Geely’s ride-hailing unit Cao Cao Mobility raises $589M Series B to upgrade tech and expand fleet Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Rebecca Bellan - September 8, 20210 Cao Cao Mobility, the ride-hailing unit of Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings, has announced a $589 million (RMB 3.8 billion) Series B raise that the company says will help it upgrade its technology and expand its fleet, according to a statement released by the company (in Chinese). The raise, which Cao
Random: This Absolute Unit Of A Game Boy Advance Was Made By The Creator Of 'Long Game Boy' Gaming Tech and Gaming Blog by HendrikWiese - August 14, 20210 Game Boy? No. This is a Game MAN.When the Game Boy Advance came out in 2001, widescreen 16:9 TVs were still very new. Many of us still clung to our chunky television squares until the late 2000s, because change is scary and new electronics are expensive. So it wasn't really
2D Action Platformer Metal Unit Locks In A Switch eShop Release Date Gaming Tech and Gaming Blog by HendrikWiese - June 10, 20210 Arriving next week.Update (Thu 10th Jun, 2021 00:45 BST): Publisher Neowiz and developer JellySnow has now locked in a release date for Metal Unit. It'll launch on the Switch eShop next week on 17th June for $15.99 USD or your regional equivalent.Original story (Mon 14th Dec, 2020 02:05 GMT): Back
FireEye to sell products unit to Symphony-led group for $1.2B Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Zack Whittaker - June 3, 20210 Cybersecurity giant FireEye has agreed to sell its products business to a consortium led by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $1.2 billion. The all-cash deal will split FireEye, the maker of network and email cybersecurity products, from its digital forensics and incident response arm Mandiant. FireEye’s chief executive Kevin Mandia
Unit tests an easier way for workers to organize Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Natasha Mascarenhas - June 2, 20210 Work looks wildly different today than it did a year ago. In tech, every bit of the workplace has been tweaked to fit our new remote world. From scaling accountability and onboarding remotely to figuring out what old perks can be made socially distant — myriad decisions have been made
The Station: Lyft sells its self-driving unit, Uber makes a big product push and Revel jumps into ride-hailing Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Kirsten Korosec - May 3, 20210 The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hi there, new and returning readers. This is The Station, a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and packages move (today and
Lyft sells self-driving unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet for $550M Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Kirsten Korosec - April 27, 20210 Ride-hailing company Lyft has sold off its autonomous vehicle unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet Holdings subsidiary for $550 million, the latest in a string of acquisitions spurred by the cost and lengthy timelines to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology. Under the acquisition agreement announced Tuesday, Lyft’s so-called Level 5 division will be
Baidu’s smart voice unit to raise independent round on $2.9B valuation Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Rita Liao - September 30, 20200 Baidu, China’s dominant search service and a leader in artificial intelligence research, is further diversifying into the smart voice space as its smart living group is poised to raise an independent round on a 20 billion yuan ($2.94 billion) post-money valuation. The fundraising move signals a potential spinoff of the
Alibaba to invest $3.3B to bump its stake in logistics unit Cainiao Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - November 8, 20190 Alibaba is doubling down on its logistics affiliate Cainiao, two years after acquiring a majority stake in the firm. The Chinese giant said today it would invest an additional 23.3 billion yuan (about $3.33 billion) to raise its equity in Cainiao to 63% from 51%. In a statement, Alibaba said it
Hulu announces a new ad unit that appears when you pause Tech and Gaming Blog by Anthony Ha - January 31, 20190 Just to get this out of the way: Yes, Hulu is introducing an ad unit that will show up when you pause a video. But no, the ad won’t be a video. Hulu says it has 25 million subscribers, the majority of them on an ad-supported plan — so they’re