Lex, the hookup and social app that launched in 2019 with a nod to lesbian personal ads from the 80s, is changing. Only, precisely how much will change is still an open question. Sure, the venture-backed startup behind the queer app gave it a new lick of paint last week, but in refocusing on “friends […]
‘Keep Lex filthy’: Users react to queer dating app’s new direction by Harri Weber originally published on TechCrunch
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Disclo CEO and co-founder Hannah Olson was diagnosed with Lyme disease when she was in college. At the time, she didn’t really see herself as someone with a disability, even though it meant spending hours each day hooked up to an IV. When she entered the workforce, she soon was confronted with the difficulties of […]
Disclo aims to inspire inclusive workplaces – starting with disability accommodations by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch
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The growing ease with which anyone can create convincing audio in someone else’s voice has a lot of people on edge, and rightly so. Resemble AI’s proposal for watermarking generated speech may not fix it in one, but it’s a step in the right direction. AI-generated speech is being used for all kinds of legitimate […]
‘Inaudible’ watermark could identify AI-generated voices by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
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Daily Crunch: Netflix’s new sharing restrictions force subscribers to select a primary viewing location by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch
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The New York Stock Exchange has issued a delisting warning to peer-to-peer car rental company Getaround for trading too low, according to the company. Getaround debuted on the public markets in December after merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combined company’s stock began trading at around $10 per share and promptly lost […]
Car-sharing platform Getaround gets delisting warning from NYSE by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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Meta is all-in on becoming a lean, mean cash-printing machine. In its Q4 earnings call on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg described the company’s near future priorities and plans, painting a picture of a company that’s driving toward leaning down and speeding up. The company beat revenue expectations in the final quarter of 2022, bringing […]
Meta stock perks up as the company promises a ‘year of efficiency’ by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down to a single person, think about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Mary Ann interviewed Hans Tung, prolific investor and managing […]
Be relevant, or get downturned by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
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Gem Security, a New York- and Tel Aviv-based startup that is building a cloud threat detection, investigation and response (TDIR) platform, is coming out of stealth today and announced an $11 million seed funding round led by Team8. With support for all of the major cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes, Gem […]
Gem Security wants to secure your cloud infrastructure, raises $11M by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
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When will the visa application fee hikes come into effect? Are there any other immigration-related changes coming this year?
Dear Sophie: What H-1B and other immigration changes can we expect this year? by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
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Writing an obituary isn’t an easy task. That’s an understatement — it’s incredibly painful, usually expensive too. But someone has to do it. Or perhaps not. Consider leaving it to AI. That’s the pitch Empathy, a platform that provides support for families who’ve recently suffered a loss, is making with the launch of its new tool […]
Empathy’s new tool uses AI to generate obituaries, and it’s not half bad by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Tim Flannery, Alex Laplante and Ben Doran were working together at Carta’s investor services team when they realized that onboarding funds to invest in startups was a taxing (no pun intended) process. It required manually creating subscription agreements — agreements that investors fill out to invest in a fund — by piecing together unstructured data […]
Passthrough raises $8.4M to simplify the process of investor onboarding by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
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Companies like JP Morgan, IBM, American Express, CVS, Cisco, Visa, Walmart and T-Mobile are using blockchain technology to evolve.
Enterprise blockchain adoption may grow as hybrid use cases evolve by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
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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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