What’s up with Qi2 and why should you care?
If you’ve been following the onslaught of gadget news out of Berlin this week, you’ve no doubt heard Qi2 pop up more than once. Notably, Anker and Mophie have both announced products that adopt the standard. So, [Seinfeld voice] what’s the deal with Qi2? Should you care and can the
Read moreDFT conventions: NumPy vs Mathematica
Just as there are multiple conventions for defining the Fourier transform, there are multiple conventions for defining the discrete Fourier transform (DFT), better known as the fast Fourier transform (FFT). [1] This post will look at two DFT conventions, one used in Python’s NumPy library, and one used in Mathematica.
Read moreGoogle brings that cheap flight data and the feds investigate Elon’s glass house
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Kirsten is away, so I’ll be your host this week. It’s been another week of probes into Tesla that appear to be coming from
Read moreThis veteran VC doesn’t think ARM’s IPO will have the impact that everyone is hoping it will
The startup industry has been whistling a happy tune ever since the British chip designer ARM filed paperwork with the SEC late last month for an initial public offering. The growing expectation is that the hotly anticipated offering will force open the IPO window for many other offerings, too. But
Read moreLaunch into the future with the complete Space Stage agenda at TC Disrupt 2023
We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce the complete Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. We’re joining forces with the Aerospace Corporation to host this stage and of course are excited to hear the startup pitches from the Space Domain Awareness Challenge Pitch-off. Space tech, while one of the most complex
Read moreGreylock, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Pear VC join Startup Battlefield judges
Just a couple more weeks until 20 of the world’s top early-stage startups take to the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 to compete for an equity-free, $100,000 grand prize and eternal glory. They’ll face tough questions from our judges and must stand out against a crowd of super-star founders.
Read moreCrypto funding in August wasn’t as good as the numbers may lead you to believe
At this point, it seems the only thing that could shake up the seemingly never-ending decline in venture interest in crypto would be a drastic thawing of the crypto winter.
Read moreWatered-down SEC fund disclosure changes still worth paying attention to
While VCs may have dodged a bullet regarding what fund disclosure rules the SEC did pass, they shouldn't overlook them.
Read moreInside Rent Butter: Why credit scores shouldn’t tell the whole story
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. As we head into a long holiday weekend here in the U.S., we look at — among other things — a surprising tie-up between Amazon and Shopify, Klarna’s Q2 results, and
Read moreAmazon increases fees, ChatGPT comes to the enterprise, and Apple announces a press conference
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the major happenings in tech over the past few days. If you’ve been too slammed to follow the developments play-by-play, you’ve come to the right place. That’s what WiR is for. In this edition of WiR, we cover Teamshares,
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