Foxconn pursues India incentive despite withdrawing from Vedanta venture

July 11, 2023

Foxconn said on Tuesday it plans to submit an application to access incentives under India’s semiconductor manufacturing policy even as the Taiwanese giant has pulled out of the nation’s flagship $19.5 billion joint venture with local conglomerate Vedanta. “Foxconn is working toward submitting an application related to the ‘Modified Programme for Semiconductors and Display Fab […]

Foxconn pursues India incentive despite withdrawing from Vedanta venture by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Flexport’s Ryan Petersen joins venture firm Founders Fund as a partner

July 11, 2023

Flexport founder Ryan Petersen has joined venture capital firm Founders Fund as a partner, as reported by Forbes earlier today. Founders Fund confirmed the move to TechCrunch, providing the following statement from General Partner Trae Stephens: “We’ve always struggled to define the quintessential Founders Fund founder. Clearly, it’s Ryan. We’re thrilled to welcome him to […]

Flexport’s Ryan Petersen joins venture firm Founders Fund as a partner by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Twitch is launching a discovery feed and other short-form video features

July 10, 2023

Twitch is finally rolling out a Discovery Feed, after years of complaints from its creators about the lack of growth opportunities for smaller streamers. The company announced the Discovery Feed, along with a slew of other new features, during the weekend opening ceremony at TwitchCon Paris. The new features revolve around supporting short-form video content […]

Twitch is launching a discovery feed and other short-form video features by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch

Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month

July 10, 2023

Starlink satellites are making thousands of avoidance maneuvers as low Earth orbit becomes more crowded, feeding worries that a catastrophic impact is inevitable. SpaceX’s orbital communication satellites performed maneuvers just over 25,000 times in the six-month period between December 1, 2022 and May 21, 2023, the company told the Federal Communications Commission in a recent […]

Starlink satellites are dodging objects in orbit thousands of times every month by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch