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Careem, the Middle East-based ride-hailing company that Uber bought in 2019, is spinning out its super app business into a new startup backed with $400 million from Emirates Telecommunications Group Company. Emirates Telecommunications, the UAE telco giant that is now known as e&, said Monday it reached an agreement with Uber to buy a 50.03% […]

Uber sells $400m stake in Careem super app business by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Here’s your shot across the bow — there’s a little over one more month left to nominate your startup for Startup Battlefield 200 at Disrupt. Take the opportunity to join this elite group for a new and awesome opportunity at TechCrunch Disrupt. It’s positively packed with perks and possibilities to get your company to the […]

1 month left to submit nominations for Startup Battlefield 200 by Neesha A. Tambe originally published on TechCrunch

With Meta Verified, users can pay for an enviable blue check next to their name. But the feature also requires users to use their legal name as their profile display name without the option to change it, raising concerns among sex workers, trans creators and other privacy advocates.  “For $15, it’s doxxing you,” Pomma, a […]

Meta Verified is under fire in sex work circles for revealing users’ legal names by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch