Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at layoffs at BaaS startup Unit and car insurance company Loop, as well as Brex’s decision to abandon its co-CEO […]
Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy ‘turn on the lights’
A galaxy 300 million light-years away in space suddenly brightened four years ago. Astronomers think they have witnessed a black hole waking up.
TechCrunch Space: A new era for human spaceflight research
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. We’ll have to wait a little longer for the return of Boeing’s Starliner capsule from the International Space Station — the […]
Amazon deals of the day: M2 MacBook Air, Kindle Scribe, more
Amazon’s best deals of the day on June 15 include the M2 MacBook Air, Beats Studio Buds, Netvue bird feeder, and the Kindle Scribe.
FTC Chair Lina Khan on startups, scaling, and ”innovations in potential law breaking”
FTC Chair Lina Khan was the youngest person appointed to her position when she assumed the job in 2021. But once her term ends in September – after […]
Lawsuit claims Apple is systemically underpaying female employees
A new lawsuit alleges Apple has been paying thousands of female employees less than their male counterparts due to potentially sexist wage practices.
We’re about to learn a whole lot more about how the human body reacts to space
We could be entering a renaissance for human spaceflight research, as a record number of private citizens head to space — and as scientists improve techniques for gathering […]
FTC Chair Lina Khan says the agency is going after the ‘mob bosses’ in Big Tech
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is focusing its efforts on going after Big Tech, according to FTC Chair Lina Khan, who spoke at TechCrunch’s Strictly VC event in […]