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Recession Alert: Are We There Yet?

April 5, 2023
The stock market rollercoaster continues with most investors wanting off the ride. That is true even after a nice run higher above 4,100 for the S&P 500 (SPY) because there…

Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death

April 5, 2023

Bob Lee, the Chief Product Officer at MobileCoin, was killed in a fatal stabbing in San Francisco. At 2:35 a.m., the San Francisco Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing near the 300 block of Main Street in SoMa. He was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries. Shortly after, NBC […]

Bob Lee, creator of Cash App and former CTO of Square, stabbed to death by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Morgan Stanley, BP Ventures back Indian e-mobility startup Magenta Mobility

April 5, 2023

Indian electric mobility startup Magenta Mobility has closed a $22 million Series A1 round, backed by $11 million each from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure and BP Ventures. Magenta will use the all-equity investment to boost its existing logistics and last-mile delivery fleet operations. The Navi Mumbai-headquartered startup has a fleet of 800 three-wheeled electric cargo […]

Morgan Stanley, BP Ventures back Indian e-mobility startup Magenta Mobility by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Kobo Plus subscription plans are now available in the U.S.

April 5, 2023

Kobo is launching its Kobo Plus subscription plan in the U.S. today. The plan starts at $7.99 per month and gives users access to 1.3 million books (but not all titles) from Kobo’s library. This new subscription will be a rival to Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited plan, which costs $9.99 per month. Amazon also offers a […]

Kobo Plus subscription plans are now available in the U.S. by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Apple readies opening of its first retail store in India

April 5, 2023

Apple is gearing up to open its first retail store in India to the public later this month, roughly two decades after the company began selling products and services in the South Asian nation that has grown to become the second largest internet market. The iPhone-maker on Wednesday shared the barricade of its first retail […]

Apple readies opening of its first retail store in India by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Ronbow nabs $10M to deliver custom cabinets in as short as 3 weeks

April 5, 2023

If you ever renovate a house, you know the ordeal of getting custom-made cabinets, a costly and lengthy process that involves rounds of back-and-forth with dealers and designers and could take up to half a year to complete. Now a startup called Ronbow based out of California wants to shorten the delivery time and reduce […]

Ronbow nabs $10M to deliver custom cabinets in as short as 3 weeks by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Launch startup Stoke Space rolls out software tool for complex hardware development

April 5, 2023

Stoke Space, a company that’s developing a fully reusable rocket, has unveiled a new tool to let hardware companies track the design, testing and integration of parts. The new tool, Fusion, is targeting an unsexy but essential aspect of the hardware workflow. It’s a solution born out of “ubiquitous pain in the industry,” Stoke CEO […]

Launch startup Stoke Space rolls out software tool for complex hardware development by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch