Braid shuts down, Stash marches toward an IPO and what happens when a fintech relationship fizzles out
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! We covered lots of happenings in the world of fintech this past week —
Read MoreGlencore Ferroalloys introduces coding and robotics in local schools
Glencore Ferroalloys is unwavering in its commitment to enhancing and educating communities with a focus on elevating everyday lives. The organization launched a project to equip young individuals with essential skills and knowledge for future success and problem-solving. The pilot project aims to inspire critical and creative thinking in students
Read MoreThe SBF trial continues, Atlassian acquires Loom, and OpenAI explores making its own chips
Happy Saturday, folks, and welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that covers the major stories in tech over the past several days. I feel inclined to begin this edition with a sobering note about the recent events in Israel and Gaza. It’s obviously impacted the tech ecosystem there,
Read MoreHow roboticists are thinking about generative AI
[A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.] The topic of generative AI comes up frequently in my newsletter, Actuator. I admit that I was a bit hesitant to spend more time on the subject a few months back. Anyone who has been reporting
Read MoreHow generative AI is creeping into EV battery development
Ten billion. That’s how many commercially procurable molecules are available today. Start looking at them in groups of five — the typical combination used to make electrolyte materials in batteries — and it increases to 10 to the 47th power. For those counting, that’s a lot. All of those combinations
Read MoreMore funding for defense tech?
It is too early to tell how long the Israel-Hamas war may last, but it is likely to make democracies' need for defense tech even clearer. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreDeal Dive: Why does General Catalyst want to buy a healthcare system?
Why would a VC firm want to own its own healthcare system? Why would it want that stress or such a costly asset when it could just continue with its healthcare partnerships? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreX accused of illegally firing employee who criticized Elon’s return-to-work plan
The Verge CNBC reports that the National Labor Relations Board alleged, in a complaint filed Friday, that X violated labor law when it fired an employee who criticized the company. Elon Musk bought the company, then known as Twitter, in October and threatened to fire workers who didn’t return to
Read MoreIndia-Pakistan cricket match helps Disney’s Hotstar set global streaming record
In India, few events garner as much attention as a cricket game. A high-profile match between neighbors India and Pakistan delivered a much-needed break for Disney’s Hotstar, which has lost over 20 million subscribers in the past three quarters, and whose executives are anticipated to soon intensify hunt to find
Read MoreNewton line
Let Q be a convex quadrilateral with at most two parallel sides. Draw the two diagonals then draw a line through their midpoints. This line is called the Newton line. (The requirement that at most two sides are parallel insures that the midpoints are distinct and so there is a
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