Overstory snags $14M Series A to use AI to help utilities cut their wildfire risk

[ad_1] First it was California, which experienced year after year of deadly wildfires. Then came Hawaii’s deadly firestorm this year. Camp, Dixie and Lahaina aren’t just three of the deadliest,…

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GM, Cruise and Honda to launch robotaxi service in Japan

[ad_1] General Motors, self-driving car subsidiary Cruise and Honda plan to launch a robotaxi service in Japan under a new joint venture, the three companies announced today. The companies intend…

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Elon Musk warns Cybertruck won’t be profitable until 2025

[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a warning Wednesday about the soon-to-be delivered Cybertruck that might sound familiar to those who closely followed the company’s Model 3 “production hell” era….

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Google Chrome’s search bar now has smarter autocomplete, automatic typo fixes and more

[ad_1] Google is introducing five new updates to the Chrome address bar to make it easier to search the web, the tech giant announced on Wednesday. The changes include smarter…

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Peak XV invests $35 million in wealth and asset management startup Neo

[ad_1] Peak XV Partners has invested $35 million in Neo, a fintech startup founded by industry veterans, as the largest India-focused VC broadens its bets on wealth and asset management….

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Foxconn and Nvidia are building ‘AI factories’ to accelerate self-driving cars

[ad_1] Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise to provide supercomputing powers to accelerate the development of self-driving…

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The UAW strike is starting to affect CES 2024

[ad_1] Stellantis announced Tuesday that it will cancel its planned presentations and display at CES 2024, the tech trade show that takes over Las Vegas every January. The reason? The…

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Trust & Safety Tycoon lets you simulate the most agonizing job in tech

[ad_1] If you think you could’ve deflected Twitter’s blue check impersonation debacle, then boy do we have the game for you! Techdirt has released the very fun and not at…

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Figure’s humanoid robot walks for the camera

[ad_1] In May of this year, TechCrunch ran a piece titled “Figure’s humanoid robot takes its first steps.” The story was a firsthand account of my visit to the startup’s…

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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A.

Max Q: Psyche(d) | TechCrunch

[ad_1] Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: SpaceX launches NASA asteroid mission News from Relativity Space and more Godspeed, Psyche. The large NASA spacecraft is officially…

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