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African startups see their fundraising prospects dry up as capital availability falls yet again in Q3

The full picture regarding capital availability for African startups is far from encouraging, but there are always green shoots to highlight. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Week 2 of the Sam Bankman-Fried trial wraps up

Caroline Ellison explained how she cooked the books to make Alameda’s finances look a lot cleaner than they actually were. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Toyota’s EV strategy hinges on a partnership with a petrochemical company

Toyota’s EV progress remains nascent. And a recent announcement about a manufacturing partner suggests that the company is still feeling its way forward.

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches NASA Psyche mission to metal asteroid

Godspeed, Psyche. The large NASA spacecraft is now officially en route to a metal-rich asteroid (also named Psyche) after taking off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket earlier today. This marks the first time a NASA science mission has used … Continue reading

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X Communities start to look more like Facebook Groups with new member vetting feature

X is adopting a feature that’s currently used across many Facebook Groups to vet members before joining: required questions. The company formerly known as Twitter announced today that admins of private Communities on X can now require users to answer … Continue reading

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Singularity’s ONI earbuds deliver outstanding audio thanks to MEMS speaker tech

I have long flirted with the idea that I’m an audiophile, though I don’t typically spend thousands of dollars on either headphones or speakers, and I only sporadically indulge in lossless tier audio. True audiophiles would likely balk at my … Continue reading

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Shadow silent on data breach as hacked data appears genuine

A data breach at French cloud gaming provider Shadow may be worse than the company initially suggested, according to a sample of the stolen data seen by TechCrunch. In an email sent to affected customers this week, Paris-based Shadow said … Continue reading

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TikTok scores sizable Disney deal including a content hub and publisher partnership

TikTok has landed Disney as its latest big-name publishing partner for its premium ad product, Pulse Premiere, announced earlier this year. The company will join other large publishers, including NBCU, Condé Nast, DotDash Meredith, BuzzFeed, and more, who offer brand-safe … Continue reading

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Food tech roundup: Mammoth meatballs, tiger steaks and zebra chops, oh my!

Is it time to normalize the idea of cultivated meat? Depends on who you ask.

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Instagram’s ‘Sharing to Reels’ feature opens up to all app developers

Days after TikTok announced a new developer-facing feature, Direct Post, that makes it easier for third-party apps to publish videos to its platform, Meta has announced that its own Sharing to Reels widget for mobile apps is now available to … Continue reading

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