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Live: Apple iPad Event 2024, everything announced so far

Today is Apple iPad Event day, and we’re bringing you all the iPad goodness you can stand, summed up in a convenient package.

Apple iPad Pro gets a refresh

As anticipated, Apple’s iPad Pro was the star of Tuesday’s “Let Loose” event. The arrival of the 7th generation device marks the first major upgrade to the premium tablet since

Apple unveils the new 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Air with M2 chip

Apple is refreshing its iPad lineup today. And this launch is a bit overdue as the previous iPad Air was announced more than two years ago. The most important addition to the new iPad Air is that it n

Motional delays commercial robotaxi plans amid restructuring

Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup borne out of a $4 billion joint venture between Hyundai and automotive supplier Aptiv, will pause its commercial operations and delay plans to launch a driverl

Wiz raises $1B at a $12B valuation to expand its cloud security platform through acquisitions

Wiz, the buzzy startup building an all-in-one cloud security platform, is on an acquisition march to expand its business quickly en route to an IPO. Now, it has closed a major round of funding of $1 b

Starfish Space and D-Orbit complete orbital rendezvous, bringing Otter Pup mission to a close

Starfish Space’s ambitious first mission to demonstrate on-orbit rendezvous and docking tech has officially come to a close, with the startup managing to complete some of the objectives thanks to a

Legion’s founder aims to close the gap between what employers and workers need

While taking a long road trip across the U.S. years ago, Sanish Mondkar realized that there were stark, problematic disconnects between employers and the staff they employ. To critics of late-stage ca

Apple iPad event 2024: Watch Apple unveil new iPads right here

We’re still well over a month out from WWDC, but Apple went ahead and snuck in another event. Today, at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. ET, the company is set to unveil the latest additions to the iPad line.

Tubi calls on indie filmmakers and their fans to help beef up original content library

Tubi launched a new program called “Stubios” for aspiring filmmakers to submit original content.

Startup neobank Mercury is taking on Brex and Ramp with new bill pay, spend management software

Digital banking startup Mercury is layering software onto its bank accounts, giving its business customers the ability to pay bills, invoice customers and reimburse employees, the company has told Tec

Rad AI, a startup that helps radiologists save time on report generation, raises $50M Series B from Khosla Ventures

In 2017, Vinod Khosla told CNBC that the job “of the radiologist will be obsolete in five years.” While the founder of Khosla Ventures later revised that timeline to as long as 15 years, h

Nintendo finally confirms the Switch 2 is on the way

In the most anticlimactic way possible, Nintendo on Tuesday confirmed years of rumors: the Nintendo Switch 2 console is on the way.

Meta AI is obsessed with turbans when generating images of Indian men

Bias in AI image generators is a well-studied and well-reported phenomenon, but consumer tools continue to exhibit glaring cultural biases. The latest culprit in this area is Meta’s AI chatbot,

Daloopa trains AI to automate financial analysts’ workflows

Daloopa, a startup building AI to extract info from financial reports and investor presentations, has raised cash in a new funding round.

Microsoft and OpenAI launch $2M fund to counter election deepfakes

Microsoft and OpenAI have launched a $2 million fund to combat the growing risks of AI and deepfakes in elections.

Honeycomb Insurance grabs $36M Series B from solo VC-led Zeev Ventures

When Itai Ben-Zaken’s first startup failed in 2018, the former BCG consultant and Wharton MBA spent months trying to understand what he could have done differently during the five years he ran t

Akamai confirms acquisition of Noname for $450M

Akamai will integrate Noname into its API Security business, and expects the acquisition deliver approximately $20 million of revenue in its fiscal year 2024.

Amazon launches a Prime-free marketplace in South Africa, its first on the continent

Two years after announcing plans, Amazon’s highly awaited e-commerce entry into Africa has finally come to pass. On Tuesday, the tech giant launched its marketplace in South Africa. South Afric

Accel leads $4M investment in Egyptian corporate cards platform Swypex

Egyptian fintech Swypex launches all-in-one financial platform for businesses, following $4M seed investment led by Accel.

India urges political parties to avoid using deepfakes in election campaigns

India's Election Commission is urging political parties to refrain from using deepfakes and misinformation amid the country's ongoing general elections.
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