Marina Temkin    Norwest Venture Partners, a year old firm backed solely by Wells Fargo, has raised its th fund at billion. That’s a noteworthy number, given that NVP last raised the same amount in December . That was the peak of the venture boom, and at that time, the firm said it increased its capital...

Aria Alamalhodaei    Space and defense startup True Anomaly has laid off around of its workforce and cancelled its summer internship program, TechCrunch has learned. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Aria Alamalhodaei    This will mark Starliner’s second flight to the ISS: The first, an uncrewed mission called Orbital Flight Test, took place in May . TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Aisha Malik    As part of its Q earning release, Snap revealed that total watch time on its TikTok competitor, Spotlight, increased more than year over year. Snapchat launched the TikTok like feed in late as a way to compete with the rising popularity of TikTok. The company is touting the success...

Kyle Wiggers    Google Cloud had a blockbuster quarter, driving parent company Alphabet’s revenues and stock price to impressive highs. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Rebecca Szkutak    This share price gives Rubrik a fully diluted valuation of . billion, up from its last primary valuation of . billion in . TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sarah Perez    Meta’s move into the open social web, also known as the fediverse, is puzzling. Does the Facebook owner see open protocols as the future Will it embrace the fediverse only to shut it down, shifting people back to its proprietary platforms and decimating startups building in the space Will it...

Zack Whittaker    Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying . million members of a data breach earlier in April. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Brian Heater    Sanctuary AI often isn’t mentioned in the same breath as humanoid robotics firms like Boston Dynamics, Agility, Figure and X, but the Canadian company has been operating in the space for some time. In fact, a new robot introduced on Thursday is actually the seventh generation of its Phoenix line....

Aria Alamalhodaei    The contract is part of a larger push from the Force to procure space capabilities from private industry on timelines that have been previously unheard of. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Aisha Malik    As a TikTok ban gets closer to becoming a reality in the United States, it might be time to start thinking about other platforms to adopt early in case you need to fill the void left by the popular app at some point in the future. On Wednesday, President Biden signed a bill that would ; ...

Robert Frawley    Hurry up Our Call for Content ends tomorrow, April at : p.m. PT. If you’re a startup expert eager to lead a session at TechCrunch Disrupt on October , now’s the time to apply Submit your proposal to speak at TechCrunch Disrupt before the deadline. Your topic should empower...

Rebecca Bellan    Social media platform TikTok says that a bill banning the app in the U.S. is unconstitutional and that it will fight this latest attempt to restrict its use in court. The bill in question, which President Joe Biden signed Wednesday, gives Chinese parent company ByteDance nine months to divest...

Amanda Silberling    President Joe Biden signed the bill this week that could ban TikTok from the U.S. if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the platform. According to young political content creators, the ban could decimate Gen Z’s access to political news and information. An unfortunately large amount of ...

Devin Coldewey    This restores, with some changes and protections, the rules passed back in allowing the FCC to enforce basic rules of connectivity and fairness in broadband. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sarah Perez    SkyBridge was among the recipients of a small distribution of , in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Ivan Mehta    Threads and Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that Threads is launching a new feature that lets users filter out words and phrases from their feeds and mentions. The Hidden Words feature automatically mutes common words, phrases, and emojis that might be offensive to users. In addition...

Ingrid Lunden    The company announced that it would start to let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Anna Heim    Fintoc’s API lets online businesses accept instant payments coming directly from the customer’s bank account. This method, known as A A, offers an alternative to credit card transactions. TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Anthony Ha    The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to ban noncompete agreements. While the FTC estimates that nearly one in five American workers is subject to a noncompete, these agreements haven’t been a huge issue in Silicon Valley, because they’re not enforceable in California. This has arguably...