Tesla blames sales drop on Houthi attacks and arson in Germany

April 2, 2024

Tesla just turned in one of its more disappointing first quarters for deliveries in a while, and the company is putting some of the blame on an arson attack at its factory in Germany and shipping disruptions caused by Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Tesla said Tuesday that it delivered 386,810 vehicles in the […]

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Modal raises $25M to train corporate workers on data and AI

April 2, 2024

A few years ago, Darren Shimkus, ex-president of Udemy, had a conversation with Dennis Yang about skills building. Shimkus was of the belief that building skills in the corporate sector was a difficult, but not intractable, challenge — one that could perhaps be solved with the right technology. He brought it up to Yang, who […]

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Quadratic is reimagining the spreadsheet with a focus on data

April 2, 2024

Using Quadratic, users can bring in hundreds of thousands of rows of data, write analyses in their preferred programming language and share the results with outside stakeholders.

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Odd Ball, the ball-shaped music instrument, is adding new gestures so you can become a house DJ

April 2, 2024

Odd Ball is a company that makes fun electronic bouncy balls that let you generate MIDI sounds by tapping or bouncing them. The company is adding new gestures to its device — including spin, twist, move, shake, and air throw — so you can generate sounds in a new way. With the most recent app […]

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Hailo lands $120 million to keep battling Nvidia as most AI chip startups struggle

April 2, 2024

The funding climate for AI chip startups, once as sunny as a mid-July day, is beginning to cloud over as Nvidia asserts its dominance. According to a recent report, U.S. chip firms raised just $881 million from January 2023 to September 2023 — down from $1.79 billion in the first three quarters of 2022. AI […]

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The Download: inside chipmaking giant ASML, and why Taiwan loves Threads

April 2, 2024
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. How ASML took over the chipmaking chessboard On a drab Monday February morning in California, at the drab San Jose Convention Center, attendees of the SPIE Advanced Lithography and Patterning Conference gathered to…

Should Investors Buy Apple (AAPL) in April?

April 2, 2024
Weak iPhone sales, heightened competition in China, an antitrust lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice, and fines over anticompetitive app store policies in Europe have pressured Apple (AAPL) shares….