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Tesla drops request for restraining order against allegedly dangerous short seller
Jul 20, 1:31AM
Tesla has withdrawn its request for a court-ordered restraining order against Randeep Hothi, documents submitted to the court where the complaint was filed revealed Friday. Hothi, an individual who is very vocal on social media about his short position in Tesla, had gone to extreme and potentially dangerous lengths in his avid attempts to collect […]
Google is adding Find My Device and battery features to Fast Pair headphones
Jul 19, 11:30PM
Introduced a few I/Os back, Fast Pair is Google's attempt to make its own mark on the post-AirPod headphone landscape. Many of the features are similar to Apple's offerings, but Google's got a leg up in one key way: third-party hardware. Like Android, the company's focused on bringing Fast Pair to as many manufacturers as […]
Moon bricks could keep the lights on and the heat up in Lunar colonies
Jul 19, 10:28PM
There may be no "dark side" of the Moon, but when and where it is dark, it's dark — and stays that way for two weeks. If we're going to have colonists up there, they'll need to stay warm and keep the lights (among other things) on for the long lunar night. Turns out bricks made of Moon dust could be part of the solution.
Medallia stock up 76% following first day trading on the NYSE
Jul 19, 8:03PM
Sequoia's Medallia stake was worth upwards of $1.8 billion on Friday.
TikTok tests an Instagram-style grid and other changes
Jul 19, 7:53PM
Short-form video app TikTok, the fourth most downloaded app in the world as of last quarter, is working on several new seemingly Instagram-inspired features — including a Discover page, a grid-style layout similar to Instagram Explore, an Account Switcher and more. The features were uncovered this week by reverse-engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong, who published […]
Deadline extended! Apply to the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019
Jul 19, 7:00PM
We've got great news for all the time-strapped female founders out there. Yeah, we're looking at you, sister. We're extending the application deadline to apply for the All Raise "ask me anything" (AMA) sessions at Disrupt SF 2019. Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet with a leading female VC and, well, ask her anything. […]
Google's SMILY is reverse image search for cancer diagnosis
Jul 19, 6:55PM
Spotting and diagnosing cancer is a complex and difficult process even for the dedicated medical professionals who do it for a living. A new tool from Google researchers could improve the process by providing what amounts to reverse image search for suspicious or known cancerous cells. But it's more than a simple matching algorithm.
India's Oyo valued at $10B after founder purchases $2B in shares
Jul 19, 6:13PM
Ritesh Agarwal has reportedly purchased back $2 billion in shares from VC firms Sequoia and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Self-driving startup AutoX expands beyond deliveries and sets its sights on Europe
Jul 19, 6:01PM
AutoX, the Hong Kong and San Jose, Calif.-based autonomous vehicle technology company, is pushing past its grocery delivery roots and into the AV supplier and robotaxi business. And now, it’s taking its business to Europe. AutoX has partnered with NEVS — the Swedish holding company and electric vehicle manufacturer that bought Saab’s assets out of […]
How to go to market in middle America
Jul 19, 4:39PM
There comes a time for many startup companies where they either realize they need to do a nationwide roll-out, or they need to actively target buyers in the middle of the country...
Lyft expands its PIN feature for airport pickups to LaGuardia
Jul 19, 4:33PM
Lyft has announced an expansion of its new program designed to make airport pickups less confusing for riders and drivers alike, by directing riders to a designated pickup spot where they’ll show the driver a PIN code. The program is launching this weekend at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, the company says, and the plan to […]
Powering the brains of tomorrow's intelligent machines
Jul 19, 4:30PM
Sense and compute are the electronic eyes and ears that will be the ultimate power behind automating menial work and encouraging humans to cultivate their creativity.
Parrot's getting out of the low-end drone business
Jul 19, 4:28PM
Parrot announced the AR.Drone back at CES 2010, three years before DJI's Phantom 1. It was a seemingly odd move by a company best known for making Bluetooth speakers and headsets, but over the years it's continued to release fairly novel takes on the growing category. Two years back, the French company announced its intentions […]
Mylk Guys wants to be the online vegan grocery store that non-vegans can love
Jul 19, 4:21PM
Gaurav Maken, the chief executive officer of the online vegan grocery store Mylk Guys, doesn’t think of his company as a place to just buy food. For him, it’s a testing ground and platform for all of the new food products he expects to be developed as startup entrepreneurs and established food companies start tackling […]
Twitter tests a new way to label replies
Jul 19, 2:56PM
Twitter is testing a new way to make conversation threads easier to follow, with the launch of a new test that labels notable replies with special icons. If the original poster replies somewhere in the thread, their tweet will have a small microphone icon next to their profile picture. Other tweets may be labeled, as […]
Twitter to attempt to address conversation gaps caused by hidden tweets
Jul 19, 2:45PM
Twitter’s self-service tool for blocking content you don’t want to see (as well as a growing tendency for users to delete a lot of the content they post) is making some of the conversations on the platform look like Swiss cheese. The company says in the next few weeks it will introduce added “context” on […]
Huawei's new OS is for industrial use, not Android replacement
Jul 19, 2:27PM
Seems Hongmeng isn't the Android replacement it's been pitched as, after all. The initial story certainly tracked, as Huawei has been preparing for the very real possibility of life after Google, but the Chinese hardware giant says the operating system is primarily focused on industrial use. The latest report arrives courtesy of Chinese state news […]
China's Tiangong-2 space station is officially no more
Jul 19, 2:24PM
Chinese space station Tiangong-2 has officially ended its mission, and the orbital research facility’s entire existence. The platform de-orbited and burned up as planned at just after 9 AM ET on Friday, coming down over the South Pacific Ocean, as confirmed by the official Chinese space agency. The station weighed around nine U.S. tons at […]
After Baidu tie-up, BMW taps Tencent for autonomous driving in China
Jul 19, 2:12PM
China is BMW’s largest market, and the German automaker knows in order to capture the country’s demanding consumers, its future models must support robust autonomous driving capability. But to build it itself in China is hardly possible. The success of autonomous driving relies in part on high-definition mapping, a process that requires an expansive collection […]
Virgin Orbit signs agreement to launch small satellites for the UK's Royal Air Force
Jul 19, 1:51PM
Virgin Orbit, the small satellite launch company backed by billionaire Richard Branson, has signed an initial agreement to develop small satellite launch capabilities for the U.K.’s Royal Air Force (RAF). The deal, which is part of the RAF’s Artemis project, will see Virgin Orbit aim to launch hardware provided by Guildford, U.K.-based Surrey Satellites in […]
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