March 2023

This e-bike brand by Lime and Didi vets pedals into the US with $12M raised

March 1, 2023

The e-bike market in America is getting a brave new player. Off the back of its $7.4 million Series A funding close, Velotric announced this week that it will be doubling down on U.S. expansion with its privately-owned e-bikes. The new round boosts the one-year-old startup’s total financing to $12 million. The amount seems paltry compared […]

This e-bike brand by Lime and Didi vets pedals into the US with $12M raised by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

VW’s software unit Cariad launches app store to bring Spotify, Tiktok and hundreds more to vehicles

March 1, 2023

Dozens of apps including Spotify, Amazon Music, Tiktok and gaming hubs Vector Unit and FRVR are headed to VW Group brands, beginning with Audi thanks to a new app store launched by its software subsidiary Cariad. The so-called “group application store,” which was announced Wednesday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will debut in select […]

VW’s software unit Cariad launches app store to bring Spotify, Tiktok and hundreds more to vehicles by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

These companies want to tackle food waste with microbes

March 1, 2023
Some people might look in a grocery store’s dumpster and see garbage. But others are starting to see dollar signs.  New facilities are popping up in the US to help tackle food waste using a process called anaerobic digestion, which uses microbes to break down organic materials. Divert, a company working to address food waste,…

Investors: Beware the Ides of March!

March 1, 2023
The ides of March (3/15) is famously known as the day Julius Cesar was assassinated. This year that date lines up with some key inflation reports that could be the…

Why the stress around Chinese apps in the US is overblown

March 1, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. If you take a look at app stores in the US right now, you might be surprised to find they are dominated by Chinese programs. On Monday, the three most downloaded free apps on Apple’s…