Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I wanted to flag once again that the final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is now live. I’ll be pushing this event for the next few weeks, given that we’re just a bit over a month away! We’d love for …
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From Keith Rabois to Ethan Kurzweil, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions to launch their own funds this year. These employment changes are surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move around very much — especially those who …
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OpenAI’s official press account on X appears to have been compromised by the same cryptocurrency scammers who did the same with company leadership in previous months. Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently created to spotlight product- and policy-related announcements, posted about a supposedly new OpenAI-branded blockchain token, …
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After officially hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports earlier this month, the US government is getting even more serious about keeping China-made autos out of the country. On Monday, the US Commerce Department proposed a new rule that would ban some Chinese- and Russian-made automotive hardware and software from …
Read More »From Lauri Moore to Vic Singh, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs
From Keith Rabois to Ethan Kurzweil, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions to launch their own funds this year. These employment changes are surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move around very much — especially those who …
Read More »TikTok’s Defense Strategy Involves Throwing Shein and Temu Under the Bus
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Last month, venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan announced the Network School, a three-month learning retreat marketed to people interested in “network nations,” a kind of utopia for the anarchocapitalist set. The inaugural class is 150 people. It starts today. Details about the school have been shrouded in secrecy, even for the …
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Read More »Apple iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus Review: Why Go Pro?
In recent years, Apple started giving the iPhone Pro models a significant chip upgrade to increase the performance gap between the phones, but this year they’re all on the same starting point: the A18 chipset. The iPhone 16 Pro devices feature the A18 Pro, which features larger CPU cache sizes …
Read More »Adaptogenic Drinks: The Race to Make Your Coffee Do More and More
While Four Sigmatic smuggles its adaptogens directly into coffee grounds, many adaptogenic drinks pitch themselves as something alternative, often with a lower caffeine content. UK-based Spacegoods’ Rainbow Dust, unmissable in bright pink and purple packaging, contains 80 milligrams—less than most coffees. Its ingredients list boasts lion’s mane, cordyceps, and chaga …
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