Smoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card

March 30, 2023

What do you do when you have a very successful and popular product (marijuana) that is legal in some places, but federally has been a Schedule 1 drug since 1970? Well, you can’t rely on any national institutions as your business partners. One of the major places that shows up is in payments and payment […]

Smoakland is testing a loophole to sell cannabis by credit card by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Waymo retires its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan

March 30, 2023

More than five years ago, a newly minted Waymo took the wraps off of what would become its first commercialized autonomous vehicle: a Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan loaded with sensors and software. Now, the minivan, a symbol of the early and hypey AV days, is headed for retirement as Waymo transitions its fleet to the […]

Waymo retires its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Reliance-backed Dunzo nears fresh funding of $50 million

March 30, 2023

The Indian hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo is in late-stage discussions to secure about $50 million in a new financing round, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, as the Bengaluru-headquartered startup scrambles for comfort in an otherwise funding winter for younger firms. Reliance Retail and Google, two existing backers of Dunzo, are among those […]

Reliance-backed Dunzo nears fresh funding of $50 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

YouTube’s new metric shows an artist’s reach across all formats, including Shorts

March 30, 2023

YouTube announced today that it is expanding its Analytics for Artists tool by adding YouTube Shorts related data to the ‘Total Reach’ metric, which gives artists and their teams an overview of how their music is reaching audiences across YouTube. Prior to this expansion, the Total Reach metric only included official content uploaded by the […]

YouTube’s new metric shows an artist’s reach across all formats, including Shorts by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch