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Ramani, a Tanzanian startup focused on consumer-packaged goods (CPG) supply chains, plans to introduce new financial services as it expands its operations in the East African country after raising $32 million in Series A debt-equity funding. The latest round, which follows an undisclosed seed funding round last year, was led by Flexcap Ventures, and Jared […]

Tanzania’s YC alum Ramani raises $32M to digitize CPG supply chains, lend resellers by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, which is led by former Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer. The combined company will list shares at a pre-money valuation of $600 million. In theory, hyperloop technology is a vacuum tube-based […]

HyperloopTT’s SPAC public debut may be going nowhere fast by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

A security research and hacking startup says it has found a coding flaw that allows it to lock out operators of the Mars Stealer malware from their own servers and release their victims. Mars Stealer is data-stealing malware-as-a-service, allowing cybercriminals to rent access to the infrastructure to launch their own attacks. The malware itself is […]

Hackers are locking out Mars Stealer operators from their own servers by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch

The three co-founders of alternative financing startup Pipe are stepping down from their roles as executives of the company in one of the most dramatic management shake-ups seen in the fintech startup world in some time. Miami-based Pipe said today it is on the hunt for a “veteran” CEO as Harry Hurst, who has been […]

Pipe’s founding team stepping down as hunt for ‘veteran’ CEO begins by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

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Aerospace Corp discusses Space Workforce 2030 at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Biologically inspired soft robots make a lot of sense in a lot of different scenarios, but as with any class of technology, they have their limitations. Among other things, these compliant structures can struggle to move at the same speed as their more rigid counterparts. To help speed up swimming, a team of researchers at […]

This manta ray-inspired soft robot flies through the water by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

U.S. offshore oil and gas infrastructure faces “significant and increasing” cybersecurity risks that require “urgent” attention, a U.S. government’s watchdog has warned. The Government Accountability Office said in a new report that the network of over 1,600 offshore facilities that produces a significant portion of U.S. domestic oil and gas are at a growing risk […]

US offshore oil and gas rigs at ‘significant’ risk of cyberattacks, warns government watchdog by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon has set up its second AWS region in India and says the cloud unit will invest more than $4.4 billion in the South Asian market by 2030, part of the company’s attempts to widen its growing cloud tentacles across the globe. The retailer said Tuesday that it has launched an AWS infrastructure region in […]

Amazon launches second cloud region in India, pledges $4.4 billion investment by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

NFT marketplace Magic Eden is integrating with Polygon to expand blockchain gaming projects and publishers like Ubisoft and Atari

NFT marketplace Magic Eden integrates with Polygon to grow blockchain gaming by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch