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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While nobody knows what will happen to Twitter, we can’t help but consider what we’d miss if it went away.
TechCrunch staff on what we lose if we lose Twitter by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
India’s leading central securities depository, Central Depository Services Limited, or CDSL, says its systems have been compromised by malware. On Friday, the securities depository said in a filing with India’s National Stock Exchange that it detected malware affecting “a few of its internal machines.” “As a matter of abundant caution, the company immediately isolated the […]
India’s securities depository CDSL says malware compromised its network by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch
Nuro, the autonomous vehicle delivery startup backed by Softbank, Google and Tiger Global Management, is laying off about 300 people, or 20% of its workforce in an effort to preserve cash amid a stormy economic outlook, according to an email sent to employees this morning. Several Nuro employees also posted on Twitter and LinkedIn this […]
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro lays off 20% of workforce by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
This time last year, we were optimistic. It seemed like the tide was turning on ransomware after the U.S. government scored a handful of wins against the cybercriminals carrying out these increasingly damaging attacks: the Justice Department successfully seized $2.3 million in bitcoin that Colonial Pipeline paid to the DarkSide ransomware gang to reclaim its […]
Ransomware is a global problem that needs a global solution by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Alex and Natasha discussed the latest and greatest of this consuming news cycle. Our goal with the episode, as always, is to go beyond what you may see in a 140 […]
Pick your poison: recruitment or retention? by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Fanfix, the Patreon-style platform focused on Gen Z, announced today the launch of SuperLink, a standalone monetization-focused link-in-bio platform that displays a creator’s Fanfix page. Fanfix previously partnered with various link-in-bio companies, including Koji, Beacons and Hoo.bee. However, the company says many of its creators requested Fanfix build its own version of the feature. It […]
Patreon competitor Fanfix launches ‘SuperLink,’ a link-in-bio platform aimed at Gen Z creators by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Last Monday, Jumia co-founders Sacha Poignonnec and Jeremy Hodara resigned from their roles as co-CEOs, just ten days before the company’s third-quarter 2022 financial report. The end of their tenure, therefore, marked the first time a new face — Francis Dufay, the ex-chief at Jumia Ivory Coast and now acting CEO of Jumia — took […]
Jumia to cut products and overheads as new management chase profits by Tage Kene-Okafor originally published on TechCrunch
Food tech is experiencing a similar downturn in venture capital investment, and two VCs give their perspective on what’s happening.
VCs dish on why food tech investment was so light in Q3, while SAVRpak bags freshness deal with Jüsto by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
The U.S. government has warned of ongoing malicious activity by the notorious Hive ransomware gang, which has extorted more than $100 million from its growing list of victims. A joint advisory released by the FBI, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday revealed that the Hive […]
Hive ransomware actors have extorted over $100M from victims, says FBI by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch