MIT Media Lab names Dava Newman as new director – TechCrunch
MIT’s famous Media Lab, the multidisciplinary idea factory that produces many a fascinating invention and influential thinker, has found a …
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Astroscale ships its space junk removal demonstration satellite for March 2021 mission – TechCrunch
Japanese startup Astroscale has shipped its ELSA-d spacecraft to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan, where it will be integrated with …
Liberis, the embedded finance provider for SMEs, raises additional £70M in equity and debt – TechCrunch
Liberis, the U.K.-based fintech that provides finance for small businesses as an alternative to a traditional bank loan or extended …
Snoop Dogg’s Casa Verde Capital closes on $100 million as the cannabis industry bounces back – TechCrunch
Casa Verde Capital, the investment fund co-founded by cannabis connoisseur Snoop Dogg (also known as Calvin Broadus), has closed on …
Google, Cisco, and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case – TechCrunch
A coalition of companies have filed an amicus brief in support of a legal case brought by WhatsApp against Israeli …
3 VCs discuss space junk and what else they’re betting on right now – TechCrunch
Space may be the final frontier, but in terms of investment, VCs are just getting started. With that in mind …
Lockheed Martin acquires rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4Bn as Space heats up – TechCrunch
Lockheed Martin (LM), the US’s largest defence contractor will acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), a rocket engine and missile manufacturer, for …
Indian court rejects retail giant Future Group’s plea against Amazon – TechCrunch
An Indian court rejected Future Group’s plea that sought to prevent its partner Amazon from interfering in — and blocking …
Entrepreneurs say regulatory constraints are hampering commercial applications of space tech – TechCrunch
When Payam Banazadeh and his team started Capella Space in 2016, they had visions of providing private industry with a …
Dozens of journalists’ iPhones hacked with NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab – TechCrunch
Citizen Lab researchers say they have found evidence that dozens of journalists had their iPhones silently compromised with spyware known …