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    Authzed scores $3.9M seed to build permissions API service – TechCrunch

    Authzed, an early stage startup that wants to make it easier for developers to build permissions in their applications, announced a $3.9 million seed...

    Europe lays out plan for risk-based AI rules to boost trust and uptake – TechCrunch

    European Union lawmakers have presented their risk-based proposal for regulating high risk applications of artificial intelligence within the bloc’s single market. The plan includes prohibitions...

    Hive raises $85M for AI-based APIs to help moderate content, identify objects and more – TechCrunch

    As content moderation continues to be a critical aspect of how social media platforms work — one that they may be pressured to get...

    Running apps still lag behind on privacy and security – TechCrunch

    Some of the most popular running apps are still lagging behind on security and privacy. That’s the verdict from security researchers who examined the...

    Expenses startup Pleo preps $100M Series C funding, launches new bill payments service – TechCrunch

    Late-stage Fintech startup Pleo, which offers expense management tools and ‘smart’ company Mastercards, says it plans to raise a Series C round of funding...

    Gogoro partners with India’s Hero MotoCorp, one of the world’s largest two-wheel vehicle makers – TechCrunch

    Electric scooters powered by Gogoro’s swappable, rechargeable batteries now account for nearly a quarter of monthly sales in Taiwan, its home market. But one...

    ActiveCampaign raises $240M at a $3B valuation as marketing and sales automation come into focus for SMBs – TechCrunch

    As businesses continue to adopt new digital tools to get their names out into the world, a startup that’s built a sales and marketing...

    Samsung opens beta on Galaxy Upcycling to breathe new life into old phones – TechCrunch

    Samsung announced Galaxy Upcycling a few years back, but has largely been quiet on that front, aside from some stage time at CES back...

    Welcome to the YOLO Economy

    In addition to the job-hopping you’d expect during boom times, the pandemic has created many more remote jobs, and expanded the number of companies...

    Meet Virtual Reality, Your New Physical Therapist

    The company has all of its programs registered with the F.D.A., said Eran Orr, founder and chief executive.Not all the programs offered for V.R....

    Orca AI, which puts computer vision onto cargo ships, raises $13M Series A funding – TechCrunch

    Tel Aviv’s Orca AI, a computer vision startup that can be retrofitted to cargo ships and improve navigation and collision avoidance, has raised $13 million...

    UK startup Causal raises $4.2M to kill Excel with a better number-crunching app – TechCrunch

    Excel and Google Sheets can only address pure ‘number crunching’ in a limited way. A new UK startup, Causal hopes to tackle this issue...

    Nigerian fintech Okra raises $3.5M backed by Accenture Ventures and Susa Ventures – TechCrunch

    The last five years have seen a plethora of fintech applications in Nigeria (and Africa, in general) grow at an astonishing rate. But most...

    Instagram launches tools to filter out abusive DMs based on keywords and emojis, and to block people, even on new accounts – TechCrunch

    Facebook and its family of apps have long grappled with the issue of how to better manage — and eradicate — bullying and other...

    Deliverect gobbles up $65M for a platform that streamlines online and offline food orders – TechCrunch

    Restaurants rode a wave of usage of food delivery services like Deliveroo, Uber Eats and DoorDash in the last year, discovering new revenues and...

    Early Coinbase backer Garry Tan is keeping the “vast majority” of his shares because of this deal – TechCrunch

    A week after the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase staged a direct listing, much of the focus remains on the wealth that the listing generated for...