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Poshmark lays off employees just two months after being acquired by Naver
Poshmark, a Redwood City, California-headquartered secondhand apparel marketplace, is laying off a proportion of its 800+ employees. The reduction is coming about two months after South Korean internet firm Naver completed its acquisition of the company earlier this year for $1.2 billion. Naver agrees to acquire fashion marketplace Poshmark for $1.2B Poshmark confirmed to TechCrunch that […]
Poshmark lays off employees just two months after being acquired by Naver by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience
Today marks exactly one year since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal of Ukraine. This week, a majority of the members of the United Nations reiterated its demand that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine and called for a cessation of hostilities”. It would be fair […]
A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch
How your brain data could be used against you
AI image generator Midjourney blocks porn by banning words about the human reproductive system
South Africa’s Envisionit Deep AI gets $1.65M to expand access to medical imaging
Dr. Jaishree Naidoo was in charge of pediatric radiology at a South African hospital in 2014, when she had a moment of epiphany after coming across a news story on the usage of AI recognition pattern in distinguishing animals. As a radiologist with 20 years of experience, Naidoo was already familiar with pattern recognition, and […]
South Africa’s Envisionit Deep AI gets $1.65M to expand access to medical imaging by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Daily Crunch: YouTube rolls out support for dubbing videos in more than 40 languages
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
Daily Crunch: YouTube rolls out support for dubbing videos in more than 40 languages by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain may help expand scaling on Ethereum
Coinbase, the second largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is diving into the blockchain world in a move that some are excited about.
Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain may help expand scaling on Ethereum by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Coinbase is adding another layer to its business through the blockchain space
This week big news rolled out in the layer-2 blockchain space as Coinbase launched Base, an Ethereum-focused layer-2 blockchain.
Coinbase is adding another layer to its business through the blockchain space by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Two days in the Bay
It was genuinely a bit surreal seeing deep green hills in the South Bay last week. Growing up in Fremont, I know the change from brown to green is about as close as we get to having seasons, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen them, I’d genuinely forgotten they can exist. It’s an […]
Two days in the Bay by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch