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P97 fills up its tank with $40M to fuel its gas station mobile commerce services 31.03.2023 6:36

The rising prices for gas continue to be a headache and stress for a lot of people around the world, but it underscores something more besides the cost of living becoming increasingly untenable: Cars are a central part of modern life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roku announces a second set of layoffs impacting 200 employees 30.03.2023 3:26

Roku is the latest tech company to announce a second round of layoffs with today’s news that it’s letting go of 6% of its workforce, or around 200 employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hygraph raises $30M to scale out a new, federated approach to managing digital content 30.03.2023 5:10

Digital content and how we consume it continue to endlessly evolve, and with that, so too does the tech that helps manage all of it behind the scenes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon 29.03.2023 3:14

Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Turntable LIVE (née tt.fm) raises $7M ahead of public launch 29.03.2023 4:20

The Turntable wars were one of the more fascinating stories to emerge in 2021 startup land (though I suspect those involved might dispute the matter). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amazon opens its low-bandwidth, long-range Sidewalk network to developers 28.03.2023 4:20

Back in 2019, Amazon announced Sidewalk, its low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network that uses the 900 MHz spectrum to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos 28.03.2023 4:15

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices 27.03.2023 4:15

France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M 27.03.2023 7:44

Basketball can be played just about anywhere and by anyone in the U.S. and now many other parts of the world, thanks to a confluence of factors that lower a lot of barriers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025 24.03.2023 3:04

Ford said Friday that its $5.6 billion BlueOval City complex outside of Memphis, Tennessee will include a truck plant capable of producing 500,000 electric vehicles a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features 24.03.2023 3:15

DoorDash is adding three new retail partners and updating its shopping features, the company announced on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ford expects EV business unit to lose $3B this year, hit profitability in 2026 23.03.2023 6:07

Any question of what business sector is — and is not — profitable at Ford is no longer a mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CodiumAI is using generative AI to help developers build code logic tests automatically 23.03.2023 3:50

Over his two decades of experience in the tech industry, CodiumAI co-founder and CEO Itmar Friedman has personally experienced the pain of building test suites to check his code logic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ubisoft’s new AI tool automatically generates dialogue for non-playable game characters 22.03.2023 3:41

Ubisoft, the developer behind popular games like Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry, announced that it’s using an AI “Ghostwriter” tool to write dialogue for some of its games with the aim of keeping NPCs (non-playable characters) individually interesting and realistic with less manual work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IPRally, a patent search engine powered by explainable AI, raises $10.8M 22.03.2023 3:56

IPRally, a Finnish startup building a knowledge graph-based patent search engine, has raised €10 million ($10.8 million) in a Series A round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ferrari says ransomware attack exposed customers’ personal data 21.03.2023 2:46

Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed customers’ personal information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Foiled again: Candela raises another $20M to set course for the future of ferries 21.03.2023 5:31

Swedish company Candela will launch its 30-passenger commercial hydrofoil shuttle, the P-12, this summer — the vessel it believes will change the course of motorized water transport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft banks on regulations to build a mobile games store 20.03.2023 4:04

Apple and Google have had a stronghold on mobile app distribution through their app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FCC proposes satellite-to-phone rules to eliminate ‘no signal’ once and for all 20.03.2023 5:21

The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google warns users to take action to protect against remotely exploitable flaws in popular Android phones 17.03.2023 4:15

Google’s security research unit is sounding the alarm on a set of vulnerabilities it found in certain Samsung chips included in dozens of Android models, wearables and vehicles, fearing the flaws could be soon discovered and exploited. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MLOps platform Seldon raises £20M Series B to improve the productions of AI models 17.03.2023 5:31

The rise of ChatGPTÂ has fuelled growth in the public awareness of AI, as well as the growing discourse around AI ethics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Climate Choice wants to make supply chain emissions more visible and more green 16.03.2023 5:00

The World Economic Forum says that so-called ‘Scope 3 emissions,’ – or CO2 in supply chainsÂ – can make up as much as 90% of a company’s carbon footprint and worldwide more than half of all emissions can be traced back to only a handful of supply chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Waze is making it easier for EV owners to find compatible charging points 16.03.2023 2:42

Google-owned mapping app Waze is adding a new feature that seeks to help EV owners find a compatible charger en route. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Torch is building solar-powered outdoor sensors to spot wildfires early 15.03.2023 4:57

The Nest Protect is the single best piece of smart home hardware I’ve ever purchased. Not everything in your home would benefit from being connected, but smoke detectors really do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Firefox extends its anti-tracking protection to Android 15.03.2023 2:49

Firefox announced today that its Total Cookie Protection (TCP) feature that protects users from trackers is now available on Android. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices