On Tuesday, Tesla announced that Model 3 and Y vehicles, built for the United States, will now ship without radar sensors as they rely solely on Tesla Vision to enable various driver assistants. Improved image processing makes cameras a better option than radar, according to Elon Musk, although we’ll see if this is the case … Read more
He already has the tuxedo, now Jeff Bezos has Bond too. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Bezos. Jeff Bezos. Doesn’t quite sound like the introduction of a certain British secret agent. But that’s not something that $ 8.5 billion can’t fix, is it? No sooner had Amazon announced its multi-billion dollar bid to acquire … Read more
In just a few In just a few short years, Vise has evolved from starting out on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to being a unicorn. Co-founders Samir Vasavada and Runik Mehrotra met Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire at an after party, and Maguire led a seed and Series A round while Sequoia led the Series B. Last … Read more
Given that the redesigned Apple TV 4K looks identical to the last model, we assumed it would be equally easy to fix. And according to iFixit’s teardown video, that’s exactly the case. Thanks to a little curiosity and standard screws, the construction site was able to break through the housing of the set-top box. In … Read more
(Amazon photo) Washington state regulators punished and admonished Amazon for relentlessly pressuring workers at its Dupont, Washington fulfillment center to result in workplace injuries. In addition, the company was cited for failing to implement its own ergonomic plans. According to the state Department of Labor and Industry quote, Amazon managers at the DuPont warehouse “have … Read more
Investors are backing Koo, an Indian alternative to Twitter, with extensive checks at a time when tensions are building between the American social network and New Delhi. The Indian startup announced on Wednesday that it had raised $ 30 million in a funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Mirae Asset, IIFL’s venture capital fund, … Read more
All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editors independently of our parent company. Some of our stories contain affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may receive an affiliate commission. Samsung may not have released the Galaxy Chromebook 2 until March, but the laptop is already on sale. … Read more
Panel participants for sea.citi’s conversation about DEI efforts: Stephan Yu from Facebook and sea.citi (top left), Neal Myrick from the Tableau Foundation (top right), Kim Vu from Remitly (bottom left) and Luanda Arai by sea.citi. As people across the country celebrate the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, companies committed to doing more for … Read more
Interactio, a remote interpretation platform whose clients include massive institutions like the United Nations, the European Commission, and Parliament, as well as companies like BMW, JP Morgan, and Microsoft, has closed a $ 30 million Series A after deploying its Tools increased 12-fold between 2019 and 2020 During the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for online … Read more
Also new this week: ‘My Fair Lady’ 4K and the finale of the ‘Black Lighting’ series.