Month: March 2021
Murmur, still in private beta, wants to help startups make private work agreements public
As building in public continues to gain popularity with early-stage startup founders, Murmur, coming out of stealth today, wants to leverage that natural transparency to a louder frequency. Founded by Aaron Dignan, Murmur helps startups create work agreements based on the policies of other startups. “Work agreements” is an intentionally…
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RTX 3060, RX 6800 XT, and RX 6900 XT cards pop up on Newegg Shuffle Big Navi
Newegg opened up its latest Newegg Shuffle lottery on March 1 for starting at 1pm EST and running through 4pm EST, this time with several RTX 3060 cards, as well as some offerings from AMD, including the Radeon RX 6800 XT, Radeon RX 6900 XT, and an AMD Ryzen 9…
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Workhorse meeting with USPS about lost mail truck bid
Commercial EV startup Workhorse will have a “face-to-face” with the United States Post Office on March 3rd to find out more about the agency’s decision to have defense manufacturer Oshkosh build the new fleet of mail trucks. Workhorse was the last remaining bidder pitching to build an all-electric fleet, an…
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Walmart drops the $35 order minimum on its 2-hour ‘Express’ delivery service
In a move designed to directly challenge Amazon, Walmart today announced it’s dropping the $35 minimum order requirement for its two-hour “Express” delivery service, a competitor to Amazon’s “Prime Now.” With Walmart Express Delivery, customers can order from Walmart’s food, consumables or general merchandise assortment, then pay a flat $10…
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Medium union effort stalls, falling one vote short of majority
The Medium Workers Union is pausing organizing efforts after it failed to win a simple majority of support in an online vote last Friday. “This election did not have the outcome we hoped for, but we’re not going anywhere,” the union said in a statement. “The vote was never to…
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Google’s predictive ‘Smart Compose’ is coming to chat apps in Pixel phones
Google kicked off a cycle of updates that started around the time it dropped the first Android 12 developer preview last week. Since then, it announced a bunch of new features for Android devices, and today it's sharing a few more improvements co… Source
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