The Real Cost of Franchising Your Business
Franchising can be a low-cost way to expand your brand — but it’s not no cost. Here’s what to keep in mind.
The Download: AI’s impact on the economy, and DeepSeek strikes again
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The State of AI: Welcome to the economic singularity —David Rotman and Richard Waters Any far-reaching new technology is always uneven in its adoption, but few have been more uneven than generative AI.…
Venmo targets young consumers and parents with new teen accounts and debit card
Venmo announced today that it’s introducing teen accounts, allowing parents and legal guardians to open a Venmo account for their teenagers so they can send and receive money. The account, which has no monthly fees, also comes with a Venmo Teen Debit Card. Each Venmo Teen Account is connected to and managed by a parent’s […]
Venmo targets young consumers and parents with new teen accounts and debit card by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Opentrons aims to democratize lab access with its Flex robot
Two words jumped out at me while speaking with Opentrons CEO Jon Brennan-Badal and investor Vinod Khosla: reproducibility and repeatability. These are, of course, important concepts in the world of research. They’re keys to successful experimentation, but a lot of different variables can stand between them and researchers. It’s one of the foundational promises of […]
Opentrons aims to democratize lab access with its Flex robot by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
Fetch founder Melonee Wise joins Agility Robotics at CTO
We’ve discussed Agility quite a bit over the last several years. Most recently, it’s been a focus on the Oregon firm’s push to commercialize. There’s no question that the technology is impressive here. That much was clear when it was still an OSU research project. The path to market, on the other hand, has been […]
Fetch founder Melonee Wise joins Agility Robotics at CTO by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
How to preserve your digital memories
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. I recently published a short story about new policies recently announced by Google and Twitter that allow the companies to remove inactive accounts. Google said the decision…
$1.2 Million Dollars in 6 Months – Retirement Strategy Secrets Revealed
What does financial independence feel like? Well, you won’t have to worry about living paycheck to paycheck, and you’re free to pursue your passions, travel the world, or spend time…
Romania’s FlowX.ai raises $35M for its AI-based approach to application integration
“Digital transformation” and AI remain very buzzy terms in the world of enterprise software, and today a startup out of Romania that’s built a platform that taps into both concepts, and is seeing user traction in the financial sector, has raised a decent round of funding. FlowX.ai — which lets enterprises port legacy and newer […]
Romania’s FlowX.ai raises $35M for its AI-based approach to application integration by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
Meta ordered to suspend Facebook EU data flows as it’s hit with €1.2BN privacy fine
It’s finally happened: Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has been hit with a formal suspension order requiring it to stop exporting European Union user data to the US for processing. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) confirmed today that Meta has been fined €1.2 billion (close to $1.3BN) — which looks to be […]
Meta ordered to suspend Facebook EU data flows as it’s hit with €1.2BN privacy fine by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Tiger Global backs Indian industrial IoT startup Infinite Uptime in $18.8M funding round
Infinite Uptime, an Indian industrial IoT startup that offers predictive maintenance solutions for machinery, has secured an additional $18.85 million as part of an ongoing funding round led by Tiger Global at a valuation of $60 million post-money. The Series B3 round also saw participation from other existing investors including Mayfield, GSR Ventures, VenturEast and […]
Tiger Global backs Indian industrial IoT startup Infinite Uptime in $18.8M funding round by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
PhonePe expands new funding to $850 million
General Atlantic has poured another $100 million into PhonePe, four months after leading a $350 million investment in the Indian fintech startup that has so far raised $850 million in an ongoing financing round at the height of the slowing global economy. Walmart-backed PhonePe disclosed the investment in a statement on Monday. The ongoing round […]
PhonePe expands new funding to $850 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch