Wednesday, August 7, 2024

YouTube is testing a feature that lets creators use Google Gemini to brainstorm video ideas

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YouTube is testing an integration with Google Gemini to help creators brainstorm video ideas, titles and thumbnails. The Google-owned company announced the launch of the new Brainstorm with Gemini feature in a video posted to its Creator Insider channel. A YouTube spokesperson told TechCrunch that the feature is available to select creators as a part […]

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From Skims to Stripe, here are the startups that are likely — or definitely — not having IPOs this year

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Last year’s investor dreams of a strong 2024 IPO pipeline have faded, if not fully disappeared, as we settle in to the second half of the year. 2024 delivered four venture-backed tech IPOs, Reddit, Astera Labs, Ibotta and Rubrik, in March and April, which made it seem like this year could spur the momentum investors […]

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Keychron’s K2 HE turns magnets and wood into an affordable mechanical keyboard

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The $79 K2 has long been one of Keychron’s best-selling mechanical keyboards. As with all of the company’s K-line boards, it offers a relatively no-frills experience, but provides all of the advantages of a mechanical keyboard in an affordable package with a 75% layout (which means you get arrow keys and a row of function […]

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A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

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The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has already seen 60,000 job cuts across 254 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized […]

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TechCrunch Minute: Is AI actually making workers more productive?

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Is AI going to make us all more productive at work? Executives are feeling optimistic, but workers aren’t quite as convinced. That’s according to a new study from freelancing marketplace Upwork. The company says it surveyed 2,500 executives, full-time employees, and freelancers across the US, UK, Australia and Canada and asked them about their views […]

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Fintech Payoneer is buying 5-year-old global payroll startup Skuad for $61M in cash

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New York-based fintech Payoneer has acquired Skuad, a Singapore-based global HR and payroll startup, for $61 million in cash, the company exclusively told TechCrunch.  Payoneer said it could also pay up to another $10 million, contingent on if Skuad meets various performance goals within the first 18 months of the acquisition. Payoneer also committed to […]

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EQT takes a majority stake in cybersecurity firm Acronis at a $3.5B+ valuation

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Cybersecurity remains a white-hot space for investors, and in the latest deal, EQT is taking a majority stake in Acronis, a security company that specializes in data protection, cloud and integrated security solutions for managed service providers (who in turn resell services to consumers) and corporate IT teams. Financial terms of the deal — including […]

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Amazon upgrades its AI image generator

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Amazon has released an upgraded version of its in-house image-generating model, Titan Image Generator, for AWS customers using its Bedrock generative AI platform. Simply called Titan Image Generator v2, the new model brings with it several new capabilities, AWS principal developer advocate Channy Yun explains in a blog post. Users can “guide” the images they […]


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X is getting closer to launching its payment service

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X (formerly Twitter) appears to be making progress on its upcoming payments system, bringing it closer to Elon Musk’s vision of turning X into an “everything app.”   According to a recent finding by app researcher Nima Owji, the company is working on adding a “Payments” button to the navigation bar under the bookmarks tab. Owji, […]


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