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YC’s letter to founders, Apple’s folding device and the DOJ’s new stance on hackers
Hi all! Welcome back to Week in Review, our newsletter where we wrap up many of the top stories to hit TechCrunch over the last seven days. The big thing this week, based on what people were reading m
Another week of job slashes and crypto crashes
Hi friends! Welcome back to Week In Review, the newsletter where we wrap up many of the top stories to cross TechCrunch’s front page over the last seven days. The big thing this week — at leas
Here’s everything you need to know from the Google I/O 2022 keynote today
It’s Google I/O keynote day! Once a year Google kicks off its developer conference with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, finally unveiling so many of the things they’ve been working o
A brutal week of layoffs
Hi friends. In case you missed it last week: I’m Greg, and I’m handling Week in Review now that Lucas is off with Anita building their new crypto-focused podcast/newsletter, Chain Reaction
Elon’s big week
Hi! I’m Greg Kumparak. I’ll be heading up Week in Review for the foreseeable future, with your former host Lucas Matney diving into cryptoland with the launch of a newsletter and podcast c
How to get into Y Combinator, according to YC’s Dalton Caldwell
At TechCrunch Early Stage, Y Combinator's Dalton Caldwell shared insights on the application process — what works on an application, what doesn't, and the right ways to stand out.
Samsung is making a Pokémon phone because why not
Are you looking to buy a folding smartphone? Do you want it to be Pokémon-themed? And do you live in South Korea? If all those stars are aligned just right, do we have some good news for you: Samsung
Dyte raises $11.6M to help developers build better video calls
If you’re looking to integrate video or audio calls into your product, you don’t necessarily have to build it out from the ground up. Unless you’ve got some super-specific needs, there are SDKs
Built Robotics raises another $64M to make construction equipment autonomous
If you’re still wrapping your head around the idea of self-driving cars, get ready for something that might seem even wilder: self-driving construction equipment exists, and it’s already o
After six months of invite-only sales, Amazon Glow is now available to all in the US
Back in September of last year, Amazon announced a curious-looking device called the Amazon Glow. Part video calling device and part projector, it’s meant to connect kids with distant family mem
Here’s everything Apple announced at today’s ‘Peek Performance’ event
It’s Apple event day! The day when the company takes the (once again remote/virtual) stage to reveal everything it’s been working on behind the scenes lately. Didn’t have time to fo
Fetch raises $3.5M for its self-service truck rental marketplace
Once upon a time, I had a truck. I loved that truck! I didn’t actually use the truck as a truck all that often, so eventually I sold it and bought something more in tune with my daily needs. Som
Celebs back Backbone’s mobile gaming controller with $40M round
Before the pandemic, I traveled a lot for work. My suitcase packing list, honed over the years, was pretty much set in stone. Backbone’s iPhone gaming controller is one of a few new things in re
Schoolytics is a dashboard that keeps teachers, students and parents on the same page
When I was in school — which, judging by how my spine feels most mornings, was fourteen thousand years ago — keeping track of how you were doing on your homework felt, itself, like homework. Paren
These are the 6 companies in Graham & Walker’s latest accelerator class
Graham & Walker, an accelerator and venture fund focused on helping female and non-binary founders, has announced the latest batch of companies to enter its accelerator program. I hopped on a call
Dashworks is a search engine for your company’s sprawling internal knowledge
As a company grows, the amount of important information employees need to keep track of inevitably grows right along with it. And, as your tech stack gets more complicated, that information ends up sp
Here are all 20 companies from Alchemist Accelerator’s latest Demo Day
Alchemist Accelerator is back with another Demo Day — its 29th Demo Day overall, and the latest in the series to be entirely virtual. As an enterprise-focused accelerator, Alchemist primarily works
The biggest news from CES 2022
Be it virtual, in-person or some mix of the two, CES is a beast. How could you keep up with all of the news flooding out of the show? You can’t, really. The big outlets each put a small army on
VR and AR continue to simmer at CES 2022
It has somehow, inexplicably, impossibly been almost 10 years since the original Oculus Rift hit Kickstarter. A decade of development later, VR headsets have gotten better and better — but it’
Zuddl raises $13M for its simple but powerful virtual events platform
Will the world ever go back to big in-person events? Of course. Eventually. CES already moved in that direction this year, for better or worse. But everyone’s already gotten a taste of virtual e