Bird launches navigation app to help riders stay in the right lane
Bird is rolling out a new standalone app called Bird Maps in Paris and Tel Aviv that will provide turn-by-turn navigation for riders who want to use bike or micromobility… »
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SpaceX to build floating spaceports for rockets bound for the Moon and Mars, and for hypersonic Earth travel
SpaceX is hiring experts in Offshore Operations in Brownsville, job ads revealed on Tuesday – and the purpose is to help the company develop and build floating spaceports that will… »
Spin scooters head to Europe, starting with Germany
Spin has launched its scooter sharing business to Germany, the first step in the U.S. company’s plans to expand to Europe. The company, which was acquired by Ford in 2018… »
Qatar Airways adds 10K seats while other airlines draw down their schedules
While most domestic and international airlines are cutting thousands of flights from their schedules due to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Qatar Airways is taking another route. The airline… »
Airbnb and three other p2p rental platforms agree to share limited pan-EU data
The European Commission announced yesterday it’s reached a data-sharing agreement with vacation rental platforms Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor — trumpeting the arrangement as a “landmark agreement” which will… »
Notre Dame Cathedral cancels Christmas mass for first time in 200 years
French Catholics worship at nearby church in Paris following fire at cathedral in April Notre Dame Cathedral was unable to hold Christmas Eve mass for the first time in more… »
Violence in Paris amid nationwide pension reform protests
As prelude to day of action, power to thousands of homes deliberately cut by workers Police fired teargas and charged at demonstrators in central Paris as hundreds of thousands of… »
France faces second day of travel chaos as strikes continue
Transport stoppages to run into weekend amid protests against planned pension changes France is facing a second day of travel chaos and school closures after unions said there would be… »
Atomico Partner Tom Wehmeier reviews ‘The State of European Tech’ 2019 report
Atomico, the European venture capital firm founded by Skype’s Niklas Zennström, has released its latest annual The State of European Tech report, published in partnership with Slush and Orrick. As… »
AWS Translate comes to 22 new languages and 6 new regions
AWS seems to be using this week to get some news out ahead of its annual re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas next week. In addition to new IoT services… »
Earth is headed for its second warmest year in recorded history (the record was three years ago)
Data from the U.S. government sure seems to indicate that the Earth is warming (despite what the current leadership may say). Apparently, the globe just experienced the second-hottest October ever… »
Thysia Huisman describes alleged rape by Jean-Luc Brunel
Ex-model is one of three women accusing the model scout and friend of Jeffrey Epstein Thysia Huisman had just turned 18 when, late one evening in September 1991, she arrived… »
SoftBank-backed Getaround is raising $200M at a $1.5B+ valuation
Getaround, a used car marketplace and winner of TechCrunch Disrupt New York Battlefield 2011, will enter the unicorn club with a roughly $200 million equity financing. The deal values Getaround,… »
With Y Combinator’s seal of approval, MyPetrolPump raises $1.6 million for its car refueling business
Even before pitching onstage at Y Combinator, Indian car refueling startup MyPetrolPump has managed to snag $1.6 million in seed financing. The business, which is similar to startups in the… »
Known for its electric scooters, Gogoro moves toward its future as a mobility platform
Since the launch of its first electric scooter in 2015, Gogoro co-founder and CEO Horace Luke has frequently been asked when the startup is going to expand beyond Taiwan. In… »
Higher Ground Labs is betting tech can help sway the 2020 elections for Democrats
When Shomik Dutta and Betsy Hoover first met in 2007, he was coordinating fundraising and get-out-the-vote efforts for Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign and she was a deputy field director… »
Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
Bolt, the Uber rival formerly known as Taxify, is taking a significant step this week in its effort to build out its transportation-on-demand business across the biggest cities in Europe… »
Launching from YC, Eclipse Foods casts a long shadow over the $336 billion dairy industry
Eclipse Foods may be the company that finally takes milk out of the dairy business. Ever since the acquisition of WhiteWave Foods by the French dairy giant Danone for over… »
SeaBubbles shows off its ‘flying’ all-electric boat in Miami
We were promised flying cars but, as it turns out, flying boats were easier to build. SeaBubbles, a “flying” boat startup that uses electric power instead of gas, hit Miami… »
Partech is doubling the size of its African venture fund to $143 million
Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Zimbabwe’s government faces off… »
Entrepreneur First eyes further Asia growth to build its global network of founders
British startup venture builder Entrepreneur First is eying additional expansion in Asia, where its operation is now as large as it is in Europe, as it expands its reach in… »
Paris bakery ‘gas explosion’ kills three
Gas leak believed to be cause of blast and fire in capital on morning of gilets jaunes rally Two firefighters and a Spanish woman have died in a massive explosion… »
Police flood into Paris to contain gilets jaunes
Security forces put 8,000 on the streets of the capital to quell fears of rioting French security forces contained fears of a fourth weekend of rioting by extremist gilets jaunes… »
Gilets jaunes protests: armoured vehicles to be deployed in Paris
Streets cordoned off and Ligue 1 football matches cancelled in anticipation of more violence French security forces will deploy armoured vehicles in Paris on Saturday in anticipation of more violence… »
French government ‘to suspend fuel tax increase’
Reports say the PM, Édouard Philippe, will announce suspension following protests The French government will announce it is suspending plans to introduce an eco-fuel tax after three weeks of increasingly… »
Paris riots: Macron to hold emergency meeting after worst unrest in decade
Shops and cars set alight after peaceful gilets jaunes protest turns violent in centre of the French capital The French president, Emmanuel Macron, will hold an emergency meeting of senior… »
Hundreds of arrests in Paris as ‘gilets jaunes’ protest turns violent
At least 100 people injured in street battles, with cars being torched and shops raided The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has insisted he will “never accept violence” after central Paris… »
French ‘gilets jaunes’ protests turn violent on the streets of Paris
Clashes broke out between crowds and police on the Champs Élysées in the second weekend of demonstrations Violence erupted on the Champs Élysées on Saturday as police clashed with “gilets… »
Armistice Day: people gather around world to mark centenary
Global commemorations centre on Paris, with Queen paying respects at Cenotaph Thousands of people have gathered across Britain and around the world to mark the centenary of the armistice that… »
Officers say law to make coverings compulsory in stores will be unenforceable Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Retailers: share your thoughts on mandatory masks Retailers and… »
Ulysses, a popular writing app for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, is receiving an update with some new features. The user interface has been slightly redesigned with a new right-hand… »
