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December is getting too long, Christmas music is on every radio station, and poinsettias have reached full bloom. It seems like the year is coming to an end, and we for one are happy to see it go. Let’s take the last 300 hours of the year and let’s start to think about the next year. — Christine And Haje

TechCrunch Top 3

• Will he or will he not?: The poll is over — the majority of people who saw Elon Musk’s post asking whether he should resign as Twitter’s head felt that he should. Ingrid reports. Musk may say a lot, but then he will say more. We’ll see if Musk actually listens to his advice and follows the poll’s results.
• Gaming is a fine pastimeEpic Games, Fortnite’s maker, agreed to pay $520 million to the Federal Trade Commission for children’s privacy violations. Amanda Learn more about Epic’s fines and what it means for Epic.
• Here are a few Google news examplesGoogle is doing a lot of work in India, and Jagmeet, Manish And Ivan They were there to help. First, the company addressed official documents to a DigiLocker integration to Files app, and stated that India’s regulations should be improved Provide legal and innovation certainty for firms. The country has new features Multisearch and in-video searches Being able to Decode bad handwriting from a doctor. You can also find new YouTube features like You can watch a video in multiple languages And Courses, the new edtech from the video unit experience.

Startups and VC

Startup founder life is never boring. This is doubly true for Black founders who often struggle to raise funds and get noticed. Dominic-Madori reports. She conducted a mini-survey for the new year Find out what Black founders expect in 2023. All three founders raised the same concerns: the economy, the environment, and equality.

Connie Fabrice Grinda, a serial entrepreneur from France and New York, was a conversationanger. He co-founded the free classifieds site OLX, now owned by Prosus, and has been building up FJ Labs, his venture company. He often compares the outfit with An angel investor “at scale,” meaning that there are many angel investors. “We don’t lead, price, or take board seats. After two one-hour meetings, we decide whether to invest or not.

We have more for you to satisfy your curiosity:

• AI can see what they did there: ImagenAI, which uses AI for photo editing styles customization, has been awarded $30 millionReports Kyle.
• You really should go places: Helm.ai secures $31 Million to scale its autonomous driving software.Reports Kirsten.
• Very NFTy: Jacquelyn Reports that Revel raised $7.8 Million To become the Robinhood and Instagram of NFT platforms
• A cut above: Rita Reports on salon software Mangomint makes $13 million in profit after booming in post-COVID labor shortage.
• These keyboards are really click!: Frederic Writes up a gift guide For the mechanically inclined (keyboard).

Three Black founders predict that VC will not change in 2023

A rising tide lifts all waters, but when venture capital stops flowing freely, founders who are underrepresented are often left on dry ground.

Dominic-Madori Davis spoke with three Black founders in order to get their thoughts about the current funding landscape as well as the top issues they are concerned about as we enter the new year.

• Vernon Coleman, founder and CEO of Realtime
• Resilia’s founder and CEO, Sevetri Wilson
• Pinnu Analytics founder and CEO Abimbola Adebayo

Okay, if you don’t like that, here are three more TC stories for your enjoyment:

• EVs are the worst: Toyota president continues to push the idea that people hate EVs despite long waitlists,Tim reports.
• Less risk, more dollars: Fundraising stages are not about dollar value — they’re about risk.,Haje muses.
• Chained to a desk: Tech’s latest controversy? The return of the five-day in-person work weekReports Natasha M.

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Big Tech Inc.

Delete on WhatsApp did not always mean delete for everyone. WhatsApp allows you to undo You can delete your files if you move too quickly. Jagmeet Writers claim that the “new feature called ‘accidental deletion’ gives users a five-second window to reverse the action of deleting messages in an individual or group chat and let them delete them for all.”

We have five more:

• A buyer for Voyager DigitalVoyager Digital has had a difficult year. Romain But there are some good news, writes the author: Binance.US has purchased Voyager Digital assets for $1 Billion.
• Monopoly in the market: After preliminary findings suggesting that the company is insolvent, the European Union has begun an investigation into Meta. Facebook Marketplace profited from its dominant market position, Paul writes.
• Get ready for the recap: We all love to see what the year was all about. Do you remember the top nine? Well, Instagram’s new Reels template Let’s make your 2022 recap! Aisha reports.
• Is the WFHer now a slacker?Marc Benioff made statements about work-from home that were interesting Ron He was scratching his head. He went to the company to get clarification, only to discover these new statements. Salesforce’s view on WFH is confusing.
• Bored Apes has a new Chief ApeBored Apes creator Yuga Labs has a new CEO — former Activision COO Daniel Alegre, Amanda reports.