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Apple iPad Pro gets an M4 chip and OLED display

​[[{“value”:” As anticipated, Apple’s iPad Pro was the star of Tuesday’s “Let Loose” event. The arrival of the 7th generation device marks the first major upgrade to the premium tablet since 2022. “We’re not only going to push the limits of iPad,” Apple SVP John Ternus noted during the event, “we’re going to crush them.” The […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Inspiring – and valuing – young women and non-binary people

​[[{“value”:” Inspiring – and valuing – young women and non-binary people Published: As North West Regional Advisor for the Stemette Futures Youth Board in the UK, A-level student Rachel Ryan is helping to inspire girls and non-binary people to pursue STEM. From visiting local schools to discussing curricula with exam boards, she is a young leader highlighting that “dreams are…

Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring

​[[{“value”:” Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup borne out of a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai and automotive supplier Aptiv, will pause its commercial operations and delay plans to launch a driverless taxi service as it undergoes a restructuring, TechCrunch has learned. The aim is make progress on the core technology and the business model, while […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Starfish Space and D-Orbit complete orbital rendezvous, bringing Otter Pup mission to a close

​[[{“value”:” Starfish Space’s ambitious first mission to demonstrate on-orbit rendezvous and docking tech has officially come to a close, with the startup managing to complete some of the objectives thanks to a little help from an unexpected partner: space logistics company D-Orbit. Starfish launched its first spacecraft, called Otter Pup, nearly a year ago with ambitious […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Legion’s founder aims to close the gap between what employers and workers need

​[[{“value”:” While taking a long road trip across the U.S. years ago, Sanish Mondkar realized that there were stark, problematic disconnects between employers and the staff they employ. To critics of late-stage capitalism, that might sound like an obvious observation. But Mondkar, who has a master’s in computer science from Cornell, says that seeing the issues […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Rad AI, a startup that helps radiologists save time on report generation, raises $50M Series B from Khosla Ventures

​[[{“value”:” In 2017, Vinod Khosla told CNBC that the job “of the radiologist will be obsolete in five years.” While the founder of Khosla Ventures later revised that timeline to as long as 15 years, he maintained that AI image recognition could soon diagnose disease on scans better than human doctors.  Seven years later, radiologists are […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Startup neobank Mercury is taking on Brex and Ramp with new bill pay, spend management software

​[[{“value”:” Digital banking startup Mercury is layering software onto its bank accounts, giving its business customers the ability to pay bills, invoice customers and reimburse employees, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. The additional features puts the company in even more direct competition with the likes of Brex and Ramp, two rival fintechs that have for […] © 2024 TechCrunch….