Tuesday, March 08, 2022

8 March - Technology - T N W / Tech Crunch / The Verge

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Tech Crunch

  • General Motors, PG&E pilot EVs as backup power sources for homes 16 hours ago  –  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. The companies plan to test the bidirectional charging technology — which includes a vehicle-to-home (V2H) capable EV and ...
  • Sudan’s first YC-backed startup is helping consumers protect and grow their wealth 16 hours ago  –  Anglophone East Africa is home to over 400 million people, with half under 25. The region happens to be one of the fastest-growing globally; nevertheless, over 200 million people in East Africa do not have access to a bank account or mobile money. But for those who do risk facing inflation, a reg...
  • Fundrise invests $128M into expansion of Saltbox’s warehouse, co-working spaces for entrepreneurs 16 hours ago  –  Fundrise will acquire warehouses ranging in size from 50,000 to 150,000 square feet that will house the new Saltbox locations.
  • Amazon launches a ‘live radio’ app, Amp, which lets you play DJ with the Amazon Music catalog
     17 hours ago  –  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 classi...
  • Erase All Kittens, an online game that teaches girls to code, signs distribution deal with Tesco
  • Zapt is now Trela; aims to remove the middleman from group food shopping
  • Una Brands teams up with KlickBrands to enter South Korea’s e-commerce market 
  • Opaper takes the friction out of social commerce
  • Zoox acqui-hires team from robotic strawberry-picking startup, Strio.AI
  • Apple suspends Search Ads on the Rus
  • China-backed APT41 compromised ‘at least’ six US state governments 14 hours ago  –  The prolific China APT41 hacking group, known for carrying out espionage in parallel with financially motivated operations, has compromised multiple U.S. state government networks, according to cybersecurity giant Mandiant. The group — seemingly undeterred by U.S. indictments against five APT41 m...
  • Forma raises new funding to make employee benefits more flexible 14 hours ago  –  Companies across the board are fighting to recruit and retain employees as the war for talent rages on. Employee benefits are no longer viewed as a cookie-cutter, standard set of offerings — rather, they are valuable tools employers can use to differentiate themselves from competitors and attract...
  • Nvidia invests $10M in sidewalk robot delivery company Serve Robotics 14 hours ago  –  Chipmaking giant Nvidia is investing $10 million in Uber spinout Serve Robotics, funds the startup will use to further expand its sidewalk delivery robot service outside Los Angeles and San Francisco. The investment – Nvidia’s first in the sidewalk delivery space – is part of a long-term collabor...
  • Ex-Better.com CFO raises $10.8M to build Glean AI, or ‘accounts payable with a brain’
  • Better.com employees learned of layoffs when severance checks appeared in payroll app
  • Instagram adds new tags to help ensure Black and underrepresented creators receive credit for their work
  • Swiftly quickly gets brick-and-mortar stores set up to cater to online customers
  • TikTok children’s privacy lawsuit can proceed, says UK High Court
  • Community-first operator Lolita Taub is launching her own venture capital firm
  • Calico attracts Serena Williams to $2.1M 
  • Live from Apple’s Peek Performance event 11 hours ago  –  CES is done. MWC has come and gone. That means it’s time for another Apple event. The company sent out invites for its Peek [sic] Performance event last week. These things sure have a way of sneaking up on you now that everything’s gone virtual. The event kicks off today at 10AM PT/1PM ET. Follow...
  • Hear how Databook pitched and won-over Threshold Ventures on TechCrunch Live 12 hours ago  –  Anand Shah and Alex Barrett founded Databook in 2016 with the goal of supercharging salespeople selling to enterprise clients. Shah had spent nearly 15 years at Accenture and saw a growing skills gap that could be addressed by artificial intelligence. And to get the seed capital required to start...
  • Intel’s plan to free Mobileye brings welcome IPO heat check 13 hours ago  –  The Mobileye IPO really does matter for the startup market’s largest players, and a host of smaller, less well-known tech startups that would also like to exit, thank you very much.
  • Mozilla rolls out new features for Firefox Focus on Android and Firefox on iOS
  • Selfbook raises $15M at a $300M valuation in Tiger-led extension to give hotels a way to accept ‘one-click’ payments
  • GE’s worm robot sports roach-style whiskers to remove fat deposits from sewage pipes
  • Cega raises $4.3M seed round at $60M valuation to build exotic DeFi derivatives
  • QuantWare will build you a custom 25-qubit quantum processor in 30 days
  • Google is acquiring security intelligence firm Mandiant for $5.4B
  • Meet your co-founder or find your next g
  • Indian food delivery giant Swiggy eyes $1 billion IPO 4 hours ago  –  Indian food delivery giant Swiggy has hired bankers as it gears up for an initial public offering next year, a source familiar with the matter said. The startup, which was valued at $10.7 billion in its Series K financing in January this year, is looking to raise as much as $1 billion in the IPO,...
  • TechCrunch+ roundup: Box unfolds a surprise, robotics pitch tips, BNPL growing pains 6 hours ago  –  Growth is good, but like the James Brown song, Klarna is paying the cost to be the boss.
  • Even an expensive new Mac couldn’t save Apple’s stock today 6 hours ago  –  It is TechCrunch tradition to look at Apple’s stock price during, and after its major events. Why? Because we enjoy it, and we’re always curious what impact the company’s news has on its actual financial worth. The answer is usually very, very little. This may surprise you. After all, Apple detai...
  • Daily Crunch: Discord and Spotify resuming service after widespread outage
  • Twitter rolls out a new tool for creators to manage their earnings on the platform
  • Pony.ai to issue recall of autonomous driving software
  • Instagram warns users who share Russian state media, hides following lists in Russia and Ukraine
  • Hear SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discuss what’s next for crypto regulation at DeFi and the Future of Programmable Money
  • Meta’s NPE Team launches a new tasks app, Move, for group organization and to-dos
  • Apple’s brand new 27-inch Studio Display

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  • Amazon launches a Clubhouse competitor that turns everyone into a DJ 15 hours ago  –  A screenshot of Amazon’s Amp showing a host with several guest callers. Everyone is muted while a song is playing. | Image: Amazon Amazon is launching its long-rumored Clubhouse competitor today: a new app called Amp that’s more about listening to music than sitting around and chatting. A...
  • GM is working with PG&E to turn electric vehicles into a virtual power grid in California
  • Creative Makers Week
  • Musicians are hooking up synthesizers to plants for new sonic possibilities
  • Ukraine and US targeted by cybersecurity attacks in run-up to Russian invasion
  • Google is buying the cybersecurity company that uncovered the SolarWinds hack
  • How to watch Apple’s ‘Peek Performance’ event
  • Apple could have a more compact 30W GaN charger on the way
  • Google is releasing an open source harassment filter for journalists
  • What to expect from Apple’s ‘Peek Perfo
  • Apple’s Mac Studio is a new desktop for creative professionals 11 hours ago  –  Image: Apple Apple has announced the Mac Studio, a desktop system that looks like the Mac Mini on the outside but packs a lot more power on the inside. The Mac Studio features both Apple’s M1 Max chip and a new, even more powerful processor, the M1 Ultra. It looks a bit similar to the Mac...
  • Indie games bundle raises over $1 million dollars for Ukraine relief in under 24 hours
  • Apple announces new flagship M1 Ultra desktop processor for its most powerful computers
  • Apple TV Plus announces Friday Night Baseball
  • Apple announces updated iPad Air with M1 processor and 5G
  • Instagram is hiding followers for private accounts in Russia and Ukraine
  • The iPhone 13 and 13 Pro each get green finishes
  • Apple iPhone SE gains 5G, A15 processor, and a higher $429 price tag
  • GTA V on PS5 will cost just $10, but only until June
  • Apple ‘Peek Performance’ Spring 2022 e
  • Better.com employees were informed of its latest layoffs via severance checks 8 hours ago  –  Better.com As if things couldn’t get more ridiculous at the online mortgage lender Better.com, where 900 people were laid off over a Zoom call this past December, the company reportedly issued another wave of layoffs by inadvertently notifying employees via its payroll app, as first repor...
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  • How to preorder Apple’s new Mac Studio and Studio Display
  • Apple brings the darkness back to its peripherals with a black trackpad
  • The 27-inch iMac has been discontinued
  • A fully specced-out Mac Studio will cost $8,000
  • Apple’s Studio Display actually comes with a stand
  • Instagram adds new tagging options to credit creators
  • iOS 15.4 is set to release next week
  • Apple announces 27-inch 5K Studio Disp
  • Electric car prices could go up even as fuel prices soar 3 hours ago  –  The pressure isn’t just at the pump. | Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge As US gas prices hit record highs in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it seems like electric vehicles may not be a safe haven for those looking to save money. That’s because Russia plays an important part ...
  • It’s 2022 and the Magic Mouse still charges from the bottom
  • Spotify and Discord are back online after outages linked to Google Cloud
  • Android’s archive feature will partially uninstall apps until you need them again
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  • Here’s how the new iPhone SE compares to Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup
  • The EU accelerates plans to phase out Russian gas
  • Twitter is launching a Tor service for more secure and private tweeting
  • The new iPhone SE has a larger battery t
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