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Noom, a health coaching platform valued at $3.7 billion last year, is laying off a portion of staff for the second time in a matter of months, TechCrunch has learned from sources. Noom has laid off 10% of its staff, or around 500 people, which is a reduction that mostly impacts its coaching team. It’s […] Noom lays off more employees amid CFO departure by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Moments before Meta’s big annual developer conference was set to begin, TechCrunch’s staff scrambled to see who had a charged Meta Quest headset, which it turned out was nobody. But because I knew what corner of the closet mine was in (upper left), here I am. After merging my work Facebook account (Taylor Linguini) with […] My virtual torso went to Meta Connect 2022 by Taylor Hatmaker 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: News and updates from TechCrunch’s Meta Connect 2022 coverage by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

The demise of a spacecraft is usually something rather poignant. But two weeks ago, NASA celebrated one’s destruction. On September 26, NASA executed the final stage of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), in which a spacecraft intentionally crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos to investigate whether or not such an impact could deflect an Earth-bound […] Smashing success: NASA’s DART spacecraft bumped an asteroid off its orbit by Stefanie Waldek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Last year at Meta Connect, the company then known as Facebook dropped a bombshell: it would now be known as Meta and focus on building the “metaverse.” After investing billions of dollars into the future of virtual reality, the rebranded Meta came back this year for its next big announcement: legs. Yes, avatars are going […] Here’s what you missed at Meta Connect 2022 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple’s 30% tech tax on developers has not just antagonized consumer tech giants like Epic Games and Spotify but is also turning web3 startups against it. Major NFT marketplaces OpenSea and Magic Eden noticeably only let users browse listings on their iPhone apps without enabling trading to avoid the steep fees. But doing so bars […] Beware Apple: This startup is building a web3-friendly app store for developers by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

The stock prices of Uber, Lyft and DoorDash slid on Tuesday after the Department of Labor announced proposed changes to how workers should be classified. The prospective guidance is intended to “combat employee misclassification,” the federal agency said. In response, investors drove Uber’s share price down by more than 10% to $24.61, while Lyft’s tanked […] Federal gig worker proposal tanks Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stocks by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

While it is possible to build a neobank that isn't bone-grafted to the venture capital markets, it can be a very long road to get to that point. The profit divide running through the neobanking sector by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Jesse Powell is stepping down from the CEO role at U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken, the Wall Street Journal reported last month. Co-founded by Powell and Thanh Luu in 2011, Kraken is now the fourth-largest crypto exchange by volume, according to CoinMarketCap. It’s a critical inflection point for the company, which was valued at $10 billion […] Kraken’s Jesse Powell on why he’s stepping down as CEO of the crypto exchange by Anita Ramaswamy originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today...... →

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Meta keeps saying VR is the future, but everything it shows us is an inferior rehash of the things we already have. Its event today was, between assurances that everything is great in the Metaverse, a collection of tacit admissions that the best they can hope to do is ape a reality we are all […] Meta’s vision for the future of VR is a worse version of the past by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

TechCrunch Disrupt — taking place October 18–20 in San Francisco — is the world-class tech conference where startups go to grow. Building a startup is no easy task — not exactly a newsflash, we know. And it’s why we want to direct your attention to the companies we partner with to make it happen. One […] Don’t miss our partner breakouts and Discovery stage sessions at Disrupt by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Venture capital deal flow into cryptocurrency startups is going in the same direction as the cryptocurrency market cap: down. Crypto VC deals continue drop as activity follows bearish market prices by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Many Americans feel comfortable treating their advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), which partially automate certain driving functions, as full self-driving systems, according to a study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The survey explored habits, expectations and attitudes among regular users of General Motors Super Cruise, Nissan/Infiniti ProPILOT Assist and Tesla Autopilot. A […] Many Americans treat driver assist systems like self-driving by Rebecca Bellan originally publish... →

What happens when you’re working away from your office, so you don’t have your big desk and multiple large monitors with you? You could just use your laptop and make do. Or, you could buy a $1,499 Quest Pro, which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says is built with work specifically in mind. Today, in Horizon […] Meta wants you to drop $1,499 on a headset to… go to work by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Jordan talk with Scott Gravelle, the CEO and co-founder of Attabotics, a robotics company that specializes in distribution and supply chain. Scott talks about how he was inspired by the Cutter Ants to design a vertical warehouse and create […] Making robots that make robots to take over the world by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch... →

Corporate spend management startup Brex has laid off 136 people, or 11% of its staff, across all departments as part of a restructuring, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. After the layoffs, Brex has just over 1,150 employees. It’s been a tumultuous year for Brex, which announced in April that it was leaning into the […] Brex, valued at $12.3B earlier this year, lays off 11% of staff as part of restructuring by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch... →

At Meta Connect 2022, the company’s annual developer conference for its VR efforts and Oculus hardware platform, the company announced a lot of stuff — but what it communicated more effectively than anything else was just how incredibly thirsty — one might even say desperate — Mark Zuckerberg is for his metaverse bet to pay […] It’s painful how hellbent Mark Zuckerberg is on convincing us that VR is a thing by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →