Cao Cao Mobility, the ride-hailing unit of Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings, has announced a $589 million (RMB 3.8 billion) Series B raise that the company says will help it upgrade its technology and expand its fleet, according to a statement released by the company (in Chinese). The raise, which Cao Cao announced on Monday,
Read MoreNew smart air purifier offers HEPA filtration and convenient HomeKit controls. What you need to know Meross has announced the release of a new HomeKit-enabled air purifier. The MAP100 Smart Wi-Fi Air Purifier offers HEPA filtration for small to medium-sized rooms. New air purifier is available now through Amazon for $146. Meross has announced the
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has debuted ‘Name Signs,’ a new behind-the-scenes video from ‘CODA.’ The Sundance award-winning film is streaming now on Apple TV+. Try to avoid being called ‘Bonk’ if you can. Apple TV+ has released a new behind-the-scenes video from ‘CODA’ to its official YouTube channel. The new video, titled
Read MoreDW.COM: Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office confirms it bought NSO’s Pegasus spyware in 2019 and used it in operations on terrorism and organized crime since March — Sources have confirmed media reports that federal criminal police purchased and used the controversial Israeli surveillance spyware despite lawyers’ objections.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has released AirTag firmware version 1A291e. The update is another revised version of 1A291a which was released two weeks ago. It is unclear what is changed in the most recent revised version. AirTag firmware version 1A291e is one out of three in the last two weeks. AirTag is getting
Read MoreWhat you need to know Twitter is testing a new edge-to-edge user experience. The new UI expands photos, GIFs, and videos to the edge of the timeline. It is currently available to a small number of users. Twitter is kind of looking like the Instagram timeline. Twitter is starting to look a little more like
Read MoreIf you’re like us, you probably don’t finish a typical hardware project in one sitting. This doesn’t have to be a problem if you’re fortunate enough to have a dedicated workbench for your hacking activities; you simply leave your current project there, ready to continue when you have time again. But this is not always
Read MoreGo try it out on the Twitter iPhone app. What you need to know A hashflag has begun to appear on the end of the #AppleEvent hashtag. The coloring is the same as the Apple logo in the Apple Event invite sent out earlier today. The next Apple Event will kick off on September 14,
Read MoreJordan Novet / CNBC: Microsoft says it has acquired in-browser video editing software startup Clipchamp, which had 17M registered users across 390K+ companies as of July — – Microsoft is buying Clipchamp, whose video-editing app has over 17 million registered users. — The deal comes weeks after Adobe …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter has begun testing the first of its proposed suite of new privacy tools: the ability to remove a follower without blocking them. The remove follower feature is currently being tested on the web and seems to canonize the “soft block” concept as an official Twitter tool. According
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK-based car insurance startup Marshmallow, which uses a wide array of algorithms to measure insurance risk, raises $85M Series B at a $1.25B valuation — Marshmallow — a U.K.-based car insurance provider that has made a name for itself in the market by providing a new approach …
Read MoreGet hyped for the upcoming Apple event with some augmented reality. What you need to know Apple has released a new augmented reality experience for its upcoming special event. The event will kick off on Tuesday, September 14 at 10:00 AM PDT. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and
Read MoreRalf Haller Contributor Share on Twitter Ralf Haller is the executive vice president of sales and marketing at NNAISENSE. SaaS, PaaS – and now AIaaS: Entrepreneurial, forward-thinking companies will attempt to provide customers of all types with artificial intelligence-powered plug-and-play solutions for myriad business problems. Industries of all types are embracing off-the-shelf AI solutions. According
Read MoreIn late summer, car collectors converged in Monterey, Detroit and, most recently, Oxford, England, in an annual tradition focused on ogling over — and oftentimes bidding for — luxury and historic vehicles. The outdoor luxury automotive events ruled in 2021 after a universal pause the year before due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The events, which
Read MoreTwitter is exploring ways to build a more visually immersive experience with its latest test, which brings edge-to-edge tweets to the app on iOS. Full-width images and videos track for the direction the company has shown some interest in going lately. Twitter introduced bigger images with improved cropping controls for its pair of mobile apps
Read MoreSan Francisco-based startup Orbit Fab wants to be the go-to source for orbital refueling, and now it has raised over $10 million in its quest to get there. The money will go toward funding a refueling trial that’s due to launch as early as the end of 2022, in which the company plans to send
Read MoreSindhya Valloppillil Contributor Share on Twitter Sindhya Valloppillil is the founder and CEO of Skin Dossier, a venture partner at Next Gen Ventures, a freelance writer and formerly a beauty industry executive and marketing professor. More posts by this contributor It may not be as glamorous as D2C, but beauty tech is big money We
Read MoreTo get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome back to the Daily Crunch for Tuesday, September 7, 2021! Your regular host Alex Wilhelm is AFK for the next few days, so I (Greg Kumparak) will be handling
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / The Record: Microsoft warns of an actively abused zero-day that exploits a vulnerability in IE’s browser engine to target Office applications; patch slated for next week — Microsoft’s security team issued an alert earlier today to warn about a new Internet Explorer zero-day that is being abused in real-world attacks.
Read MoreWhat you need to know Doug Fields, the head of Apple’s car project, has left for Ford. The executive will serve as the company’s Chief Advanced Technology and Embedded Systems Officer. It is currently unknown who will replace Fields at Apple. Apple just sheds heads of Apple Car. The Apple Car project has just lost
Read MoreMarshmallow — a U.K.-based car insurance provider that has made a name for itself in the market by providing a new approach to car insurance aimed at using a wider set of data points and clever algorithms to net a more diverse set of customers and provide more competitive rates — is announcing a milestone
Read MoreCredit: Hadlee Simons / Android Authority The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is the most recent Note device to be released, as the Korean manufacturer has skipped a Note release in 2021. Instead, Samsung has opted to bring S Pen support to the Galaxy S21 Ultra and Galaxy Z Fold 3. We conducted a long-term
Read MoreMost of the time, the PC used market is a pretty good place to find reasonable hardware deals. I’ve bought a fair amount of used and refurbished hardware in my life and had few complaints about the experience overall. The modern cryptocurrency market, however, has changed things somewhat. Recent news regarding the Chia cryptocurrency should
Read MoreIan Carlos Campbell / The Verge: Twitter says it is testing edge-to-edge pictures and videos in tweets on iOS to better support visual and text-based conversations — An Instagram-like focus on visuals — Twitter has announced that it’s testing edge-to-edge media in tweets on iOS, creating a more full-screen …
Read MoreSaikat Chatterjee / Reuters: Bitcoin fell 17%+ to ~$43K before rising to $47K as El Salvador adopts it as legal tender, where high demand led to the Chivo wallet being temporarily unplugged — The price of cryptocurrencies plunged and crypto trading was delayed on Tuesday, a day in which El Salvador ran into snags …
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