Month: September 2021
Lee Fixel’s Addition invests over $75 million in Delhivery
Indian logistics firm Delhivery has courted one more high-profile investor before its expected IPO in the next two quarters: Lee Fixel’s Addition. The Gurgaon-headquartered firm has disclosed in a regulatory filing that Addition has invested $76.4 million in the startup. The new investment is part of a Series I round, according…
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The Morning After: NASA’s air taxi testing
Good morning! I hope all our US readers are having a great Labor Day weekend, but you know how it is: Tech news doesn’t stop. But before we get into NASA and air taxis… Over the weekend, a group of 11 House Republicans sent letters to the leaders of 13…
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Seven considerations for upgrading fleets to 5G A truck driving through corn country.
With all the press attention and hype about 5G, it’s natural to wonder when the real deal is arriving. What form will it take? And is it better to jump right in or take a ‘wait and see’ approach? Much of the information in the press focuses on the impact…
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Volkswagen’s ID.Life is an urban EV that will enter production by 2025
Volkswagen has added another piece to its EV puzzle with the launch of the ID.Life concept, a front-wheel drive EV aimed at city-dwellers, the company announced at IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich. The small crossover shares the MEB platform and battery with the ID.3, and VW plans to launch it…
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Automated hiring software is mistakenly rejecting millions of viable job candidates
Automated resume-scanning software is contributing to a “broken” hiring system in the US, says a new report from Harvard Business School. Such software is used by employers to filter job applicants, but is mistakenly rejecting millions of viable candidates, say the study’s authors. It’s contributing to the problem of “hidden…
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Rick and Morty season 6: it’s coming, but what do we know right now? Rick and Bird Person in Rick and Morty.
Rick and Morty season 6 is definitely coming, now that season 5 of the Adult Swim animated sitcom has wrapped up. The future of the show was secured a long time ago, when 70 more episodes of the show were ordered after season 3 ended – by our calculations, and…
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