Monthly Archives: February 2024

China may be making more advanced chips despite U.S. sanctions — but it still faces big problems

Posted on February 12, 2024 by Techme101

China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC seems to have been manufacturing advanced chips, defying U.S. sanctions designed to slow down Beijing’s progress.

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Uber hits a profit milestone, Ford builds an EV skunksworks and Fisker fumbles

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Techme101

TechCrunch Mobility is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click TechCrunch Mobility — to receive the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility – your central hub for … Continue reading →

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Seed funding: Everything founders should know about fundraising, seed rounds and more for 2024

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Techme101

To understand what’s happening with seed rounds in 2024, TechCrunch+ spoke with three seasoned investors who offered advice for founders looking to raise. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Maybe we’ll finally see a fintech IPO in 2024

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Techme101

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! We’re back after a brief hiatus, and I can tell you that judging by the volume of pitches I received last week, venture investing in the fintech space is definitely picking up. This … Continue reading →

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Investors in Airbnb arbitrage business allege they were defrauded in scheme promising ‘higher returns than the stock market’

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Techme101

Airbnb’s sprawling marketplace enabled an arbitrage business to illicitly operate and attract investors in the process.

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Bluesky opens to everyone, Rivian reveals its new SUV, and governments exploit iPhones

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the last few days in tech. This week, social network Bluesky opened for anyone to join — which feels appropriate here in NYC, given the sunshine and … Continue reading →

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Safety by design

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Tech’s ability to reinvent the wheel can mean ignoring truths that others have learned. But new founders are sometimes figuring it out for themselves faster than predecessors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Deal Dive: VCs are no longer gunshy about firearm startups

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Kai Kloepfer started biometric “smart” gun startup Biofire as a science fair project after the Aurora, Colorado, mass shooting in 2012 brought the U.S.’s gun violence problem close to home. Kloepfer began thinking of ways to solve the problem using … Continue reading →

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As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits prison sentence, FTX customers await a surprise: full repayment

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Fifteen months after FTX filed for bankruptcy, customers are being told they could be repaid in full.

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Notion acquires privacy-focused productivity platform Skiff

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Techme101

Notion launched its new calendar based on Cron last month, but its productivity suit can soon have more privacy-focused offerings. The company announced today that it has acquired Skiff, a platform that offers end-to-end encrypted file storage, docs, calendar events, … Continue reading →

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