March 13, 2025

Y Combinator’s police surveillance darling Flock Safety raises $275M at $7.5B valuation

Flock Safety and one of its long-time VCs, Bedrock Capital, announced Thursday that the startup raised a fresh $275 million at a $7.5 billion valuation. Flock makes computer vision-enabled video surveillance technology used by law enforcement as well as businesses, property management companies, and so on. It’s best known for its automatic license plate recognition […]

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Theranos exec Sunny Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding patients and investors

December 7, 2022

The former COO of disgraced blood testing startup Theranos, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to 155 months, or about 13 years, in prison, and three years of probation. After a three-month trial, in July, Balwani was found guilty on all twelve criminal charges, ranging from defrauding patients and investors to conspiring to commit fraud. Theranos […]

Theranos exec Sunny Balwani sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding patients and investors by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

America’s weak EV charging infrastructure might get a boost from dealers

December 7, 2022

As electric vehicles begin to take some market share, the nation’s charging infrastructure is playing catch-up. Some folks already have an edge in this race, including some California residents and Tesla fans, but many EV owners in America still face charging deserts and unreliable stations — two key obstacles to decarbonizing transportation and doing right […]

America’s weak EV charging infrastructure might get a boost from dealers by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch

Halo and Sea of Thieves ambience tracks come to Calm meditation app

December 7, 2022

Sound design in games is rarely given the same level of attention as graphics, but games these days really do have extraordinarily detailed and interesting soundscapes. Microsoft thinks so, anyway, and is bringing two auditory environments from Halo Infinite and Sea of Thieves to the meditation app Calm. It’s small news and in a way […]

Halo and Sea of Thieves ambience tracks come to Calm meditation app by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

New year’s resolutions for CIOs

December 7, 2022
From security to quantum, AI and edge to cloud, our digital world is evolving and expanding more quickly than ever. With so much “noise,” it can be hard to concentrate, let alone figure out where to start beyond the bits and bytes, speeds and feeds. I hear this from everyone I meet with, and it’s…

Oh no, they added NFTs to Winamp

December 7, 2022

Winamp version 5.9.1 is here, rejoice! The venerable — nay, aged — but reliable media player has been receiving sporadic updates over the last couple decades, but little truly new functionality has appeared (and that’s just fine by us users). But this new version brings an unexpected and thankfully optional feature: NFT playback. No, this […]

Oh no, they added NFTs to Winamp by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

A healthcare brand for women begins to take shape

December 7, 2022

Until last year, healthcare funding continued to shatter previous records. But there remains at least one very big hole in the industry. No one has yet created a broad, leading women’s healthcare brand, and that spells opportunity. Dina Radenkovic is among those who see it, and at her company, Gameto, she specifically wants to build […]

A healthcare brand for women begins to take shape by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Navier’s 30-foot hydrofoiling electric boat hits the water and prepares for production

December 7, 2022

Electric leisure boat startup Navier has managed to bring its concept hydrofoiling watercraft into reality, and has opened pre-orders — if you happen to have a few hundred grand laying around. It may not be affordable, but it’s not like the other 30-foot boats you can order are a bargain either. At least this one […]

Navier’s 30-foot hydrofoiling electric boat hits the water and prepares for production by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Apple changes AirDrop security for all with iOS 16.2 after backlash over restrictions in China

December 7, 2022

Apple is clamping down on AirDrop privacy settings for all its users with the iOS 16.2 update, after backlash its recent restrictions impacting the feature’s use in China. In November, reports circulated that Apple had begun limiting the use of AirDrop in China as the country was facing widespread protests over the Chinese government’s “zero Covid” […]

Apple changes AirDrop security for all with iOS 16.2 after backlash over restrictions in China by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Apple launches end-to-end encryption for iCloud data

December 7, 2022

Apple today launched Advanced Data Protection, a new, optional end-to-end encryption scheme that prevents data in a customer’s iCloud from being decrypted on an “untrusted” device. Concretely, Advanced Data Protection would keep most of an iCloud account’s data secure even in the event that Apple was hacked, and — as a Wall Street Journal piece […]

Apple launches end-to-end encryption for iCloud data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Andreessen Horowitz leads $43M Series A for Setpoint, which aims to be the ‘Stripe for credit’

December 7, 2022

Setpoint, a startup that has built software to help other companies close loan transactions faster, has raised $43 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The raise comes just six months after Austin, Texas-based Setpoint closed a $5.5 million seed round and $150 million in securitization. Serial entrepreneurs Ben Rubenstein, Stuart […]

Andreessen Horowitz leads $43M Series A for Setpoint, which aims to be the ‘Stripe for credit’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch