Flight tracker Flighty adds a private social network for tracking loved ones’ travels

July 25, 2023
Popular flight tracking app Flighty, a 2023 Apple Design Award winner, is launching a new version that turns its handy flight information resource into something more akin to a private social network for close friends and family who want to track each others’ travels. With today’s launch of Flighty 3.0, users will have a new […]

Whither Israel? Israeli tech players comment on the impact of the country’s convulsions

July 25, 2023
As we covered in April, Israel has become convulsed by “reforms” to the judiciary, proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government, which passed yesterday. There is now deep concern that the judiciary’s 75-year history as an institution independent and separate from the government, could be limited by the ruling political party of the day. Critics of […]

Buy in bulk: Take your team to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 and save

July 25, 2023
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 takes place on September 19–21 in San Francisco, and it’s our biggest Disrupt ever. More than 10,000 attendees, seven new industry-specific programming stages (we just added the Space Stage), the Disrupt Stage, the Builder Stage, the expo floor featuring the Startup Battlefield 200, plus dozens of breakout sessions and roundtables. My point? […]

Ample to bring EV battery swapping to Mitsubishi trucks in Japan

July 25, 2023
San Francisco startup Ample is bringing its modular electric vehicle battery swapping technology to Mitsubishi Fuso’s electric trucks this winter, the company said Tuesday. This marks the first time Ample’s technology is being used for large vehicles. The company’s technology is currently being used on a small scale for ride-hail vehicles in San Francisco and […]

GM isn’t going to kill off the Chevy Bolt EV after all

July 25, 2023
GM’s best-selling EV is sticking around after all. GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra said Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings call that the company will produce a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EV outfitted with its new Ultium architecture that includes a new battery cell design. The decision comes just three months after Barra had announced […]

ChatGPT for Android is now available in the US, India, Bangladesh and Brazil

July 25, 2023
A few days after putting up a pre-order page on Google Play, OpenAI has flipped the switch and released ChatGPT for Android. The app is now live in a handful of countries, such as the U.S., India, Bangladesh and Brazil. If you live in a country that isn’t part of that list, you can still […]