Lunar Outpost eyes up first mover advantage for moon markets

“This is going to be the largest market in human history.” Justin Cyrus, co-founder and CEO of Lunar Outpost, is referring to the space economy: the slew of activities... Read more »

The experiment of force-feeding late-stage startups infinite money is wrapping up

In the final quarter of 2019, startup funding rounds worth $100 million or more reached a local minimum. With 103 such deals, Q4 2019 saw just $22.7 billion disbursed... Read more »

‘Elden Ring’ gaming giant Bandai Namco says hackers may have stolen customer data

Bandai Namco, the Japanese video game publisher behind titles including Pac-Man, Tekken and Elden Ring, has admitted that hackers accessed its systems and potentially made off with customer data.... Read more »

The next big emoji update may include a moose, a goose, pink heart, and wireless sign

Just before World Emoji Day on Sunday, we are getting a glimpse of new emojis that we might get to use on our phones in a few months. Folks... Read more »

Syrup Tech bags $6.3M to develop some sweet inventory-planning software

Knowing how much and which kind of inventory your brand needs involves a complex web of data that companies often keep up with via spreadsheets or legacy systems that... Read more »

Japan’s SmartBank raises $20M Series A for its prepaid card and finance app

Shota Horii, his twin brother Yuta Horii and Jun Taketani co-founded SmartBank in 2019 after selling their previous startup Fablic, a Japanese online secondhand marketplace, to Rakuten in 2016. While operating Fablic, the trio... Read more »

Ukrainian startup Preply beats the geopolitical odds with $50M to grow its language learning platform

As Ukraine continues to be battered by Russia in an unprovoked war that has sent hundreds of thousands of refugees scattering elsewhere, a language learning startup hatched by Ukrainians... Read more »

African Leadership Group acquires coding school Holberton

Coding school Holberton today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by African Leadership Group (ALG). The seven-year-old company, with physical schools across the globe... Read more »

Activision Blizzard’s Johanna Faries will discuss Call of Duty at TechCrunch Disrupt

Activision Blizzard, the games giant behind Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush (to name just a few), has come off a year filled with internal labor... Read more »

Amazon’s Ring gave a record amount of doorbell footage to the government in 2021

Ring, the maker of internet-connected video doorbells and security cameras, said in its latest transparency report that it turned over a record amount of doorbell footage and other information... Read more »
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