StrattyX is a trading interface that lets you set up sophisticated “if-this-then-that” rules and execute orders on the stock market. The startup is participating in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. There are plenty of brokers that let you buy and sell shares using a mobile app and a web interface. But if you…
Audi will roll out a range of plug-in hybrid models for the 2020 model year. The Q5, the A7, and the A8 are all getting electrified. Digital Trends took a gasoline-electric Q5 for a spin in the German countryside. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8 years experience working on Internet of Things and an…
Sebastian Thrun is waving a device in his hand with an excited, almost gleeful expression on his face as he trots from a makeshift aircraft hangar toward the secret project that Kitty Hawk Corp. has been working on for nearly two years. The serial entrepreneur and co-founder of X, the Alphabet moonshot factory, isn’t trying…
Bird has closed a $275 million Series D round led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden announced at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco today. The round values Bird at a $2.5 billion pre-money valuation, according to sources familiar with the round. This round comes a few months after TechCrunch reported Bird was looking…
Already under fire for advancing Chinese foreign policy by censoring topics like Hong Kong’s protests and pro-LGBT content, the Beijing-based video app TikTok is now further distancing itself from U.S. social media platforms, like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, with a ban on political ads on its app. The company today says it will not allow…
Notarize, a startup that enables people to get documents notarized online, announced today that it has partnered with Guaranteed Rate, one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the U.S. Guaranteed Rate’s new product, called FlashClose, integrates Notarize’s real estate API and allows customers to close real estate transactions and execute mortgages online. The service…
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German telecom operator Deutsche Telekom has signed a 5G-focused memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Audi and the city of Ingolstadt. The goal of this partnership is to use 5G technology to make urban mobility safer, more digital and more sustainable. The partners said that this MoU is the basis for the development of a digital…
Tempted to buy a smartwatch? If so, then the growing number of great models available means you’ve got plenty to choose from. But which one should you pick?
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Is collaboration the key to the future of energy storage? Coventry City Council have been organising events for small to medium sized business to help find out more about the technologies, including their design and application in the UK’s energy mix, that support battery and energy storage projects in their local area. In the build…
