Category: News

The opposition Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) has won the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections that political observers say will have implications for the future relationship between Trinidad and Tobago … Read More

MAJORITY, a mobile banking service for migrants to the United States, said on Tuesday it had raised $27 million in its Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures. Other … Read More

Kendrick Meek, left, receives condolences from Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), right, and his brother, Lincoln, during the viewing ceremony for Meek’s mother, Carrie Meek, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, at Booker … Read More

Under a new CEO, Twitter’s made an acquisition that speaks to what it might be looking at developing down the line to diversify away further from ad-based, open-ended, consumer chatter. … Read More

Internationally dancehall artiste Shenseea won the 2021 Music Of Black Origin (MOBO) Award for Best Reggae Act during the awards ceremony held in London on Sunday. The MOBO Awards is … Read More

Grip Security, a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps enterprises protect their data in SaaS applications, today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series A funding round led by … Read More

Defending ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup champions Jamaica College booked their place in the quarter-finals of the competition from Group A following a 5-0 win over Bridgeport High at Stadium East on … Read More

Tesla will replace the Autopilot cameras in the front fenders of some its electric vehicles for free, according to CNBC. While Tesla has yet to issue a recall, the news … Read More

It was in 2017 that I covered the emergence and first funding of Learnerbly, a SaaS marketplace for professional development. Quite a lot has happened since then, not the least … Read More

2021 has been a rosy year for China-based Amazon vendors looking for exits. Roll-ups, or brand aggregators, have been flooding China’s export-oriented e-commerce market with capital to scoop up sellers. … Read More

One of the biggest pain points for any business, but especially SMEs, is managing payroll.  A startup that has built payroll automation software to make the process less painful, Pento, … Read More

Felix Capital, the London VC firm that has built a portfolio emphasizing investments in startups in the ecosystem that supports the creative class, is bringing on two more partners, Julien … Read More

Clubbi, a Brazilian business-to-business resource for small food retailers, brought in $4.5 million in seed funding to expand across the country. The remote first company started in 2020 as an … Read More

Samsung Electronics announced today it has merged its mobile and consumer electronics units and unveiled its new leadership to replace its three major divisions leaders, effective starting today (Dec.7), in … Read More

By today’s standards, $10 million isn’t a lot of capital to invest.  But Iterative, which describes itself as a YC-style accelerator focused exclusively on Southeast Asia, says the $10 million … Read More

One of the toughest nuts to crack when it comes to developing carbon-free transportation is flying. Commercial electric planes won’t be feasible until batteries become more powerful and lightweight. Hydrogen-powered … Read More

James Hadley is the CEO and founder of Immersive Labs, the company enabling organizations to continuously measure and optimize the human cyber capabilities of their entire workforce. There are plenty … Read More

U.S. securities regulators have opened a probe into Tesla over allegations from a whistleblower that the company did not disclose to shareholders fire risks from its solar panel systems. The … Read More

Serve Robotics, the autonomous sidewalk delivery company that spun out from Uber-owned Postmates in March, has closed an expanded seed round at $13 million. The company will use the funds … Read More

A virtual bank is soon coming to Indonesia. WeLab, a Hong Kong-based fintech unicorn, announced Tuesday its acquisition of Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ), an Indonesian commercial bank. With the deal, … Read More

Facebook Gaming might not be a hot streaming destination like Twitch or YouTube Gaming, but the social network is steadily adding interactive features to build its appeal. Facebook is trying … Read More

Intel plans to take Mobileye, the advanced driver assistance and automated driving subsidiary it acquired for $15 billion more than four years ago, public next year. Spinning Mobileye out into … Read More

Lyft’s long-time CFO Brian Roberts, who took the company public, announced Monday that he was departing the rideshare company that he joined in 2014 to take the same role at … Read More

When it comes to scaling online communities, Platzi CEO Freddy Vega thinks that edtech can take a few notes from the video game industry. League of Legends, for example, doesn’t … Read More

Less than a year ago, WildWorks, the makers of the kid’s virtual world game Animal Jam, launched its next big effort with a game aimed at Gen Z teens, called … Read More

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for … Read More

Hello and welcome back to Max Q! There was a TON of space news this week so I won’t ramble too much, other than to remind you that many of the people … Read More

Microsoft has seized control of a number of websites that were being used by a Chinese-government backed hacking group to target organizations in 29 countries, including the U.S. Microsoft’s Digital … Read More

Arrival, the electric vehicle manufacturer that aims to break up the assembly line in favor of multiple microfactories, is investing $11.5 million to build a high-voltage battery module assembly plant … Read More

Toyota Motor will build its first battery factory in the U.S. in North Carolina, the company and state officials confirmed Monday, as more automakers seek to take control of the … Read More