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Rent the Runway’s fashion comes to Amazon, including pre-worn items and design exclusives

January 12, 2023

Fashion rentals marketplace Rent the Runway was hit hard by the pandemic, as its subscribers were largely renting outfits to wear to in-person events. The company survived, however, by slashing costs, renegotiating supplier contracts, and entering the clothing resale market. Today, the company is expanding that side of its business once again by bringing some […]

Rent the Runway’s fashion comes to Amazon, including pre-worn items and design exclusives by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: virtual grief meet-ups, and bitcoin mining in Kazakhstan

January 12, 2023
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 the metaverse meetups that let people share on death, grief, and pain Days after learning that her husband, Ted, had only months to live, Claire Matte found herself telling strangers about it…

Coho AI, which uses AI to help B2B SaaS companies boost revenue, raises $8.5M

January 12, 2023

Teams dedicated to boosting customer acquisition, retention and sales don’t necessarily have the time or tools to use data insights effectively. In a 2019 survey, NewVantage partners found that the percentage of firms identifying themselves as being data-driven declined in each of the past three years, with over half admitting that they’re not competing on […]

Coho AI, which uses AI to help B2B SaaS companies boost revenue, raises $8.5M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s ads being found unlawful in the EU is a warning to other ad-funded platforms

January 12, 2023

Elon Musk should take note of a recent major privacy fine for Meta before forging ahead with any plan to force behavioral ads on Twitter users in the European Union. To wit: In remarks today, following the publication of two final decisions against Meta by EU privacy regulators applying the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]

Meta’s ads being found unlawful in the EU is a warning to other ad-funded platforms by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Why the time is right for a Mercedes-Benz charging network

January 12, 2023

When your Rolex is due for servicing, you’ll probably take the time to take it to a specialty service center. Likewise, you’re not going to trust the repair of the crimson soles of your Louboutins to the corner shoe-shiner. So why, then, should you be forced to use any plebeian charging network for your premium […]

Why the time is right for a Mercedes-Benz charging network by Tim Stevens originally published on TechCrunch

Entuple E-Mobility Secures $3 Million Pre-Series A Funding

January 12, 2023
The fund raised will be deployed to further strengthen the R&D capabilities to develop next-generation traction motors and drives for mobility applications including machine learning and advance telematics capabilities in its products

Two climate technologies that matter

January 12, 2023
It’s been an exciting week here at MIT Technology Review, because on Monday we released our 2023 list of the 10 Breakthrough Technologies! This is always one of my favorite times of the year, when we get to take a hard look at technologies that will matter in the upcoming year and beyond. And this…