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 […]

Antaris predicts the future of the space economy at TC Sessions: Space

November 30, 2022

We’re just about one week away from achieving liftoff for TC Sessions: Space — a full day jam-packed with the latest space science, tech and trends. Join us on December 6 in Los Angeles to hear from and connect with the startups, researchers, investors and technologists forging the future of space. A word (or two […]

Antaris predicts the future of the space economy at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

Spyware vendor Variston exploited Chrome, Firefox, and Windows zero-days, says Google

November 30, 2022

A Barcelona-based company that bills itself as a custom security solutions provider exploited several zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows, and Chrome and Firefox browsers to plant spyware, say Google security researchers. In research shared with TechCrunch ahead of publication on Wednesday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) says it has linked Variston IT, which claims to offer […]

Spyware vendor Variston exploited Chrome, Firefox, and Windows zero-days, says Google by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Crypto exchange Kraken cuts 1,100 jobs

November 30, 2022

Crypto exchange Kraken today announced it’s letting go of 1,100 staffers. The announcement came from a company blog post and follows similar news from DoorDash that it was also cutting staff. News that Kraken is cutting staff — and therefore costs — is not a surprise, given a generally gloomy macroeconomic climate and even worse climes […]

Crypto exchange Kraken cuts 1,100 jobs by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark ‘Web5’

November 30, 2022

A plan which would see a corporate entity trademark the term “Web5” has been put to rest after much backlash. Late Tuesday night, TBD, the Bitcoin-focused division of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block (formerly Square), announced an ill-thought-out plan to trademark the term, which refers to its vision for a decentralized, privacy-focused iteration of the […]

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin project TBD kills its plan to trademark ‘Web5’ by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation

November 30, 2022

Have you ever looked longingly at the website of a posh hotel or resort and thought, “Man, I wish I could hang out there.” Well, thanks to startup ResortPass, that might not be as out of reach as you might think. The six-year-old company gives people the option to purchase day passes to over 900 […]

ResortPass, backed by Jessica Alba and Gwyneth Paltrow, lands $26M so you can take a daycation by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M

November 30, 2022

In 2016, Andrew Hoag, formerly a senior manager at Verisign and a web project lead at NASA’s Ames Research Center, founded Teampay, a platform that attempts to automate the software purchasing process for companies. Hoag’s insight was that the way businesses spend money is changing, particularly as they embraced digital transformation, and that visibility into […]

Spend management platform Teampay expands partnership with Mastercard, raises $47M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch