Indian Hotel Startup Oyo Prepping IPO
Despite a rocky year due to COVID-related travel restrictions, Oyo Hotels and Rooms is preparing to file for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise roughly $1 billion. The Indian hospitality startup is expected to file for the IPO next week in…
If You’re an Android User, Don’t Click on This Text Message
It may seem like the tech world is dominated by Apple, but Android actually controls 73 percent of the world’s mobile market, making it the most used smartphone company globally. Though Android may be king size-wise, the cybersecurity experts at…
Volvo electric cars to be 100% leather-free
Volvo has vowed to make all its future electric car interiors completely leather-free – and by 2030, it will only sell 100 percent electric and leather-free cars. © Provided by Motoring Electric Volvo C40 Recharge interior The Swedish firm says it is an…
Arcimoto FUV is a cross between a motorcycle and an electric car
Joann tooling around town in Arcimoto’s FUV. Video: Bill Rapai for Axios I’ve spent the past week on a joyride, tooling around town in a crazy-fun, three-wheeled mashup between an electric car and a motorcycle — an “autocycle” if…
Grand Prairie man gets nearly 36-year sentence for child pornography involving two 6-year-old girls
A Grand Prairie man who used two 6-year-old girls to create child pornography was sentenced to 35 years and 10 months in prison Thursday, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas announced Thursday. Juan Navarro Jr., 38, pleaded…
realme Makes the Top 6 Globally for the First Time
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — realme, the world’s fastest growing smartphone brand, has become a Top 6 smartphone vendor in the global rankings, according to the latest market insights conducted by Counterpoint Research.…
A look back to Sept. 23, 1991
INDIANAPOLIS — No one stays 29 forever, no matter what you’ve been telling people. FOX59 News has joined the big 3-0 club, celebrating the 30th anniversary of our first-ever newscast. NightCast, as it was called then, launched Sept. 23, 1991 at 10 p.m.…
Ford considers Halewood plant over Germany for EV systems
Ford is weighing up whether to build transmission systems for electric cars at its Halewood plant on Merseyside rather than at a site in Germany. The car giant has held talks with government officials about making the new eTrans system in the UK. A…
Lotus reveals lightweight basis for electric sports car, other future EVs
Lotus on Tuesday revealed the platform for a planned electric sports car, codenamed Type 135, due in 2026. Following Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s maxim “simplify, and add lightness,” the new platform emphasizes weight reduction. Known…
Black founders from Dallas and Frisco receive a six-figure boost from Google’s startup fund
Three North Texas companies are getting a six-figure boost from a Google fund designed to aid Black-founded startups. Google set up the $10 million initiative to address the access to capital problem that many Black founders encounter when they launch…