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Tesla delivers record number of EVs in ‘exceptionally’ difficult quarter
Tesla reported Saturday that it delivered more than 305,000 electric vehicles in the first quarter, a record-breaking figure that was inline with analyst expectations even as production suffered du...
This Week in Apps: TikTok partners with Giphy, new rules for reader apps, Roblox sides with Apple
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a...
What 411 YC Demo Day pitches will teach you about startups
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. It’s YC week, and while I love to question how the accelerato...
From a whirlwind, clarity
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Here’s Y Combinator’s answer to cultivated meat’s scaling problem
The positive impact alternative meat products – like plant-based meat or cultivated meat – can have on the environment is striking. In optimistic scenarios where we transition to from meat-laden to...
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International startups shrug off US insurtech meltdown
The latest Y Combinator cohort featured a number of insurance-focused technology companies, and s...
Indian giant Tata Group to debut super app on April 7
Indian conglomerate Tata Group plans to debut its long-anticipated ‘super app,’ called TataNeu, to the public on April 7, the company has disclosed on its app and Play Store page. Years-in-the-maki...
Hear from these amazing investors and founders on TechCrunch Live this April
TechCrunch Live has an exciting slate of episodes scheduled for April. The speakers come from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and locations. Like always, each episode features an entrepreneur...
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Daily Crunch: Amazon says it’s ‘disappointed’ after Staten Island fulfillment center workers unionize
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Garrett Camp on his startup studio, its new $200M fund and what he makes of ‘Super Pumped’
When I first met Garrett Camp in March 2007 on a reporting assignment, it was at the San Francisco-based offices of StumbleUpon, a web-discovery tool that had registered more than 2 million users a...
TechCrunch+ roundup: YC demo days, pitching warm up drills, Kentucky’s Bitcoin miners
Clearly, demo days are a showcase for tech media, but how much value does this performative Silicon Valley tradition create for founders and investors?
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‘Mars is very quiet,’ but Perseverance rover still captures Martian sounds for science
The microphone aboard Mars Rover Perseverance has captured a number of interesting noises in its explorations, but for the most part, “a deep silence prevails” on the red planet. You ca...
3 things you can do right now to support Ukraine’s IT sector
As members of the global tech community, we are uniquely positioned to help Ukraine at this critical juncture. Here are three ways you can pitch in.
Europe’s AI Act contains powers to order AI models destroyed or retrained, says legal expert
The European Union’s planned risk-based framework for regulating artificial intelligence includes powers for oversight bodies to order the withdrawal of a commercial AI system or require that...
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Disrupt is back and in-person on October 18-20 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, with three full days of startup ecosystem insights, engaging conversations and real-time connections. Plus, w...
Late-stage software startups might be in the most valuation trouble
Is it ironic that the startups whose valuation rose the most appear set to endure the largest correction? No. It’s causal.
Staten Island Amazon workers vote to unionize
Update: Amazon says it’s “disappointed” and “evaluating [its] options” following today’s vote. Full comment: “We’re disappointed with the outcome of the el...
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VC Lotti Siniscalco shares dos and don’ts in the Pitch Deck Teardown at TC Early Stage
Perfect pitch, a singer’s ability to produce any given musical note without a reference tone, is a rare phenomenon — only 1-5 people out of every 10,000 have it. While your odds of creating a perfe...
5 crypto tax tools that could save your ass on Tax Day
A lack of formal guidance from U.S. regulators requires taxpayers to interpret how existing laws intended to regulate traditional assets might apply to crypto.
The US just announced that cars will have to be a lot more fuel efficient by 2026
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a dramatic change to domestic fuel economy standards, a crucial step toward putting more electric vehicles on the road while reducing dependenc...