March 14, 2025

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI

On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent letters to 16 American technology firms, including Google and OpenAI, asking for past communications with the Biden Administration that might suggest the former President “coerced or colluded” with companies to “censor lawful speech” in AI products. The Trump Administration’s top technology advisers previously signaled it would pick […]

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On-demand car rental company Kyte is now offering car subscriptions

December 1, 2022

Car rental delivery startup Kyte said it’s on a mission to disrupt the auto industry by making people think twice about buying a car. Starting Wednesday, Kyte will now offer a car subscription service, following what the startup says was a successful subscription pilot with Teslas. The three-, six- and 12-month subscription plans will be […]

On-demand car rental company Kyte is now offering car subscriptions by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Gucci Ventures Into the Metaverse

December 1, 2022
The experience would feature a space called ‘Gucci Vault Land’ for its customers to witness the brand’s history through games and NFTs

Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M

December 1, 2022

Two months ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had fined 16 Wall Street firms more than $1.1 billion for “widespread recordkeeping failures” regarding maintaining electronic communications, contravening federal securities laws. In addition, the SEC is now probing private equity firms on their employees’ use of messaging apps for work purposes, including WhatsApp, […]

Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch

In defense of plastic (sort of)

December 1, 2022
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. I’m coming in with a hot take this week: plastics might just be the most useful inventions of the 20th century.  Before you get out the pitchforks, let me take you on a…

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital

December 1, 2022

Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Additional investors in the round include Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Protocol Labs, Arweave, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, The LAO, and Argonautic Ventures. The startup is aiming to build an interface and […]

Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health

December 1, 2022

Zoe, a startup founded by doctors and researchers out of London and Boston, made its name during the pandemic with a popular — dare we say viral? — self-reporting Covid-19 app. Embraced both by consumers and researchers, it provided early data into how Covid-19 spread and the symptoms associated with the initial infection and its […]

Zoe, which went viral with its Covid-reporting app, raises $30M to track nutrition and health by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Was Sam Bankman-Fried’s appearance a performance?

December 1, 2022

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried talked from an undisclosed location in the Bahamas today with reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin for a DealBook event, a discussion that his legal team “very much” did not approve of, he told Sorkin with a boyish grin. Having caught the live-streamed interview, what we’re still wondering is whether he’s credible. Throughout […]

Was Sam Bankman-Fried’s appearance a performance? by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Smartphone re-commerce startup Badili raises $2.1M pre-seed funding

December 1, 2022

Badili, a Kenya-based smartphone re-commerce startup, has raised $2.1 million pre-seed funding to scale its operations within Africa; one of the fastest-growing mobile phone market in the world. The Venture Catalysts, V&R Africa, Grenfell holdings, and SOSV, participated in the round, as did family offices and angel investors from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and India. […]

Smartphone re-commerce startup Badili raises $2.1M pre-seed funding by Annie Njanja originally published on TechCrunch

Indian Spacetech Startups Shoot for the Skies

December 1, 2022
In November 2022 alone, startups such as Agnikul and Pixxel have had significant successes, prompting spectators to wonder what more it will take to facilitate a true space revolution in the country