In case you haven’t heard, you — yes you, TechCrunch readers — have a voice and a vote in the programming at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, taking place September 19–21 in San Francisco. Audience Choice voting is open now through May 17 at 11:59 p.m. PDT. Final chance: Today’s the last day you can score early-bird […]
Cast your votes for the Disrupt sessions you want by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
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Autonomous delivery robot startup Nuro will lay off 30%, or about 340 employees, across the company as part of a restructuring meant to extend its capital runway. Earlier this week, Nuro co-founders Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu explained in a blog post that the company would cut staff and shift resources away from commercial operations […]
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro to lay off 30% of workforce by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
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Can open-source foundation AI models level the playing field while addressing concerns about privacy and bias?
TechCrunch+ roundup: Minimizing M&A mayhem, cybersecurity PM checklist, open-source AI by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
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I hope that you'll still want to read my stuff in the future. If not, at least I probably helped train my replacement.
As AI consumes search, what will be left for us humans? by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch
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Hackers have installed password-stealing malware on the devices of multiple Worldcoin Orb operators, TechCrunch has learned, giving them full access to the Worldcoin operator dashboard. Worldcoin, founded by Sam Altman, says it is creating a “collectively owned global currency that will be distributed fairly to as many people as possible,” according to the company’s website. […]
Hackers stole passwords of Worldcoin Orb operators by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch
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Reminder: Today is the deadline for the Meta’s lead privacy regulator in Europe to adopt a final decision on a nearly decade-long complaint against Facebook’s transfers of personal data from the EU to the US that could see the company ordered to stop the flow of data. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) confirmed to […]
Major decision on the legality of Facebook’s EU-US data transfers is due to be adopted today by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
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Sweden-based VC fund Pale Blue Dot bounced onto the scene in 2020 with a €53 million fund to help climate-focused startups. This fund grew again by €34 million in April 2021, and after deploying investments into 28 climate-forward companies, the investor this week announced it has officially closed its second fund. This one is valued […]
Pale Blue Dot continues investing in its climate vision, with a second, $100M fund by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
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Software maker Brightly has confirmed that hackers stole close to three million SchoolDude user accounts in an April data breach. SchoolDude is a cloud-based work order management system, used primarily by schools and universities, to submit and track maintenance orders. Its users are both school employees, like principals, executives and maintenance workers, as well as […]
Brightly says SchoolDude data breach spilled 3 million user accounts by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch
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Peer-to-peer car sharing company Getaround said Thursday it will acquire the assets of HyreCar, another car sharing marketplace, for $9.45 million. Getaround expects to realize up to $75 million of run rate annualized gross booking value from the deal, which the company says will contribute to positive adjusted EBITDA profitability. “At this acquisition price point, we […]
Getaround aims to scale car-sharing platform with HyreCar acquisition by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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Tinder is updating its community guidelines in a bid to keep the dating app safe and respectful, the company announced today. As part of the updates, Tinder will automatically remove social handles from bios and discourage users from posting private conversations with their matches on other platforms. Tinder says its platform is not a place […]
Tinder will remove social handles from bios as part of its updated community guidelines by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
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Nexon, one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, is wading into web3 like some of its peers in Asia. The developer of MapleStory is creating a blockchain-powered ecosystem based on the twenty-year-old massively multiplayer online game, where players can trade in-game assets like outfits, equipment and virtual pets in the form of non-fungible […]
Nexon takes 20-year-old MapleStory into web3 with Haechi’s help by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
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Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleaded not guilty in a Montenegrin court on Thursday to a charge of forging his passport and travel documents. Kwon’s hearing comes a month after Kwon and Chang-joon Han, Kwon’s former colleague, who also pleaded not guilty, were arrested at the airport in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, while trying to […]
Terraform’s Do Kwon pleads not guilty to fake travel documents charges by Kate Park originally published on TechCrunch
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Bird’s first-quarter earnings show a company struggling to maintain ridership and revenue — two legs of the profitability stool for the shared micromobility market. Bird did manage to cut costs — that would be the third leg — but it wasn’t enough to convince investors that the scooter company can find its way to profitability. […]
Bird’s weak stock market performance impacts the entire e-scooter industry by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
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Intuitive Machines is preparing for its first lunar mission to the moon’s south pole in the third quarter of this year, while also facing a protest to a major NASA contract win, executives told investors Thursday. The company has made “significant progress” on testing for the inaugural IM-1 mission, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said […]
Intuitive Machines prepares for first lunar mission, faces challenge to NASA contract win by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
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