The Download: fighting pregnancy misinformation, and the ethics of organ donations

February 3, 2023
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. How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women Across India, an all-women cadre of 1 million community health-care workers are responsible for making public health care accessible to people from remote…

Watch Cambly CEO and Benchmark partner explain startup fundraising tactics

February 3, 2023

TechCrunch Live is back, and we’re thrilled to have hosted this conversation with Sameer Shariff, CEO and co-founder of Cambly, and Sarah Tavel, partner at Benchmark. During this hour-long event, you’ll hear how Cambly used a failed Series A fundraise to force the company into a cash-positive position. And once the company didn’t need outside […]

Watch Cambly CEO and Benchmark partner explain startup fundraising tactics by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch

Binance to terminate tech offerings to estranged India partner WazirX

February 3, 2023

Binance will stop offerings its wallet and other tech services that it provided to WazirX, escalating tension with the Indian crypto exchange that it once sought to acquire. The world’s largest crypto exchange cautioned on Friday that Zanmai, the firm that operates the WazirX exchange, has not fully withdrawn assets stored in the Binance wallets […]

Binance to terminate tech offerings to estranged India partner WazirX by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Apple says it now has 935 million paid subscriptions

February 3, 2023

Apple had a rare quarter where it missed its revenue target due to problems in the supply chain and manufacturing. But its services revenue was a bright spot in the earnings. The company said it now has 935 million paid subscriptions across its services. These offerings, including iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple […]

Apple says it now has 935 million paid subscriptions by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Nothing’s second phone will take on the US this year

February 3, 2023

It there’s one thing Nothing’s first phone excelled at, it was bringing a bit of excitement to the staid world of smartphones. Shipments have been stagnating, slowing and contracting for the past several years, and are now at some of their lowest numbers in roughly a decade. The Phone (1) wasn’t a revolution, but it […]

Nothing’s second phone will take on the US this year by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Google says YouTube Shorts has crossed 50 billion daily views

February 3, 2023

All social media companies are in a race to win the short video war and Google is showing some progress against TikTok and Instagram. The search giant said during its latest earnings call that YouTube Shorts has crossed 50 billion daily views. The company previously reported 30 billion daily views as part of its Q1 […]

Google says YouTube Shorts has crossed 50 billion daily views by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

A Massachusetts bill could allow prisoners to swap their organs for their freedom

February 3, 2023
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. What is the value of a human organ? It’s a question that’s been on my mind since I heard about a disturbing proposed change to the law in Massachusetts that would allow…

How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

February 3, 2023
Hirabai Koli’s medical reports were normal—but she wasn’t happy.    She had been monitoring her weight over the first two months of her pregnancy, and she surprised community health-care worker Suraiyya Terdale when she asked why she wasn’t gaining more. (To protect her safety and private health information, Koli is being identified by a pseudonym.)  “It…