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2024-05-23 22:00:07

Expressable brings speech therapy into the home
Expressable is a platform that offers one-on-one virtual sessions with speech language pathologists.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/expressable-brings-speech-therapy-into-the-home/

2024-05-23 19:54:25

Spotify to shut off Car Thing for good, leading users to demand refunds
Spotify is notifying customers who purchased its Car Thing product that the devices will stop working after December 9, 2024. The company discontinued the device back in July 2022, but had said at the...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/spotify-to-shut-off-car-thing-for-good-leading-users-to-demand-refunds/

2024-05-23 19:54:16

The biggest French startups in 2024 according to the French government
The French Secretary of State for the Digital Economy as of this year, Marina Ferrari, revealed this year’s laureates during VivaTech week in Paris. According to its promoters, this fifth class was th...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/the-biggest-french-startups-in-2024-according-to-the-french-government/

2024-05-23 18:25:07

$6M fine for robocaller who used AI to clone Biden’s voice
The FCC has proposed a $6 million fine for the scammer who used voice-cloning tech to impersonate President Biden in a series of illegal robocalls during a New Hampshire primary election. It’s more ab...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/6m-fine-for-robocaller-who-used-ai-to-clone-bidens-voice/

2024-05-23 17:25:09

Tesla lobbies for Elon and Kia taps into the GenAI hype
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Is it me, or is the Tesla board be...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/tesla-lobbies-for-elon-and-kia-taps-into-the-genai-hype/

2024-05-23 16:00:09

The U.S. government sues to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster
The United States Department of Justice and 30 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, for alleged monopolistic practices. Live N...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/the-u-s-government-sues-to-break-up-live-nation-ticketmaster/

2024-05-23 15:50:09

‘Pro-competition’ rules for Big Tech make it through UK’s pre-election wash-up
The UK will shortly get its own rulebook for Big Tech, after peers in the House of Lords agreed Thursday afternoon to pass the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer bill (DMCC) — removing the last...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/pro-competition-rules-for-big-tech-make-it-through-uks-pre-election-wash-up/

2024-05-23 13:25:41

Redwood Materials is partnering with Ultium Cells to recycle GM’s EV battery scrap
Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will be recycling production scrap for batteries going into General Motors electric vehicles. The comp...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/redwood-materials-gm-ultium-battery-scrap/

2024-05-23 13:00:45

Lumos helps companies manage their employees’ identities — and access
Andrej Safundzic, Alan Flores Lopez and Leo Mehr met in a class at Stanford focusing on ethics, public policy and technological change. Safundzic — speaking to TechCrunch — says that the class drove h...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/lumos-helps-companies-manage-their-employees-identities-and-access/

2024-05-23 13:00:36

Auggie’s new app helps parents find community and shop
A new startup called Auggie is aiming to give parents a single platform where they can shop for products and connect with each other. The company’s new app, which launched this week, offers parents a ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/auggies-new-app-helps-parents-find-community-and-shop/

2024-05-23 11:25:26

Google to build first subsea fibre optic cable connecting Africa with Australia
Google is preparing to build what will be the first subsea fibre optic cable connecting the continents of Africa and Australia. The news comes as the major cloud hyperscalers battle it out for busines...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/google-to-build-first-subsea-fibre-optic-cable-connecting-africa-with-australia/

2024-05-23 09:26:29

Bing’s API is down, taking Microsoft Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT’s web search feature down too
Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, isn’t working properly right now. At first, we noticed it wasn’t possible to perform a web search at all. Now it seems search results are loading properly. But this ou...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/23/bing-is-down-bringing-duckduckgo-and-ecosia-down-too/

2024-05-23 05:51:24

Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long lost mycoprotein to your plate
The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/meet-the-finnish-biotech-startup-bringing-a-long-lost-mycoprotein-to-your-plate/

2024-05-22 21:50:08

Meta’s new AI council is comprised entirely of white men
Meanwhile, women and people of color are disproportionately impacted by irresponsible AI.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/metas-new-ai-council-is-comprised-entirely-of-white-men/

2024-05-22 19:50:09

Bluesky now has DMs
Social networking startup and X competitor Bluesky is officially launching DMs (direct messages), the company announced on Wednesday. Later, Bluesky plans to “fully support end-to-end encrypted messag...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/bluesky-now-has-dms/

2024-05-22 17:50:08

Techstars CEO Mäelle Gavet is out
Gavet has had a rocky tenure at Techstars and her leadership was the subject of much controversy.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/techstars-ceo-maelle-gavet-is-out/

2024-05-22 17:00:09

Connected fitness is adrift post-pandemic
The struggle isn’t universal, however.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/connected-fitness-is-adrift-post-pandemic/

2024-05-22 16:25:11

HoundDog.ai helps developers prevent personal information from leaking
HoundDog actually looks at the code a developer is writing, using both traditional pattern matching and large language models to find potential issues.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/hounddog-ai-helps-developers-prevent-personal-information-from-leaking/

2024-05-22 15:50:08

Google Pay will now display card perks, BNPL options and more
The changes are designed to enhance the consumer experience of using Google Pay and make it a more competitive option against other payment methods.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/google-pay-will-now-display-card-perks-bnpl-options-and-more/

2024-05-22 15:27:10

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses now let you share images directly to your Instagram Story
Meta is updating its Ray-Ban smart glasses with new hands-free functionality, the company announced on Wednesday. Most notably, users can now share an image from their smart glasses directly to their ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/metas-ray-ban-smart-glasses-now-let-you-share-images-directly-to-your-instagram-story/

2024-05-22 15:27:01

Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice
AI has already started replacing voice agents’ jobs. Now, companies are exploring ways to replace the existing computer-generated voice models with synthetic versions of human voices. Truecaller, the ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/truecaller-partners-with-microsoft-to-let-its-ai-respond-to-calls-in-your-own-voice/

2024-05-22 15:00:26

Bolster, creator of the CheckPhish phishing tracker, raises $14M led by Microsoft’s M12
A dodgy email containing a link that looks “legit” but is actually malicious remains one of the most dangerous, yet successful, tricks in a cyber criminal’s handbook. Now, an AI startup called Bolster...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/bolster-creator-of-the-checkphish-phishing-tracker-raises-14m-led-by-microsofts-m12/

2024-05-22 14:00:11

TikTok turns to generative AI to boost its ads business
TikTok is the latest tech company to incorporate generative AI into its ads business, as the company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a new “TikTok Symphony” AI suite for brands. The tools wil...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/tiktok-turns-to-generative-ai-to-boost-its-ads-business/

2024-05-22 13:50:08

Patronus AI is off to a magical start as LLM governance tool gains traction
These days every company is trying to figure out if their large language models are compliant with whatever rules they deem important, and with legal or regulatory requirements. If you’re in a regulat...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/patronus-ai-is-off-to-a-magical-start-as-llm-governance-tool-gains-traction/

2024-05-22 13:25:25

Immigrant banking platform Majority secures $20M following 3x revenue growth
For a $5.99 per month, immigrants have a bank account and debit card with fee-free international money transfers and discounted international calling.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/majority-immigrant-banking-20m/

2024-05-22 13:25:16

Linktree surpasses 50M users, rolls out its social commerce program to more creators
Link-in-bio startup Linktree has crossed 50 million users and is rolling out the beta of its social commerce program.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/linktree-surpasses-50m-users-rolls-out-beta-social-commerce-program/

2024-05-22 13:01:58

DeepL, the AI language translation startup, nabs $300M on a $2B valuation to focus on B2B growth
Yet more major funding is being poured into a startup focused on AI. Today, DeepL – the company that builds automated text translation and writing tools that compete against the likes of Google Transl...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/deepl-the-ai-language-translation-startup-nabs-300m-on-a-2b-valuation-to-focus-on-b2b-growth/

2024-05-22 13:01:48

Granola debuts an AI notepad for meetings
Granola takes a more collaborative approach to working with AI.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/granola-debuts-an-ai-notepad-for-meetings/

2024-05-22 13:01:40

Aerodome is sending drones to the scene of the crime
Response time is Aerodome’s immediate value prop for potential clients.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/aerodome-is-sending-drones-to-the-scene-of-the-crime/

2024-05-22 12:26:03

Humane, the creator of the $700 Ai Pin, is reportedly seeking a buyer
Humane, the company behind the hyped Ai Pin that launched to less-than-glowing reviews last month, is reportedly on the hunt for a buyer.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/humane-the-creator-of-the-700-ai-pin-is-reportedly-seeking-a-buyer/

2024-05-22 12:25:54

Praktika raises $35.5M to use AI avatars to make learning languages feel more natural
Praktika has secured a $35.5M Series A round to apply AI-powered avatars to language-learning apps.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/22/praktika-raises-35-5m-to-use-ai-avatars-to-make-learning-languages-feel-more-natural/

2024-05-22 04:25:52

Paytm counts costs of regulatory clampdown as losses swell
One 97 Communications, the parent company of India’s leading digital payments platform Paytm, reported a widening of its consolidated net loss to $66.1 million in the quarter ending March, compared to...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/paytm-counts-costs-of-regulatory-clampdown-as-losses-swell/

2024-05-21 21:25:17

Uber and Lyft’s ride-hailing deal with Minnesota comes with a cost
Uber and Lyft drivers in Minnesota will see higher pay thanks to a deal between the state and the country’s two largest ride-hailing companies. The upshot: a new law that gives some protections to dri...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/uber-and-lyfts-ride-hailing-deal-with-minnesota-comes-with-a-cost/

2024-05-21 21:25:08

VCs wanted FarmboxRx to become a meal kit, the company bootstrapped instead
Some startups choose to bootstrap from the beginning while others find themselves forced into self funding by a lack of investor interest or a business model that doesn’t fit traditional VC. FarmboxRx...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/vcs-wanted-farmboxrx-to-become-a-meal-kit-the-company-bootstrapped-instead/

2024-05-21 20:25:08

Autodesk acquires AI-powered VFX startup Wonder Dynamics
3D tools behemoth Autodesk has acquired Wonder Dynamics, a startup that let creators quickly and easily make complex characters and visual effects using AI-powered image analysis. The two companies ha...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/autodesk-acquires-ai-powered-vfx-startup-wonder-dynamics/

2024-05-21 19:25:07

Microsoft’s new ‘Volumetric Apps’ for Quest headsets extend Windows apps into the 3D space
Microsoft announced on Tuesday during its annual Build conference that it’s bringing “Windows Volumetric Apps” to Meta Quest headsets. The partnership will allow Microsoft to bring Windows 365 and loc...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/microsofts-new-volumetric-apps-for-quest-headsets-extend-windows-apps-into-the-3d-space/

2024-05-21 17:25:07

There’s a real appetite for a fintech alternative to QuickBooks
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at the continued fallout from Synapse’s bankruptcy, how Layer wants to disrupt SMB accounting, and much more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s b...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/theres-a-real-appetite-for-a-fintech-alternative-to-quickbooks/

2024-05-21 16:50:07

Bill Gates-backed wind startup AirLoom is raising $12M, filings reveal
The company is hoping to produce electricity at $13 per megawatt hour, which would be more than 50% cheaper than traditional onshore wind.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/bill-gates-backed-wind-startup-airloom-is-raising-12m-filings-reveal/

2024-05-21 15:50:56

UK data protection watchdog ends privacy probe of Snap’s GenAI chatbot, but warns industry
The UK’s data protection watchdog has closed an almost year-long investigation of Snap’s AI chatbot, My AI — saying it’s satisfied the social media firm has addressed concerns about risks to children’...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/uk-data-protection-watchdog-ends-privacy-probe-of-snaps-genai-chatbot-but-warns-industry/

2024-05-21 15:50:37

Microsoft intros a Copilot for teams
Microsoft wants to make its brand of generative AI more useful for teams — specifically teams across corporations and large enterprise organizations. This morning at its annual Build dev conference, M...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/microsoft-intros-a-copilot-for-teams/

2024-05-21 15:50:17

Microsoft’s Power Automate no-code platform adds AI flows
Microsoft wants to put its Copilot everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before Microsoft renames its annual Build developer conference to Microsoft Copilot. Hopefully, some of those upcoming events ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/microsofts-power-automate-no-code-platform-adds-ai-flows/

2024-05-21 15:50:08

As a U.S. ban looms, TikTok announces a $1M program for socially driven creators
TikTok is pulling out all the stops to prevent its impending ban in the United States. Aside from initiating legal challenges against the government, that means shaping up its public image. On Tuesday...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/as-a-u-s-ban-looms-tiktok-announces-a-1m-program-for-socially-driven-creators/

2024-05-21 15:25:29

Spotify’s ‘Listening Party’ feature falls short of expectations
It’s been three years since Spotify acquired live audio startup Betty Labs, and yet the music streaming service isn’t leveraging the technology to its fullest potential—at least not in our opinion. B...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/spotify-listening-party-billie-eilish/

2024-05-21 15:25:19

Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach
U.S. cell carrier Patriot Mobile experienced a data breach that included subscribers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses, home zip codes, and account PINs, TechCrunch has lear...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/conservative-cell-carrier-patriot-mobile-hit-by-data-breach/

2024-05-21 15:01:37

Kickstarter now lets you pledge after a campaign closes
“Late Pledge” allows campaign creators to continue collecting money even after the campaign has closed.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/kickstarter-now-lets-you-pledge-after-a-campaign-closes/

2024-05-21 15:01:27

Alchemist’s latest batch puts AI to work as accelerator expands to Tokyo, Doha
Alchemist Accelerator has a new pile of AI-forward companies demoing their wares today, if you care to watch, and the program itself is making some international moves into Tokyo and Doha. Read on for...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/alchemists-latest-batch-puts-ai-to-work-as-accelerator-expands-to-tokyo-doha/

2024-05-21 14:00:16

Stack AI wants to make it easier to build AI-fueled workflows
Stack AI’s co-founders, Antoni Rosinol and Bernardo Aceituno, were PhD students at MIT wrapping up their degrees in 2022 just as large language models were becoming more mainstream. ChatGPT would be r...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/stack-ai-wants-to-make-it-easier-to-build-ai-fueled-workflows/

2024-05-21 13:00:59

Special mud helps XGS Energy get more power out of geothermal wells
Young geothermal energy wells can be like budding prodigies, each brimming with potential to outshine their peers. But like people, most decline with age. In California, for example, the amount of ele...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/special-mud-helps-xgs-energy-get-more-power-out-of-geothermal-wells/

2024-05-21 13:00:50

Pinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview
Pinecone, the vector database startup founded by Edo Liberty, the former head of Amazon’s AI Labs, has long been at the forefront of helping businesses augment large language models (LLMs) with their ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/pinecone-launches-its-serverless-vector-database-out-of-preview/

2024-05-21 12:00:44

Porsche invests in battery startup South 8 to boost cold-weather EV performance
All cars suffer when the mercury drops, but electric vehicles suffer more than most as heaters draw more power and batteries charge more slowly as the liquid electrolyte inside thickens. Drivers in Ch...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/porsche-invests-in-battery-startup-south-8-to-boost-cold-weather-ev-performance/

2024-05-21 11:25:44

Data-labeling startup Scale AI raises $1B as valuation doubles to $13.8B
Scale AI, a company that provides data-labeling services for training machine learning models, has raised a $1 billion Series F round from a slew of big-name institutional and corporate investors incl...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/data-labeling-startup-scale-ai-raises-1b-as-valuation-doubles-to-13-8b/

2024-05-21 09:01:24

Vitesse, a payments and treasury management platform for insurers, raises $93M to fuel US expansion
London-based fintech Vitesse has closed a $93 million Series C round of funding led by investment giant KKR.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/21/vitesse-a-payments-and-treasury-management-platform-for-insurers-raises-93m-to-fuel-us-expansion/

2024-05-21 00:00:42

Scarlett Johansson says that OpenAI approached her to use her voice
"When I heard the released demo, I was shocked, angered and in disbelief that Mr. Altman would pursue a voice that sounded so eerily similar to mine."
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/scarlett-johansson-says-that-openai-approached-her-to-use-her-voice/

2024-05-20 22:00:31

TechCrunch Space: Star(side)liner
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. For those who haven’t heard, the first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been pushed back yet again to no earlier than May 25. From NASA: “The...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/techcrunch-space-starsideliner/

2024-05-20 21:00:07

NYC-Dublin real time video portal reopens with some fixes to prevent inappropriate behavior
When putting a video portal in a public park in the middle of New York City, some inappropriate behavior will likely occur. The Portal, the vision of Lithuanian artist and entrepreneur Benediktas Gyly...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/nyc-dublin-real-time-video-portal-reopens-with-some-fixes-to-prevent-inappropriate-behavior/

2024-05-20 16:51:06

ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/chatgpt-everything-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot/

2024-05-20 16:50:56

UK’s autonomous vehicle legislation becomes law, paving the way for first driverless cars by 2026
The U.K.’s self-proclaimed “world-leading” regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent — the final rubber stamp any legislation must...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/uks-autonomous-vehicle-legislation-becomes-law-paving-the-way-for-first-driverless-cars-by-2026/

2024-05-20 16:25:36

Disrupt Audience Choice vote closes Friday
TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 is not just about groundbreaking innovations, insightful panels, and visionary speakers — it’s also about listening to YOU, the audience, and what you feel is top of mind for t...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/disrupt-audience-choice-vote-closes-friday/

2024-05-20 16:25:17

Fintech lender Solo Funds is being sued again by the government over its lending practices
SoLo Funds CEO Travis Holoway: “Regulators seem driven by press releases when they should be motivated by true consumer protection and empowering equitable solutions.”
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/solo-funds-lawsuit-cfpb/

2024-05-20 15:25:28

OpenAI to remove ChatGPT’s Scarlett Johansson-like voice
OpenAI is removing one of the voices used by ChatGPT after users found that it sounded similar to Scarlett Johansson, the company announced on Monday. The voice, called Sky, is now being paused after ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/openai-to-remove-chatgpts-scarlett-johansson-like-voice/

2024-05-20 14:50:25

ChatGPT’s mobile app revenue saw biggest spike yet following GPT-4o launch
Consumer demand for the latest AI technology is heating up. The launch of OpenAI’s latest flagship model, GPT-4o, has now driven the company’s biggest-ever spike in revenue on mobile, despite the mode...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/chatgpts-mobile-app-revenue-saw-biggest-spike-yet-following-gpt-4o-launch/

2024-05-20 07:50:56

OpenseedVC, which backs operators in Africa and Europe starting their companies, reaches first close of $10M fund
Founder-market fit is one of the most crucial factors in a startup’s success, and operators (someone involved in the day-to-day operations of a startup) turned founders have an almost unfair advantage...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/openseedvc-which-backs-operators-in-africa-and-europe-starting-their-companies-reaches-first-close-of-10m-fund/

2024-05-20 06:25:25

Pine Labs gets Singapore court approval to shift base to India
A Singapore High Court has effectively approved Pine Labs' request to shift its operations to India.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/19/pine-labs-gets-singapore-court-approval-to-shift-base-to-india/

2024-05-19 23:26:07

UK opens office in San Francisco to tackle AI risk
Ahead of the AI safety summit kicking off in Seoul, South Korea later this week, its co-host the United Kingdom is expanding its own efforts in the field. The AI Safety Institute – a U.K. body set up ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/19/uk-opens-office-in-san-francisco-to-tackle-ai-risk/

2024-05-19 14:50:20

Blue Origin successfully launches its first crewed mission since 2022
Blue Origin has successfully completed its NS-25 mission, resuming crewed flights for the first time in nearly two years. The mission brought six tourist crew members to the edge of space, including a...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/19/blue-origin-successfully-launches-its-first-crewed-mission-since-2022/

2024-05-18 20:27:42

OpenAI and Google lay out their competing AI visions
Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review. This week had two major events from OpenAI and Google. OpenAI’s spring update event saw the reveal of its new model, GPT-4o, which has voice and vision cap...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/18/openai-and-google-lay-out-their-competing-ai-visions/

2024-05-17 21:50:25

Adobe comes after indie game emulator Delta for copying its logo
After Apple loosened its App Store guidelines to permit game emulators, the retro game emulator Delta — an app 10 years in the making — hit the top of the App Store’s charts. But the increased attenti...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/17/adobe-comes-after-indie-game-emulator-delta-for-copying-its-logo/

2024-05-17 15:25:23

Slack under attack over sneaky AI training policy
Slack is making it difficult for its customers if they want the company to stop using its data for model training.
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https://techcrunch.com/?p=2780871

2024-05-16 23:25:50

A US trustee wants troubled fintech Synapse to be liquidated via Chapter 7 bankruptcy, cites ‘gross mismanagement’
The prospects for troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse have gone from bad to worse this week after the United States Trustee filed an emergency motion on Wednesday. The trustee is asking to ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/16/a-us-trustee-wants-troubled-fintech-synapse-to-be-liquidated-via-chapter-7-bankruptcy-cites-gross-mismanagement/

2024-05-16 19:50:34

X pushes more users to Communities
X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, each with its own dedicated space and timeline. Today, the compan...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/16/x-pushes-more-users-to-communities/

2024-05-16 19:00:18

Mark Zuckerberg’s makeover: midlife crisis or carefully crafted rebrand?
For Mark Zuckerberg’s fortieth birthday, his wife got him a photoshoot. Zuckerberg gives the camera a sly smile as he sits amid a carefully crafted recreation of his childhood bedroom. It’s appropriat...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/16/mark-zuckerbergs-makeover-midlife-crisis-or-carefully-crafted-rebrand/

2024-05-16 14:51:17

Flock Safety’s solar-powered cameras could make surveilliance more widespread
Flock Safety is a multi-billion dollar startup that’s got eyes everywhere. As of Wednesday, with the company’s new Solar Condor cameras, those eyes are solar-powered and using wireless 5G networks to ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/16/oh-great-i-feel-safer-already/

2024-05-15 17:01:19

Wear OS 5 hits developer preview, offering better battery life
Google is introducing a new version of its smartwatch operating system, Wear OS 5, into developer preview. This latest release, one of many announcements from Google’s I/O developer conference, focuse...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/15/wear-os-5-hits-developer-preview-offering-better-battery-life/

2024-05-15 05:51:19

Indian insurance startup Go Digit raises $141M from anchor investors ahead of IPO
Go Digit, an Indian insurance startup, has raised $141 million from investors including Goldman Sachs, ADIA, and Morgan Stanley as part of its IPO.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/indian-insurance-startup-go-digit-raises-141m-from-anchor-investors-ahead-of-ipo/

2024-05-15 00:52:09

Looking Glass launches new 3D displays
Looking Glass makes trippy-looking mixed-reality screens that make things look 3D without the need of special glasses. Today, it launches a pair of new displays, including a 16-inch mode that runs $4,...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/looking-glass-launches-new-3d-displays/

2024-05-14 22:50:51

Blue Origin to resume crewed New Shepard launches on May 19
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket will take a crew to suborbital space for the first time in nearly two years later this month, the company announced on Tuesday. The NS-25 mission will launch from Blu...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/blue-origin-to-resume-crewed-new-shepard-launches-on-may-19/

2024-05-14 21:25:34

Patreon and Grammarly are already experimenting with Gemini Nano, says Google
Mobile app developers, including Patreon and Grammarly, are already integrating with Gemini Nano, its smallest AI model, the company announced during the Google I/O 2024 developer keynote on Tuesday. ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/patreon-and-grammarly-are-already-experimenting-with-gemini-nano-says-google/

2024-05-14 20:50:33

Reddit introduces new tools for ‘Ask Me Anything,’ its Q&A feature
As part of the update, Reddit also launched a dedicated AMA tab within the web post composer.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/reddit-new-ask-me-anything-features/

2024-05-14 19:50:59

Google is bringing AI-generated quizzes to academic videos on YouTube
The official launch comes almost a year after YouTube began experimenting with AI-generated quizzes on its mobile app.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-ai-generated-quizzes-academic-videos-youtube/

2024-05-14 19:25:42

Motional cut about 550 employees, around 40%, in recent restructuring, sources say
Around 550 employees across autonomous vehicle company Motional have been laid off, according to information taken from WARN notice filings and sources at the company. Earlier this week, TechCrunch r...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/motional-cut-about-550-employees-around-40-in-recent-restructuring-sources-say/

2024-05-14 18:25:53

Google gets serious about AI-generated video at Google I/O 2024
Google’s gunning for OpenAI’s Sora with Veo, an AI model that can create 1080p video clips around a minute long given a text prompt. Unveiled on Tuesday at Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference, Veo...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-gets-serious-about-ai-generated-video/

2024-05-14 18:25:44

Gemini on Android becomes more capable and works with Gmail, Messages, YouTube and more
Soon, Android users will be able to drag and drop AI-generated images directly into their Gmail, Google Messages and other apps.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/gemini-on-android-becomes-more-capable-and-works-with-gmail-messages-youtube-and-more/

2024-05-14 18:25:36

Google Play preps a new full-screen app discovery feature and adds more developer tools
Google Play has a new discovery feature for apps, new ways to acquire users, updates to Play Points, and other enhancements to developer-facing tools.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-play-preps-a-new-full-screen-app-discovery-feature-and-adds-more-developer-tools/

2024-05-14 18:01:27

Google launches Firebase Genkit, a new open source framework for building AI-powered apps
Firebase Genkit is an open source framework that enables developers to quickly build AI into new and existing applications.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-launches-firebase-genkit-a-new-open-source-framework-for-building-ai-powered-apps/

2024-05-14 18:01:09

Google announces Gemma 2, a 27B-parameter version of its open model, launching in June
The standard Gemma models were only available in 2 billion and 7 billion parameter versions, making this quite a step up.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-announces-gemma-2-a-27b-parameter-version-of-its-open-model-launching-in-june/

2024-05-14 17:51:41

Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video
At Google I/O, Google announced upgrades to Gemini 1.5 Pro, including a bigger context window. .
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/googles-generative-ai-model-can-now-analyze-hours-of-video/

2024-05-14 17:51:24

Google reveals plans for upgrading AI in the real world through Gemini Live at Google I/O 2024
Google is upgrading Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot, with features aimed at making the experience more ambient and contextually useful.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-aims-to-make-gemini-more-contextually-useful/

2024-05-14 17:51:14

Google’s next-gen TPUs promise a 4.7x performance boost
At its Google I/O developer conference, Google on Tuesday announced the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/googles-next-gen-tpus-promise-a-4-7x-performance-boost/

2024-05-14 17:26:01

Apple touts stopping $1.8BN in App Store fraud last year in latest pitch to developers
Apple released new data about anti-fraud measures related to its operation of the iOS App Store on Tuesday morning, trumpeting a claim that it stopped over $7 billion in “potentially fraudulent transa...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/apple-touts-stopping-1-8bn-in-app-store-fraud-last-year-in-latest-pitch-to-devs/

2024-05-14 17:25:44

Google Photos introduces an AI search feature, ‘Ask Photos’
The AI upgrade will make finding the right content more intuitive and less of a manual search process.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-photos-introduces-an-ai-search-feature-ask-photos/

2024-05-14 17:00:25

Inside TabaPay’s drama-filled decision to abandon its plans to buy Synapse’s assets
Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we look at the drama around TabaPay deciding to not buy Synapse’s assets, as well as stocks dropping for a couple of fintechs, Monzo raising even more funds, ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/inside-tabapays-drama-filled-decision-to-abandon-its-plans-to-buy-synapses-assets/

2024-05-14 17:00:17

Expedia starts testing AI-powered features for search and travel planning
Online travel agency Expedia is testing an AI assistant that bolsters features like search, itinerary building, trip planning, and real-time travel updates.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/expedia-starts-testing-ai-powered-features-for-search-and-travel-planning/

2024-05-14 16:50:35

On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur
If you write the words “cis” or “cisgender” on X, you might be served this full-screen message: “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/on-elons-whim-x-now-treats-cisgender-as-a-slur/

2024-05-14 16:50:26

Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers
The person who claimed to have stolen the physical addresses of 49 million Dell customers appears to have taken more data from a different Dell portal, TechCrunch has learned. The newly compromised da...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/threat-actor-scraped-dell-support-tickets-including-customer-phone-numbers/

2024-05-14 16:25:37

Meta is shutting down Workplace, its enterprise communications business
Facebook once had big ambitions to be a major player in enterprise communication and productivity, but today the social network’s parent company Meta will be closing a very significant chapter in that...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/meta-is-shutting-down-workplace-its-enterprise-communications-business/

2024-05-14 15:50:46

Sources: Meta is shutting down Workplace, its enterprise communications business
Facebook once had big ambitions to be a major player in enterprise communication and productivity, but today the social network’s parent company Meta will be closing a very significant chapter in that...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/sources-meta-is-shutting-down-workplace-its-enterprise-communications-business/

2024-05-14 15:25:45

Google I/O 2024: What to expect
You can expect plenty of AI, but probably not a lot of hardware.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-i-o-2024-what-to-expect/

2024-05-14 13:50:19

AWS CEO Adam Selipsky steps down
Adam Selipsky is stepping down from his role as CEO of AWS, Amazon PR has confirmed to TechCrunch. In a memo shared internally by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and published this morning to the company’s blo...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/aws-ceo-adam-selipsky-steps-down/

2024-05-14 12:00:49

David Sacks reveals Glue, the AI company he’s been teasing on his All In podcast
VC and podcaster David Sacks has revealed a new AI chat app called Glue that fixes "Slack channel fatigue," he says.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/david-sacks-glue-ai-slack-microsoft-teams-alternative/

2024-05-14 08:26:08

Paris-based VC firm Blisce launches climate tech fund with a target of $160M
Paris-based Blisce has become the latest VC firm to launch a fund dedicated to climate tech. It plans to raise as much as €150M (about $162M).
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/paris-based-vc-firm-blisce-launches-climate-technology-fund/