Stories by Paul Sawers
Lyft passes 1 billion rides, doubling in past 11 months
Shopify sellers can now offer on-demand 3D-printed goods via Shapeways
Porsche leads $80 million investment in WayRay to bring holographic AR displays to cars
GV leads $20 million investment in automated software testing startup Mabl
Automation software platform UiPath raises $225 million from CapitalG, Sequoia, and Accel at $3 billion valuation
Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance to push Android into more cars
Withings unveils $200 Steel HR Sport smartwatch, its first device since founder reacquired company from Nokia
Social networking app Path will close down on October 18
OnePlus reveals plans to build a smart TV and wants you to name it
Amazon opens cashierless Amazon Go store in Chicago, its first outside Seattle
Apple and OnePlus deliver bad news for fans of the humble headphone jack
Google is ditching the Gmail Offline Chrome app from December 3
Google lets companies livestream meetings to 100,000 people through Hangouts Meet
Kano launches DIY touchscreen computer kit to help kids learn to code
Everything Apple announced at its 2018 iPhone and Watch event
Google and Aclima want to map the world’s air pollution with Street View cars
Google and Samsung partner to ensure RCS works between their messaging apps on all devices
Travel tech startups are scooping up VC cash by the bucketload
eBay open-sources HeadGaze so you can control an iPhone X screen with head movements
Medopad acquires U.S. rival Sherbit for AI-driven disease detection
WhatsApp launches for KaiOS-powered JioPhone devices in India
Impossible Aerospace raises $9.4 million, launches drone that flies 2 hours on a single charge
Samsung opens robotics-focused AI research hub in New York City
TransferWise reports 75% revenue growth as customer base doubles to 4 million
Tor gets its first official mobile browser
Smartcat nabs $7 million for translation automation platform
MasterClass raises $80 million to bring celebrity mentors to the masses
ZenCity raises $6 million for AI platform that helps cities crunch big data and track residents’ sentiment
Amazon expands its kid-focused FreeTime service beyond English and into Spanish
Amazon launches upgraded Fire HD 8 tablet with full Alexa hands-free and ‘show mode’ functionality
Mirror raises $25 million and launches $1,495 connected mirror for virtual fitness classes
Facebook is building a 1,553-mile subsea cable to boost internet speeds in Argentina
Facebook announces $1 billion Singapore datacenter, its first in Asia
Uber now uses a phone’s sensors to detect if you’ve been in a crash
Walmart launches Spark Delivery, a crowdsourced pilot delivery program similar to Amazon Flex
Tailor Brands launches AI-powered platform that generates and schedules social media content
TomTom launches free maps and traffic SDK for mobile developers
Social broadcasting platform Caffeine nets $100 million from 21st Century Fox as the duo launch a joint venture for content
