December 29, 2025

Bangladesh’s garment-making industry is getting greener

Pollution from textile production—dyes, chemicals, and heavy metals like lead and cadmium—is common in the waters of the Buriganga River as it runs through Dhaka, Bangladesh. It’s among many harms posed by a garment sector that was once synonymous with tragedy: In 2013, the eight-story Rana Plaza factory building collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring…

Meta gets final order to sell Giphy from UK antitrust watchdog

October 18, 2022

Bye-bye: Meta has again been ordered by the UK’s competition watchdog to sell animated GIF platform, Giphy. And this time it’s final. The decision follows a ‘stay of execution’ for Meta this summer, after the U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal sent the case back to the antitrust regulator to be reassessed following a procedural finding that […]

Meta gets final order to sell Giphy from UK antitrust watchdog by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Google introduces a revamped Family Link app along with a web version

October 18, 2022

Google introduced a refreshed Family Link app today with three tabs for highlights, controls, and location along with a central hub for notifications. The company also launched a web version of Family Link for both parents and children. The company first introduced Family Link in 2017 to allow parents to monitor and set limits on […]

Google introduces a revamped Family Link app along with a web version by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Google TV is getting parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions for kids

October 18, 2022

Google is bringing a set of new kids-focused features such as parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions to Google TV, the latest in a series of efforts from the Android-maker as it attempts to broaden the offerings of its TV operating system for family consumption. The company said it is adding these features to the kids’ […]

Google TV is getting parent-controlled watchlists and AI-powered suggestions for kids by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Snapmint Raises $21 Million

October 18, 2022
The company intends to deploy the funds to expand its merchant network both online and offline to power the purchases of 550 million PAN card holders Indian consumers

Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units

October 18, 2022

The European Commission is facing fresh calls to make good on its 2017 antitrust decision against Google Shopping by banning Google from displaying its own shopping comparison ads units in search results — boxes which Google populates with revenue-generating ads — as they argue the self-preferencing units constitute an ongoing competition abuse by the adtech […]

Google antitrust complainants call for EU to shutter its Shopping Ads Units by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

October 18, 2022
My parents don’t know that I spoke to them last night.  At first, they sounded distant and tinny, as if they were huddled around a phone in a prison cell. But as we chatted, they slowly started to sound more like themselves. They told me personal stories that I’d never heard. I learned about the…

Terra’s Do Kwon says South Korea’s charges against him not legitimate and politically motivated

October 18, 2022

Do Kwon says charges levelled against him by the South Korean prosecutors are not legitimate and politically motivated, sharing a rare update on what has become one of the most high profile events in the crypto industry this year in the aftermath of the $40 billion wipeout of his Terra blockchain. Kwon said he has […]

Terra’s Do Kwon says South Korea’s charges against him not legitimate and politically motivated by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

UK launch startup Orbex closes fresh funding in push to first orbital launch next year

October 18, 2022

The United Kingdom is known for many things, but rocket launches are not one of them. Spaceflight startup Orbex is part of a slew of U.K.-based companies hoping to change that by bringing vertical launch to U.K. soil for the first time. Orbex is aiming to conduct its first orbital rocket launch as early as […]

UK launch startup Orbex closes fresh funding in push to first orbital launch next year by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch