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Egypt’s SideUp raises $1.2M to grow its e-commerce support platform

December 5, 2022

After four years operating primarily as a logistics marketplace, Egypt’s Voo has rebranded to SideUp and transformed its strategy to offer a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services, including payment gateways, API integration for shipping, warehousing, fulfillment, and advisory. The startup has also expanded to Saudi Arabia, where it will be headquartered henceforth, after raising […]

Egypt’s SideUp raises $1.2M to grow its e-commerce support platform by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Engage with Aerospace Corp, Antaris, Orbital Reef, & Space Systems Command at TC Sessions: Space

December 5, 2022

We’re getting ready to launch our third TC Sessions: Space conference next week on December 6 in Los Angeles, and we still feel the thrill associated with space technology and the intrepid early-stage startup founders and researchers who dare to explore the possibilities beyond the boundaries of our home planet — and beyond what we […]

Engage with Aerospace Corp, Antaris, Orbital Reef, & Space Systems Command at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, Twitter rival Hive’s security woes, App Store backlash grows

December 3, 2022

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. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […]

This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, Twitter rival Hive’s security woes, App Store backlash grows by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk vicariously publishes internal emails from Twitter’s Hunter Biden laptop drama

December 3, 2022

Elon Musk reminded his followers on Friday that owning Twitter now means he controls every aspect of the company — including what its employees said behind closed doors before he took over. Earlier this week, Musk teased the release of what he called “The Twitter Files,” declaring that the public “deserves to know what really […]

Elon Musk vicariously publishes internal emails from Twitter’s Hunter Biden laptop drama by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Looks like sex tech startup Lora DiCarlo is done for

December 3, 2022

Lora DiCarlo, a sex tech startup that made headlines in 2019 after being blacklisted from the Consumer Electronics Show, seems to have shut down. The company’s website is offline and reportedly orders have gone unfulfilled for months. TechCrunch has reached out to the eponymous founder for confirmation, but it sure looks like the end of […]

Looks like sex tech startup Lora DiCarlo is done for by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Plant Prefab nabs $42M to crank out ‘extremely sustainable’ custom homes

December 2, 2022

Prefabricated homes always seem to be on the cusp of something big — solving housing shortages, tackling systemic waste or just generally ushering in the “very up-to-date.” But in the U.S., new prefab housing still represents a small fraction of the market (around 2% of single-family homes built in 2021, for example). By now it’s clear […]

Plant Prefab nabs $42M to crank out ‘extremely sustainable’ custom homes by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more

December 2, 2022

Google is shutting down Duplex on the Web, its AI-powered set of services that navigated sites to simplify the process of ordering food, purchasing movie tickets and more. According to a note on a Google support page, Google on the Web and any automation features enabled by it will no longer be supported as of […]

Google shuts down Duplex on the Web, its attempt to bring AI smarts to retail sites and more by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

FBI, CISA say Cuba ransomware gang extorted $60M from victims this year

December 2, 2022

The Cuba ransomware gang extorted more than $60 million in ransom payments from victims between December 2021 and August 2022, a joint advisory from CISA and the FBI has warned. The latest advisory is a follow-up to a flash alert released by the FBI in December 2021, which revealed that the gang had earned close […]

FBI, CISA say Cuba ransomware gang extorted $60M from victims this year by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Are we bullfighting in Spain? Because that’s a red flag

December 2, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. For the last time in 2022, the whole Friday gang got together to chat through the latest and greatest in the world of technology and startup news. From here on out, Equity is […]

Are we bullfighting in Spain? Because that’s a red flag by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch