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How sodium could change the game for batteries

May 11, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Buckle up, because this week, we’re talking about batteries.  Over the past couple of months, I’ve been noticing a lot of announcements about a new type of battery, one that could majorly shake…

Everseen raises over $70M for AI tech to spot potential retail theft

May 11, 2023

In 2007, Alan O’Herlihy, who previously worked with large SAP installations as well as retail, set out to find a way to help retailers minimize “shrinkage,” or where a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded inventory. He settled on computer vision as the solution to the problem, and founded a company, […]

Everseen raises over $70M for AI tech to spot potential retail theft by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44M from the EIB

May 11, 2023

Wingcopter, a startup out of Germany that has made a name for itself in the world of delivery drones used primarily for delivery of medicine and other goods to remote areas, has picked up some more financing to expand its business. The European Investment Bank is putting €40 million (close to $44 million) into the […]

Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44M from the EIB by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44B from the EIB

May 11, 2023

Wingcopter, a startup out of Germany that has made a name for itself in the world of delivery drones used primarily for delivery of medicine and other goods to remote areas, has picked up some more financing to expand its business. The European Investment Bank is putting €40 million (close to $44 million) into the […]

Wingcopter, Germany’s drone delivery startup, raises another $44B from the EIB by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

All the ways Google is driving deeper into the automotive world

May 10, 2023

Google introduced Wednesday at its Google I/O 2023 event a number of new features and services designed for cars, including video conferencing, gaming and YouTube as the tech company continues its drive further into the automotive world. The company has been making inroads into automotive via two paths: Android Auto, an app that runs on […]

All the ways Google is driving deeper into the automotive world by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Tinder-inspired Cala dares you to swipe left on useless meetings

May 10, 2023

Move over, meat market and, um… hello, meet market. A two-person team made some waves this week with Cala, a web app they’re marketing as “Tinder for canceling meetings.” The free service integrates with Google Calendar and borrows the tried-and-tried swipe mechanic from dating apps. It tasks users to swipe left on meetings they consider a […]

Tinder-inspired Cala dares you to swipe left on useless meetings by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Google is throwing generative AI at everything

May 10, 2023
Google is stuffing powerful new AI tools into tons of its existing products and launching a slew of new ones, including a coding assistant, it announced at its annual I/O conference today.  Billions of users will soon see Google’s latest AI language mode, PaLM 2, integrated into over 25 products like Maps, Docs, Gmail, Sheets,…

Google’s Find My Device network to warn about unknown AirTags with you

May 10, 2023

Shortly after last week’s joint announcement which saw Apple and Google teaming up on Bluetooth tracker safety measures and a new specification, Google today introduced a series of improvements coming to its own Find My Device network, including proactive alerts about unknown trackers traveling with you with support for Apple’s AirTag and others. The news, […]

Google’s Find My Device network to warn about unknown AirTags with you by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch