Panasonic, one of the worldâs largest manufacturers of lithium ion batteries, has signed a preliminary agreement with the Nordic energy company, Equinor, and engineering and industrial company, Norsk Hydro, to collaborate on building a battery business in Northern Europe. The three companies said that over the coming months theyâll work to assess the market for [âŠ] Read more âș
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Launched in the Philippines, social commerce startup Resellee wants to recreate the success of Pinduoduo, one of Chinaâs fastest-growing e-commerce companies, in Southeast Asia. A major part of Reselleeâs business is grocery deliveries, including fresh produce, and it has struck partnerships with the government and farmersâ groups to meet demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. The [âŠ] Read more âș
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French startup Yubo is the biggest social media app youâve never heard of â unless youâre a teen. With a focus on young people under 25, the company has managed to attract 40 million users. A fraction of them hang out every day in live-streaming rooms, meet new people and spend money for more features. [âŠ] Read more âș
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Tech companies around the world are still identifying the ânext big thingâ enabled by 5G connections. Some, such as Oppo, are betting it will be augmented reality. The Chinese smartphone firm showcased its progress in AR at a Tuesday event swarmed by hundreds of reporters, analysts, and partners in Shenzhen. Green strobe light, the color [âŠ] Read more âș
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Chris Krebs, one of the most senior cybersecurity officials in the U.S. government, has been fired. Krebs served as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) since its founding in November 2018 until he was removed from his position on Tuesday. Itâs not immediately clear who is currently heading the agency. A [âŠ] Read more âș
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Seldon is a UK startup that specializes in the rarified world of development tools to optimize Machine Learning. What does this mean? Well, dear reader, it means that the âAIâ that companies are so fond of trumpeting, does actually end up working. Itâs now raised a ÂŁ7.1M Series A round co-led by AlbionVC and Cambridge [âŠ] Read more âș
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Sight Tech Global is little more than two weeks out, and today we published the detailed agenda for Dec. 2 & 3. The show runs from 8 a.m. to noonish Pacific standard time. If you have not already grabbed a free pass to the 100% virtual event, now is the time! Sight Tech Global will [âŠ] Read more âș
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The musicianâs life is rarely an easy one. That goes double for these last, oh, eight or so months. Most artists who havenât risen the ranks to rock-star levels make the lionâs share of their money from live shows, and thatâs just not in the cards for now â and likely wonât be for some [âŠ] Read more âș
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Google has taken the wraps off Chimera Painter, a web-based tool that lets anyone generate terrifying cryptozoological entities in an interface that looks like MS Paint by way of Diablo. Why, you ask? Well, isnât it obvious? No⊠no, I suppose it isnât. Surely the strangest thing to hit Googleâs AI blog for at least [âŠ] Read more âș
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We review each of Appleâs new M1-powered Macs, Twitter launches its new Stories-like format and Amazon launches a pharmacy service. This is your Daily Crunch for November 17, 2020. The big story: Reviewing Appleâs new Macs Weâve got three big hardware reviews today, each one highlighting a new Mac with Appleâs M1 chipset. First up, [âŠ] Read more âș
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The latest tech hearing was a study in contrasts. Contrasts between lawmakers who made an effort to stay on topic in a hearing ostensibly about social media and the 2020 election and those who⊠just talked about whatever was on their minds. Also contrasts between then and now. Social media companies previously treated any attempt [âŠ] Read more âș
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Even without a Green New Deal, the sweeping set of climate-related initiatives many Democrats are pushing for, President-elect Joe Biden will have plenty of opportunities to move ahead with much of the ambitious energy transformation plan as part of any infrastructure or stimulus package. Should Republicans manage to maintain control of the Senate, there are [âŠ] Read more âș
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As President-elect Joe Biden readies his transition team and sets the agenda for his first 100 days in office, startups can expect to see some movement on long-stalled infrastructure initiatives that could mean big boosts to their business. Infrastructure is high on the list of priorities of the incoming Biden Administration as the former vice [âŠ] Read more âș
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Twitterâs new Stories feature, âFleets,â appears to be struggling under the load. Launched this morning to Twitterâs global user base, Fleets appear at the top of the Twitter app, allowing users to post ephemeral content that disappears in 24 hours as well as view stories posted by others. But user demand and curiosity about the [âŠ] Read more âș
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Conan OâBrien is making the move to streaming. In June of next year, his nightly talk show âConanâ will be ending its 10-year run on TBS, while he launches a new, weekly variety series on streaming service HBO Max. âIn 1993 Johnny Carson gave me the best advice of my career: âAs soon as possible, [âŠ] Read more âș
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TC Sessions: Space is coming up soon, and weâve decided to sweeten the deal for whatâs included with your event pass. Buy your ticket now and youâll get a free annual membership to Extra Crunch, our membership program focused on startups, founders and investors with more than 100 exclusive articles published per month. Extra Crunch [âŠ] Read more âș
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Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, has had a topsy turvy year or two, but the story he is eager to tell is that he is back and in the black. Such was the overarching message delivered at a virtual Dealbook conference earlier today, with Son joining from Tokyo and [âŠ] Read more âș
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Repeat founders who have a proven track record, good references, and in the best cases, an exit to point to will have an easy time making inroads with venture capitalists. Earlier this week, for example, the former founders of Udemy and altMBA raised more than $4 million for a startup with no name or final [âŠ] Read more âș
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Rocket printer Relativity Space is raising a $500 million D round, valuing the launch provider at $2.3 billion, as reported by CNBC and confirmed to TechCrunch by sources familiar with the matter. Thatâs not bad for company that has yet to take its first payload to orbit. Relativity aims to reduce the cost and increase [âŠ] Read more âș
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As one of the least digitized sectors of our economy, construction is ripe for technology disruption. Read more âș
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