Subscription newsletter platform kingpin Substack shared today that they’ve acqui-hired the team behind Cocoon, a subscription social media app built for close friends.We covered the Y Combinato
Khatabook, a startup that is helping merchants in India digitize their bookkeeping and accept online payments, said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million in a new financing round as it prepares to lau
American automaker General Motors expanded its recall of Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles on Friday due to fire risks from battery manufacturing defects. The automaker said it would seek reimbursement
Inflation may or may not prove transitory when it comes to consumer prices, but startup valuations are definitely rising — and noticeably so — in recent quarters.That’s the obvious t
We’ve spent quite a lot of time of late wondering just what the heck is up with the valuations of insurtech startups that went public in the last year. Keep in mind that we’re discussing n
The billionaire has a track record of making outrageous claims and predictions that have not come to fruition.
Servicing one’s car personally is a time-consuming, expensive and painstaking process. It’s a cycle that can lead to more expensive repairs and safety issues down the line, and no car owne
A suspected Italian drug trafficker who police believe may have bought two stolen Vincent Van Gogh paintings has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a police statement said on Thursda
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 20, 2021. The week is f
Afghanistan's economy is "shaped by fragility and aid dependence" and its biggest economic challenge is "finding sustainable sources of growth," according to the World Bank.About 75 percent of the
Britain's competition and markets authority said the planned deal could mean more expensive or lower quality products in cutting-edge technologies.
Poland-based healthtech AI startup Cardiomatics has announced a $3.2M seed raise to expand use of its electrocardiogram (ECG) reading automation technology.The round is led by Central and Eastern Euro
Music streaming service Spotify today said it will spend up to $1 billion between now and April 21, 2026 to repurchase its own shares. The dollar amount represents just under 2.5% of Spotify’s m
The UK’s competition watchdog has raised serious concerns about Nvidia’s proposed takeover of chip designer, ARM.Its assessment was published today by the government which will now need to
An ongoing cholera epidemic since mid-July has claimed 35 lives in Niger, the country's health ministry said on Thursday.A total of 845 cases were recorded in at least six regions across the West Afr
Joel Embiid (#21) of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on in Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., June 18, 2021. /CF
First of all, we’ve got a fancy new name. While “Robotics Roundup” was nothing if not very technically accurate, it lacked the kind of panache one ought to strive for when rounding up robotics. Actuat
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