Big thanks to Joyce Sidopoulos, Peter Barrett and Ken Goldberg for filling in the last few weeks. I’m excited by the boost this newsletter has been getting in recent months and wanted to keep the light on while I was out. Three weeks is the longest break I’ve taken for work in…ever, really. Went to […]
Reflecting on a roller coaster year for robotics by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
This was a tumultuous year for micromobility, both within the shared and private spheres. As we predicted last year, 2022 brought with it a rise in the sale of electric bikes, the adoption of smarter e-scooters that can detect poor riding behavior and the drying up of VC funding for scooter and bike companies. We […]
E-bike subsidies, consolidation and IPOs: Our 2023 micromobility predictions by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
For many startup founders, a “founder-friendly” investor is one who stays relatively hands off. But in today’s climate, we need the opposite.
Redefining ‘founder-friendly’ capital in the post-FTX era by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
2022 was the kind of year that made us think, “What a time to be alive and reporting on transportation.” This year was absolutely dominated by conversations around the realities of bringing self-driving cars to market, the potential upheaval of the gig worker economy, micromobility dramas and, of course, all things Tesla. We took a […]
The transportation stories that drove 2022 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
With the end of 2022 right around the corner, here’s a look at some of the more interesting answers some of our surveys unearthed this year.
The best TechCrunch+ investor surveys of 2022 by Karan Bhasin originally published on TechCrunch
When you think of the biggest tech stories of the year, you probably think of something like Elon Musk buying Twitter, former crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX filing for bankruptcy, all the people who lost their life savings when UST imploded, or the tens of thousands of tech workers who got laid off. It was […]
Some good news from this year in tech by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Can the EAD process be expedited? Do employees have to stop working if they don’t receive their new EAD card before the old one expires?
Dear Sophie: Do employees have to stop working until they get their EAD? by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
De Souza discusses the implications of China’s investments in battery swapping, challenges in scaling fast-charging infrastructure and more.
Ample’s founder explains what it takes to scale EV battery swapping by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. House of Representatives has ordered its staff and lawmakers to delete TikTok from any government-issued mobile devices due to “security issues” with the popular video-sharing app. The order to delete the app was issued by Catherine Szpindor, the chief administrative officer of the House, whose office warned in August that the app represented […]
US House bans TikTok on lawmakers’ official phones by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch