Cruise rolls out Android app for robotaxi service

Android phone users finally have access to Cruise’s robotaxi service, which is predominately in San Francisco as well as in Austin and Phoenix. The self-driving unit under GM said... Read more »

Building a map of the U.S. healthcare system with Web Sun from Komodo Health

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Web Sun, the co-founder and president of Komodo Health,... Read more »

Apple Podcasts gets upgraded search functionality

Apple announced Tuesday that it updated the search tab of its Podcasts app by launching nine subcategories to make it easier for users to discover new shows across different... Read more »

Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games

Twitch is rethinking the way it flags mature content, swapping its existing toggle for a more granular set of topic-specific labels. The company announced Tuesday that it would introduce... Read more »

SEC director says ‘nothing has changed’ for enforcement even as the crypto industry rumbles

As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission continues to scrutinize the crypto industry, the agency’s director of enforcement, Gurbir Grewal, says the regulator is not concerned with labels or... Read more »

A whistleblower raised safety concerns about OceanGate’s submersible in 2018. Then he was fired.

The director of marine operations at OceanGate, the company whose submersible went missing Sunday on an expedition to the Titanic in the North Atlantic, was fired after raising concerns... Read more »

New European+LatAm VC fund Boost Capital Partners takes aim at startups with games-level UX

Boost Capital Partners is the name of a new European + LatAm VC fund which aims to focus on startups with a focus on user experience. The London-based VC... Read more »

Volkswagen’s breakthrough could spark a battery manufacturing gold rush

Inflation hasn’t been kind to batteries. After more than a decade of remarkably consistent declines in the price of lithium-ion battery packs, last year, the trend reversed itself. The... Read more »

Chrome on iOS to get built-in Lens support, along with new Maps and Calendar integrations

Google announced today that Chrome on iOS is getting a few new features, including built-in Lens support that will allow users to search using just their cameras. Although you... Read more »

Twitch’s new Partner Plus tier strains an already tense relationship with creators

Twitch’s new Partner Plus tier, which will grant qualifying streamers a 70/30 revenue split, has been hailed as a win for the platform’s community. But the program’s lofty requirements... Read more »
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