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Chinese luxury EV startup XPeng is moving forward on its plans to launch a robotaxi business. The company’s latest G9 SUV became China’s first mass-produced commercial vehicle to pass a government-led autonomous driving closed-field test, the company said Monday at its fourth annual 1024 Tech Day. When XPeng unveiled the G9 in September, the company […] China’s XPeng wants to launch robotaxi network using G9 SUV by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

It’s been a little over a month since Launch House, a buzzy venture-backed founder’s club backed by the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Day One Ventures, publicly faced numerous allegations of harassment and assault. In response to the allegations first surfaced by the news publication Vox, the startup claimed that it would undergo an independent, […] Launch House splits with law firm conducting its harassment investigation by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apex Space, a startup that aims to transform satellite bus manufacturing, emerged from stealth Monday with a $7.5 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz. The Los Angeles-based company has set its sights on the satellite bus — the part of the spacecraft that hosts the payload — which it says is the “new bottleneck” […] Apex Space takes on satellite bus ‘bottleneck’ with seed round led by a16z by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

With some 3,000 satellites in orbit, the Starlink constellation is easily the largest in history and of course presents an immense opportunity for global connectivity. But its signals could also be analyzed and used as an alternative to traditional GPS, a new paper claims, with or without SpaceX’s blessing. Todd Humphreys and his team at […] Starlink signals could work as GPS alternative, whether SpaceX likes it or not by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch... →

Music startup Hyph announced an upcoming mobile app, which aims to be a music creation and remixing tool for everyone to use. With the creator economy estimated to be worth $100 billion, Hyph is targeting the over 50 million people worldwide who identify as content creators. Hyph allows users to create original songs by taking music […] Hyph set to launch a music creation app with an emphasis on remixing by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

A lot has been written about how incredible Google Pixel 7 Pro’s camera is. The camera itself gets no beef from me. Last week at TechCrunch Disrupt, Brian and I were gawking in amazement at how well the 5x optical zoom lens does, for example. We had plenty of opportunities to contrast and compare. During […] Google Pixel 7 Pro’s camera has a fatal, really dumb, totally avoidable flaw by Haje Jan Kamps 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: Mobile gaming review — Playing on the Logitech G Cloud with Shadow by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

In this issue: Kayhan Space presents at Disrupt; Report: Investment in space battered by high interest rates, inflation; News from SpaceX, Orbex and more Max Q: The ghost in the machine by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Cerebral is laying off 20% of its staff, citing an ongoing push for efficiency at the digital health unicorn. A spokesperson for Cerebral confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch but did not share the specific number of employees affected. According to the WSJ, which first reported the news, and Insider, some 400 people will lose their […] Telehealth unicorn Cerebral lays off 20% of staff for ‘operational efficiencies’ by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch... →

As Zetta Ventures managing director Jocelyn Goldfein put it, the math needs to make sense if you're prioritizing cost cuts over growth. Why startups are better off prioritizing growth instead of optimizing cloud costs by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch... →

Sometimes it’s nice when a product launch falls when I’m on the road. I qualify that statement because, well, it’s one more thing to shoehorn into an invariably overloaded work trip. But there are some products that are just better tested on the road: laptops, earbuds, travel chargers and the occasional operating system. I’ve been […] A closer look at macOS Ventura by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch... →

As part of its larger commitment to combat “cyberflashing,” the dating app Bumble is open sourcing its AI tool that detects unsolicited lewd images. First debuted in 2019, Private Detector (let’s take a moment to let that name sink in) blurs out nudes that are sent through the Bumble app, giving the user on the […] Bumble open sourced its AI that detects unsolicited nudes by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch... →

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Use the embedded form to tell us your stories of success, failures and the obstacles you've faced as a Black founder. TechCrunch wants to hear Black founders’ stories of VC fundraising by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch... →

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against two alleged DPRC spies who are accused of attempting to obstruct a federal prosecution against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. In a criminal complaint dated October 20 and made public on Monday, the U.S. claims that two Chinese intelligence officers, Guochun He (known as “Dong He”) […] US charges two alleged Chinese spies over plot to obstruct Huawei prosecution by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch... →

Marvel released the first trailer for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” today, which gives fans a look at Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror and, for some reason, Bill Murray. The superhero movie will premiere in theaters on February 17, 2023. Disney told TechCrunch that the film would likely stream on Disney+, but there’s no […] Marvel drops first trailer for ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

Data shows that for upstart tech companies in the country, Q3 2022 was the worst time to raise venture capital since Q1 2020. The seas are getting even rougher for Chinese startups by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch... →

Apple has released iOS 16.1, iPad OS 16.1 and macOS 13, as it announced it would do last week. The updates include a number of new features for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, including the introduction of Continuity Camera, which allows iPhone owners to use their device as a webcam for their Macs. The iPad […] Apple iOS 16.1, iPad OS 16.1 and macOS Ventura are now available by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch... →