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Daily Crunch: Andreessen Horowitz backs Synonym’s development of ‘fermentation farms’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Everyrealm, a metaverse real estate company that spun out of Republic’s crypto arm in February, is facing two lawsuits first filed in August from former directors at the company who allege they each faced numerous, separate instances of discrimination and harassment while working there. In addition to the company itself, multiple Everyrealm executives are also […]
Former Everyrealm execs sue company for sexual harassment, race discrimination by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch
Around late-September/early-October each year, I get a Slack message from Greg asking whether I’m interested in writing a gift guide (or two). “Sure,” I say, never anticipating just how much of a slog the next two months are going to be for hardware news/reviews. Putting together a roundup like that has the decided benefit of […]
The Shure MV7 is a nearly perfect USB microphone by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Tata Power, a leading power generation company in India, has confirmed it was hit by a cyberattack. In a brief statement released on Friday, the Mumbai-based company said that the attack impacted some of its I.T. systems. “The company has taken steps to retrieve and restore the systems. All critical operational systems are functioning; however, […]
Tata Power, a top power producer in India, confirms cyberattack by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
New PitchBook data found that US companies with all female founders are raising less capital this year than the last. But it’s not all bad news.
The highs and lows of Q3 venture capital data for women startup founders by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Opeyemi Awoyemi, one of Nigeria’s well-known serial founders, is back with another outfit. It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Awoyemi choosing this route […]
Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
In 2022, the pace of quarterly change in how venture investors are disbursing capital is making full-year numbers almost misleading.
Is this really the second-best time ever to raise early-stage capital? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
Clear Capital, a real estate valuation technology company and firm, is laying off 27% of its staff months after freezing mass hiring, TechCrunch has learned from sources. A spokesperson for Clear Capital confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch but did not share the specific number of employees impacted. Last November, the company announced they had 1,400 […]
Clear Capital lays off 27% of its global staff by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch
Manipulation and sensing have long been considered two key pillars for unlocking robotics’ potential. There’s a fair bit of overlap between the two, of course. As grippers have become a fundamental element of industrial robotics, these systems require the proper mechanisms for interacting with the world around them. Vision has long been a key to […]
Touchlab to begin piloting its robotic skin sensors in a hospital setting by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
