Fintech’s wild ride in 2023
Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! What a year
The Rule of X and how cloud leaders should think about growth versus profit
Assigning equal weight to growth and profitability for late-stage businesses is flawed and has caused misguided business decisions. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Ex-Amazon security engineer admits to stealing over $12M in crypto
Shakeeb Ahmed, a former security engineer at Amazon, has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking and stealing over $12.3 million from two crypto exchanges in July 2022. This high-profile cybercrime incident, according
Robinhood’s strategic shift pays off with influx of high-value accounts
Robinhood, the popular trading platform, has recently seen a significant influx of high-value accounts, with more than 150 transfers exceeding $1 million each, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. This
Apple introduces contingent pricing for App Store subscriptions
Apple has unveiled a new feature for its App Store subscriptions, termed “contingent pricing,” aimed at enhancing the way developers attract and retain subscribers, according to a recent 9To5Mac report. This
Google’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major happenings in the tech-o-sphere — or most of them, anyway. As the world’s largest AI conference, NeurIPS, got underway
Democracies are fragile, and hardware is hard
Sometimes it’s important to state the obvious. That democracies are fragile but that technology can help. And also that crowdfunding isn’t always the best way to launch an innovative product. © 2023
Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created
Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their devices rather than on Google’s servers, effectively ending a long-running surveillance practice that allowed police and law enforcement to tap
Robotics Q&A with UC Berkeley’s Ken Goldberg
For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates. Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson Part 2:
Deal Dive: Training the workforce for the clean energy transition
Montamo hires and trains people to work in the clean energy transition with an emphasis on helping migrants build a new career. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.