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Jun 14, 2023 • 6min
EV laggard Toyota says its next-gen EVs will have over 600 miles range
Toyota plans to introduce a high-performance lithium-ion battery to its next-generation electric vehicles by 2026, part of the automaker’s new technology roadmap revealed Tuesday. The batteries will deliver quicker charging and around 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) of range, which would put Toyota’s vehicles ahead of the competition. Toyota has historically trailed behind other major automakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 14, 2023 • 3min
Uber leads $20M round in India’s Everest Fleet for EV expansion
Uber has led a $20 million round into Everest Fleet, a Mumbai-based fleet management company that boasts over 10,000 vehicles running on rideshare platforms Uber and Ola throughout India. The company will use the funds to accelerate its transition to electric vehicles, with a goal of having 10,000 EVs in its fleet by 2026.
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Jun 14, 2023 • 6min
Striveworks snaps up first funding of $33M to build tools for machine learning operations
MLOps, or DevOps for those working with machine learning models, has seen a boom of interest in the last year, and that should come as no surprise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 13, 2023 • 5min
US intelligence confirms it buys Americans’ personal data
A newly declassified government report confirms for the first time that U.S. intelligence and spy agencies purchase vast amounts of commercially available information on Americans, including data from connected vehicles, web browsing data, and smartphones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 13, 2023 • 5min
London lures a16z’s first international office with ‘predictable’ crypto regs
US VC giant Andreessen Horowitz — which has about $35bn in assets under management — is to open its first (yes, the first) international office in London, led by one of the firm’s general partners, Sriram Krishnan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 12, 2023 • 4min
Barracuda urges customers to remove and replace vulnerable hardware exploited by hackers
Barracuda Networks has told customers they must replace vulnerable email gateway appliances following the disclosure of a critical security flaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 12, 2023 • 3min
Nasdaq to acquire financial services software company Adenza from Thoma Bravo for $10.5B
Nasdaq today revealed that it’s doling out $10.5 billion to acquire Adenza, a company that develops risk-management and related regulatory software for the financial services market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2023 • 5min
Meta to appeal court ruling declaring content moderatos as its employees
Meta is set to appeal Kenya’s court decision declaring it as the primary employer of the moderators that review content on its platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 9, 2023 • 5min
Adobe brings Firefly to the enterprise
Adobe today announced that it is bringing its Firefly generative image generator to its enterprise customers and allowing them to customize the model with their own branded assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jun 8, 2023 • 3min
Uber is taking its car-sharing service to North America
Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said Thursday at its Go-Get product event in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
