10 editor-tested travel gifts for frequent fliers in 2023
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been traveling a lot this year. In fact, I’ve been back to my 2019 levels of travel, which has been a breath of fresh air after being pandemic-grounded for a couple of years. I like to return to this list every time TechCrunch
Read moreDoorDash adds new safety tools for its delivery people, including ‘driving insights’
DoorDash is launching three new in-app safety tools for its delivery people, the company announced on Friday. The food delivery platform is introducing driving insights, expanding its Apple CarPlay integration to more states and adding speed limit notifications to its in-app navigation interface. With the new driving insights feature, delivery
Read moreCyber Security Today, Nov. 3, 2023 – Hackers are after vulnerable Apache and Citrix products
Hackers are after vulnerable Apache and Citrix products. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, November 3rd, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. It didn’t take long for threat actors to exploit a vulnerability in the Apache ActiveMQ message broker.
Read moreChinese EV darling Nio to cut 10% staff amid ‘fierce competition’
Nio, the Chinese carmaker known for its sleek, premium electric SUVs, has started a new round of layoffs as intense competition propels it to cut costs and regroup resources. In an internal letter seen by TechCrunch on Friday, Nio’s CEO William Li says the company is expected to reduce “around
Read moreMeta’s latest privacy rip-off will test the EU’s mettle for reining in Big Tech
This week Europe was treated to another show of the mutability of tech after Meta, the microtargeting ad empire formerly known as Facebook, announced it would be launching an ad-free subscription — with a starting price of €10 per month (on web) or €13pm (mobile). As recently as mid 2019,
Read moreHashtag Trending Nov.3-Cloudflare experiences technical issues; Microsoft cracks down on excessive use of AI; Security professionals unhappy?
Cloudflare experiences more technical issues, Microsoft may be moving to restrict excessive use of AI, Security professionals are reporting “low happiness” ratings and the use of automation and AI has MSN.com taken to task by rival CNN for low quality and sometimes erroneous content. These and more top tech
Read moreBlackbird invests in Carepatron’s “radically accessible” healthcare management platform
When TechCrunch covered Carepatron’s pre-seed last year, it was focused on serving solo practitioners and small health practices. Now the healthcare management system has scaled along with its clients, and works with medical practices that range in size from five to 100 practitioners. The platform is now used in about
Read moreTomasz Tunguz: From Java engineer to investor in eight unicorns
Ben talks with venture capitalist Tomasz Tunguz about his path from Java engineer to Google product manager and finally to author and investor. They cover why lower data storage costs and improved database performance are driving a new wave of innovation, how LLMs learn by doing, and how companies (and
Read moreNorrsken22’s debut fund closes at $205M to back growth-stage startups in Africa
It’s exciting times for growth-stage investment in Africa as Norrsken22, a Pan-African venture capital firm, achieves the final close of its debut fund, raising a total of $205 million, surpassing its initial target. This also highlights a keen interest from institutional investors in supporting African startups at an essential phase
Read moreSam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost
Over five weeks, the FTX founder’s parents watched from the galleys — deluded, humiliated, and finally defeated. The jury took a little over four hours to reach a verdict. When Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the defendant’s parents, came into the courtroom, they looked frightened. Bankman put his arm around
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