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LG acquires smart home platform Athom to bring third-party connectivity to its ThinQ ecosytem

LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining 20% of Athom within the next three years. However, the … Continue reading

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Fisker asks bankruptcy court to sell its EVs at average of $14,000 each

Fisker has a willing buyer for its remaining inventory of all-electric Ocean SUVs, and has asked the Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge overseeing its Chapter 11 case to approve the sale. If approved by the judge, Fisker would be able to … Continue reading

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CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in international expansion push

CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based startup said BitOasis’s team is joining CoinDCX, with the original … Continue reading

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In a major update, Proton adds privacy-safe document collaboration to Drive, its freemium E2EE cloud storage service

Collaborative document features are being made available inside Proton Drive, further extending the company’s trademark pitch of robust security. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Telegram lets creators share paid content to channels

Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content. The chat app is also allowing channels to covert the stars they have to Toncoin — the … Continue reading

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Altrove uses AI models and lab automation to create new materials

For the past couple of years, innovation has been accelerating in new materials development. And a new French startup called Altrove plans to play a role in this innovation cycle. The deep tech startup has already raised €3.7 million (around … Continue reading

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Indian social network Koo to shut down

The Indian social media platform Koo is shutting down after acquisition talks with Dailyhunt fell through. Despite securing over $60 million in funding from prominent investors like Tiger Global and Accel, Koo faced significant challenges in expanding its user base … Continue reading

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Europe is still serious about ESG, and Apiday is helping companies comply

Apiday leverages AI to save time for its customers. But like legacy consultants, it also offers human expertise. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost

Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is “way more than we’d care to say.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida – and competitors aren’t happy about it

SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors. Late last month, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance submitted comments calling … Continue reading

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