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A handful of households in upstate New York is helping to pioneer what Dandelion Energy Inc. hopes will be the next big source of clean residential power. The startup, which spun out from Alphabet Inc. two years ago, makes geothermal systems that …
Trump to sign executive order aimed at boosting AI development in the US
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order later today that will direct the U.S. government to take a more active role in the development and regulation of artificial intelligence. Information is scarce about the American AI Initiative, as it’s called, …
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro picks up $940M from SoftBank
For a market that didn’t exist a couple years ago, the nascent autonomous delivery market is certainly drawing a lot of investor interest. Nuro Inc., a startup looking to use self-driving vehicles to pick up groceries for consumers, today announced that it …
Report: Amid pushback, Amazon reconsidering $2.5B New York campus
Amazon.com Inc.’s highly publicized plan to build a $2.5 billion corporate campus in New York may be at risk of cancellation, according to a new report. The Washington Post today cited sources saying the company is considering relocating the project because of a backlash from …
With ClusterFuzz, Google aims to help developers catch application vulnerabilities
The complexity of modern applications makes finding security issues and other flaws tricky even for large tech firms with plenty of engineering know-how. To simplify this task for its developers, Google LLC has created ClusterFuzz, an automated bug detection tool that it …
Fresh off a funding round, food delivery startup Postmates files for IPO
Postmates Inc., one of the major players in the multibillion-dollar food delivery segment, is going public. The company today disclosed that it has filed for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing itself is confidential, with Postmates …
Amazon backs mammoth $530M round for autonomous driving startup Aurora
Aurora Innovation Inc., an autonomous driving startup that exited stealth just over a year ago, today revealed that it has secured a mammoth $530 million funding round from a who’s who of technology investors. Famed venture capital firm Sequoia Capital led the …
Germany bans Facebook from merging user data across services without consent
Germany’s antitrust agency today issued a ruling that seeks to limit what Facebook Inc. can do with user data from its services and the broader web. The order follows a lengthy investigation that the agency, known as the Bundeskartellamt, launched in March 2016. At …
As electric scooters and bikes take over cities, Lime bags $310M at $2.4B valuation
LimeBike Inc., one of the startups driving the proliferation of on-demand scooters and bikes in major cities, today announced that it has closed a $310 million funding round at a $2.4 billion valuation. The investment has been a long time coming. Rumors about Lime raising more …
Seeking new source of growth, Spotify acquires podcast startups Gimlet and Anchor
Spotify Technology SA is looking to tap into the rapid growth of the podcast industry as part of an effort to boost revenues and attract new users. The music streaming provider today announced that it has picked up Gimlet Media Inc. and Anchor FM …