Bolt’s Breslow faces uphill battle with proposed cramdown
Bolt’s aggressive ultimatum to its existing shareholders will be an expensive uphill battle, an expert familiar with Bolt’s corporate charter tells TechCrunch. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreApple is bringing audio sharing to Beats Studio Pro via firmware update
A firmware update is delivering multi-user audio sharing, allowing music to be streamed to multiple headphones at once. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGamified rower startup Aviron branches out into bikes
At around $2,000, the Fit Bike places the system between Peloton’s entry-level Bike ($1,500) and Bike+ ($2,500). © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow to freeze your credit after a data breach
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge Back in 2017, Equifax announced that hackers stole half of the US population’s Social Security numbers in what, we said, “will likely end up being one of the worst data breaches to ever affect the country.” Perhaps — until this year, when about
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: This startup wants to mine water on the moon
Meet Starpath, a startup that wants to make it possible for you to live on Mars one day. Starpath is building robots that it hopes will be able to autonomously mine liquid oxygen from the moon. That liquid oxygen can then be used to develop fuel for spacecrafts, which could
Read moreZomato buys Paytm’s entertainment ticket business for $244 million
Zomato, the Indian food delivery giant, has acquired the entertainment ticketing business of financial services firm Paytm for $244.1 million, signaling a strategic move to enhance its “going out” offerings. The acquisition, among the largest M&A deals among new-age Indian tech companies, encompasses Paytm’s ticketing services for movies, sports, and
Read moreAfriLabs Welcomes New Hubs and Expands to South Africa
AfriLabs welcomes 18 new member hubs around the continent in Q2 2024. This development increases AfriLabs’ footprint across Africa, including our first base in a new city, Stellenbosch, South Africa. The following hubs reflect Africa’s diverse and vibrant innovation landscape, providing new insights and innovative activities to the AfriLabs community.
Read moreOnly 3 days left for massive savings on tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Tick-tock! We’re in the last 3 days to save up to $600 on TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 tickets. Lock in these low prices before August 23 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Be part of the 10,000+ innovators, founders and investors gathering at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30. Disrupt 2024
Read moreTwo incident management startups join forces as FireHydrant nabs Blameless
FireHydrant, an NYC incident management startup that launched in 2019, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Blameless, a former competitor. The companies did not share the purchase price. Both companies help SREs (site reliability engineers) deal with the daunting job of keeping software and websites up and running. When
Read moreRing’s new battery doorbell has head-to-toe video
Ring announced on Wednesday the next generation of its Battery Doorbell. For $100, customers get extended battery life, color night vision, a head-to-toe view of visitors and a new push-pin mounting system. Head-to-toe HD video was previously only available with the Doorbell Plus and Pro models. Now, according to Ring,
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