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After a weekend of almost complete internet blackout, connectivity in Gaza has been partially restored. On Friday, internet monitoring firms and experts reported that access to the internet had significantly degraded in the Palestinian enclave. The local internet service NetStream…

The Chevy Equinox EV, an all-electric compact SUV that General Motors has aimed squarely at the mass market, will arrive in dealerships in 2024 with a battery range and sticker price that could propel its EV sales and even compete…

The company formerly known as Twitter, X is valuing itself at $19 billion, per internal documents obtained by Fortune. When Elon Musk bought the company one year ago this week, he paid about $44 billion for the microblogging platform, or…

HBCU.vc said it hopes the partnership leads to more opportunities for HBCU students and alumni to tap into tech. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

In this issue: ABL Space nears next launch, news from SpaceX and more. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Volkswagen’s software unit Cariad will delay the launch of its new software architecture yet again as it deals with a large round of layoffs. Just three years after VW created Cariad, and only six months after an executive shakeup, the…

More South Korean investors are putting money into Southeast Korea startups, creating an “investment corridor” between the two regions. The latest one is KIPSEA. Short for Korean Investment Partners Southeast Asia, KIPSEA has a Singapore-based team and just announced its…

More than a year after Adobe announced it was acquiring Figma for $20 billion, the deal remains stuck in regulatory limbo. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Ford and GM are hedging their bets on EVs. In times of transition, that can be a terrible way to run a business. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

X posts that are corrected by Community Notes, the platform’s crowd-sourced fact-checking system, will become “ineligible for revenue share,” Elon Musk said Sunday. “The idea is to maximize the incentive for accuracy over sensationalism,” he wrote. The billionaire executive also…

Popup Bagels raised $8 million in venture capital this week. But why would a bagel store chain want such expensive capital? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Women’s health remains one of the most underfunded, under-researched, and underserved areas of investment and study. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Kenyan B2B e-commerce company MarketForce has shut down operations in three of its five markets in Africa and is in the early stages of launching a social commerce spinout. TechCrunch has learned that MarketForce’s super-app dubbed RejaReja, which enables informal…

The last quarter in venture capital was quite gloomy. Even AI didn’t change the picture that much, but its impact is starting to show in other ways.  © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Hello, ghouls and goblins, and welcome to this Halloween Weekend edition of Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s weekly tech recap in newsletter form. For our U.S.-based readers (and this reporter), ’tis the time for mid-autumn merrymaking — time-tested traditions like…

The maker of the popular optimization app CCleaner has confirmed hackers stole a trove of personal information about its paid customers following a data breach in May. In an email sent to customers, Gen Digital, the multinational software company that…

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. For my column this week, I told the story of how an ex-colleague was impersonated by an AI-powered spambot and almost tricked me. It a…

X, formerly known as Twitter, is introducing two new tiers for its subscription offering in order to bring in additional revenue. The social media giant is adding a new Premium+ tier that costs $16 per month and offers the “largest…

With a massive $2 billion reported investment from Google, Anthropic joins OpenAI in reaping the benefits of leadership in the artificial intelligence space, receiving immense sums from the tech giants that couldn’t move fast enough themselves. A byword for the…

Two of the biggest groups to oppose robotaxi expansion in California are now formally working together. Teamsters 856, which is tied to one of the longest-standing labor unions in the U.S., and Rideshare Drivers United (RDU), a group that advocates…