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Ericka
@Ericka -
5 days ago
Apple supplier Foxconn reaches tentative agreement to build Fisker’s next electric car
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has reached a tentative agreement with electric vehicle startup-turned-SPAC Fisker to develop and eventually manufacture an EV that will be sold in North America, Europe, China and India. Fisker and Foxconn said Wednesd…
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Marlon
@Marlon -
5 days ago
Miami edtech startup Nearpod acquired by Renaissance
Nearpod, the Miami-based edtech company, is being acquired by Renaissance Holding Corp., a group that develops education technology. While Nearpod isn’t announcing the news until later this month, the information leaked to Yahoo! Finance yesterday, and a sour…
4 minutes read
Marjory
@Marjory -
8 days ago
Learn all about Blockchain technology with this £20 course
TL;DR: The Blockchain Certification Advanced Training Bundle is on sale for £20.60 as of Feb. 25, saving you 96% on list price. If you've taken note of any trends in finance, technology, and investing over the past 10 years, you've probably noticed the rise …
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Geovany
@Geovany -
1 day ago
Amazon’s cashierless tech expands to London with first international store
Amazon has opened its first cashier-less store outside of the US with a new Amazon Fresh location in London. The store uses the company’s Just Walk Out technology. Billing is handled automatically.
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Rowan
@Rowan -
5 days ago
Joby Aviation takes flight into the public markets via a SPAC merger
Joby Aviation, a startup that has spent a more than a decade developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft, will become a public company through a merger with Reinvent Technology Partners, a special purpose acquisition company f…
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Teagan
@Teagan -
3 days ago
Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space
Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used for hiring, as well as funding the development and execution of an on-orbit demonstration mission for the compa…
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Elvie
@Elvie -
3 days ago
MIT’s insect-sized drones are built to survive collisions
Insects are a lot of things – but fragile they’re not. Sure, most can’t withstand the full force of a human foot, but for their size, they’re evolve to be extremely rugged and resilient. Insect-sized technology, on the other hand, is general another story. Th…
3 minutes read
Giovanni
@Giovanni -
2 days ago
$100 million for mealworms
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numberhttps://twitter.com/cgates123s behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down and focus on a single topic, or theme. This week we’…
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
3 days ago
10 Anthology Shows That Explore the Dark Side of Technology
When we think about the future, we imagine flying cars or holographic computer screens from movies like Minority Report. But we don’t always consider the ramifications of such advances. That’s where shows like Black Mirror and Tales from the Loop come in: the…
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George
@George -
5 days ago
Amazon Echo Show 10 review: Unmoved
Every new smart home device invites new questions. Questions of privacy, security and what we’re willing to give up for the sake of convenience. It’s not an anti-technology stance to welcome these conversations and assess new products as we invite them into o…
9 minutes read
Jerrold
@Jerrold -
1 day ago
Robotics roundup
I’m excited for any opportunity to talk about soft robotics. There’s something other-worldly about the world of inflatable robotic bladders. Human beings are wont to develop robotics in their own image. The world of soft robots are something akin to what the …
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Ismael
@Ismael -
7 days ago
Airbus exploring hybrid-electric aircraft technology - Reuters
Airbus is working on hybrid-electric propulsion among the options for reducing jetliner emissions, the European planemaker said on Friday.
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Ariel
@Ariel -
1 day ago
Cables could help soft robots transform into harder structures
The sub-category of soft robotics has transformed the way many think about the field. Oft-influenced by natural phenomenon, the technology offers a dramatically different approach than the sort of rigid structures we traditionally think of when we discuss rob…
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Elvie
@Elvie -
6 days ago
Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road
Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company that recently closed its acquisition of Uber’s self-driving subsidiary, has snapped up another startup. This time, Aurora is buying OURS Technology, the second lidar startup it has acquired in less than two years. Auror…
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Americo
@Americo -
5 days ago
The surprising friend to the world's rarest marine dolphins
There are only about 63 adult Maui dolphins left on earth. This new technology aims to help protect them from some of their biggest threats.
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Webster
@Webster -
18 days ago
Infinitus emerges from stealth with $21.4M for “voice RPA” aimed at healthcare companies
Robotic process automation (RPA) has found a strong foothold in the world of enterprise IT through its effective use of AI and other technology to help automate repetitive tasks, to free up people to focus on more complicated work. Today, a startup called Inf…
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Gregoria
@Gregoria -
10 days ago
Future Acres launches with the arrival of crop-transporting robot, Carry
When people ask me which robotics categories are poised for the biggest growth, I often point to agriculture. The technology already has a strong foothold in places like warehouse and logistics, but it’s impossible to look at the American – and global – farmi…
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Torey
@Torey -
4 days ago
This gadget uses NASA-inspired technology to banish bad smells
TL;DR: Get rid of stinky smells for good with the VentiFresh ECO: Next Generation Odor Eliminator, on sale for $44.99 as of March 1 — a 37% savings. If you have a sensitive nose, you likely can't use a room spray or a candle to mask a bad smell: It just make…
2 minutes read
Ismael
@Ismael -
1 day ago
Attend TechCrunch’s free virtual Miami meetup on March 11
Silicon Valley is novel, but not unique. Throughout the United States and abroad, there are communities of technology entrepreneurs leveraging local assets to build great companies. TechCrunch has long told these stories, and throughout the first half of 2021…
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
15 days ago
Yard Stick provides measurement technology to combat climate change
Jesse Klein Contributor Jesse Klein is a science, outdoor and business journalist who has written for New Scientist, GreenBiz, The New York Times and WIRED. Having previously worked inside Bay Area startups, she has a deep understanding of the pressing issues…
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Kari
@Kari -
9 days ago
Hydrolix snares $10M seed to lower the cost of processing log data at scale
Many companies spend a significant amount of money and resources processing data from logs, traces and metrics, forcing them to make trade-offs about how much to collect and store. Hydrolix, an early stage startup, announced a $10 million seed round today to …
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Bobby
@Bobby -
18 days ago
China’s national blockchain network embraces global developers
While China bans cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings, the government is set to leverage the underpinning technology — often without the decentralized part. Blockchain, for instance, could help track the shipment of luxury goods and authenticat…
3 minutes read
Myles
@Myles -
10 days ago
SpaceTech startup ConstellR, that can monitor land surface temperatures, raises €1M pre-seed round
ConstellR, a SpaceTech startup with a technology that can monitors land surface temperatures from space, has raised a €1m pre-seed round led by FTTF, with the participation of strategic investor OHB Venture Capital, Baden-Württemberg’s state bank L-Bank and a…
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Sandrine
@Sandrine -
10 days ago
Anuvia raises $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer
Anuvia Plant Nutrients has raised $103 million to commercialize its novel fertilizer technology. The company, backed by investors like TPG ART, Pontifax Global Food and Agriculture Technology Fund, Generate Capital andPiva Capital, is now ready to roll out it…
3 minutes read
Rahsaan
@Rahsaan -
16 days ago
South Korean AI technology brings back folk singer's voice - Reuters
Even though South Korean folk rock singer Kim Kwang-seok has been dead for nearly 25 years, his fans will be able to hear him perform a new song cover on Friday thanks to artificial intelligence (AI) technology used to recreate his voice.
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