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Zoox begins testing robotaxis on public roads in Las Vegas

Amazon subsidiary Zoox has begun testing its purpose-built, electric, autonomous robotaxis on public streets in Las Vegas, the company announced Tuesday. Zoox says this marks the first time that an autonomous vehicle built without pedals or a steering wheel has…

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Despite EV delivery delays, Faraday Future raises $90M to stay afloat

Faraday Future has managed to raise $90 million from existing investors to help it get its much-delayed FF 91 luxury electric SUV to production and delivery. Faraday’s investors will also accelerate an existing commitment of $15 million, the EV company…

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Mercedes brings F1 technology to the AMG S 63 E Performance

“Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” That was the popular marketing adage when motorsports and car sales were intricately intertwined. While a podium finish these days doesn’t necessarily translate into a bump in sales — with many consumers being more…

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Kindred Ventures foresees a ‘massive explosion of startups’ courtesy of AI

Last week, we talked with Kindred Ventures, a small, nine-year-old, San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm that, despite investing in a lot of nascent startups — more than 100 to date — takes a generalist approach, investing in AI, climate tech,…

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Decentralized social networking app Damus to be removed from App Store, will appeal decision

Damus, a decentralized social networking app backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be removed from the App Store due to Apple’s strict payment rules. Apple had threatened to remove Damus earlier this month over the app’s tips feature, claiming…

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Max Q: Welcome to the era of MaaS (microgravity-as-a-service)

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Atmos Space Cargo’s research and manufacturing space capsule Another anomaly hits Launcher’s Orbiter space tug News from NASA, and more Atmos Space Cargo is building return capsules for in-space research…

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Unicorn social app IRL to shut down after admitting 95% of its users were fake

Ironically, the social app IRL‘s users do not exist in real life. An internal investigation by IRL’s board of directors found that 95% of the app’s reported 20 million users were “automated or from bots,” The Information first reported. So,…

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SignalFire’s State of Talent report 2023

Heather Doshay Contributor Share on Twitter Heather Doshay is partner, People + Talent, at early-stage venture firm SignalFire, where she leads recruiting programs for the portfolio and advises founders on applying the firm’s Beacon AI for hiring. She’s spent 15+…

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Rivian adopts Tesla charging standard, Cruise adds Android and Ford lands a $9.2B loan

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central…

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TreasurySpring raises $29M to expand its investment platform aimed at businesses with excess cash

Of the many issues highlighted by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, one big one was the liability of having too much cash sitting in too few bank accounts. Today a London startup called TreasurySpring — which has built a…

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Designers hated Figma’s collaborative design tool at first, but grew to love it

Back in 2012 when Dylan Field was a student at Brown University, he came up with the idea of building a browser-based design tool. At the time, design tools were all on the desktop, which meant that designers worked alone,…

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There are signs that it will be a hot secondaries summer

One of the main reasons we have yet to see a meaningful recovery in late-stage deal activity is the lack of consensus around how startups should be valued. No one wants to pay 2021 prices, but gauging what startups are…

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The 2023 Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED is a pint-sized powerhouse with a gorgeous display

Asus is stretching the boundaries of what’s possible with thin and light portable PCs, and the 2023 Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED sets a high bar for what’s possible in an ultraportable. The computer weighs in at just 2.2 lbs,…

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Deal Dive: Caraway shows what else digital health can do

Access to healthcare has long been an issue in the U.S., but the sheer magnitude of the problem became apparent during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous digital health startups stepped in to address the plethora of issues,…

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Keeping tabs on dry powder and university spinouts

W elcome to the TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. The start of a new season is always…

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OceanGate fires a whistleblower, hackers threaten to leak Reddit data, and Marvel embraces AI art

Hello, lovelies, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week in tech. For many folks, this workweek was a day shorter, thanks to the Juneteenth observance on Monday. But plenty happened. We’ve got coverage…

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How one software engineer is turning Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse story into a musical

Mauricio Costa, a software engineer and music composer living in Atlanta, is creating a musical comedy out of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, called “The Valley.” Perhaps the wounds are still fresh, but Costa told TechCrunch while reading articles about…

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This week in AI: Big tech bets billions on machine learning tools

Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of the last week’s stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and…

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Washington could be the next state to require Tesla charging standard

Washington state plans to require companies to support Tesla’s electric vehicle charging plug in order to tap into federal funds. The pending rule is the latest domino to fall in favor of the automaker’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), following…

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Why smart AI regulation is vital for innovation and US leadership

Gary Shapiro Contributor Share on Twitter Gary Shapiro is the president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association and a New York Times bestselling author of the book Ninja Future: Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation. More…