Nikola shares tank after EV maker recalls its battery-electric big rigs
Electric truck maker Nikola shares plummeted Monday after it recalled nearly all of its battery electric semi trucks. The company recalled 209 of its Class 8 Tre battery electric vehicles after a third-party investigation found a coolant leak likely caused a battery fire in one of its trucks. The company
Read moreThe Role of Technology in Revolutionising Global Relocations
The world is currently undergoing a digital revolution, and its impact is reverberating across various industries. One sector that has undergone significant transformation is global relocations. In this era of technological advancements, companies like Crown Relocations South Africa have harnessed technology’s power to revolutionize the way people relocate worldwide. From
Read moreFord taps Apple exec to lead new software services unit
Ford has hired Peter Stern, a former executive at Apple, to lead its newly formed Ford Integrated Services unit. The unit will create and market software-enabled customer experiences across Ford’s three business units: Ford Blue, for gas and hybrid vehicles, Model e for connected EVs, and Ford Pro for commercial
Read moreMillions of Americans’ health data stolen after MOVEit hackers targeted IBM
Millions of Americans had their sensitive medical and health information stolen after hackers exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the widely used MOVEit file transfer software raided systems operated by tech giant IBM. Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), which is responsible for administering Colorado’s Medicaid program, confirmed
Read moreTuringBot is not your average AI assistant: Forrester assesses the budding technology
TuringBots are going to be a game changer for development teams, with early adopters claiming increased software development productivity of 15 per cent to 30 per cent, Forrester reveals in a new report. “Microsoft has released Copilots for non-software-development-related roles and activities, but they are not TuringBots; they are assistive
Read morePayPal announces a new CEO as its crypto push accelerates
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge PayPal’s new CEO will be Alex Chriss, starting September 27th, as first reported by CNBC. Chriss is currently the senior VP and CPO of small business for Intuit, and he will replace Dan Schulman. Schulman, who has been PayPal’s president and CEO since
Read moreFounders Factory Africa Secures $113 Million to Propel African Tech Founders’ Growth
Founders Factory Africa has secured an additional $113 million in funding to scale its model to better serve founders across the African tech ecosystem. The additional support from the Mastercard Foundation and Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, an impact fund within the Johnson & Johnson Foundation, follows on from previous
Read moreRevolutionizing Energy and Empowering Communities in Kenya
GHash_Mining is taking a pioneering stride towards reshaping Kenya’s energy landscape by harnessing surplus capacity from mini-grid hydroelectric generators for Bitcoin mining. This groundbreaking approach not only slashes electricity costs for local communities but also establishes Kenya and the broader African continent as potential centers for decentralized Bitcoin mining. This
Read moreOvercoming the 5-Stages of Loadshedding Grief
Over the past 16 years, South Africa’s citizens have had to contend with a great deal of loss and uncertainty as a consequence of load shedding. We have all lost something. The biggest loss of all has been the confidence that we are in control of our lives and our
Read moreBrowse the breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023
It’s no secret that TechCrunch events feature the leading experts across the startup ecosystem, and TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, which runs September 19–21 in San Francisco, is no exception to that rule. We’re showcasing some of the interactive breakout sessions — expert-led presentations followed by a Q&A — you won’t want
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