How Main Street Investors Can Detect Short Seller Misinformation Campaigns
How to avoid the pitfalls and find a better way to short stocks.
How social media encourages the worst of AI boosterism
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, summed it up in three words: “This is embarrassing.” Hassabis was replying on X to an overexcited post by Sébastien Bubeck, a research scientist at the rival firm OpenAI, announcing that two mathematicians had used OpenAI’s latest large language model, GPT-5, to find solutions to 10 unsolved problems in…
Fake Rich – New Trend Growing Influence Among Millennials and Killing Money
The era of social media is upon us. While most of us enjoy sharing our joyous moments and memories with the world through social media platforms, a substantial number of…
Serve Robotics to deploy up to 2,000 sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats
Serve Robotics, the Uber spinout that builds autonomous sidewalk delivery robots, is expanding its partnership with Uber Eats. The Nvidia-backed startup will now deploy up to 2,000 of its cute little bots via Uber’s platform in multiple markets across the U.S. The partnership is slated to last through the beginning of 2026. This expansion not […]
Serve Robotics to deploy up to 2,000 sidewalk delivery bots on Uber Eats by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Portal’s Mac app helps users focus with immersive backgrounds and audio
Productivity-enhancing app Portal has launched a Mac app. The company helps users regain focus and become more productive with immersive backgrounds and natural sounds. The service has been available through an iOS app since 2019 — the desktop and mobile apps have similar objectives. The company said that the app has attracted more than a […]
Portal’s Mac app helps users focus with immersive backgrounds and audio by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Wellplaece wants to put a smile on dentists’ face with new supply procurement marketplace
Wellplaece’s takes in a client’s ordering data and then enables the customer to make those specific purchasing behaviors across a large network of suppliers via one shopping cart.
Wellplaece wants to put a smile on dentists’ face with new supply procurement marketplace by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, cuts startup valuation to $8.4 billion
Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, has yet again cut the valuation of its holding in the Bengaluru-based startup, this time to about $8.4 billion, even as the most Indian valuable startup continues to raise capital at a better price. Blackrock cut the value of Byju’s share by 62% in the quarter ending March this […]
Blackrock, a minority investor in Byju’s, cuts startup valuation to $8.4 billion by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
First they worked in tandem, now they’re in an e-bike patent suit
Grenoble-based eBikeLabs, a French startup that has been working on embedded software for electric bikes, is suing Cowboy for patent infringement and, more generally, copying eBikeLabs’ technology in its latest feature, AdaptivePower. Cowboy, the Belgian electric bike manufacturer, has refuted all the allegations and even said that eBikeLabs is running a smear campaign. There have […]
First they worked in tandem, now they’re in an e-bike patent suit by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
OMERS Growth Equity leads Carrum Health’s $45M Series C to expand cancer care
Carrum Health CEO Sach Jain noted that 2022 “was a big year for us” that included nearly doubling its book of business.
OMERS Growth Equity leads Carrum Health’s $45M Series C to expand cancer care by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Amazon is testing dine-in payments in India
After shutting down its food delivery business last year, Amazon India is now experimenting with dine-in payments. The company has initiated a limited introduction of bill payments at restaurants using Amazon Pay. The facility is currently active in select areas of Bengaluru with a limited set of restaurants. Users can head to Amazon Pay > […]
Amazon is testing dine-in payments in India by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
How to talk about AI (even if you don’t know much about AI)
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Everyone is talking about AI, it seems. But if you feel overwhelmed or uncertain about what the hell people are talking about, don’t worry. I’ve got you. I asked some of the…