<p>X wants to make its platform a home to the future of news and journalism. On that front, the company has now hired John Stoll, a former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal, to lead its news group and partnership team at X. The hiring news was announced on Tuesday during [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hi, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy New Year! And&#8230;surprise!: This will be the last edition of TechCrunch Space for the foreseeable future. I know, it&#8217;s a bummer. But fear not: We&#8217;ll still be reporting on space startups, so I hope you&#8217;ll stay tuned. And there will certainly be a lot to cover. This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hi, and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Happy New Year! And&#8230;surprise!: This will be the last edition of TechCrunch Space for the foreseeable future. I know, it&#8217;s a bummer. But fear not: We&#8217;ll still be reporting on space startups, so I hope you&#8217;ll stay tuned. And there will certainly be a lot to cover. This [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On the first night of CES 2025, Kirin Holdings, a Japanese company known for its beer and beverages, showed off its new electronic spoon that makes your food taste saltier. The company says its spoon uses a weak electric current to concentrate sodium ion molecules in your food, adding a stronger umami and salt flavor [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On the first night of CES 2025, Kirin Holdings, a Japanese company known for its beer and beverages, showed off its new electronic spoon that makes your food taste saltier. The company says its spoon uses a weak electric current to concentrate sodium ion molecules in your food, adding a stronger umami and salt flavor [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Accel has maintained its India fund size at $650 million for its eighth vehicle, even as other venture firms in the region are racing to raise increasingly larger pools of capital. The firm had ample opportunity to raise &#8220;multi-billion dollars,&#8221; said Shekhar Kirani, partner at Accel, in an interview with TechCrunch. But unlike peers who [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Accel has maintained its India fund size at $650 million for its eighth vehicle, even as other venture firms in the region are racing to raise increasingly larger pools of capital. The firm had ample opportunity to raise &#8220;multi-billion dollars,&#8221; said Shekhar Kirani, partner at Accel, in an interview with TechCrunch. But unlike peers who [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A few months ago, United Airlines announced its deal with Starlink to offer in-flight internet access for its passengers. At the time, the airline said it would start testing the new service in early 2025 and then offer it on passenger flights later in the year. United has now accelerated this timeline a bit, with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A few months ago, United Airlines announced its deal with Starlink to offer in-flight internet access for its passengers. At the time, the airline said it would start testing the new service in early 2025 and then offer it on passenger flights later in the year. United has now accelerated this timeline a bit, with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>SpaceX is significantly upping the ante of its Starship test flight program, with the next rocket launch expected to demonstrate payload deployment for the first time.  The payload in question will be 10 Starlink “simulators” that will be similar in size and weight to the next-gen satellites SpaceX plans to use Starship to deploy in [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The president of Meta&#8217;s Global Affairs team, Nick Clegg, is stepping down from his position at the company, the executive announced in a tweet on Thursday. Clegg, Meta&#8217;s politically centrist policy chief since 2018, will be replaced by one of the company&#8217;s most prominent Republican executives, Joel Kaplan. Clegg noted on X that Kaplan is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The president of Meta&#8217;s Global Affairs team, Nick Clegg, is stepping down from his position at the company, the executive announced in a tweet on Thursday. Clegg, Meta&#8217;s politically centrist policy chief since 2018, will be replaced by one of the company&#8217;s most prominent Republican executives, Joel Kaplan. Clegg noted on X that Kaplan is [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek at an internal SpaceX document about such a tender offer from May 2022. Musk posted on X last month that SpaceX holds such sales for employees about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Like many highly valued startups, SpaceX sometimes allows its employees to cash out some of their shares by selling to company-authorized outside investors. TechCrunch has gotten a peek at an internal SpaceX document about such a tender offer from May 2022. Musk posted on X last month that SpaceX holds such sales for employees about [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race. But in 2024, those warning calls were drowned out by a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI promoted by the tech industry &#8212; a vision that also benefited their wallets. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>For several years now, technologists have rung alarm bells about the potential for advanced AI systems to cause catastrophic damage to the human race. But in 2024, those warning calls were drowned out by a practical and prosperous vision of generative AI promoted by the tech industry &#8212; a vision that also benefited their wallets. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Conservative activists claim X is censoring them for being critical of its owner, Elon Musk.</p>

<p>AI holds huge promise for healthcare, but not just on the medical side; many startups are convinced machine learning-based systems can do a lot of good on adjacent tasks such as appointment scheduling and confirmations. Brazilian startup Carecode is among these AI believers. It&#8217;s coming out of stealth with an ambition to reduce healthcare costs [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three crypto industry groups — the DeFi Education Fund, the Blockchain Association, and the Texas Blockchain Council — are suing the Internal Revenue Service to block new regulations that require decentralized finance (DeFi) entities to report customer information. The IRS has been finalizing crypto tax regulations as part of the Biden administration’s Infrastructure Investment and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We are at the dawn of a new space age. If you doubt, simply look back at the last year: From SpaceX’s historic catch of the Super Heavy booster to the record-breaking number of lunar landing attempts, this year was full of historic and ambitious missions and demonstrations.&nbsp; We’re taking a look back at the [&hellip;]</p>