September 2023

Inside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story

September 3, 2023
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. As we head into a long holiday weekend here in the U.S., we look at — among other things — a surprising tie-up between Amazon and Shopify, Klarna’s Q2 results, and a startup out to make […]

Should the US implement a ‘robot tax?’

September 2, 2023
A version of this story original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.  A big and often unremarked upon aspect of being a reporter is knowing your audience. It’s not always as straightforward as it sounds — particularly when writing about tech. You’re always walking that tightrope between over- and under-explaining. Assuming too […]