Thursday, March 16, 2023

Substack brings its ‘Chat’ discussions feature to the web

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Substack announced today it’s bringing its “Chat” feature to the web after launching it on mobile last November. Chat allows writers to communicate directly with their loyal readers right on Substack. When Substack first announced chat, the company was hoping to capitalize on Twitter’s upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover. The company also […] Substack brings its ‘Chat’ discussions feature to the web by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

How to pitch me: 7 investors discuss what they’re looking for in March 2023

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Pitch better by reading what these 7 investors are looking for, how they like to be approached, and what’s not working for them anymore.

How to pitch me: 7 investors discuss what they’re looking for in March 2023 by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

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Klaviyo conducts company-wide layoffs

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Klaviyo, an e-commerce marketing automation platform, has laid off 140 of its staff across all teams, including engineering and design, TechCrunch has learned from a number of sources.  Klaviyo’s director of public relations, Lacey Berrien, confirmed the workforce reduction over email, adding that their “focus is supporting the departing Klaviyos who made meaningful contributions to […]

Klaviyo conducts company-wide layoffs by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

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Ghost debuts an anonymous group messaging app with ChatGPT baked in

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Anonymous social apps have a history of devolving into bullying and harassment, ultimately leading to their failure. But a new startup called Ghost believes that putting in extra guardrails around the anonymous experience will allow users to have fun, without the usual downsides. To test this theory, the company has now launched its Ghost messaging […]

Ghost debuts an anonymous group messaging app with ChatGPT baked in by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

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Dish customers kept in the dark as ransomware fallout continues

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Dish customers are still looking for answers two weeks after the U.S. satellite television giant was hit by a ransomware attack. In a public filing published on February 28, Dish confirmed that ransomware was to blame for an ongoing outage and warned that hackers exfiltrated data, which “may” include customers’ personal information, from its systems. […]

Dish customers kept in the dark as ransomware fallout continues by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

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Sling TV launches new features for sports fans, including picture-in-picture mode and an iOS widget

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Sling TV announced the launch of three features yesterday that many March Madness fans will likely enjoy, including a new “Side View” feature that allows web users to watch games in a small screen overlay on top of whatever it is their doing, whether it be live tweeting the action or, perhaps, working on a […]

Sling TV launches new features for sports fans, including picture-in-picture mode and an iOS widget by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

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Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration

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Code editors are complex and demanding pieces of software, but from a business standpoint, they’re notoriously difficult to monetize. At the same time, they haven’t kept pace with recent trends like work-from-home collaboration. At least, that’s how Nathan Sobo sees it. “Coding is inherently social, yet the tools available for talking about code limit the […]

Zed raises $10M for a code editor built for collaboration by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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California agency must provide Tesla with details of racial bias investigation

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California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD) must provide Tesla with details of the investigation it conducted prior to filing a lawsuit against the company for racial discrimination, a judge has ruled. The CRD first sued Tesla in February last year after receiving several allegations that Tesla’s Fremont factory was a racially segregated workplace where Black workers […] California agency must provide Tesla with details of racial bias investigation by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

GPT-4’s first app is a ‘virtual volunteer’ for the visually impaired

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OpenAI has introduced the world to its latest powerful AI model, GPT-4, and refreshingly the first thing they set the new system to was helping people with visual impairments. Be My Eyes, which lets blind and low vision folks ask sighted people to describe what their phone sees, is getting a ‘virtual volunteer’ that offers […]

GPT-4’s first app is a ‘virtual volunteer’ for the visually impaired by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

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First Republic bounces back as SVB panic lessens

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Shares of First Republic Bank, a financial institution in the United States that does business with startups, are rebounding today after a punishing start to the trading week. Caught in the wake of the shock collapse of erstwhile rival Silicon Valley Bank, shares of First Republic fell 62% yesterday. Investors, concerned that actions taken over […]

First Republic bounces back as SVB panic lessens by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

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OpenAI releases GPT-4, a multimodal AI that it claims is state-of-the-art

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After months of anticipation, speculation and just plain hype, OpenAI has released a powerful new image- and text-understanding AI model called GPT-4 that the company calls “the latest milestone in its effort in scaling up deep learning.” GPT-4 is available today via OpenAI’s API and in ChatGPT Plus, OpenAI’s premium subscription for ChatGPT. According to […]

OpenAI releases GPT-4, a multimodal AI that it claims is state-of-the-art by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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Google Play Games for PC to roll out to Europe and Japan, add new titles including Garena Free Fire

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In a keynote address at the annual Google for Game Developers Summit, Google said its Google Play Games for PC service, which brings Android games to Windows users, will roll out to Japan and other European markets, and gain new titles and tools for game developers. Of note, the service over the next couple of […]

Google Play Games for PC to roll out to Europe and Japan, add new titles including Garena Free Fire by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

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Anthropic launches Claude, a chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

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Anthropic, a startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI employees, today launched something of a rival to the viral sensation ChatGPT. Called Claude, Anthropic’s AI — a chatbot — can be instructed to perform a range of tasks, including searching across documents, summarizing, writing and coding, and answering questions about particular topics. In these ways, it’s similar to […]

Anthropic launches Claude, a chatbot to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

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Monday, March 13, 2023