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Apple acquires AI startup specializing in overlooking manufacturing componentsApple has added another AI startup to its acquisition list with Canada-based DarwinAI, which specializes in vision-based tech to observe...
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Paytm secures license it needed to surviveIndia’s Paytm has secured a vital license it needed to survive and maintain continuity of several core features of its eponymous payments...
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Pornhub disables access in Texas due to age verification lawTexas residents can no longer access Pornhub — without a VPN. As of Thursday, when people in Texas try to access any of the porn sites owned...
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Zscaler buys Avalor to bring more AI into its security toolsZscaler, a cloud security company with headquarters in San Jose, California, has acquired cybersecurity startup Avalor 26 months after its...
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Google I/O set for May 14, 15The sun is peeking out behind the clouds and the birds are singing. That can only mean one thing: developer season is nearly upon us. While the...
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TikTok ban: How Congress could force ByteDance to sell or push the app out of the USTikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. In a 352 to 65 vote Wednesday, the House voted to pass a bill that could lead to a national...
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‘AI-powered’ ad ignites creator controversy on InstagramA new ad from Under Armour featuring boxer Anthony Joshua has come under fire from creatives on Instagram after its director claimed it as the...
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Blockchain tech could be the answer to uncovering deepfakes and validating contentTwo months ago, media giant Fox Corp. partnered with Polygon Labs, the team behind the Ethereum-focused layer-2 blockchain, to tackle deepfake...
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The controversial bill that could ban TikTok faces a rocky road in the SenateA bill threatening to ban an app beloved by half of the American population just rocketed through the House of Representatives in a week’s time....
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Bitcoin hits new high, Solana price jumps as memecoins mania rises and Worldcoin faces heat in SpainWelcome to TechCrunch Crypto, formerly known as Chain Reaction -- it was an eventful week in the crypto world. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Humanoid robots face continued skepticism at ModexIf your robotics startup is looking to raise, there’s close to a 100% chance you’re going to get two questions from potential investors: 1) How...
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Microbiome startups respond as industry is accused of ‘questionable practices’The biotech sector has embraced the microbiome in recent years, a green field market powered by cheap genome sequencing and venture dollars,...
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After AWS and Google, Microsoft says it’s removing Azure ‘egress’ data transfer fees — but with caveatsMicrosoft has revealed that it, too, will allow business customers to transfer data out of its Azure cloud infrastructure with no “egress...
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VCs will get liquidity in 2024 from the secondary market, not IPOsIf you asked a bunch of VCs at the end of 2023 if the IPO market would finally open again in 2024, most of them would have said yes. We know...
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TikTok fined in Italy after ‘French scar’ challenge led to consumer safety probeItaly’s competition and consumer authority, the AGCM, has fined TikTok €10 million (almost $11 million) following a probe into algorithmic...
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This battery startup says it’s found a way to make cheap LFP batteries without sacrificing rangeCoreshell, a battery materials startup, revealed a breakthrough this week that could lower the cost of lithium-ion batteries while reducing...
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Google is changing how Chrome detects and warns you about unsafe sitesGoogle announced a major change to its Safe Browsing feature in Chrome today that will make the service work in real time by checking against a...
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48-hour dash: Race against the clock to save $1,000 on Disrupt 2024Ticktock! Only 48 hours remain to snag your discounted tickets to Disrupt 2024! Shift into high gear and save up to a whopping $1,000 by seizing...
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TechCrunch Minute: Why little EVs from Rivian and Telo could thaw the EV winterThe great EV boom is fading a bit, but that’s not a concern if you take a long-enough view. Sure, Tesla expects slower growth for its car...
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Reddit introduces a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by usersReddit is introducing a new ad format that looks similar to posts made by users on the platform, the company announced on Thursday. The launch...
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Europe eyes LinkedIn’s use of data for ads in another DSA askMicrosoft-owned professional social network, LinkedIn, is the latest to get a formal request for information (RFI) from the EU. The Commission,...
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SpaceX makes significant progress with third Starship orbital test flightSpaceX is continuing to make progress on the development of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, with the third test flight Thursday...
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Lightspeed’s Alex Kayyal will talk Series A pitfalls at TechCrunch Early Stage 2024There is perhaps no bigger jump for a startup to make than from the incubatory seed stage to its Series A round. Given how large a step-up landing...
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AliExpress is first online marketplace to face DSA investigation by EUThe European Union has opened its third formal investigation of a very large platform under the Digital Services Act (DSA), with China’s...
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Proton Mail desktop app officially launches, but remains for premium subscribers onlyProton Mail, the end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email service from Swiss company Proton, is now officially available via a dedicated desktop app some...
