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Carrots&Cake wants to help parents make their kids’ screen time more beneficial and less addictive
Carrots&Cake, a Kuala Lumpur-based startup, is aiming to help parents manage their kids' screen time in an automated way. #press
YouTube Shorts to gain a generative AI feature called Dream Screen
YouTube today announced a new feature coming to its short-form video platform Shorts that will allow users to leverage AI tools to create videos. The feature, called Dream Screen, will allow users to create an AI-generated video or image background just by typing in what you want to see. For... #press
Orion, from makers of Halide, lets you use an iPad as an external HDMI display
Lux, the makers of popular iPhone photography apps like Halide, Spectre and Skylight, is out today with its latest app: Orion, an app that turns an iPad into an external HDMI display for any camera, video game console, or even VHS. The new app is a bit of an offshoot for... #press
Flint wants to disrupt the battery industry with paper
Lithium-ion batteries have become the standard in the electrification revolution. In fact, they’ve become so unquestionably integral to the development of batteries that everyone from government to automakers to big oil is rushing to shore up access to the mineral. The only problem is, lithium is expensive,... #press
Project Gutenberg puts 5,000 audiobooks online for free using synthetic speech
Open book repository Project Gutenberg has turned thousands of its titles into audiobooks practically overnight using synthetic speech, available now for download or streaming on multiple services. The selection is a bit idiosyncratic (as indeed the archive’s is generally)... #press
European cyber insurance startup Stoïk raises $10.7 million and expands to Germany
French startup Stoïk offers a cyber insurance product to small and medium companies — a bit like Coalition in the U.S. And things have been working well in France. So the company just announced that it plans to expand to Germany as its second country with Franziska... #press
Varda Space puts off orbital factory reentry pending Air Force and FAA green light
The U.S. Air Force denied a recent request from Varda Space Industries to land its capsule at a Utah training area, pushing back the startup’s plans to show off the fruits of its in-space manufacturing, TechCrunch has learned. The company is also still awaiting a... #press
Is Instacart’s new IPO price range justified?
In its S-1, Instacart describes itself as a "grocery technology company." But does that warrant a tech valuation? #press
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/15/instacart-ipo-price-range/?utm_source=press.coop
Answering AI’s biggest questions requires an interdisciplinary approach
Ethical AI requires a deep understanding of what there is, what we want, what we think we know, and how intelligence unfolds. #press
TechCrunch+ Roundup: New life for old B2B leads, LatAm VC survey, treasury management basics
It’s shaping up to be a very busy week, so we’ll be back on Friday, September 22 with a new TC+ Roundup. #press
Pitch Deck Teardown: Learn.xyz’s $3M seed deck
There's a lot to love about this cute, animated pitch deck, except one thing. #press
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/15/sample-seed-pitch-deck-learn-xyz/?utm_source=press.coop
X’s crowdsourced fact checking system will now let contributors consider opposing viewpoints
X (formerly Twitter) this week changed how its crowdsourced fact-checking Community Notes feature works. In the new design, users will be able to review all the proposed notes that have been proposed as annotations to an X post, rather than just... #press
What’s missing from Guy Kawasaki’s 10-slide deck
A year ago, the average successful slide deck contained 19 slides. Today, the average slide deck contains 16 topics. So, should founders still be striving to shorten their decks even more? #press
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/15/guy-kawasaki-10-slide-deck-what-is-missing/?utm_source=press.coop
We’ll probably retire before Databricks IPOs
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday show, and we’re talking about the week’s biggest startup and tech news. This week, Mary Ann and Alex were lucky enough to have Kirsten... #press
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/15/well-probably-retire-before-databricks-ipos/?utm_source=press.coop
The last sale on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 ends tonight
Heed this final call! It’s time for all you last-minute decision makers, fence-sitters and procrastinators to shake a leg, because today is the last day that you can grab a discount on a pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. Take a gander at the actual amount of money you keep — but only if you buy […] #press
The right treasury management strategy can extend your startup’s runway
Before diving into the options for managing your funds, let’s first determine what actually counts as “liquid cash” to run your business. #press
Meet Abu Dhabi ECA, Jorie Healthcare, Establish PR and Scalable Path at TC Disrupt 2023
TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is mere days away, people! We can’t wait to welcome you and watch the inspiration, collaboration and opportunities unfold. This epic event could not happen without the steadfast support of our partners. But they do more than support... #press
Chromebooks will get updates for 10 years
Google announced today that Chromebooks will now receive automatic software updates for 10 years after the hardware platform’s release date (the platform in that case is a bit like a car platform). This move will help when it comes to increasing the longevity of those devices. The company said that users with Chromebooks released in […] #press
WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon
In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse — the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon and others — with the acquisition of an ActivityPub plug-in that allows WordPress blogs to reach readers on other federated platforms.... #press
Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan
Tugende, a venture-backed lender based in Uganda, and Warbler Labs, the company building Goldfinch, a decentralized credit protocol, have agreed on a loan restructuring plan that may lead to the recovery of the $5 million loan that the East African motorcycle taxi financing company defaulted months ago. Warbler Labs arrived at a... #press
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/14/tugende-goldfinch-loan/?utm_source=press.coop