The Federal Trade Commission wants to limit the amount of personal information Drizly can collect as part of the enforcement actions it’s proposing against the marketplace and its CEO. According to the FTC, the alcohol delivery service that Uber had purchased in 2021 and its chief executive, James Cory Rellas, were alerted to security issues…
A Long Process It wasn’t necessary for her to grovel to her husband once she understood her place in his life. As she began the divorce process, she saw her sanity slipping away, which threatened to ruin everything in her life. Her situation left her in tears because she hoped she would come out with…
54gene co-founder and chief executive officer Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has stepped down from his executive role, the African genomics company confirmed to TechCrunch today. The three-year-old company has appointed General Counsel Teresia L. Bost as interim CEO. She will be supported by Chief Operating Officer Delali Attipoe, the company said. Ene-Obong, on the other hand,…
Sequoia India is in advanced stages of deliberations to invest over $50 million in K12 Techno Services, a startup that offers a range of services to education institutions and also runs its own chain of schools, doubling down on a firm that it first backed over a decade ago, two sources familiar with the matter…
The cost of living crisis has made purchasing expensive tech even more difficult. But Best Buy is offering a new program that it hopes will help those struggling to afford a new computer. The retail giant announced the Upgrade+ program, which will allow potential buyers to finance an upgrade to Apple silicon, including the MacBook…
Ted Cruz and his wife, Heidi Cruz. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Ted Cruz said his wife, Heidi Cruz, laughed off Donald Trump’s insult about her looks. Cruz said his “feelings were hurt” but that he moved on to focus on serving Texans. Trump in 2016 posted an unflattering photo of Cruz’s wife next one of his…
Stock photo of a voting booth Hill Street Studios/Getty Images The Arizona GOP asked for donations to help with the 2021 Maricopa County election analysis. Texts show the GOP was clear that the money would not go toward the audit, per the Washington Post. “We were expressly told that we could/should not raise money for…
Tencent’s Pony Ma (left) and Alibaba’s Jack Ma (right) lost $3.7 billion collectively, on Monday. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images The 13 richest people in China lost $12.7 billion on Monday alone, per Bloomberg. Their losses were due to a massive market sell-off over President Xi Jinping’s third term in office. Investors fear the economic fallout from…
Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Tucker Carlson has beef with the House GOP’s campaign chair, Tom Emmer, per Axios’ Jonathan Swan. Carlson made an angry call to Emmer on Friday regarding his son Buckley, per Axios. Carlson demanded to know which GOP aide made unflattering remarks about Buckley. Fox News host Tucker…
Last week at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt event, this editor sat down with VCs from two firms that have come to look similar in ways over the last five or so years. One of those VCs was Niko Bonatsos, a managing partner at General Catalyst (GC), a 22-year-old firm that began as an early-stage venture outfit…