HROne Raises $4 Million In Series A Funding
The company will use the funds to drive expansion into newer and existing markets
Here are MIT Technology Review’s best-performing stories of 2024
Another year is coming to a close, so let’s look back at the MIT Technology Review stories that resonated most with you, our readers. We published hundreds of stories in 2024, about AI, climate tech, biotech, robotics, space, and more. There were six new issues of our magazine, on themes including food, play, and hidden…
Vanity Wagon Raises Around $2 Million In Pre-Series A Funding
The fund raised will be utilized to strengthen its position in the market and invest in brand building, growing the private label portfolio, offline retail, technology, and marketing and sales-driven strategies
How AI Is the Next Step In the Digitization Of the Finance Sector
The financial industry is waking up to the tremendous transformative potential of AI
Visa dives deeper into crypto as FTX-linked debit card expands outside US
This FTX-branded Visa debit card will link directly to users’ accounts so people can pay for items and services with their crypto balance in FTX wallets.
Visa dives deeper into crypto as FTX-linked debit card expands outside US by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Google will open its first data center in Japan in 2023
Google said today that it will open its first data center in Japan by 2023. The company noted that this data center will be located in Inzai City, Chiba, and is a part of its $730 million infrastructure fund that will continue through 2024. This is the company’s third data center in Asia after Taiwan […]
Google will open its first data center in Japan in 2023 by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter nudges you to share the tweet instead of taking a screenshot
Screenshots of tweets are one of the most popular ways to share tweets with friends or post them on your other social media accounts. But Twitter is now showing a pop-up to many users, asking them to share the tweet instead of taking a screenshot. Users are seeing different kinds of popups when they take […]
Twitter nudges you to share the tweet instead of taking a screenshot by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Convective Capital’s $35 million answer to the increasing threat of wildfires
Wildfires have become an ever-increasing threat as houses are built closer together and the growing impacts of climate change wreak havoc on natural landscapes. Entrepreneurs, in response, have started to develop tech meant to minimize the scale and damage of these natural disasters. Convective Capital is a new VC firm looking to back them. Bill […]
Convective Capital’s $35 million answer to the increasing threat of wildfires by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding
A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp., a Canadian investment firm, The Untours Foundation, and a number of angel […]
Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
SaaS platform klikit saves restaurant kitchens from “tablet hell”
The proliferation of delivery services give customers many options, but means chaos for busy restaurants that need to manage orders across multiple apps and channels. Many kitchens handle this by juggling several devices at a time, one for each app. Klikit wants to save Southeast Asian food businesses from “tablet hell” by aggregating order information […]
SaaS platform klikit saves restaurant kitchens from “tablet hell” by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Tesla Semi production begins with Pepsi getting the first deliveries
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Thursday that production on its long-delayed all-electric semi truck has started with the first deliveries beginning in December. The automaker introduced an all-electric Class 8 truck prototype, dubbed Tesla Semi, during a splashy November 2017 event held in Hawthorne, California, on the grounds of the company’s design studio and Musk’s […]
Tesla Semi production begins with Pepsi getting the first deliveries by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch