Google’s 3D video conferencing platform, Project Starline, is coming in 2025 with help from HP
In 2021, Google kicked off work on Project Starline, a corporate-focused teleconferencing platform that uses 3D imaging, cameras and a custom-designed screen to let people converse with someone as if ...
Instagram expands its creator marketplace to 10 new countries
Over the weekend, Instagram announced that it is expanding its creator marketplace to 10 new countries — this marketplace connects brands with creators to foster collaboration. The new regions include...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/instagram-expands-its-creator-marketplace-to-10-new-countries/
Aplazo is using buy-now-pay-later as a stepping stone to financial ubiquity in Mexico
Four-year-old Mexican BNPL startup Aplazo facilitates fractionated payments to offline and online merchants even when the buyer doesn't have a credit card.
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Healthy growth helps B2B food e-commerce startup Pepper nab $30 million led by ICONIQ Growth
Co-founder and CEO Bowie Cheung, who previously worked at Uber Eats, said the company now has 200 customers.
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Vote for your Disrupt 2024 Audience Choice favs
We received countless submissions to speak at this year’s Disrupt 2024. After carefully sifting through all the applications, we’ve narrowed it down to 19 session finalists. Now we need your help to c...
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‘Got that boomer!’: How cyber-criminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts
Estate is an invite-only website that has helped hundreds of attackers make thousands of phone calls aimed at stealing account passcodes, according to its leaked database.
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Booking latest to fall under EU market power rules
Booking.com has been designated a gatekeeper under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), meaning the online travel agency will face regulation under the bloc’s market fairness and contestability frame...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/booking-latest-to-fall-under-eu-market-power-rules/
Permira is taking Squarespace private in $6.6 billion deal
Website building software provider Squarespace is going private in an all-cash deal that values the company on equity basis at $6.6 billion, or a $6.9 billion enterprise valuation. The acquiring compa...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/permira-is-taking-squarespace-private-in-6-6-billion-deal/
Google partners with Airtel to offer cloud and genAI products to Indian businesses
Airtel, India's second-largest telco, is partnering with Google Cloud to develop and deliver cloud and GenAI solutions to Indian businesses.
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Buymeacoffee’s founder has built an AI-powered voice note app
AI-powered tools like OpenAI’s Whisper have enabled many apps to make transcription an integral part of their feature set for personal note-taking, and the space has quickly flourished as a result. Ap...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/13/buymeacoffees-founder-has-built-an-ai-powered-voice-note-app/
Women in AI: Rep. Dar’shun Kendrick wants to pass more AI legislation
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve contri...
A reckoning is coming for emerging venture funds, and that, VCs say, is a good thing
We took the pulse of emerging fund managers about what it's been like for them during these post-ZERP, venture-capital-winter years.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/12/emerging-fund-venture-capital/
Workers at a Maryland Apple store authorize strike
It’s been a busy weekend for union organizing efforts at U.S. Apple stores, with the union at one store voting to authorize a strike, while workers at another store voted against forming a union. Back...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/12/workers-at-a-maryland-apple-store-authorize-strike/
Alora Baby aims to push baby gear away from the ‘landfill economy’
Alora Baby is not just aiming to manufacture baby cribs in an environmentally friendly way but is attempting to overhaul the whole lifecycle of a product
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/12/alora-baby-rethinks-what-new-even-means/
Go on, let bots date other bots
Bumble founder and executive chair Whitney Wolfe Herd raised eyebrows this week with her comments about how AI might change the dating experience. During an onstage interview, Bloomberg’s Emily Chang ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/12/go-on-let-bots-date-other-bots/
U.K. agency releases tools to test AI model safety
The U.K. Safety Institute, the U.K.’s recently established AI safety body, has released a toolset designed to “strengthen AI safety” by making it easier for industry, research organizations and academ...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/11/u-k-agency-releases-tools-to-test-ai-model-safety/
Why Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is so misguided
Welcome to Week in Review: TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. This week Apple unveiled new iPad models at its Let Loose event, including a new 13-inch display for the iPad Air,...
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/11/why-apples-crush-ad-is-so-misguided/
At the AI Film Festival, humanity triumphed over tech
AI startup Runway's second annual AI Film Festival showcased movies that incorporated AI tech in some fashion, from backgrounds to animations.
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https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/11/at-the-ai-film-festival-humanity-triumphed-over-tech/
Women in AI: Rachel Coldicutt researches how technology impacts society
Rachel Coldicutt is the founder of Careful Industries, which researches the social impact technology has on society.
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SAP’s chief sustainability officer isn’t interested in getting your company to do the right thing
SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Sophia Mendelsohn wants to incentivize companies to be green because it's profitable, not just because it's right.
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