March 14, 2025

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI

On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]

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Link-in-bio platform Koji launches new tool to let creators to sell e-books

March 1, 2023

Koji, the link-in-bio platform that gives creators a digital storefront on social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, launched a new e-book tool that lets users sell e-books and audiobooks, the company announced yesterday. The new tool is essentially a template that creators can use to sell any e-book or audiobook from within social media […]

Link-in-bio platform Koji launches new tool to let creators to sell e-books by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Chamath Palihapitiya: it could take three years for the market to “accurately” reprice late-stage cos

March 1, 2023

Former Facebook exec turned VC Chamath Palihapitiya has long been a controversial figure in the investing world. Both brilliant and combative, Palihapitiya came to be known most widely by ushering in the era of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, beginning in the fall of 2019, when he helped Virgin Galactic become a publicly traded […]

Chamath Palihapitiya: it could take three years for the market to “accurately” reprice late-stage cos by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Airbnb is banning people associated with prohibited users as a safety precaution

March 1, 2023

Airbnb is banning people who are associated with prohibited users as a safety precaution, according to a new report from Motherboard. If a user is banned because they are associated with a person Airbnb deems a safety risk, the user can only return to the platform if they are able to prove they aren’t closely […]

Airbnb is banning people associated with prohibited users as a safety precaution by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Monday.com opens its APAC headquarters in Sydney

March 1, 2023

Enterprise project management and team collaboration unicorn monday.com is digging deeper into the Asia-Pacific with the opening of its new regional headquarters in Sydney. Founded in Israel, monday.com opened its Sydney HQ two and a half years after it first launched in Australia in June 2020. Monday.com recently marked a 76% year-over-year growth in the […]

Monday.com opens its APAC headquarters in Sydney by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Waymo cuts 200 employees after second round of layoffs

March 1, 2023

Alphabet’s Waymo has issued its second round of layoffs this year, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Combined with the initial cuts in January, the self-driving technology company has let go of 8% or 209 employees of its workforce. The layoffs — mostly engineering roles — are part of a broader organizational restructure that follows a […]

Waymo cuts 200 employees after second round of layoffs by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch