June 15, 2025

The U.S. Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’

While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How? Well, the Navy’s Chief Technology Officer Justin Fanelli says he has spent the last two and a half years focused […]

Trusting your gut microbiome with Cheryl Sew Hoy from Tiny Health

December 13, 2022

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week, Cheryl Sew Hoy, the founder of Tiny Health, tells Darrell and Becca about the complex science behind baby gut microbiomes. Sew Hoy talks about why she got interested in the subject, what it was like researching the field and how she […]

Trusting your gut microbiome with Cheryl Sew Hoy from Tiny Health by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch

US attorney says ‘we are not done’ charging individuals for FTX collapse

December 13, 2022

Multiple U.S. government agencies held a press conference Tuesday afternoon regarding the indictment of FTX’s former CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried. When asked whether the entities will bring charges against other individuals allegedly involved in the FTX collapse, Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said during the event, “I can only […]

US attorney says ‘we are not done’ charging individuals for FTX collapse by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Geely’s electric car brand Zeekr files US IPO confidentially

December 13, 2022

Zeekr, the premium electric car brand under China’s Geely, said Tuesday it has confidentially filed for a U.S. initial public offering. If it goes through, it’ll be the first major Chinese listing in the country in nearly two years, following China’s effective ban of foreign IPOs. Zeekr filed last week with regulators, but didn’t provide […]

Geely’s electric car brand Zeekr files US IPO confidentially by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch

Komodo Health, once tipped for a looming IPO, has cut staff as CFO departs

December 13, 2022

Komodo Health, a health-care enterprise in the business of making data-driven maps, has laid off 9% of staff, or 78 people, according to sources. The personnel change comes around a month after the company internally announced that its CFO would be leaving the company at the end of the year for personal reasons, and just […]

Komodo Health, once tipped for a looming IPO, has cut staff as CFO departs by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok inches further into YouTube’s territory with a new horizontal full screen mode

December 13, 2022

TikTok is testing a new horizontal full screen mode with select users globally, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Users who have access to the test feature will see a new “full screen” button appear on square or rectangle videos in their feed. Once you click the button, the video will shift into a horizontal full […]

TikTok inches further into YouTube’s territory with a new horizontal full screen mode by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Boom takes the wraps off its supersonic Symphony engine design

December 13, 2022

Boom Supersonic is working hard to upend the status quo in commercial flight with its Overture airliner — a supersonic craft that will be propelled by brand-new engines the company just revealed. Building from scratch shows that Boom is doubling down on setting itself apart from the rest of the industry. Building a new aircraft […]

Boom takes the wraps off its supersonic Symphony engine design by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

What fusion’s breakthrough means for clean energy

December 13, 2022
After many decades of trying, scientists have reached a milestone in fusion research, finally running a reaction that created more energy than what was put in to start it. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced today that researchers at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved what’s known as net energy gain,…

Apple fixes ‘actively exploited’ zero-day affecting most iPhones

December 13, 2022

Apple has confirmed that an iPhone software update it released two weeks ago fixed a zero-day security vulnerability that it now says was actively exploited. The update, iOS 16.1.2, landed on November 30 and rolled out to all supported iPhones, including iPhone 8 and later, with unspecified “important security updates.” In a disclosure to its […]

Apple fixes ‘actively exploited’ zero-day affecting most iPhones by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch