More

    WorldDesk

    Kernel raises $53 million for its non-invasive ‘Neuroscience as a Service’ technology – TechCrunch

    LA-based bio science startup Kernel has raised $53 million from investors including General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Eldridge, Manta Ray Ventures, Tiny Blue Dot and...

    TikTok saw a rise in government demands for user data – TechCrunch

    Earlier this year, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance joined the raft of American tech giants that publish the number of government demands for user data...

    Handsome and nippy, new VanMoof e-bikes could be the shape of cities to come – TechCrunch

    I have to admit, I was an e-bike virgin. Sure, I’d tried out Uber’s Jump bikes and similar e-bikes, but these are more like...

    14 VCs discuss COVID-19 and London’s future as a tech hub – TechCrunch

    The UK has created 63 tech unicorns in the past decade (according to Dealroom), and it almost goes without saying that the vast majority...

    Ryanair Was Started 35 Years Ago With 1 Plane & 25 Employees

    During regular times, hundreds of millions of passengers fly on Ryanair each year. The Irish low-cost carrier is the largest in Europe, and yesterday...

    WhatsApp Business, now with 50m MAUs, adds QR codes and catalog sharing – TechCrunch

    The global COVID-19 health pandemic has raised the stakes for businesses when it comes to using digital channels to connect with customers, and today WhatsApp...

    Gogo Connected Aircraft Will Soon Offer WiFi For 20 Minutes Longer

    Leading inflight connectivity provider Gogo has lowered the altitude at which passengers will be able to connect to the internet on their flights. From...

    Wizz Air Begins Hiring Crew For Its New Abu Dhabi Base

    Wizz Air’s march into Abu Dhabi continues. In the same week that the UAE airport welcomed its first Wizz Air flight, the airline has...

    United & American Backtrack On Hong Kong Flight Resumption

    United Airlines and American Airlines were both due to resume services to Hong Kong this week. However, these plans have been pushed back due...

    What Happened To Air Berlin’s Former Fleet?

    The bankruptcy of Air Berlin two years ago was headline-making news at the time, but all of the aircraft that the carrier operated have...

    Flipkart invests $35 million in Indian giant Arvind Fashion’s unit – TechCrunch

    Flipkart on Thursday announced it has invested $35 million in Arvind Fashions for a significant minority stake in one the decades-old Indian firm’s...

    LocalGlobe and TransferWise’s Taavet Hinrikus back ‘frictionless finance’ startup Radix – TechCrunch

    Radix, a U.K. startup that’s building a decentralised finance protocol on which new financial apps can connect and be built on top of, has...

    An Estonian Man Has Been Stuck In Manila Airport Since Late March

    As restrictions are lifted around the world and people head to the airport once again, some never left. Roman Trofimov, an Estonian tourist, found...

    Yamo scores €10.1M Series A to offer healthier food choices for young children – TechCrunch

    Yamo, a self-described “foodtech” startup that produces and sells healthier food for babies and young children, has raised €10.1 million in Series A funding. Backing...

    Nuggs rebrands as Simulate with new cash, a new CTO and an expanded line of faux-meat foods – TechCrunch

    Nuggs, the alternative-meat company founded by serial entrepreneur Ben Pasternak (who previously co-founded the social media app Monkey), has raised $4.1 million and gotten...

    Joe Coffee raises another $1.3M to help more coffee shops take mobile orders – TechCrunch

    Gone — or at least on hold for a long while — are the days of hanging around a coffee shop, poking around the...