GM, Palantir-backed Wejo to go public via SPAC
Wejo, the connected vehicle data startup backed by GM and Palantir, plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Virtuoso Acquisition Corp....
The Suicide Squad’s Weasel Had a Fantastic Inspiration and It Wasn’t a Weasel
The Weasel’s going to die. This isn’t a spoiler, I just can’t imagine James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad movie killing off a slew of its huge...
All the Wyze Products That Cost More Now (So Far)
In May, Wyze announced that component shortages could lead to sporadic price changes across its catalog. The company has since increased the price of its Video...
U.S. Soldiers Accidentally Leaked Nuclear Weapons Secrets Online: Report
U.S. soldiers stationed at various bases in Europe accidentally exposed sensitive data related to America’s nuclear weapons stockpile via poorly secured flashcard apps they were using...
3 views on the future of meetings
More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, early-stage startups across the world are re-inventing how we work. But founders aren’t flocking to build just another...
Daily Crunch: Tesla switches on camera-based driver monitoring for Autopilot users
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Welcome to the...
Black Panther Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Wants Better for Creators Bringing These Stories to Life
With Black Panther #25 bringing Ta-Nehisi Coates’ run on the Marvel comic—which transformed Wakanda into a time-traveling, intergalactic empire—to a close, the writer’s moving on to...
If You’re Reading This, You’re Not Welcome on the Elizabeth Holmes Jury
On Thursday, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes filed a 112-question survey for potential jurors for her fraud trial, which is set to begin in August. Presumably, it...
Once a buzzword, digital transformation is reshaping markets
The notion of digital transformation evolved from a buzzword joke to a critical and accelerating fact during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes wrought by a global...
Hair, Hairballs, and Harley Sum Up the Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the latest in plastic goodness. This week, Miles Morales gets upstaged, the Age of Questionable Mutant...
