Space diversity initiative builds steam with new leadership and K-12 focused National Space Day
A growing effort to attract more women and people of color into the space industry has shared some of its first results and a new occasion to rally around: National Space Day, May 3, when thousands of...
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...
Checkr, the background-screening platform last valued at $5 billion, cuts 32% of workforce
Checkr conducted the layoffs across all departments and different levels on Tuesday.
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YouTube is turning off kids’ ability to write comments in supervised experiences
YouTube’s comments section, historically, has had a bad reputation, but a change rolling out could prevent kids from wading into the comments cesspool. In an email to parents who supervise a child’s a...
Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free
Google Photos is getting an AI upgrade. On Wednesday, the tech giant announced that a handful of enhanced editing features previously limited to Pixel devices and paid subscribers — including its AI-p...
TechCrunch Minute: Google’s Gemini Code Assist wants to use AI to help developers
Can AI eat the jobs of the developers who are busy building AI models? The short answer is no, but the longer answer is not yet settled. News this week that Google has a new AI-powered coding tool for...
Y Combinator’s latest cohort had only one LatAm startup in large part because of AI
Brazilian startup Salvy, a mobile carrier for businesses, was the only company based in Latin America in Y Combinator's latest batch, the accelerator confirmed to TechCrunch.
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Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip as it races to catch up
Meta, hell-bent on catching up to rivals in the generative AI space, is spending billions on its own AI efforts. A portion of those billions is going toward recruiting AI researchers. But an even larg...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/meta-unveils-its-newest-custom-ai-chip/
AT&T notifies regulators after customer data breach
The legally required disclosure came a week after AT&T confirmed a cache containing millions of customers' data that leaked online was genuine.
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eBay enters trading card commercial agreement with Collectors, acquires Goldin
As eBay continues to invest in the trading card space, the e-commerce company announced Wednesday three significant commercial transactions with Collectors, the parent company of PSA (Professional Spo...
Turkish startup ikas attracts $20M for its e-commerce platform designed for small businesses
E-commerce's field remains vast and fertile, and further evidence of this has surfaced in the form of one of the largest fundraises by a startup in Turkey.
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A $60M venture fund with a twist, and more startup-on-startup acquisitions
Today on Equity, we dig into Multiverse's acquisition of Searchlight, Guesty's massive Series F, Monad Labs, and Cyera's megaround.
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Muscle tissue harvested from mice cells move ‘biohybrid’ robots
Sometimes nature provides the best blueprints for building effective robots. It can also provide the best material. Billions of years of nature selection has built some pretty impressive machinery, so...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/muscle-tissue-harvested-from-mice-cells-move-biohybrid-robots/
Roku’s Pro Series TVs are now available
Announced earlier this year, Roku revealed today that its Pro Series TVs, the lineup of high-end televisions, are now available for purchase in the U.S. Starting today, Roku Pro Series TVs are being s...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/roku-launches-its-899-pro-series-tvs/
Buffet’s new app tackles the loneliness epidemic by connecting people in the real world
The new app aims to address the loneliness epidemic by helping users meet new people by quickly matching them with a person and a place to meet up.
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Collaborative Robotics is prioritizing ‘human problem solving’ over humanoid forms
Humanoids have sucked a lot of the air out of the room. It is, after all, a lot easier to generate press for robots that look and move like humans. Ultimately, however, both the efficacy and scalabili...
HomeHQ.ai founders illuminate the path from idea to success at TC Early Stage 2024
Anticipation is building for TechCrunch Early Stage 2024, where industry leaders and budding entrepreneurs alike are eagerly awaiting a bevy of startup-focused sessions. We’re excited to highlight Hom...
Guesty snaps up $130M at $900M valuation to help property managers list on Airbnb and beyond
Travel and tourism are very much back on the map for consumers and the business world. Now, to underscore that surge, one of the startups building software in the space has closed a big round of fundi...
Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio
By adding Standard Notes to its portfolio of apps, Proton will deepen its reach with an engaged community of pro-privacy users.
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Yoshi Mobility has come a long way since gassing up cars on the side of the road
Today, Yoshi Mobility settled into three business lines: preventative maintenance, virtual vehicle inspections and electric vehicle charging.
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