China is copying Russia’s election interference playbook

November 9, 2022
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Last week I was in Boston attending EmTech MIT, our signature annual event, and since then I’ve been thinking about all the interesting ideas I heard—from programming vaccines to work against different diseases to increasing…

Inside Alphabet X’s new effort to combat climate change with seagrass

November 9, 2022
In late September, Bianca Bahman snorkeled above a seagrass meadow off the western coast of Flores, a scorpion-shaped volcanic island in eastern Indonesia. As she flutter-kicked over the green seabed, Bahman steered an underwater camera suspended on a pair of small pontoons. The stereoscopic camera captures high-resolution footage from two slightly different angles, creating a…

Twitter begins to roll out grey checkmarks for high-profile accounts

November 9, 2022

A day after announcing that it’d denote high-profile accounts in a way distinctive from the blue checkmark now available to all Twitter Blue subscribers, Twitter has begun to roll out new badges that denote particular categories of official accounts, including government accounts, major media outlets and some public figures. The move is an attempt to […]

Twitter begins to roll out grey checkmarks for high-profile accounts by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Web3 messaging infrastructure Notifi raises $10M seed round co-led by Hashed, Race Capital 

November 9, 2022

Notifi, a communication infrastructure platform for Web3, said Tuesday it has raised $10 million in an oversubscribed seed funding co-led by previous backers Hashed and Race Capital. Other investors include Struck Capital, HRT Capital, Wintermute, Superscrypt founded by Temasek, bringing its total funding to $12.5 million.    The ten-month-old startup wants to address the broken […]

Web3 messaging infrastructure Notifi raises $10M seed round co-led by Hashed, Race Capital  by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

Tech layoffs may get worse before they get better

November 9, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work, and unpack the rest. This week, Natasha interviewed Nolan Church, the CEO and co-founder of Continuum, about […]

Tech layoffs may get worse before they get better by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Binance chief says FTX going down ‘not good for anyone’, warns of greater regulatory scrutiny

November 9, 2022

Binance founder and chief executive Changpeng Zhao says FTX “going down is not good for anyone in the industry,” and the ongoing episode has “severely shaken” the confidence of consumers, a day after the world’s largest exchange signed a non-binding agreement to acquire its most formidable rival firm. Zhao said the sudden liquidity crunch at […]

Binance chief says FTX going down ‘not good for anyone’, warns of greater regulatory scrutiny by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Celonis can now map multiple processes and present them in subway-style map

November 9, 2022

Celonis has made a big impact since it launched in 2011, raising $2.4 billion along the way. Its most recent investment, a $1 billion raise in August, was on a $13.2 billion post-money valuation, the kind of money you haven’t been seeing in 2022. The company has primarily made its reputation by using software for […]

Celonis can now map multiple processes and present them in subway-style map by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations

November 9, 2022

Meet Plain, a new startup that wants to reinvent support tools. While the customer support space is a competitive industry with big tech companies like Intercom and Zendesk, Plain believes it has a different approach as it focuses on API integrations to make your company’s product and your support platform work hand in hand. Plain […]

Plain is a new customer support tool with a focus on API integrations by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch