Tech layoffs return with a vengeance, Gaza internet collapses and Apple hosts a Halloween event
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the past week in happenings around the tech sphere. Winter’s finally arrived, judging by the NYC weather outside my window — and a winter of a sort might be descending on the tech industry, too, as it unfortunately
Read moreA new breed of companies expand in San Francisco’s prime areas
Ten years ago, Pear VC, then a tiny new venture firm, operated out of a nondescript office in Palo Alto that was enlivened by bright, computer-themed art. Last week, the outfit — which closed its largest fund to date in May — quietly inked a deal to sublease 30,000 square
Read moreAndroid’s new real-time app scanning aims to combat malicious sideloaded apps
Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered potentially harmful. Google announced in October the new real-time app scanning feature built into Google Play Protect that the
Read moreWill this former future unicorn be sold for parts?
While Luko could still sell itself, it seems less likely to receive a "very competitive offer." © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow engineering leaders can use AI to optimize performance
Alex Circei Contributor Share on X Alex Circei is the CEO and co-founder of Waydev, a development analytics tool that measures engineering teams' performance. More posts by this contributor Track the right metrics to improve your developers’ work experience Use DORA metrics to support the next generation of remote-work models
Read moreDeal Dive: AI’s not the only sector dodging the funding slowdown
Defense tech startups raised sizable rounds in 2023, which shows VCs are interested in the sector despite market conditions. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreSam Bankman-Fried’s shadow still looms over the crypto industry
Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Cryptocurrency advocates might believe that FTX’s collapse was an anomaly — but they could have trouble convincing the public of the same. During Sam Bankman-Fried’s monthlong fraud trial, prosecutors presented damning evidence that the fallen crypto
Read moreGoogle DeepMind’s robotics head on general purpose robots, generative AI and office WiFi
[A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with 33 research institutes. The researchers involved compared the system to ImageNet, the landmark database founded in 2009 that is
Read moreLogistic / Normal approximation
In a recent post I pointed out that a soliton, a solution to the KdV equation, looks a lot like a normal density for fixed x. As someone pointed out in the comments, one way to look at this is that the soliton is exactly proportional to the density of
Read moreEdtech giant Byju’s misses revenue projection in delayed financial account
Indian edtech giant Byju’s said on Saturday that revenue of its core business, its largest, in the financial year ending March 2022 stood at $429.18 million, making it clear that the most valuable Indian startup has missed the unaudited $1.25 billion revenue it projected for the group a year ago.
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