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Audi’s new V2I feature helps drivers hit every green light
Audi has added a new feature to the vehicle-to-infrastructure technology embedded in its newer models that’s designed to help drivers catch every green light. The tech, called GLOSA, or Green L
See you tomorrow in Las Vegas
We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We’re looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups, so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened up th
Walmart taps startup Udelv to test autonomous grocery deliveries in Arizona
More autonomous vehicles are poised to descend on Arizona. This time, Walmart has signed a deal with startup Udelv to test the use of autonomous vans to deliver online grocery orders to customers. Und
China’s Nreal raises $15M to shrink augmented headsets to size of sunglasses
A former Magic Leap engineer believes the problem with most consumer-facing augmented headsets on the market is their bulky size. “You wouldn’t want to wear them for more than one hour,
Audi, Mobileye, Waymo, other top automakers unite to spread the self-driving gospel
The self-driving vehicle evangelists are uniting. A number of major automakers, technology companies and organizations with a stake in autonomous vehicles, including Audi, Aurora, Cruise, GM, Mobileye
Audi spins out Holoride to put VR in every car
Audi has spun out a new company called Holoride that aims to bring a VR experience to the backseat of every car, no matter if it’s a Ford, Mercedes or Chrysler Pacifica minivan. Holoride was ann
FlixBus is testing VR on certain routes to Las Vegas
FlixBus, the low-cost tech-forward bus service out of Europe that launched in the U.S. this year, has added a VR experience to some long-distance routes to and from Las Vegas. For now, the FlixBus VR
See you in Las Vegas during CES
We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We’re looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups, so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened up th
Join us in Las Vegas during CES
We will be holding a small event during CES in Las Vegas and we want to see you! We’re looking to meet some cool hardware and crypto startups, so the good folks at Work In Progress have opened u
A startup’s guide to CES
The Consumer Electronics Show, like Burning Man, is a massive event in the middle of the desert. Also like Burning Man it is populated by some of the greatest minds in technology. But, unlike Burning
Let’s talk hardware in Vegas
Hello, Las Vegas! We are all heading to LV for CES next month and instead of spending all our cash on a booth we’ll be wandering the halls and want to meet you as far away from the Convention Ce
Australia’s Simple lands $17M to grow its marketing intelligence platform worldwide
Simple, an Australia-based business that operates a platform for managing marketing strategies and campaigns, has pulled in $17 million to expand its business in the U.S. and other global markets. The
Update: Mass shooting at Madden Championship Series event in Florida leaves several dead
This post has been updated to indicate that three people, including the shooter, were killed in the Jacksonville mass shooting event earlier today.
TrustToken opens its dollar-backed cryptocurrency to accredited investors
Pitching a dollar-pegged token that offers cryptocurrency speculators a way to move their investments across volatile exchanges, TrustToken (the first public investment from a16z crypto) is now lookin
Massage-on-demand company, Soothe, raises $31 million
The massage-on-demand service Soothe seems to be rubbing investors the right way with the close of a new $31 million round of funding. The Series C round from late-stage and growth capital investment
The Las Vegas strip’s first legit esports arena just opened for business
On the south end of the Vegas strip, a different kind of gaming is taking root. At the Luxor casino, the Esports Arena Las Vegas just opened its doors, occupying the former home of the LAX nightclub.
Aptiv and Lyft’s Vegas self-driving pilot to expand beyond CES
Self-driving technology provider Aptiv and ride-hailing company Lyft ran a pilot program of self-driving, on-demand ride hailing during CES in Las Vegas this year, offering transit between 20 differen
CES should move to an innovative city
CES, the yearly bacchanal of tech and innovation, has outgrown its shell. Las Vegas has been home to the event since the late 1970s and, for better or worse, the city has survived and served the influ
Driverless shuttle in Las Vegas gets in fender bender within an hour
A driverless shuttle set free in downtown Las Vegas was involved in a minor accident less than an hour after it hit the streets, reported the local NBC affiliate KSNV. Not really the kind of publicity
Search and social media was filled with clickbait and propaganda in the wake of Vegas shooting
Letting an algorithm cull links from the sewer of internet commentary, and then distributing that to millions of people, is a losing game. It's another sign of how Facebook and the rest continue to ab