[[{“value”:” The U.S. crossed the 100 million paid subscriber mark for music streaming services for the first time ever last year, as per a new report by the Record Industry Association of America (RIAA). The subscriber number was up from 96.8 million in 2023, with year-on-year growth of roughly 3%. RIAA’s report said that these numbers […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Aletiq secures $6.5M for its SaaS tool focused on product lifecycle management
[[{“value”:” Aletiq has raised a €6 million funding round led by Point Nine a few months ago (around $6.5 million at current exchange rates). The French startup is announcing the founding round today. Aletiq has been developing product lifecycle management (PLM) software for manufacturing industrial companies working in aerospace, automotive, electronics, luxury and more. When you […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Factorial snaps up $120M from General Catalyst to boost its HR sales and marketing
[[{“value”:” While Rippling and Deel duke it out in the field and in the courtroom alleging illegal sales and marketing tactics, here’s another way to boost business growth: pick up a massive sum of cash to expand your operations in those areas. Factorial, the Barcelona-based “unicorn” startup that provides an all-in-one HR platform in the cloud […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Trump fires FTC commissioners, setting up a legal battle
[[{“value”:” President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, setting up a challenge to a 1935 Supreme Court precedent prohibiting the firing of FTC commissioners for reasons other than “good cause.” The White House terminated commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya earlier Tuesday, The New York Times reported. In […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Nvidia and Google DeepMind will help power Disney’s cute robots
[[{“value”:” Nvidia is collaborating with Disney Research and Google DeepMind to develop Newton, a physics engine to simulate robotic movements in real-world settings, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced at GTC 2025 on Tuesday. Disney will be among the first to use Newton to power its next-generation entertainment robots, like the Star Wars-inspired BDX droids — one […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
JD Vance claims freeing AI from regulation is good for American workers and tech innovators
[[{“value”:” On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance said that the Trump administration’s support of AI and tech innovations should benefit both populists and those investing and leading tech companies. “I think there’s too much fear that AI will simply replace jobs rather than augmenting so many of the things that we do now,” said Vance at […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
Elon Musk’s DOGE leadership likely violates constitution’s appointments clause, judge says
[[{“value”:” Elon Musk’s role overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency is likely a violation of the United States constitution’s appointments clause, a federal judge wrote Tuesday. Theodore Chuang, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, wrote in an opinion there is more than enough evidence — mostly from statements made by […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
New $5M deep tech fund aims to lure founders from universities
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NASA astronauts return from long Space Station stay prompted by Boeing problems
[[{“value”:” Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have returned to Earth after a nine-month stay on the International Space Station — a trip that lasted far longer than originally planned thanks to leaks and thruster problems on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they used to get there. Williams and Wilmore splashed down in the Gulf of […] © 2024 TechCrunch….
What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit
[[{“value”:” Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to operate a robotaxi service there. The permit, which Tesla applied for in November 2024, doesn’t cover autonomous vehicle […] © 2024 TechCrunch….