Nigerian fintech Zone raises $8.5M seed to scale its decentralized payment infrastructure
African financial institutions typically scale their solutions using a mix of local and foreign tech. Appzone is one of the…
LinkedIn is adding games, for some reason
According to a new TechCrunch report, LinkedIn is gearing up to venture into seemingly unfamiliar territory by introducing gaming features…
SpaceX doc leaks, TikTok ban gains steam, and Grok to go open-source
Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter recapping noteworthy happenings in tech over the past few…
Huawei may have used a very clever trick to make hard disks use less power — spin-on-demand disk drives may well compete with tape on performance, but at what cost?
At MWC 2024, Huawei’s Dr. Peter Zhou took the wraps off a number of new data storage products, including the…
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked
Gumroad, an e-commerce company for creators, updated its rules to more strictly limit NSFW content, citing restrictions from payment processors…
Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots
Pilot season has officially begun for the world of humanoid robotics. Last year, Amazon began testing Agility’s Digit robots in…