Category: News

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. This past week, I wrote about the … Read More

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 … Read More

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If you celebrated the American Thanksgiving yesterday, you’re probably stuffed to the gills and barely able to move. Good news, though. It takes only a few clicks — no cardio … Read More

Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset will be powered by two processors, according to renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In Kuo’s latest research report seen by MacRumors and 9to5Mac, the analyst said … Read More

Riding a scooter in Paris will soon feel incredibly… slow. The City of Paris has announced that scooter sharing services should restrict the maximum top speed to 10km/h (that’s 6.2mph). … Read More

The main opposition St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) will meet on Sunday to elect a new leader to replace former prime minister and current Opposition Leader, Dr. Denzil … Read More

Apple and Google have been fined €10 million apiece by Italy’s competition and market authority (AGCM) which has found they did not provide their users with clear enough information on … Read More

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has urged Trinidad and Tobago citizens to “avoid a funeral for Christmas” as the country recorded increased cases of coronavirus including a record 31 deaths … Read More

Fintech startup Jefa has raised a $2 million seed round to build a challenger bank with a product specifically designed for women living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The … Read More

PHOTO: YHOMO HUTCHINSON Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (left), applaud as Health and … Read More

Happy Friday! The TechCrunch crew is still in a modest period of repose thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we wanted you to have numbers to chew on all the … Read More

When TechCrunch asks Flowrite if it’s ‘Grammarly on steroids’, CEO and co-founder Aaro Isosaari laughs, saying that’s the comment they always get for the AI writing productivity tool they’ve been … Read More

Bermuda’s United States-based winger Zeiko Lewis. Photo: CMC Bermudian Zeiko Lewis has beaten off competition from Trinidadian Leland Archer to be named Charleston Battery’s most valuable player for the 2021 … Read More

People wait to get vaccinated at a shopping mall, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. Advisers to the World Health Organization are holding a special session Friday to … Read More

Germany plans to phase out coal use by 2030, eight years earlier than previously planned, as part of its latest climate pledge. That same year, the country wants 80 percent … Read More

As part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google’s Privacy Sandbox by the UK’s competition regulator, the adtech giant has agreed to an expanded set of commitments related to oversight … Read More

It’s been well over two years since the UK’s data protection watchdog warned the behavioural advertising industry it’s wildly out of control. The ICO hasn’t done anything to stop the … Read More

When Polestar launched its first all-electric vehicle last year, it came in a single flavor: a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive configuration that cost around $50,000 before incentives. Next year, the automaker is adding … Read More

Dominica and China have signed an agreement for visa-free travel between the two countries with Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit saying it underscores the ongoing strong relationship between Beijing and Roseau. … Read More

The wonders of helping companies leverage voice AI Voice AI company SoundHound is set to go public on the Nasdaq via a SPAC transaction at a nearly $2.1 billion valuation … Read More

The Jamaica parliament has approved an extension of the states of public emergency (SOE) even as Opposition Leader, Mark Golding, argued that the measures were unconstitutional. Golding was among two … Read More

It’s been almost a year since the EU’s executive announced it would propose rules for political ads transparency in response to concern about online microtargeting and big data techniques making … Read More

The Barbados government has presented a new Charter of Barbados to Parliament that has led to a war of words between Prime Minister Mia Mottley and Opposition Leader Bishop Joseph … Read More

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders were extending sincere condolences to the family of Sir James Mitchell, the second prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, who died Tuesday following a … Read More

It’s always been a slight puzzle why AngelList never really properly took off in Europe, especially when, a few years ago, there was such a dearth of funding options for … Read More

From left: Omaze CEO and co-founder Matt Pohlson, Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, Omaze winner Keisha Schahaff, and Space for Humanity Executive Director Rachel Lyons congratulate Schahaff at her … Read More

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to end legal protections for young immigrants, … Read More

Japanese space startup Astroscale has raised $109 million in a new Series F round of financing, brining the company’s total funding raised to date to $300 million. The company specializes … Read More