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General Motors unveiled Thursday an all-electric GMC Sierra Denali pickup truck, the latest model in the automaker’s march towards a global annual sales target of 1 million electric vehicles by 2025. The GMC Sierra Denali EV isn’t the first electric truck or SUV on GM’s new Ultium platform. It’s actually the brand’s third battery-electric truck, […] GM takes another full-size pickup electric with the 400-mile range GMC Sierra EV by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch... →

When Uils launched in 2021, it was a car rental service for rideshare drivers. But after the founders realized that many rideshare drivers don’t have access to credit, particularly in Latin America, the Buenos Aires-based company pivoted to fintech, offering financial services to drivers through a behavioral scoring engine based entirely on a person’s driving […] Uils wants to lend LatAm’s rideshare drivers cash based on their driving record by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Yat Siu, the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, has a lot of thoughts about the metaverse. That’s because his company owns The Sandbox and has investments in many different web3 companies, such as OpenSea, Dapper Labs and Axie Infinity. At TechCrunch Disrupt, he shared his thoughts about Meta’s take on the metaverse. “They […] Meta’s $10B metaverse investment is ‘not enough’ according to Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 — the first in-person Disrupt in three years — is in the books. And as always, we end it by crowning the winner of Startup Battlefield. It began with 20: As seasoned TechCrunch readers will know, startups participating in the Startup Battlefield were hand-picked to compete in the event. During the first […] And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2022 is … Minerva Lithium by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

BeReal, the photo sharing app, has been a huge hit with Gen Z and beyond. Now with other big social apps rushing to clone some of its no-frills ethos, it’s put together a war chest to work on its next chapter. TechCrunch has learned that the startup closed a round of $60 million earlier this […] Sources: BeReal raised $60M in its Series B earlier this year, now has 20M DAUs by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Commercial EV company Arrival is restructuring its business for the second time in six months as it tries to squeeze the most out of its remaining capital. The company said in a regulatory filing posted Thursday that it is shifting its focus towards the to the United States and away from the UK market, where […] EV maker Arrival cutting jobs again in pivot away from UK to the US by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Musk has previously gestured at plans for layoffs if he were to buy Twitter, but those cuts could go even deeper than previously imagined. According to a new report from The Washington Post, Musk plans to purge 75 percent of Twitter’s workforce, or around 5,600 employees. If Musk’s vision for a much leaner platform comes […] Elon Musk reportedly wants to lay off 75% of Twitter’s staff by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

Snap reported its third quarter earnings Thursday, the first social media company to offer a financial update amidst ongoing economic tumult this quarter. The company, which has seen its stock price plunge to a fraction of what it was worth during 2021’s highs, missed analyst expectations on revenue, bringing in $1.13 billion compared to the […] Snap stock down 25% as the social network struggles by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch... →

The final day of Disrupt kicked off in style with a conversation featuring four-time NBA All Star, Draymond Green. It was a spirited chat, covering the power forward’s push into media, including his podcast, The Draymond Green Show and deals with channels like TNT. Green also spoke at length about investing, managing mental health as […] Watch Draymond Green discuss investing, media and mental health by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s no secret the pandemic has pushed healthcare to become virtual, in theory making it easier for patients to attend appointments and access the care they need. But Rebecca Weisinger, CEO and co-founder of Equipt Health, has seen plenty of patients falter in the long process of qualifying for devices they need. Equipt is a […] As healthcare goes remote, Equipt Health brings medical hardware to the home by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch... →

Many qualified workers are failed by the current model of work in the United States, where jobs are either part-time or full-time. Working 40 set hours a week is difficult for people like caregivers, but part-time jobs don’t have the same benefits or career-advancing potential. Handoff, one of the startups in TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200, […] Handoff is creating a more equitable workforce through job sharing by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Recent valuation trims and planned staff cuts at Stripe and Databricks represent strength. Forget flat — small cuts are the new up by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

For the longest time, Zapier, which launched in 2011, was content with helping its users automate simple workflows and build integrations between various business-critical tools. That’s been a great business for the company, but users today expect a bit more, and over the course of the last couple of years, the company decided it was […] Zapier extends its automation service with first-party database and UI tools by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

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In appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt, John Zimmer spoke on slow AV rollout and why Lyft hasn’t banned drivers from using Autopilot. Lyft co-founder says autonomous vehicles won’t replace drivers for at least a decade by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

A month after Adobe announced its plans for acquiring Figma, the popular digital design startup, Figma CEO and co-founder Dylan Field sat down with our own enterprise reporter Ron Miller at Disrupt 2022 to discuss the deal and his motivations for selling to Adobe, a company that Figma’s own marketing materials have not always described […] Figma CEO Dylan Field on why he sold to Adobe by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch... →

Greetings from the bowels of Moscone Center West. As I type this, Kevin Hart just exited the stage and Serena Williams is presiding over a packed house. No exaggeration: I attempted to make my way to grab a seat in the few rows up front allotted to the TechCrunch staff, but I physically couldn’t get […] Battlefield bots by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

When Parker Conrad founded Rippling in 2016, the HR company initially focused on the process of onboarding employees. It has since evolved  to manage all aspects of employee data, from payroll and benefits, to the apps employees use, to a device management platform that enables Rippling’s customers to retrieve, wipe clean and store employee computers […] One month after entering the spend management space, Rippling goes after global payroll by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

Clearview AI, the controversial facial recognition firm that scrapes selfies and other personal data off the Internet without consent to feed an AI-powered identity-matching service it sells to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in Europe. This one comes after it failed to respond to an order last year from the […] France fines Clearview AI maximum possible for GDPR breaches by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Draymond Green, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, says he’s working with well-known investors involved in the tech space. That wasn’t a massive secret — Green has historically been quite public about his portfolio companies, like SmileDirectClub — but until this morning at TechCrunch Disrupt, he hadn’t […] Draymond Green isn’t starting a fund, but is working with top VCs by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →