Amazon team in charge of Just Walk Out loses three execs, gains one

Three Amazon executives in charge of developing new technologies for checking out of physical stores – including Just Walk Out, Dash Carts, and Amazon One – are leaving or have left the division, technewss has learned. In addition, a former high-ranking advertising executive at Amazon, Colleen

SpaceX alums are working to raise a hefty $550M first deep tech fund

Interlagos, the venture capital firm started by former senior SpaceX leaders, is looking to raise $550 million for its first venture fund, according to regulatory filings and a confidential deck sent to prospective LPs and viewed by technewss.  The existence of the firm was first reported by Tec

Bluesky joins Threads to court users frustrated by Meta’s moderation issues

Social networking startup Bluesky is seizing the moment. Amid ongoing moderation issues affecting X rival Instagram Threads, the decentralized X competitor Bluesky has created an account on Meta’s newest platform. In doing so, the startup aims to capitalize on the discussions now taking place

Tesla’s Robotaxi reveal, Palantir owns some of Faraday Future, and the Strava for EVs

Welcome back to technewss Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click technewss Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten is out on vacation, but she didn't leave without writing up This Week's Wheels. But for the rest

LinkedIn says 10M people have signed up as freelancers on its Services Marketplace

More than 100,000 people have been laid off in the technology industry alone this year, and — either by circumstance or choice — at least some of them are not heading back into exclusively full-time work. LinkedIn launched a freelancer marketplace in 2021 to capture some of that activity. Now,

US and UK announce joint children’s online safety group to push for common fixes

The U.S. and U.K. governments announced Thursday they will set up a joint children's online safety working group to cooperate on safeguarding efforts in the digital realm by sharing evidence and expertise, and pushing for “common solutions” to child safety challenges. A joint state

Numeric grabs $28M Series A to automate accounting using AI

Accountants typically dread month-end and quarter-end closings. That's because finalizing financial records for a specific period is generally a manual, error-prone, and time-consuming endeavor.  In 2020, Parker Gilbert (pictured above, middle) was so fed up with the tedium of managing financ

Swsh's new photo-sharing app lets Gen Zers filter out red Solo cups and alcoholic drinks 

When Swsh launched last year, the social app was initially designed as a poll game (similar to the Most Likely To game), where users can answer five daily questions with their friends. However, the company has completely switched gears, joining a very crowded market — photo album-sharing pla

Opera's new feature lets you group, pin, and close tabs through natural language commands

Opera’s browser has a new AI-powered feature that lets you take action on tabs through natural language queries. Things you can do include grouping, pinning, bookmarking, and closing tabs with these commands. The company said people can trigger the Aria command bar — by pressing Ctrl + / o

Scope3 starts tracking the carbon footprint of AI

It was the banana that did it. Brian O'Kelley, who had recently sold his previous startup, ad platform AppNexus, to AT&T for a reported $1.6 billion, was watching a lecture through MIT during COVID as part of a yearlong course on supply chain management. “There was this one slide in a le

Relyance lands $32M to help companies comply with data regulations

As the demand for AI surges, AI vendors are devoting greater bandwidth to data security issues. Not only are they being compelled to comply with emerging data privacy regulations (e.g., the EU Data Act), but they’re also finding themselves under the microscope of clients skeptical about how t

Tesla’s We, Robot event: How to recap the Cybercab, Robovan reveals

Update: Tesla’s We, Robot event has concluded, but there’s still plenty to catch up on. The Cybercab, which Tesla is pitching as the future of autonomous transport, was revealed to be a two-seater that could be purchased for less than $30,000. Then, in a surprise reveal, CEO Elon Musk

Fidelity says data breach exposed personal data of 77,000 customers

Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has confirmed that over 77,000 customers had personal information compromised during an August data breach, including Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses. The Boston, Massachusetts-based investment firm said in

Venture studio Diagram expands into climate tech with oversubscribed fund

Eight-year-old Diagram is expanding its startup incubator model into climate. The Montreal-based venture studio, which launches startups in house, raised $80 million CAD ($58 million) for its fourth studio fund, Diagram Climate Tech Fund. The firm said the vehicle surpassed its initial $60 million