Christine Hall / TechCrunch:
Pepper, which provides tools for order management, invoicing, and more for independent food distributors, raised a $30M Series B led by Iconiq Growth — Pepper, the e-commerce platform for food distributors, continues to edge into Sysco and US Foods territory by giving smaller, independent distributors a technology leg up.
Chinese lidar maker Hesai sues US DOD for adding it to a list of firms accused of aiding China’s military, saying it only serves civilian and commercial market (Sabrina Willmer/Bloomberg)
Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
Chinese lidar maker Hesai sues US DOD for adding it to a list of firms accused of aiding China’s military, saying it only serves civilian and commercial market — – Hesai Group says it only serves civilian, commerical market — Company says its plans to build US facility are now disrupted
The US orders Chinese-linked crypto mining company MineOne to sell property it bought near an Air Force base in Wyoming, citing national security risk (Reuters)
Reuters:
The US orders Chinese-linked crypto mining company MineOne to sell property it bought near an Air Force base in Wyoming, citing national security risk — The White House on Monday gave a Chinese-linked company and its partners 120 days to sell property they had bought near a U.S. Air Force base …
Anthropic launches its Claude chatbot and subscription plans in Europe, available to individuals and businesses through the web and via an iPhone app (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Anthropic launches its Claude chatbot and subscription plans in Europe, available to individuals and businesses through the web and via an iPhone app — Anthropic, the artificial intelligence startup backed by Amazon, said Monday it’s launching its generative AI assistant Claude in Europe on Tuesday.
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces two new CEOs: Hermen Hulst, who will lead studios, and Hideaki Nishino, who will lead platforms, effective June 1 (Christopher Dring/GamesIndustry.biz)
Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz:
Sony Interactive Entertainment announces two new CEOs: Hermen Hulst, who will lead studios, and Hideaki Nishino, who will lead platforms, effective June 1 — Hulst will lead the Studios business, while Nishino takes charge of the platform side — News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B
Internal emails show how Evolv’s gun-detection AI system made its way to NYC subway stations, despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment (Georgia Gee/Wired)
Georgia Gee / Wired:
Internal emails show how Evolv’s gun-detection AI system made its way to NYC subway stations, despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment — NYC mayor Eric Adams wants to test Evolv’s gun-detection tech in subway stations—despite the company saying it’s not designed for that environment.
Rumble sues Google, saying it owes Rumble $1B+ in damages for lost ad revenue, and for exploiting its ad tech dominance to hamper Rumble’s ability to compete (Sara Fischer/Axios)
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Rumble sues Google, saying it owes Rumble $1B+ in damages for lost ad revenue, and for exploiting its ad tech dominance to hamper Rumble’s ability to compete — Rumble, the publicly-traded YouTube alternative that’s favored by conservatives, has filed a lawsuit against Google and its parent Alphabet
Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people’s trust, and more (New York Magazine)
New York Magazine:
Q&A with Walt Mossberg and YouTuber Marques Brownlee on tech reviews, handling pushback, YouTube, the issues with paid content, earning people’s trust, and more — The two titans of tech reviewing talk shop with Kara Swisher. — Despite being two of the most influential tech reviewers ever …
Kyle Vogt, who resigned as Cruise CEO six months ago, raised $150M for The Bot Company, a household robot startup, sources say at a $550M post-money valuation (Kenrick Cai/Forbes)
Kenrick Cai / Forbes:
Kyle Vogt, who resigned as Cruise CEO six months ago, raised $150M for The Bot Company, a household robot startup, sources say at a $550M post-money valuation — Vogt, who resigned from the self-driving car company amid a crisis just six months ago, landed a $550 million valuation …
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: gorgeous screen, blazing performance with M4, thin, front camera is in the right spot, but iPadOS can’t keep up with the hardware (David Pierce/The Verge)
David Pierce / The Verge:
Apple iPad Pro (2024) review: gorgeous screen, blazing performance with M4, thin, front camera is in the right spot, but iPadOS can’t keep up with the hardware — Apple’s latest high-end tablet is a marvel of hardware design still in need of the software and accessories to really make it sing.
