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Apple may be sharpening the focus of its long-in-development electric car. Bloomberg sources claim Apple is now shifting its attention to a fully self-driving car, not just a more conventional vehicle with semi-autonomous features. New project leader Kevin Lynch wants the very first model to drive

This call goes out to all the data devotees, engineering enthusiasts, AI aficionados and machine-learning mavens. Clear your schedule on December 2, because you do not want to miss a moment of the iMerit ML DataOps Summit 2021. Connect and engage with more than 2,500 senior-level leaders who develo

Starbucks has teamed up with Amazon to open a cashierless store in NYC. The new location — at 59th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues — will combine the Starbucks app’s order ahead feature with Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology. In fact, the store sounds a like a cross betw

Rocket Lab's reusability program advanced one more step on Wednesday night when the company recovered the booster from its Electron launcher for the third time. The successful mission comes after a period of delays due to weather, but all went according to plan, with the “Love at First Insigh

Amazon has escalated its fight with Visa: Starting on January 19th, 2022, the e-commerce giant will stop accepting Visa credit cards issued in the UK. It notified Amazon UK customers in an email about the change, blaming the high fees Visa charges for credit card transactions. Buyers can at least c

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for November 16, 2021! Today's news includes mac and cheese, AI unicorns and a few items that detail just how popular audio

Space may be the final frontier, but there's nothing “final” about developing new and more cost-efficient ways to get there. Whether you have your sights set on Mars, delivering payloads to the International Space Station (ISS) or blasting satellites into geosynchronous orbit, it all starts

Meadow’s new Dynamic Delivery helped Cannable cut delivery times from hours to 20 minutes. How? The delivery vehicle is stocked with pot available for purchase, and customers can order, through an app, directly from the car in their neighborhood. Think of it like an ice cream truck with a mod

The adtech giant formerly known as Facebook is still tracking teens for ad targeting on its social media platforms, according to new research by Fairplay, Global Action Plan and Reset Australia — apparently contradicting Facebook’s announcement this summer when the tech giant claimed it

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Peloton has filed fresh lawsuits against two of its rivals, iFit and Echelon. It alleges that the companies are violating up to four patents it holds related to on-demand classes, one of which it only obtained last week, as Bloomberg Lawnotes. Peloton is seeking a court order to block sales of the

We've packed plenty of excitement into TC Sessions: Space 2021 — from iconic space leaders like Rocket Labs' Peter Beck and Accion's Natalya Bailey to influential check-writers like Bessemer Ventures' Tess Hatch and Sequoia's Shaun Maguire. But it's tough to beat the excit

U.K.-based software testing startup Virtuoso has raised a $13.3 million Series A round led by Paladin Capital. The round was joined by Mubadala Capital as well as existing U.K. investors Crane Venture Partners, Forward Partners and Downing Ventures. Virtuoso says its SaaS software testing platform,

Last year, California’s supreme court ruled that Apple broke the law by failing to pay employees while they waited for mandatory bag and iPhone searches. Now, Apple has offered to pay $30 million to settle the suit and lawyers for the employees have urged them to accept it, Apple Insider has