Lucid Motors’ second vehicle is an electric SUV, the Gravity
Lucid Motors provided Wednesday a peek of the next vehicle in its all-electric lineup — an SUV called the Lucid Gravity.
The Lucid Gravity follows the Air, a luxury all-electric sedan that was revealed Wednesday in a live streamed event. The Gravity, which will have the same underlying vehicle pl
Lucid Motors reveals its long-awaited Air electric sedan
Lucid Motors CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson had a clear vision for how to take an electric car to another level. The former chief engineer of the Tesla Model S just didn’t expect it to take quite so long.
Today, nearly four years since the company first announced its intentions to produce electr
Daily Crunch: Taboola and Outbrain call off their merger
A massive content recommendation merger falls apart, Microsoft reveals the release date and pricing for its flagship game console and Alexa enables phone calls for AT&T customers. This is your Daily Crunch for September 9, 2020.
The big story: Taboola and Outbrain call off their merger
Instagram is building a product equity team and hiring a director of diversity and inclusion
Instagram announced some changes it’s making that are geared toward advancing equity within its workplace. The changes come after Instagram in June spoke about elevating, rather than suppressing, Black voices in light of the killing of George Floyd.
“More than ever, people are turning t
B2B marketing company Metadata.io raises $6.5M
Metadata.io announced today that it has raised $6.5 mlion in Series A funding.
It’s been more than four years since I wrote about the startup’s $2 mlion seed funding. At the time, co-founder and CEO G Allouche described the product as helping business-to-business marketers target their
Facebook told it may have to suspend EU data transfers after Schrems II ruling
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, the DPC, has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers from the EU to the US, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing people familiar with the matter and including a confirmation from Facebook’s VP of global affairs, Nick Clegg.
The
Three years later, Google Maps is back on the Apple Watch
Google Maps has had a sort of spotty relationship with the Apple Watch over the years.
Google first shipped a Watch-friendly build of Maps back in September of 2015, just months after the Apple Watch first hit the shelves. In 2017, however, Google nixed Map’s Watch support with little more th
Microsoft introduces monthly financing plan for its new Xbox consoles
Monthly financing isn't an entirely new concept in the world of Xbox. Microsoft offered a similar plan for the Xbox One S a few years ago. The idea is pretty simple: pay a monthly fee for hardware and software for two years until you outright own the device. What's new here, however, is tha
Kinspire’s new app helps parents find screen-free activities for kids
A new startup called Kinspire wants to make it easier for parents to find activities to help keep kids occupied — away from a screen. The app, which launches with hundreds of activities vetted by parents and teachers alike, arrives at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has many families con
Iron Ox raises $20 million for its robotic farms
Bay Area-based Iron Ox today announced a $20 million Series B. The funding, led by Pathbreaker Venture and family office firms, brings the robotics company's total funding up to $45 million to date. A number of other investors also took part in the round, including Crosslink Capital, Amplify Pa
Motorola gives its foldable Razr another go with the addition of a 5G model
Last year's Motorola Razr reboot should have been a slam-dunk. An iconic name attached to a cutting-edge form factor — what could possible go wrong? A lot, turns out, especially in the world of foldables, where nothing seems to go according to plan. Some questionable design choices gave rise
As direct listing looms, Palantir insiders are accelerating stock sales
According to Palantir's latest S-1 amended filing published this morning, the company intends to start trading in two weeks on September 23 under the ticker PLTR.
That gives us a bit of time to speculate about how the company will perform on the public markets, particularly given Palantir's
Watch the first trailer for the insanely star-studded ‘Dune’
That strange feeling? That’s the sensation of being excited about new movies again.
Now that theaters are slowly reopening (though not yet in New York or most of California, and I am 100% okay with that), studios are once again releasing trailers to hype up their scheduled re
Women exhibitors in Digital Startup Alley: Meet female-focused accelerators
Women founders who exhibit in Digital Startup Alley at Disrupt 2020, this opportunity's designed with you in mind. Don't miss your chance to meet with — and pitch to — accelerators focused on women entrepreneurs. We partnered with cela to bring accelerators to Disrupt, and they're h