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The Latest
What’s the common thread between Tesla, building startups, General Motors venture capital and Lyft? Jon McNeill, co-founder and partner of DVx Ventures, joins TechCrunch editor…
Cartken and its diminutive sidewalk delivery robots first rolled into the world with a narrow charter: carrying everything from burritos and bento boxes to pizza and pad thai that last…
Biotech & Health
Granza Bio grabs $7M seed from Felicis and YC to advance delivery of cancer treatments
1 day ago
Ashwin Nandakumar and Ashwin Jainarayanan were working on their doctorates at adjacent departments in Oxford, but they didn’t know each other. Nandakumar, who was studying oncology, one day stumbled across…
Hardware
LG acquires smart home platform Athom to bring third-party connectivity to its ThinQ ecosytem
1 day ago
LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining…
CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based…
Security
In a major update, Proton adds privacy-safe document collaboration to Drive, its freemium E2EE cloud storage service
2 days ago
Collaborative document features are being made available inside Proton Drive, further extending the company’s trademark pitch of robust security.
Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content. The chat app is also allowing channels…
For the past couple of years, innovation has been accelerating in new materials development. And a new French startup called Altrove plans to play a role in this innovation cycle.…
The Indian social media platform Koo, which positioned itself as a competitor to Elon Musk’s X, is ceasing operations after its last-resort acquisition talks with Dailyhunt collapsed. Despite securing over…
Apiday leverages AI to save time for its customers. But like legacy consultants, it also offers human expertise.
Where we’ll be next
Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is “way more than we’d care to say.”
Space
SpaceX wants to launch up to 120 times a year from Florida — and competitors aren’t happy about it
2 days ago
SpaceX’s ambitious plans to launch its Starship mega-rocket up to 44 times per year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center are causing a stir among some of its competitors. Late last…
Fintech
Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter
2 days ago
The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and…
The new bylines go beyond the typical @username references that often accompany link posts from news publications and those pointing to other written content, like a WordPress blog or Substack
Social
X weighs adding a downvote button to replies — but it doesn’t want to emulate Reddit
2 days ago
code references found in the X iOS app indicate that the company could be considering adding downvotes for replies only to improve how they’re ranked.
Security
Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach
2 days ago
Evolve, a popular financial institution for fintech startups, announced that a cyberattack affected “the data and personal information of some Evolve retail bank customers and financial technology partners’ customers.”
Fintech
Evolve hack fallout continues, fintech M&A heats up and Plaid talks enterprise push
2 days ago
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the Evolve Bank hack, three notable acquisitions, Plaid’s enterprise customer growth and more. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
What You Need to Raise a Series A Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
2 days ago
Raising a Series A round in today’s competitive market can be a daunting task. To equip seed-stage founders with the insights and strategies needed for success, TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 will…
Snapchat is introducing new ways for users to personalize their accounts, the company announced on Tuesday. The updates, which are mostly available for Snapchat+ subscribers, allow users to do things…
Meta plans to bring more generative AI tech into games, specifically VR, AR and mixed reality games, as the company looks to reinvigorate its flagging metaverse strategy. According to a…
