Bahama homes were purchased with FTX corporate funds

November 17, 2022

A new bankruptcy filing, first reported by CNBC, shows that FTX’s corporate funds were used to purchase homes in the Bahamas among other personal items. The details arise less than a week after the now infamous crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy – a decision that founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said he regrets. FTX’s […]

Bahama homes were purchased with FTX corporate funds by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Qualcomm debuts latest flagship Snapdragon chip and a new AI platform

November 17, 2022

It’s that time of year again. It can drop 20 degrees on any given day, and we’re stuck indoors watching people watch Qualcomm announce new chips and reference designs in sunny Hawaii. The Snapdragon Summit is the component-maker’s annual opportunity to map out its big plans for the next year, ahead of the holiday scrum […]

Qualcomm debuts latest flagship Snapdragon chip and a new AI platform by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Scene Report: Boston

November 17, 2022

What surprised me most on returning to Boston* for the first time since the onset of the pandemic was just how clustered things are. I’m not a great scheduler and I don’t know the city’s geography particularly well, but after two days spent meeting with more than a dozen startups, it slowly dawned on me […]

Scene Report: Boston by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023

November 17, 2022

General Motors’ e-delivery van subsidiary BrightDrop said Thursday it’s on track to reach $1 billion in revenue next year. The company, which launched in 2021 and was incubated at the automaker’s global innovation center, said reaching the financial milestone would make it one of the quickest tech startups to reach unicorn status, ahead of Apple, […]

BrightDrop is tracking $1 billion revenue in 2023 by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch

Discord users can now link their Crunchyroll accounts

November 17, 2022

Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has partnered with Discord. Starting today, users will be able to display the movie or TV show they’re currently watching on their Discord profile. Crunchyroll is the latest media company to add “Rich Presence,” the “Now Playing” functionality that automatically displays the video you’re watching, the game you’re playing, the song […]

Discord users can now link their Crunchyroll accounts by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Ghost Robotics fires back against ‘baseless’ Boston Dynamics lawsuit

November 17, 2022

A legal dispute over robotic patents is devolving into a war of words, as Ghost Robotics fires back against Boston Dynamics. The Philadelphia firm calls the suit both “obstructive and baseless” in a statement sent to TechCrunch. It notes, in part, Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Rather than compete on […]

Ghost Robotics fires back against ‘baseless’ Boston Dynamics lawsuit by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space

November 17, 2022

The success of the commercial space sector, in both significantly reducing the cost of technology and massively increasing its capabilities, has captured the attention of the U.S. military. That attention translates into growing interest in startups and how they might secure the space domain for the U.S. and its allies. Frank Calvelli, the Assistant Secretary […]

Dept. of the Air Force’s Frank Calvelli talks startups and the military at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream

November 17, 2022

Narwhal, the company behind the popular monorepo-focused open source Nx build system for JavaScript code, today announced that it has raised an $8.6 million seed funding round co-led by Nexus Venture Partners and Andreesen Horowitz. A number of angel investors, including GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, also participated in this round. Founded by two former Google […]

With $8.6M in seed funding, Nx wants to take monorepos mainstream by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch