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India just started rolling out 5G networks after much anticipation and years-long delay. Service operators expect to bring next-generation cellular connectivity to every town in the world’s second-largest wireless market by as early as the end of 2023. But while the rollout is currently at its initial phase, New Delhi last week directed telecom operators […] India’s nationwide 5G rollout plan could hit turbulence due to aircraft interference concerns by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Indian venture firm Blume has raised over $250 million for a new fund, its fourth and largest, as it looks to get more aggressive in courting early-stage startups and go deeper into supporting its portfolio firms at a time when the deal flow activity in the South Asian market has taken a hit from the […] India’s Blume Ventures more than doubles in size, raises over $250 million for new fund by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Shein, the world’s largest fashion ecommerce site, has taken significant steps to ramp up its environmental, social, and governance — or ESG — efforts. But responsible fast fashion sounds like an oxymoron. How can clothes be so cheap, if their designers don’t copy luxury brands and if the factories behind aren’t squeezed out of their […] As its fashion empire booms, Shein wants an ESG makeover by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

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American Battery Factory’s big plan to build a bunch of, erm, American battery factories got a jolt Tuesday when Tucson, Arizona gave the company the go-ahead to locate its first plant near the city’s airport. Over the course of a decade, ABF says it will pump around $1.2 billion into the facility, claiming it will be […] American Battery Factory’s first ‘gigafactory’ inches toward reality by Harri Weber 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: Lensa AI can transform Photoshopped fakes into nonconsensual pornography  by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meta employees were told that they should not discuss sensitive issues like abortion, gun control, pending legislation, and vaccine efficacy at work. Fortune reported on these changes, citing a leaked internal memo from Lori Goler, head of people at Meta. TechCrunch confirmed the report with a Meta spokesperson. “As Mark mentioned recently, we need to […] Meta won’t let staff discuss topics like abortion, gun control and vaccines at work by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

While most fintech unicorns are still garnering impressive valuations, the sector's hype from last year has started to fade. Fintech unicorn valuations have fallen hard in 2022 by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

In 2018, appliance conglomerate Bosch created a startup, Security and Safety Things (or “SAST” for short), whose stated mission was to develop a platform to help developers create software for AI-equipped cameras. SAST was to host a moderated, vetted “app store” for internet-connected cameras that would allow developers to build software on an open standard […] Bosch shuts down its app store for AI-powered, internet-connected cameras by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nnamdi Okike and Aaron Holiday trust data over the kind of pattern matching that most VCs swear by. It’s not surprising, given their backgrounds. Before launching their venture firm, 645 Ventures, in 2014, Okike was a principal with the data-driven investment giant Insight Partners. Meanwhile Holiday, who came directly from DFJ Gotham Ventures, was previously […] A data-driven duo just raised roughly $350M to fund seed-stage startups with metrics by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

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FTX and Alameda Research had their hands in a bunch of different startups. The depth of its roster of investments wasn’t very transparent until now. FTX and Alameda’s massive investments will take a long time to unwind from crypto industry by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has filed for an initial public offering in the United States, the company said Tuesday. Shares will be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker “VFS.” VinFast, which was founded in 2017 and began operations in 2019, will convert to a Singapore public limited company for the IPO. The number […] Vietnamese luxury EV-maker VinFast files to go public on Nasdaq by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

We recently uncovered that Lensa AI can be tricked into creating NSFW images. When TechCrunch made the Prisma team aware of its findings, the company’s CEO replied with its findings. Prisma Lab’s CEO and co-founder Andrey Usoltsev told us that the behavior we observed in our article can only happen if the AI is intentionally […] Prisma Labs, maker of Lensa AI, says it is working to prevent accidental generation of nudes by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield was the third Salesforce exec to step down in less than a week. As Butterfield exits stage left, it’s fair to wonder what’s happening at Salesforce by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple has talked a big game about its future plans to break into the automotive market. But a report from Bloomberg says that Apple has had to scale back its plans. Last year, Apple said it would debut a fully self-driving car in 2025, but now, the vehicle is delayed until 2026 and will not […] Apple’s first car, delayed until 2026, won’t be self-driving by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

If you ask three different people whether we're in a recession, you could easily get three different answers. TechCrunch+ roundup: The end of free money, how to forecast NRR, slashing SaaS spending by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch... →