As its voice dectation app takes off, Wispr secures $25M from Notable Capital
Voice AI company Wispr is raising $25 million in funding merely months after its $30 million Series A.
Bangladesh’s garment-making industry is getting greener
Pollution from textile production—dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium—is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. It’s among many harms posed by a garment sector that was once synonymous with tragedy: In 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza factory building collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring…
Waymo enters 3 more cities: Minneapolis, New Orleans and Tampa
The new cities will see Waymo tackle harsh winter weather and narrow streets.
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Samsung Display, China’s BOE settle OLED patent and trade secret lawsuits
The settlement lays to bed a drawn out, three-year fight between Samsung’s display division and BOE, both of whom supply display panels used in Apple’s iPhones.
The Download: what’s next for electricity, and living in the conspiracy age
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. Three things to know about the future of electricity The International Energy Agency recently released the latest version of the World Energy Outlook, the annual report that takes stock of the current state…
Sortera is turning America’s scrap aluminum problem into cash
Sortera has developed an AI-guided system to sort scrap aluminum by specific grades. The startup is building a second sorting facility in Tennessee.
Finland’s NestAI lands €100M, partners with Nokia to build AI for defense applications
Finnish startup NestAI said it has raised €100 million to build “Europe’s leading physical AI lab.”
Uber Eats will use Starship sidewalk robots to deliver food in the UK
The two companies will start in the UK this year, before expanding to other European cities in 2026 and the U.S. in 2027.
Three things to know about the future of electricity
One of the dominant storylines I’ve been following through 2025 is electricity—where and how demand is going up, how much it costs, and how this all intersects with that topic everyone is talking about: AI. Last week, the International Energy Agency released the latest version of the World Energy Outlook, the annual report that takes…
Monarch Tractor preps for layoffs and warns employees it may ‘shut down’
The memo that went out Thursday, which TechCrunch obtained, says the “timing” of the company’s pivot away from tractor manufacturing puts it at risk.