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In the Lego-like world of Roblox, about a hundred blocky avatars march through a lamplit street, wielding Palestine flags that are larger than their own animated bodies. Characters dressed like cartoonish dinosaurs, steampunk zombies and pastel pink pop stars chant…

In an attempt at damage control, the CEO of the equity management startup Carta, Henry Ward, today emailed customers, telling them that if they are concerned about “negative press” tied to the outfit, they should read a Medium post of…

Investment advisers who seek to innovate will need to tread carefully in this space to avoid missteps, which could have significant consequences for their viability. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher than last year and growing. Earlier this year, mass workforce reductions were driven by the biggest names…

This afternoon, the Biden White House convened a meeting of top executives and government officials to discuss growing calls to institute right to repair on a national level. The virtual meeting came two weeks after California Governor Gavin Newsom signed…

Electric and hydrogen-powered heavy truck maker Nikola was awarded $165 million from its founder and former executive chairman, Trevor Milton, in an arbitration proceeding. Nikola said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that an arbitration panel in…

Less than a month after Waymo’s Los Angeles County expansion, labor organizers and an LA lawmaker are calling for new autonomous-vehicle regulations. On Tuesday, the office of LA Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez said he will introduce a motion “urging officials in…

But let’s not forget as we dig into the reasons why we are seeing a new wave of tech layoffs that this is more than an academic exploration. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

As if robocalling wasn’t already enough of a problem, the advent of easily accessible, realistic AI-powered writing and synthetic voice could supercharge the practice. The FCC aims to preempt this by looking into how generated robocalls might fit under existing…

One key area of private-market performance that we haven’t yet given enough attention to is the matter of exits. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

In this issue: No new regulations on human spaceflight, news from Varda Space and more. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Tesla has the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice — again. Tesla has received requests for information, including subpoenas from the DOJ, the automaker disclosed Monday in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The DOJ issued subpoenas related…

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! Unfortunately we can’t…

The federal government’s approach to hydrogen is strikingly similar to the way it promoted biofuels a decade ago. That’s not a good thing. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

When Monday.com faced the classic build vs. buy dilemma for a new database, it decided to build one, but with a decided twist. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Tucker Carlson has raised $15 million for a new subscription-based entity. But he’ll need more than name recognition for it to succeed. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Paddy Cosgrave has stepped down as CEO of Web Summit, the 14-year-old conference business that he cofounded and which has gone on to host one of Europe’s biggest annual tech events, along with four other events around the globe. Following…

German insurtech company Getsafe is still bullish about direct-to-consumer insurance, but others are moving away from this business model. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Source: techcrunch.com

Announced amid a deluge of news at this week’s Delivering the Future event in Seattle was word that Amazon will begin testing Agility’s Digit in a move that could bring the bipedal robot to its nationwide fulfillment centers. It’s baby…