Monthly Archives: March 2023

Sequoia Capital India, GFC back 1-click payment checkout startup Nimbbl in $3.5m funding

Nimbbl, an Indian startup seeking to improve conversions for merchants with its 1-click payment checkout solution, has raised $3.5 million in seed and pre-Series A rounds from Sequoia Capital India, Global Founders Capital (GFC), financial services platform Groww and a … Continue reading

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GitHub slashes engineering team in India

GitHub, the popular developer platform, has laid off virtually its entire engineering team in India in an unusual move as the Microsoft-owned firm cuts its expenses amid the weakening global market conditions. The developer firm has eliminated over 100 jobs … Continue reading

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Elon Musk says Twitter will only show verified accounts on its algorithmic timeline

This is a new chapter of Elon Musk and his strange Twitter decisions. This time, the social network’s CEO has declared that Twitter will only show verified accounts on the algorithmic “For You” timeline starting April 15. In a tweet, … Continue reading

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‘High conviction, low volume’: Playfair launches $70M pre-seed fund for European startups

Early-stage investments inherently have a higher risk of failing, but these risks also come with potentially higher rewards — getting in at the ground floor of a startup’s journey gives VCs more negotiation clout. This is particularly true at the … Continue reading

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Disney cuts metaverse division as part of broader restructuring

Walt Disney Co. has eliminated its metaverse division as part of staff cuts that promise to reduce head count by around 7,000 across the company over the next two months, reports The Wall Street Journal. CEO Bob Iger said Monday … Continue reading

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Binance accused of breaking US financial laws

US regulators seek a ban on the crypto platform as they ramp up their regulation of the industry.

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Tesla brings back European referral program as end of Q1 nears

Tesla is bringing back its referral program to Europe, a strategy that taps into the brand loyalty of customers as it seeks to preserve market share and boost sales before the first quarter of 2023 closes. The referral program follows … Continue reading

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Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC

Clearview AI has been used by the police nearly a million times in the US, it tells the BBC.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter tells GitHub to remove proprietary source code and help them ID who posted it

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. Happy Monday Crunch, our Crunch-a-licious friends! Our favorite part of Lorenzo’s excellent piece on how the feds … Continue reading

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Max Q: A lifeline

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Relativity Space’s Terran 1 reaches Max Q NRO lines up hyperspectral imagery providers News from Virgin Orbit and more Relativity Space’s first launch fails to reach orbit, but proves its … Continue reading

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