Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025

March 24, 2023

Ford said Friday that its $5.6 billion BlueOval City complex outside of Memphis, Tennessee will include a truck plant capable of producing 500,000 electric vehicles a year. The first vehicle to come off the line will be a next-gen electric truck, code named Project T3, in 2025. Construction on at BlueOval City, the epicenter for […]

Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025 by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M

March 24, 2023

Basketball can be played just about anywhere and by anyone in the U.S. and now many other parts of the world, thanks to a confluence of factors that lower a lot of barriers: ubiquitous hoops set up in parks, schools, driveways and backyards; you can play with one or many; and the only other equipment […]

Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

4 Best Pharma Stocks to Buy for the Long Haul

March 24, 2023
With the persistent rise in lifestyle diseases, the pharmaceutical industry is well poised for strong growth in the long term. Also, with the Fed likely to keep increasing the interest…

UK narrows antitrust probe of Microsoft-Activision

March 24, 2023

The UK’s antitrust watchdog has narrowed its probe of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid for video game giant, Activision Blizzard, it said today. In February, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally concluded the merger “could harm U.K. gamers” through higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation. Today it’s updated that position — saying new evidence “provisionally […]

UK narrows antitrust probe of Microsoft-Activision by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: covid’s origin drama, and TikTok’s uncertain future

March 24, 2023
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. Newly-revealed coronavirus data has reignited a debate over the virus’s origins This week, we’ve seen the resurgence of a debate that has been swirling since the start of the pandemic—where did the virus…