TechCrunch Minute: New Atlas robot stuns experts in first reveal from Boston Dynamics

December 20, 2024

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April 17, 2024

This week Boston Dynamics retired its well-known Atlas robot that was powered by hydraulics. Then today it unveiled its new Atlas robot, which is powered by electricity. The change might not seem like much, but TechCrunch’s Brian Heater told the TechCrunch Minute that the now-deprecated hydraulics system was out of date. It’s not hard to […]

Brave Search is adopting AI to answer your queries

April 17, 2024

The new “Answer with AI” feature returns neatly formatted answers for questions like “People who walked on the moon,” “List of all actors who played Batman” or “How do descale Nespresso pixie.”

ByteDance gets 24 hours to show EU a DSA risk assessment for TikTok Lite

April 17, 2024

TikTok owner ByteDance is facing fresh questions about its compliance with the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and content moderation framework that puts a legal obligation on larger platforms to mitigate systemic risks in areas like youth mental health. The EU’s latest concerns about TikTok’s DSA compliance center on the launch […]

Successful Brands Use These 4 Radical Practices to Attract Loyal Customers

April 17, 2024

If you’re ready to foster true customer loyalty and propel sustainable growth, it’s time to embrace radical transparency across your organization.

A 3D Printer Used By Microsoft, Ford, and NASA Is Now Commercially Available — Here’s What It Can Do

April 17, 2024

Formlabs is a 3D printing company now worth $2 billion. It started as a Kickstarter campaign.

Geopolitical conflicts impact on global economy

April 17, 2024

The world of geopolitics is a complex and intricate web where every action can trigger a ripple effect that reverberates globally. This past weekend, we saw this principle in action…

NeuBird is building a generative AI solution for complex cloud native environments

April 17, 2024

NeuBird founders Goutham Rao and Vinod Jayaraman came from PortWorx, a cloud native storage solution they eventually sold to PureStorage in 2019 for $370 million. It was their third successful exit. When they went looking for their next startup challenge last year, they saw an opportunity to combine their cloud native knowledge, especially around IT […]

Andreessen Horowitz’s $7.2B new funds for a “new era”

April 17, 2024

What is worth $11 billion and wants to go to Mars to collect rocks? NASA’s mission to Mars to collect rocks that was expected to cost $11 billion and take ages. So, the U.S. space agency is throwing the doors open to get more input, and that means that startups are looking at an opportunity that […]

‘Fueled by a Hunger For New Challenges’ — The 5 Types of Entrepreneurs You Want as Franchisees

April 17, 2024

Franchising is well known as a pathway to entrepreneurial success, offering individuals the opportunity to build their own business under the umbrella of an established brand.

Inversion Space will test its space-based delivery tech in October

April 17, 2024

Inversion Space is aptly named. The three-year-old startup’s primary concern is not getting things to space, but bringing them back — transforming the ultimate high ground into “a transportation layer for Earth.” The company’s plan — ultra-fast, on-demand deliveries to anywhere on Earth — sounds like pie in the sky, but it’s the sort of […]

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