March 2024

Lordstown Motors comes out of bankruptcy with a new name to fight Foxconn

March 15, 2024

Lordstown Motors has emerged from bankruptcy with a new name and a nearly-singular focus: continuing its lawsuit against iPhone-maker Foxconn for allegedly “destroying the business of an American startup.” The company announced in a late Thursday regulatory filing that it has put into effect a Chapter 11 restructuring plan that was recently approved by the […]

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Hyundai-backed Motional buys time with a bridge loan

March 15, 2024

Autonomous vehicle technology startup Motional has secured a bridge loan that provides a temporary financial reprieve as the company searches for a longer term source of funding, TechCrunch has learned. Motional CEO Karl Iagnemma told staff in a companywide email view by TechCrunch that the company’s board of directors approved the bridge financing. “As I’ve […]

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How to verify a data breach

March 15, 2024

Over the years TechCrunch has extensively covered data breaches. In fact, some of our most-read stories have come from reporting on huge data breaches, such as revealing shoddy security practices at startups holding sensitive genetic information through to disproving privacy claims by a popular messaging app. It’s not just our sensitive information that can spill […]

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TechCrunch Minute: A TikTok ban is looking more and more like impending reality

March 15, 2024

Well, that was fast. After a House subcommittee gave its assent to a bill that would force the divestment of TikTok or ban it in the United States, the House itself voted in the affirmative, albeit with a few dozen votes of dissent. Now it’s off to the Senate, where high-profile support has already been […]

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