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Segway-Ninebot is partnering with Drover AI and Luna Systems — two startups that build computer vision technology to detect and correct improper electric scooter riding — to integrate their technologies into its AI-enabled e-scooters. The partnerships, announced at the Micromobility Europe event in Amsterdam, are something of a pivot for Segway. This time last year, […]

Segway partners with Drover AI, Luna to bring computer vision to e-scooters by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

At least five people have been laid off from rocket engine startup Ursa Major, with one person citing budgetary constraints as the reason for being let go, according to posts on LinkedIn. Ursa Major did not immediately respond to TechCrunch’s inquiry into the layoffs, or the number of people affected. According to LinkedIn, 292 people […]

Layoffs hit rocket engine maker Ursa Major by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Digibee, a low-code integration platform geared toward enterprise organizations, today announced that it raised $60 million in a Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs with participation from Leadwind, Southern Europe, Vivo Ventures, Brazilian telco Vivo, Kinea and G2D. The round brings Weston, Florida-based Digibee’s total raised to $90 million, which CEO Rodrigo Bernardinelli […]

Digibee raises $60M to help companies integrate their software apps by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sat down with TechCrunch to help open our first TechCrunch Live event dedicated to the city and spoke with us about the rapidly growing tech landscape. Atlanta is home to many buzzy industries, including fintech and SaaS, and is also the abode for many investors looking to back the startups in […]

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens explains why tech companies are moving to the city by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Bard, Google’s beleaguered AI-powered chatbot, is slowly improving at tasks involving logic and reasoning. That’s according to a blog post published today by the tech giant, which suggests that — thanks to a technique called “implicit code execution” — Bard is now improved specifically in the areas of math and coding. As the blog post […]

Google claims that Bard is improving at math and programming by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Black Mirror has been one of the most consistently on-target (and consistently frightening) satires of humanity’s relationship with technology. So consistent, in fact, that ChatGPT was able to write an episode of it that series creator Charlier Brooker hated. In an interview with Empire, the writer and producer of numerous satirical and incisive programmes explained […]

ChatGPT told Charlie Brooker exactly how not to write a Black Mirror episode by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Hundreds of small aerospace businesses will receive grant funding from NASA to accelerate their technologies, as part of a wider government program to seed cutting-edge American enterprises. A total of 249 small businesses and 39 research institutions received Phase I grants under the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer […]

NASA spends $45M to seed tech from hundreds of space businesses by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Affirm has become the first buy now, pay later player to be added to Amazon Pay, the two companies announced today. As part of the new partnership, any Amazon Pay merchants in the U.S. can now choose to offer their customers the option to “buy now, pay later” using Affirm’s technology. Merchants who offer Amazon Pay […]

Amazon Pay taps Affirm to be its first buy now, pay later player by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch