Gen Phoenix’s upcycled leather woos luxury brand investors

The materials developer formerly known as ELeather has a new name and $18 million in fresh growth funding from some of the world’s fanciest brands. Now going by Generation... Read more »

Sepura Home raises $3.7 million to make your kitchen sink a composter

Here’s a clever new bit of kitchen tech. Victoria, BC firm Sepura recently introduced its eponymous home appliance, which sits under a sink in place of a garbage disposal.... Read more »

The takeaways from Stanford’s 386-page report on the state of AI

Writing a report on the state of AI must feel a lot like building on shifting sands: by the time you hit publish, the whole industry has changed under... Read more »

Warner Bros. in talks about a ‘Harry Potter’ TV series for HBO Max

Warner Bros. is in talks about a “Harry Potter” Max Original series on HBO Max, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to TechCrunch. The company is nowhere... Read more »

Woolly mammoth de-extinction is definitely not about making real-life Pokémon

Colossal Biosciences bills itself as the “de-extinction company” and is seeking to bring back the woolly mammoth, the thylacine (aka the Tasmanian tiger) and the dodo. Co-founder and CEO... Read more »

Pinterest expands its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups to five more countries

Pinterest announced today that it’s expanding its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups to five more countries, including Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. The company debuted its $500,000 Creator... Read more »

Spiraling costs are killing the mobile gaming space

Mobile gaming is set to reach $315.9 billion this year, according to Statista, but it’s not easy money: Various subscription models, IP, operating costs and how people access games... Read more »

Israel’s political crisis has activated its apolitical tech industry — and there’s no turning back

As unease spread amongst a handful of entrepreneurs, alarmed at radical “reforms,” proposed by the Benjamin Netanyahu-led government, to the independence of the judiciary, WhatsApp groups were fired up,... Read more »

Using Facebook in the EU? Here’s how to opt out of its creepy ads

Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union objecting to Meta’s behavioral advertising can easily ask for their data not to being used for its consentless tracking-and-profiling thanks to... Read more »

TechCrunch+ roundup: #OpenToWork reality check, deck-free pitching, ARR growth lessons

Annual recurring revenue is a critical health metric for any subscription-based business. Calculating ARR is easy, but it’s a hard number to budge, as it’s a direct reflection of... Read more »
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