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Splinter group officially launches OpenTF fork of HashiCorp Terraform
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Earlier this month HashiCorp announced that it was changing the open source license it uses for Terraform and its other developer tools. Learn more ab...
X saw weekly active users and rankings drop post rebrand, but Twitter Lite installs grew
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reports that X (formerly Twitter)’s downloads decreased after Elon Musk’s rebranding of the microblogging social network only tell part of the sto...
Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator he...
You can finally buy Lego’s Braille Bricks
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, ...
Better.com’s stock tanks after SPAC combination brings it to the public markets
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shares of Better.com are getting hammered into the ground Thursday morning after the digital mortgage company completed its long-delayed SPAC merger a...
OpenAI partners with Scale AI to allow companies to fine-tune GPT-3.5
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI, the AI startup behind the viral AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, plans to partner with third party vendors to make it easier for developers — spe...
Automakers now have to comply with MA’s Right to Repair law
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday automakers can comply with a Massachusetts Right to Repair law, reversing a previous d...
iOS 17 beta includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an ‘Action Button’
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Apple has released iOS 17 beta 7 to developers and it includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an “Action Button.” Learn more abou...
Chip company Arm files for Nasdaq listing in IPO anticipated to be this year’s biggest
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Arm, the U.K.-based chipmaker owned by Japan’s SoftBank since 2016, has filed for a Nasdaq listing under the ticker symbol “ARM,” five months af...
X is planning to hide headlines from news links for ‘improved aesthetics’
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is planning to roll out a new way to display news links without any headline or description. Learn more about yo...
Mycoprotein producer Enough raises €40M toward doubling its production capacity
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Now with the Netherlands factory online, Enough is ramping up to produce over a tonne of Abunda every hour and around 10,000 metric tonnes per year. L...
Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
Tumblr is rolling out a new web interface, and it looks a lot like X (formerly Twitter)
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tumblr is officially rolling out a new look for its web browser after testing it with select users over the past month. Learn more about your ad choi...
Cruise and Waymo see a surge in robotaxi app downloads
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Consumer interest in Cruise and Waymo’s competing robotaxi services surged following a vote last week by the California Public Utilities Commission ...
New York City bans TikTok on government-issued devices
18 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New York City becomes the latest government to issue new rules banning TikTok, a measure meant to ward off potential security threats from China. Lea...
EV maker Vinfast still worth more than Ford and GM after stock tanks 19%
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast’s debut Tuesday on the Nasdaq public exchange was nothing short of remarkable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Electrify America-backed 75MW solar farm kicks off operations
17 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Electrify America, the EV charging company created by Volkswagen in the aftermath of its diesel emissions scandal, said on Tuesday that a new, 75 mega...
Bluesky adds self-labeling for posts and a dedicated media tab for profiles
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
X- (previously Twitter) and Threads-rival Bluesky has started allowing users to self-tag their posts so they can be automatically filtered. Learn mor...
Tesla reassures Chinese users on data security amid spying concerns
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The relationship between American tech giants and the Chinese government has never been an easy one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...
Rocket Lab to launch a pair of climate satellites for NASA
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rocket Lab will launch two small satellites for NASA that could help scientists better understand how a warming climate will affect the massive ice sh...
Bugs in transportation app Moovit gave hackers free rides
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hackers could have hijacked the user accounts of a popular transportation app and used them to get free rides and access people’s personal informati...
Mastercard to purchase a minority stake in MTN’s $5.2B fintech business
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mastercard has agreed to purchase a minority stake in the fintech division of MTN Group, Africa’s largest cellphone provider, which it values at $5....
Electric aircraft makers Wisk and Archer end bitter legal dispute, agree to work together
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Electric aircraft rivals Wisk and Archer Aviation have settled their trade secret legal dispute more than two years after the lawsuit was originally f...
Cruise and Waymo win robotaxi expansions in San Francisco
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a win for the autonomous vehicle industry, California regulators have given the green light to Cruise and Waymo to offer commercial robotaxi servic...
VLGE opens SDK for its no-code virtual world builder aimed at fashion, beauty and art industries
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve seen the rise of no-code and low-code platforms being applied to any number of applications and use-cases. What would happen if this thinking ...
Belarus hackers target foreign diplomats with help of local ISPs, researchers say
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hackers with apparent links to the Belarusian government have been targeting foreign diplomats in the country for nearly 10 years, according to securi...
Duolingo spotted developing a music learning app
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Work on Duolingo’s next big app, Duolingo Music, is well on its way, according to new findings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Astranis gives its “secret satellite” a formal introduction
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When news broke last month that Astranis’ first commercial satellite in orbit malfunctioned, the company made an unexpected announcement: it had a b...
Paramount+ tops 61 million subscribers after Showtime merger
09 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Paramount said that it added 700,000 subscribers to Paramount+ in Q2 2023 after the company launched a subscription tier with Showtime integration in ...
Europe confirms in-depth probe for Adobe’s $20B Figma acquisition
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
India pushes ahead with data privacy bill despite pushback from critics
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
India’s lower house of parliament greenlit the revised data privacy legislation presented the previous week, even as the bill has received criticism...
Array Labs is scanning the Earth from space to equip autonomous vehicles with 3D maps
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s an oft-told story: the boom of space startups today can be traced to dramatically lowered cost in launch and satellite manufacturing over the p...
AI.com flips from ChatGPT to Elon Musk’s X.ai
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There was a bit of a hubbub in February as it emerged that OpenAI had seemingly purchased AI.com in order to redirect it to the ChatGPT web interface....
GoStudent adds another $95M to its war-chest to go after VR and AI-enhanced tutoring
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
GoStudent — the late-stage tutor marketplace that has raised $686.3 million so far – has now raised another $95 million in what it calls as strate...
DJI’s new GoPro competitor launches at $399
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The DJI/GoPro relationship has been an uneasy one ever since planned drone collaboration fell back down to earth some eight or so years back. Learn ...
Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to Austin
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Waymo plans to launch a robotaxi service in Austin — putting the company once again in direct competition with rival Cruise. Learn more about yo...
Tinder to launch a ‘high-end’ membership this fall amid product refresh
03 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tinder is preparing to launch a new “high-end” membership later this fall as well as a product refresh aimed at better catering to Gen Z users. Le...
This California agency wants to know what happens to all that connected car data
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The troves of data collected by today’s modern connected cars has long been viewed as a cash cow — a yet untapped opportunity that could boost pro...
Rapyd acquires a piece of PayU from Prosus for $610M to scale its fintech-as-a-service platform
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rapyd, the fintech-as-a-service startup that provides APIs to enable payments, card issuing, digital wallet and other financial services to companies ...
Reddit updates its site design for logged-out users
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reddit is rolling out a number of updates to its website for logged-out users, including improved performance, a more helpful search results page and ...
China’s cutthroat e-commerce tactic goes global as Shein-Temu war escalates
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The battle between two of China’s largest e-commerce firms is heating up, as they take the cutthroat tactics that have long been around in the count...
Walmart pays $1.4 billion to buy Tiger Global’s remaining Flipkart stake
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Walmart paid $1.4 billion to buy out Tiger Global’s remaining holding of Flipkart shares as the retail giant further expands its stake in the Indian...
A new study found that Facebook’s Pages and Groups shape its ideological echo chambers
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New research published Thursday offers an unprecedented dive into political behavior across Facebook and Instagram — two major online hubs where peo...
AMD plans to invest $400 million in India by 2028
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AMD plans to invest around $400 million in India over the next five years and set up its largest R&D facility in the country’s southern city of Beng...
Cash-strapped instant delivery giant Getir, trying to close funding, pulls out of Spain, Italy and Portugal
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
More tough times for the instant-delivery startups that once flooded the markets of Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...
Hackers are infecting Call of Duty players with a self-spreading malware
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hackers are infecting players of an old Call of Duty game with a worm that spreads automatically in online lobbies, according to two analyses of the m...
Amazon makes bid to settle UK antitrust probe into seller data, Buy Box and Prime
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a move seeking to settle an open antitrust investigation in the UK, Amazon has offered to limit its use of data on marketplace sellers. Learn more ...
Trustmi lands $17M to scale its payments fraud prevention tech
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shai Gabay and Eli Ben-Nun, two entrepreneurs based in Israel, met in 2018 while working at Cynet, a cybersecurity startup developing extended detecti...
Thales enters app security market with $3.6B Imperva acquisition
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
French aerospace and defence group Thales is procuring cybersecurity company Imperva from Thoma Bravo in a deal worth $3.6 billion. Learn more about...
Spotify reports strong user growth as it is raising subscription price
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spotify just reported its second-quarter earnings and the two most impressive metrics are the number of subscribers and the total number of Spotify us...
Spotify confirms price hike
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spotify has announced that it’s raising its premium plan prices, confirming reports that first started to surface over the weekend. Learn more abo...
Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...
SpaceX’s Swarm Technologies is halting new device sales
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Swarm, the Internet-of-Things connectivity provider that was acquired by SpaceX, will no longer be selling new devices, according to an email sent to ...
Autonomous vehicle company Aurora sells $820M worth of stock
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024, has completed a capital raise of $...
Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expan...
Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by ...
Farizon, Geely’s truck unit, raised $600M to expand outside China
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Farizon, a maker of hybrid and electric trucks owned by China’s Geely, has closed a $600 million Series A raise, the company said in a statement. Le...
UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware. Lear...
TikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry
19 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TikTok is launching a new program that is designed to identify the next wave of rising artists in the music industry, the company announced on Tuesday...
Hammerspace ingests $56M for a new approach to work with vast amounts of unstructured data
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Data may be “the new oil,” but only when it can be extracted and put to use. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice...
Intel backs Figure’s Humanoid robot to the tune of $9 million
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure this week announced that its humanoid officially took its first steps — a milestone it hit a few days shy of of ...
Tesla announces first Cybertruck build ahead of Q2 earnings
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tesla over the weekend said its first much anticipated Cybertruck came off the electric vehicle maker’s production line in Texas. Learn more about...
Google Play Games beta for PC expands to over 60 new countries including India
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Google has finally launched its Play Games beta for PC project, which lets users play Android games on their Windows systems, in India after introduci...
India’s Chandrayaan-3 blasts off to the moon
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chandrayaan-3, India’s third mission to the moon, has taken off successfully — almost four years after its predecessor failed to touch down on the...
Cruise, Waymo say humans are bad drivers amid robotaxi permit delays
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Autonomous vehicle companies Cruise and Waymo have separately pushed a narrative this week that humans are bad drivers, and that their technologies ar...
Defacto gets new credit facility to provide instant financing to small companies
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
French startup Defacto has closed a new securitization fund that will be used to provide short-term loans to small and medium enterprises via an embed...
Google’s Bard chatbot finally launches in the EU, now supports more than 40 languages
13 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Google is making its ChatGPT rival Bard available to a wider audience today, launching the generative AI chatbot in more than 40 languages and finally...
Gmail brings in Calendly-style availability sharing from Google Calendar
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday, Google released new scheduling-related features for Gmail with Google Calendar integration including quick event creation and easy availab...
Roku users can now buy products from Shopify merchants with their TV remote
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Roku is partnering with Shopify to give users the ability to purchase products from Shopify merchants through their TVs, the hardware company announce...
Discord introduces new opt-in parental controls for teens
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discord is introducing a new Family Center opt-in-tool that is designed to make it easy for parents and guardians to learn more about who their teens ...
Instagram’s Threads app reaches 100 million users within just five days
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Instagram’s text-based app Threads has achieved the mark of 100 million sign-ups in just five days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas...
If you don’t buy Jony Ive’s $60,000 turntable, are you really a music fan?
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
You enjoyed his iMacs, his iPhones, his iPads. You thrilled at the way he said “aluminium” [sic]. You admired the typeface. Learn more about you...
Tesla to provide more info on its driver alert system amid Autopilot probe
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
U.S. regulators have requested more information from Tesla to assist in their ongoing investigation into 830,000 Tesla vehicles that include Autopilot...
EV truck maker Nikola fails again to secure enough shareholder support to issue more shares
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nikola failed for the second time since June to get enough shareholders to vote on a proposal that would allow the EV truck maker to issue more shares...
TikTok launches a music streaming service in Brazil and Indonesia called ‘TikTok Music’
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TikTok has already dominated the short-video and social media market, and is now looking to take on Spotify and Apple Music with its latest offering. ...
Threads won’t be fun — but it will give brands a home away from Twitter
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There are many Twitters now, but we may never have another Twitter again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
China’s WeRide secures self-driving vehicle license from UAE
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The United Arab Emirates has given Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide the first national license for self-driving vehicles. Learn more about ...
Rivian delivers first electric vans to Amazon in Europe
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon has begun rolling out its custom electric delivery vans from Rivian in Europe, the e-commerce giant said Monday. Learn more about your ad cho...
Kentucky is the latest state to mandate Tesla’s charging plug
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kentucky now requires that electric vehicle charging companies include Tesla’s charging plug if they want to secure federal funds from a state progr...
Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fidelity has further slashed the estimated worth of its holding in social platform Reddit and chat app Discord as well as SaaS startup Gupshup. Learn ...
TikTok parent ByteDance launches music creation and audio editing app in closed beta in the US
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance announced today that it’s launching a new, free-to-use music production app in closed beta in the United States....
Get a clue, says panel about generative AI: it’s being “deployed as surveillance”
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At a Bloomberg conference in San Francisco, some of the biggest names in AI turned up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...
Halo Car launches remotely piloted rental car deliveries in Las Vegas
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Halo Car, a startup that uses remote operators to deliver rental cars to a customer’s door, has launched driverless operations in Las Vegas. Learn...
Techstars raising $150 million for new accelerator fund
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The accelerator is seeking new capital ahead of the end of the deployment period of its third institutionally-backed fund, Techstars Accelerator 2021,...
Reddit protest plunges user engagement, site activity and ad portal visits
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Reddit community moderators made a bold move earlier this month that caused quite a stir online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoi...
Rocket Lab doubles down on marine booster recovery with next Electron launch
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rocket Lab’s next Electron mission will include another marine recovery attempt of the rocket’s booster, the latest step by the company to advance...
CalypsoAI raises $23M to add guardrails to generative AI models
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Companies are increasingly embracing generative AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Redpanda nabs $100M Series C as streaming service experiences significant growth
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Redpanda helps companies capture data in real time in a modern context, providing a new way to stream data while maintaining backwards compatibility w...
Aston Martin taps Lucid to help develop electric vehicles
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lucid Group, the U.S. automaker that produces the luxury all-electric Air sedan, will supply Aston Martin with powertrain components for future electr...
UTU raises $35M to help travelers get more from tax-free shopping
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Utu, a travel tech company that helps flyers get more out of their tax-free shopping, announced today it has raised a $35 million Series B led by SC V...
SoulCycle to offer trainer-guided virtual work sessions with the FLOWN startup
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FLOWN is a startup that took the idea of the sort of ‘virtual co-working’ some of us during the pandemic just have some company during lockdowns, ...
Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Time to get a jump on all of that spatial computing. Apple today announced that its visionOS software development kit is now available, allowing 3D pa...
Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels. The company annou...
Roblox invites its community to build mature experiences for 17+ users
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Roblox is well aware that its young users are getting older, and the company is making every effort to grow up along with them. The platform, once syn...
Consumer group calls on EU to urgently investigate ‘the risks of generative AI’
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
European regulators are at a crossroads over how AI will be regulated — and ultimately used commercially and non-commercially — in the region, and...
Oracle launches its ‘sovereign cloud’ for EU customers
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Oracle is formally launching its “EU Sovereign cloud” for customers in the European Union (EU) today, nearly a year after firs revealing plans for...
Mercedes is adding ChatGPT to its infotainment system, for some reason
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mercedes owners in the U.S. will soon add a new luxury to their already luxurious vehicles: ChatGPT. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch...
Twitter competitor Spill launches in beta on iOS
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From a team of ex-Twitter employees, the new social platform Spill launched in an invite-only beta on the App Store. Learn more about your ad choices....
Feds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the ...
Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would no...