Incredo’s technology binds real cane or beet sugar with trace amounts of a natural carrier that is able to reduce the amount of sugar in foods by between 30% and 50%.
DouxMatok takes sweet journey to become Incredo after securing $30M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Merely months have passed since Microsoft and OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT to the world, sparking a fervor among tech enthusiasts and industry titans. Now, the technology that underpins this generative AI is breaking barriers, reaching remote hamlets miles away from the tech hubbubs of Seattle and San Francisco. Jugalbandi, a chatbot built in collaboration by Microsoft, […]
Microsoft’s AI reaches rural India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Volvo is back with new details on its forthcoming EX30 electric SUV. This time, the Swedish automaker is talking up the vehicle’s carbon footprint, claiming it is smaller “than any Volvo car ever before.” In fact, Volvo is so determined to drive home an air of minimization that it made promotional images of the EX30 […]
What is this? A car for ants? Volvo hypes EX30’s ‘smaller’ CO2 footprint by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Backbone One – PlayStation Edition controller, made by Sony and Backbone, is now available for Android. Last July, both companies partnered to release an iOS version of the controller with a lightning port. The idea of a Backbone controller is to slide your phone into its extended grip and play games. Both iOS and Android […]
The Backbone One: PlayStation Edition mobile controller is now available for Android by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
It was back in the Pandemic era of 2021 that we reported on the launch of Moonfire, at the time a $60 million “Fund I” seed-stage “data-driven” VC geared around the new world of remote working and remote pitching. It’s new $115 million fund-raise (“Fund II”) plans to continue what it calls its “data-driven” approach. […]
UK’s Moonfire VC raises its second fund at $115M to aim at early stage startups by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Skorlife, the fintech that wants to give Indonesians more transparency into their credit scores, has raised $4 million in seed funding. The round was led by Hummingbird Ventures with participation from QED Investors, and returning investors AC Ventures and Saison Capital. The startup’s last funding round was $2.2 million in pre-seed funding announced in September. […]
Indonesia’s Skorlife gets funding to give Indonesians power over their credit scores by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Not unlike a post-Internet-era Bloomberg Terminal, OpenFin was a startup which joined the revolutionary world of user interfaces to fast-moving information, back in 2010. If you cast your mind back, those old interfaces were not good, to put it mildly. Think what it was like ordering a cab 15 years ago? Any app that made […]
OpenFin’s attack on the ‘toggle tax’ in financial apps secures it a $35M Series D round by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
Some customers of Zivame, an Indian online women’s intimate apparel store owned by Reliance Retail, have complained that their accounts were hacked, leading to the exposure of their personal information, including their full names, phone numbers and email addresses. Over the past few weeks, alleged data from Zivame has been sold by hackers on multiple […]
Reliance’s Zivame customers say their accounts were hacked by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
California is urging the Biden administration to grant approval for its proposal that mandates all new vehicles sold within the state by 2035 to be exclusively electric, hydrogen-powered or plug-in electric hybrids (PHEVs), according to a letter seen and reported on by Reuters. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the plan in August, but […]
California urges EPA to approve ban on new gas-powered car sales by 2035 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Jeff Cardenas pulls out his MacBook. Apptronik’s co-founder and CEO has a slideshow he wants to show, running down the Austin startup’s seven-year history. It does, indeed, take a bit of contextualizing. Like many fellow robotics firms, the company was fueled by government contracts in its earliest days. First up was Valkyrie 2, the second […]
Apptronik readies its humanoid robot for a summer unveil by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch