Monday, September 30, 2024

Tier becomes Dott following the merger of the two micromobility companies

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With this merger, Dott and Tier didn’t want to build a conglomerate of micromobility services; the operation was all about scale.

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Anduril speeds up launch of defense payloads by buying Apex satellite buses off the shelf

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Anduril is expanding even further into the “ultimate high ground.” The company, which is best known for AI-powered defense products that span air, land and sea, is partnering with satellite bus manufacturing startup Apex Space to rapidly deploy payloads on orbit for the U.S. Department of Defense. It is a rare instance of the growing […]

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Y Combinator is being criticized after it backed an AI startup that admits it basically cloned another AI startup

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A Y Combinator startup named PearAI launched with a tweet thread and YouTube video on Saturday and caused an immediate backlash.

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Meta won’t say whether it trains AI on smart glasses photos

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Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Bans have a discreet camera on the front, for taking photos not just when you ask them to, but also when their AI features trigger it with certain keywords such as “look.” That means the smart glasses collect a ton of photos, both deliberately taken and otherwise. But the company won’t commit to […]

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11x.ai, a developer of AI sales reps, has raised $50M Series B led by A16Z, sources say

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11x.ai, a startup that develops AI-powered sales development bots, has secured roughly $50 million in Series B funding, TechCrunch has learned. The new round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at around $350 million, multiple sources told TechCrunch. The recent deal follows the company’s $24 million Series A, which was led by Benchmark […]

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TechCrunch Space: The dawn of the space age

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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Flagging again that the final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is now live. I’ll be pushing this event for the next few weeks, given that we’re just a bit over a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want to reach out with […]

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Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian crash details from safety regulator

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General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise must pay a $1.5 million penalty to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, after its initial reports to the safety regulator about last year’s pedestrian crash omitted that the company’s robotaxi dragged the woman 20 feet. The penalty is part of a consent order announced by the regulator on Monday. […]

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A Waymo robotaxi stalled in front of VP Harris’ motorcade

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A Waymo robotaxi got stuck making a U-turn in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade Friday evening in San Francisco. ABC 7 reported that a San Francisco police officer had to manually drive the vehicle out of the way. Waymo has not yet responded to TechCrunch’s questions, including what went wrong on the backend […]

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How to make your own encrypted VPN server in 15 minutes

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The best encrypted VPN is one that you have set up and secured yourself. Here's how to get started.

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Tesla’s Cybertruck gets Supervised Full Self-Driving

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Tesla’s end-of-September deadline for bringing Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) to Cybertruck owners has arrived. In typical Tesla fashion, the superfans are getting first access. Members of the Cybertruck Owners Club say they’ve been able to install the FSD update on their vehicles, according to Electrek. FSD is Tesla’s advanced driving assistance system that still requires […]

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AI reading coach startup Ello now lets kids create their own stories

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Ello, the AI reading companion that aims to support kids struggling to read, launched a new product on Monday that allows kids to participate in the story-creation process. Called “Storytime,” the new AI-powered feature helps kids generate personalized stories by picking from a selection of settings, characters, and plots. For instance, a story about a […]

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Last chance to become a volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

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We are officially less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, taking place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30. We’re currently seeking dedicated and highly motivated volunteers to support our events team and help bring this amazing experience to life. If you’re dreaming of becoming a startup founder, marketer, or event […]

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Microsoft to face higher competition scrutiny in Germany, including over its use of AI

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Germany's Federal Cartel Office (FCO) said the software giant could face restrictions if the competition authority deems an intervention is necessary.

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Beta Technologies unveils first passenger carrying electric aircraft

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Beta Technologies unveiled Monday the next electric aircraft in its lineup — a passenger-carrying version of its ALIA vertical takeoff and landing and fixed-wing vehicles. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles don’t rely on a runway, whereas fixed-wing aircraft do. The Vermont-based startup, which has raised over $860 million in equity to date from […]

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Augmented Intelligence claims its symbolic AI can make chatbots more useful

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Augmented Intelligence claims that its 'symbolic AI' techniques can help lead to better chatbot experiences.

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Qodo raises $40M Series A to bring quality-first code generation and testing to the enterprise

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At first glance, Qodo, the startup previously known as CodiumAI, may appear to be yet another AI code generation tool. But the team, which is announcing a $40 million Series A round led by Susa Ventures and Square Peg today, is just as much focused on generating code as on generating the tests and code […]

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Airship wants to build better sales tools for HVAC contractors

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The HVAC industry is going through a transformation. The old guard of tradespeople are on the cusp of retiring while private equity firms are consolidating the industry. Airship is building a software solution for HVAC’s next chapter. Airship is building a point-of-sale software for HVAC contractors to give them the knowledge they need, on things […]

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Queer social app Lex acquired by the former Musical.ly CEO’s conglomerate

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Lex's users have high standards for the app, since it serves a community that has been historically overlooked and mistreated by mainstream social platforms.

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Podcasting startup Podeo gets $5.4M to go beyond the Arab world

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Podcast listeners crossed half a billion people at the end of last year as listenership maintained steady growth. With countries in the Arab world having some of the most engaged listeners, a podcasting startup out of Dubai is doubling down on the opportunity. Podeo is a UAE-based podcast distribution platform that has made a name […]

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HungryPanda, a food ordering app for the Asian diaspora, picks up $55M

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Apps catering to the Chinese and wider Asian diaspora, especially urban consumers focused on food, can be big business. Now, HungryPanda, one of the trailblazing startups in that market is announcing more funding. The food ordering and delivery app, founded in London and aimed squarely at Chinese and other Asian consumers living outside their home […]

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Pinnit Android app lets you search through your notification history

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The notification drawer on Android can be both useful and distracting because of the sheer number of notifications that come in. You have to manage per-app notifications better through settings or set up a system to avoid missing important updates. An app called Pinnit helps you look through notifications that you missed with its notifications […]

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Raspberry Pi launches camera module for vision-based AI applications

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Raspberry Pi, the company that sells tiny, cheap, single-board computers, is releasing an add-on that is going to open up several use cases — and yes, because it’s 2024, there’s an AI angle. Called the Raspberry Pi AI Camera, this image sensor comes with on-board AI processing and is going to cost $70. In more technical […]

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The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

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The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight between WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress. WordPress technology is open source and free, and it powers […]

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Fidelity has cut X’s value by 79% since Musk purchase

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Elon Musk’s X is now valued at less than a quarter of its $44 billion purchase price, according to a new estimate from investor Fidelity. The asset manager, which helped Musk acquire the social network formerly known as Twitter, has further reduced the value of its holding in X to a total markdown of 78.7% […]

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Here is what’s illegal under California’s 18 (and counting) new AI laws

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In September, California Governor Gavin Newsom considered 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. He vetoed SB 1047 on Sunday, marking the end of the road for California’s controversial AI bill that tried to prevent AI disasters, but signed more than a […]

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Gov. Newsom vetoes California’s controversial AI bill, SB 1047

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed SB 1047, a high-profile bill that would have regulated the development of AI. The bill was authored by State Senator Scott Wiener and would have made companies that develop AI models liable for implementing safety protocols to prevent “critical harms.” The rules would only have applied to models that […]

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YouTube blocks videos from Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, others in dispute with SESAC

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A number of YouTube videos featuring music from artists such as Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, and R.E.M. have been unplayable in the United States since Saturday. For example, if you try to play Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” (whether it’s the classic album recording or a live performance), you are instead told: “This […]

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New York tech investor and serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan explains when to sell your company

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Kevin Ryan has had a long and storied career as a pivotal force of New York City tech. He’s the founder and CEO of investment firm AlleyCorp, which has invested in a wide variety of startups, and is a serial founder, participating in the early stages of companies such as Business Insider, Zola, Gilt, Pearl […]

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Elastic founder on returning to open source four years after going proprietary

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Licensing kerfuffles have long been a defining facet of the commercial open source space. Some of the biggest vendors have switched to a more restrictive “copyleft” license, as Grafana and Element have done, or gone full proprietary, as HashiCorp did last year with Terraform. But one $8 billion company has gone the other way. Elastic, […]

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How I Podcast: Hyperfixed’s Alex Goldman

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This week, Alex Goldman shares his setup. A former producer for WYNC's On the Media, Goldman co-founded Reply-All with Emmanuel Dzotsi in 2014.

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Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold: Bigger, mostly better

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The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is back, bigger and better than before, with a thinner design and excellent tri-camera system.

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In war-torn Sudan, a displaced startup incubator returns to fuel innovation

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Businesses need stability to thrive. Unfortunately for anyone in Sudan, stability has been hard to come by for the past year and a half as the country quakes amidst a raging civil war. More than 20,000 people have been killed, and about 7.7 million people have been displaced just within the country; millions have had […]

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X faces additional $1.9M fine to end ban in Brazil

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X (formerly Twitter) could soon resume service in Brazil — if it’s willing to pay an additional fine. Reuters and other publications have reported on an order from the country’s Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes stating that the Elon Musk-owned social network could “immediately return to its activities in national territory” if it pays […]

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Brian Williams might host a live election night special for Amazon

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Amazon Prime Video could be getting into the live news business, if only for one night. Variety reports that the company is in talks with longtime NBC and MSNBC news anchor Brian Williams to host a live Election Night special, competing with more traditional TV news broadcasts to offer non-partisan coverage of the U.S. presidential […]

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Meta rethinks smart glasses with Orion

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Meta Connect 2024 was this week, showcasing new hardware and software to support two of the company’s big ambitions: AI and the metaverse. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new Quest headsets, updates to Meta’s Llama AI model, and real-time video capabilities of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The biggest reveal, though, was Orion, a true AR glasses […]

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Judge is unimpressed by Apple’s deadline extension request in Epic Games dispute

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Apple faces a looming deadline to produce what it says are more than 1 million documents related to recent App Store changes. On Friday, Judge Thomas S. Hixson denied the company’s attempt to extend that deadline, describing the request as “bad behavior.” So Apple’s deadline is still Monday, September 30: “It’s up to Apple to […]

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Meta offers a glimpse through its supposed iPhone killer: Orion

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For years, Silicon Valley and Wall Street have questioned Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to invest tens of billions of dollars into Reality Labs. This week, Meta’s wearables division unveiled a prototype of its Orion smart glasses, a form factor the company believes one day could replace the iPhone. That idea sounds crazy… but maybe a little […]

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Robot hand can detach from arm, crawl over to objects, and pick them up

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The video debuted along with a research paper of the same name at IEEE’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Rotterdam this week.

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Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier

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There are many iPad apps to help you organize recipes; sync tasks across devices; be more productive; and manage your notes.

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Why Index Ventures is bulking up its investment team in NYC

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While online discourse would make it seem that venture has retreated to the Bay Area, with San Francisco being the most important place to build a startup, Index Ventures is looking to bulk up its New York-based investing team. The firm is currently looking to hire another New York-based investor with plans to add three […]

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A Russian warlord said he’s taking Cybertrucks into Ukraine; some experts think that’s unwise

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In August, a Russian warlord posted a video on Telegram, showing a pair of Cybertrucks patrolling a road in Chechnya, armed seemingly with heavy machine guns. Leaving aside unanswerable (for now) questions about how the vehicles were obtained, Wired thought it worth digging into whether a Cybertruck actually makes sense as a “technical,” the term […]

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WordPress.org temporarily lifts its ban on WP Engine

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WordPress.org has lifted its ban on hosting provider WP Engine until October 1, after putting a block on it earlier this week. The block prevented several sites from updating their plug-ins and themes and exposing them to potential security risk. WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, who has been in a tussle with WP Engine for over […]

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OpenAI might raise the price of ChatGPT to $22 by 2025, $44 by 2029

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ChatGPT could get more expensive to use in coming years. The New York Times, citing internal OpenAI docs, reports that OpenAI is planning to raise the price of individual ChatGPT subscriptions from $20 per month to $22 per month by the end of the year. A steeper increase will come over the next five years; […]

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Binance founder ‘CZ’ released from custody after four-month sentence

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Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao was released from US custody on Friday after serving out his four-month sentence in a low-security correctional facility. CZ’s sentence was the product of a federal investigation that found Binance had failed to stop widespread criminal activity on the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. CZ pleaded guilty to the DOJ’s charges, […]

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Canoo hit with two supplier lawsuits as last remaining co-founder leaves

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EV startup Canoo has been hit with two new lawsuits from suppliers linked to the drivetrains that power its electric vehicles, just weeks after the company kicked off a major reorganization that included the departure of its chief technology officer. Canoo has also parted ways with senior director of advanced vehicle engineering Christoph Kuttner, who […]

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AI dominated both YC Demo Day and startup news

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Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week was a busy one for the startup and VC world, with its fair share of funding news and, of course, the latest edition of YC’s […]

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US government charges three Iranian hackers with Trump campaign hack

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Three Iranian hackers working for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted the Trump campaign in an attempted hack-and-leak operation, according to the Department of Justice.

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9 startups that stood out on YC Demo Day 2

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Here are the startups from YC Demo Day 2 that we thought stood out from the flock.

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Indian game streaming startup Loco sells majority stake to Redwood

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UAE-based Redwood has acquired a majority stake in the game streaming platform Loco as the Indian firm looks to expand focus to international markets, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. Redwood, a newly-formed investment firm, has signed a $65 million deal with Loco, an investment that also gives full exit to all existing Loco backers. This […]

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Runway earmarks $5M to fund up to 100 films using AI-generated video

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AI video generators need to believe that filmmakers will use their models in the production process. Otherwise why exist? To jump-start the new AI film ecosystem, Runway has set aside $5 million in cash and more in service credits to fund up to 100 original films. If you’re an AI-curious director, now’s your chance to […]

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Starlink will hit 4 million subscribers this week, SpaceX President says

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet network is expected to hit a new customer milestone this week, company President Gwynne Shotwell told Texas legislators on Tuesday. “This week, by the way, we will pass 4 million customers for Starlink, which is quite exciting,” she said while testifying before a state House Appropriations Committee meeting. The milestone would […]

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Zap Energy investors in recent $130M round included Soros Fund and Laurene Powell Jobs’ Emerson Collective

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The company recently closed a $130 million round, according to an SEC filing, bringing the total to $327 million.

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Uber snags another robotaxi deal, aviation startups land VC bucks, and where Rivian Foundation money is going

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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! I’ve been thinking a bit about time — and specifically what trends, music, cultural practices, and even ways we move around that encapsulate a season or particular […]

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The WordPress vs WP Engine drama, explained

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The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight between WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, which hosts web sites built on WordPress. WordPress technology is open-source and free, and it powers […]

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Google’s NotebookLM enhances AI note-taking with YouTube, audio file sources, sharable audio discussions

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Google's NotebookLM has been updated with YouTube and audio files as new source types and sharable links for Audio Overviews.

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Peak XV has reaped $1.2B in the year since it split from Sequoia

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Peak XV Partners, the largest India-focused venture fund, has realized about $1.2 billion in exits since it separated from Sequoia last year.

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WordPress.org bans WP Engine, blocks it from accessing its resources

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WordPress drama went up another notch today after WordPress.org, the free-open source web content hosting software, banned web hosting provider WP Engine from accessing their resources. In a post on WordPress.org, WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg wrote that, pending their legal claims, WP Engine doesn’t have access to the platform’s resources, such as themes and plug-ins. […]

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Marvel Fusion lands $70M for laser-powered fusion bet

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Marvel Fusion is one of several companies pursuing what’s known as inertial confinement fusion.

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OpenAI’s chief research officer has left

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OpenAI’s chief research officer, Bob McGrew, and a research VP, Barret Zoph, have left the company hours after OpenAI CTO Mira Murati announced she would be departing. CEO Sam Altman revealed the two latest resignations in a post on X Wednesday evening, along with leadership transition plans. “Mira, Bob, and Barret made these decisions independently […]

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Dinii, a cloud-based restaurant management platform, raises $45M Series B

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Japan has always been a strong market for bringing technology into the experience of consuming food, and now one of the startups leading on this idea is attracting investors from across the ocean. Dinii, which lets diners order food from restaurants and shops through a mobile platform, has raised $48 million (7.46 billion JPY). Bessemer […]

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Pear wants to empower up-and-coming VCs with its new emerging managers in residence program

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When seed-focused Pear VC raised a $432 million fund last year, the firm co-founder Pejman Nozad said that it meant his firm had reached its “own product-market-fit.” That fourth fund was nearly three times larger than its previous $160 million fund. The eleven-year-old firm wants to help emerging venture funds follow in Pear’s footsteps. On […]

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13 companies from YC Demo Day 1 that are worth paying attention to

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Unsurprisingly, AI companies dominated the day, with startups looking to apply the technology to problems like estate planning and automating clinical trial data.

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Diagrid launches Catalyst to help enterprises build their microservices

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Back in 2019, Microsoft launched Dapr, a new open-source project that made building event-driven distributed applications easier for developers. Like so many popular open-source projects, Dapr spawned its own ecosystem, especially after Microsoft donated it to the Linux Foundation. And as is also so often the case, some of the creators of Dapr — and […]

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Amazon employees beg management to reverse 5-day RTO mandate

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced to employees last week that they will be expected to work from the office five days a week, starting in 2025. Employees who have grown accustomed to a hybrid work structure are “strongly dissatisfied,” according to an anonymous survey created by Amazon employees. As Fortune reports, hundreds of employees responded […]

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Consumer, culture, and creators with Erin and Sara Foster at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

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Two of the industry’s most famous sisters, Erin and Sara Foster, sit down alongside business partner Phil Schwarz at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 to talk about consumer investing, culture curation, and what it means to be a creator in the modern age. Moderated on the Disrupt main stage, the conversation will surround the creator economy, consumer […]

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Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries

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Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new languages, including Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.

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Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement

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The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.

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Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises $21.5M for robotics simulation tech

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One of the most fundamental breakthroughs at Nvidia has been building processors that power and integrate with highly detailed, compute-intensive graphical simulations, which can be used in a wide range of applications, from games and industrial developments through to AI training. Now two of the engineers who helped build those physical simulations for Nvidia and […]

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Airtel taps AI to combat India’s rampant spam calls problem

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Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, said on Wednesday it’s rolling out an AI-powered spam detection solution to all its customers as it vowed to curb the rising spam calls and messages in the world’s most populous nation. The company, which counts Google among its backers, announced the launch of what it claims is India’s […]

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Hone Capital, a Silicon Valley firm, is being probed by the FBI

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According to the FT, the FBI is now poking around nine-year-old Hone Capital, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm funded by a Chinese private equity firm, to determine whether some of its capital came from the Chinese government — and if it shared sensitive startup data with Beijing. Originally launched with $115 million from China’s […]

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Salesforce snatches up Zoomin, a tool for organizing company knowledge

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Salesforce is on a buying spree. After snatching up data management firm Own earlier in the month, Salesforce today announced its plans to buy Zoomin, an enterprise knowledge platform. Zoomin — which we’ve covered a handful of times before — unifies a company’s docs, like product user guides and tutorials, in one portal. The terms […]

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The beloved Rodecaster board gets a video production counterpart

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The Rodecaster Video is up for preorder starting today. It ships October 10.

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How one female VC is teaching kids about startups and women in tech

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Lux Capital's Deena Shakir wrote a picture book to explain startups to children.

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Northvolt lays off 1,600 workers, but it’s not the end for Europe’s battery champion

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Europe’s attempt at building a battery manufacturing powerhouse announced that it had halted work on a factory expansion and laid off about 20% of its employees.

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Nothing launches a slick pair of $149 open-ear headphones

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The Nothing Ear Open costs $149 and will ship starting October 1.

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Pinterest launches a feature to let users remix collages created by others

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Pinterest created an engaging format with collages last year, which allows users to combine images and cutouts to create new content. The company is now banking on people creating more of them by introducing a Remix feature. Just like the Remix feature on short video apps, such as Instagram and Snap, the idea behind Pinterest’s feature is […]

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WP Engine sends cease-and-desist letter to Automattic over Mullenweg’s comments

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Mullenweg, who co-created WordPress, last week criticized WP Engine for raking in profits without giving much back to the open source project.

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Rivian reveals first $10M in grants for long-promised Rivian Foundation

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Rivian has revealed the first $10 million worth of grants from the Rivian Foundation, three years after the EV maker vowed the philanthropy would receive 1% of its equity to make the “natural world” a “stakeholder in our success.” The company launched Monday a website for the foundation that details 41 grantees who will collectively […]

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GitHub will allow enterprise cloud customers to store data in the EU

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Starting from October 29, GitHub says that all enterprise cloud customers will be able to select an EU region to store all their code.

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Fintech Jupiter in talks to buy a stake in SBM Bank India

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Neobank Jupiter is in talks to acquire a stake in SBM India, three sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, the latest example of an Indian fintech startup pursuing strategic partnerships with traditional banking institutions. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup — backed by Tiger Global and NuBank — is engaging to buy a 5% to 9.9% stake […]

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Crypto scammers hack OpenAI’s press account on X

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OpenAI’s official press account on X was compromised by cryptocurrency scammers. Or, at least that’s what appears to have happened. Late Monday afternoon, OpenAI Newsroom, an account OpenAI recently launched to spotlight product- and policy-related announcements, posted about a supposedly new crypto token, “$OPENAI.” “[$OPEANAI bridges] the gap between Al and blockchain technology,” the post […]

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TechCrunch Space: SpaceX calls out ‘systematic challenges’ with FAA

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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I wanted to flag once again that the final agenda for the Space Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt is now live. I’ll be pushing this event for the next few weeks, given that we’re just a bit over a month away! We’d love for you to join us. Want […]

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Venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs

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From Keith Rabois to Ethan Kurzweil, a lot of VCs have switched firms or spun out of storied VC institutions to launch their own funds this year. These employment changes are surprising because unlike in many other fields, venture capitalists don’t traditionally move around very much — especially those who reach the partner or general […]

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X will soon make your public posts visible to accounts you’ve blocked

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X will soon change the functionality behind its block button so that if you block an account, they will still be able to see your public posts, according to changes to X’s website spotted by independent app researcher, Nima Owji. Elon Musk confirmed these changes on Monday, noting that blocked accounts will still not be […]

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Some Kaspersky customers receive surprise forced-update to new antivirus software

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After U.S. ban, Kaspersky's American customers were automatically migrated to UltraAV antivirus, in some cases without the customers' knowledge.

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Rivian reveals first $10M in grants for long-promised Rivian Foundation

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Rivian has revealed the first $10 million worth of grants from the Rivian Foundation, just three years after promising to make the “natural world” a “stakeholder in our success.” The company launched a website for the foundation on Monday that details 41 grantees who will collectively receive just north of $10 million in funding. The […]

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Rabbit’s web-based ‘large action model’ agent arrives on r1 as early as this week

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The Rabbit r1 was the must-have gadget of early 2024, but the blush fell off it pretty quick when the company’s expansive promises failed to materialize. CEO Jesse Lyu admits that “on day one, we set our expectations too high” — but that an update coming to its devices this month will finally set their […]

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Boston Dynamics’ Spot can now autonomously unlock doors

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The “embedded digital access credentials” work over Bluetooth.

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Letta, one of UC Berkeley’s most anticipated AI startups, has just come out of stealth

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AI memory management startup Letta just emerged from stealth with $10 million in seed led by Felicis and a bunch of big-name angels.

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Kestra raises another $8M for its open-source orchestration platform

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Data orchestration platform Kestra just raised an $8 million funding round led by Alven, with existing investors Isai and Axeleo participating once again.

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Jump raises $12M to help freelancers get benefits just like employees

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Jump offers full-time contracts to freelancers looking for some stability and the benefits involved with a full-time job.

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Linus Torvalds explains why aging Linux developers are a good thing

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Linux's luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite longstanding reports of burnout in the open source software development realm, Linux is as strong as ever.

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The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

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This glossary includes some of the most common terms and expressions we use in our articles, and explanations of how — and why — we use them.

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Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing

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The fair source concept is designed to help companies align themselves with the "open" software development sphere, without encroaching into existing licensing landscapes.

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son has been planning his comeback

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A new Financial Times profile of Mayayoshi Son opens with SoftBank CEO seeming to hit bottom, staring at his “ugly” face on Zoom and telling himself, “I have done nothing I can be proud of.” The scene is presented as the prelude to a hoped-for a comeback, with Son largely disappearing from the public eye […]

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Matt Mullenweg calls WP Engine a ‘cancer to WordPress’ and urges community to switch providers

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Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg unleashed a scathing attack on a rival firm this week, calling WP Engine a “cancer to WordPress.” Mullenweg criticized the company — which has been commercializing the open source WordPress project since 2010 — for profiteering without giving much back, while also disabling key features that make WordPress […]

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Synex founder, once detained at the border with a 80-pound magnet, is building portable MRIs to test glucose

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Synex Medical just raised $28.1 million to build a portable MRI capable of testing glucose and other important molecules without the need to extract blood.

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Yup, Jony Ive is working on an AI device startup with OpenAI

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Jony Ive, the legendary designer who left his full-time role at Apple five years ago, is working on a new startup with OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman. The collaboration was first reported last year, and Ive confirmed it in a New York Times profile about what he’s been up to since leaving Apple. If […]

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Pedego’s Cargo e-bike: Sporty, stylish and powerful for $4,000

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The Pedego’s Cargo e-bike is marketed as a powerful and sporty ride that’s geared towards parents toting kids around town and anyone who needs to schlep heavy gear. I spent the summer testing out this cargo e-bike to find out if it met that mission. My take: It’s a stylish ride that can hold plenty […]

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Ibotta’s CEO explains why startups shouldn’t try to time the IPO market

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The IPO market has not roared back in 2024 as many investors hoped it would — not yet, at least. Elevated interest rates (this week’s 50 bps rate cut notwithstanding) and uncertainty related to the U.S. election have prompted many companies to stay private and wait for better market conditions. But a handful of companies […]

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A guide to iOS 18’s hidden features and smaller updates

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We put together a list of some of our favorite under-the-radar features that you might have missed.

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Linus Torvalds explains why aging Linux developers are a good thing

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Linux's luminary linchpin, Linus Torvalds, says that despite longstanding reports of burnout in the open source software development realm, Linux is as strong as ever.

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Some startups are going ‘fair source’ to avoid the pitfalls of open source licensing

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The fair source concept is designed to help companies align themselves with the "open" software development sphere, without encroaching into existing licensing landscapes.

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Tesla Superchargers: All the EV brands that have access

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EV owners of GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Cadillac Lyriq will now officially have access to Tesla’s Superchargers.

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Shelf is a social network based on the media you consume

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Shelf lets you show what you listen to, play, read and watch online through your dedicated digital storefront.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces $120M fund for global AI education

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Speaking Saturday at the UN Summit of the Future, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described AI as “the most transformative technology yet” and announced a new fund for AI education and training around the world. Pichai pointed to four broad opportunities he sees for AI and sustainable development, according to a transcript of his prepared remarks […]

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X reverses course in Brazil

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It seems that Elon Musk-owned social network X (formerly Twitter) is backing down from a confrontation with Brazil’s Supreme Court. The New York Times reported on a new court filing in which the company’s lawyers said X had complied with the court’s orders — blocking designated accounts, paying fines, and naming a new formal representative […]

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Amazon says no to remote work

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, employees have been expected to work in the office three days per week. Now employees will be expected to be in the office five days a week, with work from home being OK […]

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Qualcomm may be trying to buy Intel

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Chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to buy rival Intel, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news late Friday that Qualcomm had approached Intel about a takeover. The New York Times subsequently corroborated the story, while adding that no official offer has been made. Even if there is an offer, it’s not clear […]

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Electric outboard startup Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts

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A tough market seems to have put an end to Pure's ambitions.

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India’s Oyo acquires Motel 6 for $525M

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One of India’s largest startups, budget hotel company Oyo, has reached a deal to acquire G6 Hospitality, which operates Motel 6. Oyo says it will pay Blackstone Real Estate $525 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition also includes the Studio 6 extended stay brand and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of […]

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Moksha, the gamified meditation device, makes breath work exercises more engaging

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Moksha’s meditation tool aims to kick traditional breath work exercises to the curb. As most breathing tools on the market are designed to do, Moksha aims to help train you to breathe longer and deeper, which studies have shown naturally calm you down, relax your muscles, slow your heart rate, and stabilize your blood pressure. The […]

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Tesla Superchargers: All the EV brands that have access

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EV owners of GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Cadillac Lyriq will now officially have access to Tesla’s Superchargers.

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Shelf is a social network based on the media you consume

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Shelf lets you show what you listen to, play, read and watch online through your dedicated digital storefront.

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The EU’s 10 biggest antitrust actions on tech

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While it's fair to say the EU's antitrust tech enforcement outcomes have varied, one lasting legacy is that some of these major cases served as inspiration for the bloc's Digital Markets Act.

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The iPhone 16 launches today without its most hyped feature: Apple Intelligence

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The iPhone 16 officially goes on sale Friday. But for its earliest adopters, it arrives with a fundamental compromise baked into the deal. Put simply, this is not the iPhone 16 that they were promised. Apple CEO Tim Cook said it would be the “first iPhone built for Apple Intelligence.” But that “for” is key: […]

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Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries

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Sandvine sold its internet surveillance products to authoritarian regimes, including Belarus, Egypt, Eritrea, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.

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Elon Musk threatened with SEC sanctions for failing to appear in court

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Elon Musk, the CEO of X and various other companies with the letter “X” in their names, is in regulators’ crosshairs after skipping testimony this month in an investigation related to Musk’s takeover of Twitter. In a filing today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said that it intended to seek sanctions against Musk […]

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Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 “non-democratic” countries

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Sandvine sold its internet surveillance products to authoritarian regimes, including Belarus, Egypt, Eritrea, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan.

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M&As and AI are in the spotlight, but there’s still capital left for quick commerce and more

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This week brought reassuring signs that dealmaking is still happening on both sides of the table. New unicorns are being minted, and more capital is flowing into AI.

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Plaud’s $169 ChatGPT-powered NotePin has a permanent place in my travel bag

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The $169 Plaud NotePin is a tiny magnetic recording device. Recordings are transcribed and AI provide summaries of meetings.

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Last day to apply: Boost your brand at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

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Keep the energy of TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 alive and leverage your brand by hosting an after-hours Side Event. Act fast — today is your last chance to apply! Showcase your brand to 10,000 Disrupt attendees and the vibrant Bay Area tech scene during “Disrupt Week” — taking place from October 26 to November 1. From […]

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

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A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

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Health insurance startup Alan reaches $4.5B valuation with new $193M funding round

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Belfius is leading Alan’s Series F funding round of €173 million (around $193 million at current exchange rates).

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FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations

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A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space. It’s more helpful to consider this part of a paper trail the agency is laying down in order to justify new regulations in […]

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This robotic knee exoskeleton is made from consumer braces and drone motors

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India’s Physics Wallah raises $210M at $2.8B valuation even as edtech funding remains scarce

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An Indian edtech startup has secured $210 million in fresh financing amid a tough funding environment for edtech companies in the country.

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John Mulaney skewers San Francisco at Dreamforce

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Attendees of the giant, annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco love being the butt of the joke. Last year, Seth Myers entertained them during a 40-minute set that poked fun at the tech industry’s liberal use of self-affirmations. “You are achieving, you are amplifying, you are accelerating,” Myers said. “‘Architect?’ I saw ‘architect’ used as […]

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Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma abandons human musicians for AI-generated music

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Indian filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is ditching human musicians for artificial intelligence, saying he’ll use only AI-generated tunes in future projects, a move that underscores AI’s growing reach in creative industries. The filmmaker and screenwriter, known for popular Bollywood movies including Company, Rangeela, Sarkar, and Satya has launched a venture, called RGV Den Music, that […]

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Here is what’s illegal under California’s 8 (and counting) new AI laws

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California Governor Gavin Newsom is currently considering 38 AI-related bills, including the highly contentious SB 1047, which the state’s legislature sent to his desk for final approval. These bills try to address the most pressing issues in artificial intelligence: everything from futuristic AI systems creating existential risk, deepfake nudes from AI image generators, to Hollywood […]

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SpaceX disputes $633K FAA fine, citing ‘systematic challenges’ with agency

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SpaceX sent a letter to top Congressional leaders on Wednesday denying allegations that it violated its launch licenses on two separate occasions last year, which has resulted in regulators seeking $633,009 in penalties from the company. Instead, the company asserts that the inability of the Federal Aviation Authority’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) to […]

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Elon Musk’s reposts of Kamala Harris deepfakes may not fly under new California law

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California’s newest law could land social media users who post, or repost, AI deepfakes that deceive voters about upcoming elections in legal trouble. Governor Gavin Newsom suggests that AB 2839, which went into effect immediately after he signed it on Tuesday, could be used to reel in Elon Musk’s retweets, among others who spread deceptive […]

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Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San Diego

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This is the chipmaker's second round of layoffs over the past year, while the company recorded billions in revenue.

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Virtuous, a fundraising CRM for nonprofits, raises $100M from Susquehanna Growth Equity

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I recently adopted a kitten from a local animal shelter. The modern, well-staffed three-story facility relies almost entirely on donations to operate. It’s just one of the 1.8 million nonprofits in the U.S. that need to continually solicit contributions from donors to maintain its services. But Virtuous founder and CEO Gabe Cooper says that many […]

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Apple Intelligence is now live in public beta. Here’s what it offers and how to enable it.

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Starting Thursday, those who are enrolled in Apple’s public beta program will be able to experience the generative AI-fueled platform the company has been talking up since June.

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Cruise robotaxis return to the Bay Area nearly one year after pedestrian crash

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Cruise is returning to the streets of Sunnyvale and Mountain View for the first time since it paused operations in the Bay Area after a robotaxi struck a pedestrian in October 2023. The company said Thursday that it will put “several” vehicles driven by humans in the two cities that will initially perform mapping. The […]

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Google rolls out automatic passkey syncing via Password Manager

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Passkeys, the digital credentials that let you sign into apps and websites without entering a password, are getting easier to use for Chrome users. Starting today, you can save passkeys to Google’s password manager, Google Password Manager, built into Chrome on Windows, macOS, and Linux so that your passkeys automatically sync across all your signed-in […]

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Kiwibot acquires an ad startup to turn its delivery robots into mobile billboards

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There’s ample opportunity in the form of a mobile billboard. Kiwibot is so convinced of this fact that it plunked down $25 million to purchase Nickelytics.

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AI notetaker Fathom raises $17M

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In many meetings today, it sometimes feels like there are more AI notetaking and transcription bots than people. There are seemingly dozens of options to choose from these days, but one I’ve seen with increasing regularity is Fathom. The company was one of the earlier players when it launched in 2020. Fathom then raised a […]

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Harbor is building a better baby monitor and an army of night nannies

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Like most good startup stories, Harbor began life as a product of disappointment. Kevin Lavelle, the co-founder and CEO of innovative clothing company Mizzen and Main, couldn’t find a baby monitor to suit his needs. He and his wife, Jen, had homed in on Nanit, a popular product renowned for its AI smarts and and […]

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Karman Industries hopes its SpaceX-inspired heat pumps will replace industrial boilers

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The startup will use turbomachinery to develop a heat pump capable of generating industrial-grade heat.

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This founder grew up in wine country — nows he’s built a platform for wine makers

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Growing up in the Hunter Valley, a region of Australia renowned for its fine wine production, Mitchel Fowler never realized he might one day come up with an idea that may revolutionize the wine industry. But after a long career in finance, he’s returned to that heritage to launch a platform that could solve the […]

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Picus Security, founded by Turkish 3 mathematicians, raises $45M after simulating 1B cyberattacks

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For as long as coding has existed, we have had a plethora of methods — white-hat testers, software, and more — to validate that code works as it was intended. These days, all that has been kicked into high gear: the growing sophistication of security breaches has turned the process of software verification into a […]

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AI governance can’t be left to the vested interests

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A final report by the UN’s high level advisory body on artificial intelligence makes for, at times, a surreal read. Named ‘Governing AI for Humanity’, the document underlines the contradictory challenges of making any kind of governance stick on such a fast developing, massively invested and heavily hyped technology. On the one hand, the report […]

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Brightband sees a bright (and open-source) future for AI-powered weather forecasting

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With an explosion of weather and climate data that the last generation of tools can’t handle, is AI the future of forecasting? Research certainly suggests so, and a newly funded startup called Brightband is taking a shot at turning machine learning forecast models into both a business and open source standard. Today’s weather prediction and […]

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Phlair’s carbon sucking technology could lower direct air capture’s costs

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The startup is taking a different approach to removing carbon dioxide from the air than most of its competitors.

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India weighs easing market share limits for UPI payment operators

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The governing body overseeing India's popular UPI payments rail is considering increasing its proposed market share cap for operators like Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm.

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LinkedIn scraped user data for training before updating its terms of service

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LinkedIn may have trained AI models on user data without updating its terms. LinkedIn users in the U.S. — but not the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, likely due to those regions’ data privacy rules — have an opt-out toggle in their settings screen disclosing that LinkedIn scrapes personal data to train “content creation AI models.” […]

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Palmer Luckey back in the headset biz, as Anduril partners with Microsoft on U.S. military system

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Palmer Luckey, the Hawaiian-shirt wearing founder who sold Oculus VR for $2 billion before co-founding the military tech company Anduril, is back in the headset business. Anduril has teamed up with Microsoft to embed its software into the Integrated Visual Augmentation System headset developed by Microsoft for the U.S. military in 2021. According to Wired, […]

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CEO of self-driving startup Motional is stepping down

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Motional, the autonomous vehicle startup backed by Hyundai, is shaking up its leadership ranks. Karl Iagnemma, an early pioneer in the autonomous vehicle industry whose startup Nutonomy lies at the foundation of Motional, is stepping down as president and CEO. Iagnemma will move over to a senior strategy advisor role, while CTO Laura Major will […]

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Craig Newmark pledges $100M to fight hacking by foreign governments

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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $100 million to further strengthen U.S. cybersecurity, addressing what he sees as a growing threat from foreign governments, he tells the WSJ. Half the funds will focus on protecting power grids and other infrastructure from cyberattacks; half will be earmarked to educate people about so-called cybersecurity hygiene. Newmark, […]

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Fisker reverses course on making Ocean owners pay for recall repairs

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The reversal comes as EV startup Fisker prepares to enter the fourth month of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process.

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Three new ways to personalize your iPhone’s Home Screen in iOS 18

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iOS 18 offers the most control over the look and feel of your iPhone's user interface than any other version of Apple's mobile operating system to date.

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This Week in AI: Why OpenAI’s o1 changes the AI regulation game

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Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. It’s been just a few days since OpenAI revealed its latest flagship generative model, o1, to the world. Marketed as a “reasoning” model, o1 essentially takes longer to “think” about questions before answering them, breaking down […]

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U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

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The FBI, NSA and other U.S. government agencies detailed a Chinese-government operation that used 260,000 of internet-connected devices to launch cyberattacks.

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Luminate’s hair-saving chemo helmet nears release, as new funding goes toward home cancer care

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The pitch sounds a bit sci-fi: a helmet called Lily that people undergoing chemotherapy wear to prevent the hair loss, which is a common side effect of the treatment.

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Nurture wants to teach kids important life skills through interactive gameplay and entertainment

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Parents understand the challenge of keeping young kids engaged in online learning. Nurture is a new app designed for children aged 4 to 7 that features interactive content and games to capture their interest. The company’s mission is to equip children with critical life skills such as socializing, basic financial understanding, mindfulness, fitness, nutrition, and […]

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Google nets court win against EU’s $1.7B AdSense antitrust decision

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Google has succeeded in overturning a $1.7 billion antitrust penalty handed down by the European Union back in March 2019.

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BlackRock and Microsoft are reportedly planning a $30B AI-focused megafund

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Investment powerhouse BlackRock is set to launch a massive AI-focused fund, exceeding $30 billion, in collaboration with Microsoft and the Abu Dhabi-backed investment outfit MGX, the FT reported today. According to the outlet, the fund — among Wall Street’s largest — will focus on creating data centers and funding energy infrastructure to support AI. Chip […]

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23andMe sees independent board directors quit en masse

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23andMe, the personal genomics company, went public in early 2021 via a merger with a blank check company that valued it at $3.5 billion. Then its fortunes began to sink. Fading interest in DNA kits – 23andMe’s main product – was one driver. So was news last year that hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 […]

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Governor Newsom on California AI bill SB 1047: ‘I can’t solve for everything’

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California Governor Gavin Newsom said there are 38 bills on his desk that would create laws around artificial intelligence on Tuesday, but one looms larger than all of them: SB 1047, California’s bill that tries to prevent AI systems from causing catastrophes. For the first time, California’s Governor shared how he’s thinking about the controversial […]

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Amazon taps veteran to lead India business as competition intensifies

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Amazon has named long-time executive Samir Kumar as the new head of its India consumer business, following an abrupt leadership change in one of its key markets last month. Kumar, who has been with the e-commerce giant for 25 years, will assume the role of Country Manager for India, the company said. This appointment comes […]

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Al Gore roasts corporations and politicians, comparing their climate crisis promises to ‘New Year’s resolutions’

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Al Gore has enjoyed a very successful career, including as a U.S. senator, U.S. Vice President, U.S. presidential nominee, and even Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2007 for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.” This past May, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his lifetime of service. What […]

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California’s 5 new AI laws crack down on election deepfakes and actor clones

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On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed some of America’s toughest laws yet regulating the artificial intelligence sector. Three of these laws crack down on AI deepfakes that could influence elections, while two others prohibit Hollywood studios from creating an AI clone of an actor’s body or voice without their consent. “Home to the majority […]

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JPMorgan could take over Goldman’s Apple Card business

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JPMorgan Chase is in talks to take over the Apple Card business from Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Goldman has issued credit for the Apple Card since its launch in 2019, but the Wall Street and Silicon Valley giants have been trying to untie their partnership since last year. In 2023, Goldman decided […]

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Intuitive Machines lands $4.8B NASA contract to build Earth-Moon communications infrastructure

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NASA wants to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, but right now, astronauts have to be in direct line of sight with Earth to phone home. The space agency is looking to change that with its developing Near Space Network, and it’s willing to pay potentially huge sums to private companies to help […]

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Why United chose SpaceX’s Starlink to power its free Wi-Fi

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Late last week, United Airlines announced that it signed an agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring its Starlink internet service to its entire fleet and — for the first time — offer free Wi-Fi to all passengers. To dig a bit deeper into why United went with Starlink, what that rollout will look like […]

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Snapchat’s My AI chatbot is getting new Google Lens-like features

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At its annual Snap Partner Summit on Tuesday, the Snapchat maker announced a series of new AI features coming to its app. Most notably, the app’s My AI chatbot is being updated to work more like Google Lens, as it can now respond to more complex Snaps. You can now snap a picture of a […]

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IBM acquires Kubernetes cost optimization startup Kubecost

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IBM today announced that it has acquired Kubecost, a FinOps startup that helps teams at companies like Allianz, Audi, Rakuten and GitLab monitor and optimize their Kubernetes clusters with a focus on efficiency and, ultimately, cost. Today’s announcement follows IBM’s $4.3 billion acquisition of Apptio in 2023, another company in the FinOps space. In previous […]

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iOS 18 lets you replace Apple’s camera app with Halide or Obscura on the lock screen: Here’s how

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With iOS 18, users can replace the default camera app on the lock screen with a third-party app. Halide and Obscura — two popular camera apps designed as alternatives to Apple’s default camera app with manual controls and different image processing algorithms — have already taken advantage of that possibility and released updates with shortcuts […]

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

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A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

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MacPaw launches its alternative iOS app store for EU in open beta

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Ukraine-based Mac and iOS app developer MacPaw announced today that it is releasing its alternative mobile app store Setapp thanks to the new Digital Markets Act (DMA) rules in the EU. The company has been testing the app store under closed beta for a few months now with select users. MacPaw is now allowing all […]

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How Google and Yahoo’s shift to stricter email standards proved a windfall for this Armenian startup

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EasyDMARC, a B2B SaaS startup out of Armenia that aims to simplify email security and authentication, said it has raised $20 million in a Series A round.

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Mammoth’s founder returns with new iOS app for Mastodon, Saturn

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After founding and selling the popular Mastodon client Mammoth, developer Shihab Mehboob is returning to compete with it with the launch of his new app, Saturn. Not to be confused with the social calendar of the same name, Mehboob’s Saturn works with the decentralized social network Mastodon and specifically offers a unique “Highlights” feature that […]

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Flink, the quick commerce startup, raises another $150M at a valuation of just under $1B

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Flink, the quick commerce startup out of Berlin that was an acquisition target first of Gorillas, then Getir, and then Amazon, and then Gopuff, today made a move that spells out how it plans to go forth on its own. The company has confirmed a fresh fundraise of $150 million — $115 million in equity […]

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Amazon will host its Prime Big Deals Day sales event on October 8 and 9

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Amazon said today that it will host its Prime Day-like sales event, “Prime Big Deals Day,” on October 8-9. For the last two years, the ecommerce company has scheduled its fall event in October and has continued that tradition this year. Apart from the U.S., this event will take place in countries including Australia, Austria, […]

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Bluesky now has 10 million users

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Social network Bluesky said Monday that it now has more than 10 million users on the platform. This is largely thanks to the rapid growth of the network in the past few weeks after Elon Musk-owned X was shuttered in Brazil. “If you’re reading this, you’re one of the first 10 million users on Bluesky!” the […]

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Intel moves to spin out foundry business, inks AI chip deal with AWS

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Intel has announced a key customer win and changes to its foundry business as the beleaguered chipmaker looks to execute a turnaround. Intel is taking steps to transition its chip foundry division, Intel Foundry, to an independent subsidiary, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger said in a blog post. Intel Foundry’s leadership isn’t changing, and the subsidiary […]

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Tech’s emissions may be way higher than disclosed due to ‘creative accounting’ of carbon

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Accounting for the emissions of a global tech empire is not a simple task, and what industry standards we do have for disclosure may allow tech companies to systematically understate their carbon footprint. A Guardian report compares official declarations of carbon emissions, including what amount to offsets purchased elsewhere, with “location-based” emissions, another standard metric […]

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