June 17, 2025

The Download: power in Puerto Rico, and the pitfalls of AI agents

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. Puerto Rico’s power struggles On the southeastern coast of Puerto Rico lies the country’s only coal-fired power station, flanked by a mountain of toxic ash. The plant, owned by the utility giant AES,…

March 2023

Wingspan raises $14M for its all-in-one payroll platform for contractors

March 16, 2023

In the wake of the pandemic, more and more companies are relying on independent contractors to sustain and grow their businesses — and more people are turning to freelancing. According to a Fiverr poll, 45% of businesses are using more freelancers than before the pandemic. And Fiverr rival Upwork found that 39% of the U.S. […]

Wingspan raises $14M for its all-in-one payroll platform for contractors by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Tinder will now let daters define their ‘relationship type,’ add pronouns to their profile

March 16, 2023

Tinder today is rolling out more features aimed at helping people find the right relationships for them, while also being more authentic on their dating profiles. Borrowing a feature from Hinge, another app owned by Tinder parent Match Group, Tinder users will now be able to indicate on their profiles the type of relationship they’re […]

Tinder will now let daters define their ‘relationship type,’ add pronouns to their profile by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Nation state hackers exploited years-old bug to breach a US federal agency

March 16, 2023

The U.S. government has warned that multiple cybercriminal gangs, including a nation state-backed hacking group, exploited a four-year-old software vulnerability in order to compromise a U.S. federal government agency. A joint alert released by the CISA, the FBI, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (known as MS-ISAC) on Wednesday revealed that hackers from […]

Nation state hackers exploited years-old bug to breach a US federal agency by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Yandex and 4 other Russian tech firms to be delisted from Nasdaq and NYSE

March 16, 2023

Five Russia-affiliated internet companies are to be formally delisted from U.S. stock exchanges, a year after trading was halted in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The most prominent of the quintet is Yandex, a 25-year-old tech company often called “The Google of Russia,” owing to its products spanning search, e-commerce, advertising, maps, transportation, […]

Yandex and 4 other Russian tech firms to be delisted from Nasdaq and NYSE by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Apple is reportedly experimenting with language-generating AI

March 16, 2023

If not for last week’s Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse almost every conversation in tech seems to be centered around AI and chatbots. In the last few days, Microsoft-backed OpenAI released a new language model called GPT-4. Its competitor Anthropic released the Claude chatbot. Google said that it is integrating AI into its Workspace tools […]

Apple is reportedly experimenting with language-generating AI by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Nimble makes the leap to fully automated third-party logistics warehouses

March 16, 2023

There’s a long-standing debate in the world of logistics robotics. On one side stand the greenfield folk, who insist that the best possible experience is one built from the ground up, with these automated systems at its core. Brownfield proponents, on the other hand, point to the time and money required for a full rebuild. […]

Nimble makes the leap to fully automated third-party logistics warehouses by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Fairmatic raises $46M to bring AI to commercial auto insurance

March 16, 2023

With inflation sparking an increase in the cost of repairs, labor and claims, fees for insurance are similarly spiking across the board. Car insurance premiums rose 13.7% nationally over the past year, according to a study from Bankrate.com. Home insurance, meanwhile, climbed 12.1% year-on-year, Policygenius found. But Jonathan Matus argues that it doesn’t have to […]

Fairmatic raises $46M to bring AI to commercial auto insurance by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion

March 16, 2023

If you own a non-custodial crypto wallet like MetaMask, you know the headache of keeping your 16-word seed phrase safe. That’s the responsibility that comes with having full control over one’s digital assets. A third-party wallet, like one hosted by an exchange, on the other hand, stores private keys on users’ behalf and provides a […]

Backed with $3M, Soul Wallet aims to bring self-hosted crypto wallets to the next billion by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

2 Big Problems the Feds Have to Overcome…

March 16, 2023
Lots has happened in the past two weeks and it has certainly been a bumpy ride for the S&P 500 (SPY). Just when it looked like hotter-than-expected data points were…