February 2023

Disney’s Hotstar suffers outage in latest setback

February 17, 2023

Disney+ Hotstar is suffering an outage for some users in India in the middle of a popular cricket match, drawing flak from customers at a time when the Disney crown jewel is already facing several setbacks in the South Asian market. It’s unclear what prompted the glitch, which Hotstar acknowledged as “unforeseen technical issues” across […]

Disney’s Hotstar suffers outage in latest setback by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A

February 17, 2023

Autonomous aircraft have long been thought of as having the most potential, though not in the realm of glitzy people-carrying drones so much as the more sedate world of cargo. It’s here where the economic savings could be most significant. Large, long-range drones built specifically for cargo have the potential to be faster, cheaper and […]

Autonomous cargo drone airline Dronamics reveals it’s raised $40M, pre-Series A by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups

February 17, 2023

Africa’s largest innovation hub Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), is launching a $15 million accelerator program, dubbed The Edtech Fellowship Program, to back and support 72 startups across Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years, TechCrunch has learned. According to a statement shared by the firm, the accelerator program will support and amplify the impact of […]

Co-Creation Hub’s edtech accelerator puts $15M towards African startups by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch

SEC charges Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon with defrauding investors

February 17, 2023

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the collapsed blockchain firm and stablecoin operator Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon with defrauding U.S. investors who purchased the digital assets Terra USD and Luna. The US financial regulator accused Kwon and the Singpoare-based crypto firm of offering and selling an inter-connected suite of crypto […]

SEC charges Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon with defrauding investors by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform

February 17, 2023

Web3 gaming company Unagi today announced a €4.7 million ($5 million) seed round of funding, as the French startup prepares to expand its NFT fantasy sports platform beyond football (“soccer”) and into the basketball realm. Unagi, which doesn’t yet have its own website, was founded out of Paris by Charlie Guillemot, son of Ubisoft co-founder […]

Binance-backed web3 gaming startup Unagi gets funding to expand fantasy sports platform by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch