December 26, 2024

This international surveillance project aims to protect wheat from deadly diseases

When Dave Hodson walked through wheat fields in Ethiopia in 2010, it seemed as if everything had been painted yellow. A rust fungus was in the process of infecting about one-third of the country’s wheat, and winds had carried its spores far and wide, coating everything in their path. “The fields were completely yellow. You’d…

May 2023

Qualcomm acquires Autotalks to boost Snapdragon’s automotive safety technology, reportedly for $350-400M

May 8, 2023

Qualcomm’s longer term bet on the automotive sector as a lucrative customer base for its chips and related communications technology is getting a significant push today: the company announced that it is acquiring Autotalks, a fabless chipmaker out of Israel that builds semiconductor and system-on-a-chip technology to aid in automotive safety; sources tell us Qualcomm […]

Qualcomm acquires Autotalks to boost Snapdragon’s automotive safety technology, reportedly for $350-400M by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Elizabeth Holmes, left to her own devices

May 8, 2023

Critics are flaming The New York Times today for posting what they says is an overly empathetic 5,500-word profile of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes this morning. Nice to be a pretty white lady working your charm on a nyt reporter. https://t.co/BTPukyMt9A — Soledad O’Brien (@soledadobrien) May 7, 2023 pretty incredible to write a performatively angsty […]

Elizabeth Holmes, left to her own devices by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund

May 8, 2023

Partners of 3one4 Capital, a venture capital firm in India, recently went on a road show to raise a new fund. Within two and a half months, at the height of the worsening global economy, they had secured $200 million. It’s the fourth marquee fund for the Bengaluru-headquartered fund, whose portfolio includes four unicorn startups. […]

3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch