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Cloudflare co-founders will talk growth, changing markets and more on Disrupt’s SaaS Stage

June 8, 2023

Co-founders Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn launched Cloudflare to the world during the Startup Battlefield competition at TechCrunch Disrupt back in 2010. Fast-forward 13 years, and the startup has grown to become a leading internet infrastructure and security company. Operating one of the largest global networks, Cloudflare services 275 cities in more than 100 countries. […]

Cloudflare co-founders will talk growth, changing markets and more on Disrupt’s SaaS Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Reddit makes an exception for accessibility apps under new API terms

June 8, 2023

Reddit says it will update its newly revised API terms to carve out an exception for accessibility apps, which allow users, including people who are blind or visually impaired, a way to browse and use Reddit. The carve-out comes after Reddit announced new API terms that would put most third-party app developers out of business, […]

Reddit makes an exception for accessibility apps under new API terms by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Effective infrastructure enables universal data intelligence

June 8, 2023
Data volumes are exploding across organizations of all types. Research firm IDC projects the amount of global data to more than double between now and 2026, with enterprise data leading that growth — increasing twice as fast as consumer data. Accordingly, it is a business imperative to store, protect, and provide access to this growing…

EvenUp wants to automate personal injury settlements — to a point

June 8, 2023

Millions of personal injury cases are settled in the U.S. every year, as few go to trial — but the vast majority are kept under wraps. This leaves lawyers guessing what they should propose as a settlement price, oftentimes resulting in victims being undercompensated. It’s what led Rami Karabibar to launch EvenUp, a startup that […]

EvenUp wants to automate personal injury settlements — to a point by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Aave’s Lens Protocol raises $15M to build the decentralized social web

June 8, 2023

Lens Protocol, a web3 product aimed at creating a decentralized social networking ecosystem, has raised $15 million, its team told TechCrunch exclusively. The protocol is being built by Aave, a web3 technology firm, that allows users to lend and borrow crypto tokens from one another, among other things (Aave has raised a known $49 million […]

Aave’s Lens Protocol raises $15M to build the decentralized social web by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: carbon-capturing super trees, and DeepMind’s sorting breakthrough

June 8, 2023
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. Inside the quest to engineer climate-saving “super trees” Biotech startup Living Carbon is trying to design trees that grow faster and grab more carbon than their natural peers, as well as trees that…

10 Best YouTube Channels for Finance

June 8, 2023
Over the last couple of decades, technology has gifted us with various platforms that offer convenient access to knowledge about anything under the sun. Of all these platforms, YouTube stands…

This unlikely fuel could power cleaner trucks and ships

June 8, 2023
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Last Friday, I hoisted myself up a ladder and plopped down into the seat of a bright green John Deere tractor. There wasn’t a cornstalk or a soybean sprout in sight—my view…