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Didi Obtains License to Test Autonomous Vehicles in Another City

StartupsSeptember 27, 2019

Didi’s main competitor in the field of autonomous driving, Baidu, has also received a similar license for tests with real...

DiDi’s English Version for Expats Serves 2 Million Users in China

StartupsSeptember 24, 2019

China’s ride-hailing behemoth Didi Chuxing announced on September 24 that its English language interface in China, DiDi English,...

The perverse incentives produced by institutional division

AutomotiveSeptember 19, 2019

» In Chicago, conflicts between local transit services and the commuter rail network have impinged on peoples’ mobility for decades. The institutional context...

TuSimple Secures Extra $120 Million in Funding to Refine Driverless Trucks

StartupsSeptember 18, 2019

San Diego-based self-driving truck startup TuSimple, announced on September 17 that its Series D round had secured an...

Stellar Lumens Review: The Network Moving Micro Payments

BlockchainSeptember 17, 2019

Stellar is one of the most promising payment cryptocurrencies currently on the market. Forging numerous partnerships and building cutting edge tech. The goal of...

Gender bias in AI: building fairer algorithms

AISeptember 17, 2019

Einstein is to scientist as Messi is to midfielder.Paris is to France as Tokyo is to Japan.Jobs is to Apple as Ballmer is...

Apply to Tribe 13! Boost VC’s $500k Sci-Fi Accelerator

StartupsSeptember 16, 2019

Maddie CallanderFollowSep 16, 2019 · 1 min readToday, our Tribe 13 application is live! Ready to submit your application to Tribe 13? Apply...

Kickstarter’s Opposition To Union Puts Progressive Users In A Bind: ‘It’s Toxic Now’

CrowdfundingSeptember 14, 2019

It didn’t take Nathan J. Robinson long to realize that Kickstarter’s resistance to a staff union posed a major problem for his young...

Kickstarter’s Union Opposition Puts Users In A Bind: ‘It’s Toxic Now’

CrowdfundingSeptember 14, 2019

Vonkara1 via Getty ImagesIt didn’t take Nathan J. Robinson long to realize that Kickstarter’s resistance to a staff union posed a major problem for...

The Tezos Foundation Issues 14 New Ecosystem Grants to Projects

BlockchainSeptember 10, 2019

Today, the Tezos Foundation announced the issue of 14 new grants to various ecosystem projects that submitted proposals to the Foundation’s recent ‘request...