Microsoft is hiring Manik Gupta, the former head of product at Uber, in a renewed effort to boost Microsoft’s consumer apps. Gupta will be responsible for Microsoft Teams consumer, Skype, and GroupMe, and he will report directly to Jeff Teper, Microsoft’s head of Microsoft 365 collaboration. Gupta spent four years at Uber running the various… Continue reading Microsoft hires former Uber exec to lead a new consumer apps effort
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A Tesla Model 3 crashed at a school, injuring 6 children and an adult. An 8-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital.
A crash involving a Tesla Model 3 left an eight-year-old boy with serious injuries. Seven people were injured in the crash Monday at a school in southern England, local police said. The driver wasn’t injured, police added. Loading Something is loading. A Tesla Model 3 crash at a school in southern England left six children… Continue reading A Tesla Model 3 crashed at a school, injuring 6 children and an adult. An 8-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital.
Firefighters tackling a Tesla blaze in Austin said they had to use 40 times more water than for a regular vehicle fire because of the car’s lithium battery cells
Firefighters used 40 times more water to contain a Tesla fire than for a regular car fire, they said. They struggled because of the lithium battery cells powering the Tesla Model X, they said. Tesla maintains that its electric cars are the “safest in the world.” Loading Something is loading. Firefighters had to use 40… Continue reading Firefighters tackling a Tesla blaze in Austin said they had to use 40 times more water than for a regular vehicle fire because of the car’s lithium battery cells
There’s finally a new Densha de Go! train controller, and it’s awesome
Imagine if you were really into a video game series, but no one released a controller that let you play it properly for 14 years. Unfortunately, that’s exactly the situation that fans of Densha De Go! found themselves in until recently. Taito’s quirky train-driving franchise has been around since the mid-‘90s across countless systems and… Continue reading There’s finally a new Densha de Go! train controller, and it’s awesome
Make Amazing DIY Tech With 75% Off This ESP32 Training Package
As coding and engineering become less about specialized skills and more tools anyone can use, the future is opening up to amazing possibilities. Among those are the power of microcontrollers to create your own gear, and the Ultimate ESP32 Course Bundle opens the door to some truly amazing DIY gear. Typically $200, it’s on sale… Continue reading Make Amazing DIY Tech With 75% Off This ESP32 Training Package
This suitcase-sized power station is designed to get you through a blackout
Zendure’s latest “portable” charger is the SuperBase Pro 2000, a hulking power station equipped with a 2,096Wh battery that’s designed to get you through everything from a camping trip to a blackout. Weighing in at 46.5 pounds (21.2kg), it’s only portable in the technical sense of the word — you’re much more likely to use… Continue reading This suitcase-sized power station is designed to get you through a blackout
Indian car service startup myTVS raises $50m funding from Exor …
myTVS, an online garage aggregator for automotive repair and maintenance services, has raised about $50 million (Rs 375 crore) from a fund managed by Exor, the holding company of Italy’s Agnelli family. myTVS will use the funds to scale up its online-to-offline business model, establish a pan India platform and build its cloud-based digital infrastructure… Continue reading Indian car service startup myTVS raises $50m funding from Exor …
[Updated] Sea Group’s second quarter losses widen by 10% on higher marketing, R&D spends
Singapore-based e-commerce and gaming giant Sea Ltd. on Tuesday reported a net loss of $434 million for the second quarter of this year, widening its loss by 10.2% from $394 million a year ago as spending on sales and marketing, and R&D rose significantly. The NYSE-listed company booked revenues of $2.28 billion, up 159% from… Continue reading [Updated] Sea Group’s second quarter losses widen by 10% on higher marketing, R&D spends
Meet the self-driving brains inside Volkswagen and Ford
Today I’m talking to Bryan Salesky, the co-founder and CEO of Argo AI, a startup that’s trying to build the tech stack for self-driving cars. Argo was founded in 2016, but there’s some solid foundations there: Bryan and his team were veterans of Google’s and Uber’s self-driving groups, and they have major investments from Ford… Continue reading Meet the self-driving brains inside Volkswagen and Ford
Scooter sharing has finally come to NYC — is the city ready?
New York City is a scooter-free metropolis no longer. On Tuesday, August 17th, three companies — Bird, Lime, and VeoRide — deposited 1,000 scooters each in the East Bronx, officially kicking off a pilot project to see how battery-powered two-wheelers fare on the mean streets of New York. To be sure, New Yorkers have been… Continue reading Scooter sharing has finally come to NYC — is the city ready?