Technology
TikTok faces a US ban, Tesla’s profit decline and healthcare data leaks
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter highlighting the week’s noteworthy tech events.
TikTok’s fate within the U.S. appears uncertain after President Joe Biden signed a bill setting a deadline for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to divest itself of TikTok inside nine months or face a ban on its U.S. distribution. Ivan writes about TikTok’s impact TikTok bans in other countries could signal what’s to return stateside.
Meanwhile, the fallout from the Change Healthcare hack continues. Change, a subsidiary of medical health insurance giant UnitedHealth, confirmed this week that a ransomware attack targeting it earlier this 12 months resulted in a massive theft of Americans’ private health information, possibly affecting a “significant portion” of Americans.
Tesla’s profits have fallen 55% because the EV company faces increased pressure from hybrid automotive makers. The automaker’s growth plan centers around mysterious, lower-cost electric vehicles scheduled for release next 12 months, in addition to possibly a robotaxi. However, the Cybertruck being recalled as a consequence of faulty accelerator pedals definitely won’t assist in the meantime.
Many other things happened. We sum all of it up on this issue of WiR – but first, let’s remind you to enroll in the WiR newsletter every Saturday.
News
Amazon Grocery Shopping Plan: Amazon has launched a latest unlimited grocery delivery subscription within the US. The plan, which costs $9.99 monthly for Amazon Prime users, includes free delivery on grocery orders over $35 at Amazon Fresh stores, Whole Foods Market and other local grocery stores.
California drones grounded: In more Amazon news, the tech giant confirmed that it’s ending Prime Air drone deliveries in Lockeford, California. The central California city of three,500 people was the corporate’s second U.S. drone delivery site after College Station, Texas; Amazon didn’t provide any details in regards to the failure.
Fisker plans layoffs: Fisker says it’s planning more layoffs lower than two months after cutting 15% of its workforce as the electrical vehicle startup tries to lift money to remain alive. Fisker expects to file for bankruptcy protection inside the following 30 days if it may well’t get the cash.
Strip extension: Among many other announcements made on the Sessions conference in San Francisco, Stripe said it could separate payments from the remaining of its financial services suite. Considering that Stripe previously required businesses to be payment customers with a purpose to use the corporate’s other products, that is a big change.
Analysis
The rabbit gives: Brian writes in regards to the R1, the primary gadget from the AI startup R1. The $199 price tag, touchscreen, and snazzy aesthetic from renowned design firm Teenage Engineering make the R1 far more accessible than Humane’s Ai Pin, he concludes.
Lab-grown diamonds: Pascal, a start-up backed by Andreessen Horowitz, says it may well make high-end jewelry available by utilizing lab-grown diamonds which can be chemically and physically much like natural diamonds but cost one twentieth the worth.
AI Poetry: The so-called experiment Poetic camera – a real, physical camera – combines open source technology with playful design and artistic vision. Instead of simply capturing images, the Poetry Camera composes thought-provoking verses generated by artificial intelligence based on the visualizations it encounters.
Rippling Deep Dive: Connie interviewed Parker Conrad, CEO of workforce management startup Rippling, in regards to the company’s latest $200 million funding round, its latest lease in San Francisco (the second-largest signed in the town this 12 months), and no Just.
Technology
US medical device giant Artivion says hackers stole files during a cybersecurity incident
Artivion, a medical device company that produces implantable tissue for heart and vascular transplants, says its services have been “disrupted” resulting from a cybersecurity incident.
In 8-K filing In an interview with the SEC on Monday, Georgia-based Artivion, formerly CryoLife, said it became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” that involved the “compromise and encryption” of information on November 21. This suggests that the corporate was attacked by ransomware, but Artivion has not yet confirmed the character of the incident and didn’t immediately reply to TechCrunch’s questions. No major ransomware group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
Artivion said it took some systems offline in response to the cyberattack, which the corporate said caused “disruptions to certain ordering and shipping processes.”
Artivion, which reported third-quarter revenue of $95.8 million, said it didn’t expect the incident to have a material impact on the corporate’s funds.
Technology
It’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard and it’s called Raspberry Pi 500
Manufacturer of single-board computers Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer keyboard device with higher specs. Named Raspberry Pi500This successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is just as powerful as the present Raspberry Pi flagship, the Raspberry Pi 5. It is on the market for purchase now from Raspberry Pi resellers.
The Raspberry Pi 500 is the simplest method to start with the Raspberry Pi because it’s not as intimidating because the Raspberry Pi 5. When you take a look at the Raspberry Pi 500, you do not see any chipsets or PCBs (printed circuit boards). The Raspberry Pi is totally hidden in the familiar housing, the keyboard.
The idea with the Raspberry Pi 500 is you could connect a mouse and a display and you are able to go. If, for instance, you’ve got a relative who uses a very outdated computer with an outdated version of Windows, the Raspberry Pi 500 can easily replace the old PC tower for many computing tasks.
More importantly, this device brings us back to the roots of the Raspberry Pi. Raspberry Pi computers were originally intended for educational applications. Over time, technology enthusiasts and industrial customers began using single-board computers all over the place. (For example, when you’ve ever been to London Heathrow Airport, all of the departures and arrivals boards are there powered by Raspberry Pi.)
Raspberry Pi 500 draws inspiration from the roots of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a non-profit organization. It’s the right first computer for college. In some ways, it’s a lot better than a Chromebook or iPad because it’s low cost and highly customizable, which inspires creative pondering.
The Raspberry Pi 500 comes with a 32GB SD card that comes pre-installed with Raspberry Pi OS, a Debian-based Linux distribution. It costs $90, which is a slight ($20) price increase over the Raspberry Pi 400.
Only UK and US keyboard variants will probably be available at launch. But versions with French, German, Italian, Japanese, Nordic and Spanish keyboard layouts will probably be available soon. And when you’re in search of a bundle that features all the things you would like, Raspberry Pi also offers a $120 desktop kit that features the Raspberry Pi 500, a mouse, a 27W USB-C power adapter, and a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
In other news, Raspberry Pi has announced one other recent thing: the Raspberry Pi monitor. It is a 15.6-inch 1080p monitor that’s priced at $100. Since there are quite a few 1080p portable monitors available on the market, this launch is not as noteworthy because the Pi 500. However, for die-hard Pi fans, there’s now also a Raspberry Pi-branded monitor option available.
Technology
Apple Vision Pro may add support for PlayStation VR controllers
According to Apple, Apple desires to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive for gamers and game developers latest report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The Vision Pro was presented more as a productivity and media consumption device than a tool geared toward gamers, due partly to its reliance on visual and hand controls moderately than a separate controller.
However, Apple may need gamers if it desires to expand the Vision Pro’s audience, especially since Gurman reports that lower than half one million units have been sold to this point. As such, the corporate has reportedly been in talks with Sony about adding support for PlayStation VR2 handheld controllers, and has also talked to developers about whether they may support the controllers of their games.
Offering more precise control, Apple may also make other forms of software available in Vision Pro, reminiscent of Final Cut Pro or Adobe Photoshop.
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