Fiat Chrysler plans to bring a Ram electric pickup truck to market
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Mike Manley confirmed Wednesday the automaker’s Ram brand will bring an electric pickup truck to market.
The remarks, made in response to an analyst question during the company’s third-quarter earnings call, puts to rest rampant speculation, which was fuele
US online holiday sales to reach $189B this year, up 33% from 2019
The accelerated shift to e-commerce due to the pandemic will have a significant impact on U.S. online holiday sales, according to a new forecast from Adobe Analytics. Adobe Analytics predicts that U.S. online sales for the months of November and December 2020 will reach $189 billion, representing
True, the social networking app that promises to ‘protect your privacy,’ exposed private messages and user locations
True bills itself as the social networking app that will “protect your privacy.” But a security lapse left one of its servers exposed — and spilling private user data to the internet for anyone to find.
The app was launched in 2017 by Hello Mobile, a little-known virtual cell carrier
Dear Sophie: Any upgrade options for E-2 visa holders interested in changing jobs?
Here's another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column from a practicing attorney that answers immigration 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
Apple search crawler activity could signal a Google competitor, or a bid to make Siri a one-stop shop
Encouraged by the spate of antitrust activity brewing in both the Justice Department and on Capitol Hill, Apple may be developing a search competitor to Google, according to a report in the Financial Times.
That would be a move rife with irony as the push for an end to anti-competitive practices is
Joe Rogan, Alex Jones and Spotify’s illusion of neutrality
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter have taken a messy beating from critics unhappy with how they handle questionable content on their platform, with some complaining they don’t do enough to rein in misinformation, and others decrying censorship. But what about Spotify? The compa
App management startup AppFollow raises $5M Series A round led by Nauta Capital
AppFollow, an app management startup, has raised a $5 million Series A round led by Barcelona's Nauta Capital, alongside existing investors Vendep Capital and RTP Global participating.
The Helsinki-headquartered company says it benefitted during the pandemic and even broke even in April 2020 as
Outrider raises $65 million to bring its autonomous tech to distribution yards
Outrider, a startup aiming to bring its autonomous technology to the nerve center of the supply chain, has raised $65 million in funding just eight months after coming out of stealth. The Series B round was led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and brings its total funding raised to $118 million.
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Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith is buying majority stake in the Utah Jazz for $1.6B
The Utah Jazz, an NBA basketball team based in Salt Lake City, announced today that Qualtrics CEO and co-founder Ryan Smith was buying a majority stake in the team, along with other properties. ESPN is reporting the deal is worth $1.6 billion.
Smith can afford it. He sold Qualtrics, which is based
Apple eyes the TikTok generation with an updated version of Clips
Apple is today rolling out an update to its video creation app, Clips, which brings much-needed support for vertical videos, allowing for sharing to TikTok and the “Stories” feature in other social apps. The addition is one of several arriving with the release of Clips 3.0, which also i
Robust.AI raises a $15M Series A to improve problem solving for collaborative robots
Robust.AI today announced that it has raised a $15 million Series A, led by Jazz Venture Partners. Existing partners Playground Global, Liquid2, Fontinalis, Jaan Tallinn and Mark Leslie also participated in the round, which brings the Bay Area-based robotics AI startup's funding up to $22.5 mil
Microsoft announces its first Azure data center region in Taiwan
After announcing its latest data center region in Austria earlier this month and an expansion of its footprint in Brazil, Microsoft today unveiled its plans to open a new region in Taiwan. This new region will augment its existing presence in East Asia, where the company already runs data centers
Hebbia wants to make Ctrl-F (or Command-F) actually useful through better AI
Deep learning has made tremendous strides in recent years, with new systems and models like GPT-3 offering higher-quality interpretations of human language, empowering developers to use these concepts in more diverse applications. We can see these developments in our text-to-speech voice recorders
Jackery’s solar generator system helps you collect and store more than enough juice for off-grid essentials
Portable power is a very convenient thing to have on hand, as proven by the popularity of pocket power banks for providing backup energy for smartphones and tablets. Jackery’s lineup of battery backups offer an entirely different, much greater level of portable energy storage, and when combin