Engage with aerospace companies at TC Sessions: Space 2021

We're almost ready to initiate the launch sequence for TC Sessions: Space 2021, which takes flight on December 14-15. This is a global space conference extraordinaire and as such, you'll find aerospace companies both on the stage and in the audience. It's an other-worldly networking opp

Family locator service Life360 to acquire Tile for $205 million

Lost-item tracker company Tile, which competes with Apple’s AirTag is being acquired by family communication service Life360. The deal is valued at $205 million and will see Tile continue to be led as its own brand under its existing CEO CJ Prober. The company says no further changes to the T

Daily Crunch: How a 6-month-old fintech startup sponsored Nigeria’s biggest reality show

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for November 22, 2021! I am happy to report that this is a holiday week in the United States, so expect the news to be busy unti

Gillmor Gang: Film @ 11

Nowhere is the mess we're in more volatile than the media war on its rationale for economic survival. As broadcast television gives way to cable and now subscription television, the news networks are caught in a market crash. Trump's loss in the election and social excommunication has made

The US has an education problem, but is Big Tech really the answer?

It may have taken congressional hearings, but America is starting to wake up to the negative effects the unexamined use of technology has on our society — particularly our young people. From the Facebook Papers to the ongoing Elizabeth Holmes trial, we're facing a clear reminder that in t

A ‘techlash’ with Chinese characteristics

The technewss Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. This is the second in a pair of articles comparing the impact of the U.S. and Chinese tech crackdowns. Special Series Editor Scott Bade wrote about the geopolitical

Contracts first, Clubhouse rooms second

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week's startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. During the garage-stage and Zoom-room days of a company's life, fluidity is key to idea creation. The lack of contractual obligations is baked into how we

China and US tech crackdowns set the stage for the next phase of competition

The technewss Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. This is the first in a pair of articles comparing the impact of the U.S. and Chinese tech crackdowns. This piece, by Special Series Editor Scott Bade, considers the

Ford and Rivian cancel plan to jointly develop an EV

Ford and Rivian have abandoned a plan they had to jointly develop an EV together. In an interview with Automotive News, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the automaker will go it alone as it aims to produce 600,000 vehicles per year by the end of 2023. When the company invested $500 million in Rivian i

Daily Crunch: Suburban drone-based delivery service Flytrex raises $40M Series C

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Score a $20 pass to TC Sessions: Space 2021 during our week-long Black Friday sale

Give thanks! The season of sales is upon us, and we here at technewss love a great deal as much as anyone. Scratch that — we love it more. Need proof? We're holding a week-long Black Friday sale on passes to TC Sessions: Space 2021. Starting today, Friday November 19, you can buy general adm

ConstitutionDAO's bold crypto bid for US Constitution falls short

There are 13 surviving copies of the original print of the U.S. Constitution. Today, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) announced it lost its bid to buy one from art dealer Sotheby's after a high-stakes bidding war that captured the internet’s attention. Still, the bold ascenda

Daily Crunch: UK-based subscription service Remojo coaches men to stop consuming pornography

To get a roundup of technewss's biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for November 18, 2021. Today we're talking how audio turns into the written word and how to stop watching certain video cont

Gift guide: 11 gift ideas for the friend who is on way, way too many video calls

Welcome to technewss's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We've got lots of them. We're just starting to roll out this year's gift guides, so check back from now until the end of December for more! Everyone’s on video calls all the time these days, and there