Why You Should Stop Surrounding Yourself With (Only) Likeminded People
In the corporate world, it’s all too easy to surround yourself with people who think just like you. One CEO offers strategies for fostering more cognitive diversity.
The Download: Namibia’s hydrogen hopes, and fixing AI evaluation
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. Namibia wants to build the world’s first hydrogen economy Factories have used fossil fuels to process iron ore for three centuries, and the climate has paid a heavy price: According to the International…
3 Industrial Stocks With Future Gains for Investors
The industrial sector is well-positioned for robust growth and expansion, propelled by consumer demand for industrial products and services, infrastructure development, government backing, and technological advances. Thus, quality industrial stocks…
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build a new AI chip venture
SoftBank Group’s Masayoshi Son has made no secret of his intent to double down on red-hot artificial intelligence industry. Now, he’s fundraising for his next move in that strategy. According to a report in Bloomberg, the SoftBank founder is seeking $100 billion to build a new venture that would compete with the likes of Nvidia […]
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EU opens formal probe of TikTok under Digital Services Act, citing child safety, risk management and other concerns
The European Union is formally investigating TikTok’s compliance with the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), the Commission has announced. Areas the Commission are focusing on in this investigation of TikTok are linked to the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, and the risk management of addictive design and harmful content, in said […]
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3 Metal Stocks to Monitor for Future Gains
The metal industry is poised for significant expansion in the upcoming years, primarily fueled by an upsurge in infrastructural development projects, urbanization, and increased adoption of advanced technologies. Given this…
The search for extraterrestrial life is targeting Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
We’ve known of Europa’s existence for more than four centuries, but for most of that time, Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon was just a pinprick of light in our telescopes—a bright and curious companion to the solar system’s resident giant. Over the last few decades, however, as astronomers have scrutinized it through telescopes and six spacecraft have…
Partech closes its second Africa fund at $300M+ to invest from seed to Series C
Partech has closed its second Africa fund, Partech Africa II, at €280 million ($300 million+), just one year after reaching its first close. At that size, Partech Africa, which originally targeted €230 million before its fundraising efforts started, solidifies its position as the largest fund dedicated to African startups. Amidst a backdrop of global VCs […]
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State of venture investments in India, according to Lightspeed
Over 150 investors, including Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek and Malaysia’s Khazanah, gathered at Mumbai’s five-star Trident Oberoi hotel on a recent Friday for venture firm Lightspeed India Partners’ “Lift Off” summit. The two-day event aims to spark partnerships by enabling “in a short window, many views, ideas and investments to be shared between nC2 connections […]
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Ford preps for its next big fight, Waymo recalls its self-driving car software and layoffs come for another AV startup
TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. This week’s news includes a BMW security […]
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How Personal Passions Fuel Business Success for the CEO of Vivid Seats
On this episode of “The CEO Series,” we sit down with Stan Chia, CEO and Board Director of Vivid Seats.