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Since struggling e-bike startup VanMoof confirmed it had gone into the Dutch version of administration, there has been a question hanging over the VanMoof bikes out there in the wild. These relied heavily for their operation on a connected smartphone app made by the company. The app controlled a number of important settings and functions, […]

Cowboy rides to the rescue of VanMoof owners with app to unlock threatened bikes by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon has already quietly shuttered a bunch of brands. It made me wonder: Should startups be more careful about who they sell to?

Can Amazon please show mercy to the brands and products we love? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Inventory robots are having a moment. Two days back, Swiss firm Verity announced an $11 million raise. That followed a $20 million round from fellow drone inventory startup B Garage, which, in turn, arrived two days after Gather AI announced it had acquired competitor Ware. That same day, Dexory announced $19 million for its back-of-house […]

Simbe’s inventory robots score $28 million in funding by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

After topping 100 million users just five days after its public debut, Instagram’s new Threads app for iOS is out now with its first update, bringing a handful of small changes and tweaks, added features, and various bug fixes, including support for the recently released iOS 17 public beta. The news of the app’s update […]

Instagram Threads update brings iOS 17 support among other small improvements by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon announced today that the first 24 hours of its Prime Day event marked the “single largest sales day in company history” and that the two-day event was the “biggest Prime Day ever.” Across both days, consumers in the U.S. spent $12.7 billon, according to Adobe Analytics data. Adobe says this figure represents 6.1% growth […]

Amazon boasts record sales for Prime Day as US shoppers spent $12.7 billion during the sales event by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch