Uber has announced the first major expansion of its grocery delivery service in the United States. The company is doubling the number of service areas to the north of 400 cities and towns this week. It now serves several major markets through the Uber and Uber Eats apps, including San Francisco, New York City and … Read more
When the pandemic receded enough that we could get in our car with dogs, SiriusXM, and our kids in the rearview mirror, we drove to South Carolina. Tina had endured the last year and almost another half while her mother languished with aging pets, her husband in an institution, and ultimately his death. As the … Read more
Relevance is often bound to rarity. As a result, the first – whether a birthday, an academic achievement, or a vice president – has its own weight. Whether this pressure is warranted is a discussion in itself, but today we are focusing on the ramifications of India’s first unicorn IPO: Zomato. Food delivery startup Zomato, … Read more
Like some of the best consumer tech from the last decade, I didn’t know I needed an e-bike until I was on one, breezing down the bike lane contemplating my newfound freedom. Before buying a Nintendo Switch, I would have never guessed how much a candy-colored gaming console that I could pop out of a … Read more
Dieses letzte Wochenende zeigte den vielbeschworenen Start der ersten (nicht zahlenden) Passagiere von Virgin Galactic, mit Gründer und CEO Richard Branson. Nach den Feierlichkeiten hatte ich die Gelegenheit, mit dem Präsidenten des Unternehmens, Mike Moses, zu sprechen, der mit jedem Detail der Operation und den Plänen des Unternehmens für den Übergang von Test- zu kommerziellen … Read more
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 15, 2021. Good news from the TechCrunch front: The agenda for our big disrupt conference in September is set. It’s going to be incredible, … Read more
Easy Eat AI, a Singapore-based startup seeking to “turn restaurants into technology companies,” announced today that it has raised $ 5 million in funding. Easy Eat AI provides an operating system for restaurants to digitize all parts of their business, from inventory to customer orders to delivery, and get AI-based data analytics to drive sales. … Read more
Many consumers use their credit cards to collect rewards for travel. But what if you’re a sports fan and using your credit card could lead to a virtual conversation with a player on your favorite team? Thanks to San Francisco cardless, this opportunity may be less far than you think. The startup, which aims to … Read more
Zero Motorcycles has been around for over a decade and has consistently improved its e-bike fleet during that time. With the new FXE, the Northern Californian company has transformed the thoroughly entertaining FXS Supermoto into a slightly more futuristic look with a new, easier-to-analyze display. The FXE might not be a great choice for the … Read more
CO2 tracking is the new hottest thing in technology, and we’ve previously covered more general startups that do this for companies on a large scale, like Plan A Earth from Berlin. But there is clearly an opportunity to go deep into a vertical sector and tailor solutions to it. That’s the plan from Vaayu, a … Read more