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Research shows the gender disparity in escooter rentals
Hydrofoil tech could help passenger ferries go electric
Eureka! Scientists just linked two time crystals together for the first time
Microsoft is here to rescue Tesla workers from Elon Musk
Google is killing Android Auto for phone screens
Cruise becomes the first paid driverless robotaxis in California
What Hugging Face and Microsoft’s collaboration means for applied AI
To evolve, AI must face its limitations
Tech Crunch
For mental health startups, happiness is in niches
2 days ago –
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly
startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+
column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday?
Sign up here. Last April, Alex and I reported CB Insights data showing
that venture investment into mental heal...
A downturn is nothing new for diverse founders
2 days ago –
Some investors say that the crackdown on tech companies isn’t
impacting diverse founders as harshly as their overly funded,
homogeneous counterparts because of pre-existing biases.
Google disables RCS ads in India following rampant spam by businesses
2 days ago –
Google has halted businesses from using 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 help become the future of SMS messaging. Rich
Communication Services, or RCS, is t...
2 days ago –
In a push-back against people who can’t tell a real news
source from an amphetamine-laden hamster with a Tumblr blog, San
Francisco public radio station KQED this week announced it is launching a
free workshop and self-paced online course to help increase media
literacy. The resources are aimed a...
Lots of luck. In a business funded by corporate liars unable to retain market share because of their track record, the appeal of small enterprise is a sharp contrast. Poor Richard's Almanack has a new life.
The arrest heard ’round the crypto world
7 hours ago –
Hey everyone, and welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we
discussed $4.5 billion in new crypto funds from a16z. This week, we’re
talking about the arrest that has everyone in the NFT space sweating
bullets.
There’s still good news out there for software startups
11 hours ago –
Things are worse, but they are far from bad. And that's something to hold onto.
Affirm and Klarna ramp up competing efforts to attract US consumers
12 hours ago –
Welcome to The Interchange, a take on this week’s fintech news
and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Buy now, pay
later has become nearly ubiquitous here in the U.S. As such, companies
that offer that technology to merchants are unsurprisingly growing more
competitive with each o...
13 hours ago –
South Korea, which lacks the VC, entrepreneurial ecosystem and
aerospace legacy of the U.S., might be the first to lay the groundwork
for taking air mobility from expensive project to viable service.
The Verge
Sega is making another mini Mega Drive, now with CD games
2 days ago –
It looks like the mini console trend isn’t over quite yet. Sega
has announced a sequel to its miniature Mega Drive (otherwise known as
the Sega Genesis), and this one will feature both cartridge games and
titles from the Mega CD add-on. In total, the tiny console will feature
50 built-in games, i...
3 days ago –
The Realme GT Neo 3 comes in 80W and 150W versions.
You’re never going to find a phone like the Realme GT Neo 3 Naruto
Edition on a store shelf at Verizon or AT&T. For starters, Realme
branded phones are usually only available in the US as unlocked global
versions sold on Amazon, and ...
The best tech you can gift mom year-round
2 days ago –
The latest Kindle Paperwhite is a great gift that book-loving
moms will surely appreciate. | Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The
What do you gift your mom? That’s a challenging question to answer,
especially given mothers — the generous, unselfish beings they can be —
are not likely to spill ...
2 days ago –
iFixit
The New York state legislature has passed the United States’ first
“right to repair” bill covering electronics. Called the Fair Repair Act,
the measure would require all manufacturers who sell “digital
electronic products” within state borders to make tools, parts, and
instructions...
Apple’s mixed reality headset will reportedly feature content created by Hollywood directors
a day ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Apple is reportedly teaming up with Hollywood directors to create
video content for its upcoming augmented reality (AR) / virtual reality
(VR) headset, according to a report from The New York Times. Sources
familiar with the matter told the Times th...
2 days ago –
Torn between being a souped-up e-reader and a stripped-down tablet
I Am Groot animated series arrives on Disney Plus in August
4 hours ago –
Image: Disney
I Am Groot will hit Disney Plus on August 10th. The animated series of
shorts centers around none other than the Baby Groot himself, with Vin
Diesel reprising his role as the voice of the adorable anthropomorphic
sapling.
Marvel Studios teased the upcoming series in a tweet,...
12 hours ago –
A Long March 2F rocket with the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft takes
off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. | Photo by VCG/VCG via
Getty Images
Three Chinese astronauts, or taikonauts, arrived at the Tianhe core
module of the unfinished Tiangong space station on Sunday morning, where
they’...
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