Thursday, June 22, 2023

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace aimed at tech firms, raises $13M Series A led by Lightspeed

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Supercritical, the carbon removal marketplace aimed (at the moment) mainly at tech companies that want to hit ‘net zero’, has raised a $13 million Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round includes funding from RTP Global, Greencode Ventures, MMC Ventures and others. We covered Supercritical’s launch back in August 2021, when it pointed out that the […]

Supercritical, a carbon removal marketplace aimed at tech firms, raises $13M Series A led by Lightspeed by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

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Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month

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Time to get a jump on all of that spatial computing. Apple today announced that its visionOS software development kit is now available, allowing 3D parties to begin building content for the Vision Pro. The SDK is available at least half a year before the headset officially goes on sale in the U.S., priced at […]

Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

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Downey’s Dream Cars: Robert Downey Jr. targets EV skeptics in new series

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Marvel retiree Robert Downey Jr. has a new show: Downey’s Dream Cars. It follows the millionaire as he seeks to reconcile two of his hobbies, classic car collecting and climate change mitigation. The Iron Man actor has led with this sort of juxtaposition before; when he kicked off his climate-focused venture firm Footprint Coalition in […]

Downey’s Dream Cars: Robert Downey Jr. targets EV skeptics in new series by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

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Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games

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Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels. The company announced Tuesday that it would introduce a new set of content labels that require streamers to signal when their channels will contain sexual themes, graphic violence, “drugs, intoxication, or excessive tobacco use,” […] Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023

How Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon: talking with reporter Jason Del Rey

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Jason Del Rey has spent the last 15 years reporting on e-commerce businesses, including Walmart and Amazon. Now, in a new book that hit shelves today called Winner Sells All, he tells the broader story of Walmart — which long focused on preserving what it had built — and its epic battle with Amazon, whose […]

How Amazon beat Walmart — and who might beat Amazon: talking with reporter Jason Del Rey by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

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Instagram now finally allows users to download public Reels

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Instagram is finally letting users download Reels posted by others so they can share them outside the app. Rival short video app TikTok has had this feature for years and gained popularity by people watching short videos with the app’s watermark outside the platform. On Tuesday, the company’s head Adam Mosseri said on his Instagram […]

Instagram now finally allows users to download public Reels by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

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Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi

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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says the firm is looking to invest in India and bring the electric carmaker to the country “as soon as humanly possible.” Musk said he had a “very good” conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and is hopeful that they will be able to “announce something in […]

Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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Texas says state-funded EV chargers must include Tesla plugs

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Texas will require electric vehicle charging companies to include Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) and the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in order to qualify for a state program to electrify highways through federal funds, Reuters reports. “The decision by Ford, GM, and now Rivian to adopt NACS changed requirements for Phase 1. Each […]

Texas says state-funded EV chargers must include Tesla plugs by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

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Cruise rolls out Android app for robotaxi service

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Android phone users finally have access to Cruise’s robotaxi service, which is predominately in San Francisco as well as in Austin and Phoenix. The self-driving unit under GM said Tuesday that it has developed an Android app to support its robotaxi service. The company tweeted that it has started onboarding Android users from its waitlist. Cruise […]

Cruise rolls out Android app for robotaxi service by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

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Voice-generating platform ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches detection tool

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ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, has raised a new round of cash. Today, the startup announced the closure of a $19 million Series A round co-led by entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross alongside Andreessen Horowitz. Other participants included heavyweights Creator Ventures, SV Angel, Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, Oculus co-founder Brendan […]

Voice-generating platform ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches detection tool by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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Philippines startup Shoppable Business smooths bumps in the business procurement process

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Shoppable Business wants to make it easier for businesses in the Philippines to source and procure branded products and other inventory, with an emphasis on making sure products are authentic. The B2B e-commerce marketplace announced it has closed what it says was an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of $1.15 million. The round was co-led by […] Philippines startup Shoppable Business smooths bumps in the business procurement process by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
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Monday, June 19, 2023

Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang to pass the torch and focus on cloud

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Hours after rumors started circling in China about a possible stepdown of Alibaba’s chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang, the ecommerce behemoth confirmed midday on Tuesday that the executive will hand over the torch. Zhang will be replaced by Joe Tsai, Alibaba’s current executive vice chairman, as chairman, and Eddie Wu, current chairman of Alibaba’s marketplaces […]

Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang to pass the torch and focus on cloud by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

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