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Envision 2025: India’s first energy festival returns with the theme ‘Ground Zero for Net-Zero’ | January 30 – February 1, 2025

January 2, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: The climate crisis is no longer a distant warning—it is impacting our daily lives, demanding immediate attention and action. With an array of indigenous innovations and diverging technologies emerging worldwide, achieving a sustainable, net-zero future requires collective effort; no country, company, or community can do it alone.

Envision 2025: India’s first energy festival returns with the theme ‘Ground Zero for Net-Zero’ | January 30 – February 1, 2025

January 2, 2025

Envision 2025: India’s first energy festival returns with the theme ‘Ground Zero for Net-Zero’ | January 30 – February 1, 2025

January 2, 2025

Envision 2025: India’s first energy festival returns with the theme ‘Ground Zero for Net-Zero’ | January 30 – February 1, 2025

January 2, 2025

What Top Technologies IT Leaders Want From Solution Providers in 2025

January 2, 2025

Now that we’ve turned the page over to the new year, organizations will begin to set their sights on what technologies and services they should prioritize this year. Enterprises must deliver successful digital initiatives while navigating budget constraints. According to Gartner’s 2025 CIO Agenda, CIOs should aim to “grow the digital vanguard by making it…

Chinese government hackers reportedly targeted US Treasury’s sanctions office during December cyberattack

January 2, 2025

Chinese government hackers targeted the U.S. Treasury’s highly sensitive sanctions office during a December cyberattack, according to reports. According to The Washington Post, the state-sponsored hackers targeted the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a government department that imposes economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals, to potentially access information on Chinese organizations that…

Police investigating Cybertruck fire outside Trump hotel in Vegas

January 1, 2025

A Tesla Cybertruck that caught fire Wednesday morning just outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas is being investigated by local law enforcement. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a post on social media site X that the fire was out and being investigated. The fire was reported around 8:40 a.m. PT,…

Toyota’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch

January 1, 2025

Five years ago, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to share with the world his “personal field of dreams” — a plan to build a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, where people would live and work amongst all of Toyota’s projects, including autonomous vehicle technology,…

People are playing a new DOOM-themed CAPTCHA

January 1, 2025

CAPTCHA programs that are used to determine whether a site visitor is a person or a bot come in pretty standard formats. Think text distortion (where users type the characters they see in a box amid other squiggles); image recognition (you’re selecting, say, all the squares in a grid with a bicycle image); and checkbox…

Internal SpaceX documents show the sweet stock deals offered to investors like a16z, Gigafund

January 1, 2025

Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek at an internal SpaceX document about such a tender offer from May 2022. Musk posted on X last month that SpaceX holds such sales for employees about…

Robinhood, already a ‘comeback’ stock, has even more aggressive plans for 2025

January 1, 2025

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has a lot to celebrate this holiday season. After a bumpy few years following Robinhood’s 2021 IPO — a period during which shares of the commission-free trading app plummeted by more than 90% after it abruptly restricted trading in some meme stocks — the 12-year-old company was just declared Yahoo Finance’s…

Silicon Valley stifled the AI doom movement in 2024

January 1, 2025

For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race. But in 2024, those warning calls were drowned out by a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI promoted by the tech industry – a vision that also benefited their wallets.…

OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025

January 1, 2025

Back in May, OpenAI said it was developing a tool to let creators specify how they want their works to be included in — or excluded from — its AI training data. But 7 months later, this feature has yet to see the light of day. Called Media Manager, the tool would “identify copyrighted text,…

Accel closes $650 million for new India fund

January 1, 2025

Accel has raised $650 million for its eighth India fund as the U.S. venture firm expands its investment strategy in the South Asian market. The new fund follows the firm’s seventh India fund secured in March 2022. Accel — which has backed companies including e-commerce group Flipkart, food delivery platform Swiggy and software group Freshworks…

Yes – you can sustainably introduce AI into your enterprise: HPE’s five levers put you in control

December 31, 2024

Organisations everywhere are being challenged to embrace AI. Yet, AI needs a lot of energy, which in turn means emissions. An AI and data-driven world needs new thinking to ensure sustainability, says HPE.

Yes – you can sustainably introduce AI into your enterprise: HPE’s five levers put you in control

December 31, 2024

Judge allows California’s ban on addictive feeds for minors to go into effect

December 31, 2024

Late Tuesday evening, a federal judge blocked tech lobbying group NetChoice’s challenge to California’s recently enacted law, SB 976, which prohibits companies from serving “addictive feeds” to minors. The effect of this decision is that beginning Wednesday, companies will be prohibited from serving an addictive feed to a California-based user they know to be a…

Elon Musk’s pro-Trump critics claim they’re being censored on X

December 31, 2024

Will Smith eating spaghetti and other weird AI benchmarks that took off in 2024

December 31, 2024

When a company releases a new AI video generator, it’s not long before someone uses it to make a video of actor Will Smith eating spaghetti. It’s become something of a meme as well as a benchmark: Seeing whether a new video generator can realistically render Smith slurping down a bowl of noodles. Smith himself…

A look back on my favorite episodes of TechCrunch’s Found podcast

December 31, 2024

TechCrunch’s Found podcast, which has brought listeners the stories behind the startups since April 2022, released its final episode today. I’ve been one of the hosts of Found since November 2022 and in that time have spoken to more than 75 founders about the startups they are building. These founders hail from many different backgrounds…

Elon Musk’s promises for Tesla in 2024, from robotaxis to Optimus bots

December 31, 2024

Elon Musk had an eventful 2024, what with his hard push into right-wing politics and leveraging his X social media platform and considerable influence to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. Putting politics aside for a moment, it’s worth focusing on another Musk pastime: making promises for Tesla. The Tesla CEO’s promises — and…

A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve delivery robot collided in Los Angeles

December 31, 2024

On December 27, a Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot collided at a Los Angeles intersection, according to a video that’s circulating on social media. The footage shows a Serve bot crossing a street in West Hollywood at night and trying to get onto the sidewalk. It reached the curb, backed up…

IT tech services firm WWT acquires Canadian IT provider Softchoice in all-cash deal

December 31, 2024

One last mega-deal closed out an eventful 2024. On Tuesday, World Wide Technology (WWT), a tech services company based in St. Louis, announced it has agreed to acquire Canadian IT provider Softchoice in a deal that values the latter at C$1.8 billion (~$1.25 billion). The deal, which is all-cash, was unanimously approved by Softchoice’s board,…

These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024

December 31, 2024

US telco Lumen says its network is now clear of China’s Salt Typhoon hackers

December 31, 2024

After ups and down, food delivery startup Epicery closes shop

December 31, 2024

French food delivery startup Epicery will cease operations Tuesday, after one last holiday season hurrah for its clients and the local food businesses that were using the platform during its nine years in business in exchange for a 25% commission. In a message announcing the decision to customers earlier this month, Epicery’s team said that…

New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep

December 31, 2024

India again delays rules to break PhonePe-Google Pay duopoly

December 31, 2024

India has once again pushed back a contentious plan to limit big technology companies’ control of the nation’s digital payments system, extending a regulatory uncertainty that has weighed on the sector for years. The National Payments Corporation of India said on Tuesday it would extend the deadline for implementing a 30% cap on any individual…

India lifts WhatsApp payment curbs

December 31, 2024

India has removed restrictions on WhatsApp’s mobile payments service in a significant victory for Meta in its largest market by users as it seeks to compete with entrenched fintech rivals. The National Payments Corporation of India, the payments body overseeing the popular UPI payments network, said Tuesday that WhatsApp can now roll out WhatsApp Pay…

Gupshup investor cuts value of its stake again, implying new valuation of $486M

December 31, 2024

Asset management firm Fidelity slashed the estimated worth of its stake in business messaging platform Gupshup by another 7.7% last month, lowering the value of its holding in the SaaS startup by a total of more than 65% since its investment in mid-2021. One of the funds operated by the U.S. asset manager valued its…

Samsung pays $181M to become largest shareholder of Rainbow Robotics

December 31, 2024

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has become the largest shareholder of South Korea-based robotics maker Rainbow Robotics, increasing its stake from 14.7% to 35% for KRW 267 billion (about $181 billion). The electronics giant, which paid KRW 86.8 billion for the 14.7% stake in 2023, said it is acquiring the stake to bolster…

ByteDance appears to be skirting US restrictions to buy Nvidia chips: report

December 30, 2024

TikTok parent company ByteDance has big plans to buy Nvidia chips in 2025 — despite U.S. restrictions. ByteDance plans to spend $7 billion on the chips in 2025, according to reporting from The Information, citing inside sources. If ByteDance follows through, it will become one of the world’s top owners of Nvidia chips, despite U.S. efforts…

This MagSafe iPhone wallet doubles as a stand and offers Find My functionality

December 30, 2024

For a number of years now, Moft has offered some of the most innovative gadget accessories. They’re always interesting, if not necessarily useful. This new combination Find My wallet and stand manages to tick both boxes. The accessory was announced a couple of weeks out from CES, where it will be shown off for the…

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From AI agents to enterprise budgets, 20 VCs share their predictions on enterprise tech in 2025

December 30, 2024

While AI is lauded by some as the biggest technological breakthrough since the industrial revolution, enterprises — arguably the tech’s biggest potential customer base — have been slow to adopt AI. While some investors predicted that 2024 would be the year we’d start to see more AI adoption by enterprises, that didn’t play out as…

Blue Origin looks to take on SpaceX dominance with New Glenn launch days away

December 30, 2024

Nearly a quarter century after its founding, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is gearing up to launch an orbital rocket for the first time — and finally enter the competitive launch industry that is currently dominated by SpaceX. Company executives have maintained that they are planning to launch the towering rocket, called New Glenn, before the…

Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months

December 30, 2024

Nonprofit group joins Elon Musk’s effort to block OpenAI’s for-profit transition

December 30, 2024

Encode, the nonprofit organization that co-sponsored California’s ill-fated SB 1047 AI safety legislation, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk’s injunction to halt OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit company. In a proposed brief submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Friday afternoon, counsel for…

Apple TV+ will be free to stream this weekend

December 30, 2024

Apple is allowing anyone to access its Apple TV+ streaming service for free this weekend, January 4 and 5. The company made the announcement on Monday alongside a short video featuring its most popular TV shows, including “Severance,” “Slow Horses,” “Shrinking,” and more. It’s worth noting that this is the first time that Apple has…

Bench to be acquired after abruptly shutting down

December 30, 2024

Bench, the VC-backed accounting startup that left thousands of customers locked out of their accounts after it suddenly shut down last week, will be acquired by Employer.com for an undisclosed price in a last-minute deal, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The San Francisco-based HR tech company Employer.com focuses on payroll and onboarding, in contrast to Bench,…

Nvidia completes acquisition of AI infrastructure startup Run:ai

December 30, 2024

Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, an Israeli startup that helps manage and optimize AI hardware infrastructure. As part of the merger, Run:ai said its software, which currently only works with Nvidia products, will be open sourced, meaning Nvidia rivals like AMD and Intel will be able to adapt it for their hardware. “We…

UK antitrust watchdog launches review of IBM’s HashiCorp takeover

December 30, 2024

The Competition and Markets Authority, the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog, has opened an investigation into whether IBM’s planned acquisition of cloud software vendor HashiCorp would affect competition. The CMA said Monday it was inviting comment on the merger from interested parties by January 16. The regulator set a provisional February 25 deadline to decide whether to…

Backed by a16z and QED, Brazilian startup Carecode puts AI agents to work on healthcare

December 30, 2024

AI holds huge promise for healthcare, but not just on the medical side; many startups are convinced machine learning-based systems can do a lot of good on adjacent tasks such as appointment scheduling and confirmations. Brazilian startup Carecode is among these AI believers. It’s coming out of stealth with an ambition to reduce healthcare costs…

Mercedes-backed Volocopter files for bankruptcy

December 30, 2024

German electric air taxi company Volocopter has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest in a string of similar startups to hit financial turbulence. The company plans to keep operating while it searches for new investors. “We are ahead of our industry peers in our technological, flight test, and certification progress. That makes us an attractive…

Marketing Strategies All Law Firms Should Employ

December 30, 2024

In today’s competitive legal landscape, effective marketing is no longer optional for law firms—it’s essential for survival and growth. While traditional marketing methods still hold value, modern law firms must adopt a comprehensive approach that combines both conventional and digital strategies to attract and retain clients.

Calo raises $25 million to expand its ready-to-eat meal service beyond the Middle East

December 30, 2024

A business built around increasingly customized ready-to-eat meals has netted Middle Eastern startup Calo a sizeable funding injection as it looks to expand both what it can offer its time-strapped customers and where it delivers its growing range of just-heat-to-eat dishes. The meal delivery market in the Middle East will hit $11.2 billion by 2030,…

Verizon says it has secured its network after breach by China-linked Salt Typhoon group

December 30, 2024

U.S. telecom giant Verizon says it has secured its network after being targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon cyberespionage group. In a statement given to TechCrunch on Sunday, Verizon spokesperson Richard Young said the company has “contained the cyber incident brought on by this nation-state threat actor,” and that it has not detected any threat actor…

Nvidia’s next move: powering humanoid robots

December 29, 2024

The chipmaking giant Nvidia is leaning more heavily into robotics in 2025. More specifically, it’s launching a new generation of compact computers for humanoid robots, called Jetson Thor, in the first half of the new year, confims the Financial Times. The move, which was expected, is part of an evolving, years-long strategy. Back in March,…

HPE and Deloitte team up to bring compute power and business process for your GenAI success

December 29, 2024

Generative AI has captured the world’s imagination with the practical power of AI coming to life, helping distill complex concepts into simple language, helping provide support and solutions, aiding in the creation of text and images and the expression of ideas. GenAI has a lot to offer and, understandably, businesses around the world want to…

AI data centers could be ‘distorting’ the US power grid

December 29, 2024

The proliferation of data centers aiming to meet the computational needs of AI could be bad news for the US power grid, according to a new report in Bloomberg. Using the 1 million residential sensors tracked by Whisker Labs, along with market intelligence data from DC Byte, Bloomberg found that more than half of the…

India’s mobile payments dilemma

December 29, 2024

India’s payments regulator is set to decide as early as Monday whether to curb the dominance of Walmart’s PhonePe and Google in the nation’s fast-growing mobile payments market, a move that could reshape how its billion-plus population moves money. The decision centers on UPI, or Unified Payments Interface, a network backed by more than 50…

Crypto industry groups sue IRS over broker reporting rule

December 29, 2024

Three crypto industry groups — the DeFi Education Fund, the Blockchain Association, and the Texas Blockchain Council — are suing the Internal Revenue Service to block new regulations that require decentralized finance (DeFi) entities to report customer information. The IRS has been finalizing crypto tax regulations as part of the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Investment and…

Cut costs, cut middlemen – Omnata makes moving data a snap so you can focus on results

December 29, 2024

Smart solutions need data, lots of it. Any substantial organisation has far-flung data everywhere, but Omnata can be your solution to centralising it all in Snowflake.

Aussie startups Aerologix and Soar Unite to build the world’s ‘largest digital Atlas’ – ‘100x better than Google Earth’

December 29, 2024

COMPANY NEWS: Australian drone technology company Aerologix has announced a strategic partnership with digital mapping platform Soar to create what Aerologix says is set to become the world’s most extensive library of high-quality drone imagery and maps.

No reward for being loyal: Australians urged to shop around for a better value electricity plan

December 29, 2024

The ACCC is urging consumers to shop around or at least to contact their electricity provider to ask if a cheaper electricity plan is available, following a decline in retail electricity prices in 2024 that many households are not currently benefiting from.

Africa’s newest fintech unicorns are winning by keeping their feet on the ground

December 29, 2024

Africa’s tech ecosystem just got a boost of attention, with South Africa’s TymeBank and Nigeria’s Moniepoint both raising funds in recent weeks at valuations of over $1 billion and joining the coveted unicorn pantheon. But those valuations don’t just reflect investor confidence. They signal the success they’ve had in taking disruptive fintech models originally developed…

Google CEO says AI model Gemini will the company’s ‘biggest focus’ in 2025

December 28, 2024

CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly told Google employees that 2025 will be a “critical” year for the company. CNBC reports that it obtained audio from a December 18 strategy meeting where Pichai and other executives put on ugly holiday sweaters and laid out their priorities for the coming year. “I think 2025 will be critical,” Pichai…

Best iPad apps for unleashing and exploring your creativity

December 28, 2024

There are a number of iPad apps that can help you explore and express your creativity. Although the iPad started off as a simple device that could be used to stream content or browse the web on the go, Apple has essentially turned its iPads into powerful machines that can be used to do things…

How to watch CES 2025’s press conferences

December 28, 2024

CES kicks off January 7. The annual Las Vegas event sets the tone of the year’s consumer electronics and automotive industries. As always, TechCrunch will be there, sniffing stories from the most exciting startups and tech giants. If you really want a piece of the action without paying for the hotel and flight, many of…

Revisiting the biggest moments in the space industry in 2024

December 28, 2024

We are at the dawn of a new space age. If you doubt, simply look back at the last year: From SpaceX’s historic catch of the Super Heavy booster to the record-breaking number of lunar landing attempts, this year was full of historic and ambitious missions and demonstrations. We’re taking a look back at the…

Bench shuts down, leaving thousands of businesses without access to accounting and tax docs

December 27, 2024

Bench, a Canada-based accounting startup that offered software-as-a-service for small and medium businesses, has abruptly shut down, according to a notice posted on its website. “We regret to inform you that as of December 27, 2024, the Bench platform will no longer be accessible,” the notice reads. “We know this news is abrupt and may…

Nonprofit group joins Elon Musk’s effort to block OpenAI’s for-profit transition

December 27, 2024

Encode, the nonprofit org that co-sponsored California’s ill-fated SB 1047 AI safety legislation, has requested permission to file an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk’s injunction to halt OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit. In a proposed brief submitted to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Friday afternoon, counsel for Encode…

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will face fraud charges in the U.S.

December 27, 2024

Do Kwon, the co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency startup Terraform Labs, will be extradited from Montenegro to the U.S. to face federal fraud charges, as first reported by Bloomberg. Kwon faces charges in both the U.S. and South Korea; Terraform Labs’ TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies crashed in 2022, causing investors to lose over $40 billion. Terraform…

The trends that shaped EVs, robotaxis, and electric flight in 2024

December 27, 2024

If there was one phrase that captured the vibe and theme of 2024 — at least in the transportation sector — it was business whiplash. Legacy automakers changed direction on their all-EVs-or-bust strategy, startups pivoted, and some Silicon Valley VCs and executives adjusted their views to a changing political landscape, in which they now are…

Cyberhaven says it was hacked to publish a malicious update to its Chrome extension

December 27, 2024

Why DeepSeek’s new AI model thinks it’s ChatGPT

December 27, 2024

Earlier this week, DeepSeek, a well-funded Chinese AI lab, released an “open” AI model that beats many rivals on popular benchmarks. The model, DeepSeek V3, is large but efficient, handling text-based tasks like coding and writing essays with ease. It also seems to think it’s ChatGPT. Posts on X — and TechCrunch’s own tests —…

Lyft says San Francisco overcharged it $100 million in taxes

December 27, 2024

LG mounts planters on a lamp for apartment growing

December 27, 2024

LG may have the earliest big press conference of CES, but the Korean electronics giant still can’t help announcing a bunch of products ahead of the show. As ever, the pile of news is a mixed bag with a few interesting additions. These plant lamps undoubtedly qualify as the latter. Details on the products —…

Watch this four-legged robot adapt to tricky situations like an animal

December 27, 2024

Researchers at the University of Leeds recently demonstrated a framework for a quadruped robot with a design inspired by the bio-mechanics of four-legged animals. The versatile robot is able to navigate complex environments, maintain stability on uneven ground, and recover after a fall — all without the use of extra-perceptive sensors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All…

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Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier

December 27, 2024

Top 6 Vendor Risk Management Software for MSPs in 2025

December 27, 2024

Managing third-party risks is becoming more critical for managed service providers (MSPs) as cybersecurity threats evolve. Vendor risk management (VRM) software simplifies this process, helping MSPs assess, monitor, and mitigate risks associated with third-party vendors. Explore six of the best vendor risk management tools to streamline compliance, enhance security, or protect your client’s sensitive data.…

Want a cheap EV? Hertz is handing out discounts to renters

December 27, 2024

Hertz has been contacting people who are in the middle of renting electric vehicles recently to offer them the option to buy the car instead of returning it, reports The Verge. And the offers are pretty sweet, according to some renters who shared the offers on Reddit. One renter was reportedly offered a 2023 Chevy…

OpenAI lays out its for-profit transition plans

December 27, 2024

OpenAI says its corporate structure must evolve to advance its mission of ensuring artificial general intelligence (AGI) — AI that can complete most tasks humans can — benefits all humanity. OpenAI currently has a for-profit org controlled by a nonprofit, with a “capped profit” share for investors and employees. But in a blog post published…

Record-breaking ransoms and breaches: A timeline of ransomware in 2024

December 27, 2024

AI sales rep startups are booming. So why are VCs wary?

December 26, 2024

When you really probe venture capitalists about investing in AI startups, they’ll tell you that businesses are experimenting wildly but are very slow to add AI solutions into their ongoing business processes. But there are some exceptions. And one of them appears to be an area known as AI sales development representatives, or AI SDRs.…

Watch this robotic ‘Superman Suit’ rotate around a gymnastics bar

December 26, 2024

Scientists at the Suzumori Endo Robotics lab in Tokyo have developed the Superman Suit: a suit powered by hydraulic artificial muscles that allows it to perform superhuman tasks. In this video, the suit demonstrates the ability to complete 15 rotations around a bar, making anyone into a great gymnast. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.…

ChatGPT Search can be tricked into misleading users, new research reveals

December 26, 2024

ChatGPT and Sora are down for the second time this month

December 26, 2024

ChatGPT, Sora, and OpenAI’s developer-facing API went down Thursday for an hour and counting. OpenAI says it started experiencing a major outage at 11 AM PT, and the services still appear to be down at the time of publishing this article, around 12:40 PM PT. Frequent users of ChatGPT may recall that the service went…

DeepSeek’s new AI model appears to be one of the best ‘open’ challengers yet

December 26, 2024

A Chinese lab has created what appears to be one of the most powerful “open” AI models to date. The model, DeepSeek V3, was developed by the AI firm DeepSeek, and was released on Wednesday under a permissive license that allows developers to download and modify it for most applications, including commercial ones. DeepSeek V3…

The fall of EV startup Fisker: A comprehensive timeline

December 26, 2024

Microsoft and OpenAI have a financial definition of AGI: report

December 26, 2024

Microsoft and OpenAI have a very specific, internal definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) based on the startup’s profits, according to a new report from The Information. And by this definition, OpenAI is many years away from reaching it. The two companies reportedly signed an agreement last year stating OpenAI has only achieved AGI when…

Executive assistants, high salaries, and other ways early-stage founders will trigger a seed VC

December 26, 2024

While most seed investors believe founders should spend their raised cash however they want to, those VCs will still be judging founders’ cash management. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Elon Musk’s jets made 355 trips in 2024, including 31 to or from the Mar-a-Lago area

December 26, 2024

These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024

December 26, 2024

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

December 26, 2024

Outdated systems and manual processes remain a frustrating reality for Australian healthcare providers, making it harder for professionals to deliver efﬁcient, high-quality care. Thankfully, data interoperability is no longer a distant goal — it’s now essential for improving patient outcomes and streamlining operations. As the healthcare industry evolves to meet growing demands and increasing consumer…

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

December 26, 2024

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

December 26, 2024

Enabling seamless healthcare operations through APIs and composable commerce

December 26, 2024

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

December 26, 2024

The cybersecurity landscape is poised for transformative shifts in 2025 driven by technological innovation and evolving threats. As cybercriminals become more sophisticated, organisations must stay ahead by proactively adopting strategies that prioritise identity security and business resiliency. CyberArk area VP ANZ Thomas Fikentscher outlines his key cybersecurity predictions highlighting a singular truth: businesses must prioritise…

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

December 26, 2024

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

December 26, 2024

Predicting the future of cybersecurity for 2025

December 26, 2024

Essential tips to elevate your smart home network security

December 26, 2024

Recent reports about the potential ban of TP-Link products in the U.S. have highlighted a growing concern: the security and reliability of the network devices we rely on daily. As smart devices continue to proliferate in our homes, so do the risks they bring — from cyberattacks to vulnerabilities that expose personal data. With these…

Essential tips to elevate your smart home network security

December 26, 2024

Elon Musk’s xAI lands $6B in new cash to fuel AI ambitions

December 25, 2024

Updated December 25, 12:21 p.m. Pacific: Added details of xAI’s valuation and Kingdom Holdings’ contribution. xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, has raised $6 billion in a Series C financing round. The company announced this week that Andreessen Horowitz , Blackrock, Fidelity, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Nvidia,…

$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data

December 25, 2024

Once a startup has raised its seed round, the perennial question becomes how much should the founders pay themselves and their first few employees? Kruze Consulting, a CPA firm that specializes in venture-backed startups, recently analyzed average salary ranges for over 450 seed-stage startups and shared that data with TechCrunch. The following averages are based…

GV, the VC team backed by Google, has a broad remit, but it can’t do one thing

December 25, 2024

David Krane is in an enviable position. As the CEO of GV, the venture firm that is funded entirely by Google to the tune of $1 billion a year, his team of roughly 100 gets to make a lot of bets — with just a couple of notable restrictions. During a TechCrunch StrictlyVC event in…

AMD’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch

December 25, 2024

AMD has its work cut out for it at CES 2025. Competitor Nvidia has been sucking the oxygen out of every room it graces, as the chipmaker remains at the forefront of the AI boom. So, how will AMD compete with Nvidia’s reported RTX 5000 announcement? The company should show of its own next-gen GPU.…

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