Lucid stock falls as sales miss expectations

July 12, 2023

Lucid’s future was already cloudy, but lately the EV startup’s name is practically a misnomer.  On Wednesday, Lucid told investors that it delivered 1,404 of its Air sedans during the second quarter, missing Wall Street analysts’ expectations by nearly 600 deliveries. The startup also said it built 2,173 vehicles during Q2, down from 2,314 in […]

Lucid stock falls as sales miss expectations by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Google Play changes policy toward blockchain-based apps, opening door to tokenized digital assets, NFTs

July 12, 2023

Google has updated its mobile software marketplace policy to allow application developers to integrate digital assets like NFTs into their games through its Play app store, the company’s group product manager Joseph Mills announced on Wednesday. As part of the policy update, Mills stated apps must be “transparent with users about tokenized digital assets” and […]

Google Play changes policy toward blockchain-based apps, opening door to tokenized digital assets, NFTs by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Topanga banishes single-use plastics from your Grubhub order

July 12, 2023

As a person who cares about the environment, a steel vacuum mug for coffee and matching water bottle are companions that live with me when I’m out and about. When I order food for takeaway or delivery, I’m (almost always) left with a disposable packaging problem. Containers and packaging made up nearly one-third of U.S. […]

Topanga banishes single-use plastics from your Grubhub order by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Google Cloud infrastructure head Urs Hölzle stepping down

July 12, 2023

Urs Hölzle began working for Google in 1999 at a time when people were using Yahoo and Alta Vista to search the internet. As Google grew in popularity over the years, he moved through the ranks. Most recently he has been running infrastructure for Google Cloud, reporting directly to CEO Thomas Kurian, but today the […]

Google Cloud infrastructure head Urs Hölzle stepping down by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch