Reflex Robotics’ wheeled humanoid is here to grab you a snack
Agility’s Digit wasn’t the only humanoid holding court at Modex in Atlanta this week. On the opposite end of the Georgia World Congress Center, Reflex Robotics, a younger and smaller startup, was draw...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/reflex-robotics-wheeled-humanoid-is-here-to-grab-you-a-snack/
Solana’s price rises to $160, highest level since January 2022 as memecoin mania rises
The token behind Solana, a layer-1 blockchain that’s competitive with the Ethereum blockchain, has been through the wringer after it plummeted from a high of about $260 to a low around $8 in early 202...
What is Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and how does it work?
You might’ve heard of Grok, X’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It’s a chatbot and, in that sense, behaves as you’d expect — answering questions about current events, pop culture and so on. But unlike oth...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/what-is-elon-musks-grok-chatbot-and-how-does-it-work/
Stripe’s growth continues to impress as total payment volume tops $1T
The company says it was cash flow positive in 2023, and plans to be again in 2024. With $8.7 billion in venture capital it likely means it has little to no need to raise more before it goes public.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/stripes-growth-payment-1t-fintech/
With cycle tracking, Withings considers taking half of the population seriously
Whenever I talk to people working in the quantified self — fitness and health trackers — there’s a murmuring about how little attention is given to literally half the population. For people who menstr...
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. What started as a tool to hyper-charge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/chatgpt-everything-to-know-about-the-ai-chatbot/
A comprehensive list of 2023 & 2024 tech layoffs
The tech-wide reckoning that began in 2022 and ran throughout into 2023 has continued into this year. And while 2024’s losses are not at that scale, they’re still significant, driven by big names like...
Orbio Earth finds methane leaks that could cost oil companies $9 billion this year
Investors bet the startup’s algorithms, which feed on satellite data, will fill a significant gap in the methane market.
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Don Lemon says Elon Musk has canceled his show on X
Don Lemon announced on Wednesday that his show, The Don Lemon Show, on X (formerly Twitter) has been canceled. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, says X owner Elon Musk cancelled the show hours after he inte...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/don-lemon-says-elon-musk-has-canceled-his-show-on-x/
IO River lets you mix and match CDNs without the hassle
Content delivery networks (CDN) have changed. They used to be platforms for efficiently delivering static files — and little else. These days, however, virtually every CDN service is adding edge compu...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/io-river-lets-you-mix-and-match-cdns-without-the-hassle/
TechCrunch Minute: The TikTok ban, or at least the effort to force its sale, is gaining steam
And some folks are pretty mad about it! After a House subcommittee passed a bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban the app from American app stores, debate reignited around the internet regradi...
Depop sellers faced ongoing payment delays due to tech issue, company admits
Sellers on the Etsy-owned clothing resale app Depop have been facing delayed payments. Over the last few months, more and more sellers have reported that their payment dates were being delayed over an...
Hurry! Only 72 hours left to pocket $1,000 in savings for Disrupt 2024
Downshift into get ’er done gear, and you can save a hefty $1,000. How? Simply take decisive action and buy your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt before Friday, March 15 at 11:59 p.m. PT. We can think of a ...
Waymo to launch commercial robotaxi service in Austin by end of the year
Waymo will begin offering a robotaxi service to the public in Los Angeles this week and in Austin by the end of the year, the company’s co-CEO Tekedra Mawakan said Wednesday at SXSW. The Alphabet comp...
UK chips in $44M for a piece of Europe’s $1.4B pot for semiconductors
The UK has exited the European Union, but semiconductor development is emerging as one of the areas where it hopes to partner for better economies of scale — and much-needed funding. Today, the govern...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/uk-europe-semiconductors-chips/
Zendesk adds flexible AI agent capabilities with Ultimate acquisition
Zendesk has been trying to transform customer service since it launched in 2007, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company sees the industry being altered in a big way by the rise of generat...
The bill that could ban TikTok passes in the House
The House voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill to require TikTok to sever its connection with parent company ByteDance or face a ban, moving the legislation forward with surprising speed. President J...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-passes-in-house/
Google Deepmind trains a video game-playing AI to be your co-op companion
AI models that play games go back decades, but they generally specialize in one game and always play to win. Google Deepmind researchers have a different goal with their latest creation: a model that ...
Startups are hiring fewer workers, and paying out less in equity comp
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our W...
Furno bets that super-efficient, modular kilns will turn the cement industry upside down
The cement startup promises to slash carbon emissions in the process, helping the company raise a $6.5 million seed round.
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