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Worldpay, valued at $10B, confirms JPMorgan and Vantiv are trying to buy it

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Some consolidation is underway in the world of payment processing: Worldpay — the giant company that says it processes 31 million mobile, online and in-store transactions daily and competes against the likes of PayPal, Stripe, Square and more [...]

Einride’s T-Pod self-driving transport EV gets a full-scale prototype

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Swedish tech startup Einride has built a full-scale prototype of its T-Pod, the electric autonomous transport vehicle it hopes will eventually replace smaller heavy-duty trucks, featuring remote control operation and a 200 kWh energy capacity with a maximum [...]

Chinese co-working unicorn URWork raises $30M from healthcare firm Aikang

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on TechNode, an editorial partner of TechCrunch based in China. URWork, a billion-dollar-valued co-working in China, announced today that it has closed a RMB 200 million ($30 million) investment from Beijing’s Aikang [...]

Internet Stone Soup

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

I’d wake up my computer and discover, to my dismay, that it had not. I was full-time blogger, the little brother to the journalist, the digital-ink-stained wretch that pounded out content for millions of readers with speed and [...]

Tencent’s online publishing arm files for IPO in Hong Kong

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Hong Kong has secured its second high-profile tech IPO inside a week. Following on from gaming firm Razer, which filed its prospectus on Friday, Tencent’s online publishing service has followed suit with plans for a Hong Kong IPO. [...]

Cross-border payment startup InstaRem eyes IPO in 2020 after closing $13M Series B

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Cross-border payment startup InstaRem has raised $13 million in new financing as it looks to expand its business, which is rooted in Asia, into Europe and North America ahead of an eventual public listing as soon as 2020. [...]

UK’s Tide raises $14M to challenge big banks with a mobile-first service for SMBs

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Europe has seen a large wave of startup banks pop up in the last few years — businesses like N26, Atom and Monzo that are taking on the big incumbents by creating faster and cheaper services for a [...]

SpaceX aborts second launch attempt for Intelsat 35e launch at T-10 seconds

July 4th, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Update 8:35 PM EDT: The launch was once again aborted at T-10 seconds, which is the same time it cut off during yesterday’s attempt. That suggests it was again halted by an automated computer cut-off, though SpaceX said [...]

Amazon’s Alexa passes 15,000 skills, up from 10,000 in February

July 3rd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Amazon’s Alexa voice platform has now passed 15,000 skills – the voice-powered apps that run on devices like the Echo speaker, Echo Dot, newer Echo Show and others. The figure is up from the 10,000 skills Amazon officially [...]