February 7, 2025

The Download: DOGE’s tech-enabled destruction, and Meta’s brain AI for typing

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Elon Musk, DOGE, and the Evil Housekeeper problem —Dan Hon is principal of Very Little Gravitas, where he helps turn around and modernize large and complex government services and products. In trying to…

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3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund

May 8, 2023

Partners of 3one4 Capital, a venture capital firm in India, recently went on a road show to raise a new fund. Within two and a half months, at the height of the worsening global economy, they had secured $200 million. It’s the fourth marquee fund for the Bengaluru-headquartered fund, whose portfolio includes four unicorn startups. […]

3one4 Capital, driven by contrarian bets, raises $200 million new fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: Apple and Google team up on trackers, Google I/O preview, apps hit NewFronts

May 6, 2023

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in 2023 hit a few snags, as consumer spending last year dropped for the first time by 2% to $167 billion, according to data.ai’s “State of […]

This Week in Apps: Apple and Google team up on trackers, Google I/O preview, apps hit NewFronts by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon quietly acquired audio content discovery engine Snackable AI to boost its podcast projects

May 5, 2023

Amazon quietly acquired New York-based audio content discovery engine Snackable AI last December to boost its podcast features, as first reported by New York Post. The tech giant told TechCrunch in email on Friday that the Snackable AI team joined Amazon Music to work on existing podcast projects. The financial terms of the deal were […]

Amazon quietly acquired audio content discovery engine Snackable AI to boost its podcast projects by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Why Halo is betting on a remote-operated car-sharing service

May 5, 2023

Driverless cars are often marketed as a safe and convenient means of travel that allows customers to watch movies, scroll through TikTok or nap — all without worrying about taking over control. Whether it’s in a personal vehicle (which to remind everyone, there are currently no personal autonomous cars for sale) or ride-hailing service like […]

Why Halo is betting on a remote-operated car-sharing service by Roberto Baldwin originally published on TechCrunch

Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech

May 5, 2023

Vint Cerf has been a near-constant influence on the internet since the days when he was helping create it in the first place. Today he wears many hats, among them VP and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. He to be awarded the IEEE’s Medal of Honor at a gala in Atlanta, and ahead of the […]

Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Paytm tops $977 million revenue in a year, narrows loss

May 5, 2023

Paytm, India’s leading mobile payments firm, recorded a 13.2% surge in revenue to $285.7 million in the quarter ending March and cut its loss by 57% to $20.5 million in a sharp turnaround for the company that is increasingly trying to become profitable. Paytm’s overall revenue in the financial year ending March 2023 stood at […]

Paytm tops $977 million revenue in a year, narrows loss by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch