December 18, 2024

The Download: AI tracking birds, and a pig kidney transplant

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. AI is changing how we study bird migration In a warming world, migratory birds face many existential threats. Scientists rely on a combination of methods to track the timing and location of their…

Kim Kardashian charged by SEC for pushing crypto, reaches $1.26M settlement

October 3, 2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is charging Kim Kardashian for “unlawfully touting” a “crypto security,” the agency announced on Monday morning. The SEC says that Kardashian was in violation of its rules when she promoted a “crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax” without the necessary disclosure that she was paid to […]

Kim Kardashian charged by SEC for pushing crypto, reaches $1.26M settlement by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Deliveroo tweaks ‘dark store’ model to let grocery shoppers in the door

October 3, 2022

In the latest quick commerce headspinner, Deliveroo is experimenting with expanding its rapid grocery business by opening a new type of ‘dark store’ in Central London. As well as functioning as a mini warehouse where Deliveroo staff pick orders for couriers operating on its platform to collect and deliver locally to app users, the new […]

Deliveroo tweaks ‘dark store’ model to let grocery shoppers in the door by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

With $17M in funding, Immerok launches cloud service for real-time streaming data

October 3, 2022

In 2011, the Apache Software Foundation released Flink, a high-throughput, low-latency engine for streaming various data types. A decade later, a startup called Immerok — founded by David Moravek, Holger Temme, Johannes Moser, Konstantin Knauf, Piotr Nowojski and Timo Walther — has developed an Apache Flink cloud service called Immerok Cloud, which is serverless — […]

With $17M in funding, Immerok launches cloud service for real-time streaming data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Geely’s Europe expansion continues, Argo robotaxis on the Lyft app and Tesla AI Day takeaways

October 3, 2022

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Geely’s Europe expansion continues, Argo robotaxis on the Lyft app and Tesla AI Day takeaways by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing

October 3, 2022

Months after the initial close of its seed round, Talk360, a South African Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) startup, has raised an additional $3 million, bringing the total investment raised in the round to $7 million. Talk360’s latest investors include Allan Gray E2 Ventures (AGEV), Kalon Venture Partners, E4E Africa, Endeavor, existing lead investor HAVAÍC, […]

South African startup Talk360’s seed funding hits $7M after new backing by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok said to be launching live shopping in the US

October 3, 2022

TikTok is hunting for partners to launch its live shopping offering in the US as it is looking to outsource operations for these features. According to a report from Financial Times, the short video app has been talking with California-based TalkShopLive to provide infrastructure for live shopping features on TikTok. This tech will allow creators […]

TikTok said to be launching live shopping in the US by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch