for the initial public offering of its unit Aakash, which it acquired last year, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2022 • 3:50

Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification

Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification

Volocopter, a German startup building electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, has secured $182 million for the second signing of its Series E round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2022 • 4:08

Evolito, with an axial-flux motor lighter than Tesla’s, starts ramping up its team

Evolito, with an axial-flux motor lighter than Tesla’s, starts ramping up its team

Last year YASA, a British electric motor startup with a revolutionary “axial-flux” motor, was acquired by Mercedes-Benz to develop ultra-high-performance electric motors for Mercedes’s AMG.EA electric-only platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2022 • 3:12

Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal

Hong Kong to explore legalizing retail crypto trades in reversal of previous proposal

Hong Kong has proposed allowing retail investors to trade in cryptocurrencies and crypto exchange-traded funds and plans to conduct pilots in NFT issuance and CBDC as it looks to regain its status as a global financial hub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2022 • 4:51

GM pauses paid advertising on Twitter as Chief Twit Elon Musk takes ownership

GM pauses paid advertising on Twitter as Chief Twit Elon Musk takes ownership

General Motors has temporarily paused paid advertising on Twitter, one day after billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk finalized a $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2022 • 2:47

US sanctions on China could extend to biotech, official says

US sanctions on China could extend to biotech, official says

On the heels of the Biden administration’s decision to impose sweeping chip sanctions on China, there are signs that China might also lose access to other types of critical U.S. technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2022 • 5:01

Europe schools Elon Musk that Twitter’s wings are already clipped

Europe schools Elon Musk that Twitter’s wings are already clipped

And so the it begins… Elon Musk has only been owner of Twitter for a few hours but he’s already earned himself a schooling from the European Union in response to his suggestive “the bird is freed” tweet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2022 • 6:23

It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen

It’s time to admit self-driving cars aren’t going to happen

A couple caveats for those going apoplectic over the headline: I mean self-driving isn’t going to be a thing A) in our lifetimes and B) with any kind of omnipresent scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2022 • 5:22

Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

Networking and cybersecurity firm Versa today announced that it raised $120 million in a mix of equity and debt led by BlackRock, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 2022 • 5:37

US charges Ukrainian national over alleged role in Raccoon Infostealer malware operation

US charges Ukrainian national over alleged role in Raccoon Infostealer malware operation

U.S. officials have charged a Ukrainian national over his alleged role in the Raccoon Infostealer malware-as-a-service operation that infected millions of computers worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 2022 • 4:20

Twitter’s Elon problem could soon become Apple’s Elon problem, too

Twitter’s Elon problem could soon become Apple’s Elon problem, too

Reports indicate Elon Musk is on track to close his purchase of mildly popular bird website Twitter dot com as of this Friday, which is when he’s been ordered by the judge in the ongoing legal fracas to do so anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2022 • 3:13

Google hit with $113 million fine in India for anti-competitive practices with Play Store policies

Google hit with $113 million fine in India for anti-competitive practices with Play Store policies

India’s antitrust watchdog has hit Google with $113 million fine for abusing the dominant position of its app store, the second such penalty on the Android-maker in just as many weeks in the key overseas market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2022 • 8:30

Jasper’s robots assemble fresh meals for nearby apartment dwellers

Jasper’s robots assemble fresh meals for nearby apartment dwellers

After attempting to sell its tech to large food service companies, cooking automation startup Jasper has shifted to direct-to-consumer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2022 • 5:49

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ is the priciest digital album Tencent has sold

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ is the priciest digital album Tencent has sold

Taylor Swift’s latest album “Midnights” has dropped, and it might be setting a new standard for China’s digital music industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2022 • 4:22

YouTube Premium’s family plan gets a price hike in several countries

YouTube Premium’s family plan gets a price hike in several countries

YouTube is raising prices for its Premium subscription plans across many countries including the US, the UK, Canada, and Argentina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2022 • 5:26

Uber pilots electric cab offering in India

Uber pilots electric cab offering in India

Uber has started offering electric vehicles to customers in certain parts of the Delhi-NCR region and says it will be expanding its efforts over the coming months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 2022 • 4:32

Google Messages adds reaction support for iPhone texts and in-app reminders

Google Messages adds reaction support for iPhone texts and in-app reminders

Google has left no stones unturned in pushing Apple to adopt the Rich Communication Services that the search giant argues will improve cross-platform communication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 2022 • 4:36

Ocean-climate VC Propeller launches with $100M to fund ‘tomorrow’s narwhals’

Ocean-climate VC Propeller launches with $100M to fund ‘tomorrow’s narwhals’

Propeller, a new climate-tech investor with a focus on the ocean, tells TechCrunch that it has hooked $100 million for its first seed fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 2022 • 2:53

Pinterest partners with record labels to bring popular music to its TikTok rival, ‘Idea Pins’

Pinterest partners with record labels to bring popular music to its TikTok rival, ‘Idea Pins’

Pinterest’s TikTok competitor is gaining new music. The company announced today its video-focused “Idea Pins” feature will now include the ability to add popular tracks from top artists, thanks to new licensing deals with Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin and BMG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 2022 • 4:04

Eswatini’s central bank mulls issuance of a digital currency

Eswatini’s central bank mulls issuance of a digital currency

The kingdom of Eswatini is considering the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), joining the growing list of African countries exploring the viability of an e-currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2022 • 3:16

Rolls-Royce Spectre EV to launch next year with 260-mile range

Rolls-Royce Spectre EV to launch next year with 260-mile range

Rolls-Royce plans to deliver its first EV, the Spectre two-door coupe, to customers late next year as it transitions toward becoming a fully electric brand by 2030. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2022 • 3:07

Belkin’s $30 Continuity Camera accessory is now available for MagSafe iPhones

Belkin’s $30 Continuity Camera accessory is now available for MagSafe iPhones

Continuity Camera was one of the odder additions that arrived in the last round of Apple operating system updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2022 • 3:31

Shares of Korean internet giant Kakao slide after fire disrupts service

Shares of Korean internet giant Kakao slide after fire disrupts service

The stock price of South Korea’s internet giant Kakao tumbled on Monday after a fire at a data center that cut off power on Saturday, causing several service malfunctions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2022 • 4:02

PayPal debuts a new rewards program that combines Honey’s discounts with other ways to earn

PayPal debuts a new rewards program that combines Honey’s discounts with other ways to earn

PayPal is taking a step away from the Honey brand, the $4 billion shopping rewards acquisition it made in 2019, with today’s launch of PayPal Rewards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2022 • 4:50

Shein owner fined $1.9M for failing to notify 39M users of data breach

Shein owner fined $1.9M for failing to notify 39M users of data breach

A data breach from 2018 is putting Shein under the spotlight as the ultra-fast fashion e-commerce platform continues to conquer Gen-Z markets across the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2022 • 4:15

Repairable laptop firm Framework introduces refurbished program

Repairable laptop firm Framework introduces refurbished program

Framework is at the vanguard of a growing movement to make electronics more repair-friendly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 2022 • 2:31

Nudge Security emerges from stealth to tackle cybersecurity’s people problem

Nudge Security emerges from stealth to tackle cybersecurity’s people problem

Social engineering attacks are on the rise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 2022 • 5:08

Uniswap Labs valued at $1.66 billion in $165 million new funding

Uniswap Labs valued at $1.66 billion in $165 million new funding

Uniswap Labs has raised $165 million in a new funding round as the parent firm of the world’s largest decentralized exchange looks to broaden its offerings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 13, 2022 • 3:21

Roboadvisor Betterment launches crypto offering with four themed portfolios

Roboadvisor Betterment launches crypto offering with four themed portfolios

Betterment, a roboadvisory platform which manages over $33 billion in assets, has finally launched its crypto offering after completing a private beta phase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 13, 2022 • 4:26

Moon set for November traffic jam as both ispace and NASA target launches

Moon set for November traffic jam as both ispace and NASA target launches

If all goes to plan, Florida’s Space Coast could see two separate lunar missions take off in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2022 • 3:40

OatFi secures capital to power BNPL services for SMBs

OatFi secures capital to power BNPL services for SMBs

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market was once seen as a bulletproof investment, given the meteoric rise of players like Klarna and Afterpay during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2022 • 5:13

Starship partners with Grubhub to bring sidewalk bots to colleges

Starship partners with Grubhub to bring sidewalk bots to colleges

Autonomous sidewalk delivery robot company Starship Technologies is partnering with food ordering and delivery company Grubhub to provide robotic delivery services on college campuses across the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2022 • 3:26

Samsung seeks smart TV growth with first Tizen OS licensing deals

Samsung seeks smart TV growth with first Tizen OS licensing deals

Samsung has confirmed the first third-party smart TV makers to ship with its Tizen operating system (OS), with several manufacturers preparing to launch Tizen-powered TVs this year across Europe and Australasia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2022 • 3:32

Google removes The OG App from the Play Store as founders think about next steps

Google removes The OG App from the Play Store as founders think about next steps

Almost a week after Apple removed The OG App from the App Store, an Instagram client that promised to provide an ad-free and suggestion-free feed, Google followed the suit and booted the app off the Play Store.9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2022 • 2:55

Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding

Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding

A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2022 • 5:06

Twitter nudges you to share the tweet instead of taking a screenshot

Twitter nudges you to share the tweet instead of taking a screenshot

Screenshots of tweets are one of the most popular ways to share tweets with friends or post them on your other social media accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 7, 2022 • 3:03

UK to probe Inmarsat and Viasat’s $7.3B merger on competition grounds, says it could lead to pricier in-flight Wi-FI

UK to probe Inmarsat and Viasat’s $7.3B merger on competition grounds, says it could lead to pricier in-flight Wi-FI

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that the proposed merger between London-based satellite communications company Inmarsat and its U.S. rival Viasat raises potential competition concerns, and plans to launch a full-scale investigation into the deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 7, 2022 • 4:39

Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach

Uber’s former security chief found guilty of covering up 2016 data breach

Uber’s former head of security has been found guilty of criminal obstruction for attempting cover up a data breach that saw tens of millions of customer and driver records stolen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2022 • 4:28

Party Round’s rebrand is banking on founder bank accounts

Party Round’s rebrand is banking on founder bank accounts

Party Round wants you to know that the party isn’t over. In fact, it just rebranded, put the music just a little bit lower, and finally put out some appetizers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2022 • 5:02

White House proposes voluntary safety and transparency rules around AI

White House proposes voluntary safety and transparency rules around AI

The White House this morning unveiled what it’s colloquially calling an “AI Bill of Rights,” which aims to establish tenets around the ways AI algorithms should be deployed as well as guardrails on their applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2022 • 4:18

VLC-developer VideoLAN sends legal notice to Indian ministries over ban

VLC-developer VideoLAN sends legal notice to Indian ministries over ban

VideoLAN, the developer and operator of popular media player VLC, has filed a legal notice to India’s IT and Telecom ministries, alleging that the Indian bodies failed to notify the software developer and did not afford it a chance for an explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2022 • 4:22

App Store experienced sharp revenue drop in September, Morgan Stanley says

App Store experienced sharp revenue drop in September, Morgan Stanley says

Apple’s App Store suffered a 5% year-on-year dip in net revenue in September according to a note from Morgan Stanley analyst Erik Woodring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2022 • 3:35

Rivian taps Capital One exec Diane Lye as its first CIO

Rivian taps Capital One exec Diane Lye as its first CIO

Rivian has hired Diane Lye as its first chief information officer, a position that the EV maker says is necessary to expand globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2022 • 4:02

Amazon is launching a dedicated hub for its affordable shopping options

Amazon is launching a dedicated hub for its affordable shopping options

Amazon is launching Amazon Access, a new hub for customers to explore the programs, discounts and features that the online retailer offers for affordable shopping, the company announced on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2022 • 2:47

Truepill, a digital health unicorn, conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022

Truepill, a digital health unicorn, conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022

Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its fourth layoff of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2022 • 3:49

YouTube TV users can now subscribe to standalone networks without a base plan

YouTube TV users can now subscribe to standalone networks without a base plan

YouTube TV launched a new option that allows subscribers to purchase add-ons without subscribing to the full channel offering in the service’s Base plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2022 • 2:57

Fairphone adds fully refurbished handsets to its modular reuse mix

Fairphone adds fully refurbished handsets to its modular reuse mix

Away from the premium smartphone feature-utility hyperbole swirling around dynamic islands, mobile devices remain much of a muchness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2022 • 5:01

Square now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones

Square now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones

Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, now supports Apple’s Tap to Pay for iPhone feature for merchants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2022 • 2:53

Hacker breaches Fast Company systems to send offensive Apple News notifications

Hacker breaches Fast Company systems to send offensive Apple News notifications

U.S. business publication Fast Company has confirmed that a hacker breached its internal systems to send offensive push notifications to Apple News users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2022 • 4:15

Cionic gets $12.5M to accelerate its assistive mobility wearable

Cionic gets $12.5M to accelerate its assistive mobility wearable

There’s been plenty of excitement on the robotic exoskeleton front in recent years. For the most part, these devices slot into two categories: 1) workplace assistance and 2) mobility assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2022 • 3:44

Document onboarding startup Flatfile nabs $50M from investors, including Workday

Document onboarding startup Flatfile nabs $50M from investors, including Workday

Data cleansing — prepping data for applications like predictive analytics — takes time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2022 • 5:54

NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashes into space rock

NASA’s DART anti-asteroid satellite successfully smashes into space rock

NASA has completed a key step of its “Double Asteroid Redirection Test” (DART), smashing a satellite roughly the size of a vending machine into a small moon that’s about half-a-mile in diameter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2022 • 2:46

Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 14 in India

Apple starts manufacturing iPhone 14 in India

Apple has started assembling the iPhone 14 models in India, it said Monday, locally producing the current lineup for the first time in the same calendar year in the world’s second largest smartphone market as analysts predict a greater shift in the American giant’s future manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2022 • 4:51

Samsung launches credit card in India

Samsung launches credit card in India

Samsung has launched two credit cards in India, entering a crowded category that sees over 50 companies fiercely compete for consumers’ attention in the world’s second largest internet market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2022 • 4:13

Rad Power Bikes and Cycle pilot consumer e-bike subscriptions

Rad Power Bikes and Cycle pilot consumer e-bike subscriptions

Rad Power Bikes, a popular American e-bike brand that has raised over $300 million in the past two years, will start offering bikes as a subscription service next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2022 • 3:21

Breaking Bad creator is making a new show for Apple TV+ with Rhea Seehorn

Breaking Bad creator is making a new show for Apple TV+ with Rhea Seehorn

Apple TV+’s original programming has received a major boost with the company landing a deal with “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” creator Vince Gilligan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 23, 2022 • 2:47

Alibaba Cloud pledges $1B to boost overseas alliance

Alibaba Cloud pledges $1B to boost overseas alliance

Alibaba is known for its sprawling e-commerce empire, but like Amazon, cloud service has been a big driver of its revenues in recent years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 23, 2022 • 4:01

Florida escalates the fight over a controversial social media law to the Supreme Court

Florida escalates the fight over a controversial social media law to the Supreme Court

After an appeals court struck down key portions of a state law designed to prevent social media companies from freely making content moderation decisions, Florida wants the Supreme Court to weigh in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2022 • 3:13

Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

From healthcare to manufacturing, traditional industries have been getting a digital makeover over the past decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2022 • 4:28

Google is integrating Assistant and Calendar reminders with Tasks

Google is integrating Assistant and Calendar reminders with Tasks

In its latest step of the app cleanup drive, Google is folding in Assistant and Calendar reminders in its Tasks app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 21, 2022 • 2:50

YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ options don’t do much for your recommendations, study says

YouTube’s ‘dislike’ and ‘not interested’ options don’t do much for your recommendations, study says

There is no secret that both viewers and creators are confused by the puzzle that is YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 21, 2022 • 5:15

Slack adds persistent information layer to channels called Canvas

Slack adds persistent information layer to channels called Canvas

Slack has succeeded in large part in the enterprise by allowing people to communicate in a number of ways while integrating with many common enterprise applications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2022 • 3:44

This Mac app makes it easy to create your own AI images with Stable Diffusion

This Mac app makes it easy to create your own AI images with Stable Diffusion

Everyone wants to get in on the AI image generation action, but if you’ve been intimidated by the existing options out there based on Stable Diffusion, including the Midjourney Discord bot, you’re in luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2022 • 2:27

Swedish last-mile delivery companies Instabox and Budbee to become Instabee in $1.7B merger

Swedish last-mile delivery companies Instabox and Budbee to become Instabee in $1.7B merger

Swedish last-mile delivery companies Instabox and Budbee have have announced plans to merge in a 18 billion krona ($1.7 billion) deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2022 • 4:03

Autonomous electric truck company Einride rides into Germany

Autonomous electric truck company Einride rides into Germany

Autonomous and electric truck maker Einride is rolling into Germany, representing its first new market in Europe outside its native Sweden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2022 • 4:46

YouTube encourages creators to make Shorts directly from replies

YouTube encourages creators to make Shorts directly from replies

If one short video app has a feature, everyone else has to have it. That’s the rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 2022 • 2:40

Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design

Adobe snaps up Figma for $20B, taking out one of its biggest rivals in digital design

Big news in the world of digital creative tech: Adobe today announced that it would acquire Figma for $20 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 2022 • 4:58

Lightyear opens to stocks and ETFs across the UK and Europe

Lightyear opens to stocks and ETFs across the UK and Europe

U.K.-based fintech Lightyear is extending its stock-trading offering to include a wide selection of U.K. and European stocks, as well as exchange traded funds (ETF). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2022 • 4:24

Chameleon raises cash to help SaaS companies build better onboarding experiences

Chameleon raises cash to help SaaS companies build better onboarding experiences

Chameleon, a startup providing low- and no-code tools designed to help software companies personalize the appearance of their apps, today announced that it raised $13 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2022 • 5:16

GoPro’s Hero11 gets improved image quality, stabilization and a Mini version

GoPro’s Hero11 gets improved image quality, stabilization and a Mini version

This year marks GoPro’s 20th year. It’s been an interesting journey for a company that has become synonymous with a specific product category for well over a decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2022 • 4:34

Hone raises $30M to grow its corporate learning platofrm

Hone raises $30M to grow its corporate learning platofrm

One of the co-founders of FanDuel has raised $30 million to fund a startup — Hone — that’s providing a platform for “enterprise-scale,” exec-level learning and development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2022 • 5:20

Ashby lands $21.5M to automate key aspects of recruiting

Ashby lands $21.5M to automate key aspects of recruiting

As hiring remains challenging in an economy where jobs are plentiful (depending on the sector), venture capitalists continue to pump money into HR startups focused on assessing and onboarding candidates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2022 • 5:58

Roku’s latest update adds short-form video, a universal save list and ‘continue watching’ feature

Roku’s latest update adds short-form video, a universal save list and ‘continue watching’ feature

Alongside its fall hardware update, which included new streaming and audio devices, Roku today unveiled the features it has in store for the next version of its media software, Roku OS 11.5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2022 • 7:03

Gotham Greens just raised $310M to expand its greenhouses nationwide

Gotham Greens just raised $310M to expand its greenhouses nationwide

That’s not a typo. $310 million, with a zero at the end. This latest round brings Gotham Greens’ total funding up to $440 million since its 2009 launch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2022 • 3:42

Rocket Lab, Sierra Space sign agreements under US military’s rocket cargo project

Rocket Lab, Sierra Space sign agreements under US military’s rocket cargo project

Rocket Lab and Sierra Space have signed separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to explore how their respective flight systems — Rocket Lab’s Electron and Neutron rockets, Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane — could be used for superfast cargo delivery on Earth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2022 • 3:41

Tesla wants your vote for new Supercharger locations

Tesla wants your vote for new Supercharger locations

Tesla said Thursday it is turning to the public to help determine where to locate its next Superchargers as the automaker continues to expand its network of EV fast-charging stations in North America, Europe and Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 9, 2022 • 2:16

Uber wants court to nullify Kenya’s new ride-hailing law that caps service fee at 18%

Uber wants court to nullify Kenya’s new ride-hailing law that caps service fee at 18%

Uber has appealed to Kenya’s apex court to annul the new digital taxi-hailing regulations claiming that some aspects are unconstitutional, discriminatory, discouraging to foreign investments, and infringe on its rights and those of its riders and partners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 9, 2022 • 4:28

Bloomingdale’s goes all-in on metaverse with new virtual store

Bloomingdale’s goes all-in on metaverse with new virtual store

Bloomingdale’s virtual store will initially feature collections from brands like Polo Ralph Lauren, Marc Jacobs, David Yurman, MCM, Byredo and Baccarat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2022 • 3:05

Boston’s ClearMotion funded by Nio Capital to switch on in-car metaverse in China

Boston’s ClearMotion funded by Nio Capital to switch on in-car metaverse in China

U.S.-China decoupling is expected to discourage cross-border investments between the two superpowers as investors shy away from sanctions and geopolitical risks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2022 • 4:01

Twitter will let you edit your tweet up to five times

Twitter will let you edit your tweet up to five times

Twitter announced a much-anticipated feature last week — the ability to edit tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 7, 2022 • 2:55

Open-source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M

Open-source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M

Bitwarden, an open-source password manager for enterprises and consumers, has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by PSG, with participation form Battery Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 7, 2022 • 4:17

LG Electronics launches NFT platform that lets users buy and sell digital artwork

LG Electronics launches NFT platform that lets users buy and sell digital artwork

LG Electronics said today it has released its non-fungible token (NFT) platform LG Art Lab, which lets users discover, buy, sell and trade NFTs on LG’s smart TVs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2022 • 3:57

Docquity, a community for healthcare professionals, raises $44M Series C

Docquity, a community for healthcare professionals, raises $44M Series C

A call between doctors can save lives. That’s what Docquity co-founder Indranil Roychowdhury learned when his father was hospitalized with a life-threatening condition in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2022 • 5:13

UK clears $8.1B merger between NortonLifeLock and Avast

UK clears $8.1B merger between NortonLifeLock and Avast

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally cleared the proposed $8.1 billion merger between cybersecurity giants NortonLifeLock and Avast, a month after provisionally greenlighting the deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 5, 2022 • 2:51

Google will allow alternative payment systems for Play Store in more countries

Google will allow alternative payment systems for Play Store in more countries

Google announced today it’s expanding the user choice billing program for Play Store — which lets users choose alternative payment systems for in-app purchases — to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 2, 2022 • 4:51

Disney+ will reportedly launch in-app commerce features by year’s end

Disney+ will reportedly launch in-app commerce features by year’s end

Disney is looking at ways for viewers to buy themed merchandise and accessories by scanning a QR code in the Disney+ app, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 2, 2022 • 3:47

OneSignal lands $50M to automatically optimize SMS, in-app and email campaigns

OneSignal lands $50M to automatically optimize SMS, in-app and email campaigns

OneSignal, a platform that powers notifications for mobile apps and more, today announced that it raised $50 million in a Series C round led by BAM Elevate with participation from SignalFire and other existing investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 1, 2022 • 6:17

Twitter’s attempt to monetize porn reportedly halted due to child safety warnings

Twitter’s attempt to monetize porn reportedly halted due to child safety warnings

Despite serving as the online watercooler for journalists, politicians and VCs, Twitter isn’t the most profitable social network on the block. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 1, 2022 • 4:05

China’s NetEase snaps up French video game studio Quantic Dream

China’s NetEase snaps up French video game studio Quantic Dream

NetEase, a Chinese technology company and billion-dollar video-game publisher, has acquired French video-game studio Quantic Dream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 31, 2022 • 5:32

PostEx acquires Call Courier to become Pakistan’s larger e-commerce service provider

PostEx acquires Call Courier to become Pakistan’s larger e-commerce service provider

Pakistani fintech PostEx has acquired logistics service provider Call Courier, creating what it describes as the largest e-commerce service provider in the country. PostEx will now serve 1.3 million users with over 8,000 merchants across 500 cities in Pakistan, and is on track to having a loan book of more than $12 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 31, 2022 • 3:33

Musk cites whistleblower allegations in fresh attempt to backtrack on $44B Twitter acquisition

Musk cites whistleblower allegations in fresh attempt to backtrack on $44B Twitter acquisition

Elon Musk is adding allegations from Twitter security whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to his list of reasons for pulling out of the $44 billion Twitter acquisition he proposed back in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2022 • 5:09

Honda and LG Energy plan to build a $4.4 billion lithium-ion plant in the US

Honda and LG Energy plan to build a $4.4 billion lithium-ion plant in the US

Honda is the latest car company with plans to manufacture lithium-ion batteries in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2022 • 3:28

NASA scrubs Artemis I launch due to technical issue

NASA scrubs Artemis I launch due to technical issue

After much fanfare, including a crop of celebrity appearances and the arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris, NASA said it was scrubbing today’s first-ever launch attempt of the mega moon rocket due to technical issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2022 • 3:19

T-Mobile phones will connect to Starlink for free starting next year

T-Mobile phones will connect to Starlink for free starting next year

T-Mobile and SpaceX have announced that Starlink satellites launched next year will be able to connect directly to the carrier’s phones over existing cellular bands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2022 • 4:09

Zuckerberg says Meta’s next VR headset will launch in October and will focus on ‘social presence’

Zuckerberg says Meta’s next VR headset will launch in October and will focus on ‘social presence’

Meta is launching its next VR headset this October at the company’s Connect conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 2022 • 3:32

$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition

$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition

Web3 developer infrastructure startup Alchemy, which last raised a $200 million Series C1 last February, has just made its first acquisition ever — and it’s in the education space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 26, 2022 • 5:38

Instagram is now allowing users to share posts, Reels, and locations through QR codes

Instagram is now allowing users to share posts, Reels, and locations through QR codes

Instagram is now allowing users to share anyone’s posts or Reels through a QR code. What’s more, users can also share a QR code location through its searchable Map experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 25, 2022 • 3:30

Strange Facebook bug is spamming everyone’s feed with celebrity page posts

Strange Facebook bug is spamming everyone’s feed with celebrity page posts

Facebook said Wednesday that it’s aware that some users are seeing bizarre posts on their feeds and assured it’s working to resolve the issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2022 • 3:23

Dutchie launches new cannabis Point of Sale platform with its own dual-screen register

Dutchie launches new cannabis Point of Sale platform with its own dual-screen register

Dutchie today is announcing a new cannabis point of sale platform, including a dual-screen terminal for dispensaries. Called Dutchie POS, this comes just weeks after the company announced a new payment platform, Dutchie Pay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2022 • 3:47

Ex-Apple engineer admits stealing automotive trade secrets

Ex-Apple engineer admits stealing automotive trade secrets

A case concerning Apple’s driving trade secrets which started in 2018 has come to a close. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2022 • 3:35

Human drivers in UK won’t be liable for accidents when vehicle is self-driving

Human drivers in UK won’t be liable for accidents when vehicle is self-driving

Manufacturers operating self-driving vehicles in the UK will be liable for a vehicle’s actions when in autonomous mode, according to the country’s new roadmap to achieve a widespread rollout of self-driving vehicles by 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2022 • 4:27

Zencastr adds editing and distro in bid to become a full-service podcast offering

Zencastr adds editing and distro in bid to become a full-service podcast offering

Zencastr has been my go-to podcast recording platform for a while now, owing to an innovative system that records each participant’s channel locally, before uploading it to the server. It’s a nice, quick way to ensure your guests have better sound quality than non-purpose-built platforms like Zoom, without forcing them to record locally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 2022 • 4:33

Otter.ai challenger Airgram raises $10M to transcribe and time your video calls

Otter.ai challenger Airgram raises $10M to transcribe and time your video calls

There’re plenty of tools out there competing to help people make their video calls breezier. Some, like voice transcription service Otter.ai, have been getting a boost from the COVID-19 pandemic and pulling in handsome investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 2022 • 3:43

Lincoln’s latest EV concept is a grand tourer land yacht with a sprinkle of 1920s nostalgia

Lincoln’s latest EV concept is a grand tourer land yacht with a sprinkle of 1920s nostalgia

Lincoln revealed Thursday during Monterey Car Week its vision for future EVs — while commemorating its centennial year — with the debut of the Lincoln Model L 100 concept, an autonomous, battery-electric grand tourer that pays homage to the brand’s first luxury vehicle, the 1922 Model L. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2022 • 5:29

Revolut to allow users to donate to the homeless via the Beam crowdfunding platform

Revolut to allow users to donate to the homeless via the Beam crowdfunding platform

The world is entering a huge cost of living crisis, which will inevitably result in a rise in homelessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2022 • 3:30

This new $100M fund plans to focus on startups accelerating the science around longevity

This new $100M fund plans to focus on startups accelerating the science around longevity

Longevity-focused startups have been proliferating in recent years as we become more focused on our health. However, it’s not just about apps to get you in the gym. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 2022 • 4:42

Funding Circle cofounder unveils new Super Payments fintech venture with $27M investment

Funding Circle cofounder unveils new Super Payments fintech venture with $27M investment

Funding Circle cofounder Samir Desai has unveiled a new U.K. fintech startup called Super Payments, a venture he founded back in February but which very little was known about up until now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 2022 • 3:55

Incredible Health passes unicorn valuation as it bags $80M Series B

Incredible Health passes unicorn valuation as it bags $80M Series B

Incredible Health, a US-based job-matching platform which made nurses its first focus, has closed an $80 million Series B funding round and announced hitting a $1.65BN unicorn valuation, billing itself as the highest valued “tech-enabled” career marketplace in the healthcare sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2022 • 4:37

Polestar is launching an EV roadster in 2026 called the Polestar 6

Polestar is launching an EV roadster in 2026 called the Polestar 6

Electric vehicle maker Polestar said Tuesday that it is expanding its lineup to include an 884-horsepower hard-top convertible with recycled polyester upholstery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2022 • 4:10

Meta launches Horizon Worlds in France and Spain

Meta launches Horizon Worlds in France and Spain

In an effort to expand its social platform for virtual reality, Horizon Worlds, Meta is launching it in France and Spain today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2022 • 3:07

Tencent veterans secure $13M to build cross-chain decentralized identities

Tencent veterans secure $13M to build cross-chain decentralized identities

There is a host of startups working on decentralized identities for the next generation of the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2022 • 5:08

Uber to sunset free loyalty program in favor of subscription membership

Uber to sunset free loyalty program in favor of subscription membership

Ride-hailing giant Uber is shutting down its free loyalty program, Uber Rewards, so it can focus on its subscription-based Uber One membership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2022 • 3:22

US unmasks alleged Conti ransomware operative, offers $10M for intel

US unmasks alleged Conti ransomware operative, offers $10M for intel

The U.S. government said it will offer up to $10 million for information related to five people believed to be high-ranking members of the notorious Russia-backed Conti ransomware gang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2022 • 4:01

Suspected Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam

Suspected Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam

The Dutch government agency responsible for investigating financial crimes said it has arrested a developer suspected of being involved with crypto mixing service Tornado Cash in a move that has rattled some crypto and privacy advocates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 12, 2022 • 3:50

Google Meet’s new feature lets users consume YouTube and Spotify together

Google Meet’s new feature lets users consume YouTube and Spotify together

As Google continues the great merger between its Duo and Meet video communications apps, the company today announced that it’s introducing new Apple SharePlay-like live-sharing features to Meet, making it easier for call-participants to engage with content together in real time. I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 12, 2022 • 3:02

Farther, a wealth tech firm, banks $15M Series A as valuation hits $50M

Farther, a wealth tech firm, banks $15M Series A as valuation hits $50M

Farther provides two sets of tools, one for advisors to expand their businesses and one for clients to invest in ways that align with their goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2022 • 4:21

Weedmaps for Business debuts as a SaaS suite for cannabis retailers and brands

Weedmaps for Business debuts as a SaaS suite for cannabis retailers and brands

Veteran cannabis tech company WM Technology is rebranding and expanding its SaaS offering to move upstream beyond its existing Weedmaps marketplace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2022 • 5:09

Joby Aviation’s contract with U.S. Air Force expands to include Marines

Joby Aviation’s contract with U.S. Air Force expands to include Marines

The United States Department of Defense is deepening its relationship with electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft company Joby Aviation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2022 • 4:18

South Korea to probe Apple and Google over in-app payment rule break

South Korea to probe Apple and Google over in-app payment rule break

South Korea’s communication watchdog, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), said Tuesday it will investigate Apple and Google over potential violations of the country’s in-app payment rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2022 • 4:06

WhatsApp extends time limit to delete a message to 60 hours

WhatsApp extends time limit to delete a message to 60 hours

WhatsApp now allows you to delete a message for up to two days and 12 hours (60 hours in total), so you can remove an accidentally sent chat even after hours. Previously, this limit was 1 hour, 8 minutes, and 16 seconds — yep, there were seconds involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2022 • 2:26

Bitmain co-founder welcomes crypto regulation to restore market confidence

Bitmain co-founder welcomes crypto regulation to restore market confidence

The collapse of Three Arrow Capital and the counterparties wrapped in the crypto hedge fund’s troubles have drawn questions about the soundness of the heady digital asset investment space. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2022 • 4:33

Google is suing Sonos over patent infringement once again

Google is suing Sonos over patent infringement once again

Google is suing Sonos (again) over patent infringement in what seems to be an unending legal fight series between two tech companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2022 • 3:42

Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7B

Amazon is buying iRobot for $1.7B

Amazon this morning announced plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot for an all-cash deal valued at $1.7 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2022 • 6:27

Get ready for a HBO Max – Discovery+ mashup app in 2023

Get ready for a HBO Max – Discovery+ mashup app in 2023

The headline of Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings call was something a lot of people dreaded: HBO Max and Discovery+ are merging into a new service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2022 • 4:28

Toyota-backed robotaxi unicorn Pony.ai sues ex-employees over trade secrets

Toyota-backed robotaxi unicorn Pony.ai sues ex-employees over trade secrets

Pony.ai, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company valued at $8.5 billion as of late, has sued two former employees over alleged trade secret infringement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2022 • 3:35

Samsung brings Amazon Luna games to its smart TVs and monitors

Samsung brings Amazon Luna games to its smart TVs and monitors

Samsung announced Wednesday that it’s bringing more than 250 games to the Samsung Gaming Hub through the Amazon Luna streaming-based gaming service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 4, 2022 • 2:55

Thousands of Solana wallets drained in multimillion dollar exploit

Thousands of Solana wallets drained in multimillion dollar exploit

Solana, an increasingly popular blockchain known for its speedy transactions, has become the target of the crypto sphere’s latest hack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 4, 2022 • 4:29

Uber’s ride with Indian food delivery firm Zomato comes to an end

Uber’s ride with Indian food delivery firm Zomato comes to an end

Uber’s ride with Zomato has concluded. The ride-hailing firm sold its 7.8% stake of the lossmaking Indian food delivery firm on Wednesday for over $390 million, a person familiar with the matter said, becoming the latest large institutional investor to offload its shares. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2022 • 2:59

Discord says Android users won’t be left hanging anymore

Discord says Android users won’t be left hanging anymore

Discord announced new measures to bring its Android app into parity with its iOS counterpart today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2022 • 2:28

Sheryl Sandberg officially stepped down as Meta COO on August 1, filing shows

Sheryl Sandberg officially stepped down as Meta COO on August 1, filing shows

We knew it was happening, but Meta has confirmed that its long-standing chief operating officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg has departed from her role as of yesterday (August 1). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2022 • 4:01

After dominating the short video market, TikTok may be considering a music service

After dominating the short video market, TikTok may be considering a music service

TikTok parent company ByteDance filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in May for a service called “TikTok Music.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2022 • 5:43

Indian telecom firms bid $19 billion in 5G auction

Indian telecom firms bid $19 billion in 5G auction

Telecom operators in India bid slightly over $19 billion in the government auction for the 5G airwaves, the highest from them in any spectrum sale, as the world’s second-largest wireless market readies the rollout of improved and faster voice and data speeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2022 • 6:23

US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya’s Daraja microfinance bank

US-based fintech Umba buys majority stake in Kenya’s Daraja microfinance bank

Umba, a US-based digital bank with a focus on emerging markets, has acquired a majority shareholding of Daraja, a Kenyan deposit-taking microfinance bank, for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2022 • 3:39

Twitter is increasing the price of Twitter Blue from $2.99 to $4.99 per month

Twitter is increasing the price of Twitter Blue from $2.99 to $4.99 per month

Twitter is increasing the price of its subscription service, Twitter Blue, from $2.99 to $4.99 per month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2022 • 3:17

Gmail rolls out its latest Material You redesign and search improvements to all users

Gmail rolls out its latest Material You redesign and search improvements to all users

If you feel like you’ve seen a lot of “Gmail redesign roll out” posts in the last few months, it’s not just you: Google has been teasing and testing features for new, integrated-view quick access to apps like Chat and Meet since the start of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2022 • 3:03

DealCart is focused on price-conscious Pakistani consumers

DealCart is focused on price-conscious Pakistani consumers

The price of consumer goods has been soaring all around the world, creating a major budgeting headache for many people. Social commerce startup DealCart wants to make life easier for shoppers, at least in Pakistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 2022 • 5:26

Google Maps is rolling out location sharing notifications and immersive view for landmarks

Google Maps is rolling out location sharing notifications and immersive view for landmarks

Google Maps is introducing three features today in different categories including an aerial view of 100 landmarks, detailed cycling routes, and improved location sharing with notifications for the arrival and departure of your friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 2022 • 4:28

Spotify exits short-lived Car Thing hardware play, as reports Q2 MAUs of 433M, offsetting Russia exit and service outage

Spotify exits short-lived Car Thing hardware play, as reports Q2 MAUs of 433M, offsetting Russia exit and service outage

Spotify’s push to complement its music streaming with a big move into podcasting and related content appears to be paying off, despite the ups and downs of operating in an uncertain economic and political climate and Spotify’s exit from its foray into hardware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2022 • 4:24

Corporate travel tech platform Spotnana nabs $75M

Corporate travel tech platform Spotnana nabs $75M

Spotnana, a self-proclaimed “travel-as-a-service” platform that targets corporations, travel management firms, and other technology companies with a cloud-based toolset for booking and managing travel, has raised $75 million in a series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2022 • 3:50

Snyk adds policy-based code security to its arsenal

Snyk adds policy-based code security to its arsenal

Last year was a pretty good one for Snyk, a Boston-based security company. It raised a hefty $530 million on a $8.5 billion valuation, and with that kind of money in the bank, it’s probably not surprising that it went shopping. In February, it bought developer-focused cloud security company Fugue for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2022 • 3:45

Netflix’s iOS app now has a sign up button that takes you to its website

Netflix’s iOS app now has a sign up button that takes you to its website

Netflix’s app on iOS now has a signup button that will redirect you to its site so you can subscribe to one of its plans with the company paying no App Store fees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2022 • 4:06

Real driverless cars are now legal in China’s tech hub Shenzhen

Real driverless cars are now legal in China’s tech hub Shenzhen

There are plenty of autonomous driving vehicles testing on the roads of Shenzhen today: Pony.ai, Baidu, DeepRoute, AutoX, you name it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2022 • 3:27

Mexican region gives Tesla and its suppliers a dedicated border crossing lane

Mexican region gives Tesla and its suppliers a dedicated border crossing lane

Tesla suppliers traveling from Nuevo León, Mexico, to Texas now have their very own dedicated border patrol lane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2022 • 3:43

Google’s Pixel 6a is a budget device with the heart of a flagship

Google’s Pixel 6a is a budget device with the heart of a flagship

It’s probably hyperbole to credit Google’s Pixel A devices for single-handedly keeping the broader line alive during some admittedly lean times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2022 • 5:34

Meati Foods sinks teeth into $150M to expand its mushroom-root meat operations

Meati Foods sinks teeth into $150M to expand its mushroom-root meat operations

After five years of research, Meati Foods is poised to begin shipping its plant-based meat product later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2022 • 4:23

Just Eat Takeaway scales back in France as market value drops 84% in 10 months

Just Eat Takeaway scales back in France as market value drops 84% in 10 months

Just Eat Takeaway is cutting 390 jobs from its workforce in France, constituting part of a broader global restructuring effort as the food delivery giant looks to reverse its recent downturn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 2022 • 5:16

China’s $1B fine on Didi could end the mobility giant’s troubled year

China’s $1B fine on Didi could end the mobility giant’s troubled year

Didi, the Chinese ride hailing behemoth that has undergone a year of regulatory overhaul, faces a fine of over 8 billion yuan ($1.28 billion) from the country’s authorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 2022 • 3:55

Google expands its photo and canvas printing service to Europe and Canada

Google expands its photo and canvas printing service to Europe and Canada

Google is expanding its photo and canvas prints service to Europe and Canada. Google has offered printed photo books in the U.S. since 2017, a service that started rolling out in Europe the following year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2022 • 2:59

Microsoft u-turns on policy that would’ve banned commercial open source apps

Microsoft u-turns on policy that would’ve banned commercial open source apps

Microsoft has confirmed that it won’t be introducing a previously announced new policy that would effectively ban developers from selling open source software on the Windows app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2022 • 4:56

Amazon sues admins from 10,000 Facebook groups over fake reviews

Amazon sues admins from 10,000 Facebook groups over fake reviews

If the reviews of the last completely necessary and not at all superfluous thing you bought on Amazon looked like so much copypasta, there’s a good reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2022 • 4:48

HireArt lands $26.25M to help manage and recruit W2 contractors for clients

HireArt lands $26.25M to help manage and recruit W2 contractors for clients

HireArt, which TechCrunch previously described as a “resume-killing” jobs marketplace, today announced that it raised $26.25 million in a Series B financing round led by Three Fish Capital with participation from over a “half dozen” angel investors. CEO Nick Sedlet said that the cash will be put toward product development and more than doubling HireArt’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2022 • 6:03

Vektor Partners raises new €125M fund to look specifically at sustainable mobility

Vektor Partners raises new €125M fund to look specifically at sustainable mobility

Some estimates put the future mobility market at $178.7 billion by 2026, up from $78.1 billion two years ago. And there has been $400 billion worth of investments made into the sector over the past decade, with  $100 billion invested since 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2022 • 2:46

The New York Times is turning Wordle into a board game

The New York Times is turning Wordle into a board game

The New York Times is turning the popular online word game Wordle into a board game by teaming up with toymaker Hasbro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2022 • 3:20

Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

Lightyear, a U.K. fintech startup that promises consumers commission-free trading on U.S. and European stocks, is officially extending into Europe from today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2022 • 4:21

Plaid adds read-only support for thousands of crypto exchanges

Plaid adds read-only support for thousands of crypto exchanges

Plaid, the company building data transfer technologies to power fintech and digital finance products like smartphone-based wallets, today announced that it’s adding support for thousands of crypto exchanges to its data network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 2022 • 4:53

SendSprint, by ex-Flutterwave executive, hits market with $5 flat fee for all international money transfers

SendSprint, by ex-Flutterwave executive, hits market with $5 flat fee for all international money transfers

SendSprint, a money transfer startup based in the UK but with operations in the US and Nigeria, has been launched today with the unique selling point of a $5 flat fee for all transfers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 2022 • 3:57

Long-time Bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano launches crypto hiring firm Inflection Points with $12.6M raise

Long-time Bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano launches crypto hiring firm Inflection Points with $12.6M raise

Over the past 18 months, Inflection Points has been working in stealth mode to build out a crypto-focused employment and corporate training business and just secured $12.6 million in funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 2022 • 5:08

SpaceX’s Starship booster engines explode in test gone wrong

SpaceX’s Starship booster engines explode in test gone wrong

SpaceX’s Starship program encountered a setup after a test ended in a fiery explosion at its Boca Chica development facility in Texas on Monday night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 2022 • 2:35

Spotify is expanding video podcast publishing to creators in six more countries

Spotify is expanding video podcast publishing to creators in six more countries

Spotify is expanding the ability to post video podcasts for creators in six new countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2022 • 3:23

Pix Moving brings robovans to Japan, eyes DAO-based EV making

Pix Moving brings robovans to Japan, eyes DAO-based EV making

A company from China is ready to capture Japan’s demand for autonomous service vehicles as robots play an increasingly important role to address the aging society’s labor shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2022 • 4:13

Online donation platform Change helps charities fundraise in crypto

Online donation platform Change helps charities fundraise in crypto

Crypto owners tend to be more generous when donating to charity than other investors, research shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2022 • 6:09

Feds must step in or renewable energy will have nowhere to go, says MIT report

Feds must step in or renewable energy will have nowhere to go, says MIT report

Building wind and solar farms is an important part of building a new green grid, but a calm night stops their energy generation cold. It’s just as important to research and build green energy storage — and to that at scale requires federal intervention as soon as possible, suggests a new report from MIT. “The […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2022 • 5:01

Instacart’s new rewards program gives shoppers exclusive early access to orders and more

Instacart’s new rewards program gives shoppers exclusive early access to orders and more

Instacart announced today that it’s launching a new “Cart Star” rewards program for shoppers on its platform. The program will offer incentives in three tiers: gold, platinum and diamond. To qualify for Cart Star, shoppers need to accumulate points based on the number of orders they fulfill, earning 10 points per customer order they deliver. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2022 • 4:03

28% of Americans still won’t consider buying an EV

28% of Americans still won’t consider buying an EV

More than a quarter of Americans say they would not buy an electric vehicle, according to a Consumer Reports survey released Thursday. Price, range and access to charging stations have remained as primary barriers to buying an EV. But Consumer Reports has identified a new factor: a lack of education around EVs. The survey of […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2022 • 2:43

Pinterest launches new shopping features for merchants

Pinterest launches new shopping features for merchants

Pinterest announced today that it’s rolling out new merchant features, including product tagging on Pins and a Pinterest API for Shopping. The company says all of the new features are designed to make it easier for merchants to create engaging shopping experiences for users. With the new Pinterest API for Shopping, merchants will get access […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 7, 2022 • 4:14

Nothing can’t resist the NFT hype, and its fans are questioning

Nothing can’t resist the NFT hype, and its fans are questioning

Nothing, the consumer tech company started by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei and known for its aggressive marketing, unveils a non-fungible token project called Black Dot. Its fans are skeptical. Black Dot is a video clip featuring a rotating, transparent cube with a black dot bouncing off the walls inside and making a crispy, metallic sound. […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 7, 2022 • 4:54

With maiden $42M fund, Bonfire Union wants to invest in web3 like Tencent does in web2

With maiden $42M fund, Bonfire Union wants to invest in web3 like Tencent does in web2

Mask Network, a Binance-backed startup that enables users to send cryptocurrencies and encrypted messages on established internet platforms like Twitter, has an ambitious goal: to become the corporate venture capital powerhouse in web3 as Tencent has done in web2. To that end, the five-year-old company recently completed the first close of its venture investment arm […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 2022 • 5:30

Google-backed Glance to launch in US within two months

Google-backed Glance to launch in US within two months

Glance, a subsidiary of adtech giant InMobi Group, is planning to launch its lock screen platform on Android smartphones in the U.S. within two months, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The startup is engaging with wireless carriers in the U.S. for partnerships and is gearing up to launch on several smartphone models […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 2022 • 3:15

American Robotics’ owner set to acquire fellow drone firm, Airobotics

American Robotics’ owner set to acquire fellow drone firm, Airobotics

Some drone industry consolidation this morning as Ondas Holdings, the company behind Waltham, Massachusetts–based American Robotics announced its plans to acquire Airobotics. It’s admittedly been a few years since we covered the latter, when the Israeli firm announced a combined $28.5 million A/B round. To date, the company has raised $130 million since its 2014 […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2022 • 3:58

Google will start erasing location data for abortion clinic visits

Google will start erasing location data for abortion clinic visits

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to strip federal abortion rights in the U.S., many people are questioning how the apps they use every day might suddenly be turned against them. As concerns over the endless well of data that tech companies built an entire industry around mount, Google is taking at least […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2022 • 2:30

Meta is pulling the plug on its crypto payments wallet, Novi

Meta is pulling the plug on its crypto payments wallet, Novi

Three years after Facebook announced its ill-fated push into cryptocurrency, aka the Libra project, the tech giant has signalled another scaling back of its activity — announcing Friday that Novi, the digital wallet payments pilot it launched last October, will be ending on on September 1. In a statement provided to CoinDesk, the tech giant […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 2022 • 4:36

Google will reimburse developers $90 million to settle a lawsuit over Play Store earnings

Google will reimburse developers $90 million to settle a lawsuit over Play Store earnings

Google said Thursday it will pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit with US developers that accused Google of abusing its power of app distribution and charging an unfair fee of 30% for app purchases and in-app purchases made through the Play Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 2022 • 4:33

Open source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch

Open source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch

Software Freedom Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization that provides support and legal services for open source software projects, has called on the open source community to ditch GitHub after quitting the code-hosting and collaboration platform itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 1, 2022 • 5:43

Apple says developers will have to submit a new version to use third-party payment systems in South Korea

Apple says developers will have to submit a new version to use third-party payment systems in South Korea

Apple announced Thursday that developers can now use a third-party payment system for the South Korea App Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 1, 2022 • 4:03

The Drako Motors 2,000-hp electric luxury SUV “feels more like a spaceship”

The Drako Motors 2,000-hp electric luxury SUV “feels more like a spaceship”

Startup EV manufacturer Drako Motors previewed today the follow-up to its $1.25 million Drako GTE: the 2,000-horsepower Drako Dragon Super-SUV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 2022 • 3:46

Tesla lays off nearly 200 Autopilot workers, shutters San Mateo office

Tesla lays off nearly 200 Autopilot workers, shutters San Mateo office

Tesla has gutted the data annotation team working on Autopilot, laying off nearly 200 employees and shutting down the San Mateo, California office where they worked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 2022 • 4:22

Arzooo raises $70 million to bring ‘best of e-commerce’ to physical stores in India

Arzooo raises $70 million to bring ‘best of e-commerce’ to physical stores in India

Arzooo, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring the “best of e-commerce” to physical retail shops, has raised $70 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its platform to more cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2022 • 3:54

Democrats ‘exploring’ legislation to protect data in reproductive health apps

Democrats ‘exploring’ legislation to protect data in reproductive health apps

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that Democrats are considering the introduction of legislation that could protect the abortion rights of citizens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2022 • 2:51

JourneyOne harvests a dope $10M fund to invest in cannabis tech

JourneyOne harvests a dope $10M fund to invest in cannabis tech

As the cannabis markets are maturing, we’re seeing new opportunities rise to the surface. JourneyOne ventures told TechCrunch it’s closed a $10 million fund and has started making its first few investments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2022 • 4:53

Battery giant Anker backs programmable robot maker Keyi

Battery giant Anker backs programmable robot maker Keyi

The promise of STEAM robots, which are billed to increase children’s interest in science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM), has been around for years. The market is teeming with products from hardcore robotics scientists and their copycats. Many have faded away, but investor interest hasn’t died down, at least for one company coming from […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2022 • 3:51

Volkswagen unveils ID.AERO concept that will provide the basis for 2023 flagship EV

Volkswagen unveils ID.AERO concept that will provide the basis for 2023 flagship EV

Volkswagen Group unveiled its ID.AERO concept in China on Monday — slated to serve as the inspiration behind the automaker’s flagship EV, and first-ever global all-electric sedan, next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2022 • 3:40

Amsterdam cyber startup Hadrian closes €10.5M Seed for platform which simulates hacker attacks

Amsterdam cyber startup Hadrian closes €10.5M Seed for platform which simulates hacker attacks

As companies grow they expose more of themselves online and become harder to defend in terms of cybersecurity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2022 • 3:06

Airrow is automating battery and payload swapping for drones

Airrow is automating battery and payload swapping for drones

Any given year, the real unsung highlight of re:Mars are the dozen or so startups and researchers who show off their wares on the show floor. There are always a couple of cool projects that have somehow managed to escape our radar, thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2022 • 3:15

Einride to operate its cab-less autonomous pods on U.S. public roads

Einride to operate its cab-less autonomous pods on U.S. public roads

Einride, the Swedish startup that wants to electrify the autonomous freight industry, will begin operating its purpose-built, self-driving pods on public roads in the U.S. this year as part of an existing partnership with General Electric Appliances (GEA). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2022 • 5:06

Uber rejects claim that it explored exiting India

Uber rejects claim that it explored exiting India

Uber said on Thursday it has never explored exiting India, a key overseas market for several tech giants, dismissing a claim that it has had held discussions to sell the local unit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 2022 • 2:57

Twitter partners with Shopify to bring merchants’ products to Twitter Shopping

Twitter partners with Shopify to bring merchants’ products to Twitter Shopping

As part of its ongoing efforts to expand into e-commerce, Twitter today announced a new partnership with Shopify. The deal will see Twitter launching a sales channel app that will be made available to all of Shopify’s U.S. merchants through its app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 2022 • 5:55

Wingcopter raises another $42M ahead of ambitious Africa deployment

Wingcopter raises another $42M ahead of ambitious Africa deployment

In mid-May, Wingcopter announced an extremely ambitious plan to deploy some 12,000 of its fixed-wing UAVs in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next half decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 2022 • 2:58

Neobank Stashfin raises $270 million, tops $700 million valuation

Neobank Stashfin raises $270 million, tops $700 million valuation

Singapore-based Stashfin has raised $270 million in a new funding round as the neobanking platform, which currently only serves customers in India, looks to expand to Southeast Asia and other South Asian markets, it said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 2022 • 4:51

Magic Eden raises $130M, hitting unicorn status at $1.6B valuation

Magic Eden raises $130M, hitting unicorn status at $1.6B valuation

NFT marketplace Magic Eden, launched just nine months ago, has raised $130 million in a Series B round co-led by Electric Capital and Greylock Partners, bringing its valuation to $1.6 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2022 • 4:03

Iran to cut electricity to authorized crypto miners: report

Iran to cut electricity to authorized crypto miners: report

Iran’s relationship with the crypto mining sector is a love-hate one. The government is again restricting crypto mining activity as it tries to ease the strain on the country’s power supply, despite knowing the promise of crypto as a way to evade international sanctions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2022 • 3:43

Ransomware ring claims attack on Africa’s largest retail chain Shoprite

Ransomware ring claims attack on Africa’s largest retail chain Shoprite

RansomHouse, a ransomware gang, has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack on Shoprite, Africa’s largest retailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2022 • 3:43

Brex, which started out serving startups, now says it is ‘less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers’

Brex, which started out serving startups, now says it is ‘less suited to meet the needs of smaller customers’

Three months after announcing it would make a big push into software and enterprise, fintech giant Brex is apparently abandoning the very segment it started out to serve – small and medium-to-sized businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2022 • 5:08

Immutable launches $500M fund to boost web3 gaming adoption

Immutable launches $500M fund to boost web3 gaming adoption

The crypto gaming industry is continuing to grow in popularity as more capital is deployed in the space and traditional Web 2.0 gaming studios look to enter the web3 market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 2022 • 4:12

Reddit is buying machine learning platform Spell

Reddit is buying machine learning platform Spell

Reddit announced Thursday that it would buy Spell, a platform for running machine learning experiments, for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 2022 • 2:40

Google Maps has a new Android widget to show live traffic around you

Google Maps has a new Android widget to show live traffic around you

Google Maps is introducing a new widget for Android that will be another use for the functionality that helped make a name for Waze, the other driving and mapping app that Google acquired nearly a decade ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 2022 • 3:06

GreyNoise to expand its threat intel collection after securing $15M in funding

GreyNoise to expand its threat intel collection after securing $15M in funding

GreyNoise Intelligence, a Washington D.C.-based cybersecurity startup that analyses internet scanning traffic to help organizations separate threats from internet “background noise,” has landed $15 million in Series A funding to expand its threat collection capabilities and help protect organizations from emerging vulnerabilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 2022 • 4:16

Amazon revamps Fire TV user interface with new home screen, improved navigation and more

Amazon revamps Fire TV user interface with new home screen, improved navigation and more

Amazon Fire TV revealed an updated user interface that aims to improve the navigation experience for users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 15, 2022 • 3:56

Lime is trailing shared electric motorbikes

Lime is trailing shared electric motorbikes

Shared micromobility giant Lime is piloting electric motorbikes in Long Beach, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 15, 2022 • 4:11

Overair nabs $145M to produce eVTOL prototype by 2023

Overair nabs $145M to produce eVTOL prototype by 2023

Overair, a California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle startup, has secured $145 million in funding that will go towards the development of Butterfly, the company’s experimental aircraft prototype, by the second half of 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2022 • 4:38

Cereal maker Magic Spoon scoops up $85M as it lands spot on Target shelves

Cereal maker Magic Spoon scoops up $85M as it lands spot on Target shelves

Gaining a place on retail shelves is just the start to Magic Spoon's plan to evolve into an omnichannel brand that eventually goes beyond the cereal box. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2022 • 4:48

Crypto lender Celsius pauses withdrawals, transfers citing ‘extreme market conditions’

Crypto lender Celsius pauses withdrawals, transfers citing ‘extreme market conditions’

Cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, recently valued at about $3 billion, told customers Sunday evening that it is pausing “withdrawals, swap, and transfers between accounts." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2022 • 3:38

Amazon said to pull out of IPL cricket streaming bidding

Amazon said to pull out of IPL cricket streaming bidding

Amazon won’t be bidding for the IPL media rights for the year 2023 to 2027, a person familiar with the matter said, leaving the hotly contested streaming auction to Disney and Reliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2022 • 4:55

Duolingo back in China app stores after 1 year with a local twist

Duolingo back in China app stores after 1 year with a local twist

Duolingo, the Nasdaq-listed language learning app, is back in China’s Apple App Store and Android stores nearly a year after it disappeared from the country’s app stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2022 • 3:15

Tesla accuses civil rights agency of unlawfully suing for racial discrimination

Tesla accuses civil rights agency of unlawfully suing for racial discrimination

Tesla has accused the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) of failing to conduct proper investigations before it sued Tesla for racial bias at its assembly plant, according to a petition filed Wednesday with California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2022 • 5:55

Google expands ads verification program to tackle financial scams

Google expands ads verification program to tackle financial scams

Google is expanding a verification program for financial services ads that it launched in the UK last summer after seeing what it describes as a “pronounced decline” in reports of ads promoting financial scams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2022 • 3:31

Multicoin Capital leads $60M investment in Delphia to give retail investors edge against hedge funds

Multicoin Capital leads $60M investment in Delphia to give retail investors edge against hedge funds

The startup’s “share-to-earn” data token model will reward users for contributing valuable information, which it will then use to help its model better pick stocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2022 • 3:59

Tencent once more seeks to expand its mobile hit Honor of Kings globally

Tencent once more seeks to expand its mobile hit Honor of Kings globally

Honor of Kings, the world’s largest mobile game made by China’s internet behemoth Tencent, is rolling out a global version by the end of this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 8, 2022 • 4:04

Oracle quietly closes $28B deal to buy electronic health records company Cerner

Oracle quietly closes $28B deal to buy electronic health records company Cerner

At the end of last year, just before Christmas, Oracle made a big move when it announced it was acquiring electronic health records company Cerner for $28 billion, thrusting it quickly into the top enterprise deal for 2021, just under the wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 8, 2022 • 3:03

At 65 inches and 8K, the world’s largest holographic display is here

At 65 inches and 8K, the world’s largest holographic display is here

Bigger isn’t always better, but when the Looking Glass Factory announces a beast of a holographic display, it tickles our rods, cones and curiosity equally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2022 • 3:30

Etsy is launching a purchase protection program, investing $25M to cover refunds in some cases

Etsy is launching a purchase protection program, investing $25M to cover refunds in some cases

Online marketplace Etsy is launching a new Purchase Protection program for buyers and sellers on its platform, the company announced on Monday. Starting August 1st, buyers on Etsy will be eligible to receive a full refund for purchases that don’t match the item description, arrive damaged or don’t arrive at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2022 • 2:55

Google disables RCS ads in India following rampant spam by businesses

Google disables RCS ads in India following rampant spam by businesses

Google has disabled businesses ability to use RCS for promotion in India, the company’s biggest market by users, following reports of rampant spam by some firms in a setback for the standard that the company is hoping to be the future of SMS messaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2022 • 3:06

Gemini lays off 10% of workforce as the ‘crypto revolution’ enters its ‘contraction phase’

Gemini lays off 10% of workforce as the ‘crypto revolution’ enters its ‘contraction phase’

Crypto platform Gemini has cut approximately 10% of its workforce, per co-founders and twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2022 • 3:45

Foxconn confirms ransomware attack disrupted operations at Mexico factory

Foxconn confirms ransomware attack disrupted operations at Mexico factory

Smartphone manufacturing giant Foxconn has confirmed that a ransomware attack in late May disrupted operations at one of its Mexico-based production plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2022 • 3:19

Amazon is launching an invite-based ordering option, starting with the PS5 and Xbox Series X

Amazon is launching an invite-based ordering option, starting with the PS5 and Xbox Series X

Amazon is launching a new invite-based ordering experience for high-demand, low-supply products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2022 • 4:00

Pear VC’s Anand Iyer goes solo with new $20M fund for crypto developer tools

Pear VC’s Anand Iyer goes solo with new $20M fund for crypto developer tools

Engineers are the bedrock of any tech product, and blockchains are no exception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2022 • 4:27

Binance Labs closes $500M fund to focus on Web3 and blockchain adoption

Binance Labs closes $500M fund to focus on Web3 and blockchain adoption

Venture capital firms continue to deploy and raise capital for crypto markets despite volatility in recent weeks, with Binance Labs closing a $500 million investment fund to focus on web3 and blockchain technology adoption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2022 • 4:55

Smiler comes up with a different kind of gig economy for event and venue photographers

Smiler comes up with a different kind of gig economy for event and venue photographers

Traditional venue photography providers like DEI Global, MagicMemories, Picsolve and Sharingbox are reliant on fixed equipment, permanent staffing costs, and on-site printed products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 1, 2022 • 3:24

Zinc heads towards new $41M tech-for-good fund to back pre-team talent solving big problems

Zinc heads towards new $41M tech-for-good fund to back pre-team talent solving big problems

So-called “tech for good” accelerators addressing such worthy-sounding subjects as ESGs and SDGs have appeared in the last few years. Some observers have dismissed these efforts as scalable only put to a point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 1, 2022 • 4:48

HitPay is a one-stop solution for SMEs

HitPay is a one-stop solution for SMEs

HitPay has almost everything SMEs need to run their businesses. In addition to being an online payment gateway, it also offers tools like point-of-sale software with card readers, plugins, payment links and no-code online stores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2022 • 3:38

Joywell Foods raises $25M to bring sweet proteins to market

Joywell Foods raises $25M to bring sweet proteins to market

Joywell uses a proprietary microbial fermentation process to produce sweet proteins that are nearly identical to those found in exotic fruits and berries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2022 • 4:18

Berlin-based B2B BNPL platform Mondu raises $43M Series A led by Valar in the US

Berlin-based B2B BNPL platform Mondu raises $43M Series A led by Valar in the US

Given the likely global recession, small businesses are reaching for new kinds of financing. Thus, the Buy Now Pay Later business model is now expanding into this B2B world at a rate of knots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2022 • 3:35

India withdraws warning on biometric ID sharing following online uproar

India withdraws warning on biometric ID sharing following online uproar

India has withdrawn a warning that asked users to not share photocopies of their national biometric ID following a widespread uproar from users on social media, many of whom pointed that this is the first time they were hearing about such a possibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2022 • 3:14

FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

FlexID gets Algorand funding to offer self-sovereign IDs to Africa’s unbanked

Much of the world’s attention around blockchain is on the highs and lows of cryptocurrency values. Startups like FlexID remind us that distributed ledger technology has the potential to play other roles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2022 • 4:57

Amid crypto market turmoil, Andreessen Horowitz announces $4.5 billion web3 fund

Amid crypto market turmoil, Andreessen Horowitz announces $4.5 billion web3 fund

Despite a gloomy outlook for crypto markets based on the past few weeks of token turbulence, venture capitalists looking to spend their way into a web3 future aren’t taking their foot off of the gas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2022 • 4:11

ViolaCredit closes $700M fund to provide asset-based lending FinTech startups

ViolaCredit closes $700M fund to provide asset-based lending FinTech startups

Fintech startup and alternative credit asset manager Viola Credit, has closed its latest $700 million fund which provides asset-based lending capital to FinTech, PropTech, and InsurTech startups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2022 • 2:47

Broadcom to acquire VMware in massive $61B deal

Broadcom to acquire VMware in massive $61B deal

Sometimes when there is smoke, there is actually fire. Such was the case with the rumors of Broadcom’s interest in VMware this past weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2022 • 5:10

Dyson has been secretly building robots

Dyson has been secretly building robots

You probably know Dyson for their vacuums, or maybe that too-powerful dryer you’ve tentatively stuck your hands in while waiting for a flight. Maybe you’ve seen their hair dryers or fans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 2022 • 3:41

Monte Carlo raises $135M Series D at $1.6B price, showing that unicorn rounds are still a thing

Monte Carlo raises $135M Series D at $1.6B price, showing that unicorn rounds are still a thing

If you grow this quickly, yes, you can raise capital for your software business like it's still 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 25, 2022 • 4:58

DigitalOcean launches serverless product based on last year’s Nimbella acquisition

DigitalOcean launches serverless product based on last year’s Nimbella acquisition

When DigitialOcean bought Nimbella last year, you knew it intended to go deeper into serverless technologies, and sure enough the company announced a new feature called DigitalOcean Functions today, based on Nimbella technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2022 • 3:40

Premium streaming subscriptions continue to increase despite Netflix’s downfall

Premium streaming subscriptions continue to increase despite Netflix’s downfall

If you’ve been following Netflix lately, then you’d know the streamer is on shaky ground at the moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2022 • 5:19

Metaverse app BUD raises another $37M, plans to launch NFTs

Metaverse app BUD raises another $37M, plans to launch NFTs

BUD, a nascent app taking a shot at creating a metaverse for Gen Z to play and interact with each other, has raised another round of funding in three months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2022 • 3:59

COVID was the best thing for Kitty, as insurance apps for pets boom

COVID was the best thing for Kitty, as insurance apps for pets boom

Technology turned out to be a boon for pets during the pandemic. Without ready access to vets, pet owners turned to mobile apps to keep track on their pet’s health, often via educational content, and in some cases that was linked to insurance providers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2022 • 3:19

Leanplum acquired by Clevertap as retention marketing platforms consolidate

Leanplum acquired by Clevertap as retention marketing platforms consolidate

CleverTap, a retention marketing platform which has raised $76.6M to date, is to fully acquire Bulgarian-originated but San Francisco-based Leanplum, a customer engagement platform which has raised $131.2M, for an undisclosed amount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 20, 2022 • 3:05

Everstream Analytics secures new cash to predict supply chain disruptions

Everstream Analytics secures new cash to predict supply chain disruptions

Everstream Analytics, a supply chain insights and risk analytics startup, today announced that it raised $24 million in a Series A round led by Morgan Stanley Investment Management with participation from Columbia Capital, StepStone Group, and DHL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 20, 2022 • 4:54

Framework’s user-repairable laptop gets an upgrade

Framework’s user-repairable laptop gets an upgrade

There may be some irony in upgrading a laptop designed around the principles of user repairability/upgradeability. Though certainly Framework isn’t expecting too many folks who purchased last year’s model to replace their system with the latest and greatest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 2022 • 3:33

India reiterates its strict VPN rules, breach disclosures despite concerns

India reiterates its strict VPN rules, breach disclosures despite concerns

India is pushing ahead with its new cybersecurity rules that will require cloud service providers and VPN operators to maintain names of their customers and their IP addresses despite many players threatening to leave the world’s second largest internet market over the new guidelines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 2022 • 4:24

Amazon launches Smart Commerce in India to help offline stores launch digital storefronts

Amazon launches Smart Commerce in India to help offline stores launch digital storefronts

Amazon said it will help neighborhood stores across India launch their own digital storefronts to better serve their customers, the latest effort by the e-commerce giant as it attempts to leverage the dense network of offline stores in the key overseas market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 2022 • 3:41

Banking-as-a-service startup Unit closes on $100M at a $1.2B valuation

Banking-as-a-service startup Unit closes on $100M at a $1.2B valuation

Unit, a banking-as-a-service startup, has closed on a $100 million Series C round of funding led by Insight Partners. Existing backers Accel, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Aleph, and Flourish Ventures also participated in the financing, which values the company at $1.2 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 18, 2022 • 3:20

Red Hat open sources StackRox, the Kubernetes security platform it acquired last year

Red Hat open sources StackRox, the Kubernetes security platform it acquired last year

Last January, Red Hat announced that it was acquiring Kubernetes security startup StackRox, a company that had raised over $65 million since it was founded in 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2022 • 2:39

Curious Thing’s voice AI communication platform asks the right questions

Curious Thing’s voice AI communication platform asks the right questions

Sydney-based Curious Thing is an aptly-named startup. The voice AI communication platform can call people and ask them questions like “How are you feeling today?” and then follow up with “how does it feel compared to yesterday?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2022 • 3:43

Tech giants pledge $30M to boost open source software security

Tech giants pledge $30M to boost open source software security

Tech giants including Amazon, Google and Microsoft have pledged millions of dollars to bolster the security of open source software. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2022 • 3:45

Binance halts Luna and UST trading across most of its spot pairs following meltdown

Binance halts Luna and UST trading across most of its spot pairs following meltdown

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has suspended trading of Terraform Labs’ Terra (Luna) and TerraUSD (UST) tokens across most of its spot pairs, and for Luna, additionally across all of cross margins and isolated margins pairs following one of the biggest meltdowns in the history of cryptocurrencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2022 • 5:23

Elon Musk says Twitter deal “temporarily on hold” over spam

Elon Musk says Twitter deal “temporarily on hold” over spam

Twitter staff must really be wishing for a quiet life… Elon Musk, the gadfly billionaire who recently decided he wants to add the social media platform to his collection of tech firms, has just tweeted that his $43BN bid to buy the company is “on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2022 • 4:12

TopUp Mama looking to solve sourcing challenges for restaurants

TopUp Mama looking to solve sourcing challenges for restaurants

Stock-outs, unpredictable prices of farm produce and a lack of working capital are among the challenges that plague small restaurants and food vendors in emerging markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2022 • 4:51

Interswitch receives $110M investment from LeapFrog and Tana Africa Capital

Interswitch receives $110M investment from LeapFrog and Tana Africa Capital

African payments company Interswitch has secured a $110 million joint investment from LeapFrog Investments and Tana Africa Capital to scale its digital payment services across the continent, the two private investment firms said in a statement Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2022 • 4:08

Educapital aims to raise a $160 million fund focused on edtech and future of work

Educapital aims to raise a $160 million fund focused on edtech and future of work

VC firm Educapital recently announced that it has reached the first close of its second fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2022 • 3:35

Faye hopes to do for travel insurance what Lemonade did for general insurance

Faye hopes to do for travel insurance what Lemonade did for general insurance

While (former) startups like Lemonade came along to attack the tired world of insurance, the travel insurance market is now coming in for the same treatment from the likes of Safetywing (covered by TC here) and Battleface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2022 • 3:23

Tenyx raises $15M to build more intelligent voice-based customer service AI

Tenyx raises $15M to build more intelligent voice-based customer service AI

Automating customer service tasks, particularly those that require agents to speak with customers on the phone, is something of a holy grail in the enterprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 11, 2022 • 5:47

Moovit adds Beep’s autonomous shuttle to trip-planning app

Moovit adds Beep’s autonomous shuttle to trip-planning app

Israeli trip-planning app Moovit is integrating with Orlando-based autonomous shuttle startup Beep, which will allow riders to view options for taking Beep shuttles alongside other forms of transit, like buses or trains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2022 • 4:01

Cloudflare heads effort to make JavaScript environments interoperable

Cloudflare heads effort to make JavaScript environments interoperable

Cloudflare today announced that it’s collaborating with Deno, the development company behind the eponymous Deno runtime, and individual contributors of the Node.js open source project to create standards that enable developers to write code between Deno, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2022 • 5:49

Atma wants to make job hunting in Indonesia easier

Atma wants to make job hunting in Indonesia easier

Atma, an Indonesian startup that wants to make job hunting less painful, announced today it has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding led by AC Ventures, with participation from Global Founders Capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2022 • 3:27

Fortnite is back on iOS through Xbox Cloud Gaming

Fortnite is back on iOS through Xbox Cloud Gaming

Microsoft is throwing its weight behind Epic Games in the fight against Apple — and bringing Fortnite back to iOS in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2022 • 3:53

Peloton reportedly looks to sell up to a 20% stake amid struggles

Peloton reportedly looks to sell up to a 20% stake amid struggles

In February, Peloton CEO John Foley stepped down as the connected fitness pioneer cut 2,800 jobs. No one could say the news was unexpected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2022 • 2:49

Porsche joins $400M bet on lithium-silicon batteries to juice up future EVs

Porsche joins $400M bet on lithium-silicon batteries to juice up future EVs

Porsche has read the room. With its first electric vehicle now outselling the quintessential 911 sports car, the German automaker is responding by upping its bet on EVs, in part via a hefty investment in lithium-silicon battery developer Group14 Technologies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2022 • 4:50

Pinterest quietly launches a live-streaming app for video creators

Pinterest quietly launches a live-streaming app for video creators

Pinterest on Monday launched a new app aimed at making it easier for creators to live stream to its platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2022 • 3:56

Amberdata raises $30M to chase the “unlimited opportunity” of bringing traditional finance into web3

Amberdata raises $30M to chase the “unlimited opportunity” of bringing traditional finance into web3

Amberdata, an institutionally-focused digital asset data provider, has raised $30 million in its Series B, its CEO Shawn Douglass exclusively told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2022 • 4:34

Ursa Major lands order for 200 rocket engines from Phantom Space

Ursa Major lands order for 200 rocket engines from Phantom Space

Hundreds of rocket engines manufactured by startup Ursa Major will be going to space company Phantom Space over the next few years, part of a massive order that reflects Phantom’s bullish stance on the small launch market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2022 • 4:22

AccelByte, a backend services platform for game developers, raises $60M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

AccelByte, a backend services platform for game developers, raises $60M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

AccelByte, a platform that helps game creators build backend services and tools, has raised $60 million in Series B led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Sony Interactive Entertainment and returning backers Galaxy Interactive and NetEase. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 4, 2022 • 5:32

Americana’s chip turns physical objects into NFTs

Americana’s chip turns physical objects into NFTs

NFTs are being used for far more than just proving you own a JPEG on the internet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2022 • 4:19

USV quietly announces $625M in fresh funding for ‘both Web2 and Web3’ teams

USV quietly announces $625M in fresh funding for ‘both Web2 and Web3’ teams

Union Square Ventures (USV), the 19-year-old, New York-based venture firm, has raised $275 million for its eighth early-stage fund and $350 million for its fourth opportunity fund, the firm announced in a blog post yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2022 • 5:11

Okra Solar is bringing renewable energy to underserved markets

Okra Solar is bringing renewable energy to underserved markets

Okra Solar walked away with the trophy and a giant check at our 2019 Shenzhen Hardware Battlefield event. It’s a moment happily eternalized in a new press release announcing the renewable energy startup’s $2.1 million new round (it’s a nice photo. I used it on this post, too). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2022 • 3:44

Airbnb commits to fully remote workplace: ‘Live and work anywhere’

Airbnb commits to fully remote workplace: ‘Live and work anywhere’

Airbnb is going all in on the “live anywhere, work anywhere” philosophy that much of the business world has been forced to adopt, committing to full-time remote work for most employees and a handful of perks like 90 days of international work/travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2022 • 4:41

More TradFi in DeFi as Sienna Network launches SiennaLend, a private crypto lending platform

More TradFi in DeFi as Sienna Network launches SiennaLend, a private crypto lending platform

It was last year that we covered the $11.2M fundraise for Sienna Network, the ‘privacy decentralized’ startup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2022 • 4:00

CommandBar lands $19M to inject in-app searches with smarts

CommandBar lands $19M to inject in-app searches with smarts

Thanks to the explosion of low- and no-code development tools, building web apps from scratch has become easier — and cheaper — than it once was. But sophisticated search and navigation functions can complicate the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2022 • 5:31

Smallstep takes big step toward authenticating machine-to-machine communications

Smallstep takes big step toward authenticating machine-to-machine communications

Smallstep founder and CEO Mike Malone calls big, distributed systems his happy place, but these systems involve a lot of machine-to-machine communications, an area identity vendors haven’t been able to solve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2022 • 4:24

Apple opens Self Service Repair to US iPhone users

Apple opens Self Service Repair to US iPhone users

I’ve been covering Apple in various capacities for a long time now. Over the years, I don’t know that I’ve seen an announcement from the company as unexpected and warmly received as Self Service Repair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2022 • 5:57

GM expects to spend $2B on Cruise in 2022

GM expects to spend $2B on Cruise in 2022

General Motors expects full-year 2022 expenses at Cruise, the automaker’s autonomous driving subsidiary, to be approximately $2 billion, according to GM’s chief financial officer Paul Jacobson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 2022 • 4:31

In the wake of Fast’s collapse, Volume thinks it can crack the payment checkout conundrum

In the wake of Fast’s collapse, Volume thinks it can crack the payment checkout conundrum

Online payment methods can be expensive for merchants, who have to pay between 2% and 8% of every sale to debit and credit card, ewallet and BNPL facilitators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 27, 2022 • 3:30

Jack in the Box is piloting Miso’s hamburger-cooking robot

Jack in the Box is piloting Miso’s hamburger-cooking robot

You’ve got to hand it to Miso — the company knows how to sell the sizzle, as they say in the meat-cooking business. The robotics firm has been striking high-profile deals with some of the U.S.’s biggest fast food chains, from White Castle to Panera Bread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2022 • 2:41

Reliance says its $3.4 billion deal with Future Group ‘cannot be implemented’

Reliance says its $3.4 billion deal with Future Group ‘cannot be implemented’

Reliance Industries “cannot implement” its $3.4 billion deal to acquire several parts of retail chain Future Group after secured creditors rejected the offer earlier this week, India’s most valuable firm said in a stock exchange filing on Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2022 • 3:37

Twitter said to be close to a deal with Elon Musk

Twitter said to be close to a deal with Elon Musk

As unlikely as it may have once seemed, reports indicate Elon Musk may actually end up the owner of a newly-private Twitter after all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2022 • 2:29

After layoffs, Flockjay lands on a new SaaS-y vision for tech sales

After layoffs, Flockjay lands on a new SaaS-y vision for tech sales

Months after cutting half its staff, edtech startup Flockjay has landed on a new vision for how to disrupt tech sales: start from the inside, out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2022 • 5:50

Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter

Snapchat is growing faster than Facebook and Twitter

Snap released its first quarter financial results for 2022 today, affirming that it’s growing faster than its fellow US-based competitors Facebook (now Meta) and Twitter. Meta reported its first loss in daily active users (DAUs) last quarter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2022 • 3:23

Immigrant credit FinTech Pillar raises $16.9M pre-seed led by Global Founders Capital and Backed VC

Immigrant credit FinTech Pillar raises $16.9M pre-seed led by Global Founders Capital and Backed VC

Immigrants to a new country can often be cash-rich. The problem is, is that they have no credit history in their new country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2022 • 3:13

This kamikaze drone sacrifices its own rotors to take down other drones

This kamikaze drone sacrifices its own rotors to take down other drones

Drones can be dangerous, and we’ve seen consumer-grade drones used for all sorts of nefarious purposes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2022 • 3:07

Connected strength-training startup Vitruvian eyes US with $15M raise

Connected strength-training startup Vitruvian eyes US with $15M raise

It’s been a wild few years for the home fitness industry. Few consumer technologies were better positioned to ride the pandemic to new heights. There’s been some leveling off of late, of course. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2022 • 3:54

BMW launches its first all-electric 7 Series sedan

BMW launches its first all-electric 7 Series sedan

After months of teasers and a slow drip of information, BMW today announced its new i7 xDrive60, the first all-electric version of its full-size luxury sedan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 20, 2022 • 4:04

Facebook is losing interest in its podcasting plans, new report claims

Facebook is losing interest in its podcasting plans, new report claims

Last April, Facebook announced a suite of new audio products, including new support for podcasts and a Clubhouse live audio competitor, which was an indication that it was taking the threat from other audio platforms more seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 20, 2022 • 4:20

Music streamer Deezer is going public via SPAC at a $1.1B valuation

Music streamer Deezer is going public via SPAC at a $1.1B valuation

A European music streamer, Deezer is going public via a SPAC deal, valuing the Spotify competitor at $1.1 billion. Deezer will merge with the “blank-check” company I2PO, which is headed by former WarnerMedia executive Iris Knobloch. Founded in 2007, the company previously tried to IPO in 2015, only to reverse course and raise Series E […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2022 • 3:19

Youth sports app TeamSnap launches a new system designed for clubs and leagues

Youth sports app TeamSnap launches a new system designed for clubs and leagues

TeamSnap, a web service for managing recreational and competitive sports teams and groups, announced the launch of its all-in-one multi-program management system for youth sports organizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2022 • 6:35

D&D Beyond comes under the wing of Wizards of the Coast in $146 million deal

D&D Beyond comes under the wing of Wizards of the Coast in $146 million deal

The parent company of Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast will buy D&D Beyond, the role-playing game’s popular digital suite of tools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2022 • 4:01

Peloton is increasing its subscription fees starting June 1

Peloton is increasing its subscription fees starting June 1

Peloton announced today that it’s increasing the price of its subscription fees in the United States and Canada. Starting June 1, the cost of the company’s all-access plan fee is increasing from $39 to $44 in the United States and from $49 to $55 in Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2022 • 3:53

Swiggy backs bike taxi platform Rapido in $180 million funding

Swiggy backs bike taxi platform Rapido in $180 million funding

Swiggy has led a $180 million financing round into bike taxi startup Rapido as the Indian food delivery giant looks to broaden its fleet network across the country, the two firms said on Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2022 • 3:27

As post-covid food distribution digitizes, Cerve raises $2M for wholesaler platform

As post-covid food distribution digitizes, Cerve raises $2M for wholesaler platform

As we found during the pandemic, food and beverage distribution is critical, but most food wholesalers’ sales remain manually operated. Post-covid, food wholesalers are fast digitizing their operations, but many still rely on legacy backend systems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2022 • 2:02

Tinder adds a ‘Festival Mode’ for making connections ahead of concerts and events

Tinder adds a ‘Festival Mode’ for making connections ahead of concerts and events

Tinder today is launching a new feature called Festival Mode designed to help users connect ahead of their plans to attend concerts or larger music festivals, like The Governors Ball, Bonnaroo, Stagecoach, EDC Las Vegas, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2022 • 5:05

Moot channels $18M for a platform and toolkit to power e-commerce strategies for brands

Moot channels $18M for a platform and toolkit to power e-commerce strategies for brands

E-commerce today is played out wherever a consumer sees something and wants it — be it on a company’s site or app, a social media feed, a marketplace, a search, or an advert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2022 • 5:08

Nurse-assisting robotics firm Diligent raises $30M

Nurse-assisting robotics firm Diligent raises $30M

Nursing shortages were a problem well before our hospitals were rocked by a pandemic. Two years in and overloaded systems have further contributed to burnout, stress and other factors plaguing the people we rely on for our own well-being. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 13, 2022 • 3:28

Prelude raises $24M to help organizations harden their cybersecurity defenses

Prelude raises $24M to help organizations harden their cybersecurity defenses

Prelude, a Washington D.C-based startup that helps organizations harden their cyber defenses through the use of autonomous red-teaming, has secured $24 million in Series A funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 13, 2022 • 4:01

Miso Robotics brings a new coffee monitoring system to Panera

Miso Robotics brings a new coffee monitoring system to Panera

Miso made a name for itself with the hamburger-cooking robot, Flippy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2022 • 2:46

Elon Musk is not joining Twitter board, CEO Parag Agrawal says

Elon Musk is not joining Twitter board, CEO Parag Agrawal says

Elon Musk is not joining Twitter’s board, the social network’s chief executive Parag Agrawal said, in a surprising reversal following last week’s announcement that the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive had been appointed to the panel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2022 • 5:34

Perforce adds infrastructure automation tooling with Puppet acquisition

Perforce adds infrastructure automation tooling with Puppet acquisition

Perforce Software has been building developer tools since 1995, a long time in the tech world. The company was acquired by Clearlake Capital in 2018, and over the last several years has been modernizing and expanding its reach through acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2022 • 3:33

Brilliant Planet is running algae-farms to pull carbon out of the air

Brilliant Planet is running algae-farms to pull carbon out of the air

Sure you can run machines to decarbonize the air, but where’s the fun in that when you can invite mother nature to do the work for you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2022 • 5:02

Twitter launches improved alt text accessibility features globally

Twitter launches improved alt text accessibility features globally

Sometimes, new Twitter features can be divisive — we’ve made our feelings clear about the edit button, which is apparently in the works. But we can (hopefully) all agree that simple accessibility features are a good thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2022 • 2:58

Goldman Sachs joins other investors in $88M round for web3 and blockchain security firm CertiK

Goldman Sachs joins other investors in $88M round for web3 and blockchain security firm CertiK

CertiK, a Web3 and blockchain security company, has raised $88 million in its latest round, bringing its valuation to $2 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2022 • 3:14

Built Robotics raises another $64M to make construction equipment autonomous

Built Robotics raises another $64M to make construction equipment autonomous

If you’re still wrapping your head around the idea of self-driving cars, get ready for something that might seem even wilder: self-driving construction equipment exists, and it’s already out there digging away on job sites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2022 • 4:01

Visa unveils first innovation hub in Africa to drive product development

Visa unveils first innovation hub in Africa to drive product development

Global digital payments giant Visa has opened up an innovation studio in Kenya, its first in Africa and sixth globally, after posts in Dubai, London, Miami, San Francisco and Singapore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2022 • 3:11

Rivian picks up EV production in Q1, on track to hit annual target

Rivian picks up EV production in Q1, on track to hit annual target

Rivian produced 2,553 vehicles in the first quarter, putting it on course to meet its production goal of 25,000 EVs this year, the company said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 6, 2022 • 3:03

Amazon lines up dozens of launches to put thousands of Kuiper satellites in orbit

Amazon lines up dozens of launches to put thousands of Kuiper satellites in orbit

Amazon is finally taking decisive action on its Kuiper communications satellite constellation, securing the rights to as many as 83 launches from United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and of course Blue Origin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 6, 2022 • 4:58

The Peloton Guide is now available for $295

The Peloton Guide is now available for $295

Late last year, Peloton announced Guide. The set-top system is an effort to reach a broader slice of the market with a lower cost alternative to its line of bikes and treadmills. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2022 • 3:31

UPS partners with Jumia to expand delivery network in Africa

UPS partners with Jumia to expand delivery network in Africa

Global logistics and package delivery company UPS will leverage Jumia’s network across Africa to grow its reach across the continent, following a new partnership announced today that gives it access to the e-commerce firm’s last mile delivery infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2022 • 3:46

Musk takes a $3B bite out of Twitter; now the Tesla mogul has a 9.2% share of the social network

Musk takes a $3B bite out of Twitter; now the Tesla mogul has a 9.2% share of the social network

He’s used Twitter to poll people apparently to make major business decisions. He’s had his hand figuratively slapped (more than once) by regulators over how he’s used the social platform to potentially manipulate the markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2022 • 3:43

Biden’s answer to high gas prices is to boost U.S. battery production

Biden’s answer to high gas prices is to boost U.S. battery production

President Joe Biden will trigger the Defense Production Act to secure U.S. sources of critical minerals and materials like lithium, nickel, cobalt, graphite and manganese that are used to make batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2022 • 4:18

GoPro’s new battery grip triples your action-cam shooting time

GoPro’s new battery grip triples your action-cam shooting time

You just know your battery will kick the bucket at the worst possible time, right when you’ve perfected your sick, hella nar-nar skateboard tricks, bruh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2022 • 3:17

Mojo Vision takes another step toward AR contact lenses with new prototype

Mojo Vision takes another step toward AR contact lenses with new prototype

We’ve known Mojo Vision’s journey to market was going to be a long and deliberate one since we saw an early prototype in Las Vegas a number of CESes ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2022 • 3:20

Tumblr expands its tip jar feature to enable blog-level tipping

Tumblr expands its tip jar feature to enable blog-level tipping

Tumblr is expanding its tip jar feature by introducing blog-level tipping for its iOS and web applications, the company announced on Wednesday. The company rolled out its tip jar feature last month allowing users to leave tips on posts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 2022 • 3:11

Dyson is betting you’ll want to strap an air purifier to your face

Dyson is betting you’ll want to strap an air purifier to your face

Air. I love it, you love it. We’re all out here walking around in it all day, filling our lungs and blood with the stuff. We can’t get enough of it. But that beautiful, wonderful, life-saving air that you, me and your pet chinchilla all need is bad sometimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 2022 • 3:59

Can robotic hives help save the world’s bees?

Can robotic hives help save the world’s bees?

Here’s a bummer of a statistic for you: Around 30% of bee colonies disappear every year. Scientists coined the phrase “colony collapse disorder” (CCD) to describe what’s been a devastating ongoing trend in the world’s bee population. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 30, 2022 • 3:37

Celonis pushes into Microsoft ecosystem with $100M Process Analytics Factory acquisition

Celonis pushes into Microsoft ecosystem with $100M Process Analytics Factory acquisition

Celonis moves into Microsoft ecosystem with Process Analytics Factory acquisition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 30, 2022 • 4:06

After six months of invite-only sales, Amazon Glow is now available to all in the U.S.

After six months of invite-only sales, Amazon Glow is now available to all in the U.S.

Back in September of last year, Amazon announced a curious looking device called the Amazon Glow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2022 • 3:15

Treeswift is using drones to monitor forests

Treeswift is using drones to monitor forests

Over the past decade, drones have become an increasingly important tool for forest monitoring. They’re a fast and effective way to collect a lot of data in one go, without upsetting the natural balance too much. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2022 • 3:08

Apple TV+ becomes the first streaming service to win a Best Picture Oscar with “CODA”

Apple TV+ becomes the first streaming service to win a Best Picture Oscar with “CODA”

Apple TV+ has beat out Netflix to become the first streaming service to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, with “Coda’s” triumph. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2022 • 2:42

Former TikTok content moderators file lawsuit over ‘psychological trauma’

Former TikTok content moderators file lawsuit over ‘psychological trauma’

A pair of former TikTok content reviewers is suing the company, alleging that it failed to adequately support them as they engaged in the deeply disturbing work of removing objectionable videos from the social network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2022 • 3:37

Polestar’s long range single motor Polestar 2 arrives in the US

Polestar’s long range single motor Polestar 2 arrives in the US

Following the release of its dual-motor variant late last year, Polestar announced that the 270-mile long range, single-motor version of its Polestar 2 EV is now available for sale in the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2022 • 2:33

Samsara Eco wants to help end global plastic crisis with enzyme-based technology

Samsara Eco wants to help end global plastic crisis with enzyme-based technology

Global plastic use is expected to double by 2040, with most plastic sent to landfills and only 13 percent recycled. According to CIEL (Center for International Environmental Law), plastic production and incineration could produce 2.8 gigatons of carbon dioxide every year by 2050. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2022 • 4:57

Coinbase makes India push with support for UPI payments

Coinbase makes India push with support for UPI payments

Coinbase is beginning to add support for payment instruments UPI and IMPS in India, making its crypto exchange broadly functional in the world’s second largest internet market for the first time in years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2022 • 3:22

Astronomer ready for its next mission after Datakin acquisition, $213M Series C

Astronomer ready for its next mission after Datakin acquisition, $213M Series C

The once scrappy company is scrappy no more and poised to build new features around what it's already done with Airflow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2022 • 5:05

Tome livens up slide decks with real-time data, flexible layouts

Tome livens up slide decks with real-time data, flexible layouts

The company thinks you should be spending less time trying to adapt your content to a presentation page and more time on storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 23, 2022 • 4:09

Podcasters, get ready to find out how many followers you have on Apple Podcasts

Podcasters, get ready to find out how many followers you have on Apple Podcasts

Apple Podcasts is rolling out new features to incentivize podcasters to offer paid subscriptions to listeners on the app. One of those features will — for better or for worse — reveal to podcasters in their private analytics dashboard how many people follow them on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 23, 2022 • 4:00

Talkspace-owned Lasting launches new ‘Parenting Guide’ app, its latest self-guided advice service

Talkspace-owned Lasting launches new ‘Parenting Guide’ app, its latest self-guided advice service

Lasting, which is owned by mobile therapy company Talkspace, has launched a new app aimed at parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2022 • 4:21

Gensyn applies a token to distributed computing for AI developers, raises $6.5M

Gensyn applies a token to distributed computing for AI developers, raises $6.5M

For self-driving cars and other applications developed using AI, you need what’s known as ‘deep learning’, the core concepts of which emerged in the ‘50s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2022 • 4:05

Lune offers an API to calculate carbon emissions at checkout

Lune offers an API to calculate carbon emissions at checkout

Meet Lune, a new startup that wants to expose CO2 emissions calculations so that customers are better informed when they purchase something online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2022 • 2:57

Sleek wants to be the last shopping check-out form you ever fill out

Sleek wants to be the last shopping check-out form you ever fill out

Sleek is developing a browser extension enabling one-click checkout and cash-back savings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2022 • 4:15

Porsche is turning its mid-engine 718 roadster into an EV by 2025

Porsche is turning its mid-engine 718 roadster into an EV by 2025

The Porsche 718, a mid-engine roadster that injects the automaker’s motorsports’ history into a modern-day package, is going all electric by 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2022 • 3:43

Getir is now worth nearly $12 billion after raising another $768 million

Getir is now worth nearly $12 billion after raising another $768 million

Instant delivery startup Getir has announced that it has closed a new $768 million Series E founding round. Following this deal, the company has reached a valuation of $11.8 billion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2022 • 3:13

MeliBio’s honey production, minus the bee, will have you buzzing

MeliBio’s honey production, minus the bee, will have you buzzing

The company is making real honey with precision fermentation and plant science. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2022 • 5:17

Instagram rolls out new safety tools for parents

Instagram rolls out new safety tools for parents

Meta announced a new set of tools designed to protect young users on Wednesday, an overdue response to widespread criticism that the company doesn’t do enough to protect its most vulnerable users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2022 • 4:35

Liveblocks grabs $5 million for its real-time collaboration API

Liveblocks grabs $5 million for its real-time collaboration API

Liveblocks has raised a $5 million seed round. The startup lets you turn a regular web app into a multiplayer product with high-level hosted APIs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 2022 • 3:08

Meta faces prosecution in South Africa for alleged antitrust breach

Meta faces prosecution in South Africa for alleged antitrust breach

Meta is facing prosecution in South Africa, after the country’s competition regulator, the Competition Commission, found as uncompetitive its intention to block the government’s startup GovChat and #LetsTalk from using its WhatsApp Business API. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 2022 • 5:48

NASA’s mega expensive moon rocket will make its public debut Thursday

NASA’s mega expensive moon rocket will make its public debut Thursday

Twelve years after it was first announced, NASA’s massive Space Launch System will finally make its public debut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2022 • 4:09

Ford announces new EV production and profit goals for Europe

Ford announces new EV production and profit goals for Europe

Ford is accelerating plans to sell more electric vehicles in Europe on its way toward reaching carbon neutrality in the region by 2035. The automaker announced Monday that it will launch three new electric passenger vehicles and four new electric commercial vehicles in Europe over the next two years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2022 • 2:58

Blue Origin will fly SNL’s Pete Davidson to space on March 23

Blue Origin will fly SNL’s Pete Davidson to space on March 23

Blue Origin has announced its next roster for a flight of New Shepard to suborbital space, and it includes Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2022 • 2:19

Sorenson Ventures keeps focus on enterprise with new $150M fund

Sorenson Ventures keeps focus on enterprise with new $150M fund

Sorenson Ventures may not be a household name, but the Lehi, Utah-based firm has quietly backed 30 enterprise startups since 2017 when it launched its initial $100 million fund, some exiting via acquisition and some sporting flashy valuations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2022 • 4:07

Ubisoft won’t say why it reset employee passwords after ‘cyber incident’

Ubisoft won’t say why it reset employee passwords after ‘cyber incident’

Gaming giant Ubisoft has confirmed a cybersecurity incident that led to the mass-reset of company passwords, but has declined to say what the incident actually was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2022 • 3:02

Google’s Art & Culture platform updated with documents, artifacts and music from Timbuktu

Google’s Art & Culture platform updated with documents, artifacts and music from Timbuktu

Google, working with historians from West Africa, has been working to digitize contemporary art, cultural and historic sites about Mali, and the digital library went live on Google Art & Culture (GAC) today, making these items available for exploration by the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2022 • 4:21

Topsort, an auction-based advertising startup, now valued at $110M after seed round

Topsort, an auction-based advertising startup, now valued at $110M after seed round

When Regina Ye was in college, she was a Shopify seller and recalls being so fed up with advertising solutions that she spent finals week staying up late to figure out how ads worked on Facebook and Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2022 • 5:18

E-bike subscription service Dance adds new cities and mopeds

E-bike subscription service Dance adds new cities and mopeds

After raising nearly $20 million a few months ago, Berlin-based startup Dance is expanding its electric bike subscription service to a handful of new cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2022 • 4:17

Workbounce’s ‘Google meets Slack’ product for sales teams raises $2.7M from Index Ventures

Workbounce’s ‘Google meets Slack’ product for sales teams raises $2.7M from Index Ventures

Selling commercial products has become pretty complex, and the pandemic has not helped. Sales teams are often hampered by the difficulties of building trust in their product, especially in a hybrid world where much of the interactions are virtual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 9, 2022 • 3:21

Amazon launches a ‘live radio’ app, Amp, which lets you play DJ with the Amazon Music catalog

Amazon launches a ‘live radio’ app, Amp, which lets you play DJ with the Amazon Music catalog

Amazon’s Clubhouse competitor has arrived. The retail giant on Tuesday launched a new mobile app called Amp, which allows people to create live “radio shows” where they can act as a DJ, by taking callers and playing tracks from Amazon Music’s tens of millions of licensed songs, ranging from classic titles to today’s music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 9, 2022 • 5:31

General Motors, PG&E pilot EVs as backup power sources for homes

General Motors, PG&E pilot EVs as backup power sources for homes

General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric Company are launching a pilot that will let EV owners use their vehicles as a backup power source for their homes during an outage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2022 • 5:23

Robotaxi startup Pony.ai now valued at $8.5B

Robotaxi startup Pony.ai now valued at $8.5B

China- and U.S.-based Pony.ai said Monday its valuation has surged to $8.5 billion after the first close of its Series D funding round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2022 • 3:30

Aston Martin to develop battery cell technology with Britishvolt

Aston Martin to develop battery cell technology with Britishvolt

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with lithium-ion battery cell technologies company Britishvolt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2022 • 3:16

Disco gets brands to boogie together on customer acquisition

Disco gets brands to boogie together on customer acquisition

Disco used to be Co-op Commerce, and leadership says the new name better reflects the company's focus on consumer discovery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2022 • 5:09

Sony and Honda reveal plans to jointly make and sell electric vehicles

Sony and Honda reveal plans to jointly make and sell electric vehicles

Sony’s current favorite big tease is playing at being a carmaker, and today it announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with real automaker Honda to discuss and develop that idea further. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2022 • 3:44

Sikur touts a new secure Android phone for enterprise, gov’t comms

Sikur touts a new secure Android phone for enterprise, gov’t comms

It’s many years since the Blackberry was the corporate phone du jour. Touchscreen phones and the ‘Bring your Own Device’ trend put paid to all that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2022 • 5:25

Reliance to invest $221 million for electronics manufacturing with Sanmina in India

Reliance to invest $221 million for electronics manufacturing with Sanmina in India

Reliance Industries plans to invest up to $221 million in American electronics firm Sanmina to set up a joint venture as the Indian giant looks to expand its electronics manufacturing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2022 • 3:21

Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing ‘500x’ YoY revenue growth

Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing ‘500x’ YoY revenue growth

Tenderly, a startup that aims to make it easier for web3 developers “of all skill sets” to build blockchain products, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding – just months after closing on its Series A. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2022 • 5:47

Ford splits EV and combustion units in major restructuring

Ford splits EV and combustion units in major restructuring

Ford today announced a significant restructuring to better focus on the different challenges and opportunities with electric vehicles and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 2, 2022 • 3:51

Alphabet’s Wing drones hit 200,000 deliveries as it announces supermarket partnership

Alphabet’s Wing drones hit 200,000 deliveries as it announces supermarket partnership

Alphabet’s drone service Wing this morning announced another milestone, as it hit 200,000 commercial deliveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 2, 2022 • 3:01

YouTube geoblocks Russia Today, Sputnik channels in Europe

YouTube geoblocks Russia Today, Sputnik channels in Europe

Google has just announced that YouTube will geoblock the Kremlin-affiliated media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik in Europe, following pressure from regional lawmakers to choke off Russian war propaganda. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2022 • 3:57

Weee! delivers second big funding round in a year, this time backed by SoftBank

Weee! delivers second big funding round in a year, this time backed by SoftBank

This new monster round comes about a year after another big fundraise of $316 million in Series D financing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2022 • 4:21

HearHere raises $3.2M to scale its immersive storytelling road-trip app

HearHere raises $3.2M to scale its immersive storytelling road-trip app

Santa Barbara-based HearHere, the company behind an audio entertainment and immersive storytelling road-trip app, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding led by RV and outdoor retailer Camping World. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2022 • 5:16

Carvana acquires Adesa US auction business for $2.2B to jump-start used car sales

Carvana acquires Adesa US auction business for $2.2B to jump-start used car sales

Carvana, the online used car marketplace, has agreed to buy Kar Global’s Adesa U.S. auction subsidiary for $2.2 billion in cash, an acquisition aimed at adding another revenue stream as well as a network of physical sites that could help bolster operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2022 • 4:50

SEC opens investigation into Elon Musk over possible insider trading

SEC opens investigation into Elon Musk over possible insider trading

Elon Musk isn't getting a break from the SEC any time soon. WSJ reports the SEC is investigating whether Musk and his brother Kimbal violated insider trading regulations with recent share sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 2022 • 3:11

Specify automagically collects, stores and distributes your design tokens and assets

Specify automagically collects, stores and distributes your design tokens and assets

Meet Specify, a startup that is creating a common language for Figma and GitHub. Specify acts as a central repository and API for your design tokens and assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 25, 2022 • 3:33

Cloudflare to acquire Area 1 Security, a startup that blocks phishing emails

Cloudflare to acquire Area 1 Security, a startup that blocks phishing emails

Cloudflare has announced that it plans to acquire Area 1 Security, a security startup that has developed a product that stops phishing attacks before they land in an employee’s inbox. Cloudflare plans to spend around $162 million on the acquisition. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 2022 • 4:01

Target to add Starbucks orders and returns to its curbside pickup service

Target to add Starbucks orders and returns to its curbside pickup service

Target is preparing a series of changes to make its curbside pickup service called Drive Up more appealing to consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 2022 • 5:20

RightHand cashes in on the white-hot warehouse robotics space with a $66M raise

RightHand cashes in on the white-hot warehouse robotics space with a $66M raise

COVID, supply chain issues, labor shortages, Amazon. Take your pick. The reasons for getting excited about logistics robotics are numerous and growing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2022 • 2:59

To combat chip shortage, Bosch to invest $296M to produce semiconductors

To combat chip shortage, Bosch to invest $296M to produce semiconductors

Bosch is increasing its previously stated investment in semiconductor production in order to stay on top of the ongoing chip shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2022 • 4:39

PerchPeek raises $11M to woo ‘great resignation employees’ with easy relocation

PerchPeek raises $11M to woo ‘great resignation employees’ with easy relocation

Relocating employees can involve up to 20-30 different complex processes, while many of the support packages on the market can be inflexible and expensive. Plus, relocating services are usually only available to company leaders, not staff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2022 • 3:30

Better.com loses more senior execs as employees brace for another mass layoff

Better.com loses more senior execs as employees brace for another mass layoff

Things are getting worse at Better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2022 • 4:21

Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year

Walmart is expanding autonomous delivery pilot with GM’s Cruise this year

Cruise plans to expand the self-driving delivery pilot it has with Walmart in Arizona, the company’s senior government affairs manager said in a recent public meeting with state legislators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2022 • 4:10

Reusable packaging startup bags $3.1M to pick a fight with single-use packaging

Reusable packaging startup bags $3.1M to pick a fight with single-use packaging

Quick pop quiz: Is it better to recycle your cardboard boxes, or use a sturdier packaging bag that can be used again and again until it meets its maker again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2022 • 6:00

New York’s Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion

New York’s Thrive Capital closes its eighth fund with a whopping $3 billion

Thrive Capital, the venture firm founded in 2009 by a then-25-year-old Joshua Kushner, says it has closed its eighth fund with approximately $3 billion in capital commitments, $500 of which it plans to invest in early-stage startups and another $2.5 billion that it has earmarked for later-stage companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, 2022 • 4:29

Amazon reaches deal to continue accepting Visa payments worldwide

Amazon reaches deal to continue accepting Visa payments worldwide

Amazon and Visa have resolved their simmering dispute over payment fees in the UK and elsewhere, Reuters has reported. Amazon threatened to stop accepting Visa in the UK starting January 19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, 2022 • 2:36

Blueland raises more money to avoid shipping water around and reduce single-use plastics

Blueland raises more money to avoid shipping water around and reduce single-use plastics

The cleaning products you use in your house are 99% water. Yes, the same stuff that comes out of the spigot at your house. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 2022 • 5:26

New Waymo Via partnership gives it access to 200,000 shippers and carriers

New Waymo Via partnership gives it access to 200,000 shippers and carriers

Waymo Via, Waymo’s autonomous trucking and cargo unit, has found another long-term strategic partner to see it through to commercialization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 2022 • 5:17

Stronghold launches $100M venture arm to invest in underrepresented founders and fintech

Stronghold launches $100M venture arm to invest in underrepresented founders and fintech

Payments infrastructure company Stronghold has launched a venture capital arm to deploy $100 million of its balance sheet capital in startups and funds in three core strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2022 • 3:56

Singapore-based alternative protein startup Next Gen Foods gets $100M Series A for U.S. growth

Singapore-based alternative protein startup Next Gen Foods gets $100M Series A for U.S. growth

Alternative protein startups have attracted a lot of investor attention over the past couple of years and the trend looks set to continue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2022 • 5:13

Grubhub expands its ‘Grubhub Goods’ convenience offering nationwide

Grubhub expands its ‘Grubhub Goods’ convenience offering nationwide

Food delivery app GrubHub is expanding its branded convenience offering nationwide, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2022 • 3:23

Gaia, a platform to finance IVF treatments, closes $20M Series A led by Atomico

Gaia, a platform to finance IVF treatments, closes $20M Series A led by Atomico

Gaia is a startup that is effectively out to ‘de-risk’ the whole process of IVF fertility treatment, using products like personalized insurance and payment plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2022 • 4:11

3D social network BUD raises $15M in Series A+ round

3D social network BUD raises $15M in Series A+ round

Investors are justling to find the next killer app for the metaverse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2022 • 3:18

Chasing Cruise and Waymo, Chinese AV company AutoX plans to begin testing in San Francisco

Chasing Cruise and Waymo, Chinese AV company AutoX plans to begin testing in San Francisco

AutoX, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company that has made plays in both the U.S. and its home country, is now making a move into San Francisco, an area where its biggest competitors are creeping towards commercialization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2022 • 5:39

Indiegogo will designate legit crowdfunders with a ‘Trust-Proven’ badge

Indiegogo will designate legit crowdfunders with a ‘Trust-Proven’ badge

Indiegogo has a trust problem. It’s something the company is keenly aware of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, 2022 • 3:57

Sardine’s algorithm helps crypto and fintech companies detect fraud

Sardine’s algorithm helps crypto and fintech companies detect fraud

It’s a great time to be in the fraud detection business in crypto and fintech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, 2022 • 4:23

Tinder introduces a way for members to go on virtual ‘blind dates’

Tinder introduces a way for members to go on virtual ‘blind dates’

Tinder is bringing back the idea of the “blind date” through a new in-app feature, launching today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2022 • 4:22

eAgronom closes $7.4M Series A to create a farming-based carbon credits platform

eAgronom closes $7.4M Series A to create a farming-based carbon credits platform

There are plenty of competitors in so-called FMS (Farm Management Software), but so far no global dominant leader has emerged. Agrivi has raised $7.3M, Granular $24.9M and Farmlogs $37M. So there’s clearly plenty of scope for more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2022 • 4:30

SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm

SpaceX loses 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm

80% of Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX on February 3 won't reach their intended orbit. SpaceX has revealed that a geomagnetic storm had a severe impact on the satellites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2022 • 3:48

Artiphon drops the hardware requirement for its musical camera app, Orbacam

Artiphon drops the hardware requirement for its musical camera app, Orbacam

We’ve been following Artiphon closely over the years. Back in late 2020, I took a liking to the music startup’s latest smart instrument, the Orba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2022 • 3:03

American Express launches its first all-digital consumer checking account

American Express launches its first all-digital consumer checking account

American Express has launched its first all-digital consumer checking account, the company announced on Tuesday. The new offering, American Express Rewards Checking, is currently available for eligible U.S. Consumer Card Members. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2022 • 4:14

Joby Aviation to launch air taxi service in South Korea

Joby Aviation to launch air taxi service in South Korea

California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing startup Joby Aviation plans to offer an air taxi service in South Korea in partnership with SK Telecom (SKT), one of the country’s largest telecommunication companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2022 • 4:15

A Twitter slap fight goes wrong

A Twitter slap fight goes wrong

Certain VCs who tweet a lot have grown a little vituperative of late, with some of the most powerful people in the industry lashing out in unprecedented ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2022 • 4:57

Apple to charge 27% fee for Dutch dating apps using alternative payment options

Apple to charge 27% fee for Dutch dating apps using alternative payment options

Following a court order, developers working on dating apps don’t have to use Apple’s in-app purchase system in the Netherlands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2022 • 4:58

In Ford’s transition to EVs, cost-cutting takes center stage

In Ford’s transition to EVs, cost-cutting takes center stage

Ford has made cost-cutting a key piece of its EV strategy as the company works to improve profit margins while meeting what CEO Jim Farley has called “incredible demand” of its new electric vehicle models. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, 2022 • 5:46

Blockchain bridge Wormhole confirms that exploiter stole $320 million worth of crypto assets

Blockchain bridge Wormhole confirms that exploiter stole $320 million worth of crypto assets

Wormhole, a popular cryptocurrency platform that offers bridges between multiple blockchains, announced on Twitter that it noticed an exploit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, 2022 • 3:59

Travel booking app Hopper upgrades its valuation to $5B on secondary sale

Travel booking app Hopper upgrades its valuation to $5B on secondary sale

Hopper, the mobile travel booking startup and app that lets users book flights, hotels, cars, and — most recently — short-term home rentals a la Airbnb and VRBO, has been on a fast pace of growth in the wake of Covid-19 travel restrictions loosening up in the last year, with 70 million downloads to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2022 • 5:24

SpaceX reveals $500 monthly ‘Premium’ Starlink service with speeds up to 500 Mbps

SpaceX reveals $500 monthly ‘Premium’ Starlink service with speeds up to 500 Mbps

SpaceX has a new tier for its Starlink satellite internet service with higher performance but pricing that might make your eyes water, called Starlink Premium, with speeds between 150 and 500Mbps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2022 • 3:13

GM’s Chevy Silverado EV already has 110,000 reservations

GM’s Chevy Silverado EV already has 110,000 reservations

General Motors said it has secured more than 110,000 reservations for its new all-electric Chevrolet Silverado, which includes reservations from more than 240 fleet operators, Chair and CEO Mary Barra said in the company’s full-year and fourth quarter earnings letter to shareholders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2022 • 4:53

Tesla recalls Full Self Driving feature that lets cars roll through stop signs

Tesla recalls Full Self Driving feature that lets cars roll through stop signs

Tesla is issuing an over-the-air update to recall a "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) beta feature that allowed cars to roll through stop signs, which appeared in FSD 10.3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2022 • 2:54

Superpedestrian gets $125M to expand tech that corrects unsafe scooter riding

Superpedestrian gets $125M to expand tech that corrects unsafe scooter riding

Shared e-scooter company Superpedestrian is gearing up to deploy its Pedestrian Defense safety system at scale, a feature that allows the company’s e-scooters to detect and correct unsafe riding behaviors, like riding on sidewalks or the wrong way down a one-way street, in real time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2022 • 5:02

AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

AllSpice thinks hardware developers lack their own ‘GitHub,’ so it is building one

The idea behind the company was to get engineers back to spending the majority of their time designing and building hardware products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2022 • 5:15

Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young, pulls her music from Spotify over vaccine misinformation

Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young, pulls her music from Spotify over vaccine misinformation

Spotify’s Joe Rogan headache is about to get a lot worse. Earlier this week, musician Neil Young announced that he would pull his music from the streaming service to protest Spotify’s relationship with Joe Rogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2022 • 3:36

Google will let legacy G Suite users migrate to free Google accounts

Google will let legacy G Suite users migrate to free Google accounts

Earlier this month, Google announced that it would kill free Google Workspace accounts that were using the G Suite legacy free edition. As spotted by Ars Technica and following customer backlash, Google has updated its support page and says that it plans to offer more options to existing users. Google Workspace as it exists today […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2022 • 4:03

Amazon must pay $2M and end program after price-fixing investigation by Washington AG

Amazon must pay $2M and end program after price-fixing investigation by Washington AG

Amazon must pay $2.25 million and permanently shut down a previously suspended sales program, following an investigation and lawsuit by the Attorney General of Washington alleging it was essentially price-fixing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, 2022 • 4:15

Compound aims to be a one-stop-shop for tech employees to manage their finances

Compound aims to be a one-stop-shop for tech employees to manage their finances

Jordan Gonen and Jacob Schein had both worked in the tech industry for a few years when they realized they lacked a clear understanding of their own finances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, 2022 • 4:42

Apple will reportedly allow iPhones to accept contactless payments

Apple will reportedly allow iPhones to accept contactless payments

Small businesses might soon be able to accept payments using their iPhones without extra hardware. Apple could start rolling out the feature through a software update in the next few months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2022 • 2:34

Paack pulls in a $225M Series D led by SoftBank to scale its E-commerce delivery platform

Paack pulls in a $225M Series D led by SoftBank to scale its E-commerce delivery platform

By now, many of us are familiar with the warehouse robots which populate those vast spaces occupied by the likes of Amazon and others. In particular, Amazon was very much a pioneer of the technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2022 • 4:37

FTC fines online shop $4M for hiding reviews below 4 stars

FTC fines online shop $4M for hiding reviews below 4 stars

We all know online reviews must be taken with a grain of salt, but generally you’d like to think that a product with a 4.5-star average is better than one with a 3.5-star average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2022 • 4:07

Twitter’s experimental ‘Flock’ feature will let you share tweets with your closest friends

Twitter’s experimental ‘Flock’ feature will let you share tweets with your closest friends

Twitter is still working on a feature that will give you a way to blast tweets that can only be seen by the friends you choose first revealed in July last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2022 • 3:42

Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots

Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots

Starship Technologies, one of the bigger names in the world of autonomous delivery robots — those little caboose-like, boxy delivery vehicles that self-drive around cities — has been on a roll during Covid-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2022 • 6:05

Ola Electric valued at $5 billion in new funding

Ola Electric valued at $5 billion in new funding

Ola Electric said on Monday it has raised $200 million in a new financing round even as the Indian ride-hailing giant’s spin off struggles to deliver its maiden electric scooter to customers and questions about its work culture are being raised. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2022 • 3:33

FarmRaise aims to become a financial services giant, starting with farm grants

FarmRaise aims to become a financial services giant, starting with farm grants

You have to start somewhere. So when Jayce Hafner and Sami Tellatin bonded as Stanford MBA classmates over their shared belief that making U.S. farms more efficient would be good for farmers, good for the country, and a great business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2022 • 4:50

Peloton CEO acknowledges corrective actions, denies ‘halting all production’ of bikes and treadmills

Peloton CEO acknowledges corrective actions, denies ‘halting all production’ of bikes and treadmills

Ahead of the company’s upcoming earnings, Peloton CEO John Foley took a break from a “quiet period” to address a number of reports related to poor device sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2022 • 3:34

Netflix had its lowest year of subscriber growth since 2015

Netflix had its lowest year of subscriber growth since 2015

Despite producing global hits like “Squid Game” in 2021, Netflix’s fourth quarter returns show the streaming giant struggling to maintain a lead over its competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, 2022 • 3:59

Clench your jaw to skip a track: That’s the magic of Wisear

Clench your jaw to skip a track: That’s the magic of Wisear

By adding some electrodes and some electronics to your earbuds, Wisear can make your music experience a lot more hands-free than before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, 2022 • 4:37

French robotic exoskeleton maker Wandercraft eyes US expansion courtesy of a $45M Series C

French robotic exoskeleton maker Wandercraft eyes US expansion courtesy of a $45M Series C

Wandercraft was founded in 2012, with the vision of improving mobility of wheelchair users. The company’s solution comes by way of exoskeletons, which can offer wearers the ability to walk with robotic assistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2022 • 2:57

Wrangle secures $2M to automate company workflows

Wrangle secures $2M to automate company workflows

The company’s no-code software can automate any kind of process: employee onboarding, contract approvals, help tickets or any other recurring work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2022 • 4:55

Harness releases open version of continuous delivery product with access to source code

Harness releases open version of continuous delivery product with access to source code

Harness, a startup from AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal, has been building a platform of developer tools over the last five years. In 2020, the company made its first foray into open source when it bought continuous integration tool Drone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2022 • 4:20

Castiron serves up a $6M seed round to support ‘food artisans’

Castiron serves up a $6M seed round to support ‘food artisans’

The pandemic hasn’t been easy for anyone, but the food service industry has been hit particularly hard. More than 90,000 restaurants and bars have closed, leaving workers unemployed in an already precarious industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2022 • 4:09

Wayve raises $200M Series B led by Eclipse for its AI for autonomous delivery vehicles

Wayve raises $200M Series B led by Eclipse for its AI for autonomous delivery vehicles

British autonomous vehicle startup Wayve has raised a $200 million Series B funding round from investors to scale its technology and expand its partnerships with commercial fleets. Wayve is aiming to be a major player in the arena of Robo-deliveries and logistics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2022 • 4:11

Animoca, Galaxy Interactive and Polygon back gaming firm nCore in web3 push

Animoca, Galaxy Interactive and Polygon back gaming firm nCore in web3 push

nCore Games has raised $10 million in a new financing round as the top Indian gaming firm gears up to launch web3 offerings, its top executives said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2022 • 5:12

InFlow, a science-based app for ADHD, raises $2.3M Seed led by Hoxton Ventures

InFlow, a science-based app for ADHD, raises $2.3M Seed led by Hoxton Ventures

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms can include anxiety, chronic boredom, impulsiveness, trouble concentrating, controlling anger, and even depression. But ADHD suffers can face lengthy waiting periods for assessment and prohibitively expensive treatments. Now a startup, which launched in 2020, hopes to address this by luring the knowledge of a team of clinicians and coaches […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2022 • 4:17

EVage raises $28M to be a driving force in India’s commercial EV revolution

EVage raises $28M to be a driving force in India’s commercial EV revolution

A congruence of factors in India — notably, climate change policies, fuel costs and skyrocketing demand for e-commerce — has set up ideal conditions for startups like all-electric commercial vehicle startup EVage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2022 • 5:59

Google’s loss to Sonos settles it: Big Tech has an IP piracy problem

Google’s loss to Sonos settles it: Big Tech has an IP piracy problem

Simply put, Big Tech benefits from stealing IP. The legal costs and potential damages, if ever issued after years of litigation, are paltry by comparison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, 2022 • 6:10

Swell takes in $20M to develop more adaptable headless commerce infrastructure

Swell takes in $20M to develop more adaptable headless commerce infrastructure

Starting an e-commerce business is large marketplaces can be an easy process, but what the team at Swell began to notice was that the model could only take a business so far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, 2022 • 4:27

Seel secures $17M round to infuse AI in customer product returns

Seel secures $17M round to infuse AI in customer product returns

Merchants can add “return assurance” to an order, if it is returned in the next 30 days, Seel, instead of the merchant, will pay for the refund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 2022 • 4:25

Newcomer aggregator Ecommerce Brands snags $40M in equity, debt to deploy eCaaS model

Newcomer aggregator Ecommerce Brands snags $40M in equity, debt to deploy eCaaS model

Ecommerce Brands aims to differentiate itself from the crowded aggregator space by being the technology force for DTC brands to scale while operators focus on running their businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, 2022 • 3:51

BigPanda gets its horn after securing $190M in fresh capital

BigPanda gets its horn after securing $190M in fresh capital

The company’s technology transforms huge volumes of IT data into actionable insight and automates incident management so IT operations teams can be proactive about their response processes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2022 • 5:27

Roku adds a new ‘Live TV Zone’ to its homescreen

Roku adds a new ‘Live TV Zone’ to its homescreen

Roku is furthering its investment in its Live TV platform with today’s introduction of a new “Live TV Zone” that will roll out to the main, left-side navigation on Roku devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2022 • 4:03

GoStudent Raises $340M Series D funding round as it pushes into international markets

GoStudent Raises $340M Series D funding round as it pushes into international markets

Fresh from raising a $244 million Series C (that valued the company then $1.7 billion) back in June, K12 online tutoring marketplace GoStudent has now raised a $340 million Series D round led by new investor Prosus, an Amsterdam-based investment firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 2022 • 4:15

GM finally agrees California can set vehicle emissions rules as it preps to scale EVs

GM finally agrees California can set vehicle emissions rules as it preps to scale EVs

In what appears to be a politically and economically savvy move by General Motors, the automaker said Sunday it recognized California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to set its own vehicle emissions standards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 2022 • 4:21

Ankorstore reaches $2 billion valuation two years after launching its wholesale marketplace

Ankorstore reaches $2 billion valuation two years after launching its wholesale marketplace

French startup Ankorstore has raised a $283 million Series C funding round (€250 million). Founded in November 2019, it took Ankorstore around two years to reach a post-money valuation of $2 billion (€1.75 billion). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2022 • 4:43

Apple Fitness+ introduces new ‘Collections’ feature and ‘Time to Run’ series

Apple Fitness+ introduces new ‘Collections’ feature and ‘Time to Run’ series

Apple Fitness+ is introducing a new “Collections” feature along with a new “Time to Run” series starting on January 10th. Collections are a curated series of workouts and meditations from the Fitness+ library organized to help users reach a goal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2022 • 4:18

At CES 2022, metaverses metaversed the metaverse

At CES 2022, metaverses metaversed the metaverse

In the lead up to CES, I wrote a piece reflecting on top tech of CES 2012. It was an interesting exercise for a number of reasons — not the least of which was recalling the buzzwords from 10 years ago. That year, LTE and ultrabooks topped the list. One had a great run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 7, 2022 • 5:24

Mosqitter’s machine murders mosquitos with much mirth

Mosqitter’s machine murders mosquitos with much mirth

After ridiculing one mosquito-fighting product, I figured it’d be only right to highlight another piece of buzz-reducing tech that was showing off its products at CES this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 7, 2022 • 3:30

Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

Canada’s Assent Compliance lands $350M from Vista Equity for supply chain data management

Never before has the importance of a smooth-flowing supply chain been as clear as it has been in the COVID-19 pandemic era. For manufacturers in particular, managing intricate supply chains can be particularly challenging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 2022 • 5:27

BMW wants to turn your car into a rolling cinema

BMW wants to turn your car into a rolling cinema

After fitting some of its cars with comfy lounge chairs at CES 2020, BMW today unveiled the next step in its in-car entertainment story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, 2022 • 3:59

Stellantis to transform Chrysler into an all-electric brand by 2028

Stellantis to transform Chrysler into an all-electric brand by 2028

Chrysler, the 96-year-old brand owned by Stellantis that is best known today for its minivans, will become an all-electric brand by 2028. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2022 • 5:27

Labrador set to deliver a robotic helping hand to homes in 2023

Labrador set to deliver a robotic helping hand to homes in 2023

Back at CES 2020, Labrador Systems co-founder/CEO Mike Dooley told me, “I think there are fewer fake robots [at the show] this year.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2022 • 4:27

Liquid Death lands $75 million more in funding, including to roll out flavored water

Liquid Death lands $75 million more in funding, including to roll out flavored water

Liquid Death, a water brand that began life in 2018 with a funny video to first test the concept, has grown deadly serious about its growth prospects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2022 • 5:46

Samsung’s 2022 Smart TVs to support cloud gaming, video chat and even NFTs

Samsung’s 2022 Smart TVs to support cloud gaming, video chat and even NFTs

Ahead of the official start of CES, Samsung today revealed its vision for its next generation of smart TVs that will include everything from cloud-based gaming services to video chat while watching TV to even NFTs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2022 • 6:10

Twitter bans Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene’s personal account over COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter bans Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene’s personal account over COVID-19 misinformation

Twitter has permanently suspended the personal account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) “for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” according to the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2022 • 3:07

Let’s talk CES 2022 trends

Let’s talk CES 2022 trends

I spent a chunk of yesterday morning rediscovering the big trends of CES 2012. It’s a strange experience, examining so much technology that feels — at once — extremely dated and very recent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2022 • 6:52

Apple puts Foxconn India plant on probation after protests over food and accommodation conditions

Apple puts Foxconn India plant on probation after protests over food and accommodation conditions

Apple has put the southern India factory of Foxconn on probation following protests from workers over subpar food and accommodation conditions, a concern both the firms acknowledged and pledged to improve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 31, 2021 • 3:29

The best tech of CES 2012

The best tech of CES 2012

Consumer electronics are a bad metric for gauging the passage of time. And, frankly, Consumer Electronics Shows are considerably worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 31, 2021 • 7:40

Fiverr rolls out new Pinterest-like personalized discovery feature

Fiverr rolls out new Pinterest-like personalized discovery feature

Freelance marketplace Fiverr is rolling out an interactive Pinterest-like mobile experience aimed at enabling users to engage with a constantly updated feed of visual content curated specifically for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 2021 • 3:39

Waymo partners with Geely to make electric AVs for ride hail in the US

Waymo partners with Geely to make electric AVs for ride hail in the US

Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving technology arm, is partnering with Chinese automaker Geely to build an all-electric, self-driving ride-hailing vehicle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 30, 2021 • 3:27

Europe’s antitrust policy shouldn’t ignore China

Europe’s antitrust policy shouldn’t ignore China

The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2021 • 7:38

More companies bow out of in-person CES presence

More companies bow out of in-person CES presence

The last few days have been fairly quiet, so far as CES is concerned — no doubt owing to the holiday. The last major dropout came from Microsoft, which confirmed on Christmas Eve it would no longer be traveling to Las Vegas for the event. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2021 • 4:06

Movano targets an H2 2022 launch for its fitness ring

Movano targets an H2 2022 launch for its fitness ring

My first in-person experience with a fitness ring was back at CES 2017. Four years later, one wonders if they might be having a moment at next week’s show — in-person or no. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2021 • 3:28

Naren Gupta, co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners, passes away

Naren Gupta, co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners, passes away

Naren Gupta, a venture capitalist who co-founded Nexus Venture Partners to help cement Indian SaaS startups’ position to the world, died on Saturday. He was 73. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2021 • 4:21

TikTok moderator sues over mental trauma caused by graphic videos

TikTok moderator sues over mental trauma caused by graphic videos

In a proposed class-action lawsuit, TikTok moderator Candie Frazier said that she has screened videos showing violence, school shootings, fatal falls and even cannibalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2021 • 3:06

Despite scrapped IPO, Babbel sees fast growth for its language learning service

Despite scrapped IPO, Babbel sees fast growth for its language learning service

Berlin-based language learning service Babbel was supposed to IPO on the Frankfurt stock exchange in late September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 24, 2021 • 4:55

FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill for people 12 and older

FDA authorizes Pfizer’s Covid antiviral pill for people 12 and older

The FDA has issued an emergency authorization for Pfizer's antiviral pill, making it the first oral method for treating mild to moderate cases of COVID-19. The EUA covers high-risk people 12 and up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2021 • 3:09

Dealroom raises €6M Series A for its startup data, market intelligence service

Dealroom raises €6M Series A for its startup data, market intelligence service

European startup and venture capital data company Dealroom has raised a €6 million Series A, it told TechCrunch. The company’s new capital comes nearly two years after it raised €2.75 million in early 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 2021 • 5:32

Via files confidentially to go public

Via files confidentially to go public

On-demand shuttle service and software company Via has confidentially filed to go public, the company said in a statement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 2021 • 4:31

The long haul of Microsoft’s China localization

The long haul of Microsoft’s China localization

In 2019, when LinkedIn began asking for Chinese users’ phone numbers, it was clear that the professional social network would have to follow a different set of rules in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 2021 • 4:44

AI chip maker Kneron raises $25M for autonomous driving push

AI chip maker Kneron raises $25M for autonomous driving push

AI chips, which are semiconductors designed to accelerate machine learning, have many applications. One of the promising use cases, according to Albert Liu, is using AI chips in autonomous driving vehicles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 2021 • 4:10

Line to launch NFT service LineNext next year

Line to launch NFT service LineNext next year

Japan-based messaging app Line Corporation, which is wholly owned by Z Holdings, will launch NFT service next year via its new organization LineNext to provide the marketplace for companies and individuals to trade NFTs globally, excluding Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2021 • 3:46

Security flaws found in a popular guest Wi-Fi system used in hundreds of hotels

Security flaws found in a popular guest Wi-Fi system used in hundreds of hotels

A security researcher says an internet gateway, used by hundreds of hotels to offer and manage their guest Wi-Fi networks, has vulnerabilities that could put the personal information of their guests at risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2021 • 3:34

Fuzey takes in $4.5M to charge up its management tools for service-based businesses

Fuzey takes in $4.5M to charge up its management tools for service-based businesses

The company's tools digitize for small businesses what was traditionally done manually and on paper, like invoices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 2021 • 4:09

Spotify acquires podcast tech company Whooshkaa which turns radio broadcasts into on-demand audio

Spotify acquires podcast tech company Whooshkaa which turns radio broadcasts into on-demand audio

Spotify is continuing its investments in podcasts with today’s news that’s it’s acquired another podcast technology company, Whooshkaa, an Australia-based all-in-one platform for hosting, managing, distributing, promoting, monetizing and measuring podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 2021 • 4:06

Silverflow nabs $17M for its updated, cloud-based take on payments processing technology

Silverflow nabs $17M for its updated, cloud-based take on payments processing technology

When it comes to online payments, the front end of the system has seen a massive amount of disruption in the last several years, with companies like Stripe, Adyen, PayPal, Square and others building APIs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2021 • 5:09

Amazon to lower its cut of Alexa skill developer revenue starting in 2022

Amazon to lower its cut of Alexa skill developer revenue starting in 2022

Amazon is joining other tech giants by lowering its cut of developer revenue generated by voice apps, known as Alexa skills, which run on Amazon’s smart speakers and other Alexa-powered devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2021 • 5:10

Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app

Papaya raises $50M to give you a way to pay bills via its mobile app

Paying bills is hardly a fun thing. So I think it’s safe to say that any technology that can make the process easier is welcome by all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2021 • 5:14

Six more women sue Tesla over workplace sexual harassment

Six more women sue Tesla over workplace sexual harassment

In the wake of Jessica Barraza’s lawsuit last month, six more current and former female employees have come forward to accuse Tesla of fostering a culture of rampant sexual harassment at its Fremont factory in California. In separate complaints filed on Tuesday with the Superior Court in Alameda County, the women said they were consistently subjected to catcalling, unwanted advances, physical contact and discrimination while at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad

Dec 15, 2021 • 3:23

Mesh Payments racks up $50M to help corporate users manage spend and payments

Mesh Payments racks up $50M to help corporate users manage spend and payments

Now that the world appears to have settled longer-term into working in a significantly more distributed way in the wake of Covid-19, companies are getting more serious about using tools to manage how their teams operate within those new parameters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2021 • 5:39

The race is on to patch Log4Shell, the bug that’s breaking the internet

The race is on to patch Log4Shell, the bug that’s breaking the internet

Security teams around the globe are scrambling to fix Log4Shell, a critical security flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere from online games to enterprise software and cloud datacenters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2021 • 5:40

Mozilla expects to generate more than $500M in revenue this year

Mozilla expects to generate more than $500M in revenue this year

The Mozilla Foundation today released its financial report for 2020. As usual, this gives us a good picture of the organization’s financial health from a year ago, but for the first time this year, Mozilla also provided us with more recent data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2021 • 4:15

Volvo had some R&D data stolen in security breach

Volvo had some R&D data stolen in security breach

Volvo Cars is investigating a cybersecurity breach and theft of a limited amount of the company’s research and development data. The data breach was reported Friday by the Swedish automaker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2021 • 3:05

Coinbase Ventures backs cross-chain infra Router Protocol

Coinbase Ventures backs cross-chain infra Router Protocol

A startup that has built a decentralized exchange as well as a cross-chain infrastructure to facilitate communication across layer 1 and layer 2 blockchain solutions is the latest to receive backing from Coinbase Ventures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 10, 2021 • 5:06

Meta’s Horizon Worlds is available in the US and Canada for 18+ users

Meta’s Horizon Worlds is available in the US and Canada for 18+ users

The company formerly known as Facebook is taking a step toward its goal to transport us to the metaverse. Now, Horizon Worlds — the Second Life or Minecraft of Meta’s VR apps — is expanding out of invite-only beta, opening up to all users over 18-years-old in the US and Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 10, 2021 • 4:33

Collective helps freelancers work together as a team

Collective helps freelancers work together as a team

Meet Collective, a French startup that wants to redefine what it means to work as a freelancer in development, product design, digital marketing, data strategy and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2021 • 4:30

Chainguard lands $5M to help companies secure their software supply chains

Chainguard lands $5M to help companies secure their software supply chains

By late last year, the alarm bells were just starting to ring. Researchers discovered that Russian spies had months earlier burrowed deep into the networks of several U.S. federal networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2021 • 4:20

Arch nabs $5.5M to aggregate private market data for investors

Arch nabs $5.5M to aggregate private market data for investors

More capital has been raised in the private markets than the public markets for over a decade, and this staggering growth has shown no signs of slowing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2021 • 5:13

Netflix’s gaming service adds three more titles globally on iOS and Android

Netflix’s gaming service adds three more titles globally on iOS and Android

Last month, Netflix’s new gaming service became globally available across both iOS and Android with a debut lineup that included two “Stranger Things”-themed games and a few more casual gaming titles. Netflix has now expanded its lineup with three more games that are rolling out globally for both iOS and Android users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2021 • 3:48

Chinese Amazon aggregator Nebula Brands raises $50M led by L Catterton

Chinese Amazon aggregator Nebula Brands raises $50M led by L Catterton

2021 has been a rosy year for China-based Amazon vendors looking for exits. Roll-ups, or brand aggregators, have been flooding China’s export-oriented e-commerce market with capital to scoop up sellers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2021 • 3:39

Toyota will build its first US battery plant in North Carolina

Toyota will build its first US battery plant in North Carolina

Toyota Motor will build its first battery factory in the U.S. in North Carolina, the company and state officials confirmed Monday, as more automakers seek to take control of the supply chain with in-house battery manufacturing plants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2021 • 3:20

VCs eye investment in Polygon

VCs eye investment in Polygon

A number of investors including Sequoia Capital India and Steadview Capital are in talks to back Polygon, which operates a framework for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks, by way of tokens purchase, three sources familiar with the matter told me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2021 • 3:52

New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal begins restructuring as two execs step down

New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal begins restructuring as two execs step down

Earlier this week, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey stepped down from his role. He appointed CTO Parag Agrawal as new CEO, effective immediately. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2021 • 3:42

Porsche invests in German startup aiming to be a one-stop shop for carbon neutral homes

Porsche invests in German startup aiming to be a one-stop shop for carbon neutral homes

Porsche’s venture arm has taken a minority stake in 1Komma5, a five-month-old German startup aiming to offer households everything needed for a carbon neutral home, including energy storage, charging infrastructure for electric vehicles and solar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 3, 2021 • 4:50

GM delays production of new Chevy Bolt EVs until end of January

GM delays production of new Chevy Bolt EVs until end of January

General Motors will continue to delay production of new Chevrolet Bolt EVs at the company’s Orion assembly plant in Michigan “through the week of Jan. 24, 2022,” the company said in a statement emailed to TechCrunch on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 3, 2021 • 3:07

Bounce’s first electric scooter features swappable battery, costs less than $500

Bounce’s first electric scooter features swappable battery, costs less than $500

Bangalore-based Bounce on Thursday priced its first electric scooter at as low as 36,000 Indian rupees ($480), considerably undercutting the heavily-backed rival Ola as the mobility war intensifies in the world’s second most populous nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2021 • 4:24

Attack surface management startup CyCognito raises $100M Series C on $800M valuation

Attack surface management startup CyCognito raises $100M Series C on $800M valuation

As companies look for ways to prevent cyber attacks, one strategy is to be proactive and find vulnerabilities that could lead to a breach in an approach called “attack surface management.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2021 • 3:59

Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs

Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs

With key ESG reporting regulations such as the EU Taxonomy and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) covering more than 75 percent of European companies, across the EU and the UK, the regulatory environment is evolving fast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2021 • 2:59

Irish eSports giant’s new startup bets big on rugby in bid for US market share

Irish eSports giant’s new startup bets big on rugby in bid for US market share

A fantasy sports exchange founded by Irish betting veteran Paddy Power is bringing NFT-enabled live trading to rugby fans in a bid to expand globally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2021 • 4:08

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will talk Section 230 reform with Congress this week

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will talk Section 230 reform with Congress this week

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen will go before Congress again this week, this time offering her unique perspective on the company’s moderation and policy failures as they relate to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the key legal shield that protects online platforms from liability for the user-created content they host. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2021 • 3:37

Thought Machine closes $200M for its cloud native banking SaaS and becomes a unicorn

Thought Machine closes $200M for its cloud native banking SaaS and becomes a unicorn

Thought Machine, a 2014 (Xoogler) founded startup that sells cloud-based b2b banking services, has closed a $200 million Series C round and announced that it’s achieved unicorn status (aka, passing a $1BN valuation). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2021 • 4:37

Paris asks scooter sharing services to restrict speed to 10km/h

Paris asks scooter sharing services to restrict speed to 10km/h

Riding a scooter in Paris will soon feel incredibly… slow. The City of Paris has announced that scooter sharing services should restrict the maximum top speed to 10km/h (that’s 6.2mph). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2021 • 4:37

Perfeggt brings in first capital to shell out plant-based egg alternative

Perfeggt brings in first capital to shell out plant-based egg alternative

Worldwide, over 1.3 trillion eggs are produced annually, and Perfeggt co-founders believe this market is largely untapped and has room to grow with plant-based alternatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 26, 2021 • 4:35

On legal demands and press freedoms

On legal demands and press freedoms

In August 2020, two FBI agents were standing on my doorstep, unannounced, wanting to ask me questions about a TechCrunch story we had published the year before. The story was about how a hacker took thousands of documents, including visas and diplomatic passports, from a server at Mexico’s Embassy in Guatemala. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 24, 2021 • 5:34

India’s Blume Ventures raises $105 million in the first close of its fourth fund

India’s Blume Ventures raises $105 million in the first close of its fourth fund

Blume Ventures said on Wednesday it has raised $105 million in the first close of its fourth fund, less than two years after finalizing its previous fund, as investment activity intensifies in the world’s second largest internet market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 24, 2021 • 4:27

Polestar is bringing its electric Precept sedan to market in 2024 with a new name

Polestar is bringing its electric Precept sedan to market in 2024 with a new name

The Polestar Precept sedan — the concept vehicle turned production project — has a new name and an official launch date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2021 • 3:58

Roku customers report streaming issues after 10.5 update

Roku customers report streaming issues after 10.5 update

A number of Roku customers are experiencing problems with their Roku TVs following the Roku OS 10.5 update. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 23, 2021 • 4:38

Lydia adds stock and crypto trading to its payment app

Lydia adds stock and crypto trading to its payment app

French startup Lydia is entering a whole new category by adding trading to its financial super app later this year. The company is partnering with Bitpanda for this feature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2021 • 4:09

Mmhmm eats Macro

Mmhmm eats Macro

Mmhmm has perhaps the noisiest take on the future of video-conferencing: virtual meetings will be fun, flexible, and, as shown by its most recent acquisition, emotive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2021 • 5:01

Zuma takes in fresh capital to convert your next apartment tenant lead into a contract

Zuma takes in fresh capital to convert your next apartment tenant lead into a contract

Given its product market fit in real estate, Zuma now aims to implement its business model into other industries with sales teams, like healthcare, automotive, insurance, education and fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 19, 2021 • 4:36

Biliti bets US market is primed for electric tuk tuk deliveries

Biliti bets US market is primed for electric tuk tuk deliveries

Biliti Electric, a startup founded less than a year ago, wants its electric tuk tuks to become a common sight in densely packed cities in the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 19, 2021 • 5:02

Cross-selling startup Carro secures $20M to connect brands with each other, influencers

Cross-selling startup Carro secures $20M to connect brands with each other, influencers

Carro enables brand partnerships to sell each other’s products without having to purchase inventory or manage logistics and returns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2021 • 3:48

VR glove startup says Meta’s recently unveiled prototype is ‘substantively identical’ to their own device

VR glove startup says Meta’s recently unveiled prototype is ‘substantively identical’ to their own device

Facebook, errr Meta, showed off a new prototype haptic feedback glove yesterday which they detailed could eventually bring a new generation of AR/VR users closer to digital content than they’ve ever been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2021 • 5:35

QuEra Computing emerges from stealth with $17M to launch quantum device

QuEra Computing emerges from stealth with $17M to launch quantum device

QuEra Computing, a Boston-based quantum computer developer, is coming out of stealth mode today with $17 million in funding from Rakuten, Day One Ventures and Frontiers Capital. Angel investors Serguei Beloussov and Paul Maritz also joined in the round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2021 • 5:28

Lambda School shakes off its brand with new name

Lambda School shakes off its brand with new name

Lambda School, a buzzy coding bootcamp that has landed over $122 million in known venture capital to date, is rebranding to Bloom Institute of Technology, according to a blog post from CEO Austen Allred. The company is also updating its tuition payment options to introduce an outcomes-based loan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2021 • 4:24

EasySend raises $55.5M for a no-code platform to build online interactions with customers

EasySend raises $55.5M for a no-code platform to build online interactions with customers

No-code continues to permeate the many layers of enterprise IT, where traditionally non-technical workers have had to rely on technical experts to get things done, and startups building these tools are raising a lot of money as they see a surge of business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2021 • 5:23

Mark Cuban’s Fireside app attracts NFL stars and others as backers

Mark Cuban’s Fireside app attracts NFL stars and others as backers

Mark Cuban’s Fireside, an audio platform that is helping creators share their stories with audiences through live, interactive and virtual shows, is in advanced stages to close a “seed+” round, two sources familiar with the matter told me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2021 • 3:52

Apple offers $30 million to settle off-the-clock bag search controversy

Apple offers $30 million to settle off-the-clock bag search controversy

California's supreme court ruled Apple broke the law by failing to pay employees while they waited for mandatory bag and iPhone searches. Now, Apple has offered to pay $30 million to settle the suit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2021 • 3:06

Oxygen, a neobank for freelancers and small businesses, in talks to raise funds at over $500 million valuation

Oxygen, a neobank for freelancers and small businesses, in talks to raise funds at over $500 million valuation

Oxygen, a startup that is bringing digital banking services to freelancers and micro-and small-sized businesses, is in talks to raise a new round at a valuation of over $500 million, two sources familiar with the matter told me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2021 • 2:46

Starlink’s new rectangular satellite broadband dish is smaller and lighter than before

Starlink’s new rectangular satellite broadband dish is smaller and lighter than before

Starlink has introduced a new user terminal customers can get with their starter kit. The company now offers a rectangular option that's smaller and lighter than its original circular one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 2021 • 3:09

GM plans to build a military vehicle based on the Hummer EV

GM plans to build a military vehicle based on the Hummer EV

The Hummer H1 was based on a military truck, and now it appears GM is ready to return the favor: GM plans to build a military vehicle prototype based on the upcoming Hummer EV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 2021 • 2:53

Tencent shares its metaverse vision for the first time

Tencent shares its metaverse vision for the first time

How could Tencent not jump on the metaverse bandwagon when Facebook is hinging its future on the new buzzword? At this stage, Tencent’s approach seems more measured than Facebook’s $10 billion investment into its metaverse division. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2021 • 4:46

Ample raises $30M to take battery swapping business to Europe

Ample raises $30M to take battery swapping business to Europe

Ample, a startup developing battery swapping technology for electric vehicles, has scored another $30 million from The Blackstone Group and Spanish multinational financial services company Banco Santander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2021 • 3:21

Digital restaurant startup Zak orders up new capital on mission to be ‘Toast of LatAm’

Digital restaurant startup Zak orders up new capital on mission to be ‘Toast of LatAm’

As food operators themselves, ZAK founders saw first-hand last year the toll it was taking on restaurants that needed to quickly reinvent themselves during the pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2021 • 4:31

fuboTV to acquire streaming platform Molotov for $190 million

fuboTV to acquire streaming platform Molotov for $190 million

fuboTV is making a significant move in Europe with plans to acquire Molotov, a French startup with a leading television streaming service. fuboTV also operates a TV streaming platform, but it is currently only operating in the U.S., Canada and Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2021 • 4:26

AudioMob, which serves audio ads inside mobile games, raises a $14M Series A

AudioMob, which serves audio ads inside mobile games, raises a $14M Series A

AudioMob is a startup that provides ‘non-intrusive’ audio ads within mobile games. It turns out that gamers don’t seem to mind little ads like this popping up, and somehow AudioMob seems to have cracked the mechanic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2021 • 2:59

Instagram’s creator subscriptions nearing launch, App Store listing reveals

Instagram’s creator subscriptions nearing launch, App Store listing reveals

Instagram earlier this year said it would explore the idea of creator subscriptions and was later spotted developing a feature that would offer exclusive Stories that were only visible to a creator’s subscriptions. Now, it seems, the company is poised to launch creator subscriptions into broader testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2021 • 5:23

Edtech startup BrightChamps comes out of stealth mode with $63 million funding

Edtech startup BrightChamps comes out of stealth mode with $63 million funding

BrightChamps, an Indian edtech startup that is attempting to bridge the learning gap left by K12 schools, said on Monday it has raised $51 million in a new financing round and $63 million to date since launching a year ago as the Goa-headquartered firm looks to expand its footprints in over 10 nations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2021 • 4:56

US government offers $10M bounty for DarkSide ransomware hackers

US government offers $10M bounty for DarkSide ransomware hackers

The U.S. Department of State is upping the ante in its fight against ransomware by offering a reward of up to $10 million for information that helps identify or track down leaders of the notorious DarkSide ransomware group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2021 • 3:56

An accelerator and fund says it’s giving away its voting rights to scientist founders: “They lose control”

An accelerator and fund says it’s giving away its voting rights to scientist founders: “They lose control”

SciFounders, an accelerator program and fund launched back in January with $6 million in backing, has a new proposition for the scientist founders who it looks to help run their own companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 5, 2021 • 4:42

Rivian hit with gender discrimination lawsuit that alleges toxic ‘bro culture’

Rivian hit with gender discrimination lawsuit that alleges toxic ‘bro culture’

Rivian, the electric automaker that recently filed for an IPO, has been sued by a former sales and marketing vice president for alleged gender discrimination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 5, 2021 • 3:51

Nintendo releases Animal Crossing update a day early

Nintendo releases Animal Crossing update a day early

Grab your Nintendo Switches and start downloading the “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” update, because it’s going to be a late night. Nintendo just dropped the update to version 2.0 – a day early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2021 • 3:27

As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

As Allbirds goes public, sustainability is the mantra of the future

Allbirds started with a humble, natural wool shoe, but it is not merely an apparel company today. It has become a materials innovation company disrupting how clothes are made. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2021 • 5:29

Femtech startup illumigyn secures $33M to provide women with accessible and affordable medical care

Femtech startup illumigyn secures $33M to provide women with accessible and affordable medical care

According to World Health Organization, cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women, affected approximately 570,000 women and resulted in about 311,000 death in 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2021 • 4:37

Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on more than a billion users

Facebook says it will delete facial recognition data on more than a billion users

Just days after rebranding itself, Facebook announced plans to delete a trove of the most worrisome data that the world’s biggest social network collected on more than a billion individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2021 • 3:57

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