June 21, 2025

European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech

European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times.

In a trademark battle between an NFT artist and a big brand, Hermès, the artist just lost

February 8, 2023

Artist Mason Rothschild thought he was sitting on a “goldmine” when he began creating digital versions of the iconic Hermès Birkin handbag and selling these as NFTs. Among them was an animated piece called “Baby Birkin” that depicted a human fetus floating inside and which was ultimately acquired by a buyer for $47,000 at the […]

In a trademark battle between an NFT artist and a big brand, Hermès, the artist just lost by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

Spotify now lets you select which playlists you’d like to impact your recommendations less

February 8, 2023

Spotify is finally introducing a highly-requested feature. The streaming service announced today that it’s launching a new “Exclude from your Taste Profile” feature that lets you keep selected playlists from heavily influencing your personalized recommendations. For context, your taste profile is Spotify’s interpretation of your music taste based on what you listen to and is […]

Spotify now lets you select which playlists you’d like to impact your recommendations less by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Meet the prolific Russian espionage crew hacking spymasters and lawmakers

February 8, 2023

A notorious hacking group with alleged ties to Russian intelligence services has claimed its latest victim: British lawmaker Stewart McDonald. McDonald, a Member of Parliament for his constituency in Glasgow South, told BBC News that he fears he had been the victim of a “disinformation” campaign after his personal email account was “hacked by Russia.” McDonald […]

Meet the prolific Russian espionage crew hacking spymasters and lawmakers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Planet A Ventures comes out of the door with a €160M European, science-backed climate fund

February 8, 2023

These days climate investing is hot – if you will pardon the awful pun – but the days of just raising a fund and calling it “climate focused” are well and truly over. The market is sorting out the “wheat from the chaff” and if a VC fund can’t prove that it can back-up its […]

Planet A Ventures comes out of the door with a €160M European, science-backed climate fund by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch

Today’s TechCrunch Live: Acquiring customers with Cube and Mayfield

February 8, 2023

Christina Ross is a CFO turned CEO, and I’m thrilled to have her and Mayfield partner Rajeev Batra on today’s TechCrunch Live. Her story is great. Prior to founding Cube, she ran finance at corporations and high-growth startups. In 2018 in a bid to provide a solution to CFOs who rely on spreadsheets but could […]

Today’s TechCrunch Live: Acquiring customers with Cube and Mayfield by Matt Burns originally published on TechCrunch