Tech
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New research shows European startups are spending drastically less on a US launch, for the same gains
It used to be the case that in order to scale globally, European companies needed to spend big on launching in the...
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‘AI-powered’ fitness app Freeletics scores $25M Series B
Freeletics, the “AI-powered” fitness coaching app, has closed $25 million in Series B funding. Leading the round is U.S.-based JAZZ Venture Partners...
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Apple launches its online store in India
For the first time in more than 20 years since Apple began its operations in India, the iPhone-maker has started selling its...
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China says it won’t approve TikTok sale, calls it ‘extortion’
The September 20 deadline for a purported TikTok sale has already passed, but the parties involved have yet to settle terms on...
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636Singapore-based Syfe, a robo-advisor with a human touch, raises $18.6 million led by Valar Ventures
Dhruv Arora, the founder and CEO of Singapore-based investment platform Syfe Syfe, a Singapore-based startup that wants to make investing more accessible...
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Tesla claims it can drive battery costs down even lower with new material science innovations
Amid a packed afternoon of announcements from Tesla around innovations the company is pursuing to slash the cost of electric vehicle production...
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Tesla is building a cathode plant and getting into the lithium mining business
A little more than a year ago, during Tesla’s 2019 shareholder’s meeting, CEO Elon Musk said the company “might get into the...
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Gillmor Gang: Watch Party
This Gillmor Gang episode is as much about what we didn’t talk about as what we did. In the run up to...
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CMU’s MoonRanger robot rover will be the first to search for water ice on the Moon in 2022
Carnegie Mellon University and spinoff space startup Astrobotic are developing a robotic rover to look for water on the Moon, and the...
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Big tech has 2 elephants in the room: Privacy and competition
The question of how policymakers should respond to the power of big tech didn’t get a great deal of airtime at TechCrunch...