Field service engineers may not be the first group of customers that come to mind when you think about lucrative opportunities in B2B technology. But that same blind spot speaks of the opportunity in the space for those who are stepping up and targeting “the job site.” One of the players in that space, XOi […]
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Daily Crunch: Amazon starts delivering layoff notices to thousands of employees by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Startup hopes combined leasing-and-service model will sell contractors and consumers on climate-friendly heat pumps.
Service 1st Financial sells “home comfort-as-a-service,” gets $20 million in funding from Series B, debt by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
The FDA sent a letter to Upside Foods concluding that it had “no further questions” related to its cell-based, chicken-making process.
Upside’s cell-cultured chicken is first to receive FDA blessing for its production method by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The saga of FTX, formerly one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges that fell rapidly into bankruptcy, took a new turn today after Vox published a series of messages with its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The erstwhile executive, known in the crypto world as SBF, discussed regulators, ethics, and bankruptcy regrets, amongst other issues that […]
SBF regrets declaring FTX bankrupt by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Quadruped robot developers like Boston Dynamics have taken great pains to develop systems capable of traversing all manner of terrain. For the right price, you can pick up a robotic dog that can take a kick, get back up and get back on its way. A team comprised of researchers at Carnegie Mellon and UC […]
This robotic dog can walk over just about any terrain by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Today, Apple announced the launch date and price of its upcoming subscription service for Major League Soccer (MLS) fans, “MLS Season Pass.” Starting February 1, 2023, subscribers in 100+ countries and regions can get MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app for $14.99 per month during the season or $99 per season. Notably, Apple […]
Apple to launch ‘MLS Season Pass’ subscription on February 1 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Kenya’s B2B e-commerce food distribution platform Twiga has laid off 211 of its full-time employees following restructuring that has eliminated the company’s in-house sales team. The laid-off staff make up 21% of the over 1,000 employees mainly in Kenya, where it links farmers or agricultural producers and fast-moving consumer goods manufactures to retailers. The agritech’s […]
Kenya’s Twiga dismisses in-house sales team, affecting 21% of it employees by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch
Information reviewed by TechCrunch indicates that market makers and funds that lost money on FTX are more numerous than previously anticipated.
FTX exposure hits market makers and funds by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
We can’t think of a more exciting moment in time to host TC Sessions: Crypto — it opens tomorrow, November 17, in Miami. The past two weeks have been a wild roller-coaster ride — to say the least — and there’s not a better place to unpack everything that’s happened. Be in the room: Buy […]
More reasons than ever to go to TC Sessions: Crypto by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. government’s cybersecurity agency says hackers backed by the Iranian government compromised a federal agency that failed to patch against Log4Shell, a vulnerability fixed almost a year ago. In an alert published Thursday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said that a federal civilian executive branch organization (FCEB) was breached by Iranian government hackers […]
Iran-backed hackers breached a US federal agency that failed to patch year-old bug by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch