Pitch Deck Teardown: Terra One’s $7.5M Seed deck
Terra One's pitch deck has a few wins, but also a few misses. Here's how to fix that. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreWomen in AI: Chinasa T. Okolo researches AI’s impact on the Global South
Chinasa T. Okolo researches AI policy and governance in the Global South. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreDisrupt 2024 early-bird tickets fly away next Friday
TechCrunch Disrupt takes place on October 28–30 in San Francisco. While the event is a few months away, the deadline to secure your early-bird tickets and save up to $800 is fast approaching. You have until May 31 at 11:59 p.m. PT to take advantage of this great deal! The
Read moreRegular Vigilance Crucial for Spotting Software Breaches
Chief Technology Officer for Obsidian Systems, Karl Fischer, says “Constant vigilance is essential to identifying software security breaches.” Fischer recounts, “In late March, a critical security breach was uncovered in the upstream source code of XZ Utils, a set of open-source tools and libraries for the XZ compression format. The
Read moreUS pharma giant Cencora says Americans’ health information stolen in data breach
About half a million patients have been notified so far, but the number of affected individuals is likely far higher. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreStandard Bank, MiDA, Acorn Launch Green Housing Initiative
Acorn Holdings, a well-known real estate developer, is collaborating with Standard Bank and MiDA Advisors to raise USD $700 million (KES equivalent) in long-term blended finance for environmentally friendly, reasonably priced student housing in Kenya. If authorized, the deal will involve a maximum of USD $180 million from the US
Read moreThe dog from the doge meme has died
Photo: Cameron Allan McKean / The Verge The face of one of the defining memes of the 2010s, the doge meme, died on Friday. Kabosu, the shiba inu with the knowing face that launched a million internet jokes, was 18 when she died, her owner posted on Instagram. Kabosu’s life
Read moreLast day to vote for TC Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice program
Attention, tech enthusiasts and startup supporters! The final countdown is here: Today is the last day to cast your vote for the TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice program. Voting closes tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT, so this is your last chance to make your voice heard and help select the
Read moreSignal’s Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash and the “edge lords” at OpenAI
Meredith Whittaker has had it with the “frat house” contingent of the tech industry. I sat down with the CEO of Signal at VivaTech in Paris to go over the wide range of serious, grown-up issues society is facing, from disinformation, to who controls AI, to the encroaching surveillance state.
Read moreLucid Motors slashes 400 jobs ahead of crucial SUV launch
Lucid Motors is laying off about 400 employees, or roughly 6% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of its first electric SUV later this year. The company said in a regulatory filing on Friday morning that it expects to complete the restructuring by the
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