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Aniai is bringing a burger-cooking robot to restaurants with $12M
Aniai, a startup that has built a burger-grilling robot, Alpha Grill, said today it has raised $12 million, bringing its total raise to $15...
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‘De-Googled’ smartphone company Murena launches own-brand mobile network
Murena, a French startup that sells “de-Googled” smartphones replete with its own flavor of Android, is launching an own-brand mobile...
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Sequoia backs Coana to help companies prioritise vulnerabilities using ‘code aware’ software analysis
Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) juggernaut Sequoia is backing a fledgling Danish startup to build a next-gen software composition analysis...
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Meta to let EU users deny cross-site tracking as Digital Markets Act bites
Meta has provided new details of how it plans to respond to incoming competition rules in the European Union that aim to tackle abusive behaviors...
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Forget Apple Vision Pro — rabbit r1 is 2024’s most exciting launch yet
The year is off to a quick start in terms of new product launches and availability, even leaving aside the usual mid-tier smorgasbord that is CES....
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African neobank Kuda raised $20M at flat valuation last year, missed user milestone projection by 3M
Earlier this month, Kuda co-founder and CEO Babs Ogundeyi told users that the Nigerian online challenger bank had reached almost N₦56 trillion...
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As Disney pushes toward streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024
Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the...
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Hydrogen is back. At least, CES 2024 suggests it is.
Hydrogen vehicles never really caught on, and yet at CES 2024 fuel-cell vehicles of all sizes litter the show floor. What gives? © 2023...
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CES 2024: Everything revealed so far, from Nvidia and Sony to rabbit’s pocket AI and the weirdest reveals
One of the year’s biggest tech events has kicked off in Las Vegas, and we’re here to bring all the reveals before the show floor opens. © 2023...
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Shimmer, a platform for 1:1 personalized ADHD coaching, raises $2.2M
Y Combinator alum Shimmer, which offers a coaching platform for adults, has raised $2.2 million in a seed funding round led by Worklife Ventures...
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Getty Images launches a new GenAI service for iStock customers
Getty Images, the stock media company, announced a new service this week at CES 2024 that leverages AI models trained on Getty’s iStock...
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NASA delays Artemis moon missions to give SpaceX, others more time to develop tech
NASA is pushing back the next two Artemis missions to the moon — including the first crewed lunar mission in over fifty years — by around twelve...
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Another proptech startup crashes and burns, cites ‘current interest rate environment’
Here, a fractional short-term vacation rental marketplace, has shut down after just over two years of operation. The Miami-based startup, which...
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Kia reveals new commercial EV lineup at CES 2024
Kia is following up a strong year for its passenger EVs by sharing what it wants to do for businesses looking to go electric. The Korean automaker...
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CES 2024: Everything revealed so far, from Nvidia and AI to Samsung’s Ballie robot
One of the year’s biggest tech events has kicked off in Las Vegas, and we’re here to bring all the reveals before the show floor opens. © 2023...
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This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom
Thanks to bans on pay toilets dating back to the 1970s, folks in the U.S. have become accustomed to enjoying free public restroom access pretty...
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Last year was a tough period for African growth-stage startups and 2024 presents a mixed bag
Last year presented a tough period for African tech startups. Venture capital was hard to bag (as predicted earlier), bridge and down rounds...
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Insights from former Finnish PM Sanna Marin on Russia, women’s leadership, and AI
Earlier this month, at the Slush tech conference in Helsinki, this editor had the opportunity to sit down with Sanna Marin, the popular former...
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Tech startup Breakr raises more capital, pays $3.5M to creators
We last wrote about Breakr — a platform that connects record labels, artists and brands with social media influencers to run mass campaigns...
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Seed-stage investors react to higher hurdles for Series A funding
The hurdle for Series A funding is a lot higher than it was a year ago — and investors in seed-stage companies are having to respond. They...
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Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang
Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to...
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Google Nest Renew and OhmConnect merge into “Renew Home” with a $100M boost from SIP
Another development today in Google’s long-term strategy to streamline some of its less-core business operations. Google Nest Renew —...
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Cruise leaders booted following initial safety probe into robotaxi incident
Nine Cruise managers and executives who worked in commercial operations, legal and policy department have left GM’s self-driving vehicle...
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OpenAI Startup Fund launches second Converge startup cohort
Palace intrigue might be dominating the news cycle around OpenAI, but the AI startup — and its co-branded accelerator programs — are...
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Feds want anti-drunk-driving tech in cars — here’s what stands in the way
The in-car tech used by the likes of Ford and GM to make sure drivers pay attention to the road has come a long way. But it’s just not ready...