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Cribl raises $200M to help enterprises do more with their data

At a time when remote work, cybersecurity attacks and increased privacy and compliance requirements threaten a company’s data, more companies are collecting and storing their observability data, but a

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OnlyFans’ policy change is a tale as old as the internet

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.For our Wednesday show this week, Natasha and Alex and Danny had collea

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Stewart Butterfield and Bret Taylor are coming to Disrupt

When Salesforce acquired Slack at the end of last year for almost $28 billion, the deal seemed on its face to make sense, given that the coronavirus pandemic accelerated already growing demand for too

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Bankers chase Byju’s for IPO, valuation pegged up to $50 billion

Nearly every top investment bank is chasing Byju’s and nudging the most valuable Indian startup to seriously explore the public markets as soon as next year.Most banks have given Byju’s a proposed val

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testRigor scores $4M seed to turn a list of actions into a QA testing script

Imagine typing out a series of steps in plain English that would reflect a list of actions a human QA tester would undertake to test an app, then turning that list into an automated testing script. Th

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UN chief condemns attack in Burkina Faso

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday strongly condemned Wednesday's attack in northern Burkina Faso, where dozens of people were killed and several others wounded.Guterres conveyed his c

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UN chief ready to talk to Taliban

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said he was ready to speak with the Taliban himself "when it is clear with whom should I speak, for what purpose." For

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Pakistan’s Airlift raises $85 million for its quick commerce startup, eyes international expansion

A one-year-old startup that is attempting to build the railroads for e-commerce in Pakistan has just secured a mega round in a major boost to the South Asia nation’s nascent startup ecosystem.Airlift

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The U.S. reaches deal with Taliban on evacuations: report

Members of Joint Forces Headquarters get prepared to deploy to Afghanistan to assist in the draw down from the area. /AP The United States has reached an agreement with the Taliban to ensure t

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India’s VerSe Innovation raises over $450 million to expand Dailyhunt and Josh apps globally

VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of popular news aggregator Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, said on Thursday it has raised over $450 million in a new financing round, just five months after secur

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Gamified home rowing machine Aviron raises $4.5M

Along with a surge in connected fitness funding, it seems that rowing machines are really having their moment. In April, Ergatta announced a $30 million raise, last month, CityRow announced a $12 mill

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Man City aim to acquire Jack Grealish with £100m in 48 hours

Jack Grealish of England after losing UEFA European Championship Final against Italy at Wembley Stadium in London, England, July 11, 2021. /CFP Manchester City is trying to sign English midfie

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Australia's largest city posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases

Australia's biggest city posted a record one-day rise in locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Thursday, and authorities warned the outbreak would get worse despite a lock

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Malaysia's Chef de Mission Lee Chong Wei on Tokyo and Beijing games

01:49 Malaysia's Olympic Chef de Mission Lee Chong Wei said on Wednesday that Malaysian athletes are taking strong precautions against the coronavirus and ready for the Tokyo Summer Gam

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Athletes test COVID-19 positive days before start of Tokyo Olympics

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games is due to take place on Friday. /AP A rising number of athletes and staff involved in the delayed Tokyo Olympic Games are being forced to self-i

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Pro-impeachment Republicans outpace GOP rivals in second-quarter fundraising

Republicans who voted earlier this year to impeach former President Trump are outpacing their primary challengers in the money race.Now, the 10 House Republicans who br

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Search for Florida condo collapse victims nears end

The rubble of the demolished section of the Champlain Towers South building is seen through flowers on a makeshift memorial to the scores of victims of the building's partial collapse, July 12, 2