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As Meta sets its sight on introducing its virtual reality headsets to the Chinese market, Mark Zuckerberg’s contentious remarks about Beijing in the past may pose a major obstacle to his China dream. According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Meta is preparing to re-enter China by selling the Oculus Quest VR […]

Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

Over the July 4 holiday, it emerged that a judge in Louisiana had issued an injunction preventing the White House from speaking to social media companies in certain ways. The lawsuit this decision is part of, it must be said, is quite mad. Robert F. Kennedy Jr swallowed the Twitter Files whole and is now […]

Judge silences White House social media talks in lawsuit that departs from reality by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has become something akin to the default model for software distribution. But it’s more than a business model. It’s also a way of developing and managing software throughout its life cycle — and that means its underpinnings are forever changing. We decided to host a special SaaS Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 to […]

Announcing the SaaS Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

The technology industry at large might not be in the best of health at the moment, but health and fitness startups appear to be alive and well. EGYM, the Munich-based “smart workout solution” business, has agreed a monster equity investment of €207 million ($225 million), on the back of a very strong year of growth, […]

EGYM, the Munich-based smart fitness startup, raises $225M from Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

As climate change makes weather more unpredictable and extreme, we need more reliable forecasts to help us prepare and prevent disasters. Today, meteorologists use massive computer simulations to make their forecasts. They take hours to complete, because scientists have to analyze weather variables such as temperature, precipitation, pressure, wind, humidity, and cloudiness one by one. …

Meta’s planned Twitter killer, Threads, isn’t yet publicly available but it already looks like a privacy nightmare. Information provided about the app’s privacy via mandatory disclosures required on iOS shows the app may collect highly sensitive information about users in order to profile their digital activity — including health and financial data, precise location, browsing […]

Meta’s Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won’t launch in EU yet by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

If you’ve tried to get an investor to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before you pitch them, you’ll often be waved off with something like “We don’t do that.”

Yes, investors will sign an NDA, but only in this specific circumstance by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

The pandemic has damaged the entire manufacturing supply chain, which is not likely to return to normal until at least 2024 due to a few challenges, including the ongoing U.S.-China tech battle. According to a recent survey by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), which surveyed more than 150 equipment manufacturing firms and 179 equipment […]

CADDi raises $89M Series C to scale its B2B supply chain marketplace for manufacturing parts  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch