Kolkata Chai’s next cup includes a taste of venture funding – TechCrunch
Co-founded by brothers Ani and Ayan Sanyal, Kolkata Chai wants to be “the place to get good chai” in the United States. It’s a big market. The Sanyal brothers estimate…
Fall Guys is going free-to-play, coming to Switch and Xbox on June 21 – TechCrunch
Battle royale platformer Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is going free-to-play and is coming to Xbox, Nintendo Switch and the Epic Games Store on June 21st, developer Mediatonic announced on Monday.…
Ballooning US EV registrations raise opportunities for startups – TechCrunch
Electric vehicle volumes are soaring in the U.S. — with registrations up 60% in the first quarter of the year — even as the country’s auto market contracted 18% as…
Metatheory, a blockchain game company whose founders include Twitch cofounder Kevin Lin, raises a $24M Series A led by a16z
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Tesla starts taking Semi truck reservations, five years later | Engadget
Tesla’s long-delayed Semi just took an important step toward becoming a practical reality. As CNET reports, the automaker has started taking reservations for its electric big rig. You’ll need to…
Uber unveils a new option to book a bus or passenger van, a trip itinerary feature for booking rides throughout an extended trip, event guest vouchers, and more
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Prusa buys Print Solid to expand US footprint – TechCrunch
Lots going on in the world of desktop 3D printers — that’s not a sentence I thought I’d be writing anytime soon. Days after MakerBot and Ultimaker announced merger plans,…
There are no easy answers for tech in the aftermath of the Buffalo tragedy – TechCrunch
As a gunman wrought terror in a Buffalo, New York supermarket over the weekend, the violence was, yet again, streamed live online. The latest U.S. mass shooting left 10 people…
Rivian says pricing dispute with seat supplier threatens Amazon van program – TechCrunch
Rivian filed a complaint against Commercial Vehicle Group, alleging that the supplier violated a contract and nearly doubled prices on a custom seat package bound for the electric vans its…
Twitch’s takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to run afoul of Texas’ social media law, as an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed
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