Apple just dropped a whole bunch of OS updates and WWDC info
How's your Monday going? If you're Apple, the answer is probably somewhere between “very busy” to “gaaaaaaah.” The company just dropped a whole bunch of new OS updates today, including iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, all ahead of the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, which kic
This crypto monitoring startup — ‘We’re bomb-sniffing dogs’ — just raised Series A funding
Solidus Labs, a company that says its surveillance and risk-monitoring software can detect manipulation across cryptocurrency trading platforms, is today announcing $20 million in Series A funding. It’s pretty great timing, given the various signals coming from the U.S. government just last w
When to walk away from a VC who wants to invest in your startup
Venture capitalists add value in a number of ways. For example, one of my business' backers has a deep tech “pod” that generates events and content we are always welcomed to be a part of. Another one of our investors gives us full commercial support through its network of mentors th
Lyft, Uber kick off free COVID-19 vaccine rides program
Uber and Lyft have officially started to offer free rides to anyone traveling to get a COVID-19 vaccine, two weeks after the ride-hailing companies announced an agreement with the White House to offer the program.
The free rides will last through July 4, the date when President Joe Biden wants 70%
Only 3 startup demo booths left at TC Sessions: Mobility 2021
Listen up mobility mavericks. TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 is right around the corner of your calendar (June 9). If you want to place your ground-breaking, edge-cutting, envelope-pushing (no extra charge for clichés) early-stage startup in front of the world's leading mobility movers, shakers an
Future Family raises $9M to make fertility treatments more accessible and expand its clinic network
Future Family, a company we’ve written about a few times over the years, makes fertility treatments more accessible. They pre-negotiate terms with fertility clinics to ensure there are no surprise fees, convert the often substantial upfront costs into a monthly payment plan and give each user
Tesla faces $163M payout to drivers in Norway following court decision
A Norwegian conciliation council has ordered Tesla to pay thousands of dollars each to Model S owners after it found that a software update led to longer charging times, the Norwegian newspaper Nettavisen reported Monday. Drivers eligible for compensation under the ruling will receive 136,000 krone
Airbnb doubles down on flexible search, improves the host flow in preparation for summer 2021
As we head into the summer of vaccination, travel is bound to start bouncing back from the lows of 2020, and Airbnb is betting it will look very different than it did in the pre-COVID era.
The home-sharing platform has introduced some big changes, across a wide variety of feature sets, that focus o
TC Sessions: Space is returning in December
Last year, we held our first dedicated space startup event, TC Sessions: Space, featuring some of the industry’s top founders and leaders, including Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck, Lockheed Martin’s Lisa Callahan, Amazon’s Dave Limp, NASA’s Kathy Lueders and many more. This y
Fireflies.ai raises $14M for its meeting transcription and automation service
The Fireflies.ai project is a good reminder that not every startup project goes from idea to unicorn-status in 48 minutes. Instead, the startup’s CEO Krish Ramineni told technewss about how a period of interest in natural language processing (NLP), tinkering with a friend, a stint at Microso
SiriusXM partners with TikTok on a new music channel, Pandora Playlists and more
SiriusXM is leaning into TikTok. The satellite radio company and Pandora parent today announced a partnership with the social video platform to power several new initiatives, including a TikTok channel on SiriusXM, hosted TikTok playlists on Pandora and re-airings of Pandora LIVE events on TikTok.
Microsoft's Surface Duo gets dual-screen gaming support
In December, Microsoft wrote a blog post highlighting “The year ahead for Surface Duo.” The news highlighted the dual-screen device's upcoming availability outside the U.S. (including Canada, the U.K., France and Germany this year), as well as a smattering of features. It's been pretty
Police in India visited Twitter offices over ‘manipulated media’ label
Delhi police, controlled by India’s central government, on Monday evening visited two offices of Twitter — in the national capital state of Delhi and Gurgaon, in the neighboring state of Haryana — to seek more information about Twitter’s rationale to label one of the tweets
Bessemer’s Kent Bennett and Toast’s Aman Narang to discuss how to become a unicorn on ECL
Toast has a reported valuation over $5 billion and has raised more than $900 million since launch. The restaurant POS service has clearly been on a rapid growth trajectory, but how has the company navigated the market during the pandemic, which has pushed and pulled the restaurant industry unlike e