The Station: Archer Aviation’s two big scores, a boost for e-bikes and how Uber defines adjusted EBITDA
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Meet the Black Female Founders from TC Include at TC Sessions: Justice 2021
On March 3, we're hosting TC Sessions: Justice 2021, a day-long virtual conference dedicated to examining diversity and inclusion in tech. Tune in to presentations, panel discussions, breakout sessions and interactive Q&As with key tech leaders. Topics range from accessible product design a
Notion’s hours-long outage was caused by phishing complaints
Last week’s hours-long outage at online workspace startup Notion was caused by phishing complaints, according to the startup’s domain registrar.
Notion was offline for most of the morning on Friday, plunging its more than four million users into organization darkness because of what the
Uber lobbies for ‘Prop 22’-style gig work standards in the EU
Uber is shooting its shot at EU lawmakers as they dial up scrutiny of working conditions on gig platforms to decide whether new rules are needed to improve the lot of gig workers.
The ride-hailing and on-demand food delivery giant has published a white paper today in which it lobbies European polic
India lifts restrictions on mapping and surveying to help local firms
India said on Monday local firms will no longer need a license or other permission to collect, generate, store and share geospatial data of the country, bringing sweeping changes to its earlier stance that it admitted hindered innovation.
Until now, New Delhi required Indian firms to seek licenses
GM unveils a refreshed Chevy Bolt EV and its bigger, yet compact crossover sibling
GM revealed Sunday a refreshed Chevrolet Bolt EV and a new, bigger — yet still compact — crossover called the Chevrolet Bolt EUV as part of the automaker’s goal to introduce 30 electric vehicles in the next four years.
The vehicles, which are expected to go on sale this summer, are like s
Examining the ‘pipeline problem’
The tech industry has long grappled with an overwhelming lack of diversity among employees, executives, venture-backed founders, venture capital firms and board members. And despite recent efforts to increase diversity throughout the industry, tech still remains predominantly white and male.
Over t
Human Capital: Doing away with the NDA
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There’s some new legislation that hopes to prevent the use of non-disclosure agreements in workplace situ
Multiplayer fintech, and the muddled world of startup data
There's always a fintech angle, even on Valentine's Day.
This week, I covered Zeta, a new startup working on joint finances for modern couples. It aims to take away the money chores of a relationship, from splitting the bill at dinner to requesting rent through a payment app every month.
9 investors discuss hurdles, opportunities and the impact of cloud vendors in enterprise data lakes
About a decade ago, I remember having a conversation with a friend about big data. At the time, we both agreed that it was the purview of large companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Google, and not something most companies would have to worry about.
As it turned out, we were both wrong. Within a short
Investors say Belgium’s startups are poised for international expansion
We surveyed five investors from the Brussels, Belgium ecosystem, and overall the mood was upbeat.
Investors are backing companies in smart living, life sciences (“a really promising sector for Belgium”), B2B, “industry 4.0,” fintech, mobility, health and music tech. Food tech appear
Extra Crunch roundup: Metromile CEO interview, Oscar Health’s IPO plans, our 2-year anniversary, more
I’m very proud of the work we’re doing here at Extra Crunch, so it gives me great pleasure to announce that today is our second anniversary.
Thanks to hard work from the entire technewss team, authoritative guest contributors and a very engaged reader base, we’ve tripled our memb
Tony Florence, the head of NEA’s tech practice, on building breakthrough brands
Tony Florence isn’t as well known to the public as other top investors like Bill Gurley or Marc Andreessen, but he’s someone who founders with SaaS and especially marketplace e-commerce companies know — or should. He’s responsible for the global tech investing activities for
Daily Crunch: Jack Dorsey and Jay Z invest in bitcoin development
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z create a bitcoin endowment, Datadog acquires a Startup Battlefield company and BuzzFeed experiments with AI-generated quizzes. This is your Daily Crunch for February 12, 2021.
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