Others

Non-profit certificate authority Let’s Encrypt hit a major milestone earlier this month: it issued its three billionth HTTPS certificate. Let’s Encrypt project was founded in 2013 to provide websites with free SSL and TLS certificates needed to enable HTTPS and encrypted communications. The organization, run by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) and backed by the […]

Let’s Encrypt issues 3 billion HTTPS certificates by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Vijay Chattha, a startup comms leader who has spent over […]

‘If you have too much, you can drown’ How tech PR’s job changed in 2022 by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

New Fare Partners secured $20 million in capital commitments for its inaugural fund investing in early-stage food and beverage businesses. 

New Fare Partners is latest female-led VC to close first fund by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

DoorDash is laying off 1,250 people in an effort to rein in costs, the company’s CEO Tony Xu said in a message to employees on Wednesday. Xu’s message notes that the pandemic presented unprecedented opportunities to serve merchants and consumers, and as a result, DoorDash sped up hiring to catch up with growth. Xu says […]

DoorDash lays off 1,250 employees to rein in operating expenses by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Cellulose insulation is made from recycled newspapers, a dwindling resource. CleanFiber thinks its cardboard process can make up the difference.

Transforming old cardboard boxes into insulation nets CleanFiber $10 million round by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Black, Latina, and Native American women represent approximately 16 percent of the total US population, but make up only 4 percent of students obtaining bachelor’s degrees in computing. On this trend, women of color receiving computing degrees will not double until 2052 — by which time they […]

Natives Rising wins backing to help Native Americans into tech and startups by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Binance’s sprawling empire is about to get bigger as it eyes expansion in Japan. The world’s largest crypto trading platform has acquired 100% of Sakura Exchange BitCoin for an undisclosed amount, a registered crypto exchange in Japan, the company said Wednesday. The announcement followed closely on the heels of Binance’s notice saying it had paused […]

Binance poised for Japan expansion after buying local exchange Sakura by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

According to Corning in-house research, “84% of consumers across three of the largest smartphone markets – China, India, and the United States — cite durability as the number one purchasing consideration behind brand itself.” I suspect that things like battery life and camera rank pretty highly, as well, but at the very least, it’s safe […]

New Gorilla Glass just dropped by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch