India on Sunday launched 75 digital banking units in villages and small towns across the country in a move that it said will help bring financial services and literacy to more citizens. The digital banking units, set up in collaboration with over 20 public and private banks, are brick-and-mortar outlets that are equipped with tablets […]
India launches 75 digital banking units across rural areas in financial inclusion push by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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Meta announces legs, Hulu raises prices, and Microsoft embraces DALL-E 2 by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. People leave jobs for all kinds of reasons, but when it’s a CFO departing a richly valued company as the company itself conducts layoffs, the exodus can be a sign of a […]
Zombie startups by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by […]
This Week in Apps: Play Store revamp, Google antitrust suit updates, BeReal’s real traction by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
On a surface level, usage-based insurance makes a lot of sense. But differentiating users also raises all sorts of questions on what’s fair, and where usage-based insurance is heading next.
Pay as you drive, or pay how you drive? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
What appeared earlier this year to be a selfless act of technotopianism, the widespread deployment of Starlink terminals in Ukraine, has soured as SpaceX and governments disagree on who ultimately should foot the bill of this unprecedented aid campaign. Some expect Elon Musk — one of the richest men in the world — to cough […]
Starlink isn’t a charity, but the Ukraine war isn’t a business opportunity by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
A majority of retail workers at the Apple Store at Penn Square in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize. The second Apple Store to win union representation in the U.S., the workers voted 56-32 in favor of forming a union, and will be represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Per National Labor Relations […]
An Apple Store in Oklahoma City votes to unionize by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch