Volvo Trucks North America today announced it has been awarded $21.7 million in grants to deploy 70 VNR Electric trucks in Southern California for regional freight distribution and drayage. The award will enable the nation’s largest commercial deployment of Class 8...
Many software companies promise to automate manual processes, but struggle to do so reliably, efficiently, and at scale. Enter Hyperscience, a New York-based tech startup that provides enterprise automation to over 2000 global and government organizations around the world. Hyperscience’s technology automates...
Until about a week ago, Tesla, the $409 billion electric car company, had a policy where buyers can order Tesla cars online and return it back within 7 days for a full refund if they don’t want it. On its website,...
We wrote about Berlin, Germany-based GetYourGuide back in May 2019 after the online travel and booking startup raises a $484 million investment led by SoftBank. Travelers use GetYourGuide to connect with the best things to do wherever they’re headed — including skip-the-line...
Early this month, we wrote about SpaceX after Elon Musk’s space company reached another milestone with the launch of 60 Starlink satellites. Yesterday, SpaceX successfully launched a full stack of Starlink internet satellites into today (Oct. 18) and capped off the...
LLR Partners, a Philadelphia, PA-based lower middle-market private equity firm that invests in healthcare and technology startup companies, today announced the final closing of its $1.8 billion for its sixth fund, LLR Equity Partners VI, L.P. Founded in 1999 and with more than...
Since World War II, speed has been a key factor in warfare. Toward the end of World War II in 1944, Nazi Germany developed the world’s first long-range guided ballistic missile called the V-2 rocket (or “Vengeance Weapon 2”). V-2 rocket later...
New insights into the "uncanny valley phenomenon" as Android man removes his face getty Robots, Androids and artificial intelligence are being used more frequently to complete tasks humans one performed in the workplace. Machines conducting essential activities such as a...
American Crisis by Andrew Cuomo Gallo Communications On March 2, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave the first of what would become 111 consecutive days of COVID-19 PowerPoint updates. Cuomo’s ‘daily briefings’ turned into must-watch TV, with millions of viewers...
New study shows the benefits of fake news. getty During the workday, we are flooded with emails, texts, and other social media. And with the advent of photo shopping and political leaders who don’t divulge the truth, it’s often difficult...
