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Jul 24, 2023 • 3min
Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 24, 2023 • 3min
SpaceX’s Swarm Technologies is halting new device sales
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 customers earlier this month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 21, 2023 • 4min
Autonomous vehicle company Aurora sells $820M worth of stock
Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024, has completed a capital raise of $820 million from a public and concurrent private offering of its stock. The company expects the deal to close Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 21, 2023 • 5min
Kitchen robot Botinkit raises $13M from DJI angel and others
Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2023 • 5min
Former NHTSA head blasts Cruise’s ‘Humans are terrible drivers’ ad
A former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has responded to a full-page ad taken out in several major newspapers by Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, that calls humans terrible drivers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 20, 2023 • 3min
Farizon, Geely’s truck unit, raised $600M to expand outside China
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2023 • 3min
UK provisionally approves Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition
The U.K.’s competition authority has said that it plans to greenlight Broadcom’s $69 billion bid for virtualization software giant VMware. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 19, 2023 • 5min
TikTok’s new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jul 18, 2023 • 6min
Hammerspace ingests $56M for a new approach to work with vast amounts of unstructured data
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/adchoices
Jul 18, 2023 • 4min
Intel backs Figure’s Humanoid robot to the tune of $9 million
Bay Area-based robotics firm Figure's humanoid robot takes its first steps after Intel Capital invests $9 million in the company, supporting its growth in artificial intelligence and humanoid technology.
