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Tesla Robotaxi event: How to watch the reveal live

Tesla loves to put on a show, and Thursday’s Robotaxi reveal might just be the flashiest of them all.  The electric vehicle maker is slated to unveil its much-hyped Robotaxi vehicle at Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie studio in Burbank, California. … Continue reading

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Amazon team in charge of Just Walk Out loses three execs, gains one

Three Amazon executives in charge of developing new technologies for checking out of physical stores – including Just Walk Out, Dash Carts, and Amazon One – are leaving or have left the division, TechCrunch has learned. In addition, a former … Continue reading

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FTX’s Ryan Salame posts jokes on LinkedIn as he heads to prison

After the criminal implosion of the crypto exchange FTX, many of the company’s executives have been found guilty on various counts of fraud or conspiracy to commit such acts. Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, is starting … Continue reading

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SpaceX alums are working to raise a hefty $550M first deep tech fund

Interlagos, the venture capital firm started by former senior SpaceX leaders, is looking to raise $550 million for its first venture fund, according to regulatory filings and a confidential deck sent to prospective LPs and viewed by TechCrunch.  The existence … Continue reading

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Bluesky joins Threads to court users frustrated by Meta’s moderation issues

Social networking startup Bluesky is seizing the moment. Amid ongoing moderation issues affecting X rival Instagram Threads, the decentralized X competitor Bluesky has created an account on Meta’s newest platform. In doing so, the startup aims to capitalize on the … Continue reading

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Tesla’s Robotaxi reveal, Palantir owns some of Faraday Future, and the Strava for EVs

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Your usual host Kirsten is out on vacation, but she didn’t leave … Continue reading

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LinkedIn says 10M people have signed up as freelancers on its Services Marketplace

More than 100,000 people have been laid off in the technology industry alone this year, and — either by circumstance or choice — at least some of them are not heading back into exclusively full-time work. LinkedIn launched a freelancer … Continue reading

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How stuck is the startup exit market? Pretty stuck, says Pitchbook

Deal analysis outfit Pitchbook today released a new report that underscores how fewer exits are impacting the startup investing ecosystem.  Among its findings? Beyond what’s commonly known – that a lot of the fundings today are insider rounds and bridge … Continue reading

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Swsh’s new photo-sharing app lets Gen Zers filter out red solo cups and alcoholic drinks 

When Swsh launched last year, the social app was initially designed as a poll game (similar to the “Most Likely To” game), where users can answer five daily questions with their friends. However, the company has completely switched gears, joining … Continue reading

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Antitrust challenge to Facebook’s ‘superprofiling’ finally wraps in Germany — with Meta agreeing to data limits

A multi-year competition challenge to Facebook (aka Meta), which saw Germany’s antitrust authority become a pioneering champion for privacy rights in 2019 after it sought to block the social media giant’s ‘superprofiling’ of users on the grounds that consentless cross-site … Continue reading

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