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Marc Andreessen, Sequoia again back Kearny Jackson, this time in $65M Fund III
After securing $14 million for its second fund in 2023, early-stage VC firm Kearny Jackson is back with…
Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing
In March, Microsoft confirmed that Russian government hackers known as Midnight Blizzard (or APT29) had broken into its…
More ex-military officials are becoming VCs as defense tech investment reached $35 billion
The distance between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon just keeps getting smaller. As venture capitalists continue to pour…
FTC study finds ‘dark patterns’ used by a majority of subscription apps and websites
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday the…
Elon Musk does not owe ex-Twitter staffers $500 million in severance, court rules
Elon Musk faces several lawsuits for firing more than 6,000 Twitter employees, including then-CEO Parag Agrawal, following Musk’s…
Watch The FTC bans NGL from serving minors
Not gonna lie, things aren’t looking great for NGL. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is banning NGL from…
Meta will soon let kids aged 10 to 12 interact with others in VR with their parents’ approval
Meta announced on Wednesday that users aged 10 to 12 will soon be able to interact with others…
AWS App Studio promises to generate enterprise apps from a written prompt
GenAI is everywhere these days, but Amazon Web Services has been perceived in some circles as being late…
From Facebook to the face of crypto: Inside Anthony Pompliano’s wild career
Bang. Bang. In the winter of 2014, a 25-year-old Anthony Pompliano was reading a book on a plane…
Samsung’s Galaxy Ring, its first smart ring, arrives July 24 for $399
Samsung proved it could still offer up surprises when it capped off January’s Unpacked with the reveal of…
Samsung unveils Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Buds 3, available for preorder now and shipping July 24
There’s no right way to design a pair of wireless earbuds. There are, however, plenty of wrong ones.…
XNXX joins handful of adult sites subject to EU’s strictest content moderation rules
The European Union has designated adult content website XNXX as subject to the strictest level of content regulation…
A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023,…
Jesse Pollak will tell us why Coinbase is launching its own Base blockchain at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Last year, Coinbase launched Base, its own layer-2 blockchain. It’s an ambitious project that could profoundly change not…
Iceland is dodging the VC doldrums as Frumtak Ventures lands $87 million for its fourth fund
Iceland’s startup scene is punching above its weight. That’s perhaps in part because it kept the 2021 hype…