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FOMO is a TinyML neural network for real-time object detection
John Deere is slowly becoming one of the world’s most important AI companies
Scammers used AI-generated faces to pose as a Boston law firm
Lectric’s new mid-drive folding ebike packs 100-mile range for $1999
Ola’s plan to move from escooters to autonomous EVs is ludicrous
Analysis: Here’s what to expect now that Musk owns Twitter
Elon Musk buys Twitter
Here’s how to delete or deactivate your Twitter account
The Apple Store is so 2001 — here comes the Meta Store
Tech Crunch
Zenda gets $9.4M to streamline school fee payment and management
a day ago –
Zenda, a UAE-based startup looking to change how parents pay
school bills, and the way educational institutions manage fee
collection, is eyeing Africa as its next frontier for growth. Zenda
(formerly nexopay) told TechCrunch it plans to enter the continent
through Egypt – its third market after ...
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to take on hyperloop project
a day ago –
Elon Musk said Sunday via Twitter that his
tunnel-building-for-urban-transport business The Boring Company will
attempt to build a high-speed, and still theoretical, hyperloop in the
coming years. In 2013, Musk put out a white paper that outlined the idea
of a transport system that could send pas...
Fishy business: Rooser raises $23M for its seafood trading platform
a day ago –
The fishing market globally was worth $253 billion in 2021, and
despite the controversy that swirls around the industry, that figure
continues to grow. Today a startup that has built a platform to make the
business of fishing more efficient — and thus the process overall more
traceable and less p...
Meta wants to sell you the metaverse in its first brick-and-mortar store
13 hours ago –
The company formerly known as Facebook is about to have an IRL
shop. Meta will open the doors to the Meta Store (almost typed the Meat
Store, that’s a very different store — really sort of the opposite) on
May 9. The company’s debut shopping experience will be located on the
Meta Burlingame campu...
Building a better mobility fintech startup on TechCrunch Live
13 hours ago –
Kevin Bennett started his auto financing company in 2016. It
started as MotoRefi, and rebranded in early 2022 to Caribou. But the
mission remains: Transforming consumers’ financial relationship with
their cars. Since the founding, Bennett has raised $74 million for the
company, including early an...
Spotify launches new fund to support independent open source projects
13 hours ago –
Spotify has announced that it’s launching a Free and Open Source
Software Fund to support independent open source projects. The company
says the purpose of the fund is to bring attention to independent open
source projects and give back to developers. The new fund will start at
€100,000. Spotify’...
NFT aggregator Gem.xyz acquired by OpenSea shortly after ousting co-founder for sexual misconduct
11 hours ago –
OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace, acquired NFT aggregator
Gem.xyz (Gem) to “better serve” its more experienced users, the company
said in a blog post. The deal, which comes a few months after OpenSea
bought DeFi wallet startup Dharma Labs, will allow OpenSea to “learn
from Gem’s expertise and...
Apple confirms the App Store and Apple Music are experiencing issues
11 hours ago – The company’s system status page
indicates that “users may be experiencing a problem” with the App Store.
Likewise, the page notes that “users may be experiencing intermittent
issues” with Apple Music. ...
Google donates the Istio service mesh to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation
12 hours ago –
This has been a long time coming: Google today announced that it
is submitting its Istio service mesh project for consideration as an
incubating project within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF).
Google’s Kubernetes has long been the flagship project for the CNCF and
the company recentl...
12 hours ago –
As the demand for feature stores grows, tech giants and
startups are developing products to meet the need -- and investors are
backing them enthusiastically.
Volunteer at TC Sessions: Mobility for a free Disrupt Pass
8 hours ago –
TC Sessions: Mobility is back and raring to go big — returning
live and in-person — for year number four. It’s a two-day deep dive
featuring the best, brightest and most intriguing founders, engineers,
investors, regulators and technologists dedicated to transforming the
way we move people and pa...
Reddit officially launches its Community Funds program with a $1 million investment
8 hours ago –
Reddit is investing $1 million in its Community Funds program,
the company announced on Monday. The company has been experimenting with
its Community Funds program for the past six months and provided
financial support to help Reddit users bring their ideas for events and
projects to life. Throug...
Google’s Pixel Watch may finally be on its way
9 hours ago –
Everything old is new again. Someone leaves a prototype in a
bar, prototype makes its way into some blogger’s hands, chaos ensues.
It’s hard to imagine another device coming along soon that’s shrouded in
the same layer of security as the iPhone 4. Both gadgets and tech
journalism have evolved sin...
Pony.ai scores taxi license for autonomous vehicles in Guangzhou
3 hours ago –
Autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has been awarded a permit in
Guangzhou to operate 100 robotaxis as traditional taxis. The license,
which allows Pony to charge for rides in its autonomous vehicles,
signifies another step on the path to commercializing autonomous
ride-hail vehicles in China. WeR...
Launcher shows off its 3D-printed rocket doing a full-scale burn
5 hours ago –
Rocket engines are tough pieces of hardware to build, but it’s
possible that 3D printing them could be the next big thing. Relativity
certainly thinks so, and has raised about a billion dollars — now
Launcher is ready to accept your money too, after demonstrating full
thrust on its 3D-printed E-2...
Daily Crunch: Twitter board OKs Musk’s $44B buyout, describes sale as ‘best path forward’
5 hours ago –
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most
important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
The Verge
Xbox just had its best March sales performance in 11 years, bringing in more money than Switch or PS5
13 hours ago –
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge
If you're trying to buy a new video game console in 2022, then you
probably already know that they’re still in short supply. While the
Nintendo Switch (including the new Switch OLED model) and Xbox Series S
are generally available throughout the US, it’s a ...
2 days ago –
The Chevy Spark EV ran from 2013 to 2016. | Photo by Kevork
Djansezian/Getty Images
General Motors will reportedly no longer provide battery replacements
for the all-electric version of the Chevy Spark, according to a report
from EV-Resource (via InsideEVs). The Chevy Spark electric vehic...
Thief steals $1 million of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs with Instagram hack
9 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
A hacker has stolen NFTs worth millions of dollars after compromising
the official Instagram account for Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and using
it to post a phishing link that transferred tokens out of users’ crypto
wallets.
The hack was disclosed on...
12 hours ago –
Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge
SpaceX is starting to make deals with airlines to provide its Starlink
satellite internet to sky travelers everywhere. It announced a deal on
Monday with Hawaiian Airlines, and last week made a similar deal with
charter carrier JSX. None of the involved pa...
Apple hires anti-union lawyers in escalating union fight
8 hours ago –
Apple is working with anti-union lawyers at Littler Mendelson in
an escalating fight with retail workers in Atlanta who have filed for a
union election. Though the company has not publicly stated its stance
on Apple Stores unionizing, the move sends a strong signal that it plans
to oppose workers...
9 hours ago –
Image: Venmo
If you use the Venmo app, you probably recently received an email
explaining that the company is making changes to its user agreement —
including a fairly onerous arbitration clause that, among other things,
has you agree that you will not become part of any kind of class act...
Twitter CEO tells employees no layoffs planned ‘at this time’ following Elon Musk buyout
6 hours ago –
Photo Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal didn’t have many concrete answers for staff
about what will happen once Elon Musk takes over the company later this
year. During a virtual all-hands call Monday, hours after the company
announced it had agreed to be b...
6 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro
“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is
the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity
are debated” is how Elon Musk explained why he spent $44 billion to
acquire Twitter.
♥️ Yesss!!! ♥️ pic.twitter.c...
Jeff Bezos is already testing Elon Musk’s commitment to free speech by trolling
2 hours ago –
Blue Origin
Just before Twitter announced it’s accepting Elon Musk’s $44 buyout
bid, the world’s richest man tweeted, “I hope that even my worst critics
remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”
His commitment is getting a mild test thanks to a fellow tech
billionaire /...
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