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TechCrunch’s Top 3
- Drop deliveryFor DoorDash, when one door opens, another door closes. Earlier this week, we reported that DoorDash and Facebook were becoming fast friends as they tried out a program to upload and download Facebook Marketplace items for customers. right now, Aisha DoorDash is reportedly ending its delivery relationship with Walmart in September. Walmart may not be too upset about the collapse since it has been running its own delivery efforts.
- Facebook crash: The social media giant is “losing its grip”. Sarah Focus on younger consumers who prefer new apps like TikTok and BeReal. The evidence? Facebook doesn’t seem to be staying in the top 10 of Apple’s App Store. Although this phenomenon is not new to them, Sarah has a lot to worry about when it comes to Facebook.
- Using loveFormer Bolt (this one) CEO Ryan Brelow may still be in hot Twitter water for his comments about the hurdles to compete with rivals, but he said. Connie That he “has no regrets” about anything he said. Instead, he’s jumping into some new ventures, including a “human-run pharmacy” startup called Love.
Startups and VCs
“IPOing is an extremely rare outcome for robotics companies, even in the (now-gone) golden age of SPACs. Given the overall market conditions, some proposed SPACs have been put on hold, hoping to ride more favorable trends.” Brian He writes in the amazing Actuator newsletter discussing three real robot startup results. It’s all about robotics, and you can subscribe to it and our other newsletters. We’re not sure if the form will ask you if you’re a robot to subscribe to the robotics newsletter, but that would be especially funny.
Meanwhile, there have been many moves into the automated transcription-and-note-taking field, such as Rita Otter.ai challenger Airgram has reportedly raised $10 million. Maybe not in response to that, but IvanThe report is interesting — Otter.ai limits its free plan to a maximum of 300 minutes per month, but opens up the recorder to everyone.
Five more that caught our eyes and ears:
- Cutting card: Uni, the Indian post-paid cards startup, plans to temporarily stop its card service in the South Asian market following the local central bank’s guidelines on digital lending. Manish Reports.
- Picking up the rolls: Mary Ann A16z reports that something is changing in the fintech world, with fintech leaders saying “Silicon Valley is becoming unconnected.”
- A lock for your keysIf hackers get hold of secret codes and launder the wallet, users have no way to get their money back. Safeheron received $7 million to secure those keys, according to reports. Rita.
- More money for African pre-seed startups: Microtraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African startups at the pre-seed stage, is announcing a $15 million seed round of its second round of funding. take up Reports.
- what are you saying: Becca He reports that the FDA’s decision to provide over-the-counter hearing loss technology will tie a rocket boost to innovation in the field.
5 investors explain why longevity technology is a long-term game
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In the United States, the average life expectancy has fallen by two consecutive years. In the year In 2019, it was 78.86 years, but in 2020, this figure has decreased by 2 years and 3 months.
The decline was caused by Covid-19, but reporter Anna Heim interviewed five investors who support the development of technology that allows us to live longer and healthier lives.
Life expectancy today is just the beginning, but “space is just getting started and will infiltrate all aspects of our lives in the next five to 10 years,” said one respondent.
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Big Tech Inc.
If you always feel like someone is watching you, it might be TikTok. Natasha L Some independent research has reported that the login code from TikTok’s in-app browser — the term keylogging — tracks keyboard inputs and taps happening on third-party websites within TikTok. Felix Krauss, the developer who conducted the study, said that TikTok may be doing this not only in a malicious way.
How much are you willing to pay to drive an electric vehicle? Lucid is betting at least $249,000. How it rates the new Sapphire Performance EV, Kirsten He wrote. Now, to be fair, it has a glass roof, three engines and a sweet color.
- Clean out your closet: Online home furnishings retailer Wayfair saw its stock drop today after it announced plans to lay off nearly 900 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce. Andrew The move is “a way to rebalance investment interests and meet the company’s current needs,” they wrote.
- Tip your hatW4 Games, creator of the Godot game engine, is tapping the expertise of commercial open source software giant Red Hat to take Godot to the next level. Paul W4 has more on how it plans to do this.
- Clean your plateEuropean food delivery company Just Eat Takeaway is selling its stake in Brazil-based iFood to Process for up to $1.8 billion in an effort to raise some cash in “difficult times”. Paul He wrote.
- Fold your phone: Brian He’s pulling out two Samsung flip phones and showing his friends to see their reaction. Here, we review the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4.
- Know the history of your carLincoln’s idea for an electric vehicle concept car is a bit unusual. Jacqueline The Lincoln Model L 100 concept “pays homage to the brand’s first luxury vehicle, the 1922 Model L,” he writes. You need to see for yourself.
