Bumble’s new reporting option arrives at a time when, unfortunately, AI-generated photos on dating apps are common
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Talky social app Airchat gets a major overhaul, making it more like an asynchronous Clubhouse
The concept of Airchat is fun, especially if you're someone who loves to send voice memos instead of typing out long paragraphs on your phone keyboard.
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The fall of EV startup Fisker: A comprehensive timeline
Here is a timeline of the events that led fledgling automaker Fisker to file for bankruptcy.
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OpenAI Startup Fund backs AI healthcare venture with Arianna Huffington
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Microsoft-owned adtech Xandr accused of EU privacy breaches
An adtech business owned by Microsoft is the target of a complaint backed by European privacy advocacy group, noyb — a nonprofit that punches far above its weight when it comes to chalking up strikes against data protection-infringing tech giants. For its latest action, noyb is supporting an unnamed individual in Italy to lodge a […]
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Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share web apps
Poe, Quora’s subscription-based, cross-platform aggregator for AI-powered chatbots like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, has launched a feature called Previews that lets users create interactive apps directly in chats with chatbots. Previews allows Poe users to build data visualizations, games and even drum machines by typing things like “Analyze the information in this report and […]
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Indian game firms want to distance themselves from fantasy sports
For over a decade, real-money gaming companies and fantasy sports startups have marketed themselves as video game companies. But as these businesses face increasing regulatory scrutiny, a coalition of more than 70 video game companies in India is urging the government to create a clear distinction between their industries. In a letter to Prime Minister […]
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OpenAI Startup Fund backs AI healthcare venture with Arianna Huffington
Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are throwing their weight behind a new venture, Thrive AI Health, that aims to build AI-powered assistant tech to promote healthier lifestyles. Backed by Huffington’s mental wellness firm Thrive Global and the OpenAI Startup Fund, the early-stage venture fund closely associated with OpenAI, Thrive AI […]
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TechCrunch Space: SpaceX’s big plans for Starship in Florida
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I hope everyone had a great Independence Day. On to the news!
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Data workers detail exploitation by tech industry in DAIR report
The essential labor of data work, like moderation and annotation, is systematically hidden from those who benefit from the fruits of that labor. A new project puts the lived experiences data workers around the world in the spotlight, showing firsthand the costs and opportunities of tech work abroad. Many tedious, thankless, or psychologically damaging tasks […]
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Valuations of startups have quietly rebounded to all-time highs. Some investors say the slump is over.
Generative AI businesses aside, the last couple of years have been relatively difficult for venture-backed companies. Very few startups were able to raise funding at prices that exceeded their previous valuations. Now, approximately two years after the venture slump began in early 2022, some investors, like IVP general partner Tom Loverro, are saying that the […]
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Ariane 6 is the future of European heavy-lift launch — for better or worse
Europe’s next-generation launch vehicle, the Ariane 6, is poised to lift off for the first time tomorrow, as the continent looks to build out sovereign access to space and ensure European missions are launched by European rockets. The heavy-lift rocket will launch from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, with a four-hour launch window […]
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Art therapy app Scribble Journey lets you express emotions through doodles
Numerous concerns are weighing on the minds of many, whether it’s current global conflicts, climate change, or the precarious state of the economy, it is no surprise that the world is grappling with a mental health crisis. Some users have turned to apps to cope with mental health struggles. According to data by Grand View […]
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Lucid Motors sets new record for EV deliveries as it seeks ‘escape velocity’
Lucid Motors delivered 2,394 EVs in the second quarter of 2024, a new record for the company and a positive sign amid its struggle to establish a foothold in the still-growing market for electric vehicles. That number easily clears Lucid’s prior record, which it set in the first quarter of the year when it shipped […]
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Delivery Hero warns it could face €400M antitrust fine
Berlin-based food delivery giant Delivery Hero has warned investors it may “ultimately” face an antitrust fine of up to €400 million. The development, reported earlier by Reuters, follows unannounced raids by European Union authorities on the offices of Delivery Hero and its Spanish subsidiary Glovo back in November 2023 and July 2022. The EU did […]
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