Tesla CEO Elon Musk has talked about opening up his company’s vast Supercharger network to other electric vehicles, but earlier this month, Musk tweeted that Tesla plans to do this “later this year,” and this week offered some details about how it might work.
Walmart’s investments in software and retail technologies it used to transform its business from a brick-and-mortar to one that combines both in-person and online shopping will now be made available to other retailers for the first time, allowing Walmart to potentially reach thousands of small to mid-sized retailers who will be able to tap into the same tools that one of the largest global retailers is using to run their business.
TikTok has announced a new live video features, including scheduled “events” and picture-in-picture support for iOS and Android, and group livestreams with two users. The new features are part of the company's increased efforts to push users to create and watch live videos.
Twitter has acquired the team from Brief, a news aggregator and summary app that aims to tackle many of the problems with today’s news cycle, including information overload, burnout, media bias and algorithms that promote engagement over news accuracy. Twitter declined to share deal terms, but it hopes to leverage the founders’ expertise with Brief to build out and accelerate projects in both those areas.
Shopify has made it possible for eligible sellers to sell NFTs via its platform, opening up a whole new world for e-commerce merchants. The Chicago Bulls launched its first-ever NFs, including digital artwork of NBA championship rings, selling out within 90 seconds. The move was driven by merchants asking for the ability to sellNFTs and the desire to give creators and artists another forum to grow professionally.
Many older people stay in touch during the pandemic using the phone, video calls and other forms of virtual contact to stave off isolation, but many older people experienced a greater increase in loneliness and mental health disorders due to the switch to virtual contact as a result.
Google Cloud will designate a subset of APIs across the company as Google Enterprise APIs, which will include a majority of Google Cloud APIs. The announcement is a response to feedback from customers and derision from the internet regarding Google's history of ending support for its APIs without sufficient notice or foresight.
Many people in the US have opted not to get the life-saving COVID-19 vaccine, despite its widespread availability throughout the spring and summer. Apple has already told employees it's delaying return-to-office plans until October at the earliest, mirroring moves from 2020 when companies began shifting schedules.
Google has two months to improve the way it presents internet search results for flights and hotels and explain how it ranks these or face possible sanctions. The world's most popular internet search engine has long faced scrutiny from antitrust enforcers and consumer groups around the world over its business practices, which in some cases have landed it with hefty fines.
Since 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack, PiggyVest, and TeamApt. He is announcing the launch of Voltron Capital, a Pan-African venture capital firm he co-founded with Abe Choi, a U.S.-based entrepreneur and investor.
A counterterrorism program will start targeting white supremacist and far-right militia material, flagging content for moderation on Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, and several other services. This comes in an interview with Nicholas Rasmussen, executive director of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT), which maintains a database of terrorist content that helps member companies find it for review or removal.
With global electric vehicles sales expected to boom in the next 12 months, nearly 90% of consumers in India are willing to pay a premium for buying an EV, also finding that 40% of respondents were ready to pay up to 20% for an electric vehicle. According to the survey, three in 10 respondents would prefer to buy an electric/hydrogen vehicle.