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    Financial API provider Brick is building the infrastructure for open banking in Southeast Asia – TechCrunch

    The adoption of financial apps is surging in Southeast Asian markets like Indonesia, the region’s most populous country. Founded by fintech veterans last year,...

    Visualping, which scans the web for changes (including new vaccination slots), raises $2 million – TechCrunch

    Years ago, founder Serge Salager, a Vancouver-based entrepreneur, had taken an earlier company public on the Toronto Stock Exchange when a deep-pocketed buyer started...

    Europe’s rush for a COVID-19 ‘digital pass’ stirs concerns – TechCrunch

    More details have emerged today about the European Commission’s legislative proposal for a pan-EU ‘digital green pass’ to show verified COVID-19 status. The plan...

    Uber to classify UK drivers as workers – TechCrunch

    Uber changes driver classification following a legal defeat in the U.K., Facebook says it will crack down on rule-breaking Groups and Snap makes an...

    Cymbio raises $7M to help brands expand to more e-commerce markets – TechCrunch

    Cymbio, a Tel Aviv-based startup focused on what it calls “brand-to-retailer connectivity,” announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding. CEO...

    What To Know About the Amazon Unionization Vote

    The most closely watched union election in recent history is underway in Alabama, where almost 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse near Birmingham are...

    How to recruit data scientists without paying top dollar – TechCrunch

    Tianhui Michael Li is founder of The Data Incubator, an eight-week fellowship to help Ph.D.s and postdocs transition from academia into industry. Previously,...

    BMW takes the wraps off the i4, its first all-electric sedan – TechCrunch

    BMW plans to have 25 electrified cars in its lineup by 2025 and it’s taking a few more steps in this direction this year...

    Okay, the GPT-3 hype seems pretty reasonable – TechCrunch

    This morning TechCrunch covered an interesting round for Copy.ai, a startup that employs GPT-3 to help other companies with their writing projects. GPT-3, or Generative...

    To solve all the small things, look to everyday Little AI – TechCrunch

    Maya Mikhailov Contributor Maya Mikhailov is a founder of SAVVI AI and previously co-founded GPShopper, acquired by Synchrony in 2017 where she was SVP and general...

    Fraud prevention platform Seon raises a $12M Series A round led by Creandum – TechCrunch

    Seon, which lets online businesses fight online fraud like fake accounts has raised a $12 million Series A round led by Creandum, with participation...

    Walmart joins effort to let people vaccinated at its stores verify their status with mobile apps.

    People who get Covid-19 shots at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club stores may soon be able to verify their vaccination status at airports,...

    Lucid Motors sees a second life for its EV batteries in energy storage – TechCrunch

    Lucid Motors has designed the battery packs in its luxury electric vehicle for two lives. The company, which is already experimenting with energy storage...

    Amazon will expand its Amazon Care on-demand healthcare offering U.S.-wide this summer – TechCrunch

    Amazon is apparently pleased with how its Amazon Care pilot in Seattle has gone, since it announced this morning that it will be expanding...

    From improving cancer treatments to saving the bees, these are the companies in IndieBio’s latest class – TechCrunch

    Ultra precise cancer therapies! Human-like hair grown from plants! A way to potentially save the bees! The spectrum of companies coming out of IndieBio has...

    France’s competition authority declines to block Apple’s opt-in consent for iOS app tracking – TechCrunch

    Apple has fended off an attempt by advertisers in France to use a competition complaint route to derail incoming pro-privacy changes in iOS that...