Pomelo Care, a virtual maternity care platform, scored $33 million in seed and Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The New York-based company partners with employers, health plans and providers to offer virtual fertility, pregnancy and newborn care from preconception through a baby’s first year. Its offerings include nutrition counseling, educational content, primary and […]
Rivian is saying it hears its customers loud and clear, and if they want to get themselves into a shiny new R1T, they’ll have the opportunity to drive off in one next weekend in Normal, Illinois. Customers who venture down to Rivian’s service center at its production hub next week can come see the electric […]
The construction of KORE Power‘s EV battery factory in Arizona is now fast-tracked with a US Department of Energy loan for $850 million. The money will go toward paying for the fabrication of KOREPlex, the company’s battery cell factory in Buckeye, Arizona (site pictured above and rendering below)?. The factory already had private financing in […]
A Tesla driver hit and killed a dog. They claimed they were driving using Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta. Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta is a driver-assist system that takes over all the tasks related to driving a vehicle, but Tesla requires that drivers keep their hands on the steering wheel and pay attention at all times. […]
Italy-based healthcare agency, consultancy and digital health group, Healthware, and the Digital Therapeutics Alliance, a nonprofit organization based in Virginia that provides thought leadership and education to advance digital therapeutic adoption, today announced the release of a report outlining policy pathways for digital health adoption in Europe. Alberta Spreafico, managing director of digital health and […]
On a spring afternoon in Bankers Hill, San Diego, the soundscape is serene: Sea breeze rustles through the trees, and neighbors chat pleasantly across driveways. Except for about every three minutes, when a jet blazes overhead with an ear-piercing roar. A growing body of research shows that this kind of chronic noise — which rattles […]
In an NPR interview before the news of the big GM move to NACS charging, CEO Mary Barra hinted at something we here at Electrek have been jonesin’ for – a Chevy Bolt with an Ultium battery. A Boltium?! Let’s discuss… The little nugget of info happened about 10 minutes into a Marketplace podcast released […]
NHS England’s latest monthly operational statistics report was published this week, for the month of May, where it reported the third highest total number of emergency department attendees for May at 2.24 million, since records began. Among notable outcomes, waiting times were reduced in spite of high pressures. The report highlights the use of technology, particularly […]
The Lordstown (RIDE) and Foxconn dispute is heating up. American EV startup Lordstown (RIDE) said in an SEC filing Friday it’s planning to take legal action against Foxconn over its latest investment agreement. Despite the first batch of Lordstown Endurance models leaving its Ohio plant in November, Lordstown hit another setback as it halted production […]
The United States, you may have heard, is in a lifeguard shortage. The city of Houston is offering new lifeguards a $500 bonus. Jackson, Mississippi, is raising lifeguard pay by more than 40 percent. Colorado is “stepping up” with $250,000 for hiring lifeguard reinforcements; in the meantime, senior citizens are filling in. According to the […]
