February 5, 2025

XOi raises $230M, acquires Specifx to expand its tech for field service technicians

Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi  […]

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Protein programmers get a helping hand from Cradle’s generative AI

November 17, 2022

Proteins are the molecules that get work done in nature, and there’s a whole industry emerging around successfully modifying and manufacturing them for various uses. But doing so is time consuming and haphazard; Cradle aims to change that with an AI-powered tool that tells scientists what new structures and sequences will make a protein do […]

Protein programmers get a helping hand from Cradle’s generative AI by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Cruise has expanded its driverless robotaxi service to daytime hours

November 17, 2022

Cruise is expanding its driverless ride-hailing service in San Francisco to daytime hours, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt tweeted Wednesday. The robotaxi service is now available to employees from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then again from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eventually, these expanded operating hours will be available to the public. The bolstered […]

Cruise has expanded its driverless robotaxi service to daytime hours by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Tatum is building a robot arm to help people with deafblindness communicate

November 16, 2022

Precise numbers on deafblindness are difficult to calculate. For that reason, figures tend to be all over the place. For the sake of writing an intro to this story, we’re going to cite this study from the World Federation of the DeafBlind that puts the number of severe cases at 0.2% globally and 0.8% of […]

Tatum is building a robot arm to help people with deafblindness communicate by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

SBF regrets declaring FTX bankrupt

November 16, 2022

The saga of FTX, formerly one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges that fell rapidly into bankruptcy, took a new turn today after Vox published a series of messages with its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The erstwhile executive, known in the crypto world as SBF, discussed regulators, ethics, and bankruptcy regrets, amongst other issues that […]

SBF regrets declaring FTX bankrupt by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Apple to launch ‘MLS Season Pass’ subscription on February 1

November 16, 2022

Today, Apple announced the launch date and price of its upcoming subscription service for Major League Soccer (MLS) fans, “MLS Season Pass.” Starting February 1, 2023, subscribers in 100+ countries and regions can get MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app for $14.99 per month during the season or $99 per season. Notably, Apple […]

Apple to launch ‘MLS Season Pass’ subscription on February 1 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Kenya’s Twiga dismisses in-house sales team, affecting 21% of it employees

November 16, 2022

Kenya’s B2B e-commerce food distribution platform Twiga has laid off 211 of its full-time employees following restructuring that has eliminated the company’s in-house sales team. The laid-off staff make up 21% of the over 1,000 employees mainly in Kenya, where it links farmers or agricultural producers and fast-moving consumer goods manufactures to retailers. The agritech’s […]

Kenya’s Twiga dismisses in-house sales team, affecting 21% of it employees by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch