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GM has unveiled a pair of electric bikes General Motors (GM) unveiled a pair of electric bikes earlier this week at an event at its headquarters in Detriot.
Designed for urban commuters, GM plans to start selling the bikes in early 2019, though it hasn't specified what it'll charge.
One of the bikes is designed to fold up for portability, while the other is much more akin to a typical ebike.
The automaker didn't specify how it planned to manufacture the bikes, saying only that they will have advanced safety features and "really cool connectivity features that will help you navigate through the city."
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| | | Walmart has announced a new feature in the Walmart app that uses augmented reality (AR) to present users with side-by-side information about products they scan in-store. Read More → | | | | |
| | | UK-based cross-border money transfer company TransferWise has partnered with Dutch neobank bunq, enabling the bank to offer low-cost international payments to its personal and business users. Read More → | | | | |
| | | CVS plans to open concept stores early next year with new medical services aimed at reducing healthcare costs for its combined company with health insurer Aetna. Read More → | | | | |
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| | | In its Q3 2018 earnings, legacy remittance player Western Union reported a continuing trend in which its digital growth far outpaces overall growth. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Tink Labs is close to closing a $300 million funding round that would value the company at around $1.5 billion. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Kicking things off the night before Thanksgiving will make this Walmart's earliest Black Friday start ever, but it's also currently offering deals as a sort of preview. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Amazon is slowly rolling out a new delivery option for US Prime members, entitled "Amazon Day," which allows customers to select a specific day of the week for their Amazon orders to arrive. Read More → | | | | |
| | | US-based Credit Karma is to acquire UK credit scoring and reporting startup Noddle from US consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion, marking Credit Karma's first move outside of the US and Canada. Read More → | | | | |
| | | Apple and Stanford Medicine enrolled more than 400,000 participants in the Apple Heart Study since its launch in November of 2017 — making it the largest study on atrial fibrillation (AFib) ever conducted. Read More → | | | | |
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