Launch House splits with law firm conducting its harassment investigation

October 25, 2022

It’s been a little over a month since Launch House, a buzzy venture-backed founder’s club backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Day One Ventures, publicly faced numerous allegations of harassment and assault. In response to the allegations first surfaced by the news publication Vox, the startup claimed that it would undergo an independent, […]

Launch House splits with law firm conducting its harassment investigation by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Apex Space takes on satellite bus ‘bottleneck’ with seed round led by a16z

October 25, 2022

Apex Space, a startup that aims to transform satellite bus manufacturing, emerged from stealth Monday with a $7.5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The Los Angeles-based company has set its sights on the satellite bus — the part of the spacecraft that hosts the payload — which it says is the “new bottleneck” […]

Apex Space takes on satellite bus ‘bottleneck’ with seed round led by a16z by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Starlink signals could work as GPS alternative, whether SpaceX likes it or not

October 25, 2022

With some 3,000 satellites in orbit, the Starlink constellation is easily the largest in history and of course presents an immense opportunity for global connectivity. But its signals could also be analyzed and used as an alternative to traditional GPS, a new paper claims, with or without SpaceX’s blessing. Todd Humphreys and his team at […]

Starlink signals could work as GPS alternative, whether SpaceX likes it or not by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Hyph set to launch a music creation app with an emphasis on remixing

October 25, 2022

Music startup Hyph announced an upcoming mobile app, which aims to be a music creation and remixing tool for everyone to use. With the creator economy estimated to be worth $100 billion, Hyph is targeting the over 50 million people worldwide who identify as content creators. Hyph allows users to create original songs by taking music […]

Hyph set to launch a music creation app with an emphasis on remixing by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for ‘operational efficiencies’

October 24, 2022

Cerebral is laying off 20% of its staff, citing an ongoing push for efficiency at the digital health unicorn. A spokesperson for Cerebral confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch but did not share the specific number of employees affected. According to the WSJ, which first reported the news, and Insider, some 400 people will lose their […]

Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for ‘operational efficiencies’ by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

A closer look at macOS Ventura

October 24, 2022

Sometimes it’s nice when a product launch falls when I’m on the road. I qualify that statement because, well, it’s one more thing to shoehorn into an invariably overloaded work trip. But there are some products that are just better tested on the road: laptops, earbuds, travel chargers and the occasional operating system. I’ve been […]

A closer look at macOS Ventura by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Bumble open sourced its AI that detects unsolicited nudes

October 24, 2022

As part of its larger commitment to combat “cyberflashing,” the dating app Bumble is open sourcing its AI tool that detects unsolicited lewd images. First debuted in 2019, Private Detector (let’s take a moment to let that name sink in) blurs out nudes that are sent through the Bumble app, giving the user on the […]

Bumble open sourced its AI that detects unsolicited nudes by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch