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BMW revealed a prototype for the i Vision Dee concept car during the automaker’s keynote at CES on Wednesday evening. The four-door sedan came out on stage in a crisp white, but later morphed into a variety of colors and patterns to show off Dee’s E-Ink technology, which will allow car owners to configure the…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company SpaceX is raising $750 million in its latest funding round at a valuation of $137 billion, according to CNBC, at a tumultuous time for the billionaire founder who lost the title of the world richest person last month amid Tesla’s share price drop…

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Amazon has secured an $8 billion loan in anticipation of market headwinds. Provided by DBS Bank, Mizuho Bank and others, the loan — which will mature in 364 days (January 3, 2024), with an option to extend for another 364 days — will be used for “general corporate purposes,” Amazon said in a filing with…

Since its inception in the mid-2000s, Chipotle has seen incredible success with its signature burrito bowl. If you’ve never had the pleasure, allow me to explain. Guests can choose a variety of rice, beans, meat, salsa, and other fixings typically found on a burrito in a bowl. It’s simple, capitalizing on the restaurant’s “make-it-your-way” service…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTesla CEO Elon Musk views the new Tesla Model Y at its unveiling in Hawthorne, California on March … [+] 14, 2019. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Tesla, longtime darling of tech media,…

Prior to becoming CMO at Hum Capital, Scott Brown led marketing for Sapphire Ventures, a $6 billion VC firm based in the U.S. and Europe. He has had a 20+-year career in enterprise technology, holding senior marketing roles at Facebook, Google, Cisco and several startups. Late-stage startups are facing major fundraising headwinds, but early-stage investing…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinZAOZHUANG, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 12: Aerial view of a wind-solar hybrid photovoltaic power station on … [+] September 12, 2020 in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by Li Zongxian/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Climate tech has come to the fore like never before with its…

This was a rough year for customer experience. We’ve been hearing for years how important customer experience is to business, and a whole business technology category has been built around it, with companies like Salesforce and Adobe at the forefront. But due to the economy or lack of employees (perhaps both?), 2022 was a year…

The gigantic technological leap that machine learning models have shown in the last few months is getting everyone excited about the future of AI — but also nervous about its uncomfortable consequences. After text-to-image tools from Stability AI and OpenAI became the talk of the town, ChatGPT’s ability to hold intelligent conversations is the new…