December 29, 2025

Bangladesh’s garment-making industry is getting greener

Pollution from textile production—dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium—is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. It’s among many harms posed by a garment sector that was once synonymous with tragedy: In 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza factory building collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring…

Blink launches Blink Copilot to bring generative AI to security operations

May 31, 2023

Blink CEO Gil Barak says there have been three distinct periods when it comes to security operations automation. The first required experts to code workflows, taking weeks or months to produce a single one. More recently, low code approaches let users drag and drop components into a workflow, creating the code in the background almost […]

Blink launches Blink Copilot to bring generative AI to security operations by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Social mapping platform Atly launches with $18M to be a Reddit for real-world locations

May 31, 2023

From Foursquare to Zenly, there hasn’t exactly been a shortage of location-centric social networks outside the usual Big Tech ecosystems, but for one reason or another things have never really worked out. Snap acquired Zenly and eventually shut it down despite its enduring popularity, and Foursquare is still chugging along with its back-end location data […]

Social mapping platform Atly launches with $18M to be a Reddit for real-world locations by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

Vartana lands a $20M investment to scale its sales closing platform

May 31, 2023

Vartana, a business-to-business (B2B) sales closing and financing platform, today announced that it raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Activant Capital with participation from Mayfield and Audacious Ventures. The financing, which brings Vartana’s total raised to $39 million, will be put toward hiring and expanding the company’s product offerings, according […]

Vartana lands a $20M investment to scale its sales closing platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Hubble Network wants to connect a billion devices with space-based Bluetooth network

May 31, 2023

Bluetooth-enabled devices are ubiquitous, but how those devices are used is constrained by the relatively short range provided by Bluetooth technology. Seattle-based startup Hubble Network wants to completely upend that status quo, by launching a satellite network that any Bluetooth-enabled device can connect to, anywhere in the world. The company’s aim is to build out […]

Hubble Network wants to connect a billion devices with space-based Bluetooth network by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Ransomware attack on US dental insurance giant exposes data of 9 million patients

May 31, 2023

An apparent ransomware attack on one of America’s largest dental health insurers has compromised the personal information of almost nine million individuals in the United States. The Atlanta-based Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental claims to be the largest dental insurer in the nation for government‑sponsored plans covering children and seniors. In a notice posted […]

Ransomware attack on US dental insurance giant exposes data of 9 million patients by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s pivotal China visit: diplomacy, supply chain, and beyond

May 31, 2023

On Tuesday, Elon Musk commenced his high-stakes visit to China, marking his first since before the COVID-19 pandemic. In an era of decoupling, the Tesla CEO stands out as one of the very few Silicon Valley tech bosses who remain committed to China. This commitment isn’t surprising given the increasingly pivotal role China plays in […]

Elon Musk’s pivotal China visit: diplomacy, supply chain, and beyond by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: meet the longevity obsessives, and how China’s regulating AI

May 31, 2023
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. Longevity enthusiasts want to create their own independent state. They’re eyeing Rhode Island. —Jessica Hamzelou Earlier this month, I traveled to Montenegro for a gathering of longevity enthusiasts, people interested in extending human…

MarketForce forced to tighten its belt as tough times hit

May 31, 2023

MarketForce, a Kenyan B2B e-commerce platform, had the ambitious plan of growing the number of informal merchants sourcing FMCGs from its platform by over a million by end of 2022, laying the ground for it to reach millions more in the years to come. The startup’s co-founder and CEO, Tesh Mbaabu, made these plans known […]

MarketForce forced to tighten its belt as tough times hit by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch