January 9, 2025

The Download: greener steel, and what 2025 holds for climate tech

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The world’s first industrial-scale plant for green steel promises a cleaner future As of 2023, nearly 2 billion metric tons of steel were being produced annually, enough to cover Manhattan in a layer…

February 2023

Keep trying after a VC says no, says Tonkean CEO on TechCrunch Live

February 23, 2023

On this week’s TechCrunch Live, I spoke with CEO and co-founder of Tonkean, Sagi Eliyahu, and Foundation Capital partner, Joanne Chen. Tonkean started in 2015 as a no-code development platform, and added Joanne to its board of directors when it raised its seed round in 2019. I don’t want to ruin the story, but I […]

Keep trying after a VC says no, says Tonkean CEO on TechCrunch Live by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Black Business Leaders: Adopt Digital Strategies to Increase Competition

February 23, 2023
In today’s tech-driven economy, Black small business owners have new digital tools that can help their businesses survive, thrive and stand out among corporate competitors. Here are three reasons Black small business leaders should meet this moment and embrace digital transformation.

Announcing the TechCrunch Early Stage Audience Choice winners

February 23, 2023

The Audience Choice results are in, which begs the question, Could we BE more excited to share this news? No, we could not. Out of hundreds of applications, we curated 10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtable discussions. Your mission? Vote for the topics you want to see live and in person at TechCrunch Early Stage […]

Announcing the TechCrunch Early Stage Audience Choice winners by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Earthly wants to reinvent continuous integration to make it faster and cheaper

February 23, 2023

Continuous integration and continuous delivery, aka CI/CD, is a modern development concept where code is being constantly updated and delivered to a central repository, rather than waiting for a set of features to be completed and releasing it all at once. It’s a fairly recent construct, but Earthly Technologies, an early stage startup, believes that […]

Earthly wants to reinvent continuous integration to make it faster and cheaper by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Royal Mail restores global shipping weeks after LockBit ransomware attack

February 23, 2023

U.K. postal giant Royal Mail says it has finally restored international shipping after a ransomware attack downed its export services for over a month. Royal Mail spokesperson Mark Street told TechCrunch on Thursday that it has reinstated international export services to all destinations for purchase online and at Post Office branches. “We are now processing close […]

Royal Mail restores global shipping weeks after LockBit ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

How Working for The CIA Made Mike Baker a Better CEO

February 23, 2023
The former operative and current Discovery Channel host’s new book details the lessons he learned as a spy and how they helped him transition into the (slightly less) cutthroat world of corporate America.

How to Choose the Right Destination for Retirement Travel

February 23, 2023
For many people, retirement is a time for exploration and adventure, and a well-earned opportunity to finally travel to those longed-for and dreamed-about locations. Yet choosing a retirement travel destination…