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The race to bring China-made goods to Western consumers via online stores is heating up. Pinduoduo, the Chinese e-commerce giant known for offering hard-to-believe deals, has quickly gained momentum for its first interantional endeavor in the U.S. The company’s overseas shopping app, called Temu, briefly claimed the top spot of Android shopping apps in the […] Amazon’s latest challenger is China’s online dollar store Pinduoduo by Rita Liao 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: Revolut advises users to take caution after hacker breach triggers phishing campaign by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

In the early hours on Monday, a Tesla Megapack battery caught fire at a key California power storage facility, the state’s largest utility said in a statement to TechCrunch. According to PG&E, the utility “became aware of a fire in one Tesla Megapack at its Elkhorn Battery Storage facility” at around 1:30 AM in Moss […] PG&E says Tesla battery was source of power storage site fire by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch... →

SpinLaunch’s technique for sending payload to orbit, which uses centrifugal force to fling mass to space, has solicited its fair share of skeptics. But at least some of those skeptics are likely a little quieter today, as the company announced a notable new funding round to accelerate the commercialization of its kinetic launch system. The […] SpinLaunch wraps up new round to fling payloads to space by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Leoparda Electric, a São Paolo–based startup, wants to be the Gogoro of Latin America. In other words, it’s looking to build out a network of battery swapping stations that should help spread adoption of electric two-wheelers in the region. While LatAm is the second largest two-wheeler market after Southeast Asia, electrification in the region has […] Leoparda Electric is bringing battery swapping for two-wheelers to LatAm by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Earlier this summer, a Google exec admitted that TikTok was eating into its core Search business, particularly among younger users. But that’s not all TikTok is now being used for, a new Pew Research Center study indicates. According to the findings from a report that examined Americans’ use of social media for news consumption, 33% […] 33% of U.S. TikTok users say they regularly get their news on the app, up from 22% in 2020 by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →

In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million. It exceeded the initial target of $250 million, the firm notes, and will target companies developing […] Razor’s Edge Ventures closes $340M fund as it looks to invest in defense startups by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

About five months after raising $15 million, PassiveLogic, which provides a platform to autonomously control building systems, has secured an additional $15 million in an “off-round” strategic investment from Nvidia’s venture arm, nVentures. The new cash brings PassiveLogic’s total raised to over $80 million, and CEO Troy Harvey tells TechCrunch it’ll be put toward expanding […] Building control startup PassiveLogic inks partnership with Nvidia, secures $15M by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunc... →

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Facebook is introducing new Pages features that are designed to help creators get discovered and connect with their followers, the company announced on Tuesday. Most notably, the social network is rolling out a new setting for creators that makes content exclusively available to top fans and subscribers. Creators can select the option by going into […] Facebook adds new Pages features to help creators connect with fans and get discovered by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch... →

With venture coming off an incredible bull run right into a downturn, it's especially hard to keep up with what's fact and what's hype because the data hasn't matched the discourse. Amid volatile markets, VCs and startups must embrace transparency by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch... →

Arcadia today announced a partnership with Salesforce to add carbon accounting to the cloud company’s Net Zero Cloud offering.  Arcadia wants to bring carbon transparency to ESG claims with Salesforce partnership by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tinder announced today that it is partnering with dog rescue shelters across the U.S. to celebrate National Dog Week and give Tinder users the ability to add a shelter dog to their profile photo. Unfortunately, this new addition is only around for a short time, however. National Dog Week is over on September 24, but […] Tinder finds a better use by adding adoptable dogs to its app in celebration of National Dog Week by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Eco-conscious vehicle renters can soon expect to see EVs from GM brands Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and even commercial delivery unit BrightDrop at Hertz rental locations. The car rental giant said Tuesday it plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors over the next five years, with first deliveries of Chevy Bolt […] Hertz will order up to 175,000 EVs from General Motors, including BrightDrop vans by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Its 2015 acquisition of Aldebaran didn’t go as smoothly as SoftBank hoped. At the time, the French robotics startup was best known for its Nao, which had become a fairly ubiquitous presence in research facilities across the globe. The small humanoid robot formed the foundation for the rebranded SoftBank Robotics’ best-known creation, Pepper. Nao mostly […] SoftBank Robotics Europe is now Aldebaran (again) by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

As you can tell from the Mickey Mouse-shaped disco ball in the photo above, Season 31 of “Dancing with the Stars” (DWTS) premiered on Disney+ last night. This marked the first time the streaming service livestreamed a TV show. With instances of live TV apps crashing across the sports streaming space (looking at you DirecTV!), […] Disney+ makes it through its first livestreamed TV show, ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ without major crashes by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Nvidia has announced its new generation of graphics cards, the RTX 4-series, including the $1599 flagship RTX 4090 and slightly more affordable 4080. The upgrade comes at an interesting time for PC users, who have been starved out of the GPU market by crypto miners for years, and now have their choice of their long-awaited […] Nvidia debuts new high-end RTX 4090 GPU after previous generation gobbled up by crypto miners by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

In addition to the groundbreaking news that YouTube would begin to monetize Shorts videos and revamp its Partner Program, the company today also announced a new offering for creators who leverage music to back their videos: Creator Music, now in beta testing. This new destination will introduce a large catalog of songs that creators can […] YouTube announces Creator Music, a new way for creators to shop for songs for use in videos by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch... →