Month: January 2023

Curated Loop is ranging indie designer picks for an edgier take on fashion rentals

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Here’s a fashion rental startup with a twist: London, UK-based Curated Loop — which soft-launched a high end fashion rental marketplace last week after bootstrapping to launch an MVP — is sourcing statement pieces from independent designers’ sample stock to style itself as an edgier alternative to more conventional rivals. Its approach means items available … Read more

Daily Crunch: GoMechanic lays off 70% after investors discover ‘founders knowingly misstated facts’

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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Helloooo, Crunchers! The heavy goods train of tech news keeps on rollin’ down (and sometimes off) the tracks. Apropos tracks, we’ve been a little besotted with this absolutely magnificent music video of … Read more

Ted Lasso’s third season kicks off this spring

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Nick Mohammed and Jason Sudeikis in season 3 of Ted Lasso. | Image: Apple Apple announced that one of its biggest streaming series will return later this year. While we don’t have a specific date just yet, Apple says that season 3 of Ted Lasso will premiere on Apple TV Plus in the spring of … Read more

Elon Musk’s tweets take center stage in opening day of his securities fraud trial

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Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk tweets, and “regular people” watch their fortunes evaporate. That was the argument put before a jury by lawyers representing a class of Tesla investors in opening arguments in Musk’s securities fraud trial, which kicked off today in a courtroom in San Francisco. The plaintiffs are arguing … Read more

Scrintal raises $1 million for its visual collaboration tool

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Founded by Ece Kural and Furkan Bayraktar, Scrintal is a visual note-taking and collaboration tool. The Sweden-based company’s product combines visual canvases with documentation to help professionals and teams go from idea to presentable work on the same screen — think Miro meets Notion meets a slew of other tools companies use to keep their knowledge … Read more

Amazon fined by regulators for unsafe warehouse work conditions

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Federal regulators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) found that three Amazon warehouse facilities had violated legislation designed to require employers to provide safe working environments. Investigations found that Amazon workers are at high risk for back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), especially in warehouse environments that prioritize speed over safety. “While … Read more