Month: June 2020

Telemedicine is becoming more widely embraced by the day — and not just for humans. With a pet in roughly 65% of U.S. homes, there is now a dizzying number of companies enabling vets to meet with their furry patients remotely, including Petriage, Anipanion, TeleVet, Linkyvet, TeleTails, VetNOW, PawSquad, Vetoclock and Petpro Connect. One of … Continue reading Airvet, a telehealth veterinary platform, just clawed its way to a $14 million Series A round Continue Reading →

Sometimes you just can’t get a [L]uckin’ break. After announcing this morning that it is ending its fight to stay listed on Nasdaq, China-based coffee chain and delivery company Luckin Coffee announced in a filing with the SEC that it is requiring that its chairman, Lu Zhengyao, resign. https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/luckin-coffee-will-unluckinly-delist-from-nasdaq-following-fraud-allegations/ It also announced in its SEC filing that … Continue reading Luckin Coffee’s board is forcing out its chairman (also, chairman is forcing out the rest of the board) Continue Reading →

Spot.IM, which offers a platform for publishers (including TechCrunch) to manage their user comments, announced this week that it’s rebranding as OpenWeb. CEO and co-founder Nadav Shoval told me that the new name reflects a vision that’s far grander and more ambitious than the company’s initial product, a location-based messaging service. “We all felt that this … Continue reading Commenting platform Spot.IM becomes OpenWeb Continue Reading →

Jennifer Aniston has been taking part in a number of video interviews during the lockdown, and recently joined her former Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow to chat about the hit sitcom from inside her home in Beverly Hills. The pair were interviewing each other for Variety’s Actors on Actors, and in footage shared on the publication’s YouTube channel, eagle-eyed fans noticed the Rachel Green … Continue reading Jennifer Aniston’s fans spot star talking to mysterious guest at her home during lockdown Continue Reading →

ochelle Humes and her family live in a gorgeous six-bedroom home worth over £1.7million, so it’s no surprise that the star and her husband Marvin have got an impressive security system to keep them all safe. In a new video shared on her Instagram stories, her daughters could be seen dancing around in their kitchen to … Continue reading Rochelle Humes shows off the impressive security system she has to keep family safe Continue Reading →

Over the weekend, Kim Kardashian shared the sweetest photo of her youngest daughter Chicago, two, sporting a new hairstyle during lockdown. The little girl is normally pictured wearing her hair in buns, but now that it has grown longer, Kim has been able to braid it four ways – and it looked adorable! The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star … Continue reading Kim Kardashian tries out new hairstyle on daughter Chicago – and she looks adorable Continue Reading →

TuSimple,  the self-driving truck startup backed by Sina, Nvidia, UPS and Tier 1 supplier Mando Corporation, is headed back into the marketplace in search of new capital from investors. The company has hired investment bank Morgan Stanley to help it raise $250 million, according to multiple sources familiar with the effort. Morgan Stanley  recently sent potential investors … Continue reading TuSimple seeking $250 million in new funding to scale self-driving trucks Continue Reading →

Hi friends and first-time readers. Welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B. I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. Remember please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, criticisms, offer up opinions or … Continue reading The Station: Amazoox, TuSimple seeks $250M and the next e-scooter battleground Continue Reading →

Hey everybody, welcome back to Week in Review. Last week, I wrote about Apple’s App Store controversy, which I’m kind of revisiting this week through the lens of how Apple’s WWDC announcements tease a change to what apps fundamentally look like in the future. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get … Continue reading The modern mobile app needs a revamp Continue Reading →

Heavy-duty trucks are responsible for 70% of vehicle air pollution in the state. The days of diesel delivery trucks and vans in California are numbered. On Thursday, the state’s Air Resources Board adopted a new rule that will phase out these most polluting of vehicles from the state over the next quarter-century. Beginning in 2024, OEMs that … Continue reading California set to ban all heavy diesel trucks and vans by 2045 Continue Reading →