US Army Buys Penguin Drone, Bayraktar TB2"s Latvian Lookalike
Edge Autonomy announced a deal with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to produce an unspecified amount of long-endurance Penguin drones for the US Army. From a report: The company manufactures a range of light drones capable of carrying a range of p.....»»
Member Consultation-MoCA releases Draft Drone Rules, 2021
Member Consultation-MoCA releases Draft Drone Rules, 2021 Komal Mon, 07/19/2021 – 13:29 Read more about Member Consultation-MoCA releases Draft Drone Rules, 2021 Log in or register to post comments 5 views On July 15, 2021, the Ministry of Civi.....»»
Zoom Buys Five9 in $14.7 Billion Deal To Prepare for a Post-Pandemic World
Zoom, the video-conferencing platform that became hugely popular during the Covid-19 pandemic, is spending a whopping $14.7 billion on cloud-based software company Five9 to boost its appeal with business clients. From a report: Zoom announced the acq.....»»
Equity Monday: Zoom buys Five9 as Robinhood sets IPO price range
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Zoom buys cloud call center firm Five9 for $14.7 billion
Zoom is taking advantage of the impressive rise in its stock price in the past year to make its first major acquisition. The popular video conferencing firm, which was valued at about $9 billion at its IPO two years ago, said Sunday evening it has ag.....»»
A War Thunder player leaked classified documents to show that an in-game tank"s model was wrong
Last week, a player with the username Pyrophoric won a debate on War Thunder’s forums when he posted schematics of the Challenger 2 extracted from its Army Equipment Support Publication (AESP), a sort of user manual. He showed that in real life, th.....»»
Automattic, Owner of Tumblr and WordPress, Buys Podcast App Pocket Casts
Pocket Casts has a new owner. Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and recently purchased Tumblr, announced today that it's acquired Pocket Casts, the well-regarded podcast app. The blog post announcing the purchase didn't offer much in the way of a.....»»
Mobvoi is giving buyers a full refund on the $199 TicWatch E3 - if they"re fit enough
Anyone who buys a TicWatch E3 directly from Mobvoi’s website between July 12 and July 18 is eligible to have its entire $199 price refunded by taking part in the "21 Days Challenge." It involves completing at least 20 minutes of High Intensity Inte.....»»
Thousands of firefighters battle big blazes across the West
An army of firefighters labored in hot, dry and windy weather Tuesday to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western states already sweltering in the second heat wave of the year......»»
Discord buys Sentropy, which makes AI software that fights online harassment
The online chat platform Discord is buying Sentropy, a company that makes AI-powered software to detect and remove online harassment and hate. Discord currently uses a “multilevel” approach to moderation, relying on an in-house human mode.....»»
Discord buys Sentropy, which makes AI moderation software to fight online hate and abuse
The online chat platform Discord is buying Sentropy, a company that makes AI-powered software to detect and remove online harassment and hate. Discord currently uses a “multilevel” approach to moderation, relying on an in-house human mode.....»»
End-to-end moving startup Updater buys on-demand moving startup Dolly
Moving services giant Updater is bringing on the team from Dolly as the New York company looks to expand its scope of offerings with the acquisition of the on-demand startup known for helping consumers execute small-scale moves. Dolly connects users.....»»
Whisper Aero emerges from stealth to quiet drones and air taxis
The skies are on the cusp of getting busier — and louder — as drone delivery and electric vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft startups move from moonshot to commercialization. One former NASA engineer and ex-director of Uber’s.....»»
Researchers have taught a drone to recognize and hunt down meteorites autonomously
Planetary scientists estimate that each year, about 500 meteorites survive the fiery trip through Earth's atmosphere and fall to our planet's surface. Most are quite small, and less than 2% of them are ever recovered. While the majority of rocks from.....»»
Qualcomm and Asus have made their own ultimate Android phone
Qualcomm and Asus have teamed up to make a special smartphone for its army of Snapdragon Insider fans, and it's made to show off the best of the Snapdragon 888......»»
Netflix gives us our first look at Zack Snyder’s heist film Army of Thieves
It's a prequel to Snyder's Army of the Dead, so yes, there will also be zombies. Matthias Schweighöfer was a comic highlight in Army of the Dead as brilliant safecracker Ludwig Dieter......»»
TravelPerk buys UK-based Click Travel in latest pandemic purchase
Business trip booking platform TravelPerk has bagged another rival — picking up UK-based Click Travel. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed but we’re told it’s the third — and largest — acquisition for TravelPerk to.....»»
The Station: Bird has drama in San Francisco, drone delivery startup Zipline raises $250M
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Happy 4th of July! For those of you who are actually checking your emails today while g.....»»
SoftBank buys perpetual Yahoo trademark license for $1.6 billion
As firework volleys launched out of New York City harbor last night, a very different celebration was likely taking place just a few blocks down the street at Verizon’s official headquarters in Midtown. The telco, which owns TechCrunch for hopefull.....»»
Daily Crunch: In one of India’s largest exits, Swedish media giant MTG buys PlaySimple for $360M
Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day a.....»»
General Motors looks to California for its next lithium supply
The US automaker is investing in closed-loop extraction from the Salton Sea. Enlarge / In an aerial view from a drone, the bottom of the Salton Sea becomes exposed as its waters recede on February 13, 2021, near Calipatria, California. (credit:.....»»