Tech that powers physical spaces is in the midst of a growth spurt. One company in the mix, Latch, is today announcing the next phase of the company with the launch of LatchOS. Latch was founded back in 2014 with the mission of creating a vertically integrated hardware/software solution for door access in apartment buildings.…
It can be easy to mock the very concept of a ‘smart toothbrush’ – what other device in our lives do we use daily that seems least in need of a connected upgrade? But Oral-B has been upgrading its powered toothbrush lineup with Bluetooth and app-based intelligence for quite a while now, and its latest…
The Smart Clock Essential really blurs smart display lines. Aesthetics aside, Lenovo’s news device probably has more in common with the Echo Dot with Clock than it does the company’s first generation Smart Clock. In fact, at $50, it’s actually $10 less expensive than Amazon’s offering. Essentially the Essential is a Google Assistant smart speaker…
Plum, the London and Athens-based fintech that offers a ‘smart’ money management app to help you improve your “financial resilience,” has raised a further $10 million in funding, as it gears up for European expansion. The new round is led by Japan’s Global Brain, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which has participated…
A photo of Elon Musk with Ghislaine Maxwell surfaced on the Internet. Tesla’s founder denies knowing her. Musk is perhaps the only smart one in this entire fiasco. Elon Musk is doing his best Mariah Carey, and making clear he “don’t know her.” The “her” in question, of course, is Ghislaine Maxwell, known as Jeffrey…
Institutional investors are taking up massive short positions in the S&P 500 Index, a sign that the latest relief rally is unsustainable, according to Bank of America. The S&P 500 Index closed above 3,000 on Wednesday for the first time since early March. Despite Bank of America’s bearish call, its CEO believes the U.S. economy…
Some big M&A is afoot in Israel in the world of smart transportation. According to multiple reports and sources that have contacted TechCrunch, chip giant Intel is in the final stages of a deal to acquire Moovit, a startup that applies AI and big data analytics to track traffic and provide transit recommendations to some…
Automatic, makers of a connected car dongle, emailed customers today to announce that the company will shut down all operations May 28. The company says it’s the casualty of the COVID-19 shutdown. “Like many other companies in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted our business,” it writes, “and we have made the…
Josh Nadeau is a Canadian journalist based in St. Petersburg who covers the intersection of Russia, technology and culture. He has written for The Economist, Atlas Obscura and The Outline. More posts by this contributor Starlink, the satellite branch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, has come under fire in recent months from astronomers over concerns…
Since the advent of blockchain technology, it has impacted various industries in a great way. This technology has completely transformed the way enterprises enact on data and how business processes are carried out. Companies are spending a lot of money on research and development, exploring different ways blockchain can increase efficiency and lower production costs.…
