Wisk Aero and Blade Urban Air Mobility partner to bring electric air taxi services to the skies
Once the design, manufacturing and certification of electric aircraft is complete, urban air mobility companies face a cascade of logistical issues, including building an app that can connect customers to rides and finding dedicated take-off and landing areas.
A new partnership between autonomous a
How 4 New Jersey pools turned into a startup that just raised $10M
As the oldest of 12 children, Bunim Laskin spent much of his teen years looking for ways to help keep his siblings entertained. Noticing that a neighbor's pool was often empty, Laskin reached out to ask if his family could use her pool. To make it worth her while, he suggested that they could h
Apple expands its ad business with a new App Store ad slot
At the same time as it’s cracking down on the advertising businesses run by rivals, Apple is introducing a new way for developers to advertise on the App Store. Previously, developers could promote their apps after users initiated a search on the App Store by targeting specific keywords. For
Peloton apologizes, agrees to treadmill recall
Peloton today announced that it will be cooperating with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), agreeing to two voluntary treadmill recalls for the Tread+ and Tread versions of its home treadmill system.
Those who have purchased the systems can contact the connected fitness company for
Pitch your startup to seasoned tech leaders, and a live audience, on Extra Crunch Live
technewss is known for its pitch-offs. We’ve had them in cities all over the world, and heard from hundreds of startups who have shared the story of their company on our stages.
We’re excited to be bringing the pitch-off to Extra Crunch Live.
Anyone in the audience on a
4 strategies for building a digital health unicorn
It's an entrepreneur's market in digital health today, with startups raising record-breaking funding at soaring valuations and debuting on public markets to eager investors.
According to CB Insights, as of March 3, 2021, there are 51 healthcare unicorns — “startups” — wo
Dear Sophie: Can I transfer my H-1B to a startup I founded?
Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.
“Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says
Timescale grabs $40M Series B as it goes all in on cloud version of time series database
Timescale, makers of the open-source TimescaleDB time series database, announced a $40 million Series B financing round today. The investment comes just over two years after it got a $15 million Series A.
Redpoint Ventures led today’s round, with help from existing investors Benchmark, New En
Facebook’s hand-picked ‘oversight’ panel upholds Trump ban — for now
Facebook’s content decision review body, a quasi-external panel that’s been likened to a ‘Supreme Court of Facebook’ but isn’t staffed by sitting judges, can’t be truly independent of the tech giant which funds it, has no legal legitimacy or democratic accountabi
‘Knowledge-as-a-service’ platform Lynk announces collaboration with UBS
Lynk, the “knowledge-as-a-service” platform, announced today it has entered into a strategic alliance with UBS to help the investment process of their institutional clients around the world. The collaboration means the banking giant's research analysts and institutional clients, including
This startup wants to bring clarity to the complex world of IVF
About 180 million people globally suffer from infertility. In the United States, one in eight families have trouble conceiving. The statistics are only getting worse, as male infertility and miscarriages continue to increase.
Alife Health, a San Francisco-based startup founded by Paxton Maeder-York
With backers like Tiger Global, LatAm crypto exchange Bitso raises $250M at a $2.2B valuation
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Bitso, a regulated crypto exchange in Latin America, announced today it has raised $250 million in a Series C round of funding that values the company at $2.2 billion.
Tiger Global and Coatue co-led the round, which also included participation from Paradigm, BOND &
Peloton’s leaky API let anyone grab riders’ private account data
Halfway through my Monday afternoon workout last week, I got a message from a security researcher with a screenshot of my Peloton account data.
My Peloton profile is set to private and my friend’s list is deliberately zero, so nobody can view my profile, age, city, or workout history. But a b
Disqus facing $3M fine in Norway for tracking users without consent
Disqus, a commenting plug-in that’s used by a number of news websites and which can share user data for ad targeting purposes, is in hot water in Norway for tracking users without their consent.
The local data protection agency said today it has notified the U.S.-based company of an intent to