[[{“value”:” Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its delivery drones longer distances, the company announced on Thursday. Amazon says it can now expand its Prime Air service, which uses delivery drones to fly individual packages, to more customers. The FAA requires that operators maintain a line of sight to […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Separating fact from fiction in agricultural misinformation
[[{“value”:” Separating fact from fiction in agricultural misinformation Published: Social media is a hotbed of fake news and false claims about a huge range of topics. At the University of Guelph in Canada, Dr Ataharul Chowdhury is investigating the effects of food- and agriculture-related misinformation. He is training agri-food professionals to identify and combat this misinformation in the hope of…
Former Priceline execs debut Plannin, a booking platform that uses travel influencers to help plan trips
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Fintech startup Forward grabs $16M to take on Stripe, lead future of integrated payments
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Redpanda acquires Benthos to expand its end-to-end streaming data platform
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Amazon is rolling out AI voice search to Fire TV devices
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Rhea reaps $10M more led by Thiel
[[{“value”:” Fertility remains a pressing concern around the world — birthrates are down in many countries, and infertility rates (that is, the ability to conceive at all) are up. And given the emotional struggles people face when coping with infertility, it’s not surprising that the opportunity is so big. Yet equally so that the sector remains […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Tech giants form an industry group to help develop next-gen AI chip components
[[{“value”:” Microsoft, Meta, Intel, AMD and others have formed a new group to design next-gen interconnects for AI accelerator hardware. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Ambani’s Reliance fires opening salvo in fintech battle, launches JioFinance app
[[{“value”:” With JioFinance, the Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani is making his boldest consumer-facing move yet into financial services. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. “}]]
Filing shows Salesforce paid $419M to buy Spiff in February
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