Revel opens first EV fast-charging hub in San Francisco
Brooklyn-based electric vehicle charging infrastructure startup Revel on Monday launched its first fast-charging station in San Francisco, kicking off its plans to expand across the Bay Area over the next year.
“For years, Revel has operated the largest, fastest, and most reliable fast-cha
Trump admin directs DOE officials to shield DOGE documents from disclosure
The Department of Energy (DOE) has told employees that documents used by DOGE to assess the agency’s grants and contracts should be marked with “legal privilege” to prevent them from being disclosed under Freedom of Information Act requests.
DOGE has supplied the agency with spreadshee
Apple is bringing lossless audio and low-latency audio to AirPods Max
Apple announced on Monday that it’s bringing lossless audio and ultra-low latency audio to AirPods Max headphones when using the included USB-C cable.
With this upcoming update, AirPods Max headphones will unlock 24-bit, 48 kHz lossless audio to maintain the quality of original recordings. L
The Cadillac Optiq EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ go big on tech, luxury, and price
Cadillac's new IQ portfolio of all-electric vehicles — notably the compact Optiq SUV and grandaddy full-size Escalade IQ — has put the company on a techier, more advanced, and luxurious plane. And the shift couldn't have come soon enough.
The slate of traditional internal combust
Ex-Network International execs raise $6.75M for Enza, an African fintech serving banks
Over the past decade, Dubai-based Network International has become one of the dominant payment processors across the Middle East and Africa, thanks in part to a pair of acquisitions.
However, many large incumbents can fall prey to slower innovation, opening the door for smaller, faster-moving star
DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection, CEO resigns
Genetics testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. to initiate the sale of its assets. Alongside the announcement, the company’s co-founder and CEO, Anne Wojcicki, separately said she is leaving to become an independent bidder for 23andMe.
“After a
Browser Use, the tool making it easier for AI ‘agents’ to navigate websites, raises $17M
We may not have an agreed-upon definition of AI “agent” yet, but a multitude of startups want to create “agentic” tools to automate various tasks online. One such firm, Browser Use, has attracted a ton of interest from developers and investors thanks to its solution that mak
Week in Review: Google buys Wiz
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of stories to share from this week, like the greatest hits from Nvidia GTC; the NASA astronauts finally came home; Rippling’s lawsuit; and Google bought Wiz. Let’s get to it!
Google finally does it: Google made its biggest acquisitio
The 20 hottest open source startups of 2024
A new report showcases the 20 top-trending open source startups around the world, more than half of which are closely aligned with AI.
The report is the handiwork of European venture capital firm Runa Capital, which has operated the Runa Open Source Startup (ROSS) Index since 2020. The Index serve
Meta settles UK ‘right to object to ad-tracking’ lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff
A human rights campaigner, Tanya O’Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreement is contained in a settlement to an individual challenge she lodged against Meta’s tracking and profiling back in 2022.
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Meta has revenue sharing agreements with Llama AI model hosts, filing reveals
In a blog post last July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that “selling access” to Meta’s openly available Llama AI models “isn’t [Meta’s] business model.” Yet Meta does make at least some money from Llama through revenue-sharing agreements, according to a ne
How BYD plans to make EV charging as fast as filling a gas tank
Chinese auto maker BYD made waves this week when it announced its new Han L sedan could add as much as 248 miles of range in as little as five minutes.
Unfortunately, the company was light on details, and it did not respond to technewss's request for clarification. So instead, we've scour
Anthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbot
Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a web search feature for its AI-powered chatbot platform, Claude, bringing the bot in line with many of its rivals. It wasn’t immediately clear which search index might be powering the feature — one possibility was that Anthropic had developed its own
Startups Weekly: Wiz’s bet paid off in an M&A-rich week
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It’s rare to report on an 11-figure startup acquisition, let alone multiple high-value deals in a single week. And there are more su