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Trends
Uber self-driving cars are back testing on San Francisco streets
Uber Advanced Technologies Group has resumed testing autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, two years after the company scaled back its…
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Uptrust raises new money to fight mass incarceration with technology
While most technology companies are building up a surveillance state to serve political powers and private profiteering, Uptrust is using…
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Lyft is the latest tech company to send employees home over coronavirus
Ridesharing company Lyft has advised its San Francisco employees to go home after learning one staff member was in contact…
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Finance
Frontline Ventures raises new $80M fund focused on bringing US firms to Europe
Frontline Ventures, based in Dublin and London, has announced a new $80 million fund designed to assist U.S. tech companies…
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SF poised to pass Prop E, which could significantly reduce new supply of startup office space
San Francisco is poised to pass a controversial proposition that would almost certainly limit further office space development in the…
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STARTUPS
WellSet is doing a limited launch in Los Angeles of its alternative medicine booking platform
Alternative and holistic healthcare seekers in the Los Angeles area have a new service they can turn to in WellSet,…
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NASA moves forward with 17 companies as part of bid to transform urban aerial transportation
NASA and a clutch of startup and established companies are moving forward with plans to transform mobility in urban environments…
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Waymo brings in $2.25 billion from outside investors, Alphabet
Waymo, the former Google self-driving car project that is now a business under Alphabet, said Monday it raised $2.25 billion…
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Google, Toyota invest in WhereIsMyTransport to map transport in emerging cities
In emerging markets, up to 80% of the population may have to rely on informally-run public transport to get around.…
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Business
EV fleet management gets another venture-backed contender as Electriphi raises $3.5 million
Electriphi, a provider of charging management and fleet monitoring software for electric vehicles, has joined the scrum of startups looking…
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