TechCrunchflipped into Startup NewsNowLaw Commission proposes revolutionary rules for ownership of crypto tokens and NFTsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Dr. Adam SanittThere is a major earthquake happening in the sphere of digital assets, which is expected to create shockwaves that will impact tech not only in the real world but also in the metaverse. These potentially revolutionary changes appear in an innocuous-looking, if lengthy, consultation paper titled …
TechCrunchflipped into Cybersecurity News and updates1 hour agoTikTok's in-app browser could be keylogging, privacy analysis warnsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Natasha Lomas‘Beware in-app browsers’ is a good rule of thumb for any privacy conscious mobile app user — given the potential for an app to leverage its hold on user attention to snoop on what you’re looking at via browser software it also controls. But eyebrows are being raised over the behavior of TikTok’s …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories1 hour agoOtter.ai challenger Airgram raises $10M to transcribe and time your video callsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Rita LiaoThere’re plenty of tools out there competing to help people make their video calls breezier. Some, like voice transcription service Otter.ai, have been getting a boost from the COVID-19 pandemic and pulling in handsome investments. Now a brave new player called Airgram is charging into the …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories1 hour agoMicrotraction hits $15M first close on its second fund for pre-seed investment in African startupsverified_publisherTechCrunch - Tage Kene-OkaforMicrotraction, an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in African startups at the pre-seed stage, is announcing that it has reached the first close of its second fund, Microtraction Community Limited. The fund doesn’t have a set target at the moment, the founding partners told TechCrunch, …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories2 hours agoTech veterans Nilekani and Aggarwal's India venture raises $227 million second fundverified_publisherTechCrunch - Manish SinghFundamentum Partnership, a venture firm co-founded by Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal, has raised $227 million for its second fund as the high-profile industry veterans double down on backing startups in the South Asian nation. The fund plans to deploy the capital by investing in four to five …
TechCrunchflipped into Latest TechCrunch Stories2 hours agoOtter.ai slashes free monthly transcription minutes to 300, but opens recorder bot to allverified_publisherTechCrunch - Ivan MehtaThere’s good news and bad news for users of the Otter.ai transcription service. The good news is that Otter Assistant — a bot that can be configured to record meetings automatically — will now be available to everyone, regardless of whether they’re a free or paid user. The bad news, however, is that …