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Daily Crunch: Cell network provider Google Fi confirms customer data breach by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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After telegraphing the move in media appearances, OpenAI has launched a tool that attempts to distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text — like the text produced by the company’s own ChatGPT and GPT-3 models. The classifier isn’t particularly accurate — its success rate is around 26%, OpenAI notes — but OpenAI argues that it, when […]
OpenAI releases tool to detect AI-generated text, including from ChatGPT by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Strike, a Bitcoin-based payment network and financial app, is expanding to the Philippines to grow cross-border payments and remittance markets. “The Philippines is one of the biggest remitting markets in the world, especially from the United States,” Jack Mallers, CEO of Strike, said to TechCrunch. In 2021, about $12.7 billion in cash remittances was sent […]
Bitcoin-based app Strike expands in Philippines to grow cross-border payment solutions by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
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NetApp, one of the big players in cloud data management, today announced that it would lay off 8% of its staff, citing “macroeconomic challenges and the reduced spending environment” in the current market. The company is estimated to employ about 12,000 people globally, so this will work out to around 960 people impacted. NetApp said […]
NetApp, a specialist in cloud data management, says it will lay off 8%, or around 960, people, citing economic climate by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch
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When you hear the word ‘intranet,’ chances are your mind is conjuring up images of badly designed internal communications platforms from the early aughts: a place for your internal communications team to post announcements you’re not going to read. To some degree, that hasn’t changed, but employee expectations have — and so has the work […]
Cleary raises $4.5M to reinvent the intranet by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
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Select Star, a startup providing data discovery, lineage and governance tools to mostly enterprise organizations, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Bowery Capital, Sozo Ventures and Pebblebed. The fresh cash brings the company’s total raised to $20 million, and CEO Shinji […]
Select Star closes $15M round to add context to disparate data by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Historically, oil and gas companies have monitored pipeline leaks using inefficient, expensive methods: workers equipped with handheld optical gas imaging cameras, for example. Or, as Orbital Sidekick CEO Dan Katz put it in a recent interview with TechCrunch, “a young pilot sticking their head out the window of a crop-duster.” “There’s really no persistent, objective, […]
Orbital Sidekick raises $10M to bring hyperspectral imaging to oil and gas pipeline monitoring by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
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Welcome to the dark night of the smart speaker. A few years back, the category felt inevitable — and, frankly, why not? We’ve smartened our phones and watches. Why shouldn’t our homes be the next step? For decades, many looked longingly at home automation. Smart blinds that opened with your alarm clock might as well […]
Apple HomePod (2023) review by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch
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Laptops and tablets are getting better and more powerful by the day but our fingers aren’t getting any more precise, and for extended writing and work, it’s still more helpful to have a keyboard and a larger screen at hand. These types of products have been around for at least a decade, but what’s new […]
Plugable’s new dock turns your tablet or phone into a workstation by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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Monavo Heath turned heads at CES with an Ouroubouros-esque smart ring designed for women. In the crowded field of fitness wearables, where the mainstream heavy hitter of the Apple Watch heads up a very long tail of typically less pricey and/or more specialist activity tracking bracelets and bands all keen to claim their own patch […]
Put a (smart) ring on it: Monavo on why its health wearable will put women first by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
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Taiwanese automotive conglomerate Hotai Motor exposed reams of personal customer data from its car rental and carshare unit, iRent, until a security researcher found the data online last week. Even then, it took the company a week — and the intervention of the Taiwanese government — to act. Hotai Motor is one of the largest […]
Hotai Motor exposed thousands of iRent customer documents by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Aurora Innovation said Monday it has hired Ossa Fisher as president as the autonomous vehicle company prepares to commercially launch its self-driving trucks business next year. The company said Fisher, who was mostly recently president and chief operating officer of education tech company Istation, will be based in Dallas. Aurora is headquartered in Pittsburgh and […]
AV company Aurora hires president ahead of commercial launch by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Marqeta acquires fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $275M by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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In this issue: Rocket Lab enters a new era with Virginia launch; SpaceX moves closer to Starship's first orbital flight test; news from Quindar, AstroForge and more
Max Q: A very Virginia affair by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
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Two quantum-adjacent technologies — quantum sensing (QS) and quantum communication (Qcomm) — are as important as quantum computing hardware itself since they help make quantum computers function more accurately. A Sydney-based startup called Q-CTRL has built quantum-sensing software that helps reduce errors on quantum computers. Today, the company announced that it has raised another $27.4 […]
Quantum sensing startup Q-CTRL raises another $27.4M by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
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Netflix announced today that its “One Piece” live-action series would be available to stream sometime in 2023. The company tweeted the announcement alongside a new poster of the upcoming series. The poster shows the main character, Monkey D. Luffy (played by Iñaki Godoy), with his back turned. Adventure is on the horizon! One Piece sets […]
‘One Piece’ live-action series set to arrive on Netflix this year by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
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Ford said Monday it has increased production and cut the price of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E crossover, the latest automaker to join an EV price war started by Tesla. Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles are now between about 1% to 8.8% lower, depending on the trim level, according to the company, which emphasized that the discounts […]
Ford discounts its all-electric Mustang Mach-E in response to Tesla’s EV price war by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
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Nothing wrong with your calendar, folks — it’s the end of January. Although TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 takes place months from now — on September 19–21 in San Francisco — we believe in two things: planning ahead and rewarding those who do. Right now — and for a limited time only — take advantage of our […]
Jump on our limited two-for-one Disrupt 2023 presale offer by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
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A not-so-humble brag here, so brace yourself. The programming at TechCrunch Early Stage — April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts — is gonna be off the proverbial hook. How do we know? We read hundreds of applications from experienced founders and startup ecosystem experts eager to participate in Audience Choice for a chance to present at […]
It’s time to cast your votes for TC Early Stage Audience Choice by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
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French startup Sorare has signed a four-year licensing partnership with the Premier League. This is an important move for the company as the English football league is one of the most-watched sports league in the world. Sorare is a fantasy sports gaming experience based on NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. In particular, Sorare has partnered with […]
Sorare teams up with the Premier League for its NFT fantasy football game by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
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The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. Subscribe for free. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point […]
Elon takes the stand, Akio Toyoda hands over the CEO keys and layoffs come for Waymo by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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PhonePe clocked a revenue of $234.3 million in the first nine months of 2022, the most valuable Indian fintech startup has disclosed in a filing. The nine-month financials marks a jump from the $201.6 million revenue that the Bengaluru-headquartered generated in the 12-month period ending in financial year March last year. PhonePe, which is valued […]
Walmart-backed PhonePe’s nine-month 2022 revenue surged to $234 million by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […]
What’s Stripe’s deal? by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
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Funding for Black web3 founders has only increased, and the crypto winter proved the most fruitful year.
VC funding to Black web3 founders popped last year, bucking trends by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
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Hey, party people, it’s Kyle, continuing to step in for Greg to write Week in Review as he spends time with his newborn. Dunno about y’all, but it’s been a week. I’m dead tired and thankful it’s over. But because the news never sleeps, I’m rallying with the help of a fourth cup of coffee. […]
Stripe eyes an exit, Dell bets on the cloud, and Shutterstock embraces generative AI by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Sometimes, due to the nature of the startup game, we over index on “the new.” Companies want to build for the pain point you never […]
The latecomer advantage in startups by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
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The adoption of product-led growth is changing how B2B companies conduct their business and leading some of them to reorganize their teams.
Where should sales sit in product-led companies? by Anna Heim originally published on TechCrunch
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Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast diving deep into stories, backgrounds and the latest news with the biggest names in crypto. For this week’s episode, I sat down with Mo Shaikh, co-founder and CEO of the layer-1 blockchain Aptos. Shaikh is a three-time founder with over a decade of experience in financial services as […]
Aptos wants to shake up the blockchain space by creating more economic value, co-founder says by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
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The 66-year-old Akio Toyoda may have resigned as president, but it appears likely that he'll still be in control.
Toyota’s surprise executive shakeup may disappoint investors by Tim De Chant originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Stripe responds to report that it seeks to raise $2B with a terse ‘no comment’ by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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The enormous Space Launch System passed its first test with flying colors, NASA’s preliminary analysis concludes, and the rocket and Orion capsule are good to go for their next mission: Artemis II, which will carry a crew to lunar orbit. After numerous delays and enormous cost overruns, some worried that the SLS (nicknamed the “Mega […]
NASA’s ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ aced first flight and is ready for crewed Artemis II launch by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
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TechCrunch spoke with HRH Prince Constantijn at CES earlier this month about startup innovation in the Netherlands.
What’s going on in the Dutch startup scene? by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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As generative AI enters the mainstream, each new day brings a new lawsuit. Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI are currently being sued in a class action motion that accuses them of violating copyright law by allowing Copilot, a code-generating AI system trained on billions of lines of public code, to regurgitate licensed code snippets without providing […]
The current legal cases against generative AI are just the beginning by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Uber Eats is introducing a new feature that shows users how much of their personal information is shared with their delivery person when they place an order on the app. The feature, which is called “View as Delivery Person,” is designed to add a level of transparency when ordering food via the app. The feature […]
Uber Eats now shows you how much of your information is shared with delivery people by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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When payments giant Stripe raised $600 million at a $95 billion valuation in 2021, it made headlines for raising capital at the highest-ever valuation for a privately-held startup. Defending that valuation appears to be proving challenging. The fintech company has reportedly approached investors about raising more capital — at least $2 billion — at a […]
Report: Stripe tried to raise more funding at a $55B-$60B valuation by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
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The Houston-based company wants to prevent hospitalizations from chronic conditions, including urinary tract infections, diabetes and kidney disease.
Starling Medical’s new urine-testing device turns your toilet into a health tracker by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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