How TechCrunch+ followed the venture dollars in 2022

When looking at how TechCrunch+ covered venture in 2022, we didn’t see a lot of positive news. We saw layoffs, demands for growth at all costs, VCs sitting on mountains of cash and low funding for minority groups — again. While some of these things may seem contradictory, that’s what VCs thrive on. Let’s get … Read more

Meet the cybercriminals of 2022

Arrested, seized, doxed and detained. These are just some of the ways police and prosecutors around the world took down the biggest cyber-crime operations of the year, even if it meant resorting to new and unconventional eyebrow-raising methods. From stashing billions of bitcoin under the floorboards to teenage hackers gatecrashing Fortune 500 networks, this year … Read more

5 promising fusion startups that aren’t unicorns — yet

The biggest news last week wasn’t another of Elon Musk’s Twitter tantrums, but the announcement that scientists had finally cracked one of fusion power’s biggest challenges — successfully getting more energy out of a controlled fusion reaction than they had put in. Fusion power, which has always seemed like science fiction and just about as … Read more