Friday, January 10, 2025

Should auld acquaintance be robot

August marked a year since Amazon announced plans to acquire iRobot in a $1.7 billion deal that some analysts suggested could give the retail giant a...

Facing roadblocks, China’s robotaxi darlings apply the brakes

A few years ago, robotaxis were the darlings of venture capitalists in China. A cadre of audacious startups, including Deeproute.ai, WeRide.ai, Pony.ai and Momenta reeled in...

GitHub makes Copilot Chat generally available, letting devs ask questions about code

Earlier this year, GitHub rolled out Copilot Chat, a ChatGPT-like programming-centric chatbot, for organizations subscribed to Copilot for Business. Copilot Chat more recently came to individual Copilot...

With hopes for greener grass in Germany vanishing, consolidation is in the cards for...

As 2023 comes to an end, it is only natural to reflect on what happened in the markets we cover. But when it comes to cannabis,...

6 great audiobook apps that aren’t Audible

Audiobooks are a great way to bring words on a page to life and fit reading into your schedule throughout the day when you’re doing things...

Bose’s QuietComfort Ultra headphones are $50 off right now

Do you want to get active noise cancellation when you purchase from headphone deals? There’s probably no better choice than the Bose QuietComfort Ultra, which you...

The best multiplayer games for PS5

The PlayStation 3 certainly had its fair share of multiplayer games, but these kinds of games didn’t hit their stride until the PlayStation 4. Thankfully, multiplayer...

Shield AI expands massive Series F with another $300M in equity, debt, scaling valuation...

Defense tech startup Shield AI has expanded its latest funding round with another $300 million in equity and debt, bringing its total Series F to $500...

Here we go again: 2023’s badly handled data breaches

Last year, we compiled a list of 2022’s most poorly handled data breaches looking back at the bad behavior of corporate giants when faced with hacks...

SoftBank-backed FirstCry seeks to raise nearly $220 million in India IPO

FirstCry, India’s biggest e-commerce platform for mother and baby products, is aiming to raise $218 million through the sale of new shares in its initial public...