Uber, Khosla, Nvidia invest in autonomous trucking startup Waabi

Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi. Courtesy: Waabi Autonomous trucking startup Waabi announced Tuesday it has raised $200 million in an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by existing investors Uber and Khosla Ventures. Waabi’s latest funding round also includes Nvidia, a new investor in the company, as well as Porsche and the venture capital … Read more

Used EV price crash gets deeper with ‘premium’ brand idea history

A used 2020 Tesla Model 3 is available for sale on a CarMax lot on March 10, 2022 in Burbank, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Back in February, used electric vehicle prices dipped below used gasoline-powered vehicle prices for the first time ever, and the pricing cliff keeps getting steeper … Read more

New Apple Passwords app may be best of a bad way to secure online self

Apple Intelligence was unveiled during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple Inc. For years, cybersecurity experts have been predicting the death of the online password as more advanced log-in features, from facial recognition to multi-factor authentication, become more common. But it seems like Apple has accepted that the … Read more

Google-backed Tempus AI closes first trading day up 9% in Nasdaq debut

Tempus AI, a health-care diagnostics company that uses AI to interpret medical tests to help physicians provide more accurate treatment for their patients, rose by as much as 15% in its Nasdaq Stock Market debut on Friday, after going public under the ticker symbol “TEM.” Tempus AI priced 11.1 million shares at $37 apiece on … Read more

Taking a vacation from work may soon become mandatory

Ezra Bailey Ezra Bailey | Stone | Getty Images With burnout prevalent in the workplace, some employers are considering mandatory vacation, full office shutdowns and other ways to get workaholic employees to take a break. Only a small number of employers today — 8.7% — require workers to take a minimum amount of vacation, and … Read more

Honda may be America’s most committed EV automaker, for the moment

The All-New, All-Electric Honda Prologue is on display at the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. While missing a host of brands, this year’s edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show debuted a range of new models.  Josh Lefkowitz | Getty Images … Read more

Amazon, Best Buy may soon sell smart devices with ‘hacker-safe’ label

Consumers have become accustomed to all sorts of labels and seals of approval on products in the shopping process, from the Energy Star to sustainability standards. Next up, shoppers should prepare for a hacking-safe seal of approval in the works for home gadgets and appliances coming from the federal government. Last July, the Biden administration … Read more

EV slump, Hertz fire sale take used Tesla to no haggle $25,000 price

The race to the $25,000 EV in the U.S. car market has been won, but not in the way the auto industry wanted. Since January, Hertz Global Holdings has been in Tesla sales mode, with 20,000 electric vehicles from its global fleet, representing nearly a third of the rental-car company’s existing EV inventory, on the … Read more

Priceline, Ramp deal to disrupt ‘archaic’ business travel model

Hinterhaus Productions | Stone | Getty Images Ramp, the expense management company recently valued at $7.65 billion, is moving into business travel through a deal with Booking Holdings’ Priceline, as the growing number of corporate spend platforms look to retain and attract customers with additional services. The new product, called Ramp Travel, utilizes AI and … Read more

Warren Buffett worried about ‘huge losses’ in booming insurance market

One of the messages that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway’s top insurance executive, Ajit Jain, sent to investors during the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Omaha last month was that cyber insurance, while currently profitable, still has too many unknowns and risks for Berkshire, a huge player in the insurance market, to be fully comfortable … Read more