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Zoox reveals close-up of its autonomous robotaxi
Zoox shared a close-up of its commercial electric robotaxi at the TechCrunch Mobility 2022 conference in San Mateo, California, on Wednesday. The Amazon subsidiary’s four-passenger, fully autonomous
Grubhub’s free lunch promo creates a literal ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ for NYC restaurants
Grubhub offered free lunch to everyone in New York City yesterday. What could go wrong? Between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., New Yorkers could use a Grubhub promo code to get a $15 discount on lunch. Naturally
YouTube teases livestream shopping expansion with co-streams, live redirects
In recent years, YouTube has been working to transform its platform into more of a shopping destination with product launches like shoppable ads or more recently, the ability to shop directly from liv
Waymo is expanding its driverless program in Phoenix
Waymo is pulling the human safety driver out of its recently expanded robotaxi operations in downtown Phoenix, Dmitri Dolgov, co-CEO of Waymo, announced on the TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility stage on W
Fintech Slice joins UPI race to challenge PhonePe and Google Pay
Slice is adding the popular railroad UPI on its eponymous app as the Indian fintech looks to broaden its offerings and pushes to become a one-stop payments app for consumers in the world’s second la
Meet Philip Reinckens, Spin’s new CEO
Ben Bear, the CEO of shared micromobility operator Spin, is stepping down from his role just a couple of months after the company was purchased by Tier Mobility, another shared operator with a large E
Eva Longoria and Chris Wallace CNN+ shows will move to HBO Max and CNN
Programming that was originally meant to live on the now-shuttered streamer CNN+ will now move over to CNN and HBO Max, Warner Bros. Discovery announced today at its first Upfront presentation for adv
YouTube’s player gains new features including Most Replayed, Video Chapters, Single Loop and more
YouTube today is launching a new feature designed to help users identify the most popular parts of a video they’re watching, along with other changes for its video player. The company says it
Block rival SpotOn lands $300M at $3.6B valuation after doubling ARR last year
Payments and software startup SpotOn has closed on $300 million in a Series F financing that values the company at $3.6 billion. Dragoneer Investment Group led the latest round, which included partici
Isabl’s rapid whole-genome analysis opens the playbook for cancer treatment
Every cancer is unique because every person is unique, and one of the most important weapons in any cancer battle is information. Isabl offers that in abundance through rapid sequencing of cancer cell
Twitter rolls out the ability for creators to host Super Follows-only Spaces
Twitter has announced that it’s rolling out Super Follows-only Spaces. Creators who offer Super Follows subscriptions can now host Spaces exclusively for their subscribers. The social media gian
Stripe expands its infrastructure play with Data Pipeline to sync financial data with Amazon and Snowflake
Stripe — the payments giant valued at $95 billion — is on a product sprint to expand its services and functionality beyond the basic payments that form the core of its business today. Toda
Keep Financial raises $9M led by a16z to help employers offer forgivable loans as a retention tool
Employee churn is one of the biggest challenges facing organizations working in competitive environments. Today a startup is launching with a new product to add to the artillery of tools that HR peopl
Sony delivers a killer new pair of earbuds
Surprise! While we were all (understandably) preoccupied with the latest addition to Sony’s excellent over-ear headphones, the LinkBuds S managed to mostly fly under the radar. This likely happened
New Apple ad targets data brokers
Apple is doubling down on raising consumer awareness of privacy risks in a new ad campaign, unveiled today, which puts the spotlight on how the data broker industry trades in mobile users’ perso
Al Gore’s Generation just launched its largest-ever growth fund
Generation Investment Management, a sustainability-focused public and private equity firm co-founded by Al Gore, is upping its bet on growth-stage companies via a new $1.7 billion fund. With $36 billi
New Relic enters the security market with its new vulnerability management service
New Relic, which has long been known for its observability platform, is entering the security market today with the launch of a new vulnerability management service. Aptly named New Relic Vulnerabilit
TikTok launches its first creator crediting tool to help video creators cite their inspiration
After years of stolen memes and uncredited dance trends, TikTok today is introducing a new feature that it says will be the first iteration of its creator crediting tools that allow creators to direct
Spain slaps Google for frustrating the EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’
Here’s a rare sight: Google has been hit with a €10 million fine by Spain for serious breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which found it had passed
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