April 21, 2026

Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Landed Perfectly. Then Things Went Off Course: ‘The Altitude Is Too Low.’

Blue Origin successfully re-flew and landed a reusable rocket — but it placed a satellite in the wrong orbit.

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Ford left ‘$2B of profits on the table’ in 2022

February 2, 2023

Ford reported Thursday it earned $10.4 billion in net income last year, falling well below its own guidance and missing Wall Street’s expectations as the U.S. automaker struggled with supply chain issues and production instability that drove down sales and pushed operating costs higher. Shares fell as much as 8.3% in after-market trading, before recovering. […]

Ford left ‘$2B of profits on the table’ in 2022 by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Is Instagram considering paid verification? Code reveals references to a ‘paid blue badge’

February 2, 2023

New references in Instagram’s code suggest the company could be developing a paid verification feature following the rollout of a similar system at Twitter under Elon Musk. Recently discovered code snippets reference explicitly refer to a “paid blue badge” and a new subscription product, a developer has discovered. The same reference also appears in the […]

Is Instagram considering paid verification? Code reveals references to a ‘paid blue badge’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

OneHouse is building a neutral data lake integration layer on top of Apache Hudi

February 2, 2023

OneHouse emerged last year with a cloud data lake product built on top of the open source Apache Hudi project. The startup wants to act as an integration layer to move data between different repositories, rather than competing directly with larger data lake vendors like Snowflake and Databricks. Today the company announced a $25 million […]

OneHouse is building a neutral data lake integration layer on top of Apache Hudi by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Political ads face tougher targeting restrictions in EU if MEPs get their way

February 2, 2023

Europe has moved a step closer to having dedicated rules on online political ad targeting and transparency after the European Parliament fixed its negotiating position — paving the way for talks to start between MEPs and Member States to agree a final compromise text that can be passed into pan-EU law. MEPs said they hope […]

Political ads face tougher targeting restrictions in EU if MEPs get their way by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Bollinger Motors sues Munro Vehicles over similarity of its EVs

February 2, 2023

Two EV startups may soon be battling it out in court over alleged breach of contract and patent infringement. EV startup Bollinger Motors filed a lawsuit this week in the U.S. District of Southern New York against Munro Vehicles, and its head designer, over alleged breach of contract, patent infringement and trade dress infringement, according […]

Bollinger Motors sues Munro Vehicles over similarity of its EVs by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Triple Whale raises $25M for its Shopify data platform

February 2, 2023

Shopify powers a massive number of e-commerce sites, so it’s also no surprise that there is a vast ecosystem of tools around it that help these merchants manage all aspects of running their stores. Triple Whale, a Columbus, Ohio-based startup, focuses on providing Shopify store owners with a single platform that brings together all of […]

Triple Whale raises $25M for its Shopify data platform by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch