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• This former Tesla CIO just raised $150 million more to pull car dealers into the 21st century (Techcrunch)
  “I have to choose my words carefully,” says Joe Castelino of Stevens Creek Volkswagen in San Jose, California, when asked about the managem…
• EU should ban political microtargeting, says bloc's EDPS (Techcrunch)
  The European Union’s chief and data protection regulator has urged EU policymakers to strengthen proposed ‘transparency’ rules for politica…
• Disney+ promises a light ad load and zero commercials for preschoolers on new ad-supported tier (Techcrunch)
  The Walt Disney Company announced two months ago that it would be offering an ad-supported tier.
• Edtech investors are panning for gold (Techcrunch)
  The spotlight on edtech grows brighter and harsher: On one end, remote-learning startups are attracting millions in venture capital.
• Stellantis to increase production of EVs at 2 Canadian plants (Techcrunch)
  Stellantis will spend $2.8 billion to increase production of electric vehicles at two of its Canadian plants.
• Redfin CEO promises to ‘drink our own urine’ if mortgage rates don’t fall (Techcrunch)
  He really said that: When asked about the company’s “Plan B” if mortgage rates don’t fall, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman responded, “Plan B is to…
• Disney+ is getting an ad-supported subscription tier later this year (Techcrunch)
  Disney+ will be getting an ad-supported subscription tier later this year, Disney announced on Friday.
• Customer experience startup Sprinklr files confidential S-1 with SEC (Techcrunch)
  Sprinklr, a New York-based customer experience company, announced today it has filed a confidential S-1 ahead of a possible IPO.
• Kenya’s Twiga Foods eyes West Africa after $30M raise led by Goldman | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Kenya's Twiga Foods has raised a total of $30 million from lenders and investors led by Goldman Sachs.
• Perspectives on tackling Big Tech's market power (Techcrunch)
  The need for markets-focused competition watchdogs and consumer-centric regulators to think outside their respective ‘legal silos’ and find…
• Alibaba and Amazon move over, we visited JD's connected grocery store in China (Techcrunch)
  The arms race to build the future of grocery stores is heating up in China.
• Ban biometric surveillance in public to safeguard rights, urge EU bodies | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  There have been further calls from EU institutions to outlaw biometric surveillance in public.
• Public sector bodies' use of cloud services probed in joint EU data protection enforcement (Techcrunch)
  A coordinated enforcement action focused on public sector bodies' use of cloud services is kicking off across the European Union.
• Google is bringing AI overviews to India, Brazil, Japan, UK, Indonesia and Mexico (Techcrunch)
  After bringing AI overviews to the U.S., Google is expanding the AI-powered search summaries to six more countries: India, Brazil, Japan, t…
• India likely to delay UPI market caps in win for PhonePe-Google Pay duopoly (Techcrunch)
  India is likely to once again extend the deadline for market share caps on UPI in a move that is expected to benefit Google Pay and PhonePe.
• TikTok partners make it easier for brands to reach users (Techcrunch)
  TikTok says marketers will now be able to manage and optimize their content campaigns directly through these third-party platforms.
• Google’s new Private Space feature is like Incognito Mode for Android (Techcrunch)
  The space is available from the launcher and can be locked as a second layer of authentication.
• ClickUp raises $400M at a $4B valuation to expand its all-in-one workplace productivity platform (Techcrunch)
  Companies like Slack and Asana stormed into the world of tech to steal a march on incumbents like Microsoft in providing a new wave of poin…
• 7 investors discuss web3's present and peer into its future (Techcrunch)
  We surveyed select investors in web3 to find out where web3 stands and what the future holds.
• Google AI helped find the first solar system outside our own with 8 planets (Techcrunch)
  Google and NASA today announced the discovery of a new planet in solar system Kepler 90, achieved using machine learning.
• South Africa's NFTfi raises $5M so people can use their NFTs as collateral for loans | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Once regarded as a fad (for some, it still is), NFTs, digital assets that depict real-world objects, are becoming increasingly popular with…
• Arc is building an AI agent that browses on your behalf (Techcrunch)
  Arc Browser is building an AI that surfs the web for you and gets you the results while bypassing search engines.
• Flush with fresh funds, UK ‘eco laundry’ startup Oxwash spins up growth plans (Techcrunch)
  startup that’s spent the last few years applying high tech processes to shrink the environment cost of dry cleaning and commercial laundry,…
• US says Royal ransomware gang plans 'Blacksuit' rebrand (Techcrunch)
  The prolific Royal ransomware gang targeted hospitals, healthcare organizations, and critical infrastructure across the United States.
• Apple launches iPhone Mirroring on Mac in latest iOS and Mac betas (Techcrunch)
  i Phone Mirroring, one of the more notable features arriving in Apple’s upcoming operating systems, is now available to developers testing…
• Robinhood banks on retirement to slow user attrition (Techcrunch)
  Layering retirement accounts into the mix will only increase the amount of orders flowing through Robinhood's platform.
• UK’s ICO warns over ‘Big Data’ surveillance threat of live facial recognition in public (Techcrunch)
  The UK's chief data protection regulator has warned over reckless and inappropriate use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places.
• MotoRefi raises $10M to keep pedal on auto refinancing growth | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  A month before the COVID-19 pandemic had spread to North America, auto fintech startup Moto Refi — newly armed with nearly $9 million in ve…
• SoFi goes international with acquisition of Hong Kong-based investment app 8 Securities | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Consumer financial services platform So Fi is making its first expansion outside of the United States with the acquisition of Hong Kong-bas…
• California’s legislature just passed AI bill SB 1047; here’s why some hope the governor won’t sign (Techcrunch)
  SB 1047 has drawn the ire of Silicon Valley players large and small, including venture capitalists, big tech trade groups, researchers and…
• Verizon bets on fiber's staying power as it acquires Frontier for $20B | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Verizon's big interest in Frontier is its fiber business and the fact that it extends to places that Verizon does not currently cover as we…
• Sequoia announces $1.35 billion venture and growth funds for India and Southeast Asia | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  Sequoia Capital India on Monday announced it has secured $1.35 billion from LPs for two new funds as the storied venture firm looks to ramp…
• Rivian lands $1.5B in incentives for EV factory in Georgia (Techcrunch)
  Rivian will receive a $1.5 billion incentives package to build its massive factory in Georgia, according to documents posted Monday by the…
• TezLab CEO Ben Schippers to discuss the Tesla effect and the next wave of EV startups at TC (Techcrunch)
  As Tesla sales have risen, interest in the company has exploded, prompting investment and interest in the automotive industry, as well as t…
• MWC to bar some Russian companies from next week's show (Techcrunch)
  The GSMA, which puts on the world’s largest annual mobile connectivity show (aka Mobile World Congress) has confirmed it will ban some Russ…
• With $18M in funding, System Initiative wants to modernize DevOps | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  System Initiative, a company that aims to rebuild DevOps from the ground up, raises $18 million and launches its platform in private beta.
• Hustle Fund’s side hustle just helped it close a third fund (Techcrunch)
  Hustle Fund, built by Elizabeth Yin and Eric Bahn, just closed its third investment fund and shared its secret: a revenue-generating busine…
• E3 Capital and Lion's Head climate fund hits first close at $48M to back African startups (Techcrunch)
  The fund targets to close at $100 million, joining the growing list of funds backing startups in Africa’s climate tech sector.
• Google Cloud launches new software supply chain and zero trust security services (Techcrunch)
  Google Cloud is holding its annual Security Summit this week and unsurprisingly, the company used the event to launch a few new security fe…
• VoiceOver on the iPhone was a miracle for people who can’t see, and it keeps getting better (Techcrunch)
  Sight Tech Global features a conversation about Apple VoiceOver between Matthew Panzarino, Areeba Kamal and Dean Hudson.
• Target to launch its own version of Amazon Prime, starting at $49/year | TechCrunch (Techcrunch)
  During Target’s investor event on Tuesday, the retail giant announced it is launching a paid membership program, Target Circle 360, on Apri…
• Concerto snags $21.2M to bring co-branded cards to more brands (Techcrunch)
  Concerto, a startup developing a platform to make it easier for brands to roll out co-branded credit card programs, has raised $21.2 millio…
• Steam (officially) comes to Chrome OS (Techcrunch)
  Google officially announced the launch of Steam OS on Chrome OS.
• CryptoPunks creator inks representation deal with major Hollywood talent agency (Techcrunch)
  One of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies is getting into the NFT game.
• Crypto mayors on the rise (Techcrunch)
  One mayor is certainly notable, and two mayors a pattern. But with more than three mayors on board the bitcoin bandwagon, it’s clearly a tr…
• Google TV to launch AI-generated movie descriptions (Techcrunch)
  Gemini, the company's family of generative AI models, will enhance the smart TV operating system so it can generate descriptions for movies…
• Elon Musk completes Twitter purchase, Meta’s in trouble and it’s time to admit self-driving cars (Techcrunch)
  Welcome back to another edition of TechCrunch Week in Review, the place where we point you to the hottest stories of the past seven-ish day…
• Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored (Techcrunch)
  What do you do to build a deck that can’t be ignored? To answer that question, we assembled a group of three exceptional venture capitalist…
• TechCrunch+ roundup: Palihapitiya on SPACs, inside Rivian's IPO, BaaS pros talk shop (Techcrunch)
  I have worked in startups for more than half of my life, and for most of that time, I was the only Black person in the room.
• Real estate is facing a climate crisis (Techcrunch)
  It's not an easy problem to solve, but there might be huge potential here.