TechCrunch's articles Tech For a limited time – Come to any TechCrunch event and bring a friend for free Does anyone hate a great deal? We think not. That’s why we don’t want you to miss out on this time-sensitive Memorial Day 2-for-1 sale on tickets to all TechCrunch events. Buy an attendee ticket to any of the events listed below and you’ll receive a second ticket free (but sorry, it’s not applicable to […] TechCrunch 10 mins agoMay 27, 2022 Tech Epic Games points to Mac’s openness and security in its latest filing in App Store antitrust case In a new court filing, Epic Games challenges Apple’s position that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone’s security. And it points to Apple’s macOS as an example of how the process of “sideloading” apps — installing apps outside of Apple’s own App Store, that is — doesn’t have to be the threat Apple describes […] TechCrunch 10 mins agoMay 27, 2022 Tech Meta consolidates its privacy policy to appease regulators In an effort to make its notoriously dense user agreements less labyrinthine, Meta has rewritten and redesigned how that information is presented. The company insists that the changes are in form, not function, bolding some lines, adding subheaders and illustrations instead of presenting that information as a giant wall of text. The result is still […] TechCrunch 1 hour agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Perhaps faster delivery times were a poor choice from a unit-economics perspective In every startup cycle, there are attempts to get consumers goods faster than ever before, the hope being that technology has improved to the point that such deliveries are financially possible. Infamous dot-com-era flameouts are now ancient history, but they do indicate just how long founders and their backing investors have been working on the […] TechCrunch 1 hour agoMay 26, 2022 Tech TikTok partners with Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi and more to make it easier for brands to reach users TikTok is extending its Marketing Partner Program to add new content marketing partners, the company told TechCrunch. The expansion will allow marketers to manage their TikTok accounts without leaving their third-party content marketing platforms. The short-form video app is partnering with Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi, Dash Hudson, Khoros, Brandwatch and Later for the initial launch. […] TechCrunch 1 hour agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Luminar hires execs from Apple, NVIDIA, and Tesla Luminar, the U.S. lidar company, is the latest to poach executives from Apple, Nvidia and Tesla in the continuing talent war in automated driving and autonomous vehicle technology. Christopher “CJ” Moore, director of autonomous systems at Apple and former director of Tesla’s Autopilot software, has joined Luminar as VP of software. Taner Ozcelik, founder of […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Friendly Apps raises $3 million, pre-product, for apps that improve people’s well-being Longtime engineer and product designer Michael Sayman has been building apps since he was a kid, landing him roles at Facebook, Google, Roblox, and most recently Twitter, where he’s often been tasked with developing products aimed at a teenage audience. Sayman was only 17 when he joined Facebook, but had already built several apps — […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Planet FWD secures $10M so consumer products industry can track carbon emissions Planet FWD, a carbon-assessment startup founded by Zume Pizza co-founder Julia Collins, grabbed another cash infusion in the way of 10 million Series A dollars to continue developing technology so that the $1.5 trillion consumer products industry can more accurately measure and reduce their carbon footprint. We profiled Collins’ journey from pizza to climate-friendly food […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Tech New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio is using bees to create bioplastics Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage – it’s about halfway through its proof of concept – if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplastics are likely to make it into the […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Roofstock founder closes on $90M fund to back early-stage proptech startups Early-stage proptech startups have a potential new source of capital in 1Sharpe Ventures, which recently closed its $90 million inaugural fund. Roofstock co-founder and chairman Gregor Watson and real estate investor Rob Bloemker started the venture firm in 2021, and had their first close last year. The pair say the fund was “oversubscribed.” For the […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Gucci x Oura launch a $950 smart ring to help you discover yourself It’s a common problem among the superwealthy. Sure they can buy fancy clothes, jewelry and fast cars, but at the end of the day, they’re stuck using the same boring gadgets as the rest of us. How can they possibly extend their expensive and flashy taste to consumer electronics? Fortunately, from the bedazzled Nokias of […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Tech Customer support management platform Assembled lands $51M Assembled, which bills itself as a workforce management platform for customer support teams, today announced that it raised $51 million in a Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Emergence Capital and Basis Set Ventures. CEO Ryan Wang says that the new capital will be put toward product development, including […] TechCrunch 4 hours agoMay 26, 2022 Loading Load more
Tech For a limited time – Come to any TechCrunch event and bring a friend for free Does anyone hate a great deal? We think not. That’s why we don’t want you to miss out on this time-sensitive Memorial Day 2-for-1 sale on tickets to all TechCrunch events. Buy an attendee ticket to any of the events listed below and you’ll receive a second ticket free (but sorry, it’s not applicable to […] TechCrunch 10 mins agoMay 27, 2022
Tech Epic Games points to Mac’s openness and security in its latest filing in App Store antitrust case In a new court filing, Epic Games challenges Apple’s position that third-party app stores would compromise the iPhone’s security. And it points to Apple’s macOS as an example of how the process of “sideloading” apps — installing apps outside of Apple’s own App Store, that is — doesn’t have to be the threat Apple describes […] TechCrunch 10 mins agoMay 27, 2022
Tech Meta consolidates its privacy policy to appease regulators In an effort to make its notoriously dense user agreements less labyrinthine, Meta has rewritten and redesigned how that information is presented. The company insists that the changes are in form, not function, bolding some lines, adding subheaders and illustrations instead of presenting that information as a giant wall of text. The result is still […] TechCrunch 1 hour agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Perhaps faster delivery times were a poor choice from a unit-economics perspective In every startup cycle, there are attempts to get consumers goods faster than ever before, the hope being that technology has improved to the point that such deliveries are financially possible. Infamous dot-com-era flameouts are now ancient history, but they do indicate just how long founders and their backing investors have been working on the […] TechCrunch 1 hour agoMay 26, 2022
Tech TikTok partners with Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi and more to make it easier for brands to reach users TikTok is extending its Marketing Partner Program to add new content marketing partners, the company told TechCrunch. The expansion will allow marketers to manage their TikTok accounts without leaving their third-party content marketing platforms. The short-form video app is partnering with Sprout Social, Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Emplifi, Dash Hudson, Khoros, Brandwatch and Later for the initial launch. […] TechCrunch 1 hour agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Luminar hires execs from Apple, NVIDIA, and Tesla Luminar, the U.S. lidar company, is the latest to poach executives from Apple, Nvidia and Tesla in the continuing talent war in automated driving and autonomous vehicle technology. Christopher “CJ” Moore, director of autonomous systems at Apple and former director of Tesla’s Autopilot software, has joined Luminar as VP of software. Taner Ozcelik, founder of […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Friendly Apps raises $3 million, pre-product, for apps that improve people’s well-being Longtime engineer and product designer Michael Sayman has been building apps since he was a kid, landing him roles at Facebook, Google, Roblox, and most recently Twitter, where he’s often been tasked with developing products aimed at a teenage audience. Sayman was only 17 when he joined Facebook, but had already built several apps — […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Planet FWD secures $10M so consumer products industry can track carbon emissions Planet FWD, a carbon-assessment startup founded by Zume Pizza co-founder Julia Collins, grabbed another cash infusion in the way of 10 million Series A dollars to continue developing technology so that the $1.5 trillion consumer products industry can more accurately measure and reduce their carbon footprint. We profiled Collins’ journey from pizza to climate-friendly food […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022
Tech New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio is using bees to create bioplastics Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage – it’s about halfway through its proof of concept – if Humble Bee is successful, its bioplastics are likely to make it into the […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Roofstock founder closes on $90M fund to back early-stage proptech startups Early-stage proptech startups have a potential new source of capital in 1Sharpe Ventures, which recently closed its $90 million inaugural fund. Roofstock co-founder and chairman Gregor Watson and real estate investor Rob Bloemker started the venture firm in 2021, and had their first close last year. The pair say the fund was “oversubscribed.” For the […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Gucci x Oura launch a $950 smart ring to help you discover yourself It’s a common problem among the superwealthy. Sure they can buy fancy clothes, jewelry and fast cars, but at the end of the day, they’re stuck using the same boring gadgets as the rest of us. How can they possibly extend their expensive and flashy taste to consumer electronics? Fortunately, from the bedazzled Nokias of […] TechCrunch 2 hours agoMay 26, 2022
Tech Customer support management platform Assembled lands $51M Assembled, which bills itself as a workforce management platform for customer support teams, today announced that it raised $51 million in a Series B funding round led by New Enterprise Associates with participation from Emergence Capital and Basis Set Ventures. CEO Ryan Wang says that the new capital will be put toward product development, including […] TechCrunch 4 hours agoMay 26, 2022
