Category: News

The dollar is mostly green, but in the hands of Kompas, so are kroner, euros and shekels. The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has … Read More

French startup Lydia is entering a whole new category by adding trading to its financial super app later this year. The company is partnering with Bitpanda for this feature. Lydia … Read More

ByteDance is shutting down its edtech business in India, the company informed the local team on Monday, according to two sources directly familiar with the matter. The decision follows weeks-long … Read More

Nowhere is the mess we’re in more volatile than the media war on its rationale for economic survival. As broadcast television gives way to cable and now subscription television, the … Read More

The LA Auto Show — one of the first indoor auto shows to return since the COVID outbreak — was light on news and heavier than usual on vaporware. However, … Read More

Christopher Morton Contributor Christopher Morton is COO of Cognito. More posts by this contributor You can’t hack your YC application, but here’s what to avoid The $1 trillion U.S. infrastructure … Read More

Emily de La Bruyère Contributor Emily de La Bruyere is a co-founder of Horizon Advisory, a geopolitical consultancy. Her work focuses on China’s technology standards strategy, digital ambitions, industrial policy, … Read More

Danielle Rose Contributor Danielle Rose is the CEO of SMASH, a STEM education nonprofit creating opportunities for students of color in K-12. It may have taken congressional hearings, but America … Read More

Over the past few weeks a virtual flash mob called the ConstitutionDAO, with thousands of cryptocurrency fans, crowdfunded almost $45 million to buy a copy of the U.S. Constitution. Although … Read More

The Barbados government has sought to give citizens the assurance that the island’s identity will not be impacted by the transition to republic status on November 30. “November 30 will … Read More

Ariel Henry speaks during his appointment as the new Prime Minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, July 20, 2021, weeks after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise at his home. (AP … Read More

The Antigua and Barbuda government says face-to-face learning of all Secondary School students, whether vaccinated or not, against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will begin on Monday. The government also said … Read More

The Pfizer logo is displayed at the company’s headquarters in New York.Mark Lennihan / AP Guyana is open to the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, once it receives … Read More

The Government of the Bahamas says it has now resumed flights to Haiti and Cuba, thereby lifting the travel ban imposed on both Caribbean nations. The announcement was made on … Read More

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette Clarke has welcomed the passage of H.R. 5376, otherwise known as the Build Back Better Act, in the United States House of Representatives. … 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

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. During the garage-stage and Zoom-room days of … Read More

Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up … Read More

Police in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh said on Saturday they have charged senior executives of Amazon India in a case that alleged that the e-commerce marketplace was allegedly … Read More

Scott Bade is special series editor of the TechCrunch Global Affairs Project and a regular contributor on foreign affairs. He’s a former speechwriter for Mike Bloomberg and co-author of “More … Read More

During the garage-stage and Zoom-room days of a company’s life, fluidity can feel key to idea creation. The lack of contractual obligations is baked into how we understand the origin … Read More

Founder and managing partner at Ripple Ventures, Matt Cohen is a business operator turned early-stage investor. More posts by this contributor Founders must learn how to build and maintain circles … Read More

There’s another launch company newly able to count itself among the small (but growing) group that has reached orbit: Astra. The Alameda-based rocket startup notched that achievement late Friday night, … Read More

U.S. financial regulators have approved a new rule that requires banking organizations to report any “significant” cybersecurity incident within 36 hours of discovery.  Under the rule, banks must inform their … Read More

The skyline of the city is a mass of brightly lit office buildings, industrial factories and skyscrapers, the endless hash of lights and shadows making the night seem as if … Read More

The market for crypto-focused investing is growing rapidly. News that Paradigm put together a $2.5 billion fund the other day is a reminder of the scale of funds now available … Read More

The TechCrunch Experts program had an active week! Joey Noble, community manager for Demand Curve, returned with a teardown of Customer.io’s homepage with insights you can apply to your own … Read More

Ford and Rivian have abandoned a plan they had to jointly develop an EV together. In an interview with , Ford CEO Jim Farley said the automaker will go it alone … Read More

announced a new version of its Halo fitness band at its September hardware event, and now you can lock in a pre-order. , Amazon’s first wearable with a display, is … Read More

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the company that oversees the running of trains and buses in New York, has formally renamed the Newkirk Avenue subway station in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in … Read More