Instagram is killing live shopping in March, will focus on ads instead

As Meta gears up for its “year of efficiency,” the company announced today it’s exiting the livestream shopping business on Instagram, following a similar shutdown on Facebook. Starting on March 16, 2023, Instagram users will no longer be able to tag products while livestreaming — a capability that has been broadly available to U.S. businesses […]

Instagram is killing live shopping in March, will focus on ads instead by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

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Bibak is building the software stack to manage reusable food containers at scale

French startup Bibak (formerly known as La Consigne GreenGo) has amassed $6.4 million (€6 million) in an equity funding round and debt. The company wants to put an end to single-use plastic food packaging and replace those with reusable food containers. Founders Future, MAIF Impact, Seed One, Notus Technologies SWEN Capital Partners’ Blue Ocean fund […]

Bibak is building the software stack to manage reusable food containers at scale by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

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How one Brazilian startup’s pivot to corporate cards has paid off

Portão 3 was founded as a corporate travel startup in 2020 and had released its product just as COVID hit Latin America and “all airports closed,” recalls co-founder Bianca Pereira. Although the timing was “terrible,” she said, the company didn’t give up. Pereira and fellow founder Fernando Nery concluded that the software that Portão had […]

How one Brazilian startup’s pivot to corporate cards has paid off by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

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BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI

BuzzFeed — the media site that made its name (literally) spinning out viral content — landed in the middle of the buzz itself last month when news leaked out that it would partner with the AI startup of the moment, OpenAI, to build a new AI-powered quiz format, building on the media company’s very popular […]

BuzzFeed launches Infinity Quizzes, creating personalized stories powered by OpenAI by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

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Subaru recalls Solterra for its nagging wheels-fall-off problem

Subaru has issued another recall for its battery electric Solterra crossover due to concerns that hub bolts on the wheels may loosen and cause it to detach. Subaru said the issue affects 1,182 model year 2023 Subaru Solterra vehicles. The 2023 Subaru Solterra EV and 2023 Toyota bZ4x — the products of a partnership between […] Subaru recalls Solterra for its nagging wheels-fall-off problem by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
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Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy

There’s a lot of noise right now about how generative AIs like ChatGPT and Bard are going to revolutionize various aspects of the web, but companies targeting narrower verticals are already experiencing success. Writer is such a one, and it just announced a new trio of large language models to power its enterprise copy assistant. […] Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
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Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy

There’s a lot of noise right now about how generative AIs like ChatGPT and Bard are going to revolutionize various aspects of the web, but companies targeting narrower verticals are already experiencing success. Writer is such a one, and it just announced a new trio of large language models to power its enterprise copy assistant. […]

Writer deploys home-cooked large language models to power up enterprise copy by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

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Daily Crunch: Generative AI search engine NeevaAI rolls out subscription service to more countries

Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.

Daily Crunch: Generative AI search engine NeevaAI rolls out subscription service to more countries by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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Max Q: All fired up!

In this issue of Max Q: 31 engines make fire; a mission for Blue Origin's New Glenn; news from Rocket Lab, Seraphim and more

Max Q: All fired up! by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

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Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty and a newer startup, FIT:MATCH, team up to sell better-fitting lingerie

Shoppers at Rihanna’s lingerie brand Savage X Fenty may soon find it easier than ever to find products that fit their measurements. Last year, the brand made an investment in a four-year-old, Miami-based startup called FIT:MATCH; now, Savage X Fenty is employing FIT:MATCH’s tech in a growing number of its retail stores, starting with a […]

Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty and a newer startup, FIT:MATCH, team up to sell better-fitting lingerie by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch

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Apple releases new fix for iPhone zero-day exploited by hackers

Apple on Tuesday released a new version of the iPhone and iPad’s operating systems to fix a vulnerability that hackers were exploiting in the wild, meaning they were taking advantage of it to hack Apple devices. In the security update page, Apple wrote that it “is aware of a report that this issue may have […]

Apple releases new fix for iPhone zero-day exploited by hackers by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

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Swallowing this pill-shaped sensor could help you avoid invasive procedures

Ingestible robotics has been a fascinating and growing field for the last several years. We’ve already seen a handful of startups working to commercialize a technology that could allow for internal monitoring, medicine delivery and more, without the need for invasive procedure. This new project from a joint team at Caltech and MIT highlights a […]

Swallowing this pill-shaped sensor could help you avoid invasive procedures by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

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YouTube launches its new commercial music licensing resource, Creator Music

YouTube today announced its new marketplace, Creator Music, is now fully open to all YouTube Partner Program participants in the U.S. First announced last September, the online destination offers a large catalog of songs that creators can browse, search through, and purchase where the terms of the music rights are spelled out in plain language, […]

YouTube launches its new commercial music licensing resource, Creator Music by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

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Introducing the Inside Startup Battlefield podcast

Startup competitions are a mainstay in Silicon Valley, and there probably isn’t a VC or founder out there who hasn’t heard of TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield. From the TechCrunch Podcast Network comes Inside Startup Battlefield — a four-episode miniseries that takes you behind the scenes of one of tech’s most anticipated startup competitions. Each episode […]

Introducing the Inside Startup Battlefield podcast by Maggie Stamets originally published on TechCrunch

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Here are the tech industry’s 2023 Super Bowl commercials, with noticeably less crypto

At Super Bowl LVII, the Kansas City Chiefs referees emerged victorious over the Philadelphia Eagles. But maybe the real winner was us, the viewers, who did not have to sit through a bunch of crypto ads this year. (Also, Rihanna. She won.) These ads offer an insight into the way that the companies we write […]

Here are the tech industry’s 2023 Super Bowl commercials, with noticeably less crypto by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

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