Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over controversial Project Nimbus contract with Israel
Google has terminated the employment of 28 employees following a prolonged sit-in protest at the company’s Sunnyvale and New York offices. The protests were in response to Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billi...
ChatGPT is a squeeze away with Nothing’s upgraded earbuds
Nothing today announced a pair of refreshes to its earbud line. The naming conventions are a touch convoluted here, but the Nothing Ear is an update to the Nothing Ear (2), while the Nothing Ear (a) i...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/18/chatgpt-is-a-squeeze-away-with-nothings-upgraded-earbuds/
Orbex’s new funding may accelerate its Prime microlauncher into orbit
UK-based small launch developer Orbex got another boost from Scotland’s national bank and other investors as it gears up for its first orbital launch, though that mission still does not have a set dat...
Dailyhunt-parent acquires newsstand app Magzter
VerSe Innovation, the parent firm of news aggregator app Dailyhunt, has acquired the popular digital newsstand firm Magzter, the two said Thursday. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup has fully acquir...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/dailyhunt-parent-acquires-newsstand-app-magzter/
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fines BloomTech for false claims
The CFPB is permanently banning BloomTech from consumer lending activities and its CEO, Austen Allred, from student lending for a period of 10 years.
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Ramp raises another $150 million co-led by Khosla, Founders Fund at a $7.65B valuation
Spend management startup Ramp has raised another $150 million at a valuation of $7.65 billion, the company confirmed to TechCrunch today. Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund co-led the raise, which also...
Seven Waymo robotaxis block traffic to San Francisco freeway on-ramp
Waymo can operate on San Francisco freeways without a human driver, but the company is still only testing on freeways with a human driver in the front seat.
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Alphabet X’s Bellwether harnesses AI to help predict natural disasters
The world is on fire. Quite literally, much of the time. Predicting such disasters before they get out of hand — or better yet, before they happen — will be key to maintaining a reasonable quality of ...
Don’t blame MKBHD for the fate of Humane AI and Fisker
Humane AI raised more than $230 million before it even shipped a product. And when it finally released its Ai Pin – which costs $699 plus a $24 monthly subscription – pretty much every tech reviewer c...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/mkbhd-humane-ai-review-fisker/
Dark Space is building a rocket-powered boxing glove to push debris out of orbit
Paris-based Dark Space is taking on the dual problems of debris and conflict in orbit with their mobile platform designed to launch, attach to, and ultimately deorbit uncooperative objects in space. D...
AirChat, the buzzy new social app, could be great – or, it could succumb to the same fate as Clubhouse
Over the weekend, another social media platform exploded into the fray: AirChat. The app is like a combination of Twitter and Clubhouse. Instead of typing a post, you speak it. The app quickly transcr...
Mastering finance essentials with Mercury’s VP of finance, Dan Kang, at TechCrunch Early Stage
TechCrunch Early Stage is gearing up for another insightful event on April 25, and one roundtable session promises to be particularly illuminating for early-stage founders. Titled “Finance Fundamental...
Adtech giants like Meta must give EU users real privacy choice, says EDPB
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has published new guidance which has major implications for adtech giants like Meta and other large platforms. The guidance, which was confirmed incoming Wedn...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/edpb-consent-or-pay-opinion/
Reddit CPO talks new features: better translations, moderation and dev tools
It’s a big year for Reddit. After its IPO, the platform is planning a slew of product features for the year ahead, and — spoiler alert — most of them are powered by AI. “I think the IPO was an importa...
Brave Search is adopting AI to answer your queries
The new "Answer with AI" feature returns neatly formatted answers for questions like "People who walked on the moon," "List of all actors who played Batman" or "How do descale Nespresso pixie."
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/17/brave-search-is-adopting-ai-to-answer-your-queries/
TechCrunch Minute: New Atlas robot stuns experts in first reveal from Boston Dynamics
This week Boston Dynamics retired its well-known Atlas robot that was powered by hydraulics. Then today it unveiled its new Atlas robot, which is powered by electricity. The change might not seem like...
Palo Alto Networks’ firewall bug under attack brings fresh havoc to thousands of companies
Organizations are urged to patch their Palo Alto firewalls after researchers discover evidence of malicious exploitation dating back to late-March.
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Live selling startup CommentSold uses AI to generate shoppable, social-ready clips
The “AI ClipHero” feature creates short clips from livestreamed selling events, which often last for hours.
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TikTok starts testing its Instagram competitor TikTok Notes in Canada and Australia
TikTok is rolling out its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, in select markets. The app is available on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in Canada and Australia, the company said. The compan...
a16z-backed Rewind pivots to build AI-powered pendant to record your conversations
a16z-backed Rewind is now pivoting to build AI-powered meeting suit along with a hardware product to record your conversations.
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