Wall Street analysts are busy publishing their 2023 lookahead pieces, and Cowen analyst Jeff Osborne is out with the big one — the firm’s Future of Mobility report. Osborne has partnered with 16 other analysts at the firm to map out what’s next in the nearly 500-page report, from electrification, to government regulation, to infrastructure,… Continue reading EV industry faces a ‘red line’ for growth through 2027, analyst says
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Chattermill Raises $26M in Series B Funding
Chattermill, a London, UK-based provider of a Unified Customer Intelligence platform, raised $26m in Series B funding. Backers included DN Capital, Ventech, Runa Capital, Btov, SVB, and Blossom Street Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach. Led by CEO Mikhail Dubov and Dmitry Isupov, Chattermill… Continue reading Chattermill Raises $26M in Series B Funding
The Strength of the ACRA Keystone
As ACRA watches industry issues across the nation, two areas of focus right now are the looming sunset of full expensing for personal property and the electrification of the rental fleets. Logo: ACRA/Photo: Canva The Oxford English Dictionary defines keystone as “a central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.” The Keystone of the Arch As I… Continue reading The Strength of the ACRA Keystone
Ozi Amanat’s K2 Global raises $300m to invest in tech startupsThe solo VC is expanding in Singapore and Miami.
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.
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