How can startups help close the EV charging gap?
Given the wide gap in supply and demand of EV chargers, there are massive opportunities for startups focused on the space.
The Download: India’s AI independence, and predicting future epidemics
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside India’s scramble for AI independence Despite its status as a global tech hub, India lags far behind the likes of the US and China when it comes to homegrown AI. That gap…
September 2023
YouTube confirms it’s testing a games offering called ‘Playables’
YouTube is letting a select number of users play online games as part of a new experiment. The games will live in a new “Playables” section on YouTube’s home feed, and can be accessed on both desktop and mobile. This confirms a previous report by the Wall Street Journal, which wrote that Playables would feature […]
Zinc batteries that offer an alternative to lithium just got a big boost
One of the leading companies offering alternatives to lithium batteries for the grid just got a nearly $400 million loan from the US Department of Energy. Eos Energy makes zinc-halide batteries, which the firm hopes could one day be used to store renewable energy at a lower cost than is possible with existing lithium-ion batteries.…
A Traveler Says She and Her Friends Spent $4,000 to Get Home to the U.S. from Ireland — All Because Customs Was Closed at the Airport
It wasn’t just passengers affected — airport and hotel staff, shuttle drivers, and restaurant workers were all reportedly stressed by the influx of stuck passengers.
Here’s why some investor are sitting out of YC Demo Day
TechCrunch+ heard from 15 VCs about why or why not they are tuning in to YC’s Demo Day festivities this week.
A Traveler Says She and Her Friends Spent $4,000 to Get Home to the U.S. from Ireland — All Because Customs Was Closed at the Airport
It wasn’t just passengers affected — airport and hotel staff, shuttle drivers, and restaurant workers were all reportedly stressed by the influx of stuck passengers.
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It offers more than 3,000 optimized prompts across marketing, research, ideas, business planning, SEO, content creation, and more.
‘Day-Trippers’ Will Have to Pay a Fee to Visit Venice, Italy Starting Spring 2024. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Visitors 14 years or older will be charged a day-trip fee of 5 euros ($5.35) to enter.
Tech companies are finding their profitability groove
Tech companies are getting the hang of making money, or at least they’re losing far less than they used to when money was cheap and “growth” was sexy.
Tubi sees impressive growth, with over 74M monthly active users
Tubi, the Fox-owned free ad-supported TV streaming (FAST) service, announced today that it surpassed 74 million monthly active users, up from 64 million in February. The FAST service also reported nearly four billion streaming hours for the first half of this year. According to Nielsen’s July Gauge report, Tubi reached 1.4% of total TV viewing […]