Month: May 2020

A payment platform giving online shoppers the chance to pay and collect Flybuys points at the same time. Coles has partnered with Flybuys to launch Flypay, a payment platform designed to allow customers to checkout without needing to enter payment and delivery information separately while simultaneously collecting Flybuys points, when shopping online at selected retailers. … Continue reading Coles partners with Flybuys to launch Flypay Continue Reading →

A tender for the online hub has been published, 18 months after the recommendation was made. The federal government is looking to stand up a digital tech hub to support regional, rural, and remote Australians to “make the most” of digital communications available in their area. In an approach to market (ATM), the Department of … Continue reading New online hub to help regional Aussies ‘make the most’ of what tech is available Continue Reading →

Magic Leap talked a big game, and few were more responsible for fostering a cult of hype and excitement around its vision of the future than the company’s founder and CEO Rony Abovitz. Today, the CEO announced that the company has indeed secured a new bout of funding, but that the company will be attempting … Continue reading Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz is out Continue Reading →

The goal is to help the businesses survive the pandemic, but it also makes DoorDash the exclusive delivery partner DoorDash on Thursday launched a new initiative called Storefront to help restaurants create websites and directly manage online pickup and delivery orders. As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced restaurants to pause their sit-down service, many have become increasingly … Continue reading DoorDash’s new Storefront feature will help restaurants set up their own websites Continue Reading →

Rivian,  the electric vehicle company backed by Amazon,  Cox Automotive and Ford, has resumed work at its factory in Normal, Ill. following a temporary shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Construction on the factory, which will eventually produce its R1T and R1S electric vehicles for consumers as well as 100,000 delivery vans for Amazon, has restarted with employees … Continue reading Rivian’s Amazon electric delivery van still on track as factory reopens Continue Reading →

Belvo, a Latin American fintech startup which launched just 12 months ago, has already snagged funding from two of the biggest names in North and South American venture capital. The company is aiming to expand the reach of its service that connects mobile applications in Mexico and Colombia to a customer’s banking information and now … Continue reading Belvo scores $10M from Founders Fund and Kaszek to scale its API for financial services Continue Reading →

New wholesale pricing structure leaves cable users guessing. The wholesale pricing changes flagged by the company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia at the end of 2019 came into force on Friday, and along with the new 100/20, 250/25, and 1,000/50Mbps speed tiers, a bunch of caveats were also released. NBN said its … Continue reading NBN to get 250Mbps on entire HFC network by June 2021, only 7% can get 750Mbps Continue Reading →

Madden will continue to be the one and only NFL-approved football game series Electronic Arts and the National Football League have renewed the exclusivity contract that gives the game publisher exclusive rights to make so-called simulation football games, which is the classification used for photorealistic football games featuring licensed team names and real players. The … Continue reading EA and the NFL extend exclusive partnership for Madden games until 2026 Continue Reading →

Accusing Twitter  of censorship for adding a contextual label to false claims he made about the 2020 election process, President Trump has again declared war on social media companies. After the White House told reporters that the president would soon announce an executive order “pertaining to social media,” the draft of that order is out in circulation. Update: President Trump signed the executive … Continue reading Going to war with Twitter, Trump threatens critical social media legal protections Continue Reading →

Save the manuals Why’s this on TechCrunch? We hear that occasionally when posting things outside of our general programming. Generally, there’s a tech hook; there isn’t here with this $100,000 2020 Lotus Evora GT. The Lotus Evora GT is supersized go-kart with nary an advanced technical feature. And I love it. While most cars are coming … Continue reading 2020 Lotus Evora GT Review: A thrilling, analog weekend racer Continue Reading →