Extra Crunch roundup: Digital health VC survey, edtech M&A, deep tech marketing, more
Speaking as an unvaccinated urban dweller: I'd rather speak to a nurse or doctor via my laptop than try to remain physically distanced on a bus or hailed ride traveling to/from their office. I had my first telehealth consultation last year,.....»»
UK challenger bank Starling raises $376M, now valued at $1.9B
Challenger banks continue to see huge infusions of cash from investors bullish on the opportunity for smaller and faster-moving tech-based banking startups to woo customers from their larger rivals. In the latest development, UK-based Starling announ.....»»
Hong Kong fintech unicorn WeLab raises $75M led by insurance giant Allianz
One of the few industries that have benefited from the COVID-19 crisis is online finance. Around the world, the pandemic has forced consumers to adopt digital banking. Hong Kong’s WeLab, a fintech company founded in 2013, saw users soar by 20%.....»»
Dealer optimism rides into Q1
Dealers responding to the latest Cox Automotive Dealer Sentiment Index survey rated the upcoming spring selling season the second-best market in the history of the survey......»»
Volvo dealers on edge over digital retail plan for EVs
Volvo dealers say they are "concerned and fearful" about where they stand in a digital-only sales future......»»
Praava Health raises $10.6M to increase access to quality healthcare in Bangladesh
Before launching Praava Health, a company that combines telemedicine with physical clinics, Sylvana Sinha had a successful career in international law, including serving as a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign a.....»»
Apple analyst suggests launch date for its rumored mixed-reality headset
A respected analyst with contacts in Apple's supply chain has forecast launch dates for the tech firm's rumored mixed-reality headset and two other products......»»
You can buy the first-ever tweet. The current bid: $2.5 million
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling the first-ever published tweet as an NFT, a kind of digital collector's item......»»
Elon Musk lost $27 billion last week
Elon Musk's net worth plunged last week as tech stocks got hammered and Tesla shares' stunning rise quickly unraveled......»»
Investors still love software more than life
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday morning? Sign.....»»
Jack Dorsey: Bids reach $2.5m for Twitter co-founder"s first post
The Twitter co-founder has listed his first ever tweet for sale as a form of digital memorabilia......»»
Can Users Poison the Data Big Tech Uses to Surveil Them?
"Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change," argues a new article in MIT's Technology Review (shared by long-time Slashdot reader mspohr): Data is fed into machine-learning algorithms to target you wi.....»»
This Week in Apps: App Store bill passes AZ House, ‘deep nostalgia’ goes viral, Twitter Spaces arrives on Android
This Week in Apps: App Store bill passes AZ House, ‘deep nostalgia’ goes viral, Twitter Spaces arrives on Android.....»»
Jack Dorsey: Bids reach $2m for Twitter co-founder"s first post
The Twitter co-founder has listed his first ever tweet for sale as a form of digital memorabilia......»»
Wind Replaces Coal As Main Source of Power In Germany
Qbertino writes: Heise.de, a German tech news publisher, reports that wind has replaced coal as the main source of power in Germany. From the report: "The share of renewable energies in the amount of electricity generated and fed into the grid domest.....»»
Microsoft hack: White House warns of "active threat" of email attack
The tech giant says a state-sponsored group operating out of China is breaching email servers......»»
VC Lindy Fishburne on the seemingly sudden democratization of science
Deep science investor Lindy Fishburne cofounded the seed- and early-stage venture firm Breakout Ventures several years ago, after cofounding Breakout Labs within the Thiel Foundation back in 2011, and she has amassed a wide array of stakes in the pro.....»»
VC Lindy Fishburne on the sudden democratization of science — and deep tech investing
Deep science investor Lindy Fishburne cofounded the seed- and early-stage venture firm Breakout Ventures several years ago, after cofounding Breakout Labs within the Thiel Foundation back in 2011, and she has made a wide array of interesting bets in.....»»
Consumers fear self-driving future, but like the tech that blazes the path
Only 14 percent of drivers would trust automated vehicles to drive them around, according to an annual AAA survey. But people do like driver-assist features......»»
China will use aging chips while its semiconductor industry catches up
As the trade war between China and the US rages on, the Chinese government is doing everything in its power to prop up the local tech industry. Flagship chinese companies like Huawei no longer get access to American silicon or the software required f.....»»
Women With Byte
Technology can empower society, yet stories of the important women who have shaped that tech are often overshadowed — or even erased. Women With Byte is a continuing series of articles in which we look at the many contributions women have made.....»»