The USPS proposes a new mail delivery fleet that’s 40 percent electric

The service’s Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, which is being built by Oshkosh. | Image: USPS The United States Postal Service, or USPS, has another new proposal that raises the percentage of electric vehicles it plans on purchasing to modernize its fleet (via Electrek). In a press release on Wednesday, the service said that “at least…

Amicus Filings in Biogen v. Mylan Urge SCOTUS to Eliminate Uncertainty in Drafting Patents to Satisfy Written Description Requirement

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court received several amicus briefs filed in support of the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Biogen International GmbH v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. If cert is granted, this case will ask the nation’s highest court to clarify the written description requirement under 35 U.S.C. § 112. The appeal follows…

TikTok rolls out new accessibility and translation tools to bring its content to more users

TikTok announced today that it’s introducing new caption and translation tools to make its content more accessible for users around the world. The new updates will support an initial batch of languages, including English, Portuguese, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Mandarin, Spanish and Turkish. Firstly, the company is launching auto-generated captions for users. Viewers, in addition…

Spyware maker Candiru linked to Chrome zero-day targeting journalists

Security researchers have linked the discovery of an actively exploited but since-fixed zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome to an Israeli spyware maker targeting journalists in the Middle East. Cybersecurity company Avast has linked the exploitation to Candiru, a Tel Aviv-based hacking-for-hire company also known as Saito Tech, which provides its powerful spyware to government clients….

Cityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi will discuss human-centered healthcare at Disrupt

If ever there were an industry ripe for disruption, it’s healthcare. Yet, the idea of building a billion-dollar business by addressing the physical, social and behavioral health needs of marginalized communities might seem far-fetched — until someone does it. That’s just one reason we’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Toyin Ajayi, co-founder and CEO of…

GitHub slows hiring for certain roles as it prioritizes ‘strategic hires’

GitHub appears to have pulled back on hiring across certain parts of the organization, becoming the latest tech giant to refactor its recruitment strategy in anticipation of an economic downturn. According to reports on Twitter and several candidates TechCrunch spoke with, GitHub has in recent days closed roles that were previously open, canceling interviews and…

Growth cheat code: Use fractional hiring to stay on plan when cutting costs

Teja Yenamandra Contributor Share on Twitter Teja Yenamandra is the co-founder and CEO of Gun.io. Venture funds are clear: Given the uncertainty of the coming few years as the Fed seeks to unwind its decades-long monetary policy, the mandate for CEOs is to: Cut burn. Slow growth. Carefully manage towards profitability. This is a tough…