June 13, 2025

Powering next-gen services with AI in regulated industries 

Businesses in highly-regulated industries like financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and health care are increasingly turning to AI-powered tools to streamline complex and sensitive tasks. Conversational AI-driven interfaces are helping hospitals to track the location and delivery of a patient’s time-sensitive cancer drugs. Generative AI chatbots are helping insurance customers answer questions and solve problems. And agentic…

AWS partners with Avalanche to scale blockchain solutions for enterprises, governments

January 11, 2023

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Ava Labs, the company building out layer-1 blockchain Avalanche, to help scale blockchain adoption across enterprises, institutions and governments, the two firms exclusively told TechCrunch. “Looking forward, web3 and blockchain is inevitable,” Howard Wright, VP and global head of startups at AWS, said to TechCrunch. “No one can […]

AWS partners with Avalanche to scale blockchain solutions for enterprises, governments by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

HBO and HBO Max dominates Golden Globes with most wins

January 11, 2023

It may have been a weird feeling to watch Golden Globe Awards live on television this year. Last year, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the organization that hosts the ceremony, was criticized for lacking diversity, so NBC announced it wouldn’t broadcast the awards show and the event’s winners were live-tweeted instead. The HFPA claims it’s […]

HBO and HBO Max dominates Golden Globes with most wins by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Deel enters equity management space with acquisition of Capbase

January 11, 2023

Remote payroll startup Deel has acquired fintech Capbase for an undisclosed amount in a cash and stock deal, the companies have told TechCrunch exclusively. As its name suggests, San Francisco-based Capbase claims it can update a company’s cap table in real time as it issues shares, signs contracts and raise money from investors. It then […]

Deel enters equity management space with acquisition of Capbase by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Microsoft 365 Basic launches with 100 GB of storage, Outlook and more for $1.99 per month

January 11, 2023

Microsoft will introduce a new, lower-cost tier of Microsoft 365, its product family of productivity software, collaboration and cloud-based services, starting on January 30. Called Microsoft 365 Basic and priced at $1.99 per month or $19.99 per year, the plan will initially include 100 GB of storage, Outlook email, and access to support experts for […]

Microsoft 365 Basic launches with 100 GB of storage, Outlook and more for $1.99 per month by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Royal Mail warns of severe disruption after ‘cyber incident’

January 11, 2023

U.K. postal service Royal Mail has said it’s experiencing “severe service disruption” following an cyber incident. In a statement published Wednesday, Royal Mail said it was unable to dispatch export items including letters and parcels to overseas destinations as a result of the cyberattack. It added that international parcels that had already been dispatched “may […]

Royal Mail warns of severe disruption after ‘cyber incident’ by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Tesla plans $770M expansion at Texas factory

January 11, 2023

Tesla notified Texas regulators this week it plans to invest about $770 million into an expansion of its factory near Austin. The automaker registered plans with the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration. The Austin Business Journal and CNBC were the first to report on the filings. The filings show Tesla intends to build new […]

Tesla plans $770M expansion at Texas factory by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch