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Daily Crunch: Google upgrades Search, Shopping and Maps with more data, AR and accessibility by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
I spent last week in Boston, meeting with several of the area’s top automation startups. Soft Robotics — based in nearby Bedford, Massachusetts — is one of those names that comes up a lot. As the concept of soft robotics grippers have increasingly come into vogue, the company of the same name has been reaping […]
Soft Robotics raises $26 million as staffing shortages continue across industries by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Hidden fees and unexpected rate hikes have become an expected part of Americans’ internet, cable, and phone bills, but the FCC just passed a rule that may make this a lot less common. Broadband providers will now have to “prominently” display a “nutrition label” with all fees, catches, and caps clearly stated for any plan […]
FCC orders ISPs to show broadband ‘nutrition labels’ with all fees and limits by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Jack Selby, a former PayPal exec and the longtime managing director of Thiel Capital who attracted some attention years back for his low-key largesse, has a new, $110 million venture fund that he intends to invest mostly in his adopted state of Arizona, where Selby has lived since 2002. The debut vehicle of the firm, […]
Jack Selby of Thiel Capital is using a new VC fund to invest in Arizona startups by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
General Motors says supply chain constraints won’t hinder the automaker’s goal of reaching electric vehicle profitability by 2025. GM expects its EV portfolio to have “the same margin profile” as its internal combustion engine portfolio over the next three years once factoring in U.S. tax credits for cars and trucks, CEO Mary Barra said Thursday […]
GM says supply chain issues won’t affect EV profitability by 2025 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
Stellantis plans to “explore alternative business models,” such as subscriptions and car sharing, when it launches its all-electric Fiat 500e in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2024, Fiat CEO Olivier Francois told TechCrunch at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show. The exec did not rule out limiting the 500e’s U.S. launch entirely to […]
Fiat CEO teases subscriptions, car-sharing for all-electric 500e launch in US by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
Hyundai revealed Thursday a hydrogen fuel cell hybrid concept vehicle called the N Vision 74 that the company says demonstrates the performance sub-brand’s vision for electrification. The Hyundai N sub-brand, the performance-focused arm of the automaker, has been applied to a range of production vehicles since its founding in 2015 from the Hyundai Veloster N […]
Hyundai’s hydrogen fuel cell concept hints at the performance N brand’s future by Abigail Bassett originally published on TechCrunch
Today at TechCrunch’s crypto-focused event in Miami, OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer discussed his business, and the future market for non-fungible tokens. The digital assets, better known by the acronym ‘NFT,’ saw their stock rise during the 2021-era crypto boom. NFTs became synonymous with neo-wealth bubbling up from the blockchain economy, as a number of image […]
Can gaming resurrect the NFT market? OpenSea thinks so by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
At TechCrunch Sessions: Crypto 2022, Chainalysis CPO Pratima Arora, Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman and Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier talked about security in the crypto industry. And a good chunk of the discussion was spent talking about the collapse of FTX. “First of all, I don’t think it is over,” Pascal Gauthier said. “In the FTX […]
The FTX implosion is an opportunity to learn by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch