Zarcare Sponsors #HISA2023
Zarcare a South African online platform that connects experienced healthcare and wellness providers to people seeking health and wellness services, is welcomed by IT News Africa for the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2023. Zarcare will be showcasing their brand at the annual prestigious healthcare innovation summit that is scheduled to
Read moreMore consolidation in grocery delivery: Getir acquires FreshDirect to beef up in the US
Getir, the Turkish instant grocery delivery startup, has made an acquisition to expand its presence in the U.S. and to further its strategy as a consolidator in its category. The company has scooped up FreshDirect, an online grocery delivery service based out of New York. Terms of the deal are
Read moreGogoro’s Smartscooters can now be unlocked via Apple Wallet
Gogoro, the Taiwanese two-wheeler battery swapping giant, says that its smart electric scooters can now be unlocked and turned on via a key in a rider’s Apple Wallet on their iPhone or Apple Watch. Vehicle owners will also be able to share their scooter key with other iOS users. Digital
Read moreInstagram is finally testing a feature to let you turn off read receipts for DMs
Instagram is finally testing a feature that will let users turn off read receipts for Instagram DMs. This way, even if you have read someone’s message, they won’t see the “seen” label below the message. Both Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri announced this feature on their broadcast channels. “We heard
Read moreVanguard slashes Ola valuation by 60%-plus; NB reduces Pharmeasy’s by over 90%
The U.S. index fund pioneer Vanguard has cut the worth of its holding in the Indian ride-hailing startup Ola by nearly two thirds since original investment, and Neuberger Berman has slashed the worth of its Pharmeasy shares by more than 90%, according to an analysis of the funds’ filings. Vanguard
Read moreOpenAI’s Game-Changer: Altman Unveils ChatGPT’s Next-Gen Features, Echoing Apple’s Iconic Launches
“One more thing…” With those words, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, channelled the late Steve Jobs while unveiling the new capabilities of ChatGPT at OpenAI DevDay yesterday. Altman arrived at his company’s developers’ conference ready to astonish and captivate his audience, in a way reminiscent of the Apple product launches
Read moreNintendo confirms live-action Zelda movie is in the works
Zelda fans already got a stellar new game with “Tears of the Kingdom” this year, but Nintendo just dropped another exciting nugget of news: the gaming giant is working on a live-action movie based on the Legend of Zelda franchise. Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of the thirty-seven-year-old franchise, announced the news
Read moreLucid revises 2023 production amid softening demand for luxury EVs
Lucid has revised its 2023 production outlook amid softening demand for luxury electric vehicles, the company said Tuesday in its third-quarter earnings report. The EV maker said it will produce 8,000 to 8,500 vehicles by the end of the year, down from previous guidance of more than 10,000, to “prudently
Read moreRivian raises production forecast for 2023, narrows losses in Q3
Rivian continued to close the gap on losses, reduce costs and ramp up production in the third quarter with results that beat Wall Street expectations and suggested a rosier future, including raising its annual production guidance from 52,000 to 54,000 vehicles. The EV maker reported Tuesday after markets closed revenue of
Read moreRivian and Amazon are no longer exclusive
Rivian vans are no longer an Amazon exclusive. The automaker said on Tuesday that it will now let other companies buy its commercial electric vans, ending an exclusivity deal that Amazon secured when it pumped more than a billion dollars into Rivian in 2019. Both companies’ stock prices rose following
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