[ad_1] Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion. So when she met her future co-founders, she saw an opportunity to leverage their expertise in chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering, along with her own food and beverage background, to … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Wednesday that the automaker is “in discussion with major OEMs about using Tesla FSD.” Tesla Full Self-Driving is the automaker’s beta advanced driving assistance system (ADAS) that can automate driving tasks on highways and urban streets. If other automakers were to adopt FSD technology, they would need to onboard … Read more
[ad_1] The seed fund is focusing on four emerging verticals, including integrating AI and crypto Jacquelyn Melinek 11 hours As other venture capitalists veer away from the crypto world in hopes of finding other promising startups, CoinFund is doubling down on its investment into the world of web3 with a new $158 million fund. The … Read more
[ad_1] A year ago today, Netflix reported its largest quarterly loss ever, with 970,000 subscribers dropping the service. The company has since crawled out from under the rubble. Netflix revealed Wednesday that, for the second quarter of 2023, the streaming giant saw a jump (or should we say leap) in 5.9 million global subscribers, bringing … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla’s solar installations are still slipping, the company told investors on Wednesday. The automaker reported 66 megawatts’ worth of solar deployments during its second quarter of 2023, representing a 1 MW decline from the first quarter and a 40 MW decline from the second quarter of 2022. In other words, Tesla solar installations fell … Read more
[ad_1] ForwardX this week announced an additional $30 million in funding, bringing the Beijing-based firm’s Series C up to $61 million. The funding follows an initial tranche announced way back in December 2021. It brings the warehouse robotics firm’s total funding up to $140 million since its 2016 launch. The last few years have been … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla reported Wednesday net income of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, up 20% from the same period last year as once again, the company’s EV price cuts dug into profits. The automaker has repeatedly reduced the cost of its four EV models in the United States, Mexico, Europe and China. The move helped … Read more
[ad_1] WhatsApp, the Meta-owned ubiquitous messaging app, was inaccessible to many users around the globe due to a “major disruption” earlier Wednesday. Tens of thousands of users reported issues sending and receiving messages on the social app, used by over 2 billion users each month. The outage started at around 1.15 p.m. Pacific time, according … Read more
[ad_1] It was day 76 of the Hollywood writers’ strike, and once again, comedian Chris Stephens journeyed out to the picket line. But when he arrived in front of Universal Studios, he noticed something odd. The trees outside the studio — which offer a rare bit of shade from the brutal Los Angeles sun — … Read more
[ad_1] A Created to ensure open and free access to the internet, Snowflake saw a huge uptick in users during the start of the Ukraine War and has grown even more since then. Started as an open source project by Serene (who goes by her first name only for privacy reasons), Snowflake, which began as … Read more