Einride today announced a $500 million tranche of financing as it looks to expand its autonomous and electric trucks into new markets globally. The cash injection constitutes an equity-based $200 million Series C portion from backers including Northzone, EQT Ventures, Temasek, Swedish pension fund AMF, Polar Structure, and Norrsken VC. Additionally, the Swedish company said…
African credit-led neobank Finclusion Group has raised an additional $2 million in equity financing as it officially rebrands to Fin, the company said in a statement shared with TechCrunch. The news follows a January announcement that the fintech, which uses AI algorithms to provide financial services to African customers via an array of credit-centric products,…
Uber is getting back into driverless rides, this time with some outsourced help. On Wednesday, Uber announced that riders now have the option of choosing a self-driving car thanks to its partnership with autonomous vehicle company Motional. The service has launched in Las Vegas and will soon expand to Los Angeles and other major cities…
An upcoming Netflix limited series explores the trials, tribulations, and treasonous actions of a MI6 agent, who finds himself taking over as Chief after his predecessor was poisoned. That’s the premise of Treason, created and written by Matt Charman (known for espionage thriller Bridge of Spies). The new series sees protagonist Adam Lawrence (played by…
The problem with doing a sketch with your close friends is that you inevitably end up finding it too much fun. In the clip above from Late Night, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph pop up on a surprise Zoom call for Fred Armisen’s birthday — just after host Seth Meyers has explained that he explicitly…
The last few years have been a whirlwind in general, and certainly in dating. Major events have impacted how singles feel and act, from COVID to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Here are top eight dating trends of 2022, including virtual and inflation-conscious dating. Saving time and money with Zoom During the worst of…
The Canadian branch of global non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty International suffered a recent cyberattack that was apparently orchestrated by a Chinese state-sponsored attacker. In a press release, Amnesty International Canada said it spotted “suspicious activity” on its IT infrastructure on October 5 2022. As soon as the activity was observed, the organization brought in…
Nvidia’s RTX 4070 Ti, the rumored-to-be-imminent graphics card that’ll be the third Lovelace offering, has witnessed a spec spillage – and the apparent takeaway is that it’s identical to the canceled RTX 4080 12GB. The purported specs were highlighted by VideoCardz and come direct from a card manufacturer, namely Colorful which aired the RTX 4070…
Uber has launched public robotaxi rides in Las Vegas using Motional’s Hyundai Ioniq 5 autonomous EVs with the aim of offering a full driverless service to the public in 2023. It will eventually expand to Los Angeles, where the two companies have been testing autonomous Uber Eats deliveries since May 2022. It’s all part of…
Many smartphones these days offer artificial bokeh in their portrait photography modes, but with the help of a retractable camera, you can achieve true optical bokeh without missing any edges. Chinese brand Tecno is now bringing such a feature to its latest flagship device, the Phantom X2 Pro 5G, which packs a “world-first” pop-out portrait…