The Brutalist Report

TechCrunch

• Daily Crunch: Cartona will use $12M Series A to expand its Egypt-based, B2B e-commerce platform [1155d]
• GM joint venture to receive $2.5B government loan for U.S. battery plants [1155d]
• Faraday’s future on shaky ground as EV production delayed again [1155d]
• Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from Tiktok [1155d]
• Peech is a text-to-speech app that actually sounds good [1155d]
• VCs and founders alike say investors should fold reproductive rights into ESG standards [1155d]
• Dead spiders: nature’s robot hands [1155d]
• Private equity descends on Chartbeat [1155d]
• Crypto valuations may sink until September as VCs play a waiting game [1155d]
• Can a baby’s cry identify neurological disorders? Ubenwa says ‘yes’ [1155d]
• Applications to the Startup Battlefield 200 close this week [1155d]
• Why Clocktower Technology Ventures is still bullish on Latin American fintechs [1155d]
• Google is adding new Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep optimizations for tablets [1155d]
• How e-commerce brands can outlast this market downturn [1155d]
• Anker’s new GaNPrime charger lineup is cranking out up to 150w of power [1155d]
• An actionable framework for founders bridging into web3 [1155d]
• Why you have to pay attention to the public markets this week [1155d]
• Disney+ revives ‘Daredevil’ after Netflix canceled it four years ago [1155d]
• Only five days left to save up to $1,300 on passes to Disrupt [1155d]
• Creators on Facebook can now earn money through videos that use licensed music [1155d]
• Intel’s foundry business strikes MediaTek chip production deal [1155d]
• Meta is shutting down Tuned, its social app for couples [1155d]
• Is the advertising market in trouble? [1155d]
• NFL+ streaming service launches in the U.S., replacing NFL Game Pass [1155d]
• Big Tech’s push to self-regulate harmful content in New Zealand is ‘weak attempt to preempt regulation’, critics say [1155d]
• The “D” in DAO doesn’t stand for democracy, says Upstream CEO Alexander Taub [1155d]
• GM is launching an online EV service to educate and woo consumers [1155d]
• Instacart expands its EBT SNAP payments program to 10 more states [1155d]
• Allwhere launches out of stealth to help companies manage their remote workforces [1155d]
• The race to build a social media platform on the blockchain [1155d]
• Netflix’s iOS app now has a sign up button that takes you to its website [1155d]
• Real driverless cars are now legal in China’s tech hub Shenzhen [1155d]
• The Station: Executive upheaval at VW Group and the tale of two Tesla earnings [1155d]
• Egyptian B2B e-commerce platform Cartona raises $12M to scale and explore new verticals [1155d]
• Seedstars launches second fund to invest in 100 startups in emerging markets [1155d]
• BAI Capital targets China’s globalizing startups with fresh $700M fund [1155d]
• Zomato drops 14% to record low as lock-in period ends [1155d]
• HR automation platform Omni wants to be the “Rippling of Southeast Asia” [1155d]
• Cruise starts mapping Dubai’s streets in prep for 2023 robotaxi launch [1155d]