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Lyft partners with May Mobility, Mobileye to bring autonomous vehicles to the app

It seems Lyft is hoping to catch up to Uber’s string of autonomous vehicle partnerships. Lyft announced Wednesday three separate partnerships — with startup May Mobility, automated driving company Mobileye and smart dashcam firm Nexar — all aimed at establishing … Continue reading

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Faber launches third VC fund with $34M first close, aims for $64M

The startup ecosystem in the Iberian Peninsula — the region encompassing Spain and Portugal — has been on a roll the last couple of years. The value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023, according to Dealroom data, with venture … Continue reading

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MoradaUno wants to make it easier to rent apartments in Mexico

Renting in Latin America is restrictive. Most landlords require three months of rent as a deposit and a guarantor that owns property in the same city to co-sign the lease. Santiago Morales, the co-founder and CEO of proptech MoradaUno, said … Continue reading

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Corning, maker of toughened Gorilla Glass for phones, faces EU antitrust probe

On Wednesday, the European Union opened an investigation of U.S. manufacturer Corning over possible anti-competitive practices. Corning may not be a name that’s super familiar to the average tech consumer, but you are almost certainly within touching distance of its … Continue reading

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Apple to be fined for breaching EU’s Digital Markets Act, Bloomberg reports

The European Union’s flagship market contestability regulation has been in force on a handful of tech giants for months. Since March, the bloc has had open investigations on several gatekeepers. But it’s Apple that will face the first Digital Markets … Continue reading

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Apple may update Find My to let you share locations of lost items

Apple could soon let users share the location of lost items via the Find My app with people who are not in their contacts using a link. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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It’s Election Day, and all the AIs — but one — are acting responsibly

TechCrunch found that X’s AI chatbot produced incorrect results about the U.S. presidential election, even as votes were still being cast. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Research Grid raises $6.4M to automate clinical trial admin

Amber Hill spent 14 years as a medical researcher. She didn’t mind the work, but there was one thing she consistently hated: administrative tasks.  “I think most people do, especially in research,” she told TechCrunch. She would rather be analyzing … Continue reading

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Apple warns investors its new products might never be as profitable as the iPhone

Apple is warning investors that its new and future products might never be as profitable as the iPhone. The disclosure comes as the company is pursuing newer technologies like artificial intelligence and mixed reality headsets. Apple added the warning in … Continue reading

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Nvidia just became the world’s largest company amid AI boom

Nvidia on Tuesday exceeded Apple’s market capitalization to become the world’s largest company, on the strength of a global AI push. As Bloomberg notes, the chipmaker has experienced an astronomical 850% growth since the tail end of 2022. Nvidia was … Continue reading

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