As Meta faces antitrust scrutiny over its acquisition of VR fitness developers Within, the tech giant is making another acquisition. Meta confirmed to TechCrunch that it is purchasing Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company headquartered in the Netherlands. The terms of the deal, which was first reported in the Belgian paper De Tijd, have not been […]
Meta acquires Luxexcel, a smart eyewear company by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Arrested, seized, doxed and detained. These are just some of the ways police and prosecutors around the world took down the biggest cyber-crime operations of the year, even if it meant resorting to new and unconventional eyebrow-raising methods. From stashing billions of bitcoin under the floorboards to teenage hackers gatecrashing Fortune 500 networks, this year […]
Meet the cybercriminals of 2022 by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
Interoperability and decentralization have been major themes in tech this year, driven in large part by mounting regulation, societal and industrial pressure, and the hype trains that are crypto and web3. That rising tide is lifting other boats: an open standards-based communication protocol called Matrix — which is playing a part in bringing interoperability to […]
Inside Matrix, the protocol that might finally make messaging apps interoperable by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
Taking a deep breath as I write these words: Next week, TechCrunch will return to our first in-person CES in three years. Phew. It felt good to finally get that off my chest. The last time our team flew to Las Vegas for the event was January 2020. An auspicious date. It wouldn’t be long […]
What to expect at CES 2023 by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
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