Plus: Lucid's SUV has an impressive range
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | | | Welcome to TC PM! Today we have the details on Amazon's recent foray into selling cars online; we learn that Lucid's Gravity SUV will have a longer estimated range than we thought; and we've got a guy from Google talking about living in a multiverse. Trippy! | | | 🚙Amazon hits the road: Amazon officially expanded into online car sales after announcing its intent to do so a year ago. The service only includes Hyundai cars to start and is only available in select cities. It's a shame the cars aren't eligible for Prime shipping. Read more 📏Lucid's long range: Lucid Motors's Gravity SUV is in production and now has an estimated range of 450 miles. This is higher than the 440 miles the company had originally estimated. Lucid hopes to see more demand for its SUV than it received for its sedan. Read more 😵💫Far out, man: Google announced a new, better quantum chip this week. In a blog post, Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven writes the chip's power was a sign that we live in a multiverse. Sure, man! Read more | | | Image Credits: ZU_09 / Getty Images | | | 🔋More power: The need for energy to power data centers had everyone talking about nuclear power a few weeks ago. Now, Google is saying it will also work with partners to get renewable energy for the cause. Read more 🥧Mmm, Pie: Former Bonobos founder Andy Dunn is back with a new social media startup meant to get people to meet up IRL. Dunn came on the Found podcast this week to talk about how he built the startup and how he's avoided founder burnout this time around. Read more 🗣️Speak to Speak: Speak helps people learn new languages with AI-generated conversations, with the hopes that listening and speaking as opposed to reading and writing can make it easier to learn. The startup just hit a $1 billion valuation. Read more 🌊No salt, please: Desalination techniques, or the process of removing salt from ocean water, have been used for over a century. The process doesn't come without drawbacks, though, but now there is a fleet of new startups looking to make the process more efficient. Read more 🤝Cohesity closes its merger: Data protection software startup Cohesity completed its merger with Veritas' data protection business. The combined company will continue to put resources into products from both original companies. Read more | | | 🔫3D printed weapons: There has been a lot of twists and turns in the sage of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing. One is that the gunman was carrying a 3D printed gun when caught, a growing problem for law enforcement. Read more 💰Crypto cash: Whether banks are refusing to work with crypto companies has become a political talking point. While some of the claims that these banks are "killing" the crypto industry are overblown, finding banking partners does sound like a pain for these companies. Read more | | | 🦑No one has more fun than Duolingo: Today Duolingo announced that it has teamed up with Netflix's hit show "Squid Game" to help viewers learn Korean phrases before the second season premieres. Read more | | | Featured jobs from CrunchBoard | | | Has this been forwarded to you? Click here to subscribe to this newsletter. | | | Update your preferences here at any time | | Copyright © 2024 TechCrunch, All rights reserved.Yahoo Inc. 110 5th St,San Francisco,CA | | | | |
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