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Twitter is ramping up its efforts to filter sensitive content to prevent users under 18 from viewing inappropriate material by asking users to verify their birthdates. The company said it’s slowly rolling out a feature to restrict sensitive tweets unless users have a birthdate attached to their accounts and they’re over 18. Over the past […]

Twitter is asking users to enter their birthdate to view sensitive content by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Hollywood powerhouse, comedian and entrepreneur Kevin Hart makes the world laugh both onstage and on camera. But behind the scenes, he’s a serious entrepreneur building a multiplatform media empire. He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. What’s more, Hart’s […]

Kevin Hart gets serious about financial inclusion at Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Bears hibernate during the coldest months, but there’s nowhere to hide from a bear market during a crypto winter. As the entire sector faces what looks to be a long stretch of uncertainty, young founders must find a way to keep the funds flowing. But how? This timely topic is why we’re thrilled that industry […]

Alchemy, Ava Labs and BlockFi break down funding in a bear market at TC Sessions: Crypto by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch

Life science businesses like big pharmaceutical companies have a singular set of needs when it comes to building applications. Their models and algorithms tend to be more sophisticated and data-intensive than most industries. Quantori, a Cambridge, MA startup, is building a Platform-as-a-Service tuned specifically to the needs of this vertical. The startup is attempting to […]

Quantori is building an app development platform focused on life sciences by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Arro provides a credit card and credit-building platform, and its proprietary underwriting model relies on income data.

This company wants to improve your credit by gamifying financial literacy by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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. Who’s going to save us from bad AI? About damn time. That was the response from AI policy and ethics wonks to news last week that the White House’s science and technology advisory…

Mark Zuckerberg will make his impassioned pleas that the metaverse is a real thing and a valid Next Big Business for Meta (neé The Facebook) on Tuesday. The annual Meta Connect developer conference kicks off with a keynote starting at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT, which is followed immediately by a more technical […]

How to watch Meta Connect’s 2022 Keynote (hint: Facebook) by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

The CFTC and the SEC’s roles around cryptocurrency regulation have been somewhat blurred, and each of these bills aim to provide greater clarity on that front.

As crypto regulation looms ahead, here are the bills to look out for by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Small and medium businesses, long overlooked in the building of innovative technology, have lately become a key focus in the world of B2B software. Now, a startup called Factorial — one of the bigger players in the area of building HR technology for SMBs — is announcing a big fundraise at a “unicorn” valuation that […]

Factorial adds $120M and doubles valuation to $1B to build enterprise-quality HR for SMBs by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch