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Turo, the peer-to-peer car rental company, plans to block access to third-party services like CarSync and Fleetwire starting April 30, according to an email that hosts received and TechCrunch viewed. Turo confirmed the move, which hosts say will cut them off from essential fleet management tools that allow them to share multiple cars on the platform. […]

Turo is blocking access to third-party services and hosts are freaking out by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Venture capitalists and private equity firms have invested over $40 billion into battery technology startups, and some of those investments are now coming to fruition.

Over 300 gigafactories will make tomorrow’s EVs. We mapped them all. by Miranda Halpern originally published on TechCrunch

VCs haven’t given up faith in work software, according to a new Deloitte report — even in a period of economic uncertainty.

VCs still think work software is a wise investment by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Hackers using spyware made by a little known cyber mercenary company used malicious calendar invites to hack the iPhones of journalists, political opposition figures, and an NGO worker, according to two reports. Researchers at Microsoft and the digital rights group Citizen Lab analyzed samples of malware they say was created by QuaDream, an Israeli spyware […]

Mercenary spyware hacked iPhone victims with rogue calendar invites, researchers say by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Ford said Tuesday it will spend $1.34 billion (C$1.8B) to turn its 70-year-old Oakville facility in Canada into an assembly plant for its next-generation of electric vehicles. The campus, which first opened in 1953, will be renamed Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex. The company said Tuesday it will begin modernizing the 487-acre site in the second […]

Ford to spend $1.3B to transform Canada factory into EV manufacturing hub by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

Maillian talks about power in the industry, the changing landscape for Black women and Latinas, and what her next act will be.

Threading the needle: 5 questions with investor Lauren Maillian by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch

Blockchain growth will come via scalability, resulting in developers being excited to experiment and create new products.

a16z’s crypto report anticipates developer growth as blockchain scaling solutions expand by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch