As the COVID-19 epidemic spread across the US earlier this year, Nurx, like most other digital providers of healthcare and prescription services saw a huge spike in demand. Now, with $22.5 million in new financing and a surging annual run rate that could see the company hit $150 million in Read more…
Google has updated its Lookout app, an AI toolkit for people with impaired vision, with two helpful new capabilities: scanning long documents and reading out food labels. Paper forms and similarly-shaped products at the store present a challenge for blind folks and this ought to make things easier. Food labels, Read more…
Sonny Vu, the former founder and chief executive of the wearable technology company, Misfit, has had a busy summer since he was named the new chief executive of 3D printing technology company, Arevo. Vu’s new startup brought on a new executive management team, launched a crowdfunding campaign for its 3D Read more…
Google is launching a handful of new Android features today that don’t really have a lot in common but that are all interesting in their own right. There are updates to Android Auto and Android’s emergency location service, new accessibility features thanks to an updated Lookout app, and the promise Read more…
Mobile device maker HMD Global has announced a $230M Series A2 — its first tranche of external funding since a $100M round back in 2018 when it tipped over into a unicorn valuation. Since late 2016 the startup has exclusively licensed Nokia’s brand for mobile devices, going on to ship Read more…
Lucid Motors said Tuesday that its upcoming all-electric luxury sedan can travel 517 miles on a single charge — a range that, if validated by the U.S. EPA, blows past every other EV on the road today including Tesla. The estimated EPA range was released ahead of the September 9 Read more…
Google today announced a number of updates to Android Auto (which runs on the user’s phone) and Android Automotive (which car manufacturers can natively build into their cars) that will affect both users and developers on these platforms. In addition, Google today announced that it expects Android Auto to be Read more…
Patapaa’s father, Kwesi Amoah, has opened up in an exclusive interview with Adomonline.com following reports that his son has been poisoned. According to him, the ‘One Corner’ hitmaker was not poisoned as some accounts from friends claim. He stated that the musician had not been well for about two weeks. Patapaa’s father’s comments Read more…
Journalist Paul Adom-Otchere has described Prof Kwamena Ahwoi’s comments in his controversial book about the late Kow Nkensen Arkaah as uncultured. In his ‘Working with Rawlings’, Professor Ahwoi claimed that the late Vice President had a slippery zip and could not resist young beautiful girls at the Presidency. The host of Read more…
The latest Dell Chromebook is designed for the at-home worker who still needs to connect to corporate systems. The Latitude 7410 Chromebook Enterprise boasts some of the best spec available on any Chromebook and comes loaded with Dell’s enterprise platform that allows remote management by IT departments. All of this Read more…
It seems the pandemic has forced the business world to digitize faster, and the industrial sector is no different. Parsable, a San Francisco startup that is helping digitize industrial front line workers, announced a $60 million Series D today. Activate Capital and Glade Brook Capital Partners co-led the round. They Read more…
A decision to delete an online alert was exploited by those promoting the multi-billion-pound crime. Source: BBC
Ed Bridges, 37, from Cardiff, brought a legal challenge after having his image captured twice. Source: BBC
Already being used on a commercial basis, vertical farming tech is expanding into consumer markets. Source: BBC
A new way to produce tiny speakers promises more robust headphones with high quality sound. Source: BBC
Government says its declaration of 2020 as a “Year of Roadsâ€� is on course after parliament approved a €65 million Euro loan for the construction and rehabilitation of three bridges. They include the Ankobra Bridge over the Ankobra River, Iture Bridge which connects Cape Coast and Elmina, and the Dikpe Read more…
The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress has refuted claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that he led 60 Ivorians to take part in the just-ended voters’ registration exercise. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story Monday said the NDC rather intercepted an Read more…
Manchester United needed an extra-time penalty from Bruno Fernandes to finally see off a spirited FC Copenhagen and set up a potential Europa League semi-final against Wolves. United were poor for much of the first half in the heat of Cologne but still had a penalty overturned and a goal Read more…
Romelu Lukaku scored for a record ninth consecutive Europa League game as Inter Milan beat Bayer Leverkusen in Dusseldorf to reach the semi-finals. Nicolo Barella fired home an excellent 20-yard strike to give Inter the lead. Lukaku controlled Ashley Young’s pass, turned a defender and slotted home for his 31st Read more…
The public beta of watchOS 7 is here, Amazon may be looking to turn malls into distribution centers and Skillshare raises $66 million. This is your Daily Crunch for August 10, 2020. The big story: Trying on Apple’s watchOS 7 Brian Heater walks us through all the changes coming in Read more…