Startup Alley – the name conjures up images of early stage startups demonstrating groundbreaking products, platforms and services to thousands of disrupt participants and industry influencers. This is where you will find the envelope pinching and breaking the boundaries. If you’re busy pushing envelopes and pushing boundaries, don’t miss your chance to exhibit at TechCrunch … Read more
As more of the transportation market becomes electrified, companies have begun to grapple with disposing of the thousands of tons of used EV batteries that are expected to hit the streets by the end of the decade. Battery Resourcers suggests a seemingly simple solution: recycle them. But the company doesn’t stop there. A “closed-loop” process … Read more
Spent a day Driving a pre-production 2022 Mercedes Benz EQS gave an in-depth look at what the German automaker did with the billions of dollars it spent on electrification. The EQS is a carefully crafted flagship sedan that combines the automaker’s MBUX infotainment system, a new electric platform and performance improvements. It is an inexcusable … Read more
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly newsletter for startups and markets. It is largely based on The daily column that is displayed for Extra Crunchbut free and made for your weekend reading. Ready? Let’s talk about money, startups and hot IPO rumors. The startup world could be on a busy summer. Today the … Read more
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android … Read more
Sometimes all you have to do is confirm an unannounced product to get the rumors to bed I think. That was Google’s strategy this afternoon, following earlier rumors from Android Central that a chip shortage had put the Kibosh on the mid-budget phone. Commenting on TechCrunch, a Google spokesperson noted, “Pixel 5a 5G will not … Read more
Elon Musk’s Neuralink, one of his many companies and the only one currently focused on mind control (we are aware of this), has released a new blog post and video detailing some of his recent updates – including how his hardware is used to enable a monkey to play pong only with its brain. In … Read more
While Nigeria and Kenya have been at the forefront of African fintech innovation, activities are beginning to take shape in Egypt beautiful. There is currently a burgeoning fintech startup ecosystem in Egypt. Today fintech startup Paymob announced that it has completed a Series A round valued at $ 18.5 million. In July 2020, Paymob raised … Read more
Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at strengthening the efforts of Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESOs) led and focused on color founders. The motivation behind the project is straightforward. ESOs “are facing record demand, resources are depleted and are chronically underestimated, underestimated and underfunded,” say the organizations. The resource … Read more
European regulators have questions about a Facebook privacy breach, Clubhouse is adding payments, and a robotics company has SPAC plans. This is your daily crisis for April 6th, 2021. The big story: Facebook faces data breach questions A breach of personally identifiable information (such as email addresses and phone numbers) on more than 500 million … Read more