Author: Bilal

Colin O’Donnell was already rethinking the notion of what makes cities and communities function even before the COVID-19 epidemic swept through the U.S. and revealed some of the cracks in centuries-old structures of urban life. O’Donnell was part of the early wave of urban tech innovation, which began to rise about six years ago. He … Continue reading Kibbo wants to remake the RV park so #vanlife can be a life and not a lifestyle Continue Reading →

Today Jamf, a software company that helps other firms manage their Apple devices, raised its IPO price range. The company had previously targeted a $17 to $19 per-share range. A new SEC filing from the firm today details a far higher $21 to $23 per-share IPO price interval. Jamf  still intends to sell up to 18.4 million shares in its … Continue reading Jamf ups its IPO range, now targets a valuation of up to $2.7B Continue Reading →

Aurora, the autonomous vehicle technology startup backed by Amazon, is expanding into Texas as it aims to accelerate the development of self-driving trucks. The company said it plans to test commercial routes in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area with a mix of Fiat Chrysler Pacifica minivans and Class 8 trucks. A small fleet of Pacificas will … Continue reading Aurora expands to Texas in bid to ramp up self-driving truck efforts Continue Reading →

Clover Health, the medicare advantage health insurance provider for older Americans, said it will triple its geographic coverage through an expansion to eight states. The company is adding Mississippi to its roster of states covered under its insurance plans and will expand its footprint in a number of states it already operates within. The company … Continue reading Clover Health expands its coverage to eight states and triples its footprint Continue Reading →

Chris Cowart,  the longtime IDEO product designer, Singularity University faculty member and consultant to a variety of venture firms and tech projects, is joining the food preservation technology developer Treasure8 as its new chief innovation and strategy officer, according to a post on LinkedIn. “In the last three years food has come to the fore as a theme,” … Continue reading Treasure8 adds Chris Cowart to its executive team as it renews pushing its tech to reduce food waste Continue Reading →

Carnegie Mellon today showed off new research into the world of robotic navigation. With help from the team at Facebook AI Research (FAIR), the university has designed a semantic navigation that helps robots navigate around by recognizing familiar objects. The SemExp system, which beat out Samsung to take first place in a recent Habitat ObjectNav Challenge, utilizes … Continue reading CMU and Facebook AI Research use machine learning to teach robots to navigate by recognizing objects Continue Reading →

SpaceX  has managed a first – catching both halves of the fairing used on one of its Falcon 9 rocket launches, according to CEO and founder Elon Musk. The fairing is a two-piece protective cover that surrounds the cargo on the launch vehicle as it ascends through Earth’s atmosphere on its way to space. SpaceX has been … Continue reading SpaceX successfully catches both fairing halves for the first time on its latest launch Continue Reading →

Indonesia-based ride-hailing company and “super app” Gojek said today that it has named a new chief technology officer. Severan Rault, who previously held leadership positions at Amazon and Microsoft, takes over the role from Ajey Gore, who announced last month he was leaving for personal reasons. In a statement, the company said Rault will oversee Gojek’s  engineering teams in Southeast … Continue reading Gojek appoints Amazon, Microsoft veteran as its new chief technology officer Continue Reading →

Amazon’s annual sales holiday, Prime Day, has typically been a global event — one so big, it often crashes the Amazon retail website as consumers. This year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the retailer’s plans. Today, Amazon officially confirmed reports that it will delay Prime Day in the U.S. until sometime later this year. … Continue reading Amazon confirms Prime Day delay in U.S., will run Prime Day in India on Aug 6-7 Continue Reading →

You’ve heard of e-bike and e-scooter rentals startups spreading across cities. But today three veterans of the startup world will launch what appears to be a brand new take on the “e-revolution” sweeping cities in the wake of the global pandemic: subscription e-bikes, or, if you will, ‘EaaS’ or ‘E-bikes-as-a-Service”. The previous founders of Soundcloud … Continue reading Former Soundcloud founders launch e-bike subscription service, backed by Blueyard Continue Reading →