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Mar 31, 2023 • 7min
P97 fills up its tank with $40M to fuel its gas station mobile commerce services
The rising prices for gas continue to be a headache and stress for a lot of people around the world, but it underscores something more besides the cost of living becoming increasingly untenable: Cars are a central part of modern life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 30, 2023 • 3min
Roku announces a second set of layoffs impacting 200 employees
Roku is the latest tech company to announce a second round of layoffs with today’s news that it’s letting go of 6% of its workforce, or around 200 employees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 30, 2023 • 5min
Hygraph raises $30M to scale out a new, federated approach to managing digital content
Digital content and how we consume it continue to endlessly evolve, and with that, so too does the tech that helps manage all of it behind the scenes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2023 • 3min
Google to roll out new extreme heat alerts in Search soon
Google is introducing new extreme heat alerts in Search that are designed to surface information to help people stay safe during heat waves, the company announced on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 29, 2023 • 4min
Turntable LIVE (née tt.fm) raises $7M ahead of public launch
The Turntable wars were one of the more fascinating stories to emerge in 2021 startup land (though I suspect those involved might dispute the matter). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 28, 2023 • 4min
Amazon opens its low-bandwidth, long-range Sidewalk network to developers
Back in 2019, Amazon announced Sidewalk, its low-bandwidth, long-range wireless network that uses the 900 MHz spectrum to connect Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 28, 2023 • 4min
Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos
Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2023 • 4min
France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices
France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2023 • 8min
Huupe, a ‘smart’ basketball hoop startup, raises its game with $11M
Basketball can be played just about anywhere and by anyone in the U.S. and now many other parts of the world, thanks to a confluence of factors that lower a lot of barriers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 24, 2023 • 3min
Ford to build next-gen EV truck at $5.6B factory in 2025
Ford said Friday that its $5.6 billion BlueOval City complex outside of Memphis, Tennessee will include a truck plant capable of producing 500,000 electric vehicles a year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
