Màrius Montmany and Oriol Hernandez i Fajula, former employees at large logistics companies, several years ago found themselves frustrated with the problem of “reverse logistics” — how to get product returns through the mail system in an efficient and cost-effective way. Dissatisfied with the existing solutions out there, the pair founded Rever — now backed […]
Y Combinator-backed Rever aims to modernize refunds and returns by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Seedstars Capital and Swiss philanthropic foundation Fondation Botnar have launched Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, a $20 million investment mandate targeting early-stage startups in Africa that are focused on improving the wellbeing of people below 30 years in low-and-middle-income countries. The evergreen fund will back pre-seed to Series A startups including those that advance health services, […]
Seedstars, Fondation Botnar launch new fund to back African startups focused on youth wellbeing by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
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Mercedes jumps into the ChatGPT fray and Toyota plays catch-up by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
You.com is a small startup trying to take on search giant Google with AI, innovation and a focus on privacy.
You.com looks to innovation to chip away at Google’s search dominance by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
Meta will soon officially permit users as young as 10 to use its Meta Quest 2 and 3 VR headsets — if their parents say it’s okay, anyway. In a blog post, the tech giant says that there’s “a vast array of engaging and educational apps, games, and more” for the kiddos, even if the […]
Meta says it’s totally fine for 10 year olds to wear its VR headset, probably by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. government has confirmed that multiple federal agencies have fallen victim to cyberattacks exploiting a security vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool. In a statement shared with TechCrunch, CISA confirmed that “several” U.S. government agencies have experienced intrusions related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer, an enterprise file transfer tool […]
US confirms federal agencies hit by MOVEit breach, as hackers list more victims by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
In a steaming-hot, packed, VivaTech hall in Paris today, Twitter owner Elon Musk waxed lyrical on his various accomplishments, but demured over some of the bigger questions hanging over his various companies. After walking on stage and joking that he might be a “hologram or an android”, Musk also quipped that Twitter was “expensive” and […]
Musk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch