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As expected, Apple is going to address France’s radiation watchdog’s (ANFR) concerns with a software update for the iPhone 12. Earlier this week, the French agency released a public statement announcing that the iPhone 12 breaches radiation levels. It also told Apple that it should halt iPhone 12 sales and release a fix as quickly […]

Apple to release software update for iPhone 12 to solve radiation concerns

When X (formerly Twitter) launched paid subscription verification, Mistress Rouge, a professional dominatrix, hoped that it would help her advertise to new clients. But paying for the service didn’t protect her from X’s crackdown on explicit content, which is a particularly hard blow for sex workers on the platform who have few options to promote […]

Blue checks aren’t protecting sex workers from X’s porn crackdown

The world is still coming to terms with Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israelis last weekend — and everything else that has unfolded so far in the aftermath, including the barrage of retaliation strikes on Gaza. A look at how the situation is playing out in the startup ecosystem sheds light on its impact to the […]

Israel’s startup ecosystem: Down but not out

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. A few months ago, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, tweeted that if he could go back in time and do one thing differently when he was building Reddit, he would have spent significantly less time attending events. Personally I […]

Founders, are events useful?

Hundreds of women have filed lawsuits against Uber claiming the company hasn’t done enough to prevent instances of sexual assault by drivers. Now a panel of judges has ruled that more than 80 cases can be consolidated into federal court.  The stakes are high for both parties with implications extending to future Uber riders and […]

Uber sexual assault survivors call for in-car cameras, tech upgrades

Ripcord, a startup developing robots that can automatically digitize paper records, is hoping to raise $20 million to $25 million in a new funding round that would value the company at $110 million pre-money, according to a source familiar with the matter and a pitch deck viewed by TechCrunch. Alphabet’s GV, Lux Capital and MUFG […]

Ripcord, the Steve Wozniak-backed file scanning startup, is raising new cash

The full picture regarding capital availability for African startups is far from encouraging, but there are always green shoots to highlight.

African startups see their fundraising prospects dry up as capital availability falls yet again in Q3

We asked a number of venture capitalists who are active in the AI investing space to walk us through what they are seeing in the market today.

6 VCs explain how startups can capture and defend marketshare in the AI era

Synapse and Evolve addressed allegations that claimed the companies were at odds with each other after Evolve decided to end the relationship.

Amid breakup, Synapse, Evolve address allegations about how their relationship ended

Volteras aims to be the connective tissue between electric vehicles and everything they might touch — from chargers and home batteries to energy retailers and mapping apps. While flying under the radar for three years, the London-based startup tells TechCrunch that it has raised about $2.9 million and hooked up with some big partners. They […]