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Among the security features Google announced with the launch of its new Pixel 7 smartphones, Google today also noted it will make its Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro devices its first-ever phones to include a VPN at no extra cost to users. This VPN won’t associate users’ app and browsing data with users’ accounts, […]

Google’s Pixel 7 and 7 Pro will include a VPN at no extra cost by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Alkymi launched in 2017 with a goal of helping financial services companies automate mundane tasks, a kind of lightweight RPA to grab information from emails and spreadsheets and eliminate a lot of copy/paste activity. More recently the company developed a way for a more broad set of customers to create their own automations and connect […]

Alkymi wants to bring custom automations to every business user by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

The startup’s iron-air chemistry could help store intermittent wind and solar power for far less than the competition.

Form Energy’s iron-air battery on pace for 2024 launch with $450M Series E by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

Square Off charmed us at CES 2019, when the startup showed off its robotic chess board at our Hardware Battlefield event. Watching the pieces move on their own, courtesy of underlying AI, grabbed the attention of a jaded crowd of showgoers. This morning, it takes the next step in the startup lifecycle, as Bay Area-based […]

Miko Robotics acquires majority stake in AI chess startup, Square Off by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Peloton, it seems, isn’t out of the woods just yet. The once mighty connected fitness firm has been facing a steep uphill battle to turn around its fortunes. This morning, the company confirmed with The Wall Street Journal that it plans to cut another 500 jobs, under the leadership of CEO Barry McCarthy. The executive, who […]

Facing an uncertain future, Peloton will cut another 500 jobs by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

After last month’s expansion of Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, Twitter announced this morning the notes fact-checkers leave on tweets will now be visible to all U.S. users. That doesn’t mean everyone in the U.S. will be able to participate in Birdwatch, however. The service had around 15,000 contributors during its pilot testing […]

Twitter is making its crowdsourced fact-checks visible to all U.S. users with Birdwatch expansion by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Honda unveiled Thursday the 2024 Honda Prologue, its first-ever battery-electric SUV that represents a crucial milepost along the automaker’s journey to deliver 30 new EVs by the end of the decade. But executives, who worried about would-be EV buyers decamping for other brands in the interim, hatched a plan: a short-term lease program designed to […]

Honda doesn’t want to wait until 2024 for its SUV customers to go electric by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch

Nobody wants to think about a prenup while planning a wedding, but it is the best time to address complications that may follow the honeymoon.

Why your startup needs a prenup by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

In a sign that pure equity financing is getting harder to come by, cybersecurity firm Arctic Wolf, which last July raised $150 million at triple its previous valuation ($4.3 billion), opted for all debt in its latest funding round. The company today announced that it secured $401 million in convertible notes from Owl Rock with […]

Cyber firm Arctic Wolf raises $401M in debt, eyeing a potential IPO by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch