Monday, November 1, 2021

Digital Currency Group raises $700M at a $10B+ valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Latin America Fund, with CapitalG and others participating (Paul Vigna/Wall Street Journal)

Paul Vigna / Wall Street Journal:
Digital Currency Group raises $700M at a $10B+ valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Latin America Fund, with CapitalG and others participating  —  The Grayscale and CoinDesk owner sells $700 million of shares at a $10 billion valuation, in a funding round led by two SoftBank funds



Facebook AI unveils open source tactile tech, including a robot "skin" and high-resolution robot fingertip sensors, to impart a sense of touch to robots (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
Facebook AI unveils open source tactile tech, including a robot “skin” and high-resolution robot fingertip sensors, to impart a sense of touch to robots  —  Without a sense of touch, Frankenstein's monster would never have realized that “fire bad” and we would have had an unstoppable reanimated killing machine on our hands.



Sources: Apple plans a "crash detection" feature next year for iPhones and Watches, which measures a spike in g-forces to detect car accidents and auto-dail 911 (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple plans a “crash detection” feature next year for iPhones and Watches, which measures a spike in g-forces to detect car accidents and auto-dail 911  —  Safety feature is also planned for Apple Watches expected in 2022, according to company documents



Chip shortage hits Apple at the worst possible time ahead of the holidays, and Meta and Apple are set to be smartwatch and mixed reality headset rivals in 2022 (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Chip shortage hits Apple at the worst possible time ahead of the holidays, and Meta and Apple are set to be smartwatch and mixed reality headset rivals in 2022  —  Apple had seemingly avoided the chip shortage for months, but the company's fortunes have now changed.



Huawei Watch Fit With 10-Day Battery Life, SpO2 Monitoring Launched in India

Huawei Watch Fit has launched in India and it will go on sale on Amazon India from November 2. The wearable comes in several strap colours and features a 1.64-inch HD AMOLED display. It has over 130+... https://ift.tt/3muDEZ0

GE Appliances, Einride Team Up to Operate Automated Electric Trucks in US

Swedish freight tech company Einride has joined hands with GE Appliances to launch its slick self-driving electric trucks in the US. The Pod trucks have no driver cabins and are remotely controlled.... https://ift.tt/3mxtG9d

Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; it was last valued at $1.2B in 2024 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

Meir Orbach / CTech : Docs: Israeli AI chip startup Hailo is pursuing an urgent IPO via a SPAC merger at a valuation of less than $500M; ...