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Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon is doubling down on a startup that is racing to bring solar modules to rooftops in India. SolarSquare said on Thursday it has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round led by Lowercarbon and Elevation Capital, just months after securing its seed financing. Existing backers Good Capital, Rainmatter, and social […] Sacca’s Lowercarbon doubles down on startup bringing solar modules to Indian rooftops by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

India’s mass rapid transit systems — or metro, as it’s known locally — rely on commuter smart cards that are vulnerable to exploitation and allow anyone to effectively travel for free. Security researcher Nikhil Kumar Singh discovered a bug impacting Delhi Metro’s smart card system. The researcher told TechCrunch that the bug exploits the top-up […] India metro smart cards vulnerable to ‘free top-up’ bug by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation released its third quarter earnings report after the bell Wednesday. The company closed out the quarter with about $1.2 billion in cash and short term investments, which Aurora says will be enough to make it to commercial launch in mid-2024. Those statements were made just days after former competitor […] Aurora says it has enough cash to commercialize autonomous trucks by 2024 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Fisker is raising its manufacturing forecast two weeks before its first electric vehicle, the Ocean SUV, enters production. The automaker plans to produce 42,400 Ocean SUVs by the end of 2023, up from an initial forecast of 40,000, due to strong demand in the U.S. and Europe. The company said it has received 62,000 reservations […] Fisker bumps up production for all-electric Ocean SUV by Jaclyn Trop 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: Former Googlers raise more than $90M to scale alternative asset fintech startup by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta announced today that’s introducing a number of new creator updates across Instagram and Facebook. Most notably, the company revealed that creators on Instagram will soon be able to create their own NFTs and sell them directly to fans, both on and off Instagram. With this update, creators will have access to a toolkit that […] Instagram will soon allow select creators to make and sell NFTs directly in its app by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

As advertisers pull back on spending and supply chain disruptions persist, investors have braced themselves for an unpleasant quarter for Roku. And investors are probably right to be worried. Roku released its fiscal third-quarter earnings results on Wednesday, revealing that it is still experiencing slow growth in active accounts and revenue in a continuously challenging […] Roku drops ~19% as it braces for a bumpy fourth quarter by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

The venture capital industry is built on signals. Lead investors help close rounds, pro rata rights show promise of a company, and the partner title gives validity to folks within firms looking to close deals. Revere, a new bet being built by former AngelList executive Eric Woo and family office operator Chris Shen, is playing […] Revere is creating a ratings system for the venture capital industry by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Web3 developer tooling startup Tenderly is getting into the node game with a new product it announced today called Web3 Gateway. The product will help web3 developers read, stream and analyze blockchain data, according to the company. The offering builds on the company’s observability stack, which it says indexes over nine billion transactions across more […] Web3 infrastructure startup Tenderly takes on Infura, Alchemy with new node offering by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch... →

3 VCs talk about which fintech-focused startups have the best shot at survival and the advice they are giving startups in their portfolios. Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Four years ago, Comma.ai founder George Hotz turned to his board — of which he is the only member — and fired himself as CEO. At the time, the goal for the famed iPhone and Playstation 3 hacker, known as geohot, was to build out a new research division to focus on behavioral models that […] George Hotz, aka ‘geohot’ is leaving Comma.ai for a lofty AI project by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

OpenAI, the San Francisco-based lab behind AI systems like GPT-3 and DALL-E 2, today launched a new program to provide early-stage AI startups with capital and access to OpenAI tech and resources. Called Converge, the cohort will be financed by the OpenAI Startup Fund, OpenAI says. The $100 million entrepreneurial tranche was announced last May […] OpenAI will give roughly 10 AI startups $1M each and early access to its systems by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Opendoor is letting go of about 550 people, or 18% of the company, across all functions, its co-founder and CEO Eric Wu announced in a blog post today. The real estate technology company is one of many real estate tech companies that have had to lay off workers in 2022. Online mortgage lender Better.com has […] Opendoor lays off about 550 employees, or 18% of its workforce by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Google announced today a small but useful update to Gmail that will allow users to soon be able to track their upcoming package deliveries directly from their inbox. The feature works by looking for emails that include tracking numbers, then using that information to determine the order’s expected delivery date and flagging this for you […] Gmail to add a new package tracking feature ahead of holiday shopping season by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

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В раздел алкогольных и безалкогольных напитков включили 35 наименований, в том числе Macallan, Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniel’s и Jägermeister.... →

Digital bank Chime confirmed today that it is laying off 12% of its workforce, or about 160 people. According to an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch, Chime co-founder Chris Britt described that the move was one of many that would help the company thrive “regardless of market conditions.” In the memo, Britt said that he […] Digital bank Chime is cutting costs across the board – including 12% of staff by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

“The Last of Us,” HBO’s upcoming original series, gets an official release date of January 15, 2023, WarnerMedia announced today. Based on the popular video game, the series will make its debut on HBO at 9:00 p.m. ET and then stream in 4K on HBO Max. It appears HBO Max is looking to compete with […] HBO series ‘The Last of Us’ premieres this January by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

“Game of Thrones” NFTs are coming this winter. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and HBO have teamed up with NFT platform Nifty’s to launch digital-collectible non-fungible tokens based on the hit series. An official launch date is not yet confirmed, but fans can expect “Game of Thrones” NFTs in late 2022. The NFT experience, “Game of […] Warner Bros. Discovery and HBO announce plans for ‘Game of Thrones’ NFTs by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →