Sonos goes full portable Bluetooth speaker with the $169 Roam
Introduced in late-2019, the Move was a very Sonos approach to the Bluetooth speaker. It was an attempt to bring the company's long-standing premium approach to a more portable form factor. Accordingly, the press photos feature a lot of shots of the product on porches and around pools.
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Blue Origin will upgrade New Shepard rocket with the ability to simulate lunar gravity
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will be providing NASA with a valuable scientific tool ahead of the U.S. space agency’s goal of returning to the Moon: The ability to run experiments in simulated lunar gravity much closer to home, in suborbital space.
NASA revealed that Blue Origin will be modif
4 ways startups will drive GPT-3 adoption in 2021
The introduction of GPT-3 in 2020 was a tipping point for artificial intelligence. In 2021, this technology will power the launch of a thousand new startups and applications. GPT-3 and similar models have brought the power of AI into the hands of those looking to experiment — and the results
Techstars Music announces its 2021 class and a partnership with Quality Control
This morning Techstars Music is announcing 11 new companies that have joined its ranks, along with a partnership with Atlanta media company/record label Quality Control.
While it’s easy to mentally bunch everything Techstars does together under the singular “Techstars” name, it
Epic Games buys photogrammetry software maker Capturing Reality
Epic Games is quickly becoming a more dominant force in gaming infrastructure M&A after a string of recent purchases made to bulk up their Unreal Engine developer suite. Today, the company announced that they’ve brought on the team from photogrammetry studio Capturing Reality to help the
Detail wants to turn your phone into a software-optimized camera app for live video
Meet Detail, a new startup working on an app for iOS and macOS so that you can turn your iPhone into a software-optimized camera for live video. The startup wants to make it easy to use the phone that you have in your pocket with the livestreaming platform that you already use, such as Zoom, Google
Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media
Capsule‘s plan to launch a super simple decentralized social media platform which is safe from censorship by Big Tech has advanced another stage: The nascent startup has closed a seed round of funding ($1.5M) led by Beacon Fund, a dedicated crypto fund by Polychain Capital — which is it
Walmart to host a new livestream shopping event on TikTok, following successful pilot
In December, Walmart partnered with TikTok on the first pilot test of a new livestreamed shopping experience in the U.S. on the video platform. That test seemingly performed well, as today Walmart announced it will return to TikTok to host another livestream shopping event, the “Spring Shop-A
Carbon Engineering inks Shopify as its first partner for carbon removal as a service
"speakable-summary" dir="ltr">Carbon Engineering is moving ahead with its carbon removal service business, allowing customers to buy the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using its direct air capture technology.
The launch of the service, and the announcement that Shopify will be the com
ActZero emerges from stealth with $40M for a suite of cybersecurity solutions aimed at SMBs
The world of cybersecurity has seen a huge proliferation of new technology and services over the years. But with the primary focus being on solutions for larger enterprises, it leaves a big gap in the market for small and medium businesses, not least because they are increasingly finding themselves
SoFi acquires community bank Golden Pacific Bancorp to speed up its national bank charter process
SoFi, more formally known as Social Finance, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Golden Pacific Bancorp (GPB) for about $22.3 million.
The dollar amount is not staggering. What is more notable about the acquisition is that it's giving SoFi a quick route to getting a national bank char
Calixa raises $4.25M seed to manage ‘bottom-up’ sales approach
Many companies have turned to self-serve sales, which may encourage people to try freemium or open-source versions of a product. Some percentage of these users may turn into paying customers, and in the best case will act as leaders to bring a product into their organization.
Calixa, an early-stage
Learn how to build a strong board of directors at TC Early Stage this April
Building a strong board for your startup is key. It’s important to have folks on your board who have both the founder’s and the company’s best interests in mind, and are able to help the company navigate the many stages of a startup’s lifecycle.
At technewss’s Early S
TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 is coming, save the date!
Buckle up, startup and tech fans. Save the date and get ready to rub virtual elbows with mobility's best and brightest minds — the movers, shakers and policy makers that are shaping the future of transportation.
TC Sessions: Mobility returns for its third year on June 9, 2021. Can you say mob