K2 Global, the venture capital firm founded by Singapore- and US-based solo venture capitalist Ozi Amanat, has announced raising $300 million in capital commitments to continue investing in technology startups. The venture firm, founded in 2015, said it will invest in fintech, food tech, consumer tech, deep tech, machine learning, and artificial intelligence startups. It… Continue reading Ozi Amanat’s K2 Global raises $300m to invest in tech startupsThe solo VC is expanding in Singapore and Miami.
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Uber Eats to pay millions for listing Chicago restaurants without consent
Uber has agreed to a $10 million settlement with the City of Chicago for listing local restaurants in the Uber Eats and Postmates food delivery apps without the restaurants’ consent, as well as for charging excess commission fees. Over $5 million will go toward paying damages back to Chicago restaurants that were affected, and $1.5 million… Continue reading Uber Eats to pay millions for listing Chicago restaurants without consent
Uber & Aurora for autonomous trucks in Texas
The two companies Uber and Aurora are expanding their pilot project for autonomous driving in Texas. Despite the declining investments want Above and aurora their project for autonomous trucks in Texas expand. The automation of freight traffic remains the same industry trends. The two companies complement each other quite well. [embedded content] Uber has the… Continue reading Uber & Aurora for autonomous trucks in Texas
Convoy, J.B. Hunt, and Uber Freight Join Forces to Tackle Lack of API Standards Across Freight Shipments
New Scheduling Standards Consortium to establish industry standard that simplifies scheduling, improving automation for businesses and generating industry-wide efficiencies CHICAGO, Dec. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Convoy, J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., and Uber Freight today announced the formation of the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) which aims to solve transportation scheduling challenges by establishing the freight industry’s… Continue reading Convoy, J.B. Hunt, and Uber Freight Join Forces to Tackle Lack of API Standards Across Freight Shipments
Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next?
The holiday travel season is once again upon us! It’s the magical time of the year that combines standing in airport security lines with incrementally losing your mind as the hands of your watch perpetually tick closer to a boarding time that magically moved up 45 minutes since you left the house and the goober… Continue reading Hitting the Books: AI is already reshaping air travel, will airports themselves be next?
China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters
It was another busy week in security that saw big news about protests, surveillance, spyware, data breaches, and more. In the US, recent court filings detail how the FBI’s use of a controversial warrant yielded a trove of Google’s location data from thousands of devices in and around the Capitol on January 6. Meanwhile, in Iran,… Continue reading China’s Police State Targets Zero-Covid Protesters
Android Phone Makers’ Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware
While Google develops its open source Android mobile operating system, the “original equipment manufacturers” who make Android smartphones, like Samsung, play a large role in tailoring and securing the OS for their devices. But a new finding that Google made public on Thursday reveals that a number of digital certificates used by vendors to validate… Continue reading Android Phone Makers’ Encryption Keys Stolen and Used in Malware
How Google’s Waze has changed from its early days as car travel is remade
Waze app with icon showing police Source: Waze In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. Nobody enjoys sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic jams, getting an arrival time delayed due to street construction and gaining more road rage by the minute as a result.… Continue reading How Google’s Waze has changed from its early days as car travel is remade
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Dec 2 (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) and self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation Inc (AUR.O) will expand their driverless pilot program in Texas to meet increased delivery demand during the holidays. The program will be expanded to the recently launched 600-mile commercial lane between Fort Worth and El Paso in Texas to support customers… Continue reading Untitled
On-demand transportation Global Market Report 2022: Ukraine-Russia War Impact
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Major players in the on-demand transportation market are Avis Budget Group Inc, BlaBlaCar, Bayerische Motoren Werke Group AG, Bolt , Cabify, Careem Inc., Curb Mobility, Daimler AG, Europcar Mobility Group, Ford Motor Company, General Motor Company, Gett Inc, Grab Holdings Inc, Hyundai Motor Company, International Business Machines Corporation… Continue reading On-demand transportation Global Market Report 2022: Ukraine-Russia War Impact