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head News of 12/14/19
Daimler And Bosch Take A Mixed Mobility Approach To Autonomous Vehicles
A fleet of Mercedes-Benz S Class vehicles are now plying the roads of San Jose, California as part of a robotaxi pilot project that Daimler and Bosch have been developing for two and a half years, but the launch itself could be chalked up as a mere ...
The New AirFly Pro Is The Perfect Travel Buddy For Your AirPods Pro
Accessory maker TwelveSouth has a solid lineup of gadgets, many of which fill a niche that their products uniquely address — and address remarkably well. The AirFly Pro ($54.99) is a new iteration on one of those, providing a way to connect ...
Microsoft’S HoloLens 2 Starts Shipping
Earlier this year, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft announced the second generation of its HoloLens augmented reality visor. Today, the $3,500 HoloLens 2 is going on sale in the United States, Japan, China, Germany, Canada, United ...
TC Sessions: Mobility Returns In 2020
TC Sessions: Mobility is returning for a second year on May 14 in San Jose — a day-long event brimming with the best and brightest engineers, policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs and innovators, all of whom are vying to be a part of this new ...
Startups Weekly: Understanding Uber’S Latest Fintech Play
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about how SoftBank is screwing ...
Razer Targets Gamers With Low Latency Wireless Earbuds
Everyone’s in the wireless earbuds these days. Razer, never one to be left out of a trend, is entering the category this week with Hammerhead True Wireless, a pair of fully wireless earbuds targeting its core demographic of gamers. Where the ...
Facebook Unveils Its First Foray Into Personal Digital Healthcare Tools
Nearly a year and a half after the Cambridge Analytica scandal reportedly scuttled Facebook’s fledgling attempts to enter the healthcare market, the social media giant is launching a tool called “Preventive Health” to prompt its ...
Spearhead Will Give $1m To 15 Founders To Invest Freely
Spearhead , an investment fund launched by AngelList’s Naval Ravikant and Accomplice’s Jeff Fagnan, plans to raise roughly $100 million for its third fund to provide founders $1 million each to invest in technology startups of their choosing. ...
Headless CMS Company Strapi Raises $4 Million
French startup Strapi has raised a $4 million seed round led by Accel and Stride.vc. The company has been working on an open-source Node.js headless content management system. That’s a lot of technical words in a row, but it’s not that hard to ...
Beats Brings Noise-Canceling To Its On-Ear Solo Headphones
Beats this morning announced that it will be bringing its excellent noise-cancellation technology to its Solo line of on-ear headphones. The Solo Pro are the official followup to the Solo 3, a branding shift that’s in line with its other ...
Source: Nike Has Picked Up Russell Wilson’S Tally/TraceMe In A Rare Acquisition
Nike has long been synonymous with premium sneakers and other sports gear, but now it seems that the company could be extending its brand into another area — digital media — thanks to the rumored acquisition of a Seattle-based startup. ...
Bill McDermott Steps Down As SAP’S CEO
SAP today announced that Bill McDermott, its CEO for the last nine years, is stepping down immediately. The company says he decided not to renew his contract. SAP Executive Board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein have been appointed ...
Nexkey Raises $6m Series A Round To Make Your Company’S Doors Smarter
Nexkey , a company that provides a mobile access control solution for commercial buildings and workspaces, today announced that it has raised a $6 million Series A round led by Upfront Ventures . K9 Ventures, Mark IV Capital and Anand ...
TC’S Greg Epstein And Kate Clark Talk Mental Health Startups And The ‘Cult Of The Founder’
Some weeks, tech ethics is in the news. And some weeks, it IS the news. This week was one of the latter, There were so many ethically fraught news stories about technology companies over these past few days, I had trouble keeping track of them all. ...
Social Radio Startup Stationhead Moves Beyond Live Broadcasts
Stationhead , the mobile app that turns its users into streaming radio DJs, got a big upgrade today. Where Stationhead DJs were previously limited to broadcasting live, they can now record their shows, making them available on-demand for anyone to ...
Uber Commits $200 Million To Uber Freight Expansion In Bet On Trucking
Uber Freight is establishing its headquarters in Chicago as part of Uber’s broader plan to invest more than $200 million annually in the region, including hiring hundreds of workers. Uber said Monday it will hire 2,000 new employees in the ...
Adarga Closes £5m Series A Funding For Its Palantir-Like AI Platform
AI startup Adarga has closed a £5 million Series A fundraising by Allectus Capital. But this news rather cloaks the fact that it’s been building up a head of steam since it’s founding in 2016, building up – what they say – is a £30 ...
Looking To Become The Meme-Based Social Network Of The Gaming World Medal.Tv Raises $9 Million
When Medal.tv first launched on the scene, the company was an upstart trying to be the social network for the gaming generation. Since its debut in February , the clipping and messaging service for gamers has amassed 5 million total users with ...
Police Hijack A Botnet And Remotely Kill 850,000 Malware Infections
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup malware infects computers and starts mining cryptocurrency by sapping power ...
Fitbit’S CEO Discusses The Company’S Subscription Future
At a small event in Manhattan this week, Fitbit laid out its future for the press. Tellingly, the event was far more focus on the company’s software play, with the big hardware announcement feeling almost rushed at the end. Along with an ...
