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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreigners have been leaving China in droves to escape the country’s strict “zero-COVID” restrictions, which had limited people’s domestic and overseas travel for nearly three years until rules began to relax recently. So when NetEase, the second-largest gaming company in China, said it had an expats-led studio working […] As expats fled China’s zero-COVID, this developer built a sci-fi game for NetEase by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Основным драйвером роста стали стендап-концерты, заменившие исчезнувшее концерты зарубежных и некоторых российских звезд... →

Isn’t it wonderful that there are researchers out there whose job is quite simply to make a robotic bird? That’s certainly the goal of this lab, whose flapping-wing drone, or ornithopter, has now been equipped with a grasping claw to let it take a rest on a nearby branch or perhaps even finger — a […] This autonomous ornithopter lands and perches on a single claw by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Carl Eschenbach, a longtime enterprise software executive who joined Sequoia Capital in 2016 and went on to lead a number of lucrative deals for the venture firm, is going back to an operating role. As the new co-CEO of Workday, Eschenbach will co-lead the enterprise cloud applications giant with it sco-CEO, cofounder and company chair […] Sequoia’s Carl Eschenbach, who led deals for Zoom and Snowflake, to run Workday as co-CEO by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package. Daily Crunch: New Point-E AI allows users to generate 3D objects from detailed text prompts by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tesla shares fell 8.12% Tuesday after Wall Street downgraded price targets on the electric vehicle maker’s stock. Analysts fear that CEO Elon Musk is distracted by his hostile takeover and micromanagement of Twitter, and that China sales will be affected by the Chinese government allowing COVID-19 to spread after ending its stance on harsh restrictions. Tesla’s […] Tesla stock plunges as investors fear Twitter dramas, loss of China sales by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

When Broadcom announced it was spending an eye-popping $61 billion for VMware in May, it seemed only a matter of time before the deal caught the attention of regulators, especially in Europe and the U.K. And sure enough this week, the EU announced that it was officially investigating the deal. In an official statement, EU’s […] EU to probe $61B Broadcom-VMware deal over competition concerns by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re going to have to wait a little longer for Rocket Lab’s American debut. The company, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, was due to launch a trio of satellites for radio-frequency analytics customer HawkEye 360 to orbit from the company’s new site at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport. It would’ve marked the first time […] Rocket Lab’s first mission from Virginia delayed until 2023 by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Another Mars robot is settling in for a long, long sleep. With dust caking its solar panels, InSight has been losing the ability to recharge for months — in the spring, it was operating at just one-tenth of its landing power. Now, the thick layers of dust might have doomed InSight for good. NASA announced […] NASA’s InSight mission is winding down — look back at the Mars lander’s many accomplishments by Stefanie Waldek originally published on TechCrunch... →

The pros of raising party rounds dry up quickly when the market turns — and a lot of startups are starting to realize that. More investors, more problems by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stand on Tuesday in a hearing about Meta’s acquisition of Within, the VR company that makes the fitness app Supernatural. In July, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Meta in an attempt to block the deal, which the government agency alleges is anti-competitive. The hearing comes at […] FTC puts Zuckerberg on the stand over Meta’s plan to acquire Within by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

In August, Drop announced its first new in-house mechanical keyboard in quite a while: the 75% Drop Sense75. On paper, the $349 gasket-mount keyboard looked like a winner, with an understated but classy design, Drop’s DCX keycaps, in-house stabilizers and its Holy Panda X tactile switches. The final result is a bit of a disappointment, […] The Drop Sense75 is not the keyboard you’ve been waiting for by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Cruise has soft-launched its robotaxi service in Phoenix and Austin, making its own deadline to enter two new markets before the end of 2022. The GM-backed company has until now only operated its ridehail service in San Francisco, where it launched a fully driverless commercial service over the summer. “In both Phoenix and Austin we […] Cruise soft-launches robotaxi rides in Phoenix and Austin by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch+ collected book recommendations from both venture capitalists and founders. Here we have investor favorites, and we'll follow up with notes from founders tomorrow. The best books that venture capitalists read in 2022 by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

The knotty issue of how Ukraine’s now-critical Starlink satellite internet should be paid for has been at least temporarily resolved, according to the country’s minister for digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov. It appears that a few European Union nations have decided it’s in everyone’s interest to keep the country online as the Russian invasion persists. In […] Ukraine lines up 10,000 more Starlink terminals as funding issues are ‘resolved’ by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

The chief gaming officer at NFT marketplace Magic Eden sees the traditional and web gaming worlds coming together. Magic Eden exec sees NFT gaming like the ‘early days of mobile gaming’ by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Scooter company Bird is certainly down, but it’s not yet out.  The five-year-old firm says that it and Bird Canada — a separate, private company that licenses Bird’s software and name — will merge “as soon as possible,” with an “estimated total of $32 million in new financing” from Bird Canada’s investors, “$4 million of […] Bird tanks on word that a Canadian company is saving its bacon by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon has announced that Fire TV users in the U.S. can now watch tens of thousands of music videos from major and independent labels for free. No downloads, fees or subscriptions are required to watch the music videos. The ad-supported music videos will be available from artists on the Billboard Hot 100, including Taylor Swift, […] Amazon adds free music videos, viral videos and more ad-supported content to Fire TV by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →