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Singapore-headquartered startup Plugo has secured $9 million in a Series A funding round. The company offers a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, from making a website, setting up a payment system, and managing marketing to handling shipping, warehousing, and logistics. In other words, Plugo enables D2C merchants to focus on […] Plugo, an e-commerce support platform for D2C brands in Southeast Asia, picks up $9M Series A by Kate Park originally published on... →

A notable development for the fraught issue of cross-border data flows from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Wednesday: After two years of closed-door discussions, the intergovernmental organization has adopted a declaration on government access to data held by private sector entities. The declaration, which has been adopted by the 38 OECD countries […] OECD adopts declaration on trusted government access to private sector data by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCr... →

Two weeks ago, the password manager giant LastPass disclosed its systems were compromised for a second time this year. Back in August, LastPass found that an employee’s work account was compromised to gain unauthorized access to the company’s development environment, which stores some of LastPass’ source code. LastPass CEO Karim Toubba said the hacker’s activity […] Parsing LastPass’ data breach notice by Zack Whittaker 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: Twitter backpedals on CEO’s promise, permanently bans user who tracked his private jet by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

Over the last decade or so, the once-clubby world of startup investing has been cracked open wide by a number of innovations, including special purpose vehicles (SPVs), which are essentially pop-up venture funds that come together quickly with monies from all kinds of accredited investors — from institutions to VCs to dentists — to nab […] Frustration and anger after SPV platform Assure dumps users at the curb ahead of holidays by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple’s new “Emergency SOS” service that lets off-grid iPhone users call for help via satellite has led to what may very well be its first successful rescue operation, certainly the first to be documented live. As related by the Montrose Search & Rescue Team, which conducted the operation, two people were in a vehicle driving […] Apple’s Emergency SOS via satellite prompts rescue after car goes off a cliff north of LA by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web. Google has posted a page that documents the visual elements of the Google Search results page...... →

While the TechCrunch crew enjoys a tweet and a post from time to time, we also enjoy reading longer-form materials. So much so that we are compiling a year-end revue of our favorite reads. This is not just a list of serious business books, or just fiction that was published this year. Instead, we have […] Here are the best books that TechCrunch read this year by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

“I believe there will be a long-term comeback in the crypto market overall. It's currently too big to fail.” Despite the FTX mess, the crypto market looks to the future by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

“God of War” fans are in for a treat. Amazon announced today that Prime Video is getting a live-action series based on the extremely popular PlayStation game. While a premiere date has not been announced, “God of War” will be available on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories. The show will follow Kratos, […] Amazon set to release a ‘God of War’ live-action series on Prime Video by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

The conversation in startupland has shifted from building in public to, hey, maybe let’s just figure things out internally before we scream to the masses. At least that’s what I’m gleaning from the growth story of Murmur, a startup that wants to make decision-making easier for private companies. Built by entrepreneur Aaron Dignan, Murmur launched […] Murmur gets a loud ask: reinvent closed door decisions by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Despite the falling value and generally poor performance of SPAC listings, there's a simple argument for Getaround's SPAC deal. Why the SPAC route makes sense for Getaround by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

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This year was a big one for the smart home thanks to the actual introduction of Matter after a couple years of discussion and refining the standard. It’s still early days for the cross-brand compatibility layer, and it’s probably still something that should only be one factor in how you set up your smart home […] 7 great gifts for smart home smarties by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →

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The startup uses AI tech to measure live data from solar plants, and offers suggestions for fixes when their solar arrays start underperforming. SmartHelio raises $5M to fix solar panels before they break by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch... →

Revue, the newsletter platform acquired by Twitter in January 2021, is shutting down. The platform helped writers monetize their Twitter following by integrating their newsletters directly into the Twitter timeline, competing with platforms like Substack and Medium. Revue sent a message to newsletter writers today declaring, “We’ve made the difficult decision to shut down Revue.” […] Twitter shuts down Revue, its newsletter platform by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

The Twitter account @ElonJet, which uses publicly available data to track the whereabouts of Elon Musk’s private jet, has been permanently suspended from Twitter. “My commitment to free speech extends even to not banning the account following my plane, even though that is a direct personal safety risk,” Musk tweeted on November 6. Over the […] Elon Jet, the Twitter account tracking Elon Musk’s flights, was permanently suspended by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

Meet one dozen rising-star startups that are hard at work paving the future of Web3 infrastructure, DeFi, NFT and gaming applications at The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day on January 11, 2023. This free online event will showcase pitches from 12 projects across the world’s fastest growing industry. Each startup will have five minutes […] Meet two of 12 rising startups pitching at Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

According to Grand View Research, the global sports betting market is expected to grow to $182.12 billion in revenue by 2030, up from $76.75 billion last year. So we are seeing a number of startups throng around this market. Thus, HotStreak, a web3 platform for daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests, is betting that a decentralizing […] Despite the Crypto Winter and other scandals, blockchains seem here to stay in the sports betting market by Mike Butcher originally published on TechCrunch... →