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For Europe, it seems like the old wisdom of not putting all of your eggs in one basket could be their biggest competitive advantage. Europe could be on the cusp of a golden era in robotics. Here’s why by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

Elon Musk lost another bid to end a 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that requires oversight of some of his Tesla-related tweets. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Musk’s argument that the consent decree reached in 2018 is a “prior restraint” on his speech. Musk, who is […] Chief Twit Elon Musk loses appeal to be able to tweet about Tesla unchecked by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

One mistake AI founders commonly make is that building models of client data is sufficient for product-market-fit and differentiation. How to avoid AI commoditization: 3 tactics for running successful pilot programs by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →

WhatsApp announced today that it’s introducing a new “Chat Lock” feature that is designed give users an additional layer of security for their most intimate conversations. As its name suggests, the feature lets you lock a chat, which takes that thread out of the inbox and puts it behind its own folder that can only […] WhatsApp now lets you lock and hide individual chats by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

Data from AngelList shows that founder-led VC firms outperform but the data is incomplete. While the strategy works well, it has drawbacks, too. Active founders make good investors, but do they make good VCs? by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

SpaceX has hired NASA’s former head of human spaceflight Kathy Lueders, as the company continues to develop its Starship launch system to return humans to the moon and beyond. The news was first reported by CNBC. According to that reporting, Lueders will work out of SpaceX’s Starbase launch and rocket development facility in southeast Texas. […] Ahead of next Starship launch, SpaceX hires key NASA human spaceflight head by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon has reached a deal with Embracer Group, the company that holds the IP rights for “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit,” to release a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. The upcoming game will be an open-world MMO adventure set in Middle-earth, featuring the stories of […] Amazon is developing a ‘Lord of the Rings’ MMO by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

With AI hype peaking, it would seem that investment in AI startups would be correspondingly high, but surprisingly, it's way down. VCs love to talk about AI, but they aren’t writing as many checks as you might think by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Ежедневно её выбирают свыше 8 млн россиян, а доля рынка по аудитории составляет 7%... →

Founders of ZestMoney have resigned from the startup, the latest twist in the fate of the Indian fintech whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers once drew the backing of many high-profile investors including Goldman Sachs. Lizzie Chapman, Priya Sharma and Ashish Anantharaman, the founders of ZestMoney, informed employees about their […] ZestMoney founders resign as Goldman Sachs-backed fintech struggles to raise funds by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Smart item tracker Chipolo, a competitor to Apple’s AirTag and others, opted to grow its business by partnering with the Cupertino tech giant, not fighting them, as rival Tile has done. When Apple opened up its Find My app to third-party devices, Chipolo embraced the possibility of targeting iPhone users with versions of its Bluetooth-powered […] Chipolo brings its lost item trackers to Android’s Find My Device network by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

For years, Russian government hackers have used several made-up personas to hide their tracks and try to trick security researchers and government agencies into pointing the blame in the wrong direction. They have pretended to be a lone Romanian hacktivist called Guccifer 2.0 when they hacked the Democratic National Committee; unleashed a destructive malware designed […] Cybercriminals who targeted Ukraine are actually Russian government hackers, researchers say by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally p... →

Vice was valued at $5.7 billion just six years ago, eyeing a potential IPO. Now, the trendsetting media company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company’s lenders — Fortress Investment Group, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital — have agreed to purchase the company for $225 million. That’s only about 4% of the company’s […] After a 29-year run, Vice files for bankruptcy by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

The fallout from Capita’s cyber incident continues as customers say the British outsourcing giant has told them to assume that data was stolen by hackers. The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the U.K.’s largest private pension provider, said on Friday that the personal details of almost half a million members were held on servers accessed during […] Capita breach fallout widens as customers learn of data theft by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Анимационные видео сняли в четырех стилях — аниме, 2D, Disney и 3D... →

Telly, a hardware startup led by Pluto TV co-founder Ilya Pozin, announced Monday that it’s giving away 500,000 of its new smart TVs for free. (Yes, we said free.) There’s a catch, though. Users must watch 24/7 ads while simultaneously streaming TV shows and movies. Telly developed a dual-screen smart TV, which has a 55-inch […] Hardware startup Telly launches a free smart TV entirely supported by ads by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Women founders have received just 6.9% of venture dollars in climate tech in Q1, according to Crunchbase, which is down from 8.9% in 2022. VC funding of women climate tech founders is abysmal. Here’s how it could improve by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →