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.

Connect and collaborate with new founders at TechCrunch Early Stage 2023

January 19, 2023

Successful startup founders do not spring fully formed from the head of whatever god or goddess keeps tabs on entrepreneurs. It takes time to educate yourself, learn essential skills and acquire a smart, connected network. Here’s the great news — TechCrunch Early Stage, taking place April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, is designed to help both […]

Connect and collaborate with new founders at TechCrunch Early Stage 2023 by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Dry-cleaning robotics startup Presso pulls in another $8M

January 19, 2023

In late-2020, Presso pivoted. It made a lot of sense at the time. People weren’t traveling much and therefore weren’t particularly hung up on getting their business attire dry-cleaned. Certainly the hospitality industry — which had been identified as a major potential revenue sort –0 had effectively ground to a screeching halt. Around that time, […]

Dry-cleaning robotics startup Presso pulls in another $8M by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Sling TV’s subscriber base continues to tank, loses over 75K subs in Q4

January 19, 2023

Sling TV, the DISH-owned streaming service, finished the year off with a substantial drop in subscribers, ending Q4 2022 with a loss of 77,000 subs. As reported in an SEC filing on January 17, Sling TV now has a total of 2.33 million subscribers, down from 2.41 million in the previous quarter. While the company […]

Sling TV’s subscriber base continues to tank, loses over 75K subs in Q4 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Fintech in 2022: a story of falling funding, fewer unicorns and insurtech M&A

January 19, 2023

If you thought the fourth quarter of 2022 felt slow when it came to investment activity in the fintech space, that’s because it was. In fact, the three-month period marked the lowest quarter for U.S. fintech funding since 2018, according to CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2022 report. But overall, while total fintech funding globally […]

Fintech in 2022: a story of falling funding, fewer unicorns and insurtech M&A by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Meta dodged a €4BN privacy fine over unlawful ads, argues GDPR complainant

January 19, 2023

A €390M privacy fine for Meta announced earlier this month in the European Union — for running behavioral ads on Facebook and Instagram in the region without a valid legal basis — was several billion dollars smaller than it should have been, and orders of magnitude too tiny to be a deterrent for others going […]

Meta dodged a €4BN privacy fine over unlawful ads, argues GDPR complainant by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Taco Bell, KFC owner says data stolen during ransomware attack

January 19, 2023

Yum Brands, the parent company of fast food chains KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, has confirmed that company data was stolen in a ransomware attack. TechCrunch first learned of an apparent incident affecting Yum Brands earlier this week, which the Kentucky-based company confirmed in a statement on Thursday. Yum Brands said a ransomware attack impacted […]

Taco Bell, KFC owner says data stolen during ransomware attack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Private investment in space dropped 58% last year, even with SpaceX, Anduril monster raises

January 19, 2023

Private investment in the space economy dropped by 58% in 2022 compared to the year prior, with macroeconomic headwinds battering private and public markets, according to a new analysis from New York-based Space Capital. But while 2023 is shaping up to be another hard year for startups, Space Capital’s report maintains that the external pressures […]

Private investment in space dropped 58% last year, even with SpaceX, Anduril monster raises by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Trunk extends its developer toolkit with CI analytics

January 19, 2023

Trunk, a startup that aims to build a toolkit that helps developers build and ship their code faster, today announced the launch of its latest product: CI Analytics. The new service helps developers understand how their CI Workflows (currently with a focus on GitHub Actions) perform in the real world — and if there are […]

Trunk extends its developer toolkit with CI analytics by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch