June 27, 2025

The Download: how to clean up AI data centers, and weight-loss drugs’ side effects

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. This battery recycling company is now cleaning up AI data centers In a sandy industrial lot outside Reno, Nevada, rows of battery packs that once propelled electric vehicles are now powering a small…

Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech

May 5, 2023

Vint Cerf has been a near-constant influence on the internet since the days when he was helping create it in the first place. Today he wears many hats, among them VP and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. He to be awarded the IEEE’s Medal of Honor at a gala in Atlanta, and ahead of the […]

Vint Cerf on the ‘exhilarating mix’ of thrill and hazard at the frontiers of tech by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Paytm tops $977 million revenue in a year, narrows loss

May 5, 2023

Paytm, India’s leading mobile payments firm, recorded a 13.2% surge in revenue to $285.7 million in the quarter ending March and cut its loss by 57% to $20.5 million in a sharp turnaround for the company that is increasingly trying to become profitable. Paytm’s overall revenue in the financial year ending March 2023 stood at […]

Paytm tops $977 million revenue in a year, narrows loss by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

RapidAPI headcount down 82% from fresh layoffs less than two weeks after cutting 50% of staff

May 5, 2023

Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, has laid off another 70 employees less than two weeks after letting go of 50% of its staff, TechCrunch has learned. An affected employee who wished to remain anonymous told TechCrunch that just 42 people remain […]

RapidAPI headcount down 82% from fresh layoffs less than two weeks after cutting 50% of staff by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Hear how MinIO built a unicorn in object storage on top of Kubernetes and open source

May 5, 2023

Everything needs a home, and Garima Kapoor co-founded MinIO to build an enterprise-grade, open source object storage solution. The pitch sounds amazing: simple, high performance, and a native Kubernetes integration. I’m excited to announce I’m interviewing Kapoor and MinIO investor Mark Rostick of Intel Capital on MinIO’s growth and how the company manages serious competition. […]

Hear how MinIO built a unicorn in object storage on top of Kubernetes and open source by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch