Waymo, Uber begin offering robotaxi rides in Austin ahead of SXSW

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Austin will be Waymo’s fourth market after San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles.

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Hotel management platform Mews books $75M round led by Tiger Global

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Despite clouds of uncertainty looming over the economy and geopolitics, people still want to travel. To meet that demand, Mews, an Amsterdam-founded ‘unicorn’ building an SaaS platform for hotel management, has raised a fresh $75 million. The funding is coming at a crossroad in the travel industry. On one hand are positive signals. Analysts at […]
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Uber users in Austin are getting matched with Waymo robotaxis

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Uber users in Austin now have a choice between a Waymo robotaxi and a human driver. The two companies officially launched Tuesday the “Waymo on Uber” robotaxi service in Austin as part of a partnership that has deepened in recent months. The launch comes just days before SXSW, the annual tech, music, film, and comedy […]
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Pro-Trump techies enraged by president’s crypto reserve announcement, causing early rift

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Some of President Trump’s most vocal supporters in tech took to social media to slam his latest proposal for a crypto strategic reserve.

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Mistral urges telcos to get into the hyperscaler game

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch brought a sales pitch to Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, urging delegates at the world’s biggest telecoms confab in Barcelona to invest in building data center infrastructure and “becoming hyperscalers” to boost the regional AI ecosystem. “We would welcome more domestic effort in making more data centers,” he said during an on-stage […]
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Mach Industries, founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, lands US Army contract, builds weapons factory

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Sequoia-backed Mach Industries, the defense tech founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, landed a contract with the U.S. Army and has plans for its first factory, Thornton told TechCrunch. The factory will be 115,000 square feet in Huntington Beach, California, where Mach’s headquarters is located, CEO Thorton said. While that sounds like an expensive zip code […]
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Smartphone startup Nothing tries to stir market out of ‘sea of sameness’ with $400 phone

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Nothing’s new Phone (3a) features different shapes and so-called “Glyph” lights on the back that light up to preset ringtones and notification sound effects.

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Man threatens to kill Twitch streamers during livestream from LA

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Cinna, Valkyrae and Emiru were streaming in LA when a man chased and threatened to kill them.

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The 6 Top Credit Card Readers: Picks & Comparisons

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

Your choice of credit card readers​ should match the way you do business. Check out my list of top credit card readers from leading brands in the space.

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Cino cracks bill-splitting at the moment of payment, raises seed round

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Techme101

While Venmo or Splitwise are effectively ‘debt collector’ tools, which require one person to pay a full bill and then request funds from others, neither have cracked bill-splitting at the moment of payment. European startup Cino, which has come up with just such a product, has now raised €3.5m in a Seed funding round led […]
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