Autonomous vehicle technology startup Argo AI is valued at $7.5 billion, just a little more than three years after the company burst on the scene with a $1 billion investment from Ford. The official valuation was confirmed Thursday, nearly two months after VW Group finalized its $2.6 billion investment in Argo AI . Under that deal, Ford and VW … Continue reading Self-driving startup Argo AI hits $7.5 billion valuation Continue Reading
The reception to Bronco 2021 — Ford’s flagship series of 4×4 vehicles that were revealed earlier this month — surpassed expectations of the company’s most optimistic initial projections, CEO Jim Hackett said in an earnings call Thursday. More than 150,000 customers have plunked down $100 to reserve a spot to order one of the vehicles, according to Ford. “We think this … Continue reading Ford Bronco reservations surpass 150,000 Continue Reading
Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch and operate a planned constellation of 3,236 internet satellites. That’s the backbone of Amazon’s Project Kuiper, an initiative to create a satellite-based broadband internet service designed to provide high-speed, low-latency connections to U.S.-based households that currently don’t have great access to a high-speed connection. Alongside … Continue reading Amazon gains FCC approval for Kuiper internet satellite constellation and commits $10 billion to the project Continue Reading
Behold, the Opple Watch. Many have borrowed heavily from Apple’s wearable, but few, if any, have done so as brazenly as Oppo. Sure Fitbit received some guff for the squircle hardware design of its Versa line, but it’s not useful to get too hung up on those vague similarities — there are, notably, relatively few … Continue reading It’s not an Apple Watch, it’s an Oppo Watch Continue Reading
Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke provided an update about the Exposure Notifications System (ENS) that Google developed in partnership with Apple as a way to help public health authorities supplement contact-tracing efforts with a connected solution that preserves privacy while alerting people of potential exposure to confirmed cases of COVID-19. In the update, Burke notes that … Continue reading First US apps based on Google and Apple Exposure Notification System expected in ‘coming weeks’ Continue Reading
Australia is closing in on a legally binding framework to force adtech giants Facebook and Google pay media companies for monetizing their news content when it’s posted to their social media platforms or otherwise aggregated and monetized. Back in April the country’s government announced it would adopt a mandatory code requiring the tech giants to share ad revenue with … Continue reading Australia now has a template for forcing Facebook and Google to pay for news Continue Reading
As the Internet of Things proliferates, security cameras are getting smarter. Today, these devices have machine learning capability that helps the camera automatically identify what it’s looking at — for instance, an animal or a human intruder? Today, Cisco announced that it has acquired Swedish startup Modcamand is making it part of its Meraki smart camera portfolio with the goal … Continue reading Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera portfolio even smarter Continue Reading
As the Internet of Things proliferates, security cameras are getting smarter. Today, these devices have machine learning capability that helps the camera automatically identify what it’s looking at — for instance, an animal or a human intruder? Today, Cisco announced that it has acquired Swedish startup Modcamand is making it part of its Meraki smart camera portfolio with the goal … Continue reading Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera portfolio even smarter Continue Reading
Owning one brick-and-mortar business seems complicated enough. But running multiple locations? For many owners, that’s a constant juggling act of phone calls, check lists and driving back and forth from store to store. In the middle of a pandemic, it gets all the more complex. Delightree, a company out of the previous Alchemist Accelerator class, has … Continue reading Delightree raises $3M to help franchise business owners simplify their operations Continue Reading
Roadmap’s big promises and long delays mirror the state of Star Citizen itself. It has now been almost eight years since Star Citizen launched its first Kickstarter. At this point, its backers, who have given over $306 million to the game’s development, should be used to the seemingly endless series of delays for its final release (while clinging hopefully to a regularly updated but very incomplete alpha version). … Continue reading Star Citizen dev offers roadmap for development of new development roadmap Continue Reading