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Tesla has appointed Airbnb co-founder and billionaire Joe Gebbia to its board of directors, according to a securities filing. Gebbia, a designer who co-founded Airbnb, officially joined the board September 25 as an independent director. His appointment comes a few months after leaving day-to-day operations at Airbnb. He is now an advisor to the short-term rental […] Tesla appoints Airbnb co-founder to board by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Una Brands, an e-commerce aggregator focused on brands in the Asia-Pacific region, announced the first close of its Series B round at $30 million today. The funding was led by White Star Capital and Alpha JWC Ventures. Headquartered in Singapore, Una Brands has a presence in Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, China and the United […] E-commerce aggregator Una Brands gets $30M to acquire more APAC brands by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch... →

Rocket launch company Astra will no longer send the remaining NASA TROPICS payloads to space, but instead will launch other “comparable” scientific missions for the agency, the company announced Wednesday. The change to the launch agreement comes a little over three months after Astra’s first TROPICS launch ended in failure after the upper stage shut […] Astra will no longer launch NASA’s TROPICS satellites by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. With almost a hundred new stories on the site since the last Daily Crunch, we’re having a hard time picking the cream of the crop, but that’s what we dooooo. It’s been […] Daily Crunch: Fast Company hacker sends 2 ‘obscene and racist’ notifications to Apple News users by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

We’re beyond amazed at the collective creativity, ingenuity and technical prowess of the Startup Battlefield 200. Out of thousands of applications, only 200 early-stage startups made the final cut, and you’ll find all of them — and only them — exhibiting on the TechCrunch Disrupt show floor on October 18-20 in San Francisco. That’s a […] The Startup Battlefield 200: Hardware, Robotics, AI+ML & Mobility + Transportation by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch... →

Florida’s Space Coast continues to make preparations for the extremely powerful and slow-moving Hurricane Ian, with officials rolling rockets back to the safety of hangars and delaying launches until the storm passes. The massive storm made landfall near Fort Myers Wednesday afternoon, coming in at just a few miles per hour shy of the Category […] Florida’s Space Coast braces for Hurricane Ian by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch... →

Digital mortgage lender Better.com continues to lay off staff, and seemingly in as callous a way as possible. Indeed, whereas most companies try to avoid repeated layoffs, the outfit — which gained notoriety by laying off about 900 employees over Zoom on December 1, 2021 — has since been laying off smaller groups very systematically, […] Inside the human cost of Better.com’s brutal layoffs by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch... →

After a weeks-long suspension, Pornhub’s account has been permanently removed from Instagram. Instagram told TechCrunch that Pornhub has repeatedly violated community guidelines, prompting the account’s removal. Meanwhile, Pornhub declared in an open letter to Meta and Instagram that Instagram’s enforcement of these platform rules are “opaque, discriminatory and hypocritical.” Addressed to four Meta executives including […] Instagram permanently disabled Pornhub’s account by Amanda Silberling originally pub... →

Porsche plans to go public on Thursday at a $73 billion valuation, catapulting the company to become the world’s fourth-most valuable automaker and netting billions of dollars for parent company Volkswagen to advance its drive toward electric vehicles. The initial public offering for Porsche AG on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange values the brand at $79 […] Porsche to IPO in landmark listing Thursday by Jaclyn Trop originally published on TechCrunch... →

Taiwanese battery-swapping company Gogoro has signed a $345 million five-year credit facility agreement in order to increase liquidity among uncertain economic conditions. The loan comes from a group of 10 syndicated banks led by Mega International Commercial Bank Co., according to a regulatory filing. Gogoro will use the funds to pay off an existing facility, […] Battery-swapping SPAC Gogoro secures $345M loan by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

Подкасты стремительно набирают популярность, но у них есть одна интересная особенность — практически полная непрозрачность статистики в силу в основном оффлайнового прослушивания. Теоретически, выложив очередной выпуск, вы можете посчитать количество загрузок файла и все равно не будете знать, сколько реально людей его загрузили, поскольку часть подкаст платформ могут его кэшировать у себя, при этом один человек, послушавший его или даже просто подписанный на нескольких устройствах — например, в приложении ... →

Regie.ai, a startup using OpenAI’s GPT-3 text-generating system to create sales and marketing content for brands, today announced that it raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Foundation Capital, South Park Commons, Day One Ventures and prominent angel investors. The fresh investment comes as VCs see a […] Regie secures $10M to generate marketing copy using AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch... →

On the same day that Lionsgate renamed Starzplay to Lionsgate+, MGM’s Epix announced it would also get a “+” in its brand title. Epix, the ad-free streaming service, announced today that it will relaunch as MGM+ in early 2023. While the new name is hardly original, mainly the plus sign, the rebranding comes as streaming […] Streaming service Epix will get a facelift and relaunch as MGM+ in 2023 by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch... →

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With the rising tide of fake news on social media platforms, the debate over how much control a government should have on online information is a perennial one. In Vietnam, the government is intensifying its control over the internet regime. The country is formulating new rules to control news dissemination on social media platforms that […] Vietnam to restrict which social media accounts can post news: report by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch... →

Amazon Alexa will be the foundation of BMW’s next-generation voice assistant, the companies announced Wednesday at Amazon’s annual Devices and Services launch event. The German automaker and Amazon are have had a relationship for years now. BMW started offering the Alexa assistant in select cars starting in 2018 and the partnership has grown from there. […] BMW will use Amazon Alexa to build its next voice assistant by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch... →

Lyft has been canceling job interviews this week and is reportedly on a hiring freeze in the U.S., according to anonymous professional network Blind. The freeze affects all departments in the U.S. and should last into next year as the ride-hail giant continues to face economic uncertainty, according to Bloomberg, which was first to report. […] Lyft freezes hiring in the US amid economic instability by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

The update would provide a voluntary way for crypto companies to report bad actors and protect the industry from “dangerous practices.” US senators aim to amend cybersecurity bill to include crypto by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch... →

Tesla’s second AI Day is fast approaching, and with it a flurry of speculations as to what will be discussed at the event — a phenomenon that we at TechCrunch are certainly not above. AI Day is the luxury electric vehicle maker’s annual event to hype up its artificial intelligence capabilities across different business segments, […] Our top 4 Tesla AI day predictions by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch... →

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