February 10, 2025

The Download: DOGE’s influences, and rescuing federal data from deletion

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. These documents are influencing the DOGE-sphere’s agenda  Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online, and they seem to be…

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Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks

October 11, 2022

The stock prices of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash slid on Tuesday after the Department of Labor announced proposed changes to how workers should be classified. The prospective guidance is intended to “combat employee misclassification,” the federal agency said in a statement. Soon after, Uber’s share price dropped by more than 10% to $24.61, while Lyft’s […]

Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

This startup is building a web3-friendly app store for developers

October 11, 2022

Apple’s 30% tech tax on developers has not just antagonized consumer tech giants like Epic Games and Spotify but is also turning web3 startups against it. Major NFT marketplaces OpenSea and Magic Eden noticeably only let users browse listings on their iPhone apps without enabling trading to avoid the steep fees. But doing so bars […]

This startup is building a web3-friendly app store for developers by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange

October 11, 2022

Jesse Powell is stepping down from the CEO role at U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken, The Wall Street Journal reported last month. Co-founded by Powell and Thanh Luu in 2011, Kraken is now the fourth-largest crypto exchange by volume, according to CoinMarketCap. It’s a critical inflection point for the company, which was valued at $10 billion […]

Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch

Many Americans treat driver assist systems like self-driving

October 11, 2022

Many Americans feel comfortable treating their advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which partially automate certain driving functions, as full self-driving systems, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The survey explored habits, expectations and attitudes among regular users of General Motors Super Cruise, Nissan/Infiniti ProPILOT Assist and Tesla Autopilot. A […]

Many Americans treat driver assist systems like self-driving by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Meta wants you to drop $1,499 on a headset to… go to work

October 11, 2022

What happens when you’re working away from your office, so you don’t have your big desk and multiple large monitors with you? You could just use your laptop and make do. Or, you could buy a $1,499 Quest Pro, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is built with work specifically in mind. Today, in Horizon […]

Meta wants you to drop $1,499 on a headset to… go to work by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

The mothers of Mexico’s missing use social media to search for mass graves

October 11, 2022
“Attention Jalisco. Do you know the location of a clandestine grave of corpses?” The question, aimed at people in the populous Mexican state, was posed on Twitter in February by Madres Buscadoras de Sonora, an organization of mothers searching for their missing loved ones. Dozens of people responded. Neighbors who had witnessed clandestine burials came…

Making robots that make robots to take over the world

October 11, 2022

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Jordan talk with Scott Gravelle, the CEO and co-founder of Attabotics, a robotics company that specializes in distribution and supply chain. Scott talks about how he was inspired by the Cutter Ants to design a vertical warehouse and create […]

Making robots that make robots to take over the world by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch

Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier this year, lays off 11% of staff as part of restructuring

October 11, 2022

Corporate spend management startup Brex has laid off 136 people, or 11% of its staff, across all departments as part of a restructuring, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. After the layoffs, Brex has just over 1,150 employees. It’s been a tumultuous year for Brex, which announced in April that it was leaning into the […]

Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier this year, lays off 11% of staff as part of restructuring by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch