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Daily Crunch: Binance says it will buy FTX after smaller rival stumbles through ‘liquidity crunch’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
Spaceflight startup Skyroot wants to make history by launching India’s first privately developed rocket, and it’s aiming to do so as early as next week. The company said Tuesday that the first launch of the Vikram-S suborbital rocket could occur as early as November 12, with a launch window that extends until November 16. The […]
Skyroot wants to kickstart private spaceflight in India with first rocket launch next week by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Excess inventory, including returned items, from e-commerce, logistics and retail companies often ends up being disposed. Manila-based Humble Sustainability is a circular economy startup that wants to keep it out of the Philippines’ landfills. Since its launch, it has processed more than 150,000 items like clothing, consumer electronics and household appliances that are either resold […]
Humble keeps excess inventory out of the Philippines’ landfills by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch
Day One Ventures, a venture firm launched in 2018 with a pitch to combine venture capital acumen with marketing and communications support, has launched a program aimed explicitly at those impacted by tech layoffs this year. The program, titled “Funded Not Fired,” will write $100,000 checks into 20 startup teams by the end of the […]
Laid off from your tech job? Day One wants to give you $100,000 to start a company by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
Salesforce laid off hundreds of people this week as the onslaught of tech cutbacks continued unabated. The company would not share an exact number, but said it was less than a thousand, and the people involved were informed yesterday, according to a person close to the company. Protocol first reported the layoffs (although it appears […]
Salesforce confirms it has laid off hundreds of employees by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
When the 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Folgore comes to market next fall, consumers might notice some Formula E motorsports DNA running through the automaker’s first EV. In January, Maserati will become the first Italian team to compete in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship when the series kicks off its ninth season in Mexico City. […]
How Formula E will shape Maserati’s first passenger EV by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch
Twitter’s head of Safety and Integrity Yoel Roth admitted in a Twitter thread that the company may have to further invest in “identity verification” that goes beyond the paid verification system that will accompany its revamped Twitter Blue subscription. Under Elon Musk, Twitter has rushed to release a new version of its Twitter Blue subscription […]
Twitter safety head suggests further ‘identity verification’ beyond paid verification may later be required by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Brace yourself: more layoffs are coming. Update your resume, save as much money as you can, and most importantly — don’t panic.
TechCrunch+ roundup: H-1B worker layoffs, cyber risk quantification, SaaS whiplash by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
We asked BuildBuddy, Monte Carlo, and Egnyte what they think about their public cloud choices, and the strengths and weaknesses thereof.
Startup CEOs sound off on picking cloud providers by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch