A version of this post original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. It has been updated to include details about a new scholarship fund being raised in her honor. I didn’t know Joanne Pransky personally, so when news of her death broke late last month, I reached out to my LinkedIn followers, asking if […]
Remembering Joanne Pransky by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
If cybersecurity isn’t recession-proof, generative AI and animal agriculture might be.
If cybersecurity isn’t recession-proof, what is? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
Performance Livestock Analytics spun out from Zoetis because the startup thought it could achieve better scale on its own.
Deal Dive: Backing a founder again after they’ve spun out from their acquirer by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram’s Twitter clone Threads enjoyed a fairly fruitful first week in existence, sailing past 30 million users in the first 24 hours before passing 100 million signups within five days. And just yesterday, numbers from Data.ai indicated that Threads has now hit 150 million downloads. However, another completely unrelated app has been inadvertently thrust into […]
Threads, a Slack alternative completely unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
This week brought in good news for the robotics space in the form of new investment for nascent companies, but two established players within the space hit a snag. Amazon’s potential $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot, which had previously been approved by the U.K.’s antitrust regulators, is now getting an extensive review by the European […]
This week in robotics: Amazon’s iRobot deal hits an EU snag as new funding keeps hot drone summer rolling by Alyssa Stringer originally published on TechCrunch
The YouTuber apology video is an art form. A penitent creator must be remorseful, but not theatrical. Concise, but not rehearsed. Honest, but not defensive. Above all, an apology video cannot be memeable, or it’ll never be taken seriously. Colleen Ballinger’s apology saga, however, will be one of the most memorable in YouTube history because […]
Colleen Ballinger’s toxic gossip train won’t stop chugging on by Morgan Sung originally published on TechCrunch