Sunday, August 6, 2023

How a frugal approach helped land Lula more runway amid a market downturn

It was an eventful week in fintech startup land, and we did our best to capture the highlights. We covered some raises, new product lines, at least one M&A deal and more. Oh, and if you want to receive this in your inbox in the future, sign up here. Lula tightens its belt and raises […]

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Will the Law Commission’s digital assets final report make the UK a DeFi jurisdiction of choice?

Dr. Adam Sanitt Contributor Dr. Adam Sanitt is a knowledge director specializing in financial disputes, technology and innovation at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. Laws and regulations for digital assets tend to arrive either too early or too late. Too early when they include details that turn out to be awkward or irrelevant when […]

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Saturday, August 5, 2023

Steve Jobs’ son launches a fund, NASA debuts a streaming service, and writers protest a proposed surveillance law

Hey, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that highlights key developments in the tech industry over the past few days. If you missed the news this week, no biggie. That’s what WiR is for. We’ll fill you in. In this edition, we cover Reed Jobs, the son of Steve Jobs, who […]

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Friday, August 4, 2023

Dan Gwak of Point72 Ventures thinks there has never been a better time for defense tech startups

Dan Gwak has had a more varied life than many investors. He grew up in Jakarta, the son of Korean parents who ran a shipping business. After high school, he headed to Cornell in the U.S., and became an associate at The Carlyle Group. Everything was moving up and to the right, so to speak. […]

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AWS revenue growth dropped to 12% in Q2, but company remains optimistic about cloud biz

Amazon has seen AWS growth rates dropping substantially over the last three quarters from 20% to 16% to 12% this quarter. That’s not the kind of trend any company wants to see, but especially for a division like AWS, which has been a growth driver for Amazon over the years. Still, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy […]

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Israel cybersecurity agency says no breach after senior official self-infects home PC with malware

Israel’s National Cybersecurity Directorate said there was “no breach” of its network after passwords belonging to a senior agency official were stolen from their home computer earlier this year and published online. A security researcher, who asked not to be named, told TechCrunch that they recently found the INCD official’s stolen credentials posted in mid-June […]

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Meet Window Snyder, the trailblazer who helped secure the internet and billions of devices

After the band played Miles Davis’ Seven Steps to Heaven, and an effusive introduction from the head of the school, Window Snyder stands in front of a hall filled with around 800 students at her old high school to receive an alumni award. Some of the students have a plastic spoon stuck to their noses, […]

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Rivian elects former Waymo CEO John Krafcik to board

John Krafcik, who led autonomous vehicles company Waymo for five years, has joined Rivian’s board of directors, according to a regulatory filing. EV maker Rivian increased the size of its board and elected Krafcik to serve as a director, the filing said. His term will expire in 2024, when Rivian holds its annual shareholder meeting. […]
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Thursday, August 3, 2023

Fisker reveals all-electric Alaska pickup, 3 other EV prototypes

Fisker, the automotive startup-turned publicly traded company founded by famed automotive designer Henrik Fisker, revealed Thursday night a dizzying array of EV prototypes from a beefy pickup truck with an expandable bed, and grand tourer sports car with up to 600 miles of range to a souped-up, off-road version of its Ocean SUV and the […]

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