Elon Musk reveals the Tesla Model S Plaid
Tesla finally held the long-awaited, and once rescheduled, “delivery event” for its ultra-fast Model S Plaid at its factory in Fremont, California. The electric vehicle company will begin with 25 deliveries on Friday evening, expanding to several hundred cars per week and a thousand car
Archer Aviation reveals 2-seater demonstration aircraft, a ‘stepping stone’ toward commercial operations
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SoftBank, Uber, Tencent set to reap rewards from Didi IPO
After years of speculation, Didi Chuxing, China’s ridesharing behemoth, finally unveiled its IPO filing in the U.S., giving a glimpse into its money-losing history.
Didi didn’t disclose the size of its raise. Reuters reported the company could raise around $10 billion at a valuation of
Nvidia acquires hi-def mapping startup DeepMap to bolster AV technology
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Chipmaker Nvidia is acquiring DeepMap, the high-definition mapping startup announced. The company said its mapping IP will help Nvidia’s autonomous vehicle technology sector, Nvidia Drive.
“The acquisition is an endorsement of DeepMap's unique vision, techno
Apple announces its 2021 Apple Design Award winners
Apple incorporated the announcement of this year’s Apple Design Award winners into its virtual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) online event instead of waiting until the event had wrapped, like last year. Ahead of WWDC, Apple previewed the finalists, whose apps and games showcased a com
Apple confirms hiring of Ulrich Kranz, former CEO of EV company Canoo
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After 30 years, ‘Crossing the Chasm’ is due for a refresh
When I was at Open Market in the 1990s, our CEO gave out the recently published book “Crossing the Chasm” to the executive team and told us to read it to gain insight into why we had hit a speed bump in our scaling. We had gone from zero to $60 million in revenue in four years, went pub
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Apple’s latest accessibility features are for those with limb and vocal differences
Apple announced a batch of accessibility features at WWDC 2021 that cover a wide variety of needs, among them a few for people who can’t touch or speak to their devices in the ordinary way. With Assistive Touch, Sound Control and other improvements, these folks have new options for interactin
Ledger raises $380 million for its crypto hardware wallet
French startup Ledger has raised a $380 million Series C funding round led by 10T Holdings. Following today's funding round, the company has reached a valuation of $1.5 billion.
Other investors in the funding round include existing investors Cathay Innovation, Draper Associates, Draper Dragon,
Growth marketing amid the pandemic: An interview with Right Side Up’s Tyler Elliston
Growth marketers are busy today helping all sorts of startups take advantage of the market boom, but it has been a hard journey through the pandemic.
We caught up with Tyler Elliston, founder of growth marketing firm Right Side Up and occasional contributor at technewss, about his experiences and
Scale to launch a mapping product to address the changing needs of its autonomous driving customers
Solving the varied challenges that arise in autonomous driving is an incredibly complex task, but even attempting to get started means ensuring you have quality data that’s accurate and well-annotated. That’s where Scale comes in, having identified early on that the AV industry would re
The fintech endgame: New supercompanies combine the best of software and financials
If money is the ultimate commodity, how can fintechs — which sell money, move money or sell insurance against monetary loss — build products that remain differentiated and create lasting value over time?
And why are so many software companies — which already boast highly differentiate