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Elon Musk to sue ADL for accusing him, X of antisemitism
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
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Monday, September 4, 2023
Envisics closes $100M to advance AR heads-up display tech in cars
Envisics, a UK-based holographics company building in-car technology that projects navigation, safety alerts and other data onto the inside of a windscreen, has closed a $100 million Series C round. The company announced the round’s first $50 million tranche in March, which brought Envisics up to a $500 million valuation. Envisics didn’t share an updated […]
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Telecom operators in India want tech companies to pay for network usage
Telecom operators in India are urging internet companies to compensate for using their networks, a recommendation they’ve made to the local regulatory body, echoing a viewpoint that is gaining some momentum in other parts of the world. Jio, India’s largest telecom operator with 450 million subscribers, said it wants internet companies to “contribute” towards telecom […]
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Protestors rally at Cruise HQ in San Francisco
Protestors gathered Monday outside Cruise’s headquarters in San Francisco after reports of one of its robotaxis blocking an ambulance with a patient on board who later died. The incident, which the San Francisco Fire Department reported last week, happened on August 14, when a driver hit a pedestrian in the city around 11 p.m. The […]
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myZoi wants to make remittances less costly for migrant workers
Money sent home by migrant workers not only helps their families, but also enables entire economies to develop. But transferring money comes at a high cost to workers, with remittance fees averaging about 6.5%. MyZoi wants to cut fees by more than half, starting with the five million low-income migrant workers in the United Arab […]
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Elon Musk to sue ADL for falsely accusing him, X of antisemitism
In the newest uproar you might have missed, Elon Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League. Musk accused the ADL, an organization that works to combat antisemitism, extremism and bigotry, of falsely accusing him and X of being antisemitic. “To clear our platform’s name on the matter of […]
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Max Q: An inside look at Astra’s Apollo Fusion acquisition
In this issue: Astra’s Apollo Fusion acquisition followed by delays and desertion, news from SpaceX and more
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Indian fintechs amplify sound box pitches to woo merchants
Some of India’s biggest fintech startups are making deeper inroads into sound boxes, unveiling new push to the pocket-sized devices whose chimes are fast becoming the new ‘ka-ching’ for millions of Indian merchants. Paytm, whose soundbox leads the market and is used by over 7 million merchants, launched an advanced version of the device that […]
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Nigerian embedded finance platform Anchor raises $2.4M to expand product offerings
Anchor, a Nigerian banking-as-a-service (BaaS) provider, has raised $2.4 million in seed investment. Justin Kan’s Goat Capital led the financing round which also welcomed participation from FoundersX, Rebel Fund and some existing investors, including Y Combinator and Byld Ventures. The fintech emerged from stealth a year ago with over $1 million in pre-seed funding. Its proposition […]
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Inside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story
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Sunday, September 3, 2023
Qept is a simple iOS note-taking app that is all about texting yourself
People have a habit of using messaging apps to send things to themselves. So much so that chat apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram have built-in features for bookmarking or note-taking. Developer Willem de Beijer has developed a new note-taking app for iOS called Qept with the “DM-to-yourself” phenomenon in mind. The developer said that, […]
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Jude is building a bladder health champion
Bladder health isn’t the sexiest subject in the world so it probably won’t surprise you there are so few startups focused on the area. Only one actually, according to Jude founder Peony Li — who’s just closed a $4.24 million seed round for her London-based bladder health startup to expand into the US. But that […]
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What’s up with Qi2 and why should you care?
If you’ve been following the onslaught of gadget news out of Berlin this week, you’ve no doubt heard Qi2 pop up more than once. Notably, Anker and Mophie have both announced products that adopt the standard. So, [Seinfeld voice] what’s the deal with Qi2? Should you care and can the sequel ever truly be better […]
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Greylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Pear VC join Startup Battlefield judges
Just a couple more weeks until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 to compete for an equity-free, $100,000 grand prize and eternal glory. They’ll face tough questions from our judges and must stand out against a crowd of super-star founders. We’re excited to share our […]
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Crypto funding in August wasn’t as good as the numbers may lead you to believe
At this point, it seems the only thing that could shake up the seemingly never-ending decline in venture interest in crypto would be a drastic thawing of the crypto winter.
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