Journals

The Information: Sources: some US lawmakers are pushing for an import ban on goods sold on Temu, saying the company hasn’t done enough to stop suppliers from using forced labor  —  A number of U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a… Read More »Sources: some US lawmakers are pushing for an import ban on goods sold on Temu, saying the company hasn’t done enough to stop suppliers from using forced labor (The Information)

Priya Anand / Bloomberg: New York City-based Fabric, which uses AI to automate clinical and administrative work in health care, raised a $60M Series A led by General Catalyst  —  Have worrying symptoms?  Ask the AI.  —  Fabric Labs Inc.,… Read More »New York City-based Fabric, which uses AI to automate clinical and administrative work in health care, raised a $60M Series A led by General Catalyst (Priya Anand/Bloomberg)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Three years after Spotify’s original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature  —  I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to do this again. … Read More »Three years after Spotify’s original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Ring stops selling the Ring Car Cam, its first car dashboard camera, blaming “ongoing delays”, after launching the product in January 2023  —  Ring confirmed to The Verge that it has stopped selling its… Read More »Ring stops selling the Ring Car Cam, its first car dashboard camera, blaming “ongoing delays”, after launching the product in January 2023 (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Reuters: The US DOE says it will suspend its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners, following a lawsuit by bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group  —  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday agreed to… Read More »The US DOE says it will suspend its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners, following a lawsuit by bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group (Reuters)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg spars with a trans Tumblr user over an account ban and reveals private account names, sparking community outcry  —  Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr owner Automattic, is supposed to be on sabbatical. … Read More »Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg spars with a trans Tumblr user over an account ban and reveals private account names, sparking community outcry (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: X starts rolling out audio and video calling to all users, after previously limiting the feature to Premium subscribers; users can disable calling in settings  —  The social platform X introduced a new feature last year… Read More »X starts rolling out audio and video calling to all users, after previously limiting the feature to Premium subscribers; users can disable calling in settings (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Bloomberg: Sources: Jeff Bezos is investing $100M, Microsoft is investing $95M, and Nvidia $50M in humanoid robot startup Figure’s ~$675M funding round at a ~$2B valuation  —  – Figure AI also gets investments from Intel, Samsung and Amazon  — Company,… Read More »Sources: Jeff Bezos is investing $100M, Microsoft is investing $95M, and Nvidia $50M in humanoid robot startup Figure’s ~$675M funding round at a ~$2B valuation (Bloomberg)

Theodore Schleifer / Puck: A look at Marc Andreessen and a16z’s political efforts, including starting the Keep Startups in America PAC and giving millions to a pro-crypto dark-money group  —  Late last month, Marc Andreessen was holding court in the… Read More »A look at Marc Andreessen and a16z’s political efforts, including starting the Keep Startups in America PAC and giving millions to a pro-crypto dark-money group (Theodore Schleifer/Puck)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: The Browser company’s Arc launches an AI-powered “pinch-to-summarize” feature in its Arc Search app that shows a neatly formatted summary with main points  —  The Browser company’s Arc, a browser focused on a less cluttered web… Read More »The Browser company’s Arc launches an AI-powered “pinch-to-summarize” feature in its Arc Search app that shows a neatly formatted summary with main points (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)