Pintarnya is building a super app for Indonesia’s blue collar workers
Indonesia’s 60 million blue collar workers contribute 20% to its gross domestic product, but they face a lot of uncertainty. Many are forced to...
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NY AG is investigating Twitch, Discord and 4chan for their role in the Buffalo mass shooting
New York Attorney General Letitia James will launch an investigation into the role that social media and online message boards played in the tragedy...
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Andreessen Horowitz debuts $600 million fund for games investments
The new $600 million fund brings a pool of dedicated capital and a new internal structure dedicated to sourcing deals inside the games vertical.
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Withings doubles down on the classy with ScanWatch Horizon
Withings announced a classier-looking version of the ScanWatch, borrowing design language from dive watches of yore.
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Behold NeuroMechFly, the best fruit fly simulator yet
Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is in some ways a simple creature. But in others it is so complex that, as with any form of life, we...
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NHTSA probes Tesla Autopilot crash that killed three people
A U.S. federal agency is investigating a crash involving a 2022 Tesla Model S that may have been operating in Autopilot during a crash that killed...
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What’s more stable than Bitcoin or UST? AriZona Iced Tea
A group of artists is trying to save crypto, one can of AriZona iced tea at a time
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Dear Sophie: Can I do anything to speed up the EAD renewal process?
I’m on an L-2 visa as a dependent spouse to my husband’s L-1A. My EAD (work permit) is expiring in May. How long is the current process?
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Aurora expands autonomous freight pilot with FedEx in Texas
Aurora Innovation, an autonomous vehicle technology company, has expanded its self-driving freight pilot with FedEx to include a new lane from Fort...
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Joby Aviation acquires Avionyx to accelerate aerospace software certification
Joby Aviation, a company developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOL) for commercial passenger service, announced the...
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Daily Crunch: Plaid product updates signal push to ‘own’ more of the account funding process
It’s Wednesday, May 18, 2022, and we are hanging out at our Mobility event, ogling cars that fly, drive themselves and have various identity...
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Buffalo shooter invited others to his private Discord ‘diary’ 30 minutes before attack
The shooter maintained a detailed "diary" in a private Discord server, but opened it to others just 30 minutes before the killing began.
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Zoox reveals close-up of its autonomous robotaxi
Zoox shared a close-up of its commercial electric robotaxi at the TechCrunch Mobility 2022 conference in San Mateo, California.
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Fintech Slice joins UPI race to challenge PhonePe and Google Pay
Slice is adding the popular railroad UPI on its eponymous app as the Indian fintech looks to broaden its offerings and pushes to become a one-stop...
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YouTube teases expansion of livestream shopping with new features arriving later this year
In recent years, YouTube has been working to transform its platform into more of a shopping destination with product launches like shoppable ads or...
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Waymo is expanding its driverless program in Phoenix
Waymo is pulling the human safety driver out of its recently expanded robotaxi operations in downtown Phoenix, Dmitri Dolgov announced at TC...
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Grubhub’s free lunch promo creates a literal ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ for NYC restaurants
Grubhub offered free lunch to everyone in New York City. What could go wrong?
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Eva Longoria and Chris Wallace CNN+ shows will move to HBO Max and CNN
Programming that was originally meant to live on the now-shuttered streamer CNN+ will now move over to CNN and HBO Max, Warner Bros. Discovery...
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Meet Philip Reinckens, Spin’s new CEO
We sat down with Spin’s new CEO, Philip Reinckens, to talk about Tier's plans for Spin's future growth, and why he's the person to...
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Twitter rolls out the ability for creators to host Super Follows-only Spaces
Twitter has announced that it’s rolling out Super Follows-only Spaces. Creators who offer Super Follows subscriptions can now host Spaces...
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YouTube’s player gains new features including Most Replayed, Video Chapters, Single Loop and more
YouTube today is launching a new feature designed to help users identify the most popular parts of a video they’re watching, along with other...
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Block rival SpotOn lands $300M at $3.6B valuation after doubling ARR last year
SpotOn, a competitor to Block and Toast, raises $300M at a $3.6B valuation in its third funding round in 12 months.
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Isabl’s rapid whole-genome analysis opens the playbook for cancer treatment
Every cancer is unique because every person is unique, and one of the most important weapons in any cancer battle is information. Isabl offers that...
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TikTok launches its first creator crediting tool to help video creators cite their inspiration
After years of stolen memes and uncredited dance trends, TikTok today is introducing a new feature that it says will be the first iteration of its...
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Learn how to build your VC network at TechCrunch Disrupt
Join and engage with Nik Milanović, Joshua Ogundu and Gefen Skolnick at TC Disrupt this October. Expand your network and make those relationships...
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Spain slaps Google for frustrating the EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’
Here’s a rare sight: Google has been hit with a €10 million fine by Spain for serious breaches of the European Union’s General Data...
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New Apple ad targets data brokers
Apple is doubling down on raising consumer awareness of privacy risks in a new ad campaign, unveiled today, which puts the spotlight on how the data...
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Al Gore’s Generation just launched its largest-ever growth fund
Generation Investment Management, a sustainability-focused public and private equity firm co-founded by Al Gore, is upping its bet on growth-stage...
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