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Immanuel
@Immanuel -
2 days ago
Insurtech’s big year gets bigger as Metromile looks to go public
In the wake of insurtech unicorn Root’s IPO, it felt safe to say that the big transactions for the insurance technology startup space were done for the year. After all, 2020 had been a big one for the broad category, with insurtech marketplaces raising lots, …
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Kristina
@Kristina -
7 days ago
Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge?
With great technology, collaboration and a commitment to stop the Ivory trade that leads to most elephant deaths, there’s a real chance to save these singular creatures.
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Emmie
@Emmie -
15 days ago
Which emerging technologies are enterprise companies getting serious about in 2020?
Even within the same industry, not all big, established companies are the same when it comes to their readiness to start investing in new technology.
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Grayce
@Grayce -
2 days ago
Apple Patents MacBook Technology It Completely Abandoned on Its Smartphones and Smartwatches
Apple has reportedly filed a patent application to bring Force Touch to the MacBook’s Touch Bar after ditching the pressure-sensing technology on its smartphones and smartwatches. And honestly, given the string of increasingly niche reboots in recent years, I…
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Izaiah
@Izaiah -
16 days ago
Microsoft says hackers backed by Russia and North Korea targeted COVID-19 vaccine makers
Microsoft has revealed that hackers backed by Russia and North Korea have targeted pharmaceutical companies involved in the COVID-19 vaccine development efforts. The technology giant said Friday that the attacks targeted seven companies in the U.S., Canada, F…
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Garnet
@Garnet -
9 days ago
48 hours left to save $100 on passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020
T-minus two days and counting. That’s how much time you have left to score early-bird passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020. If you’re part of this global startup community, don’t miss a two-day deep dive focused on the intrepid visionaries pushing the boundaries…
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Devin
@Devin -
10 days ago
T-Mobile’s TVision Home IPTV service is shutting down at the end of December
T-Mobile is shutting down TVision Home, its IPTV cable service that utilized technology from its 2017 acquisition of Layer3. TVision Home will officially shut down on December 30th, 2020 at 3AM ET, according to an FAQ on the T-Mobile website.
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Elliott
@Elliott -
14 days ago
Robotic kitchen startup YPC raises a $1.8M seed round
Montreal-based YPC Technologies today announced that it has raised a $1.8 million seed round. Led by Hike Ventures and Real Ventures, the funding includes participation from Toyota AI Ventures and Uphill Capital, among others, designed to help the company pil…
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Patrick
@Patrick -
3 days ago
Getaround tops up $25M debt financing to its $140M Series E
Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund,…
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Delia
@Delia -
5 days ago
Recycling robotics company AMP Robotics could raise up to $70 million sources say
AMP Robotics, the recycling robotics technology developer backed by investors including Sequoia Capital and Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners, is close to closing on as much as $70 million in new financing, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the c…
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Liliane
@Liliane -
3 days ago
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro hits $5 billion valuation on fresh funding of $500 million
Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup founded by two former Google engineers, has raised $500 million, suggesting that investors still have an appetite for long-term pursuits such as robotics and automated vehicle technology. Nuro now has a post-money valuati…
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Juliet
@Juliet -
3 days ago
GM ups electric and autonomous vehicle spending to $27 billion through 2025
General Motors said it will spend $27 billion over the next five years on the development of electric vehicles and automated technology, a 35% percent increase that exceeds the automaker’s investment and gas and diesel and is an effort bring products to marke…
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Muriel
@Muriel -
3 days ago
Save 25% on annual Extra Crunch membership with the Green Days sale
The holiday season is upon us, and that means big savings on Extra Crunch membership with the Green Days sale. From now until November 30, TechCrunch readers can save 25% on an annual plan for Extra Crunch. You can claim the deal here. Extra Crunch helps you…
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Jaydon
@Jaydon -
15 days ago
Uber in talks to sell ATG self-driving unit to Aurora
Eighteen months ago, Uber’s self-driving car unit, Uber Advanced Technologies Group, was valued at $7.25 billion following a $1 billion investment from Toyota, DENSO and Softbank’s Vision Fund. Now, it’s up for sale and a competing autonomous vehicle technolo…
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Gregoria
@Gregoria -
20 days ago
Apple Suspends iPhone Maker Pegatron Over Labor Abuses in China
The technology giant said it had suspended future business with the iPhone assembler Pegatron pending corrective actions. The Taiwanese manufacturer broke rules limiting student employee work hours.
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Priscilla
@Priscilla -
6 days ago
Patreon and Acast partner for patron-only podcast distribution
Patreon and Acast are teaming up to make it easier for podcasters to publish episodes that are only available to the patrons financially supporting them on Patreon. Most paywall solutions for podcasts are pretty clunky or limited. That’s why Acast launched te…
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Elaina
@Elaina -
3 days ago
Techfugees non-profit brings on new CEO to engage tech industry with refugee issues
Techfugees, the global non-profit which advocates the use of technology to aid refugees and displaced people, has appointed tech entrepreneur and Raj Burman as its new CEO. Burman succeeds Josephine Goube, who will continue as executive director of the adjace…
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Rose
@Rose -
3 days ago
Moon exporation startup ispace opens new U.S. office and hires SpaceX to lead development of next...
Japanese startup ispace, which is developing lander technology to support exploration of the Moon, is opening an office in Denver, the company announced today. The Colorado location was chosen because of its access to local aerospace engineering talent, and t…
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Zackery
@Zackery -
3 days ago
Prices increase tonight for our space focused event, TC Sessions: Space
“Space, the final frontier…” You can probably recite the “Star Trek” opening monologue in your sleep. But we’re talking science fact, not fiction, and TC Sessions: Space 2020 provides real opportunity to connect with the people, information and funding you ne…
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Hannah
@Hannah -
12 days ago
Treviranus, Butler and Fruchterman to speak at Sight Tech Global
Sight Tech Global goes live the week after Thanksgiving on December 2-3, and now’s the time to pick up a free pass! The agenda for this virtual, global event on AI-related technology and accessibility for people who are blind or visually impaired just keeps g…
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Maida
@Maida -
17 days ago
New Technology Claims to Pinpoint Even Small Methane Leaks From Space
Amid growing alarm about methane’s role in driving global warming, a Canadian firm has begun selling a service to detect even relatively small leaks. At least two rivals are on the way.
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Jessika
@Jessika -
3 days ago
Watch Rocket Lab launch 30 satellites and attempt to recover a rocket for the first time live
Launch provider Rocket Lab has a mission today – codenamed ‘Return to Sender,’ it’s the company’s 16th launch, and it will carry, among other things, a payload that will demonstrate a technology to help safely deorbit satellites. It has a secondary mission th…
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Liliane
@Liliane -
3 days ago
Just three days to save on passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020
It takes a bold vision and nerves of steel to venture into outer space. The same holds true for the pioneering startups forging the future of space technology. Connect with other bold visionaries at TC Sessions: Space 2020 to go farther and faster together. I…
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Ryleigh
@Ryleigh -
14 days ago
This Film Examines the Biases in the Code That Runs Our Lives
Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya says women and people of color look at technology from the outside—and have felt the negative impacts.
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Kristina
@Kristina -
14 days ago
New GV partner Terri Burns has a simple investment thesis: Gen Z
In 2015, then-Twitter product manager Terri Burns penned a piece about staying optimistic despite the sexism and racism that exists expansively within tech. “America has broke my heart countless times, but I believe that technology can be a tool to mend some …
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