Figure’s humanoid robot walks for the camera
In May of this year, TechCrunch ran a piece titled “Figure’s humanoid robot takes its first steps.” The story was a firsthand account of my visit...
ScyllaDB raises $43M to scale its NoSQL database platform
Investors have an appetite for databases, it seems.
Today, ScyllaDB, a startup developing database tech for high-throughput, low-latency workloads, announced that it raised $43 million in a...
Invesco raises Swiggy’s valuation to nearly $8 billion
Conditions appear to be shifting favorably for India’s Swiggy. The food delivery startup — backed by SoftBank, Prosus and Accel — saw its paper valuation slashed...
Ambani’s Jio Financial launches lending and insurance businesses
Jio Financial Services, the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries-backed financial services firm, has started its lending and insurance businesses and plans to rapidly broaden its offerings as...
Stack Overflow cuts 28% of its staff
Developer community site Stack Overflow has laid off 28% of its staff, the Prosus-owned company announced Monday.
In a blog post, Stack Overflow’s CEO, Prashanth Chandrasekar indicated...
Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses have ‘influencer’ written all over them
This is a review-in-progress. More soon!
Somewhere between the Ray-Ban Meta and Meta Quest 3 sits an ideal mixed-reality headset. It’s slim, light, offers hand tracking and...
Snapchat is now allowing websites to embed content
Snapchat has relied on people consuming content on its own app. But now, the social network is allowing websites to embed public content including Lenses, Spotlight...
India’s Agnikul gets $26.7M to prepare for commercial space launches
Agnikul, an Indian space tech startup developing small-lift launch vehicles, has raised $26.7 million in fresh investment as it looks to begin commercial launches using its...
Kia opens orders for its flagship all-electric 2024 EV9 SUV
Kia has started taking reservations for its EV9, the full-size SUV that has been positioned as the flagship for the company’s EV portfolio.
Reservations for the Kia...
Google lobbies against legally mandated age verification for minors
Google is challenging proposed laws that would require online services to implement age checks in a new framework that theorizes how technology companies should approach children’s safety...