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Sports on Amazon: The tech giant wants to continue its march into broadcasting live sports, adding to its current lineup of Thursday Night Football, Premier League soccer and the like, Aisha reports. Pro tip, Amazon: Add cricket to your plans.
Ring true: Movano beat the CES rush and launched Evie, a smart ring focused on women’s health, Brian reports.
In the water: Earlier this month, Boundary Layer pivoted to producing personal watercraft that will run interested parties upward of $60,000 once they’re ready. Haje reports that the company has more than $1 million worth of orders.
Dear Sophie: Do employees have to stop working until they get their EAD?
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I would like to ask you a question, DearSophie.
An employee of ours is on an H-4 visa and has an employment authorization document. He has been waiting five months for the renewal of hisEAD. There is no way to speed this process up. Does he have to stop working if he doesn't get his new card?
We are concerned about another of our employees, who has an L-2 visa and is scheduled to lose it early next year.
The H-4 visa employee wants to visit his family in India for the first time in three years. Will he and his family be able to come back to the US after four weeks?
The manager is contemplative.
Dear Sophie: Do employees have to stop working until they get their EAD?
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Twitter trimming: A Norway-based developer told Ivan that she created a tool to help you cull the list of accounts you follow, because she was reaching the follow limit on the platform.
Political … tick tock: The U.S. House of Representatives has ordered all staff and lawmakers to delete TikTok from their gov-issued phones, citing “security issues,” Carly writes.
Bitcoin mining deal: Galaxy Digital has agreed to acquire Argo Blockchain’s bitcoin mining facility, Helios, for $65 million, Jacquie writes.
Code-generating AI: Sounds cool, right? Well, Kyle wrote about a study that found code-generating AI can introduce security vulnerabilities.
2022 in Review
Good news!: Amanda, Kyle, Tim, Devin and Rebecca have a roundup of some good news in tech for you. This crop of TC reporters put their heads together to mine 2022 for some tech goodness. Climate tech bolstered by the Inflation Reduction Act and the James Webb Space Telescope are on the list.
On the move: Rebecca has compiled the biggest transportation stories that drove the year.
Surveying investors: And Karan and Ram give you a glimpse of the investor surveys that we ran on TC+ this year.
2022 was the kind of year that made us think, “What a time to be alive and reporting on transportation.” This year was absolutely dominated by conversations around the realities of bringing self-dr...With the end of 2022 right around the corner, here’s a look at some of the more interesting answers some of our surveys unearthed this year.
Galaxy plans to acquire Argo’s bitcoin mining facility Helios for $65 million and provide a $35 million loan amid the miner’s restructuring.
Building an investor network from scratch sounds daunting, particularly if you aren’t part of a circle where talking to potential investors is easy.
We’re excited to announce two more early-stage startups participating in the Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day on January 11. If you haven’t heard, this free online showcase features more than 12...Can the EAD process be expedited? Do employees have to stop working if they don’t receive their new EAD card before the old one expires?
It takes a special kind of boldness to raise a wad of cash, claim to have $90 million worth of preorders, then pivot away from passenger ferries and light container ships, and instead start selling...Amazon is developing a standalone app for watching sports, according to a new report from The Information. The move signals Amazon’s continued push toward investing in Prime Video and live sp...De Souza discusses the implications of China’s investments in battery swapping, challenges in scaling fast-charging infrastructure and more.
Venture firms are often involved in multiple deals, so the need to protect one’s IP during early fundraising is far from theoretical.
The U.S. House of Representatives has ordered its staff and lawmakers to delete TikTok from any government-issued mobile devices due to “security issues” with the popular video-sharing app. The ord...A recent study finds that software engineers who use code-generating AI systems are more likely to cause security vulnerabilities in the apps they develop. The paper, co-authored by a team of resea...Climate tech is more relevant than ever in 2022, so we rounded up our hottest TechCrunch+ climate coverage over the past year.
Twitter is a mess, but it’s still addictive. While some folks might have headed to Mastadon, those who stick around might still want to get the best out of the bird site. If you feel that you...Pakistan’s markets regulator issued new guidelines for digital lending in the country, cracking down on several sketchy practices that it said have become prevalent in the South Asian market. The S...Movano’s getting a week’s jump on what might well prove a banner CES for the smart ring. Today the Bay Area-based firm debuted Evie, a smart ring focused on women’s health set to hit the market lat...Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
