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This week, I talked with Tim De Chant about his coverage of fusion energy and what feels like a rare hopeful story in renewable energy tech. And Jacquelyn Melinek walks us through Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged crimes and confirmed arrest. Plus, as always, we go over the top stories in tech from the week Articles from […]

SBF doesn’t need SPF where he’s going and other TC news by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

For a social media platform that staked its claim on championing free speech, it’s been a remarkably swift turn of events.

Censorship, lockdowns, arbitrary bans — Twitter is turning into the China of social media by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch

While IT spending is forecast to rise, that doesn’t mean the picture is entirely rosy for startups. You still have to prove your worth.

With IT spending forecast to rise in 2023, what does it mean for startups? by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Amazon announced today that it signed a deal with Games Workshop (GAW), giving it IP rights to the “Warhammer 40,000” universe, a massively popular tabletop miniature wargame. This is the first deal of its kind for Amazon, the company claims. “Warhammer 40,000” takes place in the distant future, where humanity is threatened by aliens and […]

Amazon acquires film/TV rights to ‘Warhammer 40,000’ IP by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

Wischoff Ventures closed a second fund of $20 million that will be ‘leaning in heavily on B2B.’

Solo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’ by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch

Global audit firm Mazars has deleted the website that hosted proofs-of-reserves work for cryptocurrency exchanges. The company told Bloomberg that it is suspending its work with crypto companies on proofs-of-reserves reports going forward. Mazars appeared a few times in crypto news over the past few weeks because it started issuing those reports for cryptocurrency exchanges. […]

Audit firm Mazars ceases proof-of-reserves work for Binance and others by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch