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Novel battery manufacturer EnerVenue is raising $515M, per filingThe company is in the process of building a gigawatt-scale factory in Kentucky to produce its nickel-hydrogen batteries. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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Meta quietly rolls out Communities on MessengerMeta is quietly rolling out a new “Communities” feature on Messenger, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The feature is designed to...
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Siri and Google Assistant look to generative AI for a new lease on lifeVoice assistants in general are having an existential moment, and generative AI is poised to be the logical successor. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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Bain to take K-12 education software provider PowerSchool private in $5.6B dealEducation software provider PowerSchool is being taken private by investment firm Bain Capital in a $5.6 billion deal. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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Shopify acquires Threads (no, not that one)Shopify has acquired Threads.com, the Seqiuoa-backed Slack alternative, Threads said on its website. The companies didn’t disclose the terms...
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Bangladeshi police agents accused of selling citizens’ personal information on TelegramTwo senior police officials in Bangladesh are accused of collecting and selling citizens' personal information to criminals on Telegram. © 2024...
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Carta’s valuation to be cut by $6.5 billion in upcoming secondary saleCarta, a once-high-flying Silicon Valley startup that loudly backed away from one of its businesses earlier this year, is working on a secondary...
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Boeing’s Starliner overcomes leaks and engine trouble to dock with ‘the big city in the sky’Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has successfully delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station, a key milestone in the aerospace...
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Rivian’s path to survival is now remarkably clearRivian needs to sell its new revamped vehicles at a profit in order to sustain itself long enough to get to the cheaper mass market R2 SUV on the...
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HSBC believes that $22 billion Byju’s is now worth zeroIn a research note, HSBC estimates that the Indian edtech giant Byju's, once valued at $22 billion, is now worth nothing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
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Apple’s Design Awards highlight indies and startupsApple's annual list of what it considers the best and most innovative software available on its platform is turning its attention to the little...
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Meta rolls out Meta Verified for WhatsApp Business users in Brazil, India, Indonesia and ColombiaMeta launched its Meta Verified program today along with other features, such as the ability to call large businesses and custom messages. ©...
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Meta adds AI-powered features to WhatsApp Business appLast year, during the Q3 2023 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg talked about leveraging AI to have business accounts respond to customers for...
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TikTok is testing Snapchat-like streaksTikTok is testing streaks that are similar to Snapchat's in order to boost engagement, including how long people stay on the app. © 2024...
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Inside Fisker’s collapse and robotaxis come to more US citiesWelcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click...
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Revel to lay off 1,000 staff ride-hail drivers, saying they’d rather be contractors anywayNew York-based Revel has made a lot of pivots since initially launching in 2018 as a dockless e-moped sharing service. The BlackRock-backed...
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Google Play cracks down on AI apps after circulation of apps for making deepfake nudesGoogle says apps offering AI features will have to prevent the generation of restricted content. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
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UK retailers file a £1.1B collective action against Amazon over claims of data misuseThe British retailers association also takes aim at Amazon’s “Buy Box,” claiming that Amazon manipulated which retailers were selected for the...
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Rivian overhauled the R1S and R1T to entice new buyers ahead of cheaper R2 launchRivian has changed 600 parts on its R1S SUV and R1T pickup truck in a bid to drive down manufacturing costs, while improving performance of its...
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Atlassian now gives startups a year of free accessLong before product-led growth became a buzzword, Atlassian offered free tiers for virtually all of its productivity and developer tools. Today,...
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Google partners with RapidSOS to enable 911 contact through RCSGoogle said today it is partnering with RapidSOS, a platform for emergency first responders, to enable users to contact 911 through RCS (Rich...
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Twitch DJs will now have to pay music labels to play songs in livestreamsTwitch has come up with a solution for the ongoing copyright issues that DJs encounter on the platform. The company announced Thursday a new...
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A social app for creatives, Cara grew from 40k to 650k users in a week because artists are fed up with Meta’s AI policiesArtists have finally had enough with Meta’s predatory AI policies, but Meta’s loss is Cara’s gain. An artist-run, anti-AI social platform, Cara...
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Google looks to AI to help save the coral reefsGoogle has developed a new AI tool to help marine biologists better understand coral reef ecosystems and their health, which can aid in...
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Tektonic AI raises $10M to build GenAI agents for automating business operationsOnly a few years ago, one of the hottest topics in enterprise software was ‘robotic process automation’ (RPA). It doesn’t feel...
