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Accel turns to rural India in hunt for future unicorns
Wed, 26 Jun 2024 05:50:43 +0000

Accel, India's most successful e-commerce investor, is making a contrarian move by turning its focus to smaller towns and villages. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman says he loves Sam Altman, believes he’s sincere about AI safety
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:49:58 +0000

10 of the most exciting digital health startups of 2024, according to VCs
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:49:53 +0000

In the post-COVID world, VCs say it’s not as easy to get excited about investing in digital health. Deal activity in healthcare IT was relatively flat in Q1 2024 at 74 total deals, valued at about $1 billion total, up only 3% from the year-ago quarter, according to PitchBook data.  Still, promising startups have grabbed […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and more
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 22:52:49 +0000

This smiling robot face made of living skin is absolute nightmare fuel
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:58:31 +0000

Giving robots a human-like exterior has been the standard for years — centuries even. But giving them actual, living skin that can be manipulated into horrifying, slimy expressions? That’s new. The new work, published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science, is very much just an experiment. This will not be the face of your […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s new Voice Mode
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:50:44 +0000

In May, when OpenAI first demoed an eerily realistic, nearly real-time “advanced voice mode” for its AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT, the company said that the feature would roll out to paying ChatGPT users within a few weeks. Months later, OpenAI says that it needs more time. In a post on OpenAI’s official Discord server, OpenAI […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

GM’s Cruise taps Xbox video game veteran as next CEO
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 21:48:53 +0000

GM’s Cruise has appointed Marc Whitten — a video game veteran who was a founding engineer at Xbox and Xbox Live — as CEO. The Cruise CEO position has been vacant since December when co-founder Kyle Vogt resigned as part of a broader executive shakeup following an October 2 incident that saw one of its […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

ChatGPT for Mac is now available to all
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:44:31 +0000

You can now more easily use ChatGPT on your Mac computer. OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot is available to all macOS users, the company announced on Tuesday. The app was first announced ahead of Apple’s WWDC 2024 in June, where the companies jointly announced integrations between OpenAI’s chatbot and Apple’s operating systems for iPhone, iPad and […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

VW to invest up to $5B in Rivian software deal
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:32:54 +0000

Volkswagen Group will invest $1 billion into EV startup Rivian as part of a broad software development deal that could expand to as much as $5 billion. It’s a boon for Rivian, which has a tenuous path ahead as it pushes to develop its mass-market R2 SUV. The company’s shares shot up more than 49% […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Fearless Fund’s founder has resigned, and it’s a sad reflection on the VC world for Black women
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:14:42 +0000

Fearless Fund’s co-founder and COO Ayana Parsons has announced that she was stepping down. The firm is being sued by a politically conservative group. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Reddit’s upcoming changes attempt to safeguard the platform against AI crawlers
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:09:23 +0000

Reddit says the update shouldn't affect the majority of users or good faith actors, like researchers and organizations, such as the Internet Archive. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

The RIAA’s lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:44:19 +0000

Unfortunately for Udio and Suno, the RIAA has a few thousand smoking guns in the lawsuit: songs it owns that are clearly being regurgitated by the music models. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

From Brex exec to venture capitalist
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:05:00 +0000

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at a Brex exec’s jump to join venture firm a16z, Klarna selling off its payments unit and some mega-raises. To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Tuesday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here. The big story Ali Rathod-Papier […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Threads users can now share to the open social web, aka the fediverse
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:00:42 +0000

Instagram’s Twitter/X rival Threads is furthering its expansion into the fediverse — the interconnected social network that includes apps like Mastodon, PeerTube and others running the ActivityPub protocol. On Tuesday, Meta announced that it’s now opening up its beta for sharing to the fediverse to Threads users who are 18 and up and who are […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Firefox now lets you choose your preferred AI chatbot in its Nightly builds
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:18:57 +0000

As browsers continue to add AI features into their products, Mozilla is looking to give users some choice in the matter. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s launching an opt-in experiment offering access to different AI services in Nightly, the experimental version of Firefox. The company plans to improve the experience before bringing it […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Circular will pay competitor Oura royalties to sell its smart ring in the US
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Smart ring makers Oura and Circular on Tuesday announced a settlement in an ongoing patent suit. The agreed-upon terms find the French company entering into a multi-year agreement with Oura, wherein it will license the market leader’s intellectual property for devices sold in the U.S. Financial details of the agreement have been kept confidential. Oura […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Inspired by Gen Z, Pinterest users can now turn boards into videos for sharing on Instagram and TikTok
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:52:47 +0000

Stability AI lands a lifeline from Sean Parker, Greycroft
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:51:27 +0000

Internet goes dark in Kenya in the wake of major protests over finance bill
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:33:33 +0000

London-based internet rights monitoring group NetBlocks has reported a major internet disruption in Kenya following a wave of demonstrations across the country, as police violently cracked down on citizens taking to the streets to protest a government bill to hike taxes despite tough economic times and widespread corruption. The interruption in access comes as the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Waymo dumps its waitlist and opens up its San Francisco robotaxi service to everyone
Tue, 25 Jun 2024 15:01:00 +0000

Waymo no longer has a waitlist for its San Francisco robotaxi service, removing the final obstacle for customers keen to use the self-driving technology.  Waymo said Tuesday that anyone can download the app and then immediately hail one of its robotaxis in San Francisco — a move that mimics the Alphabet-owned company’s strategy in Phoenix, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.