Lucid stock falls as sales miss expectations
Lucid’s future was already cloudy, but lately the EV startup’s name is practically a misnomer. On Wednesday, Lucid told investors that it delivered 1,404 of its Air sedans during the second quarter, missing Wall Street analysts’ expectations by nearly 600 vehicle deliveries. The startup also said it built 2,173 vehicles
Read moreGoogle Play changes policy toward blockchain-based apps, opening door to tokenized digital assets, NFTs
Google has updated its mobile software marketplace policy to allow application developers to integrate digital assets like NFTs into their games through its Play app store, the company’s group product manager Joseph Mills announced on Wednesday. As part of the policy update, Mills stated that apps must be “transparent with
Read moreGoogle is spelling out rules for blockchain-based apps on Android
Illustration: The Verge Google is introducing a new blockchain-based content policy for Android apps on the Google Play Store. The new policy, which will be effective on December 7th, covers things like cryptocurrency exchanges and software wallets, transparency requirements, and rules for NFT gamification that would cover things like loot
Read moreRoblox is coming to Meta Quest VR headsets
Meta announced today that Roblox is coming to Meta’s Quest VR headsets, starting with an open beta on that will be available on App Lab in the coming weeks. Roblox, a major player in the metaverse space, was rumored to become available on Meta Quest VR headsets sometime this year. Players
Read moreTopanga banishes single-use plastics from your Grubhub order
As a person who cares about the environment, a steel vacuum mug for coffee and matching water bottle are companions that live with me when I’m out and about. When I order food for takeaway or delivery, I’m (almost always) left with a disposable packaging problem. Containers and packaging made
Read moreGoogle Cloud infrastructure head Urs Hölzle stepping down
Urs Hölzle began working for Google in 1999 at a time when people were using Yahoo and Alta Vista to search the internet. As Google grew in popularity over the years, he moved through the ranks. Most recently he has been running infrastructure for Google Cloud, reporting directly to CEO
Read moreGoogle’s AI-assisted note-taking app gets limited launch as NotebookLM
Google is making its “AI notebook for everyone” available to a select few, and renaming it from Project Tailwind to NotebookLM. If you struggle to make sense of the pile of information in your Google Drive, a light coating of AI could be just the thing. The project was announced
Read moreRussians try to exploit sale of a BMW 5 to hack diplomats in Ukraine: Report
Diplomats based in Ukraine have been the targets of many attempts by Russia to compromise their IT systems. One of the latest was aimed at envoys from 22 countries, including Canada and the United States, with an unexpected effort: Taking advantage of a Polish diplomat’s offer to sell a used
Read moreWhat does Coinbase Wallet’s latest DM feature mean for the ecosystem?
Crypto exchange Coinbase has launched a direct messaging feature on its wallet app, negating the need to copy-paste 42-character wallet addresses to and from other messaging platforms to send or receive digital assets, the company exclusively told TechCrunch+. The feature also lets NFT and POAP holders connect with others who
Read moreRodriguez plans to provide clarity on Bill C-18 amid standoff with Meta and Google
Yesterday, Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodriguez released a “Backgrounder” on the controversial Bill C-18, proposing regulations that appear to address some of the concerns raised by Google and Meta. These regulations come as the first significant overture from the government, a week after it promised to stand firmly against
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