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China's Geek+ brings warehouse robots to US via Conveyco partnership
May 20, 11:11AM
Chinese robots will soon be seen roaming a number of warehouse floors across North America. Geek+, a well-funded Chinese robotics company that specializes in logistics automation for factories, warehouses and supply chains, furthers its expansion in North America after striking a strategic partnership with Conveyco, an order fulfillment and distribution center system integrator with operations […]
Indian ride-hailing firm Ola cuts 1,400 jobs
May 20, 8:22AM
Ola said on Wednesday it is cutting 1,400 jobs in India, or 35% of its workforce in the home market, as the ride-hailing firm works to reduce its expense to steer through the coronavirus pandemic that has severely impacted mobility companies in the country. Bhavish Aggarwal, co-founder and chief executive of Ola, shared the job […]
Big Sky Health raises $8 million to nurture its intermittent fasting, meditation, and alcohol consumption apps
May 20, 7:41AM
Mike Maser, a serial entrepreneur, has been focused on longevity since well before being diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma more than five years ago. But he understandably took much greater interest in the potential role of fasting as a life-extending measure when he was convinced by friends to try it while undergoing cancer treatments. […]
Tier brings integrated helmets to electric scooters
May 20, 6:00AM
European mobility operator Tier has become the first major electric scooter company to integrate helmets into vehicles. The foldable helmets fit inside a box attached to the scooter below the handlebars. This month, Tier plans to deploy 200 scooters equipped with helmets in Paris and Berlin. Over the summer, Tier will deploy an additional 5,000 […]
Kenya's Apollo Agriculture raises $6M Series A led by Anthemis
May 20, 5:25AM
Apollo Agriculture believes it can attain profits by helping Kenya’s smallholder farmers maximize theirs. That’s the mission of the Nairobi based startup that raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Anthemis. Founded in 2016, Apollo Agriculture offers a mobile based product suit for farmers that includes working capital, data analysis for higher crop […]
AngelList India head Utsav Somani launches micro VC fund to back 30 early-stage startups
May 20, 3:27AM
As investors get cautious about writing new checks to early stage startups in India amid the coronavirus outbreak, AngelList's head in India is betting that this is the right time to back young firms. On Wednesday, Utsav Somani announced iSeed, a micro VC fund to back up at least 30 startups over the course of […]
India's Khatabook raises $60 million to help merchants digitize bookkeeping and accept payments online
May 20, 12:34AM
Khatabook, a startup that is helping small businesses in India record financial transactions digitally and accept payments online with an app, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as it looks to gain more ground in the world's second most populous nation. The new financing round, Series B, was led by Facebook co-founder […]
Polestar to open first US stores in the second half of 2020
May 19, 11:48PM
Polestar’s first U.S. retail stores will open in Los Angeles, New York City and two locations in San Francisco later this year — the latest milestone for the automaker as it gets closer to bringing its all-electric vehicle to market. Polestar, which is jointly owned by Volvo Car Group and Zhejiang Geely Holding of China, […]
NASA's Chief of Human Spaceflight Doug Loverro resigns days before historic crewed mission
May 19, 11:18PM
Doug Loverro, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has abruptly and unexpectedly resigned from his post, just days before a historic launch. Commercial Crew Demo-2 will take astronauts to the ISS aboard an American spacecraft for the first time since the Space Shuttle was retired, and Loverro was deeply involved. The reasons for […]
Facebook, YouTube, Netflix and more get eye-tracking apps from Tobii
May 19, 10:32PM
Modern apps and services are a mixed bag when it comes to accessibility, and people with conditions that prevent them from using the usual smartphone or mouse and keyboard don’t often have good alternatives. Eye-tracking tech leader Tobii has engineered a solution with a set of popular apps that are built for navigation through gaze […]
IFixit introduces a free database of medical repair manuals
May 19, 10:17PM
Best known as leading purveyors of device teardowns, iFixit today announced that it has turned much of its focus to even more pressing matters. For two months, the site had roughly half of its staff turn its focus to the creation of a medical repair database — one it has labeled the "world's largest." That […]
GitLab's head of Remote on hiring, onboarding and why Slack is a no-work zone
May 19, 9:38PM
With more than 1,200 employees distributed across over 65 countries and a valuation of nearly $3 billion, GitLab is one of the world’s most successful fully remote startups. Describing it as a textbook example of a remote company would be redundant, because the company actually wrote a textbook about it. I recently had a chance […]
Porsche's newest app lets buyers track the progress of their 911
May 19, 9:38PM
Porsche has been placing more resources into developing digital services as it tries to match the tech demands of its customers. The latest effort from its Porsche Digital subsidiary is an app that lets U.S. buyers who have ordered a 911 sports car track its progress from production to the dealership. The app, which is […]
Notion drops usage limit on its personal free tier
May 19, 7:36PM
Notion, a popular note-taking and wiki-creation app, revamped their personal pricing plans today stripping many of the user limitations from the free tier, bringing it on par with the functionality offered by the $5 per month paid plan of yore. The company’s previous free tier had a fairly low usage limit (1,000 “blocks,” which are […]
How to decode a data breach notice
May 19, 7:06PM
Over the years I’ve seen hundreds, probably thousands, of data breach notifications warning that a company’s data was lost, stolen or left online for anyone to grab. Most of them look largely the same. It’s my job to decode what they actually mean for the victims whose information is put at risk. Data breach notifications […]
Spotify signs 'The Joe Rogan Experience' to an exclusive multi-year deal
May 19, 7:01PM
Over the past couple of years, Spotify has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the podcasting format by shelling out money hand over fist. The music streaming service has made a number of high-profile acquisitions, including production company Gimlet and editing tool Anchor, but today's news may well be the biggest of all. The company has […]
GM is working on a hands-off advanced driving system for city streets
May 19, 6:43PM
GM has a “big team” working on an advanced version of its hands-free driving assistance system, Super Cruise, that will expand its capability beyond highways and apply it to city streets, the automaker’s vice president of global product development Doug Parks said Tuesday. GM is also continuing to improve its existing Super Cruise product, Parks […]
Dear Sophie: What is required of employers laying off foreign workers?
May 19, 6:24PM
Keep in mind that terminating an employee that your company sponsored for a visa or green card can have ramifications for future hiring.
DJI Mavic Air 2 Review: Fantastic drone, despite obstacle avoidance blindspots
May 19, 6:17PM
I’m supposed to get photos as soon as I take something out of the box. I know better. The rule is not to play with the gadget first. I’m going to crash the drone; I always do. I crashed the DJI Mavic Air 2 and broke a landing peg. I flew the drone before I […]
ChromaCode's tech to boost COVID-19 testing gets Bill Gates's backing
May 19, 6:05PM
Boasting a technology that can dramatically increase the capacity of existing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing used to identify people infected with COVID-19 and other illnesses, ChromaCode has attracted new funding from Bill Gates-backed Adjuvant Capital. “We want a good solution for a resource-limited environment,” says ChromaCode founder and executive chairman Alex Dickinson, a serial entrepreneur […]
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